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One post wonder wrote:There was a time when a group meeting to practice strange rituals then suddenly chanting in tongues with an outsider witnessing would result in accusations of devil worship and witch burnings. Now it is just good fun!

............ depends on where you live. :(
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OMG! The Damage Fairy is so awesome! ROFLMAO! XD Hehe! And poor Jess is just now realizing she's off the map! ^,^
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair;
Said Simple Simon to the pieman "Let me taste your ware."
Said the pieman to Simple Simon "Show me first your penny."
Said Simple Simon to the pieman "Sir, I have not any!"

Half-elves and golems and nymphs, oh my!

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Geek-Abbie has pigtails. Discuss.

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I have a strong feeling Jess isn't going to many more of these parties.

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Post by Grtdrgn »

Alina,

Love the comic. Couple minor errors. In today's comic (the one posted for Monday, Feb 18th), in the 4th panel, Jess is missing a "t" in "little", "weirdness" has the "i" and "e" reversed, and there's an extra "it" after weirdness.

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Okay, that wasn't exactly what I was expecting from her reaction...or rather hoping for.

And I actually do enjoy shopping with my fiancee. I even help her pick things out. Of course, part of it is in the fact that I get to drag her through the kitchen supply store when we go by it.
A ninja feels no pain...owie.-Abbie from Weregeek

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Sheez, way to make it hard to support Sarah nabbing him!
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Thanks for the heads up grtdrgn! It's fixed now.

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Well, all's well that ends well.

And that's a deep subject.
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Yep... That is what you get when people react rationally... A happy conclusion with minimal conflict... Which means that something else is coming up! (I do like to see a non-geek being so accepting of geek culture as well.)
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Check out today's comic (Wednesday). Which world are we in, Shadowrun or RL? (I suspect RL) And, what's going to happen?
There's no such thing as chance;
and what to us seems merest accident
springs from the deepest source of Destiny.
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'Tune in next week, when we'll hear Nurse Piggy say "It's too late; we've lost him!"...

..."Well, he couldn't have gone far, he was under the sheet a second ago!"'
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I vote RL.
The other people don't look futuristic.

Anyone else done this? Solo LARPing (also known as being a loony)?
I know we discussed it before in the line of pretending to be a time traveller.

I actually went down to the corner bar near the University of Oregon one Friday night with my mini recorder and pretended to be on acid and making out with the poles across the street. I baited a few drunks to come over and make fun of me and one guy actually gave me a psych lecture about how I had to be a monkey. It was great.
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I vote RL.
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I actually went down to the corner bar <ditto> with my mini recorder and pretended to be on acid <ditto>. I baited a few drunks to come over and <ditto>. It was great.
Tsk tsk tsk.


Anyway, in today's comic, it becomes pretty darn obvious that we're in RL.

Uh-oh. I think we're playing hardball now...
There's no such thing as chance;
and what to us seems merest accident
springs from the deepest source of Destiny.
--Return of the Phantom

Mortal and proud of it!!

How not to do it: "Hi, Mr. Dragon. I've come to destroy you, so would you mind if I borrowed your Fireproof Skin Balm recipe first?"

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Well, Mark did reference his meeting with the hunter at the club two comics ago. Then again, their Shadowrun game was at least partially based on their real world in that the hunters are in it. So, there is the possibility that this person has simply joined in on the game... On the other hand, for all we know, the hunter is not a real person in their world. I have no idea what is real in this fictional world anymore!!!
My name made sense when I first thought it up.

I apologize in advance for the inevitable awkwardness.

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Hmm. There's indeed a parallel between the Hunter of the real world and the Shadowrun game. I'm really not sure if this is RL or a game yet. Or as was mentioned, solo larping.

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Ay yi yi!! With today (Wednesday)'s comic, things are starting to heat up...
There's no such thing as chance;
and what to us seems merest accident
springs from the deepest source of Destiny.
--Return of the Phantom

Mortal and proud of it!!

How not to do it: "Hi, Mr. Dragon. I've come to destroy you, so would you mind if I borrowed your Fireproof Skin Balm recipe first?"

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Looks to me like Mark's gone Pardeux a la Mazes and Monsters. It's only a matter of time now before he stabs someone and then jumps off a building.
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Ok, I've finally got a fix on the world. I think.
  • The robot in Wednesday's comic [Panel 4]
    The plurality of Hunters
    The anime billboard in Wednesday's comic [Panel 3]
    Sarah and Joel's current appearances
all point to Shadowrun.

However, panel 2 of Wednesday's comic points to RL.

Contrasting panels 2 and 3 of Wednesday's comic leads me to the conclusion below.

My verdict:

RL [+Overlay//Shadowrun]


TRANSLATION: The Weregeeks are currently Live Action Role-Playing a game of Shadowrun.
Now: Is the Hunter the 'real' RL hunter, or...?
There's no such thing as chance;
and what to us seems merest accident
springs from the deepest source of Destiny.
--Return of the Phantom

Mortal and proud of it!!

How not to do it: "Hi, Mr. Dragon. I've come to destroy you, so would you mind if I borrowed your Fireproof Skin Balm recipe first?"

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