| From: | bouillon.jeremie@*******.fr (Jeremie Bouillon) |
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| Subject: | [OT] More geek code-like stuff |
| Date: | Sat, 12 Oct 2002 21:36:39 +0200 |
>Inspired by the Shadowrun Geek Code, here's something I spent most of today
>writing up. Comments, improvements and additional bits are highly welcome:
Too much free time ? :-D
>After this, add the last two digits of the year in which you were born: X78
>would be a female gamer born in 1978, for example. (No, this is not
>Y2K-proof, but do you seriously expect that to ever become an issue? :)
Yes ! \:-D
The basic Hayden's categories are useables here... I mean I agree to tell
others i'm 25-35 for example, but I don't want to say i'm 26...
>Thus, X78.fr would be a female gamer, born in 1978, who lives in France.
I'm looking for one of these, do you have any more in stock ? :-P
>G!! I only player computer RPGs.
You don't expect your code to hold on until 2074, but you do expect
computer rpg's player to use it ? :-D
>SCP Cyberpunk
>SF Fantasy
>SHI Historical
>SHO Horror
>SME Mecha
>SMO Modern-day (or near-future)
>SPA Post-Apocalypse
>SSF Science-Fiction
>SSP Steampunk
>SO Other (a catch-all category for anything that doesn't fit the above
>choices)
>S@ Any and all settings
Maybe a SFA for fantastic... it's (near) modern day, with supernaturals,
but without the horror flavor.
Like Vampire The Masquerade should be in horror, a settings in modern day
with psionicists should be "fantastic". Or you use SSF settings, even if
there is no science in it ?
You also forget super-heros settings (it fit in SFA, but with a very
distinctive flavor). Maybe SSH ?
Maybe a SH for humoristic ? For Toon Rpg, Paranoia Rpg, and so on ?
>a Average person (someone without special skills or abilities)
>c Criminal (gang member, rogue, thief, etc.)
>e Entertainer (bard, jester, rocker, and so on)
>f Fighter or other combat-oriented type (barbarian, samurai, solo, etc.)
>h Computer hacker
A little cyberpunk oriented this :-)
>i Investigator
>l Law-enforcement type
These two are really different ??
>m Magician
>p Psionicist
Same thing here... maybe replace them with a kind of spell caster category
(and include priest/cleric in it)
>s Superhero or -villain
As I said I think this should be a Settings... like in SSH:Rm if you like
be a spellcasting robot in super heroes games, or SSH:UI if you prefer be a
vampire-cop.
>t Techie (mechanic, technician, tinkerer, and so on)
>v Vehicle operator (pilot, starship captain, tank crewmember, etc.)
>6 Troubleshooter
>@ Anything that suits your fancy when you're creating the character
>* Other occupation (not listed above)
Maybe a jack of all trades category here ? Not average person (same bulding
points/other system as the others players), but with a little skills in
every domain you could think about...
>If you want, you can add an abbreviation for the specific game you like
>above all others, from the list below. Add this in SQUARE brackets [] after
>the setting/character type code. For instance, SPA:Ht[T2K] indicates your
>favorite game is the Twilight: 2000 post-apocalypse RPG, in which you like
>to play human criminals.
We need here a special code to indicate that the abbrevation is specific to
a country... if I say SF:@[RdD] I doubt non-french speaking players will
understand I like to play whatever characters in Rêve de Dragon...
Maybe a | ? Or € ?
>f! I've never gamed in my life.
That should not be "I dont want to play !" ?
>f++ I game all the time, stopping only to order food and get the
>occasional
>bit of sleep.
>f++ I play an RPG three or more days/nights a week.
Typo here... f+++ for the first
>GM! I'm always stuck being the GM because nobody else wants to!
That should not be "GM!!" ? And GM! like "Me GMing ? Over my dead body
!" ?
>h---- I'm Ivy Ryan.
For personnal culture.. who is Ivy Ryan ??
You forgot the hanging around category... from "I play in club, and like to
play with total strangers" to "only at home with friends and relative"
Also the computer related thing...something like (correct the english
misuse please :p) :
C+++ I make NWN/Baldur's Gate modules
C++ I play Everquest every night
C+ These are fun, I play when I have the time
C I've tried once
C- I've heard about it
C-- Computer games stole our own newbies !
C--- Real rpg gamers dont need electrons to get their fix
C? You mean there is more than email and usenet on computers ??
C! I got a flame-thrower ready just in case I meet a computer gamer...
The pro involvement thing... something like :
P+++ I'm Rob Boyle
P++ I make a living with a publisher/disitrbutor/reseller/magazine
P+ Sometimes a write of mine is published and I get money for it
P I've been published once/I write few things for fanzine or nerp
P- I try to give advices/opinions to pro when they listen
P-- My friends always ask to read my ideas/scenarii/house rules
P--- I work for myself, don't need to share it or get paid
P? Real people are writing these books ? I though it was Santa Claus !
P! I don't want to be a pro, this should stay a hobby ! Burn capitalist !
The internet involvment:
I+++ I'm Adam Jury
I++ I own a major rpg website (dumpshock like)
I+ My website is well known (plastic warrior)
I My website don't receive as much hits as it deserve
I- Got one, try to update it time to time
I-- Got one once, long ago
I--- Too boring to code
I? HTML what ??
I! W3C is an pawn of the Devil !
I!! I'm reading GCC code on public toilets wall, don't know what online
mean
There is more...
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