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   Getpsycho
   Member

   I am Joe Heldmann, my friend dave told me about this game, and i was hoping i could start playing because it sounds awesome.
   My full name is Joseph Ross Heldmann.
   I am 6'2 with brown eyes and brown hair, and I have relatively short hair.
   I hope you can walk me through the rest later.

   Mon May 26 2008 11:44 pm #
2. 

   JohnA1nut
   Member

   Hi, welcome to the site. The moderator, MJ, will take you through character generation. There's quite a lot you need to do to do it.

   On a different note, I couldn't help but notice your screen name. Are you really psychotic? I ask, because I am. (Hence, the A1nut) It would be nice to have someone that understands it.

   Tue May 27 2008 12:18 am #
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   johnosevens
   Member

   Joe - You should track down the "Yes, You Can Play, But..." and "Character Generation" threads. I would link you but I never have gotten the hang of actually using links here. They describe pretty much everything you need to do to get started. It may look like a lot, but I promise it's not that bad.

   Don't panic. (I would print that in big friendly letters if only I could.)

   Seriously. It's just answering questions and a little bit of self-reflection. D&D is worse. GURPS is a LOT worse.

   Tue May 27 2008 1:05 am #
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   WilliamTWodium
   Member

   Introduction to gaming on this board is here, and the character generation thread (which is also linked at the end of the intro thread) is here. Welcome to the board; you should be playing within a few days' time, and you're welcome to join in discussions and/or comment on any thread at all in the meantime.

   Tue May 27 2008 1:25 am #
5. 

   M. J. Young
   Moderator

   What they said.

   Harry, the board uses limited HTML coding, which means that you use the less than and greater than symbols to bracket codes and use HTML commands inside them. Links are listed as {a href="http://copythelinkexactly"}text here{/a}, where you replace the braces with < and > and there's a list of codes that work in the sticky thread Coding On This Board.

   --M. J. Young

   Tue May 27 2008 5:30 am #
6. 

   GreyFox
   Member

   He's a DL, JohnA1nut. So yes, in my oppinion, Joey would be considered a psycho. Have fun playing once your through set up, Shia.(lol)

   Wed May 28 2008 12:32 am #
7. 

   Getpsycho
   Member

   Thanks everyone. I'll get started as soon as I can.

   P.S. Dave, shut up!

   Wed May 28 2008 12:40 am #
8. 

   JohnA1nut
   Member

   First, what's a DL?

   Secondly, Psychotic DOES NOT mean you are insane. It is a specific mental illness. My doctor described it as being Bipolar Disorder on steroids. The word "psycho" has been adopted by popular culture to mean "crazy person" However, its true meaning is "Person who has overactive brain synaptic function." I am a Person who has overactive brain synaptic function, but I'm not crazy. If I were crazy, I wouldn't know I had the problem.

   Wed May 28 2008 12:42 am #
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   GreyFox
   Member

   Oh, my bad man. I sincerely appologize. A DL is a defencive lineman in football(aka greatest sport of all time). Joes not literally insane psycho or bipolar sorry. But that kids crazzy!

   Wed May 28 2008 12:55 am #
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    JohnA1nut
    Member

    Ah, it's cool. No need to apologize. It just bugs me. I tell people I'm psychotic and they sometimes look at me like they're expecting me to pull an AK 47 out of thin air and waste everyone in the room. The mentally ill are one of the few remaining groups of people that it is still socially acceptable to make fun of. That bugs me. I'm not as sensitive about it as I used to be, so no worries. Just keep that in mind when someone tells you they're psychotic.

    Wed May 28 2008 1:02 am #
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    JohnA1nut
    Member

    I don't want to give the wrong idea here. I'm not offended or upset that someone is calling themselves a psycho when they really aren't. It's just an expression. I just wanted to explain something. If someone used the screen name GetNiggers, I imagine the moderator and probably many of the other people that visited this site would have something to say about it. See what I mean about it being acceptable to make fun of mentally ill people?

    Also, speaking from 31 years experience, you would not want to really be a psycho. What happens to you is that the brain synapses start misfiring. They fire too hard, too often, or just don't stop firing. This causes visual and auditory hallucinations (not the good kind either) and a headache the likes of which you could not imagine. It feels like I have the blades of a blender spinning inside my head. You also start screaming obscenities as loud as you can. I've even attempted suicide a few times when I was having these episodes. Anything to get the pain to stop. To be clear though, I take no offense over anyone's screen name. I just wanted to let you know that being psychotic is not something you really want to be.

    Wed May 28 2008 6:35 am #
12. 

    Getpsycho
    Member

    Firstly,I want to say I chose this name because it is the title for a song by Distrubed. I'm not really psycho or whatever.

    P.S. Dave your really smart, huh?

    Wed May 28 2008 9:50 am #
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    JohnA1nut
    Member

    No worries dude. I just felt like climbing up on a soapbox for a minute. (I do that a lot) There's just a lot of misconceptions about psychosis, and I just wanted to try to dispel some of them.

    Wed May 28 2008 11:12 am #
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    GreyFox
    Member

    I am that smart Seph, I am.

    Thu May 29 2008 1:16 am #

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