Chuck Norris Autocompletes My lol quota

ok i am a big Chuck Norris spoof lover.
All the cool crazy Chuck Norris sayings really
and truly make me laugh out loud.

Today I got referred to a site that's cute
called Autocomplete Me. It's not LOLcats
funny but it's ok.

This Entry on Autocomplete Me hit a homerun
with me.

(if you can't tell - it's about Chuck Norris.)

For Kristyn with wuvs.

crazy cooincidence...
just commented on Kristyn's blog (over to the right
there called Pretty Pessimist) regarding the issues
of academia vs creative writing in her grad class
paper that is due soon. To me, it seems that
Academia sometimes demands too much jargon to be
given a good grade vs being clear to understand and
easy to read and grasp concepts the writing gives.

I think MC from the "Culture Kills" weighed in on
it before me and i did kinda mesh his words with
mine to present my feeling on the subject.

Anyways... so a totally random other friend sent
me this link today and i thought it was strangely
appropriate and hella funny since the friends
are totally unrelated.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/academia_vs_business.png
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TableTop RPG gaming via Skype

Basic background :
Dear friends who i've gamed with over the years now all
live far apart and we all miss playing games like D&D,
White Wolf, Tri-Stat, Shadowrun, etc together.
We miss it alot.

Solution:
Playing all together via Skype

Simple Summary:
We will be Video conferencing in 3 or 4 locations into
one large RPG game via Skype. My house will have 2 or
3 people playing and we will add in other sites with 1
or 2 people.

Pros:
- game from your own house with all your own amenities
- If you are sick, but you really want to still game -
you can now game without spreading your sickness to others
- Today's webcams are pretty great quality so you don't lose
player's awesome expressions or traditional rolling of
the eyes when things happen during the game
- Today's technology has caught up with the average person
making the purchase of a nifty webcam and/or mic pretty
cheap and affordable. Not to mention almost everyone has
some kind of High speed internet access available.
- Interfacing with Skype and your webcam/Mic is hella easy.
- Saves gas and other usual commuting costs involved
in traditional gaming group gatherings.
- Easy to fit gaming back into your time schedule and possibly
more often when you don't have to commute, find babysitters
for kids/pets, etc.
**** super important to me ****
- Play with friends no matter where they live.


Cons:

- There is the upfront cost of a webcam/mic but I only
list it in cons because it makes the project not
absolutely free
(solution - research online and you can find cheap
components that are actually good quality)
- Technology outages - if your internet service has an
outage then you can't game via this method. If your
Webcam/mic get busted then again your gaming is on hold.
(solution - since skype gaming is easy to fit in - it
should be easy to contact your buddies and reschedule
the gaming session.)
- Less excuses not to game - yes i know it should be a pro
but there is always at least 1 person in a group who
feels the need to fib to get out of a game session they
just don't want to do at the moment.
(solution - be honest with your buddies. Only game when
you want to and then your gaming sessions will actually
be more fun!)
- Occasionally a little less comraderie or funny note passing
since you are not in person to game.
(solution - not really a solution, but ask yourself; is it
better to get your game on and be awesome than to never
game again? My answer is HELLS YEAH!)


May's Personal Comments:

Technically if you can see facial expressions,hear the
awesome character's verbal inflections and can
occasionally cam down to see dice (rarely needed) then
everyone can still stay connected with their favorite
gaming groups. We can finally pick up old beloved characters
and actually finish the cool campaigns and storylines we've
never had the chance to finish. It's really like being
in the same room still.
I think i've given a fair list of pros and cons and to
my count the Pros far far outweigh the cons.

I think this will be a fun time had by all.
Not only can i game with old friends & my brother whom I
miss bunches and bunches, but there are a ton of newer
friends i've met via Blog or Net who i'd LOVE to game
among ((( hinting at the black vatican & you readers of
Abashed land here... )))

-- What do you guys think ?