Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

No. I: d) Tell them that they are doing it wrong, that they are using the wrong sand, then go on the Internet to denounce them for their crimes against the hobby.

My! Isn't Chirine being a nasty old man, today?

Need a little more fiber in our diet, do we?

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Not really. I've seen it; Eldest Daughter's fiance is a big fan and player, to the point where I do wonder where First Grandson came from. I know it's really big at The Source; I've had them cancel several of my Braunsteins in order to have big promotional tournaments for the game.

Briefly, it's a card game, and certain valuable cards are scarce and randomly distributed through the "booster packs" you can buy.

In other words, the more money you spend, the better your odds of getting a powerful card.

As a gamer, my instant reaction was "Fuck that shit."

As a marketer, my instant reaction was "Crap, I wish I'd thought of that!"

Originally Posted by David Johansen

Nonsense! The sand was better back then and we didn't have all these fancy plastic forms we had to use broken bottles and rusty tin cans, sticks and our own imagination. If we wanted crenellations we poked them in with a stick damnit! And the bullies were worse because they'd kick us in instead of the sand castle and we had to walk ten miles to the beach, uphill both ways in a raging dust storm. Sometimes I think the bullies just tripped over us and were trying to get back up. And they'd cry about how sand is course and gets into everything and then the girls would be all over them.

Superb! Ever see the Monty Python 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch?

Originally Posted by Greentongue

Excellent!
I doubt anyone would complain about some specific examples.
However, it would be nice if they were not the same ones as in the book so, it would give even more.

* As for MtG, the EDH/Commander play style is my preference.
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Ah! I'll see what I can do...

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Need a little more fiber in our diet, do we?

Nope. I'm just heading out to work back-to-back football games; Gophers today, Vikings tomorrow. Yes, it's a nice chunk of overtime, but I could use some time off...

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Briefly, it's a card game, and certain valuable cards are scarce and randomly distributed through the "booster packs" you can buy.

In other words, the more money you spend, the better your odds of getting a powerful card.

As a gamer, my instant reaction was "Fuck that shit."

As a marketer, my instant reaction was "Crap, I wish I'd thought of that!"

Oh, right, gotcha. Just like Games Workshop's miniatures rules/figures, or the Wizards of the Coast pre-painted 'collectable' miniatures. Other companies have tried this as well, I believe.

The numbers say that there's a huge surge for initial sales, and after that they slow down dramatically. GW assumes that their core demographic turns completely over every three years, however, which is how they stay in business; there's a new crop of fourteen year olds with their parents' money coming along all the time...

Game store as day care - the new trend in the industry!

I'm thinking mostly that it tells me that "Akbar and Jeff's Traveling Tekumel Show" didn't think big enough.

I wish sometimes I'd gone to business school BEFORE the start of Tekumel Games. I'd have done MANY things differently, first and foremost to raise prices!

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

Superb! Ever see the Monty Python 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch?

Sure, but more than that I saw the four Yorkshiremen before Monty Python imitated them.