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Date Posted: 11:48:48 03/19/04 Fri
Author: Craig
Subject: Re: Greetings
In reply to: Thormagni 's message, "Re: Greetings" on 05:33:14 03/19/04 Fri

Well, I rarely wore the black socks, since I found some very dark blue ones there were better for my feet. Also, the white/black socks were great (while they lasted at the NEX).

My current selection of clothes is still rather small, since after 10 years I got use to wearing a small selection of clothes. Since I'm sure you can remember the "huge" amounts of space we had on the ships.

Oh, and I started in the navy as a Nuke, dropped down to conventional MM, then moved on to DPSN, then to RM3, then to IT2. After IT2, my last two years I joined the PAPERCLIP program.

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Yes, I do agree that the whole heroes system (paladium?) did have a steep learning curve. Worse than a lot of other systems I've played....Dangerous Journeys, Earthdawn (the game of large amounts of dice rolling), Rolemaster (rulemaster/chartmaster...a system I enjoy)....

Also, are you into any boardgames? Like Settlers of Catan, any war games, or any other type of games?

Every once in a blue moon, we sometimes gather up to play a few games. Also, I'm sure someone will mention this, but try looking into the online settlers community at www.s3dconnector.net

>Aha. The strangest decision I had to make after
>getting out of the Navy was what color socks to wear
>every day. After wearing the black ones pretty much
>every working day for years, it seemed like an odd
>choice to have to make.
>
>I don't think the Hero system is helped by all the
>jargon they use either. Instead of a 12-shot laser
>gun, you end up with a 7pt. 7d6 EB OAF (-1) 12 charges
>(-2) RED PEN (-1/4) Lots of arcane abbreviations and
>fractions in the power writeups that don't really make
>ANY sense to a newbie. Steep learning curve.
>
>And I think the hardest thing about a super hero game
>is to balance the power levels so that the Batman-type
>character and Superman-type character both have
>something to do. But they have the same problem in
>comics too. I'm a big fan of the Authority, JSA,
>Avengers, etc., but half their members are gods and
>the other half are limited to punching and kicking.
>
>Sorry, I suspect I am wandering far from the topic
>here. Like I said, I love super hero games. Babble,
>babble, babble.
>
>
>>No, I left the navy last September.
>>
>>And yes, the hero system did seem to require some high
>>level of mathematics, if I can remember right. I
>>didn't really get into the system all that much,
>>probably because I was, at the time, amongst people
>>who loved to shell out massive amounts of damage and
>>have gigantic super powers. I got bored quickly.

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