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Talaminiatures => General Discussions => Topic started by: Veez on August 27, 2008, 09:08:12 AM
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I've noticed things are a bit slow here on the boards so I though I'd get the juices going with a new discussion. The topic:
Memories of Tron
What are your memories of how Tron affected your life (geek or otherwise). What were your favorite bits? Feel free to talk amongst yourselves.
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Memories.
I was programming in dos around this time. Nothing big just stuff. Playing on a texas instr game counsel I believe.
I liked the arcade game still today.
The neon in the movie was pretty neat IMHO. Fight scenes ok because different formats.
Makes you wonder what is really happening in the computer.
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I loved the car race best hands down-- but I had a blast playing the tron game int he arcades (the one with multiple boards). Also, I remember just as the movie was starting, my bud turned to me and said "if this is a Disney movie I'm leaving." (because he was a big shot teenager and too mature for such kid's stuff). Sure enough the first credit up was Disney's! He got up to go, but I coaxed him to stay and watch, and he loved it!
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yes, this film is awsome..
i esp. liked the cyberspace-depicturing. until jonny mnonic it is unrivaled, i think..
@disney: their films are a bit flat (including tron..) but they inlcude gems, like e.g. "the black hole"īs ship in whole..
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The movie was a lot of fun, and had some really cutting edge special effects.
Certainly a good time.
As for affecting me, I was an uber-geek long before Tron came on the scene. In fact, White Box Dungeons and Dragons was the first major signpost on my long geek journey.
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My CRS is kickin' in, big time. It's been so long since I've seen it, and I don't know if I saw the whole thing. Sigh.
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@NTN - The Black Hole and Johnny Mnemonic over Tron???? Buddy, say it ain't so-- ??? :o ;D
@MadBrad - I go in right after the white box-- when they first released the big 3 books -- Rock out with yer Geek out.
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I got in with the basic and expert rule boxes. Contained a module in each.
I think B2 in the basic and X1 in the expert.
Spent many a lost weekend during middle school and early high school.
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Yes - The one I had came with B1 -
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/b1mono.jpg)
Needless to say our entire party nearly died at the hands of a half-dozen wandering monster orcs within the first 50' of that long entry corridor lined with tell-tale alcoves...and we loved every minute of it.
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Bustin' out the Old School.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa311/MadBrad_Warzone/th_100_1398.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa311/MadBrad_Warzone/100_1398.jpg)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa311/MadBrad_Warzone/th_100_1395.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa311/MadBrad_Warzone/100_1395.jpg)
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Hold on to those and never let them go. I sold all my old stuff on e-bay over two years ago for store credit. Of course I bought some good stuff, but still wish I held on to it.
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Okay - now you're making me bust out some serious old school--
Remember these bad boys?
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/dms1_tomb_of_horrors.jpg) (http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/1442973766_819b29643c.jpg)
The quest for Wave, Whelm, and Blackrazor!
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Okay - now you're making me bust out some serious old school--
Remember these bad boys?
The quest for Wave, Whelm, and Blackrazor!
Yeah, those were the good ol day. When a higher AC was a bad thing!
A trip down memory lane.
Lucky One, That is good advice. I plan on keeping these as my retirement plan! Think of what they will be worth when I can finally afford to retire in 2040! :)
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And, maybe I can find an old copy of Swords and Spells, and Chainmail to go with the old White Box.
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Hey MadBrad - I only remember 3 white books - what are the others?
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@NTN - The Black Hole and Johnny Mnemonic over Tron???? Buddy, say it ain't so-- ??? :o ;D
you misunderstood me!
the _cyberspace-depicturing_ of tron was awsome and only years later someone showed a good cyberspace, i know of (JM)
the black hole as an expample of a very nice _disney_-depicturing of something not childish, as expected by your friend bud turned to me and said "if this is a Disney movie I'm leaving
(this would be the _ship_ + the cruel truth (cyborg zombies), not the filmīs story in whole)
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Hey MadBrad - I only remember 3 white books - what are the others?
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Top three, next to box are the base set. Men and Magic, Monsters and Treasure, and The Dungeon and Wilderness Adventure (something like that..).
The next 4 are the expansions, Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry and God's Demi-gods and Heroes.
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Okay - now you're making me bust out some serious old school--
Remember these bad boys?
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/dms1_tomb_of_horrors.jpg) (http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/1442973766_819b29643c.jpg)
The quest for Wave, Whelm, and Blackrazor!
