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Message no. 1
From: Bull bull@*******.net
Subject: King Geek
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:10:06 -0400 (EDT)
Ok children, small story time... :]

At Origins Last week, one of the GMs for the TOurnament, Andy Frades (SR
PLaytester and really nice guy) for some reason or another proclaimed me
King Geek. He had thought he was king of the Gooks since he was going to a
game convention to run an RPG Tournament that He wrote, but something that
came up during our discussions the first night made him proclaim me King
Geek. I don;t really remember why the first time.

However, I got proclaimed King Geek a second time during the convention,
reaffirming my crown, I suppose. I found and bought a copy of SR2 in
Hardback :] It was only 15 bucks, so I felt this was a pretty good deal.
After all, my SR2 HB is pretty much just a bunch of loose pages in a hard
shell these days, though that shell is all nice and autographed up by
pretty much everyone from FASA and most of the 97 Gen Con goers and the 98
Origins goers. But, I currently have a very good condition SR1 Hardback
and a nice condition SR3 Hardback (Also with massive amounts of signatures
and artwork :)), and I wanted a Second Ed. book to go with it.

So, my question is this. Am I King Geek for this? :]

<grin>

Hey Rich, you need to get Andy on this list :]

Bull
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Message no. 2
From: Bahamut Mighty Dragon Lord bahamut@**.com
Subject: King Geek
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:48:13 -0400
On Monday, July 12, 1999 6:10 PM, Bull [SMTP:bull@*******.net] wrote:
> Ok children, small story time... :]
>
> At Origins Last week, one of the GMs for the TOurnament, Andy Frades (SR
> PLaytester and really nice guy) for some reason or another proclaimed me
> King Geek. He had thought he was king of the Gooks since he was going to
a
> game convention to run an RPG Tournament that He wrote, but something
that
> came up during our discussions the first night made him proclaim me King
> Geek. I don;t really remember why the first time.
>

Leave it to me to remind you then. It was because you colored in your photo
copies of the SR CCG play test decks so they would be the right color of
the actual cards.


> However, I got proclaimed King Geek a second time during the convention,
> reaffirming my crown, I suppose. I found and bought a copy of SR2 in
> Hardback :] It was only 15 bucks, so I felt this was a pretty good deal.
> After all, my SR2 HB is pretty much just a bunch of loose pages in a hard
> shell these days, though that shell is all nice and autographed up by
> pretty much everyone from FASA and most of the 97 Gen Con goers and the
98
> Origins goers. But, I currently have a very good condition SR1 Hardback
> and a nice condition SR3 Hardback (Also with massive amounts of
signatures
> and artwork :)), and I wanted a Second Ed. book to go with it.
>
> So, my question is this. Am I King Geek for this? :]
>
> <grin>
>
> Hey Rich, you need to get Andy on this list :]
>
> Bull
> --
> Bull -- The Best Ork Decker You Never Met
> bull@*******.net ===== bull22@***********.com
> http://shadowrun.html.com/users/bull
> ICQ: 35931890
> ======================================================> =
> = Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? > = =
> ======================================================>
> "Animals have 2 jobs: To taste good and to fit
well."
> -- Greg Proops, "Vs."
>
Message no. 3
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: King Geek
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:47:27 EDT
In a message dated 7/12/99 6:01:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bull@*******.net
writes:

> So, my question is this. Am I King Geek for this? :]


No way. I know a lot of guys who would die to have such a fine hardback
collection. Just because you pursue something you love doesn't make you a
geek. Much less a King Geek. But I suppose the remark was said in humor
among friends, so more likely it's just good-natured ribbing. I mean, let's
face it, to six-pack guys who never miss a baseball or football game on
Sundays and were high school jocks, we are all geeks for playing an RPG and
subscribing to this list. Something like Gurth's translation of the
Chromebooks would be laughed at by these kinds of people, meanwhile they're
the coolest damn thing in my opinion, and I'd assume those of most of the
RNers on the server. So there's a difference between your friends calling
you a King Geek and your enemies doing so. And now since I know I've blown
this way out of proportion from the fluffy post it started out as, I'll lurk
back into the electrons.





