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zebular
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Well met!
Looks like I am going first at introducing ourselves, forgive me for my long-windedness!
I was going to hold off on an introduction thread until release but now in light becoming one of the wonderful Moderators here, I felt I should go ahead and formally introduce myself by including a small part of my resume with some additional information.
I began playing D&D by myself with the Hollow World boxed set in 1991. By 1994 I had began playing with a small group in the Dragonlance campaign setting. In 1995, I began DMing my own campaign setting based upon the Forgotten Realms. This same campaign setting has endured the test of time and I still DM it on occasion with a small group of 3 to 4 others, one of which has been a PC in my campaign since the beginning.
My campaign has grown and evolved so much, that I feel as though I could probably publish my "own version" of the Forgotten Realms. It incorporates not only the base 2nd Ed FR but also the Arcane Age, Al-Quadim, Kara-Tur, The Jungles of Chult, Spelljammer, and Planescape.
Because of how long I have been DMing the same Campaign, needless to say, it is now a High-Level Campaign. I often deal with the Gods and High Level NPCs of the Realms. I have quite a library of 2nd Edition Forgotten Realms Source Material and have slowly been building up my 4th Edition Source Material for the Realms. My Campaign has not yet shifted to the current time-line, it is currently set in the year 1334, a little over a decade before the Time of the Troubles.
I also play as a PC in two other campaigns, from time to time, one is a Greyhawk campaign that is DMed by the one PC in my campaign that has been playing with me since child-hood. The other campaign I play as a PC in is one of my close friend's own creation, mixed with Spelljammer and Planescape.
My first D&D novel that I read was The Knight of the Black Rose, which I loved. Before that, I read the Xanth Series then later the Narnia Series. Since, I have mostly read many works by Ed Greenwood on the Forgotten Realms, among other notable authors based in the Realms. I absolutely loved the whole Elminster Series, which were the last novels I have read, due to migraine onsets from reading fine print. I'm hoping the new Neverwinter series makes it to audible format.
I began playing MMOs with Ultima Online in September of 1997, when the Baja Shard first opened up. I was known there, and later also in the Origin Shard, as Terraseer, Orvago, and Elminster Aumar until 2004, when I finally quit playing. Ever since, I have played nearly every MMORPG to hit the North American Market, plus many others globally. So many, that it would take quite some time to go through and detail which ones.
During my time with Ultima Online, I became a Moderator for the Stratics UO portal and then later become one of the Administrators. I eventually then accepted the position of Managing Editor for their Lord of the Rings Online portal. Due to the amount of time needed to hold such positions and the continuing deterioration of my health due to severe osteoarthritis and fusing of vertebrae, I left my positions there on good terms and still do communicate with Stratics every now and then.
I am currently actively playing Star Trek Online, having been with STO off and on since before it was born. I've also been a subscriber to Champions Online in the past. As well, I sometimes go back to playing around in Forsaken World when I need something different. The latest other major MMOs that I have spent a great deal of memorable time in are titles such as Asheron's Call, Anarchy Online, EVE Online, Everquest and Everquest II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and of course World of War.craft. I have played nearly every MMO to hit the Western Market, however.
I do take a lot of pride and enjoyment in my understand and proper usage of the English Language in a written format, making proper usage of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I do often make typos due to my large hands, fingers, and osteoarthritis. I rarely need to look at the keyboard however, having excelled in typing classes in High School and my continued use of Computers to the present day. Such typos are usually caught and corrected in a reasonable amount of time, in relation to forum usage.
I also take pride in my Germanic-Welsh Heritage, my German is horrible however, as I haven't used it since early child-hood. I am also distantly related to HRH Prince William & HRH Prince Harry and the Late HRH Princess Diana (13th & 14th generation cousins respectfully).
I am very much looking forward to Neverwinter and I do not know which I am more excited about, being able to finally play in the Forgotten Realms in an MMO atmosphere or creating content in the Neverwinter Foundry. I know I'll probably spend a good deal amount of time initially playing the game itself before I even start to delve into the Foundry after release. The Forgotten Realms setting is my utmost favorite fantasy setting, both in D&D and out.
Phew, that got long winded!
TL;DR - Well met! I am one of your new Moderators, along with ambisinisterr, bubbabinsky, and truthseeker! I, personally, shall leave my PM box open for the time-being while the Report a Post feature is out of order.
