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by orion
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12/13/03 9:38:08 PM
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New Re: I played a lot of Traveller back in the day

My friends and I usually formed criminal syndicates, and started pirating.


Who didn't? :) Traveller made that possible because trading cargo hardly allows one to pay off the loan on the Free Trader. Sooner or later one will start to see more money to be made in smuggling and piracy.

The trick in piracy is to shoot the ships, but leave something salvagable to pirate.

We were Gentlemen of Opportunity, when opportunity presented itself we became whatever we needed to be. Pirates, spies, bounty hunters, mercenaries, merchants, traders, etc.


"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
Post #130,647
by deSitter
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12/13/03 9:53:03 PM
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Do these games have corrective features? For example, a battle game - say a simulation of Gettysburg - would suck if an obvious strategy that is wildly unrealistic, were possible. So if being a pirate is so good, everyone will become pirates and then being a pirate will have no meaning.
-drl
Post #130,650
by orion
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12/13/03 10:03:39 PM
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New Oh yes
you will run the risk of being busted, and attacking a ship that is heavily armed by those armaments are hidden until you get too close. Plus pirates usually have prices on their heads and have to deal with pirate hunters, bounty hunters, and their own crew turning them in.

There is also the chance of blowing up the other ship, or getting killed when the other ship returns fire. There are ship combat rules to follow. Also person to person combat rules to follow.

Almost everything is a dice roll or GM decision. The GM or Game Master has to decide what is possible or not, and if a dice roll needs to be made to attempt it. Sometimes we fail.

If our group ever gets a game together, I can invite you to watch it. Usually we meet on a weekend, but not recently due to hardly anyone having the time to do so. You can decide for youself if the game is realistic or not. :)


"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
Post #130,653
by deSitter
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12/13/03 10:08:38 PM
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New Re: Oh yes
I can't get into role playing games at this late stage. I'd have to stock up on Kansas and Boston.

