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Message no. 1
From: Jarrod D Steeley <tinyskullhane@****.COM>
Subject: ???
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 16:40:19 EST
What is a muchikin???
Message no. 2
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:31:33 -0500
At 04:40 PM 1/13/97 EST, you wrote:
>What is a muchikin???
>
<sigh>

Someone else take this one... I have a headache...

Bull
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Message no. 3
From: 'Spaceman' WD Lee <spaced@*.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:36:41 -0800
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Bull wrote:
# At 04:40 PM 1/13/97 EST, you wrote:
# >What is a muchikin???
# >
# <sigh>
#
# Someone else take this one... I have a headache...
#
# Bull

Bull, not responding to something? Someone check the thermostat in
Hell! ;P
Anyway, a munchkin is someone who should be playing BattleTech or
Advanced Squad Leader and leaving us role-players alone. It's someone who
tries to be the most powerful, biggest, baddest character in the game with
no personality, and no role-playing skills. Sometimes they can be
reformed, but it takes a bit of effort


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Message no. 4
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:59:47 EST
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 16:40:19 EST Jarrod D Steeley
<tinyskullhane@****.COM> writes:
>What is a muchikin???
The munchkin is the exact opposite of the role-player. Munchkins
generally use characters with "phenomenal cosmic power" and itty-bitty
personality. A munchkin's main goal is to win the RPG. Unlike Video game
RPG's (which I personally enjoy quite a bit:), most RPGs have no specific
goal to "win" the game. The game goes on until you quit or die or lose
interest. Anyway, back to munchkins:) Good resources for the comparison
are the various munchkin-Loony-Real Roleplayer-Real Man camparisons.
These will ofer a broad number of generalisations to aid you in your
quest of defining "munchkin in an RPG context:) If all else fails,
munchkin generally relates to actions taken for out-of-character
motivations to provide the best possible advantages for their character.
Such characters tend to have huge values for everything except social
interaction, as munchkins don't role-paly, anyway, they seem to see no
need to anything without a direct game effect:)

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Message no. 5
From: Vael Lashar <ltwiss@********.COM>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 00:33:41 +0000
Jarrod D Steeley <SHADOWRN@********.itribe.net>
on 13 Jan 97 put to email a tale of ???:

> What is a muchikin???

A munchkin is:

Simiidiabolus hibernicus

A short squat hominid, approx. 0.9 meters tall. It is furry, and
quite strong. With a very pleasing sharp teethed grin.



<grin>
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:17:00 +0000
|
|What is a muchikin???
|

A Munchkinous Chicken????
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Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:22:11 +0000
|
|At 04:40 PM 1/13/97 EST, you wrote:
|>What is a muchikin???
|>
|<sigh>
|
|Someone else take this one... I have a headache...

FRO!!!!

PLEASE!!! Send him a copy of the FAQ, and every other RPG FAQ you can
find!!!

PLEASE?
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Message no. 8
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:40:32 +0000
|
|Jarrod D Steeley <SHADOWRN@********.itribe.net>
|on 13 Jan 97 put to email a tale of ???:
|
|> What is a muchikin???
|
|A munchkin is:
|
|Simiidiabolus hibernicus
|
|A short squat hominid, approx. 0.9 meters tall. It is furry, and
|quite strong. With a very pleasing sharp teethed grin.

I thought they were stumpy little gits who told you to follow the yellow
brick road....

I suppose they could turn viscious though, if they put their minds to it...
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Message no. 9
From: MC23 <mc23@****.NET>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 20:45:46 -0500
Spike wrote,
>I thought they were stumpy little gits who told you to follow the yellow
>brick road....
>
>I suppose they could turn viscious though, if they put their minds to it...
Only under a full moon when they turn into were-woochu...

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Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:53:30 +0100
Jarrod D Steeley said on 16:40/13 Jan 97...

> What is a muchikin???

A munchkin? A definition that works for me is someone who tries to win a
roleplaying game, despite the fact that these kinds of games _can't_ be
won. Usually, they try to achieve this by making extremely powerful
characters by bending the rules to their advantage, and/or to the
disadvantage of anyone else (especially the opposition).

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Message no. 11
From: Hannes Lundholm <mt28185@******.SWIPNET.SE>
Subject: Re: ???
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:39:55 +0100
It is someone who uses every rule ever made and every rule he can come up
with and every modification of those rules just to make his character the
meanest think in the whole universe.
Not to be confused with MinMaxers.

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