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Jonny Nexus · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: DISCUSS: Fun With Dice

This thread is for discussion of the Issue 8 article, "Fun With Dice". To comment on the article, just hit the "Post Reply" button and type in what you think.
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bluefang · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: Barrel dice

If you liked the "barrel" D20 you might enjoy http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_info.php?products_id=928.
Now you can infuriate other players whatever roll is called for!

Spatula · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject:

Is a bluefang a highly advanced form of spam?

My favourite bitof that page is the "Customers who bought this product also purchased" section at the bottom. I especially like the d24: If you thought the d12 was useless... here's something that's twice as useless and will be used 1000% less frequently! What's more worrying is that people apparently bought it.
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bluefang · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject:

Advanced to being capable of reading the magazine, clicking on three (count 'em!) pictures of dogs in the forum registration, and not drooling on the carpet.
Most of the time.

I didn't notice the stuff at the bottom was a "customers also bought..." but my favourite bit is that many dice are advertised as "true N-sided". It's as though they're hoping to capture the market of people who bought a bunch of cheap D6s from a shady guy in a market and got them home only to find some of the sides were fake. Or are they actually selling mostly loaded dice, and put this tag on the fair ones to warn people off?

Herald · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

At least it's very relevant to the article -- it even shows that they read.

I welcome him.

Welcome!

Edit: And I'm actually liking the dice at that site. Too bad they're expensive as all getup. I would buy a set of Nukes at the Chessex prices.
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Spatula · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject:

Yes, this bluefang works much better than any of the old spambots. We'll keep it, at least until a shinier, newer model comes along.

(Such is the fate of all things spam. Welcome aboard bluef.)
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order66_drums · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:05 am Post subject:

Wow! A spam that stay's crunchy, even in milk!
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Spatula · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject:

I've got good news and bad news for you, Drums, and they both begin with "That's not milk".
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order66_drums · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Better news, and worse news for you.

I just mash things up, and leave it for other people, and....ummmm....I wasn't going to eat it, nothing makes spam taste good.
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Jonny Nexus · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

Meh. I supposed it's half on-topic spam.

To be honest, I'm not that bothered about commerical advertising - it's advertising that shits hundreds of adverts across a forum that pisses me off.
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Spatula · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject:

Did we set your spam-sense tingling there, Jonny?
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