tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post173812259564966134..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: One of Those DaysJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4819801481857690572009-01-25T19:23:00.000-05:002009-01-25T19:23:00.000-05:00I'll quote something from W40K:Rogue Trader, that ...I'll quote something from <I>W40K:Rogue Trader</I>, that echoes your post:<BR/><BR/>"Only the insane have strength enough to prosper, only those who prosper may judge what is sane."<BR/><BR/>Keep on keeping on, James.Caffeinatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313814514432590560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38536806529665526552009-01-24T06:13:00.000-05:002009-01-24T06:13:00.000-05:00Crazy? Us? No way! WE'RE NOT CRAZY!NO, THE DAME WO...Crazy? Us? No way! WE'RE NOT CRAZY!<BR/><BR/>NO, THE DAME WORLD IS CRAZY!!!<BR/><BR/>And there out to get us, you know! I see them, looking back at us though the TV - CIA, FDA, FBI, KGB, ESPN, WMBA! If you cant see them, then...<BR/><BR/>...YOU MUST BE CRAZY TOO!!!! o_O<BR/><BR/>Ooh, a penny! :D<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>What are we talking about?Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85459382635712401402009-01-23T23:21:00.000-05:002009-01-23T23:21:00.000-05:00"cry during movies"Hey! I've cried during movies, ..."cry during movies"<BR/><BR/>Hey! I've cried during movies, at least a handful of times... I won't tell you which, but I promise you would laugh your *** off if I did :).metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7003445677646257672009-01-23T23:19:00.000-05:002009-01-23T23:19:00.000-05:00"Let's just say that I have, in the last few days,..."Let's just say that I have, in the last few days, been witness to behavior by a few folks in this hobby that fall far short of my own standards of decorum and leave it at that."<BR/><BR/>Fair enough. I can imagine (or maybe I can't, who knows?). I've encountered enough RPG-related weird-and-unpleasantness on the web to last me a lifetime and then some, so I empathize. Your standards might be slightly on the high side, but sounds like this incident goes beyond the pale, whatever it was. I sincerely hope it wasn't anything like the last time.metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90583846865407347812009-01-23T20:42:00.000-05:002009-01-23T20:42:00.000-05:00I would wonder if we are actually part of the sane...I would wonder if we are actually part of the saner portion of the population. <BR/><BR/>For Role Playing is a form therapy and working out issues that may plague us in everyday life. <BR/><BR/>Also, we can clearly distinguish between fantasy and reality better than those people who obsessively watch soaps, cry during movies, believe in every advertising jingle ("Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"), etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20841294293563646852009-01-23T19:03:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:03:00.000-05:00Context? What brought on this realization (presuma...<I> Context? What brought on this realization (presumably again)?</I><BR/><BR/>Let's just say that I have, in the last few days, been witness to behavior by a few folks in this hobby that fall far short of my own standards of decorum and leave it at that.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17816749053322527202009-01-23T13:02:00.000-05:002009-01-23T13:02:00.000-05:00The truly crazy hobbyists are those golfers out th...The truly crazy hobbyists are those golfers out there in windy, below-freezing temperatures hitting those little balls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-84075429981924055222009-01-23T12:44:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:44:00.000-05:00I know I'm crazy.I even have diagnoses (only two o...I know I'm crazy.<BR/>I even have diagnoses (only two of which I agree with (both of which are pretty much harmless), but that's another matter).Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-84697225175735526362009-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00Oh boy. Yeah. But I'm not in denial one bit, becau...Oh boy. Yeah. But I'm not in denial one bit, because I know I'm nuts...or just a major dork, not sure if there's a difference.Dan of Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957424338566461756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70615863769750536942009-01-23T11:02:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:02:00.000-05:00Crazy is not having a hobby.Work all day to watch ...Crazy is not having a hobby.<BR/><BR/>Work all day to watch commercials all night? Now THAT is crazy.Jimmy Swillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549837261062727446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6765330009366020442009-01-23T10:29:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:29:00.000-05:00Rather far past creeping realizations in my case. ...Rather far past creeping realizations in my case. But it's easy to sympathize. :)Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18491213688321013202009-01-23T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:09:00.000-05:00I'm absolutely sane. Absolutely.I'm absolutely sane. Absolutely.