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That's right. Once in Navajo and once in Magyar.

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Each time, it has made clocks blink. Blinkin Clocks For Kromm!!!!

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Just received word that Kromm was the mysterious Mr. W.H. to which Shakespeare dedicated his "Sonnets". The initials stand for What-a-Hunk.

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Kromm learned the Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique and used it on some guy named Bill...

Ghostdancer

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No, Kromm ORIGINATED the five point Exploding Heart Technique and taught Pei Mei.

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Acutally I think that Kromm IS Pei Mei...have your seen Kromm's eyebrows? Maybe he is useing just for men to disguise himself...

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Hah, Kromm invented the Five-Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. It's in GURPS: Martial Arts (The Secret Pages).

He was also the first human to master Game Master-style Kung Fu, the only man to beat Miyamoto Musashi in a duel and the guy who scared Bruce Lee to death.

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Hmmm...well I've never seen them in the same place together....

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Did y'all know that Kromm prevented WW0, stopped WWI,5 and is delaying WWIII?

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SEE...told you!

To Icelander

I apologize to you formally for the eariler post where you accused someone of being a munchkin. I see now that it was humor and I hope that you will accept these words as a person to person "sorry". :) So you know I personally am often called a munchkin or a rules lawyer but really I just love writing stories. I think I was offended for the fellow. Anyways once again I am sorry Icelander :)

Ghostdancer

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Yeah well the Manhatten project was simply about him having a nice New York style steak...also E=MC2 was all Kromm's idea...Einstein hit him on the head and took it at the patent office*


*Very vague family guy reference

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[COLOR=Black]No need for an apology. You are forgiven without asking, my dear boy. Everyone can misunderstand things.

Except for Kromm, of course.

I heard that he understands you even when you don't mean anything.

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Nah, you've got it mixed up. Kromm convinced Einstein to take the heat because he felt that being a world-famous physicist would interfere with his gaming.

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Same thing with John Von Nuemann and game theory.

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BTW Ghostdancer, is your Avatar Steve Irwin in Heaven investigating the local Celestial wildlife?

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:) My girlfriend drew it and the caption on it is "Somewhere in heaven, a very groggy, very confused angel has just woken up and is trying to figure out why a boisterous Australian man is poking it with a stick"

We used to watch his show relgiously from like EP1 on, then stopped about a year ago (things got busy)

A Japenese man won the world hotdog eating contest by eating 200 hotdogs in under 3 minutes. Not to be outdone Kromm ate 3 Japenese guys in 2 seconds.

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Was that after the Japanese men were in the contest? Some say it is so.

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I heard that Kromm sank Atlantis. Apparently the Priests of Shub-Niggoroth there were Adversarial Players who would have been better off playing video games than partaking in social activities.

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I believe that if that is the case, it should be in the 4e of Gurps Atlantis.

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Who wants a 4e GURPS-Atlantis if we can clamor for a 4e GURPS Lost Continents instead?

Mu, Lemuria and the island kingdom of Atlantis all get a large chapter. Relations between the ancient continents. Magic rules for world-shattering magic. Rules for using super-science instead of magic. Lost Continents Mythos.

Kenneth Hite to write most of it. David Pulver on the tech. Stoddard on societies. Kromm himself to edit.

The biggest, baddest setting ever made. Ancient Astronauts meet the Secret Masters and Things From Beyond Time in our world before recorded history.

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Add in Caprona and I'm sold.

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Caprona exists during recorded history. It's a Ruritanian country, not a Lost Continent.

Not that GURPS: Ruritania wouldn't be a nice idea... ;)

Besides, I heard that Kromm imagined both Caprona, Ruritania and Graustark into existance while having a quiet evening at home. He then went out and dug the Grand Canyon while playing with his cat in the backyard.

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Only if you add Hyperborea and Thule as well. They gotta be there along, perhaps with shavers hollow Earth.

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Kromm-rays* turned his cat into a feral world slayer that demanded a proportionate lavatory in the form of the Sahara…so Kromm gave it to the beast…

*Kromm-rays come from being to close the the awesomeness that is Kromm...

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Saying one is too close seems to imply something is wrong. Of course the awesomeness that is Kromm can never be wrong as Kromm is infallible. It was Kromms express will that the cat metamorphosed into the world slayer. Hail Kromm and fear his world-slaying cat. (Though we know not its name.)

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"And the world shall be reborn in a hail of fiery hairballs. And I looked and low the Archdemon Hackard lifted the 7th seal...and all the MIB under throne of Kromm wept"
- Taken from the BOOK of SJG

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And Lo and behold it was known that Kromm's world slaying cat, was simply called <i>Fluffy</i> and thus its desire for great revenge, and thusly Kromm made it so.

