| From: | Doctor Doom <JCH8169@***.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Gamer Alignments -- Continued |
| Date: | Mon, 30 Jan 1995 04:38:32 -0600 |
Continued ... with the creative spark provided by Herr Murray and credited
compatriots, TOLM WAPPERs off all stripes immediately sought to add to the
roles of examples:
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From: IN%"Robert Hayden <rahayden@*****.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU>"
Date: 17-NOV-1992 21:22:38
Description: SR and Munchkins
Message sent: Wed, 18 Nov 92 03:19:49 CET.
Favorite Totems:
*Real Men* follow Wolf
*Real Roleplayers* follow Dog
*Loonies* follow Duck-Billed Platypus
*Munchkins* follow Dragon, Vampire, and Chimera -- at once
Favorite Decking Utility:
*Real Men* load Attack
*Roleplayers* load Sleaze
*Looniess* load Tickle
*Munchkins* load Control CPU
Favorite Race:
*Real Men* are Trolls
*Role Players* are Elves
*Loonies* are Toons
*Munchkins* are Gods
From: IN%"Androoooooooo <mmd@***.UMD.EDU>"
Date: 18-NOV-1992 01:40:21
Description: Mor Shadorun Munchkin garbage...
Message sent: Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:39:41 -0500.
SHADOWRUN
Favorite Combat Spell
*Real Men* prefer Power Bolt.
*Real Roleplayers* prefer Stun Bolt, because then you
get to interrogate the victim.
*Loonies* prefer Turn Gun To Whipped Cream
*Munchinks* prefer Slay All within 2 miles.
Favorite form of protection (Not condoms)
*Real Men* prefer Full Heavy.
*Real Roleplayers* prefer Lined Coats & Secure Jackets.
*Loonies* prefer their Titanium Jock Strap.
*Munchinks* prefer all of the above, at the same time.
Favorite Lifestyle
*Real Men* live in a Low Lifestyle Area.
*Real Roleplayers* live in a Mid or Low lifestyle area.
*Loonies* live at the circus.
*Munchkins* live at Fort Knox.
Favorite Way of Killing Someone
*Real Men* shot to the head.
*Real Roleplayers* shot from a dark alley, behind cover.
*Loonies* use slingshots.
*Munchkins* call their 10 dragon contacts, and have them
do it.
From: IN%"Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>"
Date: 18-NOV-1992 04:44:24
Description: More player types in SHADOWRUN...
Message sent: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:40:58 CET.
SHADOWRUN Player Types...
Favorite Pistol
*Real Men* prefer Ruger's Super Warhawk
*Real Roleplayers* prefer Predator II
*Loonies* prefer Ares Squirt with paint pellets
*Munchkins* prefer Smartlinked Panther Assault Cannons carried around
like pistols
Favorite Firearm
*Real Men* use Assault Rifles
*Real Roleplayers* use Ingram Smartguns
*Loonies* use battery-driven Waterguns
*Munchkins* use Vindicator Miniguns with a Gyro Mount and
GasVent IV's
Favorite Thrown Weapon
*Real Men* throw Handgrenades
*Real Roleplayers* throw Shuriken or Knives
*Loonies* throw Cream Pies or Water Balloons
*Munchkins* throw Sub-Tactical Nuclear Devices with cyberarms, so
that they are out of the area of effect
Favorite Centering Skill Language
*Real Men* use Latin
*Real Roleplayers* use Teutonic Runes or Ancient Greek
*Loonies* use Pig Latin
*Munchkins* use an obscure Amerindian language that, although
technically dead, they also get the native language
bonus when generating the character
Favorite Magic Character Type
*Real Men* play Hermetic Mages
*Real Roleplayers* play Shamans
*Loonies* play Coyote Shamanic Adepts
*Munchkins* play SR1 Physical Adepts (with enough auto-successes to
default all over the place)
From: IN%"Crisper Than Thou <crisper@*******.ARMORY.COM>"
Date: 18-NOV-1992 12:37:36
Description: Getting into this Munchkin list
Message sent: Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:22:06 PST.
Typical Spellcasters:
*Real Men* stock up on Combat spells and summon Elementals/Spirits.
*Real Roleplayers* use Detection spells and have a Familiar.
*Loonies* take Control Emotion: Self and use Watchers a lot.
*Munchkins* have all the spells listed and summon God routinely.
Bonded Magic Items:
*Real Men* have a couple of Power Foci, rating 2 each
*Real Roleplayers* have Spell Purpose and Specific Spell foci
*Loonies* have a plastic butter knife Weapon Focus
*Munchkins* have a magic sword that lets them Initiate another level
every time they kill someone with it.