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Extra strength Excedrin.
Copious amounts of Alcohol
A stress ball
maybe a book on transcendental meditation...
b:laugh
Why, thank you!
Thankfully, I have all of those! I also have a stock of this still:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/zeb3/funnypicspg/anti-troll.jpg
Also, look what I found that I still have a supply of:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/zeb3/funnypicspg/beetlespray01.jpg
*the mage grins wildly*
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I've been existing since video games literally first appeared. For better or for worse, we grew up together and both of our lives shaped each other. I could no more stop gaming than many people could stop tweeting or driving.
I got into D&D gaming when I got into Star Wars, 1977. I was friends with some kid named Jerry, and he had a big brother named Kim, who showed me this game where you use paper and dice and cut out figures...and my fighter died from the original Asmodeus...ahh, good times! When "Elf" and "Dwarf" became "classes" (Fighting Man/Magic-User and Fighting Man/Cleric respectively) themselves.
Since then, I've played the game off and on with years of constant play and years of dormancy for decides. This month marks my thirty-fourth year of D&D. The wizard is still my favorite class (followed by monk.) I've played all editions since they were released, including testing D&D NEXT. Of course I've played the other "tabletop" games, and if you ask about it I can talk about it, but I have only so much space here
All systems (both D&D and gaming tabletop in general) have strengths and weaknesses and play the one you like best is my suggestion (and try them all to find your niche.)
As for the technology side of gaming, I've had a gaming system since the late seventies. From the Tandy TV Scoreboard to the Atari console family to Intellivision and Colecovisions from friends, to an Atari, Apple II, and eventually IBM "portable" (and school Macintosh) systems, the Nintendo series, and Playstation consoles (as well as many many many IBM compatible desktop computers,) I've played games on many things. I enjoyed a lot of games on "Bulletin Boards" too like the game called Tradewars.
When it came to "MMO's" I played things like MUD's and other "text only" or "Graphics though ASCII characters" to some games similar to Meridian 59 (didn't stick around there but knew it) to my addiction and leaving of Evercrac...err, Everquest, the Ultima Series and my (surprising) disinterest in Ultima Online (it got too PK for me back then,) my agony in watching the original Neverwinter Nights on AOL go away (the first REAL multi-player D&D game on a computer that didn't involve LAN or Null cables) and too many MMO's since then.
Personally speaking (now it's gone I feel okay speaking about it) the Star Wars Galaxies was my most painful of them all when it came to MMO's that crashed and burned. The customization, and IP, and open market was slowly but surely chipped away by what I can only describe as "a bunch of whining minority in number players who somehow convinced the game's features to be 'fairly rebalanced' by the Sony Staff." By the time they were ready to announce the then fairly rare way a few could achieve the Jedi system, I had left seeing the writing on the wall for that and the game as a whole. I was sadly right. I know it was not all the user base's "requests" that made it end up as it did, but they were very significant. It still pains me remembering what SWG had become. As bad as some MMO games may be, that still is my benchmark for "it could be worse." Yes, while I don't list what I Beta Tested here, I will say I Beta and Stress Tested that game and was around for a while before the game was out of development even.
DDO was my favorite MMO that came closest to D&D...well, technically then it was the ONLY D&D MMO in a more literal saying, if we call the newer PC NWN series "co-op." The lagging, power creep, years without updates to bugs and class/race requests finally topped with some multiple player dramas made me sadly leave. The "Freemium" method of paying for most things or go sub for a "promised free to play" or grind several quests over and over kept me from coming back. But I spent many years there enjoying myself and am thankful I have seen both good and bad for potential for MMO D&D. This is in no way an endorsement for or against the Dungeons and Dragons Online game, but just my experiences with it. The community is outstanding there on many servers and if you like the 3.5 system, I'd recommend looking into it too.
And yeah, know or played or sampled all those other MMOs like Anarchy Online Dark Age of Camelot City of X, EQ2, (sorry WoW, found the late level Grind for a "no grind" game and didn't try you,) Second Life, Entropia, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of games trying to remember a bunch more.