Thus Kromm has accepted the title God of Vengance. (especially in kitty circles) He has a cult of exotic ninja kitty's that answer to his every beck and call.

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Upon Dying for Kromm in Holy War one is taken to Valhalla(Residence of Fluffy)and given 72 virgin Space Amazon Ninja Catgirls. But they won't want anything to do with you, really,fanboys but they will allow for convention photos for $10 each.

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Dude...thats just F****d up. I hate using curse words but seriouisly..this deserved it!

Ghostdancer

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What? $10 for convention photos is cheaper than I was charged atComicCon in San Diego.

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Why do you hate using curse words? What did they ever do to you? You Racist against curse words or something?

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BTW Rabid Dingo in a Nursery.

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I admit! I am a curse word racist! I am a grammer facist! Down with slang, burn jargon. And twidllebocks....

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Kromm invented pringles....because Lay's chips got on his nerves....

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The Cat of Kromm bears the name Banshee. Mighty is it and terrifying its aspect.

Did you hear what Dr. Kromm did during the weekend? Apparently he juggled the Moon, Pluto and Eris; ran three laps around the world and then, when he couldn't find any Gatorade to quench his thirst, he drank the Dead Sea, killing it.

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Kromm came to RoyalCon this weekend, did an excellent panel on GM'ing long-term games with one of his players (who did the playing part of long-term games). He hung around the entire con, making himself available to fans, being friendly and funny. I saw him sit with one guy for an hour, listening to the details of his campaign. He also dispelled many myths about Ninjas! All in all a stellar performance. I'm surprised there weren't more GURPS-heads willing to make the trip up for the weekend. There was a lot of potential face time with the good doctor. I was too busy organizing to really be able to have a decent conversation, but was having enough fun listening!

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Didn't I tell y'all that Kromm was great? ;)

If I may allow myself to lapse into semi-seriousness, I would like to add that I am always pleasantly surprised by those authors, directors, artists and game designers who have time to spend time with fans and discuss their work with them. It shows a remarkably affable nature and I think that being able to listen to everyone tell you the same things again and again deserves recognition. ;)

And I also heard Dr. Kromm doesn't mind running convention games for Cthuhu, Shub-Niggurath, Nyaharlothep, Satan and Madeleine Albright. Saddam won't come because him and Satan just broke up.

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@_@ Dude...thats.....

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Just in, unconfirmed reports that Dr. Kromm may be the next Dalai Lama. If true, this would be his fourth position as a religious leader; after having held the post of Pope, Caliph and the Dealey Lama.

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Even worse, one of their (now dead) cats was named Azathoth. And yes, it really WAS the Blind, Idiot God at the Center of the Universe. As proof, she even received a birthday letter from then-canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney.

P.S.: Two of the three sentences I wrote above are true. Guess which one isn't. :)

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The one in the middle?

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well, back in the day (many years back), I saw a posting about Kromm driving a Ferrari and not knowing if it was rping or real life I started a thread about "What kind of cars do D Pulver and Kromm drive ?" on Pyramid.

however real-life was a let down as Sean eventually posted and *I think* he didn't have one, both take public transportation or something.

I was rather impressed by his web page with house rules and the Q&A session he's done on various rulings.

It sure helped me get a handle on things waaaay back when.

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Kromm once entered into a staring contest with Cthulu. Not only did Cthulu blink first, but losing actually caused Cthulu to go insane.

Kromm does have his limits, however - he lost to Deep Blue at Chess. This so annoyed the mighty Kromm that he then reprogrammed Deep Blue with a fire axe, proving who was truely superior.

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+5 Axe of Compy Slaying with optional axe case of protection vs. Silcon +10?

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"How great is your admiration for Kromm?"

"Without measure!"

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How great is Kromm? I met him once a few years ago at a montreal gaming store, and I was impressed with how nice he was.

...And just recently, at RoyalCon, where he was a guest, I walked up to him and said "Hi, I don't know if you remember me..." And lo and behold, he did!

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If true, this would mean that he was all past Dalai Lamas and all future Dalai Lamas as well. Also the present one. Perhaps these reports confused him with the Panchen Lama?

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Dr. Kromm is unbound with linear time and temporal paradoxes.

He is all of these and none.

He is Kromm.

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We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

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Does Ritual to summon the almighty Kromm so that mayhaps he will see the unbound glory offered to him...

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Of course he remembered you. He exists outside of linear time and therefore, your meeting was both yesterday and tomorrow for him.