-Twist
Message no. 4
From: Bull bull@*******.net
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:37:11 -0400 (EDT)
At 09:47 PM 7/12/99 EDT, Twist0059@***.com wrote these timeless words:
>> So, my question is this. Am I King Geek for this? :]
>
>No way. I know a lot of guys who would die to have such a fine hardback
>collection. Just because you pursue something you love doesn't make you a
>geek. Much less a King Geek. But I suppose the remark was said in humor
>among friends, so more likely it's just good-natured ribbing. I mean, let's
>face it, to six-pack guys who never miss a baseball or football game on
>Sundays and were high school jocks, we are all geeks for playing an RPG and
>subscribing to this list. Something like Gurth's translation of the
>Chromebooks would be laughed at by these kinds of people, meanwhile they're
>the coolest damn thing in my opinion, and I'd assume those of most of the
>RNers on the server. So there's a difference between your friends calling
>you a King Geek and your enemies doing so. And now since I know I've blown
>this way out of proportion from the fluffy post it started out as, I'll lurk
>back into the electrons.
>
This was partly a joke and partly to brag about finding a good copy of the
SR2 HB :]

But as a matter of reference... I played 11 years of Football, 8 years of
baseball, and 4 Years of Wrestling :] And I only missed 2 games after I
was in an auto accident :]

Of course, I was also in Art, Latin, Honors English, and Cooking because I
enjoyed those classes, and lettered in Drama :]

Plus I've been playing RPGs and reading Comics and Sci-Fi/Fantasy since I
was about 8, so...

Make of it what you will :]

Bull -- Wearing his King geek crown anyways :]
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Bull -- The Best Ork Decker You Never Met
bull@*******.net ===== bull22@***********.com
http://shadowrun.html.com/users/bull
ICQ: 35931890
====================================================== =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? = =
======================================================
"Animals have 2 jobs: To taste good and to fit well."
-- Greg Proops, "Vs."
Message no. 5
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:50:50 EDT
In a message dated 7/13/99 2:41:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bull@*******.net
writes:

> But as a matter of reference... I played 11 years of Football, 8 years of
> baseball, and 4 Years of Wrestling :] And I only missed 2 games after I
> was in an auto accident :]
>
> Of course, I was also in Art, Latin, Honors English, and Cooking because I
> enjoyed those classes, and lettered in Drama :]
>
> Plus I've been playing RPGs and reading Comics and Sci-Fi/Fantasy since I
> was about 8, so...
>
> Make of it what you will :]
>
> Bull -- Wearing his King geek crown anyways :]


Hmmm, perhaps stereotypes are just that. In my experience back in high
school (though not in college), the jocks ripped viciously into the RPGers.
I guess it takes all kinds.






-Twist
Message no. 6
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:57:36 +1000
> Hmmm, perhaps stereotypes are just that. In my experience back in high
> school (though not in college), the jocks ripped viciously into the RPGers.
> I guess it takes all kinds.
>
> -Twist

I play RPG, but I also played over 14 different sports .. some of which were for
University (guess you'd call it college in stateside).

Never got ripped into because I was a gamer.. well... no thats not true.. the
nerds thought gaming was for, well, nerds? :) <how little they knew/know> <g>

* Ah now I have that cricket bat +4 defender they'll never bowl me alive! *

GreyWolf
Message no. 7
From: GRANITE granite@**.net
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:08:29 -0700
> Hey Rich, you need to get Andy on this list :]

If by Rich you are refering to Rich O then the answer is a big no..He
barely looks at his personal email..he would never get through the
list traffic...