Yes - yes, I do remember those. ::sniff::
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Is that a ten foot pole in your hands are or you just happy to be out of the tomb of horrors? ;)
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I really hated playing Tomb O' Horrors. I've had some pretty screwed up DM's send my party thru there.
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I really hated playing Tomb O' Horrors. I've had some pretty screwed up DM's send my party thru there.
I loved putting players thru that module. Ran it at conventions for years... and of the seven parties sent through it, four never made it out, two had partial success (50% attrition) and the last one lost two of their six before saying screw it and attempting to get out. They lost another two getting out. :)
So in seven games, I had a total of 51 PC's attempt it (largest party was eleven, smallest was 5, the rest ran in the area of 6-8) with an attrition rate of 84% (8 of 51 survived- though one of the survivors spent a lot of time with the clerics attempting to get his mind back. (the GM of the player in question said he was going to enforce a derangement on him when next their campaign met)
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TPK-a-go-go!
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Don't forget about Expedition to the Barrier Peaks! A gateway game into Star Frontiers. Later on, the entire Lolth campaign (G1-3, D1-2, Q1) was absolutely awesome!
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Don't forget about Expedition to the Barrier Peaks! A gateway game into Star Frontiers. Later on, the entire Lolth campaign (G1-3, D1-2, Q1) was absolutely awesome!
Exped was a blast... The Loth campaign cost me five PC's... and others two or three.
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Exped was AWESOME! Loved that Bullette (sp?) battle and the Mind Flayer encounter. Demonweb Pits was EPIC! I also enjoyed Isle of Dread and Castle D'Amberville, though these came later.
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At the time of Exped, we used a critical hit chart that used a 30-sided die. I'll never forget the expression on the face of my friend Kevin when his dwarf got his brains pushed out his ears by a Vegepygmie wielding a lead pipe. He used to chew on the yellow PaperMate mechanical pencils and I still chuckle when I remember it dropping from his slack-jawed, dumfounded face.
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Exped was AWESOME! Loved that Bullette (sp?) battle and the Mind Flayer encounter. Demonweb Pits was EPIC! I also enjoyed Isle of Dread and Castle D'Amberville, though these came later.
I have great mempries of the Drow series. Isle has had many incanations in my DMing experience. The last time was a cross between Isle O' Death and Call of Cthullu, all of which was set in Newhon.
Castle D'Amberville was used in a Middlearth campaign to much success.
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I remember running a Chateu D'Amberville game for a group years ago, I don't remember the details... but I do remember them taking over the place in the end. And a number of adventures stemmed from there...
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I was always partial to the UK series of modules, especially The Sentinel, and it's followup, The Gauntlet. Great times.
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I've never seen those. What were they about?
@DogOWar - I had a group of players take over a dungeon once as their HQ - it was quite amusing.
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I was always partial to the UK series of modules, especially The Sentinel, and it's followup, The Gauntlet. Great times.
Most of the UK stuff was cool if a little whacky. If I remember correctly the Sentinel and the Gauntlet took place on teh border of the Hold of the Sea Princes. It had to do with a mountain pass the was protected by the wearer of the sentinel, which made defense pretty easy, and a Ogrillon(?) who came in possesion of the Gauntlet which was made to defeat the Sentinel. A very fun set of adventures.
The other UK module that I rember fondly was "When a Star Falls". With a little work it was great. I found teh UK stuff to be very good on teh whole, with great story plots, but they needed a little "Beefing" up.
Other Favs of mine were:
I series: All the Desert of Desolation, and really fond of teh Dwellers of the Forbidden City. Great time that one.
A Series: What a fun campaign that was. Who doesn't like kick'n butt on slavelords.
U Series: Underwater adventure at its finest. Sahuagin are just nasty! :)
S Series: The ones already mentioned, plus the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Now that was just fun to play.
All I can think of off the top of my head.
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I've never seen those. What were they about?
@DogOWar - I had a gropu of players take over a dunfewon once as their HQ - it was quite amusing.
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Rockin. I would like to hear the story on that one.
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Yes - The one I had came with B1 -
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee252/Dmadly/b1mono.jpg)
Needless to say our entire party nearly died at the hands of a half-dozen wandering monster orcs within the first 50' of that long entry corridor lined with tell-tale alcoves...and we loved every minute of it.
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Man that brings back memories!!