-drl
     Battlestar Galactica - (drewk) - (113) - Dec. 10, 2003, 08:34:35 AM EST
         Borrowed a lot from the Traveller RPG - (orion) - (106) - Dec. 10, 2003, 09:45:20 AM EST
             Of all the sources of inspiration... - (pwhysall) - (8) - Dec. 11, 2003, 02:15:55 AM EST
                 Importance of RPGs - (orion) - (7) - Dec. 11, 2003, 10:28:34 AM EST
                     LOTR inspired by AD&D? - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2003, 11:27:05 AM EST
                         No, the other way around - (jake123) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2003, 11:31:32 AM EST
                             Thanks for the clarification - (orion) - Dec. 11, 2003, 10:37:26 PM EST
                     Nothing you say - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 11, 2003, 01:14:17 PM EST
                         The great thing - (JayMehaffey) - Dec. 11, 2003, 01:27:53 PM EST
                         Right... - (bepatient) - Dec. 11, 2003, 01:38:45 PM EST
                         /me wonders what pwhysall would say about Grognards... - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 11, 2003, 02:57:17 PM EST
             There is little that is original in that sort of thing. - (static) - (96) - Dec. 12, 2003, 05:57:56 AM EST
                 Drives - (orion) - (95) - Dec. 12, 2003, 01:36:59 PM EST
                     Re: Drives - (deSitter) - (74) - Dec. 12, 2003, 02:03:28 PM EST
                         What once was fiction, can become fact. - (orion) - (73) - Dec. 13, 2003, 03:31:53 PM EST
                             very good point - (SpiceWare) - (6) - Dec. 13, 2003, 04:28:58 PM EST
                                 We would be nowhere - (deSitter) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2003, 05:55:06 PM EST
                                     Sometimes what we know is a lie - (orion) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:41:15 PM EST
                                         Re: Sometimes what we know is a lie - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:56:57 PM EST
                                             Prove the universe - (orion) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:20:36 PM EST
                                                 Re: Prove the universe - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:27:24 PM EST
                                                     Chedar or Swiss? :) -NT - (orion) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:39:35 PM EST
                             Nope - essential difference - (deSitter) - (65) - Dec. 13, 2003, 05:53:20 PM EST
                                 We don't know what is and what is not - (orion) - (60) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:50:20 PM EST
                                     Wrong - (deSitter) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:55:23 PM EST
                                         My Instructor has a PHD - (orion) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2003, 10:40:19 AM EST
                                             That doesn't exclude him from being an idiot, Norm. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2003, 10:57:34 AM EST
                                                 Explain to me - (orion) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2003, 11:02:38 AM EST
                                                     Re: Explain to me - (deSitter) - Dec. 14, 2003, 11:11:49 AM EST
                                     That's still wishful thinking. - (pwhysall) - (54) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:56:11 PM EST
                                         They don't exist, yet - (orion) - (53) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:11:25 PM EST
                                             Re: They don't exist, yet - (deSitter) - (52) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:19:44 PM EST
                                                 Your thinking is limited - (orion) - (51) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:38:20 PM EST
                                                     Re: Your thinking is limited - (deSitter) - (50) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:47:45 PM EST
                                                         Re: Your thinking is limited - (orion) - (49) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:51:40 PM EST
                                                             Re: Your thinking is limited - (deSitter) - (48) - Dec. 13, 2003, 08:12:53 PM EST
                                                                 Time is relative - (orion) - (47) - Dec. 13, 2003, 08:24:39 PM EST
                                                                     Re: Time is relative - (deSitter) - (46) - Dec. 13, 2003, 09:15:08 PM EST
                                                                         So this proof - (orion) - (45) - Dec. 13, 2003, 09:54:02 PM EST
                                                                             Re: So this proof - (deSitter) - (44) - Dec. 13, 2003, 10:04:48 PM EST
                                                                                 Other dimensions - (orion) - (43) - Dec. 14, 2003, 10:52:34 AM EST
                                                                                     Re: Other dimensions - (deSitter) - (42) - Dec. 14, 2003, 11:17:54 AM EST
                                                                                         Unless you moved out of the sphere of the 3rd dimension - (orion) - (41) - Dec. 14, 2003, 06:45:35 PM EST
                                                                                             Language and math are endless fun, no? - (Ashton) - (40) - Dec. 16, 2003, 03:09:58 AM EST
                                                                                                 The point you have missed - (orion) - (37) - Dec. 16, 2003, 12:21:44 PM EST
                                                                                                     Re: The point you have missed - (deSitter) - (35) - Dec. 16, 2003, 12:49:02 PM EST
                                                                                                         I usually ignore things that don't make sense - (orion) - (34) - Dec. 16, 2003, 07:52:16 PM EST
                                                                                                             make sense out of things you can't ignore -NT - (deSitter) - Dec. 16, 2003, 08:12:44 PM EST
                                                                                                             lets review taking a shower - (boxley) - (32) - Dec. 17, 2003, 11:12:10 AM EST
                                                                                                                 Still confused - (orion) - (31) - Dec. 17, 2003, 05:04:54 PM EST
                                                                                                                     Re: Still confused - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2003, 05:20:30 PM EST
                                                                                                                         Funny that you mention God - (orion) - Dec. 17, 2003, 10:43:17 PM EST
                                                                                                                     Okay you asked for it :-) - (boxley) - (27) - Dec. 17, 2003, 08:32:08 PM EST
                                                                                                                         Still doesn't answer my questions - (orion) - (26) - Dec. 17, 2003, 10:45:12 PM EST
                                                                                                                             stopped showering for 2 weeks and find out - (boxley) - (25) - Dec. 17, 2003, 11:03:35 PM EST
                                                                                                                                 Observable and measurable - (orion) - (24) - Dec. 18, 2003, 07:54:14 AM EST
                                                                                                                                     Mu - (pwhysall) - (22) - Dec. 18, 2003, 08:06:19 AM EST