As for me, I'm a follower of philosophy and social psychology, the "persona" of my handle (the truthseeker) made up as an actual name in 1990, and I've played some form of a "character" with this name since. The secret I learned that year was "my truth" and it simply is this:
Be a good soul and do the right thing. A lot harder than it first seems. So far "the truth of everything" has not been found by me and I most likely will spend a lifetime seeking. It seemed like a cool idea then to make a person who achieved some more "enlightenment" who traveled through realities life after life learning (sometimes remembering past lives sometimes not,) and the character is what you see today.
After decides, the lines do blur where the character ends and the person begins...or is that just memory lapse
My interests also follow humor, animation, movies, music and trivia. I'm pretty good with recalling things I've learned and some people called me a "sponge." Here in D&D land the term "Sage" would be more appropriate.
Unfortunately I also have had my share of disability and chronic issues (but would not like to share more publicly at this time,) and can empathize with what others (including Zebular) have gone through.
Most importantly, my"wisdom" I have "demonstrated" comes not from many successes, but from a mix of experiences including many a gaming and forum "failure." I won't detail on where I made my gaming supernova mistakes, but craters can be found as "learning experiences" by me too, as much as my "learn learn together" shows here today.
This is also quite true in "real life." Sometimes we can appreciate what others have warned us about, sometimes we stupidly think "but that won't happen to me," and many times, we simply lack the perspective to understand the warnings without going through similar experiences (as bad as they may be,) and then having the empathy to bluntly "get it." I've known people working for companies who won "of the year" awards who were fired the next year. Even if warned "the way you are doing things is a bad way," sometimes you lack the understanding why. Heck I was the next person to win "of the year" at that company and I'm not there either, because how all things were handled. Maybe not fired next year but when a flagship project downsized and I was not picked up for another, having to accept that outcome as well all those years back.
The talents I have that got me that then also got me another very similar award "of the year" with another company then the next year gor me similar results. Even "top performers who saw it happen to others" can fall victim" when put in that spot no matter who was "responsible." This manager and their "thinking this way" caused this company to go "only by the book" and end the entire company because they lost perspective too. They are known...were known as Washington Mutual and were around over a century. Now they are not. Maybe I was an early casualty maybe I wasn't a good fit with them anymore. No matter how you look at it, if I don't learn how not to go there again (or walk away if I must,) I'd just repeat this mess with the same conditions popping up again if they did.
So words of wisdom and always learning are my "secrets." Respecting the views of others and supporting the community as a whole as best we all can is what I learned from all this. This I promise to do as best I can and hope to shape the future of this community as best I can...with all your help.
That's all I'm sharing for now; we still have other people to introduce. But thank you all for putting me here today.
(And Stormdrag0n, we also have Chloroform, body bags, odor sealing tape, shovels and an unidentified multi-acre plot of land to "meditate" on with our more..."troublesome" posters. Best items in the survival kit
Promise??!!!
/jumps up and down with excitement. b:chuckle
Mine is exceptionally shorter, because most of my story has been told already. I don't have as much to account for as my friends because I'm the youngest :P.
I'm very happy to be moderating here though! This is going to be quite fun.
Zebular's and Truth's thought out posts made me consider what to post in this forum and a busy week at work and with friends and family has belated this post far longer than originally intended.
My own infatuation with Dungeons and Dragons started when I was eleven years old. I had recently moved in to live with my grandparents under less than great circumstances and although I was most definitely a problem child for my mother I was overall a good kid for anybody else.
Basically in order to keep any stress put on my grandparents to a minimum I chose to have a very limited social life. I spent a lot of time sitting at home watching television but coincidentally around the same time my uncle had gotten a few of his friends and my older relatives to play D&D twice a week. My parents had suggested that it would be great for me to join up just to get me out of the house for a bit.
I got the phone call from my uncle asking me if I was interested and of course I basically said 'yeah whatever, sounds fun.' Little did I know what I was getting into. Ten to fifteen years later I look back and still say those were some of the most fun times of my life.
While we were playing they kept talking about this thing called Drizz Zit Doh Ooden and something called a race of dork elves. At that time of my life I really hated reading but after a while my uncle handed me a gigantic book with some purple guy with two scimitars on the front cover. I don't think I put the book down other than to go to school and go to the bathroom for two days.
We went on to play Baldur's Gate several times from start to finish and then we enjoyed several years playing NWN together on many different servers.
As my interest in NWN as a game waned though I started tinkering around with the toolset and self-taught myself how to write scripts. I went on to work for with various PW's developing content and writing scripts including the Hall of Fame title "Moonlight and Shadows."
