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Message no. 1
From: Rafael Vega fliavega@***.net.co
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:27:55 -0500
well...
What is a munchkin?
Message no. 2
From: Ahuizotl cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:19:52 -0500
Alguien que utilizando los huecos de un sistema, genera caracteres super
poderosos por el unico placer de tener un caracter superpoderoso.


Ahuizotl
If need translation let me know



Rafael Vega escribió:
>
> well...
> What is a munchkin?
Message no. 3
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 17:01:09 EDT
In a message dated 5/31/1999 3:51:18 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx writes:

>
> Alguien que utilizando los huecos de un sistema, genera caracteres super
> poderosos por el unico placer de tener un caracter superpoderoso.

Ahu...there are days that I want to just strangle you ... ;-P Mike B. is
saying the same over my shoulder... You are great!!!

-K
Message no. 4
From: Ahuizotl cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:24:25 -0500
> > Alguien que utilizando los huecos de un sistema, genera caracteres super
> > poderosos por el unico placer de tener un caracter superpoderoso.
>
> Ahu...there are days that I want to just strangle you ... ;-P Mike B. is
> saying the same over my shoulder... You are great!!!
>
> -K
SSSOOOOORRRRRRYYYYYYY
Have mercy with this poor overworker human that answer with automatic
brain_dead_frag_use_instinct. Logicaly whatever of my brain is left
answer in native tongue.

Ahuizotl
Running away and taking cover.
Message no. 5
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:51:32 EDT
In a message dated 5/31/1999 5:40:50 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx writes:

> SSSOOOOORRRRRRYYYYYYY
> Have mercy with this poor overworker human that answer with automatic
> brain_dead_frag_use_instinct. Logicaly whatever of my brain is left
> answer in native tongue.

NO< NO MERCY!!! Mercy is for the timid and the benevolent. Quick Ahu, TURN
TO THE DARK SIDE!!! (sorry, we just got back from seeing it again, this time
with my father...).

-K
Message no. 6
From: A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:02:18 +0100 (BST)
And verily, didst Rafael Vega hastily scribble thusly...
|
|well...
|What is a munchkin?

Two definitions.

1> A short, strange little being known to reside at one end of the Yellow
Brick Road [tm].

2> someone who tries to get everything possible (and impossible) to make his
'character' the most powerful, unkillable thing on the planet, irrespective
of rules or common sense. The work 'character' is used here, but munchkins
don't have characters, they have sheets with lots of high numbers and no
personality.

The bottom of the evolutionary ladder, the next rung up being the power
gamer. (Where role-playing DOES play a small part)
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Message no. 7
From: Jamz Jamz@*********.Net
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:41:27 -0500
> well...
> What is a munchkin?
>
>

--snip--
A Munchkin is a nasty breed of RPG-player. He is easily identified by his
uncanny ability to search out loopholes in rules systems to make unbalanced
and overpowered player-characters. If he has a choice between two items, he
will invariably take the one that does +1 damage. If he can attain something
that makes him invulnerable, he will never remove it. Munchkins come in many
varieties, and are thought to be related to the Power Gamer and the Dice
Rancher (though this connection is unconfirmed).
--end snip--
Message no. 8
From: Ahuizotl cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:41:40 -0500
>
> NO< NO MERCY!!! Mercy is for the timid and the benevolent. Quick Ahu, TURN
> TO THE DARK SIDE!!! (sorry, we just got back from seeing it again, this time
> with my father...).

Turn??? (looking to the floor) I wasnt in the dark side already????:-)

Ahuizotl
Itīs not Aztlan anymore toto?
Message no. 9
From: gsw13@****.com gsw13@****.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:47 -0400
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:02:18 +0100 (BST) A Halliwell
<u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk> writes:

> Two definitions.
>
> 1> A short, strange little being known to reside at one end of the
> Yellow
> Brick Road [tm].
>
> 2> someone who tries to get everything possible (and impossible) to
> make his
> 'character' the most powerful, unkillable thing on the planet,
> irrespective
> of rules or common sense. The work 'character' is used here, but
> munchkins
> don't have characters, they have sheets with lots of high numbers
> and no
> personality.
>
> The bottom of the evolutionary ladder, the next rung up being the
> power
> gamer. (Where role-playing DOES play a small part)

You left out a definition:

3> a small pastry formed from the center piece of a donut and sold at
Dunkin' Donuts.

-God of Nothing

>>>>>(Yes but does that mean that I'm the God of nothingness or
that I'm not the God of anything at all)<<<<<
-God of Nothing <00:00:00/00-00-00>

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Message no. 10
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:01:29 +1000
> --snip--
> A Munchkin is a nasty breed of RPG-player. He is easily identified by his
> uncanny ability to search out loopholes in rules systems to make unbalanced
> and overpowered player-characters. If he has a choice between two items, he
> will invariably take the one that does +1 damage. If he can attain something
> that makes him invulnerable, he will never remove it. Munchkins come in many
> varieties, and are thought to be related to the Power Gamer and the Dice
> Rancher (though this connection is unconfirmed).
> --end snip--

What is a dice rancher? Ive never run by that term before?

GreyWolf

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Message no. 11
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:24:45 -0300
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Aaron Binns."
] What is a dice rancher? Ive never run by that term before?