                                                                                                                                         More like - (orion) - (21) - Dec. 18, 2003, 02:10:22 PM EST
                                                                                                                                             Re: More like - (deSitter) - (20) - Dec. 18, 2003, 03:05:01 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                 Somewhat - (orion) - (15) - Dec. 18, 2003, 04:17:49 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                     Internet effect? - (deSitter) - (14) - Dec. 18, 2003, 04:16:34 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                         You mean NASA is wrong? - (orion) - (13) - Dec. 18, 2003, 04:24:31 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                             What is sacred about NASA? - (deSitter) - (11) - Dec. 18, 2003, 05:51:39 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                 Newtonian gravity - (orion) - (10) - Dec. 18, 2003, 08:16:30 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                     Re: Newtonian gravity - (deSitter) - (9) - Dec. 18, 2003, 08:44:05 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                         As I said before - (orion) - (8) - Dec. 22, 2003, 05:34:51 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                             Hopefully at your level - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Dec. 30, 2003, 01:49:09 AM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                 Now that is what I wanted to see - (orion) - (6) - Dec. 30, 2003, 10:01:16 AM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                     "If its on the Internet, it must be true!" - (deSitter) - (5) - Dec. 30, 2003, 01:42:55 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                         All I wanted was a reference or citation - (orion) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2003, 03:12:57 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                             Bull - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 03:20:53 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Why did I think about what Ben said? - (orion) - Dec. 30, 2003, 03:51:11 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                                 You are both right - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Dec. 30, 2003, 06:12:38 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                                                                     I agree, end of discussion - (orion) - Dec. 30, 2003, 07:43:07 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                             Newton was wrong. - (admin) - Dec. 18, 2003, 05:52:47 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                 You're wrong about dark matter - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Dec. 18, 2003, 05:27:51 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                     Re: You're wrong about dark matter - (deSitter) - Dec. 18, 2003, 05:48:43 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                     dark matter is to physicists - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2003, 11:22:03 PM EST
                                                                                                                                                         Re: dark matter is to physicists - (deSitter) - Dec. 18, 2003, 11:34:49 PM EST
                                                                                                                                     can show some gravity effect== observable -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 18, 2003, 09:39:04 AM EST
                                                                                                                     ICLRPD:Why isn't there a shower in other dimensions? (new thread) - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 18, 2003, 12:45:38 PM EST
                                                                                                     Another point - (deSitter) - Dec. 16, 2003, 12:51:10 PM EST
                                                                                                 Are you denying the existence of imaginary numbers? - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2003, 12:45:16 PM EST
                                                                                                     Nah.. he's imagining the number of existences. -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 18, 2003, 06:17:19 AM EST
                                 Are other things impossible too? - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:41:51 PM EST
                                     Re: Are other things impossible too? - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2003, 08:06:22 PM EST
                                         Wow. - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 6, 2004, 10:47:19 AM EST
                                     there is 3 ways to defeat gravity - (boxley) - Dec. 13, 2003, 08:18:08 PM EST
                     My Favorite - (altmann) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2003, 04:16:56 PM EST
                         Hey - that's more original than usual. - (static) - Dec. 13, 2003, 04:09:48 AM EST
                     Funny how you can remember - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 12, 2003, 06:05:43 PM EST
                         And funny how you can find the time... (new thread) - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 12, 2003, 06:48:36 PM EST
                         My brain works that way - (orion) - Dec. 13, 2003, 03:25:25 PM EST
                     Clue - (pwhysall) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2003, 01:14:17 AM EST
                         I never said it was real - (orion) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:49:00 PM EST
                             No He Didn't - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:59:18 PM EST
                                 Looks like he had something to do with it - (orion) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:15:11 PM EST
                             No - (altmann) - Dec. 13, 2003, 07:12:52 PM EST
                     You'll like this link. - (static) - Dec. 13, 2003, 04:14:08 AM EST
                     Why parsecs? - (pwhysall) - (6) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:15:40 PM EST
                         Because Marc W. Miller said so in 1975 - (orion) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2003, 06:46:55 PM EST
                             I played a lot of Traveller back in the day - (jake123) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2003, 09:18:58 PM EST
                                 Re: I played a lot of Traveller back in the day - (orion) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2003, 09:38:08 PM EST
                                     Re: I played a lot of Traveller back in the day - (deSitter) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2003, 09:53:03 PM EST
                                         Oh yes - (orion) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2003, 10:03:39 PM EST
                                             Re: Oh yes - (deSitter) - Dec. 13, 2003, 10:08:38 PM EST
                     forgot one, ya smeghead - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2003, 09:53:38 AM EST
                         How could I forget that one? - (orion) - Dec. 17, 2003, 04:44:52 PM EST
         You have to understand... - (FuManChu) - (4) - Dec. 10, 2003, 12:14:34 PM EST
             1978 series - (orion) - (3) - Dec. 10, 2003, 03:44:21 PM EST
                 Reciprocal burst - (altmann) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2003, 04:56:10 PM EST
                     Noboy picked up on my favorite - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2003, 10:17:49 AM EST
                         Scorpie's Neuro Clone Chip - (orion) - Dec. 11, 2003, 10:41:33 AM EST
         compare 2001 - (deSitter) - Dec. 11, 2003, 08:21:43 AM EST

What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
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