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Appearance and Costume Resources I am male, 5'8", about 190lbs, muscular build. Blue eyes, hair of indeterminate brownish/reddish/blond color. I am in good physical shape due to martial-arts training. I have a moustache but no beard. There is nothing particularly remarkable about my appearance except a slight limp (congenital cerebral palsy which I cover pretty well). I have a reasonably well-stocked costume closet, including everything from an impressive wizard's outfit through quasi-military khakis, a white lab coat, 17th-century cavalier's garb, frock coat, topper & sword cane suitable for a 19th-century boulevardier, and an authentically styled Roman senatorial toga. My wife is an accomplished costumer and not averse to outfitting me elaborately for a good role. Preferred Character Types I consider myself a skilled and veteran player suitable for major and even leading roles — in fact my success tends to be directly proportional to my degree of involvement in major plot lines. `Spear-carrier' roles make me feel cramped and unhappy and I usually flub them. This is not exactly because I have ham tendencies (though I do) it's that I don't find small roles much of a challenge any more. The pattern in most of the characters I have played best and enjoyed most is that they are all types who get their leverage from intelligence and puzzle-solving ability — high-level scientist or sorcerer types. One of them, `The Brain', made me the runner-up for the `Best Player' award in the first Ace Of Spades game at Balticon (and achieved all his character goals in his second appearance at the Floating Vagabond). Another (Dr. John Myriad) saved the planet Earth twice — once in Rekon-1B (my first game) and again in Rekon+10, a decade later. In the last decade, however, I have been doing more in the way of pure dramatic roleplaying. My Cyrano de Bergerac in King's Musketeers II barely met a single one of his goals, but was much praised during and after the game for sheer melodramatic intensity (not to mention being showered with style points by the Cruel Hoax referees, not an easy crowd to impress). My preference is to play a `Good' or `Neutral' character, but I would play a villain if necessary to get a stronger part. Usually I'd rather play an independent than a faction follower or even leader. When intriguing, I do a lot of win-win negotiating and often find myself in a pivot or power-broker position between several factions (I do have some `schemer' tendencies, though I usually prefer not to play pure schemer characters). My playing style is also marked by the fact that I almost never lie to anyone, preferring to find ways to make the truth serve my ends (by misdirection, if necessary). Many game forms oppose `character acting' against `strategic success'. For me, the two aren't separable. All my `winning' characters have been intensely character-acted; conversely, when I've been handed a character that I couldn't method-act my way into I've generally crashed and burned. Give me a character that fits and a little rope and I'll generate as much drama as you could ask for. Skills and Interests Relevant to Live-Action Gaming I have an extensive knowledge base in the sciences and history. I have a lot of experience at table gaming (military simulations, combinatorial games, etc.) and play them with some skill. If your game has a real military simulation in it, you want me as one of the generals, and it would be unwise to put me on any side you want to lose. I have good public-speaking skills and can hold an audience. I am a fairly able poet and can extemporize in any one of several genres at short notice, including but not limited to: ballad, limerick, haiku, and alliterative heroic meter. I am very good at word puzzles (incomplete word recognition, crosswords, cryptograms, anagrams, that sort of thing). I play flute, guitar, and hand drums. I hold the rank of 1st Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and am a student of aikido; accordingly I have considerable skill in hand-to-hand and weapons techniques, including sword and nunchaku, and am a good shot with a pistol. While the skills are not directly relevant in-game, the background does make me more convincing at playing warrior/assassin/spy-type characters. I am an expert computer programmer and Internet technologist. Further Information If you are looking at paper, it was generated from a WWW page. You can find my home page at http://www.catb.org/~esr/.
