Signs you need to stop playing RPGs for awhile

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Signs you need to stop playing RPGs for awhile

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1.) You're more troubled by intel reports suggesting the Imperials are in the Curati Sector than you are by intel reports suggesting that your girlfriend broke up with you a week ago.
2.) When you can't find something you're searching for on Yahoo, you think to yourself, "damn, I failed my 'computers' roll."

3.) When someone addresses you, you have to pause for a minute before you realize they are not addressing a stranger, but addressing you by your real name

I'm sure there are more. Feel free to add your own. :D
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4) You pull our your dice and throw them just before a bus hits you.
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5) You've ever described your boss' alignment as 'Chaotic Asshole'.
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6. You smash your finger with a hammer and scream, "ARRGH! CRITICAL FUMBLE!"
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SirNitram wrote:5) You've ever described your boss' alignment as 'Chaotic Asshole'.
C'mon... Everyone knows Bosses are Lawful Evil, not chaotic.

7) When you see a hot chick and your first thought is what her Charisma score is.
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8 ) You carry a set of emergency dice just in case you're challenged while walking between the pizza parlor and home.
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9. When playing a text-based RPG, you IM the other players to urge them to post so you can keep playing.
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You shout "*insert color* *insert class* needs food badly!" and then yell "Sweet Nutrients!" as you eat.
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Re: Signs you need to stop playing RPGs for awhile

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irishmick79 wrote:1.) You're more troubled by intel reports suggesting the Imperials are in the Curati Sector than you are by intel reports suggesting that your girlfriend broke up with you a week ago.
What girlfriend?
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You have killed 4 mouses on Diablo II.
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You delve into a lengthy monologue whenever someone visits you at home or greets you in public.

You waltz right into someone's house without knocking and start opening boxes and taking what's inside while they're standing right there.
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You believe it's perfectly acceptable to rename your friends at will.
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You run into traffic, thinking you're at full HP.
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When you find yourself short on cash, your first idea is to head outside of town and start slaughtering random animals.

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You ask your professor to push back the test so you can "level up" first.
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Whenever you need something one of your friends has, you freely rummage through their things and take it. You also tend to think of them as walking luggage.
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You call your friend "Richard er, Tharg, er, Tylandial, er, Aiden, er, Maria, er.... Chris!"

... and he responds to all of them in a different voice.



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When you bring a 1d4 to your test on Electronics ay the uSN CTM "S" school...

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If you've ever looked up the phase of the moon on your birth date to see what Auspice you'd fall under (I'm a Galliard, BTW)

And on a similar note, if you have readily available character sheets of yourself in at least 5 different systems.

Oh, and also whenever you watch a movie or TV show, you catalog (mentally or otherwise) the level of feats performed by characters in the movie. For example, I have a roommate who watched "Underworld" and spent the entire time going "Let's see...2 Fortitude...2 Celerity...that'd be a dot of Presence...Wow, that werewolf totally has the 'True Fear' gift."
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Civil War Man wrote:If you've ever looked up the phase of the moon on your birth date to see what Auspice you'd fall under (I'm a Galliard, BTW)
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SirNitram wrote:Bah. Ragabash 4 eva!
Yeah. Everyone I knew was sure I was a Ragabash, since I'm an unrepentant smartass. But I looked it up, and it said I was Galliard. Does fit with my knowing of random crap and my tendency to make shit up on the spot.
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you go to bars looking for work killing people and things.
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You start estimating SAN points of everyone you meet.
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You can't walk by your ex without shouting, "/pet attack! /pet attack!!!!"

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