You know you're a Rifts geek if...

[Rayven]

...you wish that your wedding anniversary was not in May so you could go to the open house...

...you haven't played a PB game in years but obssessively buy new releases...

...this forum is your primary point of online contact......you have picked up friends/pen pals from this forum that you have never met but consider good friends...

...you get strange looks on packed commuter trains when you spend your 60 min commute each way pouring over Rifts WBs...

guilty of both of those

I am guilty of both of these too.

I'm guilty of more than just that. I have the core books and supplements to PB games I've never played (a la Mechaniod Invasion Trilogy, the book called The Mechanoids, Recon, the list continues.)

Oh yeah I'm in that boat with you too.

I know a lot of people who are. My geekdom comes more from the fact that I also have the core books (if not supplements) for 30 other (non-PB) games that I have never played.

[Subjugator]

I know a lot of people who are. My geekdom comes more from the fact that I also have the core books (if not supplements) for 30 other (non-PB) games that I have never played.

I've gone that, plus one more.

I buy extra copies of those other games.

/Sub

[Thinyser]

...you wish that your wedding anniversary was not in May so you could go to the open house...

...you haven't played a PB game in years but obssessively buy new releases...

...this forum is your primary point of online contact......you have picked up friends/pen pals from this forum that you have never met but consider good friends...

...you get strange looks on packed commuter trains when you spend your 60 min commute each way pouring over Rifts WBs...

guilty of both of those

I am guilty of both of these too.

I'm guilty of more than just that. I have the core books and supplements to PB games I've never played (a la Mechaniod Invasion Trilogy, the book called The Mechanoids, Recon, the list continues.)

Oh yeah I'm in that boat with you too.

I know a lot of people who are. My geekdom comes more from the fact that I also have the core books (if not supplements) for 30 other (non-PB) games that I have never played.

OK now thats just a silly waste of money ....

[Subjugator]

Here are my ultimate weapons.

You are a serious Palladium geek if:

1. You call to place an order and Alex remembers your home address without checking.
2. You own a Megaton Productions product.
3. You own more than one Megaton Productions product.
4. You even know what Megaton Productions *is*.
5. I think I mentioned this before, but you know how calling Karl Prosek 'Tromm' fits into canon as best as it can.
6. You own all issues of A Plus+ comics.
7. You own all issues of the Mechanoids comics.
8. You have more than one copy of Nightspawn.
9. You have more than one copy of Manhunter
10. You have more than five copies of Rifts: Ultimate Gold
11. You have more than 12 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)
12. You've bought more than 25 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)
13. You're in the latest Rifter as someone cool going to the Open House.

...and last but not least...

14. You're listed as an honorary staff member.

/Sub

[Nemo235]

... Your debating the simulation of real world physics in a game like Rifts or Heroes Unlimited.

[Zer0 Kay]

If you own multiple sets of books and you keep one set hermetically sealed in a vault.

[Rayven]

...you wish that your wedding anniversary was not in May so you could go to the open house...

...you haven't played a PB game in years but obssessively buy new releases...

...this forum is your primary point of online contact......you have picked up friends/pen pals from this forum that you have never met but consider good friends...

...you get strange looks on packed commuter trains when you spend your 60 min commute each way pouring over Rifts WBs...

guilty of both of those

I am guilty of both of these too.

I'm guilty of more than just that. I have the core books and supplements to PB games I've never played (a la Mechaniod Invasion Trilogy, the book called The Mechanoids, Recon, the list continues.)

Oh yeah I'm in that boat with you too.

I know a lot of people who are. My geekdom comes more from the fact that I also have the core books (if not supplements) for 30 other (non-PB) games that I have never played.

OK now thats just a silly waste of money ....

Not really. You have any idea how fun it is to convert a game like Reich Star into the Palladium world as supplemental material to Rifts? I know we can't post conversions, so I won't, but that doesn't dispute the fact that I use other companies' material as PB souce material.

[The Galactus Kid]

I have many books from companies that I've never played. I use them for all sorts of things, from gathering ideas, to harvesting some of my own. KNOW YOUR ENEMY!!!

[Subjugator]

...you actually go out and find a coin made of Palladium to give to Kev for his birthday.

/Sub

[Rayven]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

[glitterboy2098]

you find yourself using palladium mechanics to explain something in an anime..
(far too often. Outlaw star and the cosmic forge, tenchi and temporal magic, kitty grade and telemechanics...)

[Rayven]

you find yourself using palladium mechanics to explain something in an anime..
(far too often. Outlaw star and the cosmic forge, tenchi and temporal magic, kitty grade and telemechanics...)