Contacts:
*Real Men* hang out with Mafia Hitmen and Bartenders.
*Real Roleplayers* hang out with Squatters and Media Freelancers.
*Loonies* hang out with "Boffo the Wonder-Dog"
*Munchkins* have Dunkelzahn as a butler and Harlequin as a chauffer.
Vehicle of Choice:
*Real Men* drive street bikes (Auroras and Rapiers)
*Real Roleplayers* drive modded Westwinds
*Loonies* drive ice cream trucks (air horns playing "Chariots of Fire")
*Munchkins* own three or four Battlemechs.
From: IN%"Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>"
Date: 18-NOV-1992 15:43:14
Description: More Munchkinism
Message sent: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:53:47 EST.
SR===================
Favorite Character:
*Real Men* Troll Street Sam
*Real Roleplayers* Private Investigator
*Loonies* Krusty the Clown
*Munchkins* Rigger/Mages with -6 essence, an unlimited supply of
12 point fosuses and a fleet of panzers
Favorite Aircraft:
*Real Men* NightWraith fighter/bombers
*Real Roleplayers* Surveillance drones
*Loonies* A *BIG* red balloon!
*Munchkins* A Zentradei Flagship
Favorite NPC contact:
*Real Men* Troll Bouncers
*Real RolepLayers* Humanis members and Media producers
*Loonies* A Double-Chocolate Sloppy Shake
*Munchkins* Cthulhu
Favorite Place to Eat:
*Real Men* Death's Door Bar and Grill
*Real Roleplayers* The Space Needle
*Loonies* STUFFER SHACK!!! WHERE ELSE
*Munchkins* Whadda ya mean we have to eat!
Favorite Cyberdeck
*Real Men* Going Naked (SRI only)
*Real Roleplayers* Fuchi-7
*Loonies* Radio-Shack with random erase feature
*Munchkins* The Aztechnology Mainframe
Favorite Missions:
*Real Men* Desert Wars IV
*Reaal Roleplayers* Datasteals for Mr. J.
*Loonies* Looking for Corky the Cocker Spaniel
*Munchkins* Kill everyone
Favorite Evasion Program
*Real Men* Attack-9
*Real Roleplayers* Sleaze
*Loonies* Microsoft Word 5.0
*Munchkins* A Black IC that he downloaded to his deck
Favorite Weapon
*Real Men* GPHMG- General Purpose Heavy Machine Gun
*Real Roleplayers* Tasers and NarcoJect
*Loonies* An inside-out shock glove
*Munchkins* Shoulder Mounted ICBM Launchers
Favorite Cyberware
*Real Men* Cyberspurs and Wired Reflexes 2
*Roleplayers* Internal Voice Mask, Skillwires-3
*Loonies* Cortex Bombs (in self)
*Munchkins* Beta clinic wired reflexes-10 with no essence cost,
A never-miss targeting computer and an Assault cannon cybergun.
General Comments on SR:
*Real Men* Good Game, lots of combat.
*Real Roleplayers* Plenty of intrigue
*Loonies* Not enough stuffer shacks
*Munchkins* Needs bigger weapons, should be more like champions,
Gary Gygax probably hates it anyway.
From: IN%"Crisper Than Thou <crisper@*******.ARMORY.COM>"
Date: 19-NOV-1992 12:30:35
Description: More Munchkins
Message sent: Thu, 19 Nov 92 08:27:34 PST.
Typical Opposition:
*Real Men* come up against corporate guards and Yak assassins.
*Real Roleplayers* must outwit corrupt politicians and corp execs.
*Loonies* chase after street mimes and psychotic poodles.
*Munchkins* have to kill Cthulhu just to get to the *real* danger.
Typical Break-In Method:
*Real Men* kill the opposition and take the loot.
*Real Roleplayers* create a two-front diversion and sneak in.
*Loonies* pretend they're pizza delivery and knock on the front door.
*Munchkins* attack from the sky, destroy the facility, take the loot
and about 10 million nuyen worth of other corporate materials,
get their pay, and buy another Battlemech.
Typical Fixer/Mr. Johnson Deals:
*Real Men* say "40,000 nuyen ain't enough, chummer. 75k or no go."
*Real Roleplayers* say "Instead of money, how about you smooth some
ruffled feathers over at Renraku? I'd rather they weren't
out for my blood anymore."
*Loonies* say "Can we have it all in McDonald's gift certificates?"