Don't tell me your parents never told you where dice come from? :)

-Murder of One
Message no. 12
From: Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:29:47 +1000
GreyWolf writes:
> What is a dice rancher? Ive never run by that term before?

Cattle ranchers collect and breed cattle for desired traits. Dice ranchers
collect dice with desired traits.

The hallmark of the dice rancher is "That's my initiative die", or "This
one
is for rolling for damage". They will have a large collection of dice, and
will know the individual bias of every one (yes, commercial dice have bias.
It's fairly random, though, and so will cancel out), and will always pick a
die with a bias suitable for the desired outcome.

Then you have the dice mechanics, who can throw dice in such a way as to
influence the outcome of the roll. I swear I had a playing buddy who could
make a D20 come up with a desired number about 80% of the time... and he
proved his aptitude with 2D6 at the local casino until they banned him (He
was only about $5000 up on $10 bets...)

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Message no. 13
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:35:23 +1000
> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Aaron Binns."
> ] What is a dice rancher? Ive never run by that term before?
>
> Don't tell me your parents never told you where dice come from? :)
>
> -Murder of One

Well Yeah of course - when two dice really really love one another.....

GreyWolf


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The Smiling Bandit <Strikes Again/Ha-Ha-Ha>

"Hasnt killed me yet"
Jacob Wyrmfriend <09:08:26/6-2-51>

"And _what_ was the operative word in that sentance?"
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Message no. 14
From: Marizhavashti Kali xenya@********.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:32:21 -0700
A Halliwell wrote:
>
> The bottom of the evolutionary ladder, the next rung up being the power
> gamer. (Where role-playing DOES play a small part)

I love it when gamers ghettoize each other.

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Message no. 15
From: A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:09:39 +0100 (BST)
And verily, didst gsw13@****.com hastily scribble thusly...
|You left out a definition:
|
|3> a small pastry formed from the center piece of a donut and sold at
|Dunkin' Donuts.

Not a valid definition where I come from.
There's no such thing as a "Dunkin' Donut" within 2000 miles of here.
(I've certainly never seen one)

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Message no. 16
From: A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:12:09 +0100 (BST)
And verily, didst Aaron Binns hastily scribble thusly...
|What is a dice rancher? Ive never run by that term before?

Neither have I, but I imagine it's someone who collects dice and tests to
see which ones produce hign numbers, which ones produce low numbers and then
uses those specific dice to his advantage.


????

Probably

????

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| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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Message no. 17
From: runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:29:22 -0400 (EDT)
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At 03:09 PM 6/2/1999 +0100, A Halliwell wrote:
>|You left out a definition:
>|
>|3> a small pastry formed from the center piece of a donut and sold
>at
>|Dunkin' Donuts.
>
>
>Not a valid definition where I come from.
>There's no such thing as a "Dunkin' Donut" within 2000 miles of here.

Incorrect. I know of at least one in Moscow, which going by your email
address, is well within 2000 miles of your location. Dunkin' Donuts
has locations in 37 countries, so there's a reasonable chance that
there are others in the 2000 mile radius.

(BTW: Since 1990, Dunkin' Donuts USA has been a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Allied Domecq, PLC, a food and beverage company
headquartered in England.)

>(I've certainly never seen one)

And this is your basis for your declaration that there wasn't one
within 2000 miles? :)

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Message no. 18
From: A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 18:49:27 +0100 (BST)
And verily, didst runnerpaul@*****.com hastily scribble thusly...
|
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|
|At 03:09 PM 6/2/1999 +0100, A Halliwell wrote:
|>|You left out a definition:
|>|
|>|3> a small pastry formed from the center piece of a donut and sold
|>at
|>|Dunkin' Donuts.
|>
|>
|>Not a valid definition where I come from.
|>There's no such thing as a "Dunkin' Donut" within 2000 miles of here.
|
|Incorrect. I know of at least one in Moscow, which going by your email
|address, is well within 2000 miles of your location. Dunkin' Donuts

I very much doubt Moscow is less than 2000 miles from the UK.

|And this is your basis for your declaration that there wasn't one
|within 2000 miles? :)

Of course. If I haven't seen it, it doesn't exist...

:)

(Of course, that's a mindset of a lot of americans as well....)

:)


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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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Message no. 19
From: Schizi@***.com Schizi@***.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 14:52:57 EDT
In a message dated 6/2/99 1:51:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk writes:

>
> Of course. If I haven't seen it, it doesn't exist...
>
> :)
>
> (Of course, that's a mindset of a lot of americans as well....)

replace "americans" with "humans" and it is just as right :-)
Message no. 20
From: Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject: What is a munchkin?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, A Halliwell wrote:

> |>Not a valid definition where I come from.
> |>There's no such thing as a "Dunkin' Donut" within 2000 miles of here.
> |
> |Incorrect. I know of at least one in Moscow, which going by your email
> |address, is well within 2000 miles of your location. Dunkin' Donuts
>
> I very much doubt Moscow is less than 2000 miles from the UK.

Actually, Moscow lies only a mere 1532 miles (as the crow flies)
from the heart of London, less if you go by a "Great Circle" route.

:-)

Marc

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