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53844964082477782312009-01-23T10:04:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:04:00.000-05:00Crazy I can deal with, its all the gamers who are ...Crazy I can deal with, its all the gamers who are bloody obnoxious, unclean, and socially unbearable that are the problem.<BR/><BR/>Crazy? Yeah, that's fine.Brendan Falconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981719537527659745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41543296377054652342009-01-23T09:56:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:56:00.000-05:00Yes, I often have the creeping realization that YO...Yes, I often have the creeping realization that YOU could be a crazy person. :DThe Lizard of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558688622983566769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65033886058357479212009-01-23T09:46:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:46:00.000-05:00People gotta have something to be nuts about. I fi...People gotta have something to be nuts about. I find RPGs to be the best choice for me.<BR/><BR/>Everyone just remember to call the guys in white on me if I ever start to refer to myself in the third person as "Hawking the Bold" or "Grimgold the Mysterious".<BR/><BR/>Because I would do the same thing for any of you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973301663176412762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7512951536755900012009-01-23T09:42:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:42:00.000-05:00I really try hard not to be one of the crazy ones,...I really try hard not to be one of the crazy ones, but occasionally fail :). Context? What brought on this realization (presumably again)?metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69599218513774830432009-01-23T09:35:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:35:00.000-05:00I think the clue is right there in the word "hobby...I think the clue is right there in the word "hobby," which refers to: <BR/>1) a child's toy horse that doesn't go anywhere;<BR/>2) "A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others;"<BR/>and is derived (courtesy of the online etymological dictionary) from Middle French <EM>hobeler</EM> "to skirmish, harass."<BR/><BR/>Of course, my vision is coloured by <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Obby_%27Oss_festival" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>But you weren't thinking of me when you spoke of crazy people, were you?richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87050693784826920072009-01-23T09:30:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:30:00.000-05:00I was going to suggest that you embrace the madnes...I was going to suggest that you embrace the madness, but I see that Chris beat me to it. (Great Chrises must think alike. :P)<BR/><BR/>I say: What is madness, but a different concept of reality? And who's to say which reality is the <I>true</I> reality? So maybe we're sane, and everybody else is bonkers. Yeah, that's the ticket...<BR/><BR/>And besides, gaming wouldn't be much of a fringe hobby without its lunatics, now would it?Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44808685805772328582009-01-23T09:22:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:22:00.000-05:00I had that very same thought today after visiting ...I had that very same thought today after visiting one of the D&D boards. That's crazy, isn't it? (chuckle)Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770517741281593733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44714609049174142242009-01-23T09:10:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:10:00.000-05:00Well, don't they say there's a fine line between h...Well, don't they say there's a fine line between hobby and mental illness? <BR/><BR/>At least we here in blogland can all be crazy together.DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62519117556213953412009-01-23T09:03:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:03:00.000-05:00Wait, we're crazy? (This said from a guy who has a...Wait, we're crazy? (This said from a guy who has a cartoony icon on his blog to a guy who has a picture of himself in a paladin's helmet on his blog...)Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2852324709276273142009-01-23T08:48:00.000-05:002009-01-23T08:48:00.000-05:00I embraced the madness years ago (it just seemed e...I embraced the madness years ago (it just seemed easier - and more fun - than fighting it any longer). Now it is like a big comforting duvet full of bizarro eiderdown.<BR/><BR/>"Join us. The crazy is at a perfect temperature today." :-)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50502358907470462042009-01-23T08:33:00.000-05:002009-01-23T08:33:00.000-05:00Everyone's weird but me & you. And I'm...Everyone's weird but me & you. And I'm not too sure about you. :)MtbDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308561716045085035noreply@blogger.com