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Old 07-06-2009, 11:35 AM   #11
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16. High school students that you don't even know recognize you on sight as "The Game Master" and attempt to cite your game notes as references for their term papers. (That apparently happened last year in my daughter's English class. The teacher didn't allow it only because the kid didn't cite it properly.)
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Old 07-06-2009, 01:31 PM   #12
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16. High school students that you don't even know recognize you on sight as "The Game Master" and attempt to cite your game notes as references for their term papers. (That apparently happened last year in my daughter's English class. The teacher didn't allow it only because the kid didn't cite it properly.)
That could so get you followed home by the black rats...
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Old 07-06-2009, 03:15 PM   #13
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16. High school students that you don't even know recognize you on sight as "The Game Master" and attempt to cite your game notes as references for their term papers. (That apparently happened last year in my daughter's English class. The teacher didn't allow it only because the kid didn't cite it properly.)
17. Even friends refer to you as 'Master' even in situations where both of you are equal in all things (e.g. at a birthday), when talking about non-RPG stuff etc.
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Old 07-06-2009, 07:22 PM   #14
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18. You spend hundreds of dollars on non-fiction books and other sources, so your game has more plausibility.

Guilty.
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Old 07-06-2009, 08:55 PM   #15
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17. Even friends refer to you as 'Master' even in situations where both of you are equal in all things (e.g. at a birthday), when talking about non-RPG stuff etc.
I have say, were I to observe that phenomonon, RPGs would not be the first explanation to occur to me.
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Old 07-06-2009, 10:30 PM   #16
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18. You spend hundreds of dollars on non-fiction books and other sources, so your game has more plausibility.

Guilty.
18b You blow out your monthly download account getting music from iTunes, in order to have appropriate background music for the next session you run.
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Old 07-07-2009, 02:41 AM   #17
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18. You spend hundreds of dollars on non-fiction books and other sources, so your game has more plausibility.

Guilty.
Sucker! This is why you should be a Librarian, so you don't have to spend that money. :D
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Old 07-07-2009, 05:28 AM   #18
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I have say, were I to observe that phenomonon, RPGs would not be the first explanation to occur to me.
Well, I'd guess roleplaying. And I'd guess games. But I wouldn't guess RPGs.

Oh no, I'd have a different acronym in mind. ;)
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Old 07-07-2009, 05:39 AM   #19
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14. You see a news report about a rescue pulled off by SEAL snipers, and your first thought is how to recreate it in your favorite RPG.

(No joke: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=55909)
I remember that. If I recall correctly, GURPS handles it well.
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Old 07-07-2009, 08:23 AM   #20
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18. You spend hundreds of dollars on non-fiction books and other sources, so your game has more plausibility.

Guilty.
I haven't looked over it yet to see how much of it is useful, but the World eBook Fair might be able to save you a bit.
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