Real Men Don't Play GURPS

[Anders]

He wasn't serious.

• Real Men have memorized all the tables and formulas in GURPS Vehicles
  
• And can use them to put together a modern battlecruiser in less than 15 minutes

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Gary.Townsend

Exactly so if he was serious then i don't see how he could enjoy those aspects. Maybe i'm skewing it through my own lens but i can't imagine how that could be enjoyable which is the way it's being portrayed.

I'm not saying that that thing was serious, at all, but there are definitely people who consider ultra-simple character building with little to no mechanical differentiation (at least within a class) a virtue.

[jacobmuller]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I've never understood why quiche became a codeword for sissy. With the right fillings you've basically got bacon pie.

Because Bruce Feirstein wrote: Real Men Don't Eat Quiche. It's mentioned at the end of the brilliant satire (is that the correct word? Sarcasm? Reverse compliment compilation?)

Edit: before your time:) Bah, humbug, kids. They don't make em like they youst to.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I've never understood why quiche became a codeword for sissy.

Because it sounds French, and making fun of the French has a long and distinguished history.

[Purple Haze]

Real men of course eat crustardes.

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by Bengt

Mmmm... quiche...

You mean keesh

[whswhs]

I'm a Real Roleplayer, so it doesn't worry me.

Bill Stoddard

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by PseudoFenton

I started to glaze over by the end of that, its just a "I play this way, this is the only way to play" argument, which I've heard more than enough of in my time.

I glazed over by the second paragraph, where it started in on how I'm not a real man. Heh. Real Men play pretend differently than I do.

[scc]

I stopped reading after the second or third paragraph.

Real Men don't have penis size issues but and thus don't brag

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Uh, other than the flavor text ("REAL classes") I'm not sure how that's supposed to be wrong. Early D&D, I've been told many times, had very simple character building. Like, roll stats, pick a class, done...

...And I've almost certainly spent more time building characters than playing them, though I'd have read that to be intended as humorous exaggeration.

The last time I made a character for AD&D (2e) the DM said "roll dice until you come up with a set you like." I rolled 25 sets of stats and still finished 45 minutes before his wife did. I did have an 18 DEX, 17 ST, 16 Con and no stat below 12.

This was neither swift nor "suthentic" but the campaign ended up being great in spite of the demi-buttocked game system. Of course the characters all gained effective Advantages and Disadvantages that were never on the character sheet and unsupported by the game system.

I'm waiting for an opportunity to transplant my swashbuckler from that game to Gurps. I can write him up in Gurps faster than I can roll all those dice too. I can put all his alcohol-related Perks on his sheet too.

Real Men might triumph over the limitations of certain game systems but after a while you realize this is doing things the hard way and you've got better things to do with your time.