Alone in the world, Dr. Kromm can also stop eating Pringles once he has "popped".

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@_@ I don't have this ability...but I want it....

Kromm deliver unto your servant the ability to stop popping...I cant stop...!

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As I'm sure everyone is aware of by now, Dr. Kromm can touch MC Hammer.

There is no truth, however, in Hammer's allegations that the touch was in any way inappropriate.

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Breaking news:

Global warming discovered to be a myth!
What actually happened was that Dr. Kromm was feeling a little chilly so he turned the sun up a notch.

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I just looked at my keyboard and then it hit me.

There is no CONTROL button on Dr. Kromm's computer. Dr. Kromm is always in control.

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When God said "let there be light" Kromm was the one who actually lit the sky up.

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I knew I shouldn't have had that refill on the Isotope Martini.

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Of course, if you ask me, a refill of any alcoholic beverage is never a bad idea.

In order to ask me, however, you may have to wake me up and wait for me to make sense, depending on the time of day. And please don't poke my liver. ;)

Dr. Kromm, is it true that the Second Coming is still in a production limbo because you turned down the role of Jesus, telling Jehova Productions that once was enough and you didn't want to be typecast?

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I was watching a certain popular British Sci-Fi TV series yesterday and I noticed a disclaimer in the credits in ultra-tiny print which lasted for only one frame on-screen:
"The character known as The Doctor and the events protrayed in this TV series are based on the real life events and life story of Doctor Kromm. Used with permission."

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Of course, they were forced to tone it down quite a bit. When they tried to show Dr. Kromm's life as it really was the test audience all exploded with desire to be him and terror at imagining what it would be like to be his enemy.

I heard that some studio even bought the rights to the life story of his cat. Apparently, they made an animated movie called "The Lion King" out of it.

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Kromm can make coal into diamonds using just his bare hands.

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Spontaneous Human Combustion occurs when someone disbelieves Kromm.

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And I heard that he can unravel it right back into coal by grasping it firmly at both ends and pulling.

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Kromm's dice are actually tiny planetoids covered in his creations; whenever he rolls them, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the screams of billions of tiny humans as they wonder what they did wrong.

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Just by willing it he can make these dice change their results as the tiny people build large structures to roll them; he doesn't need to fudge the results, he can fudge the dice.

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And why would he do that? He can tune the math. Yesterday 2+1+4 was 3 and today you all think I'm a fool... But you also think that the express line goes to Shell Beach

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After Kromm lays the smack down on the Strangers....it will....

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So, how great is Kromm anyway?

He defeated Mick Foley in a hardcore match!

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Yeah, I heard he ate his ear.

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Not only can he fudge math and dice, but Dr. Kromm can divide by zero.

No matter what the equation is, the result is the same. One.

One kick-ass Doctor of Gaming, that is.

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Just wanted to point something out to you all.

Dr. Kromm answers our rules questions with patience and understanding. He reads our fan mail, even when it kind of makes his flesh creep. From time to time, he even sees us; in our faux-mediveval armour, with elf-ears (which are probably Spock-ears when you get down to it) and maybe wearing those shapeless smocks and sad little hats that we insist are the attire of a powerful wizard. He smells the whiff of Cheetos, the interesting (to put it mildly) aromatic effects you get when you don't bathe during the week because you are too busy defeating the Evil Lich Overlord and the lingering taint of that six-weeks-old Domino's pizza in the dark corner. He hears the dreams of leaving Mom's Basement one of these years and installing a real Gaming Room in the hypothetical future homes we all hope to have once we find something to do with our lives.

Yet, knowing all this, he still shows up on conventions and talks to us.

How great is Dr. Kromm?

Greater than we'll ever understand. ;)

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I hear that Andrew Hackard invented e-mail. Hackard enjoyed his new invention and was able to efficiently communicate with his friends and colleagues. Not to be outdone, Dr. Kromm then invented spam.

Proving that those who try to upstage Kromm will regret it the rest of their lives.

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*shudder*

So that is what the dread substance looks like.

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Oh, thats an easy one:

approx 6*10^-9 light seconds. A bit greater if he is hunting errors in a GURPS text (moving at significant fraction of c).

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Surely he's taller than a 180 cm?

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6 feet plus/minus 5% should be enough of an educated guess, don't you think so? Thats 1,70m till 1,90m enough to capture most male adult humans from western cultures. ;)

Give him a bit more speed, and you can get to 7 feet easily.

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Where does the +/- 5% come from? I thought a light second was a constant (as long as we don't muck with c). ;)

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From the approx. at the beginning of the sentence. And Christian needs to know the difference between "large" and "great"... :)