*Munchkins* say "Right, one million nuyen plus controlling stock in
Ares America, plus a Nightsky with full-auto Panther cannons
and your youngest daughter. Also, you have to supply our
hardware needs, which I have right here...." (pulls out some-
thing akin to an encyclopedia)
From: IN%"'Jason Carter, Nightstalker' <CARTER@***.EDU>"
Date: 19-NOV-1992 19:01:51
Description: Munchkins
Message sent: Fri, 20 Nov 92 00:58:36 CET.
More Munchkin Stuff,
Favorite Cyberware:
*Real Men* have Wired Reflexes-2 and a Smartgun link
*Real Roleplayers* have a Datajack and Headware Memory
*Loonies* have Neon Rainbow Swirl Cybereyes with the color
blindness enchancment only
*Munchkins* have Beta Wired Reflexes-3 and Beta Vehicle Control
Rig-3 at the same time
Favorite Non-Magical Archtype:
*Real Men* play Street Samurai
*Real Roleplayers* play Deckers
*Loonies* play SimSense Stars
*Munchkins* play Decker-Rigger-Mages (Hey, deckers and riggers
aren't magical)
Most Treasured Karma Awards:
*Real Men* Two points for Guts and full success points
*Real Roleplayers* Two points for Roleplaying or one for Drama
*Loonies* Three plus Humor and one for high meloDrama
*Munchkins* Two for roleplaying a killing machine, plus two for
Guts in the face of those thrill gangers, and 1 for smartly using
the Battlemech to kill the Dragon, and 1 for being in the Right place
at the Right Time (namely being on the adventure) and .........
Favorite Melee Weapon:
*Real Men* use Dikote covered CyberSpurs
*Real Roleplayers* use swords
*Loonies* use Nerf Bats
*Munchkins* use Force 6 Light Saber Weapon Focuses
From: IN%"Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>"
Date: 19-NOV-1992 19:10:59
Description: More Munchkinisms
Message sent: Thu, 19 Nov 92 18:34:28 EST.
Favorite BTL chip:
*Real Men* Neil the Orc Barbarian
*Real Roleplayers* The Minotaur's Labryinth
*Loonies* Simulated Paranoia game
*Munchkins* Who needs fantasy when you're more powerful than GOD!!!
Favorite Rocker Band
*Real Men* Disaster Area
*Real Roleplayers* Concrete Dreams (still the best)
*Loonies* Wierd Al 2053
*Munchkins* I'm my favorite Rocker!!!!!!
Favorite Critter:
*Real Men* Basilisks (they put up one hell of a fight)
*Real Roleplayers* Sasquatch (they're not really animals you know)
*Loonies* A RAT, A BIG F***ING RAT, WITH A TAIL AND S**T COMING
OUT OF IT'S A**!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Munchkins* Great Dragons, they're good for target practice.
Favorite Ammunition:
*Real Men* Exploding Bullets
*Real Roleplayers* Drugged Gel Rounds (so you can get them to hand
over their Y for the antidote)
*Loonies* Ping-Pong Balls
*Munchkins* Enchanted exploding flechette rounds that home in on
living things and are coated with Cyanide-IV, causing
instant death even on a near miss.
Least favorite Food:
*Real Men* Quiche, real men don't eat it!
*Real Roleplayers* Anything not scanned for poison
*Loonies* Anything not covered in whipped cream and ketchup
*Munchkins* Food??? Who needs food, I'm immortal!!!!!!!!
Favorite Non-Shadowrunning Pastime:
*Real Men* Spending time at the target range
*Real Roleplayers* Boneing up on the B/R skills
*Loonies* Hitting own head with hammer, repeatedly
*Munchkins* World domination.
From: IN%"Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>"
Date: 19-NOV-1992 22:43:49
Description: Munchkin: Unbound
Message sent: Fri, 20 Nov 92 04:40:25 CET.
Favorite Comic Book Villians:
*Real Men* like Doctor Doom
*Real Roleplayers* like Magneto
*Loonies* like The Joker
*Munchkins* like the Beyonder
Favorite Food:
*Real Men* eat steak
*Real Roleplayers* eat fillet mignon and pureed potatoes with a dry
red wine
*Loonies* eat junk food, exclusively, the more unhealthy, the better
*Munchkins* eat ultra-high protein, carbohydrates, vitamin and mineral
supplements that increase their metabolism such that they
can perform incredible feats of strength without having to
use Karma to raise the appropriate attribute
General Commentary on ShadowRun's Second Edition:
*Real Men* like the fact that it is more lethal
*RolePlayers* hope the heightened lethality will cause less of an
emphasis on combat
*Loonies* do not care. They do not read rules.
*Munchkins* are disappointed lots of the 'holes' in the rules have been
plugged, but give them time.
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Perhaps others shall seek to expound upon this thread? By all means!
Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.
Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.
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