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VociferousUrsus joins Obsidian Portal. Begins plan to write longest discussion topic ever seen on OP
Curses! Foiled by the limited length of a subject line... No matter! I press on!
Hello gentle reader, I am VociferousUrsus (pronounced "WHAT?) but you can call me Mike as that is the name of which I, like most males of my generation, was given. I have been on Obsidian Portal for a relatively short while and decided that today I should make my presence known to the masses. Or at-least the masses who troll the OP forums.
HELLO MASSES.
What sort of masses are you? Malignant? Benign? Only time shall tell.
< plug >
I have a 4th edition Eberron campaign I am running for my long time gaming group out of Maryland call "The Mourning After". You should check it out. DO IT! http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/mourningafter
I have been an active DM since the dawn of time, if time began in 1993. I have been playing with my current group of friends in one capacity or another since 2002.
We are located in beautiful suburban Maryland between DC, Annapolis, and Baltimore.
So here I stand a MAN with a VERY LONG USER NAME. DO WITH ME AS YOU SEE FIT.
First a question: Pancakes or Waffles?
With that I hurl myself into crowd.
Hello gentle reader, I am VociferousUrsus (pronounced "WHAT?) but you can call me Mike as that is the name of which I, like most males of my generation, was given. I have been on Obsidian Portal for a relatively short while and decided that today I should make my presence known to the masses. Or at-least the masses who troll the OP forums.
HELLO MASSES.
What sort of masses are you? Malignant? Benign? Only time shall tell.
< plug >
I have a 4th edition Eberron campaign I am running for my long time gaming group out of Maryland call "The Mourning After". You should check it out. DO IT! http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/mourningafter
I have been an active DM since the dawn of time, if time began in 1993. I have been playing with my current group of friends in one capacity or another since 2002.
We are located in beautiful suburban Maryland between DC, Annapolis, and Baltimore.
So here I stand a MAN with a VERY LONG USER NAME. DO WITH ME AS YOU SEE FIT.
First a question: Pancakes or Waffles?
With that I hurl myself into crowd.
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I just gave your site a once over and it looks well done. I especially liked your "Four horsemen of the Apocalypse" flash animation; that was really something! If you are open to suggestions, I have one small formatting suggestion. Have you thought about adding margins to the pages in which you are using that parchment background? As of right now your paragraphs run into the borders of the parchment. This is a pretty easy fix. At the top of the page just add the following code:
And when you want to end these margins, just close the div tags like so:
You can adjust the margin by adjusting the px size. Anyway, just my 2c. Your site looks great so far though and I will have to go through it more thoroughly when I can find some time (I'm entertaining house guests at the moment).
Cheers,
-Arsheesh
Second, The masses that lurk on the forums are a force to be reckoned with - a force for good!
I often have been the opinion that life began in '93. Of course, I was 7 at the time, so that's largely true. Oh dear, I just dated myself, didn't I. FETCH MY ERASER! Sadly, I didn't begin to play D&D until 2000, although that's when I found my group! So nyah! (Damn, I'm really emulating my inner 14 year old...) Although, the group has drastically shrunk in number (to 2-3), it is sort of kind of hovering and maybe growing a bit, but not really.
Thirdly! - Waffles. The texture is clearly superior, as is their capacity to hold mammoth sized wells of maple syrupy goodness, which is really why you are eating them in the first place. I vastly prefer Belgian waffles, however. But eggos have their place.
I've been gaming since probably '95-96, but my current group is only a couple years young. Great group of guys though. And the same could be said about these forums (well, guys and girls, I think there are a couple around here :P). At any rate, welcome!
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I mean, HEY!
Also, NoisyBear = excellent garage rock band name.
I'm seeing campaign poster's now: NoisyBear in 2050! NoisyBear runs for office, overturning the reign of quiet tyranny brought about by QuietPossum and his vice-president PricklyPear. NoisyBear brings PricklyPear to justice with distinctive use of the Paw Paw agreement of 2049, and brings the Bear Necessities of Life to the people!
(I have a distinct feeling that I should be shot for doing that...)
Since I see this has turned into somewhat of a intro/troll panel, I decided the that it's reached the perfect pitch to make myself heard. I am CJfhtagn (pronounced "sanity tastes of bacon") and am friends with Vocifer... NoisyBear (a comically appropriate name, imo). I am not quite witty and no where near as noisy, possibly a bit more touched in the head, and I do enjoy a good row.
I have been playing roleplaying games since 1994, but didn't actually play D&D until about 10 years later. I have established numerous game groups around the country, but always seem to find myself returning to Mr. Bear. On and off, the group is roughly 5 years strong, although it more resembles a rotating institution with few core members.
My favorite game system is probably Secrets of Zir'an, followed by White Wolf's d10. GURPS and Rifts hurt my brainmeats, and d20 I never seem to find quiet as versatile without purchasing mountains of books /troltrolltroll. Waffles also far surpass pancakes.
Can anyone else relate to having numerous never-been-played RPG books sitting idle on the shelf, piles in the corner, propping up a table leg so it stops from wobbling? I can't tell if I have a spending problem, or I just don't have enough roleplaying time.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
To NoisyBear and CJWaitsDreaming, welcome to the portal. It doesn't get much better than this (so are you an optimist or a pessimist?).
Also, what do you mean? What kind of waffles? What kind of pancakes? It's not my first time crossing a perilous Bridge of Death, you know.
Jon, what if he accidentally set it for PM instead of AM? Who hasn't done that, huh? Also, we don't know; Cthulhu might be a snooze-alarm whore.
I tried to stay away, because whenever I pop up in a thread it seems to be derailed quite quickly however it seems ol' dusk got to it first.. Now I love pancakes.. they're yummy, waffles in my opinion are nothing but crisp pancakes stuffed with air..
I'm Malignent...
I pretty much play DnD exclusively and since no one else did it it seems Welcome CJ :D
Oh! In case you didn't notice I'm one of the girls that lurk around here!
Waffles= Pancakes stuffed with air? To which I ask... What's wrong with air? The kind of pancakes and waffles I feel are up to you to decide, however I'm certain it won't make a difference. Even the lowliest waffle easily triumph's over the mightiest pancake.
Embir, that's fantastic! We have a girl that lurks around our gaming table as well. And while that might be a pretty sick setup for some sort of sexist joke, she's seriously one of the best gamers I've played with... as long as it's before midnight. Then she turns into a pumpkin. A tired, cantankerous pumpkin that kills NPC's out of spite.
And as a note: feel free to friend me. I know I'm not entirely active on the Portal as I'd like, but you all seem like good people.
People who like pancakes never need to ask for friendship. They just go to the local IHOP.
(I have no shame... I was considering turning that last bit into a song from a musical, but I couldn't reword it properly - don't have the time right now. I doubt the musical would be readily apparent anyhow.)
It is fantastic I'm a girl :D And that sounds about right except I kill things out of spite at 2 a.m. instead of midnight.. I would totally work at an IHOW just to spite IHOP.. :P