{"id":48,"date":"2007-08-23T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=48"},"modified":"2007-08-23T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T01:31:00","slug":"the-lost-chat-gaming-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rifters.com\/crawl\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Chat: Gaming Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>LightSol: Have you ever larped or role played any other way in your life? <\/i><\/i>Got into AD&#038;D in a big way during grad school. <\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>LightSol: Has one of your novels made into a game?<\/i><\/i><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"> <\/span>Not professionally.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Once, a long time ago, some fan made an online <i><i>Starfish<\/i><\/i> sexual-abuse role-playing game with rules like &#8220;No character shall rape or kill another character without approval from the CEO or the victim&#8217;s player.&#8221;<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I don&#8217;t think it ever went anywhere, though. <\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>LightSol: Do you hate the managers of homeworld for scrapping your sequel?<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>Nah.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>There was so much turnover during that time that the guys who scrapped the sequel were a whole different crew than the ones who took me on board in the first place.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>And while there were certain internal politics that I could have done without, I really had a blast overall.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I&#8217;d do it again in a second.<\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>Quinion: What level is your girlfirend in wow<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>Last I checked, she was high-forties.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Must be over fifty by now.<\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>[Xfire] Artaxs: Yeah, and what race \/ class does she play?<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>Blood elf.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Paladin.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>She tanks a lot.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i><i>AnThRaX: i like the wow questions<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i><i>\u2588\u2593\u2592 ShoTDeaD \u2592\u2593\u2588: yeah artaxs<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\">Cynosure EPR: and whats her name<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>In-game, Khevvren, or Kevlar, or something.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i><i>Cynosure EPR: lol<o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\">Quinion: and number<\/i><\/i> I don&#8217;t know any more.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I suspect she had it changed when the restraining order came down.<\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>M\u00d6\u05d8\u03b6\u0454\u044f: Do you support the horde or the alliance<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>Horde.<\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>Quinion: I wish my gf played wow tho<\/i><\/i><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\">.<\/span><span style=\"\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"> <\/span> <\/span>No you don&#8217;t.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Believe me.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>You really don&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><i style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 51);\"><i>Hirmetrium: When its crunch time &#8211; Sex or writing?<\/i><\/i><span style=\"\">  <\/span>Depends on whether it&#8217;s <i><i>with<\/i><\/i> someone or \u2014 nah, who am I kidding. It&#8217;s sex.  It&#8217;s always sex.<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LightSol: Have you ever larped or role played any other way in your life? Got into AD&#038;D in a big way during grad school. LightSol: Has one of your novels made into a game? Not professionally. 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