And..no..your not a geek or a gook..your afflicted with that
debilitating disease called "Being a Collector"
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
==============================================Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The
Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
==============================================Understanding is a three edged sword. - Kosh
What is best in life?
To Crush Your Enemies,
See Them Driven Before You,
And To Hear The Lamentation Of Their Women. -Conan
I Am The LAW! -JD
Who Do You Trust? And, Who Do You Serve? - Galen
Jamais Arriere
Message no. 8
From: Bull bull@*******.net
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 05:30:02 -0400 (EDT)
At 01:08 AM 7/13/99 -0700, GRANITE wrote these timeless words:
>> Hey Rich, you need to get Andy on this list :]
>
>If by Rich you are refering to Rich O then the answer is a big no..He
>barely looks at his personal email..he would never get through the
>list traffic...
>
Actually, no... I'm referring to Rich Tomasso, who is around here
somewhere, though he's fairly quiet most of the time :]

>And..no..your not a geek or a gook..your afflicted with that
>debilitating disease called "Being a Collector"
>
Hehe... How true it is... :]

Bull
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Bull -- The Best Ork Decker You Never Met
bull@*******.net ===== bull22@***********.com
http://shadowrun.html.com/users/bull
ICQ: 35931890
====================================================== =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? = =
======================================================
"Animals have 2 jobs: To taste good and to fit well."
-- Greg Proops, "Vs."
Message no. 9
From: Lady Jestyr jestyr@*********.html.com
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:36:21 +1000
>>And..no..your not a geek or a gook..your afflicted with that
>>debilitating disease called "Being a Collector"

... the symptoms of which are an uncontrollable shaking, and low moans of
"Must have it all... muuuuuust own..."

(I suffer this disease when it comes to certain authors, and Depeche Mode.
Painful, very painful. ;-)


Lady Jestyr

Work like you don't need the money. | It might look like I'm doing
Love like you've never been hurt. | nothing, but at the cellular
Dance like nobody's watching. | level I'm really quite busy.

* jestyr@*****.com | URL: http://www.geocities.com/~jestyr *
Message no. 10
From: Mark A Shieh SHODAN+@***.EDU
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:35:45 -0400 (EDT)
Twist0059@***.com writes:
> Hmmm, perhaps stereotypes are just that. In my experience back in high
> school (though not in college), the jocks ripped viciously into the RPGers.
> I guess it takes all kinds.

Back in high school, most of the sysadmins/RPGers (a lot of
overlap) studied martial arts. <shrug> Most of us didn't fit into the
other parts of our private school, and tended to end up doing these
three things.
We were pretty much left to ourselves in the computer lab, and
generally ignored rather than talked about behind our backs.

Mark
Message no. 11
From: Richard Tomasso rtomasso@*******.com
Subject: King Geek
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:25:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Actually, no... I'm referring to Rich Tomasso, who is around here
> somewhere, though he's fairly quiet most of the time :]

Yeah, it really sucks that I have a job that really has 8 hours of
work per day as opposed to 8 minutes.

(tho it does beat a 1-hour commute to 8 hours of sheer boredom).
Message no. 12
From: Darrell L. Bowman darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us
Subject: King Geek
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:30:18 -0400
On 13 Jul 99, at 2:37, Bull wrote:

> But as a matter of reference... I played 11 years of Football, 8 years of
> baseball, and 4 Years of Wrestling :] And I only missed 2 games after I
> was in an auto accident :]
>
> Of course, I was also in Art, Latin, Honors English, and Cooking because I
> enjoyed those classes, and lettered in Drama :]
>
> Plus I've been playing RPGs and reading Comics and Sci-Fi/Fantasy since I
> was about 8, so...
>
> Make of it what you will :]
>
> Bull -- Wearing his King geek crown anyways :]

Okay Bull,.. that settles it,.. yer not King Geek, You're a
freak!!!

(Hey,.. I was only kiddin') :-)


---
It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to
try to kill you.
--Merlin son of Corwin,
Trumps of Doom, by Roger Zelazny


Nightshade, Human Racoon Shaman
or
Raven, Elven Irish Rigger with an attitude.

Darrell Bowman
darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us

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