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CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:Appearance and Costume Resources god this reminds me of richard stallman's rider which is loving insane
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quote:I hold the rank of 1st Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do 
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RISCy Business posted:god this reminds me of richard stallman's rider which is loving insane glad this fully grown adult doesnt need help crossing roads
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Nov 29, 2017 06:23
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qhat posted:C++ owns nah it bad
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Nov 29, 2017 13:00
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Condiv posted:nah trap finally sprung, knew you were posting on here all along esr you fucker
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Nov 29, 2017 13:32
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:trap finally sprung, knew you were posting on here all along esr you fucker i'm not nearly insane enough to be esr
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Nov 29, 2017 13:33
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RISCy Business posted:god this reminds me of richard stallman's rider which is loving insane I still wonder who or what ruined breakfast for him
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Nov 29, 2017 14:36
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ive said it before and ill say it every thread IM THE MUSCULAR BUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 29, 2017 17:10
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RISCy Business posted:I do not eat breakfast. Please do not ask me any questions about what I will do breakfast. Please just do not bring it up. JUST DON'T BRING IT UP, OK? 
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Nov 29, 2017 20:32
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slashdot worshipped these people
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Nov 29, 2017 20:47
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RISCy Business posted:god this reminds me of richard stallman's rider which is loving insane idk seems reasonable to me
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Nov 29, 2017 22:01
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Toady posted:slashdot worshipped these people because slashdot is full of people with broken brains
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Nov 29, 2017 23:24
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much like reddit
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Toady posted:slashdot worships these people
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HoboMan posted:idk seems reasonable to me if you assume that all of the weird overly specific things are because people tried to do those things in the past then it's perfectly reasonable imo. if they're weird overly specific things that he imagines might happen if he doesn't tell people not to do them then it's kinda crazy.
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Nov 30, 2017 02:56
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Plorkyeran posted:if you assume that all of the weird overly specific things are because people tried to do those things in the past then it's perfectly reasonable imo. if they're weird overly specific things that he imagines might happen if he doesn't tell people not to do them then it's kinda crazy. ok it’s not crazy it’s just insanely pretentious and cruel, shaming all of his past hosts for things like uh... offering him a parrot
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Nov 30, 2017 03:20
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can you imagine the social awkwardness of many of his hosts though can you really
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Nov 30, 2017 03:26
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in rms' defense (i never thought i'd say those words), if someone came up to me and said "hey, here's [animal you like], i adopted one for you" i'd be extremely confused and upset and demand that they find a proper home for it
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Nov 30, 2017 03:29
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i think that's the least weird part of the entire rider, "don't loving buy an animal for me what the hell dude"
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Nov 30, 2017 03:29
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rms used to crash on couches, gently caress scenesters, and drop his used condoms on the floor under the couch hes not giving any fucks about his hosts
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Nov 30, 2017 03:40
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yeah, “don’t put down anything you like when he stays over, you’ll have to burn the sheets” has been said about RMS for a long time
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Nov 30, 2017 09:55
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i really didn't want the mental image of rms having sex but now i have it, thanks
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Nov 30, 2017 16:31
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George posted:rms used to crash on couches, gently caress scenesters, and drop his used condoms on the floor under the couch Least he has safe sex? 
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Nov 30, 2017 19:27
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tbqh the least few posts have hugely improved my respect for rms in several ways
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:tbqh the least few posts have hugely improved my respect for rms in several ways same
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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ill say this for rms: he actually brushes his teeth
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Nov 30, 2017 21:38
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rms is alpha as gently caress just like gnu
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Nov 30, 2017 22:27
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the virgin esr vs. the chad rms
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Breakfast All Day posted:nostradamus predicts java will gain a foothold in systems 10 years after the release of android more like nostradumbass oh hohoho  
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Roosevelt posted:the virgin esr vs. the chad rms esr fucks and yospos can’t stand it
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true. i am finding myself coming around on eugenics as we speak
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George posted:rms used to crash on couches, gently caress scenesters, and drop his used condoms on the floor under the couch shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection lol
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection holy poo poo
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection this is the classic pos content i crave
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big scary monsters posted:shocked to find out that free software's greatest champion uses copy protection Gat drat
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