Since that time I've hopped around through various MMO's and Games but I believe the fantasy D&D Settings will always reign as my favorites.
To make a long story short D&D has influenced my character massively. I wouldn't be half the person I am today if I didn't receive the phone call inviting me to play some weird board game. If I didn't get that phone call I wouldn't be typing this post!
I've also become a true sponge for knowledge over the years. I'm an avid reader now as well as a huge history and science buff. If you come across any interesting facts feel free to send them my way and I'm always open for suggestions on books to read.
This game will be the next continuation of my D&D venture. I'm really eager to get to play the game, delve into the foundry tools and help this community grow in any way I can. I'm hoping to be here a part of this community as long, if not longer, than I was a part of the NWN Community.
Please feel free to contact me or the other moderators about anything you might need. We're here to help however we can and we've truly got a great group for the job.
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good as my friends said yesterday. I bought the elite pack and would like to receive the access key because I am crazy to play the never!
"Big E" posing at CBS studios. Check the pop-over sportshirt, side-belt action, and cool western belt loops. Elvis had it going’ on. "The Never" has it goin' on too!
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*curled lip*
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
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my dear friend moderates!! how do I do to get a key now or what it takes to wait for the key to the elite pack raiderz ta taking too long! I need urgent never play rs!!
You won't like my answer but, read my FAQ that's linked to my banner for the curennt latest info on Beta Keys.
moderator tells me one thing: I went and saw it in the FAQ yes. blz can then choose me. but tell me ae. I bought the pack of elite raiderz and not got the key!! I can Diser when will I receive?
We have no new information to release on beta. When it's ready, the company will publicly announce it. You have read all we know so far publicly, and Cryptic/PWE has not released anything else.
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you will not get one in a moat.
You will not get one begging in this thread,
typing in caps or saying somebody's dead.
You can't get a beta key,
until they're released properly.
Oh, not that one? Nevermind then.
Possible, although I may have finally found a replacement for the green eggs and ham...
Marlin was a clown fish who lived in the sea
He and his wife dwelt in an anemone
Soon they found out she was to have a baby
Marlin was very happy and that's no maybe.
Marlin's wife Coral was killed by an eel;
When Marlin found out, he wanted to keel.
That eel ate his wife and all the eggs, too;
All except Beta, that's telling you true.
Marlin wanted to protect Beta all his life-
He didn't want to lose him like he lost his wife.
He didn't wish to let his son go to school,
But he knew if he didn't, he'd be a fool.
To school Beta went, happy as could be-
What would happen that day, Marlin couldn't foresee.
When Beta wandered out to touch that butt,
He soon would regret it, I'm telling you what.
A diver soon caught Beta in his net
And into a dentist's tank he was set.
He made new friends and they called him Sharkbait
But he wished to be free, and he knew he couldn't wait.
Gill devised a good plan to set them all free
Just make the tank dirty, that was the key.
It might have worked, except that new filter-
Which went and threw the plan off kilter.
And so they gave up, what else could they do?
How could they fight against something so new?
Darla was coming and there was no hope
But they should not give up, nope, nope, nope.
MEANWHILE…
Marlin met some sharks and a fish named Dory.
I will tell you only some of the story.
That Dory forgot lots, I tell you no lie
But she recalled more because of that guy.
The two had trials and troubles galore
Shall I tell of the turtles- Crush and more?
Of jellies, pelicans, and seagulls too?
Or do you wish to hear of a whale so blue?
Finally their quest led them to Beta
A bird named Nigel found them in the bay.
He then flew in the office and caused such a fray.
One glance at Beta said he was dead
But take a closer look- look at his head!
Peer at his eyes- they are open you say?
It is the Truth- he is alive this day!
Finally Beta met up with his dad
Marlin had never been so glad.
Here is the key -- the end, so later...
We all hope 2013 gets here soon -- so we can play Beta!
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If you want a peek at how this game might play you might check out RaiderZ, another action combat MMO published by PWE.
Also there's lots of information about Neverwinter over at the wiki.
http://neverwintergame.wikia.com/wiki/Neverwinter_Wiki
Hi Lizz, check out the links in my signature its a compilation of videos from everything from gameplay to interviews, to foundry specific stuff.