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Post by webber on Jun 28, 2007 6:05:06 GMT
Hi guys, this thread is just for fun and to get to know members better! I was just wondering what kind of strange habits or beliefs you have concerning the !partyroll.
For instance, I am a firm believer of Karma -- If I get 3 bad rolls in a row, it means 3 consecutive good rolls are to come. Also after a party roll I always read the person who rolled last first and then quickly read the person who rolled first and then scan the middle. Always.
Also in real life I always snap when I'm frustrated. In long car rides I imagine that there is a seperate version of me jumping along trees and poles and such to keep up with my car. This version of myself can't touch the road/ground because it is made of acid. I developed this habit as a child (as is obvious by the "floor is made of lava" game) and continue to do it.
Another quirk of mine is that whenever I'm driving a stick shift car, even if it's on the slightest hill I always let the car roll back and then engage the clutch just enough to push it forward the same amount, and then repeat.
I'm sure I have other oddities that I am not thinking of, but feel free to share yours (in game and out)!
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 28, 2007 6:33:13 GMT
Fantastic. See that Off Topic forum down there? Yeah. Funky
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Post by khaine on Jun 28, 2007 15:10:49 GMT
Well, I'm not sure about what I beilieve in (I like the idea of karma, but I'm not sure if its not wishfull thinking, xD). Then again, I know very few gamers who don;t have their gaming superstitions - if you roll partyroll out of an actual partyroll, you may "waste" someones good roll. Generally, I am the same. Luck is fickle, and unperdictable, but has a soft heart, xD.
That game you play in the car - stangely enough I play that myself. My rules are diffrent, often its you can only touch grass, or swing on poles/trees, and sometimes even chopping down trees, or dodging cars. It's odd, xD.
xD.
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Post by gruntgruntson on Jun 28, 2007 15:21:34 GMT
Gaming superstitions are as old as games. My personal Dice Beliefs are outlined here: Shameless Plug: maddwarf.co.uk/Articles/dice.htmI also make it a habit to call out "Lowest roll picks 1st?" if I am near the bottom of a !partyroll.
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Post by webber on Jun 28, 2007 16:59:55 GMT
Sorry about putting it in the wrong forum Funky, read the description for drunken monk and it said "Chat about anything on your mind!", my mistake.
Oh yeah sometimes I will roll a !d100 during the run to "trick" karma. If it's a low number for instance I feel certain that my actual !partyroll will be a high number.
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Post by johannhowitzer on Aug 10, 2007 9:15:05 GMT
I know this is necro, but I had to!
Wow, really? Here I thought I was the only one...
As for the partyrolling, I should probably just make a histogram of my Hells rolls to prove to myself that I'm not getting shafted. Seems like every time there's something good I roll just one spot too low to grab it! That Phleg we aborted the other night, the one where boxey got the only item we earned, a BUR? I rolled second by 2.
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Post by khaine on Aug 10, 2007 11:53:41 GMT
I found as I bank more and more I get more and more superstitious. It's odd, but I find myself telling people that the loots in a good mood, or in beholders, which order to pop loot in. I think I'm goign crazy, xD.
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Post by Breña on Aug 10, 2007 23:11:40 GMT
I like to organize my books according to the width of their spines.
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Post by Delfestra Ruinvorn on Aug 11, 2007 4:05:26 GMT
I have a set of cursed dice. They hate me. They always roll ones. They're the most unlucky dice ever. They're all in it together, a joint dice set conspiracy. No one of them is any less vile than the others. They live in a seperate bag, hidden away nowadays. They're probably happier there.
I think they're in cahoots with the !partyroll function. At least that still has occasional flashes of very good luck.
And I organize my books by genre, from most read to least read within each genre, and each section flows into the next in a related fashion. Always from left to right, and top to bottom
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Post by Lythe Featherblade on Aug 11, 2007 21:29:57 GMT
I'm always daydreaming.. to the point where I don't even listen to music in the car because it's too distracting from my thoughts. The characters I daydream about are over a decade old, the worlds/plots/situations they wander through sometimes inspired by real life, by books/movies but most often completely made up. If I could sit down and turn them into readable books I wouldn't have to work anymore.
When I get imploded on a roll of 1 you'll hear a "one for the ones god" from me
On partyrolls I try to not get excited, the more I am the lower I roll, and more than 60% of my rolls are in the bottom 3 slots of the partyroll.
I don't organize my books.. If I own a book odds are I no longer want to read it. I did read so much as a kid (plus my daydreaming) that my dad used to ground me from reading on a regular basis (I often snuck out with a book anywhere and read away from home)
I'm always drumming my fingers on parts of my body, especially on prominent bones (sternum, collarbone) or solid parts (back of neck)
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Post by cathedralmaster on Aug 11, 2007 22:02:20 GMT
I live in a world beyond your world where one plus one always equals three. Seriously, it would probably be easier for me to go over what's normal about myself, but nothing comes readily to mind.
Umm... I like steak?
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Post by wnxhalfwingseen on Aug 12, 2007 4:05:48 GMT
I have an Odd game when im in a car i occasionally look out of the window and pretend a enormous plow is next to my car turnign upp all the grass and dirt along the side of my car. I also ALWAYS say that im sorry FOR EVERYTHING it gets so bad my girlfriend left me because of it and always in im banking if every loot spot isnt a BUR/UR i appologise i dont know maybe i just really want people to like me because when i was younger i was all alone im not sure but theres a lil slice of me
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Post by illandous on Sept 13, 2007 19:14:56 GMT
I like steak too. Stupid search
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Post by dodrudon on Sept 13, 2007 19:17:11 GMT
Far be it from me to be the one that asks why you were searching for "steak" on HG forums....
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Post by Trazik on Sept 14, 2007 6:28:04 GMT
It is my fervent, irrational belief that the NWN Random Engine is not at all random. Examples:
- having 65 reflex and failing 4 (!!) petrification checks on the first half of the first Stygia map. - rolling dead last for loot in my last 3 hell runs (Cania, Dis and Maladomini). Two of the three rolls were 1 (!!) and the other was 27 (when the other 9 were 54+).
Plenty of other cases of similiar ludicrous-ness, none of which come to mind at the moment.
Trazik
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