You find yourself disagreeing with this post because it is by far easier to explain palladium mechanics using amine references...

[Rayven]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

No, but I do love Blind Guardian. For a while we where going to call ourselves "Nightfall on Middle-Earth"

Or you could just call yourselves The Crimson Kings, in tribute to the Demons&Wizards second album (if you like Blind Guardian, and haven't heard Demons&Wizards, go do so. It's Hansii along with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer. Awesome stuff).

[Rayven]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

No, but I do love Blind Guardian. For a while we where going to call ourselves "Nightfall on Middle-Earth"

Or you could just call yourselves The Crimson Kings, in tribute to the Demons&Wizards second album (if you like Blind Guardian, and haven't heard Demons&Wizards, go do so. It's Hansii along with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer. Awesome stuff).

I know whe D&W are. This is funny, because I was listening to Crimson King when I read this post.
Have you been touched by the Crimson King?
touched by the saviour.
Man I'm a geek

Wow...I must be psychic or something....

[Nxla666]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

No, but I do love Blind Guardian. For a while we where going to call ourselves "Nightfall on Middle-Earth"

Or you could just call yourselves The Crimson Kings, in tribute to the Demons&Wizards second album (if you like Blind Guardian, and haven't heard Demons&Wizards, go do so. It's Hansii along with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer. Awesome stuff).

I know whe D&W are. This is funny, because I was listening to Crimson King when I read this post.
Have you been touched by the Crimson King?
touched by the saviour.
Man I'm a geek

Wow...I must be psychic or something....

Psichotic?

[Nxla666]

...if your developing your own game and have all the unique races and creatures stated out for use in your own PB games.

[LostOne]

Several movies lately have been a disappointment because the big actions scenes closely follow what your characters have done in a Rifts game in the past....only your characters did it bigger and better...

If you've actually colored in the black & white pictures in your gaming books. (A player of mine did that...has the crazy in the RMB wearing heavy makeup, heavy on the blush and eyeshadow).

6. You own all issues of A Plus+ comics.
7. You own all issues of the Mechanoids comics.
8. You have more than one copy of Nightspawn.
9. You have more than one copy of Manhunter
10. You have more than five copies of Rifts: Ultimate Gold
11. You have more than 12 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)
12. You've bought more than 25 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)

Wow...I am humbled...and feel poor because I wouldn't have the extra cash to buy that many books if I wanted too...share the wealth!
Send Checks or Money Orders payable too...

[Ectoplasmic Bidet]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

No, but I do love Blind Guardian. For a while we where going to call ourselves "Nightfall on Middle-Earth"

Or you could just call yourselves The Crimson Kings, in tribute to the Demons&Wizards second album (if you like Blind Guardian, and haven't heard Demons&Wizards, go do so. It's Hansii along with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer. Awesome stuff).

I know whe D&W are. This is funny, because I was listening to Crimson King when I read this post.
Have you been touched by the Crimson King?
touched by the saviour.
Man I'm a geek

I've got my ten hour long playlist of Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Manowar, and Hammerfall blasting in my office right now as I read this.

...You know you're a Rifts Geek when, as a replacement for sleep, you create and stat out characters you'll never play.

[Subjugator]

6. You own all issues of A Plus+ comics.
7. You own all issues of the Mechanoids comics.
8. You have more than one copy of Nightspawn.
9. You have more than one copy of Manhunter
10. You have more than five copies of Rifts: Ultimate Gold
11. You have more than 12 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)
12. You've bought more than 25 copies of Rifts: Ultimate (regular)

Wow...I am humbled...and feel poor because I wouldn't have the extra cash to buy that many books if I wanted too...share the wealth!
Send Checks or Money Orders payable too...

Not only that, but I just bought another copy of A Plus+ number 1 and plan to raffle it or give it as a prize (proceeds going to Palladium) at the next Open House.

The Rifts Ultimates that I have (besides my gold copies) are:

1. 1 sealed case
2. 2 copies - loose
3. 1 case sent to the hospital in Germany where our service personnel are recovering. Also sent were a dozen sets of dice, a lot of paper for character sheets, and IIRC, a bunch of pencils.

Hopefully our boys and gals get good use of the books.

/Sub

[The Galactus Kid]

Subbie, you are awesome.

[Rayven]

You slip references to PB into songs that you write (for your middle earth rock band)

Please tell me that you are not a Blind Guardian cover band....

No, but I do love Blind Guardian. For a while we where going to call ourselves "Nightfall on Middle-Earth"

Or you could just call yourselves The Crimson Kings, in tribute to the Demons&Wizards second album (if you like Blind Guardian, and haven't heard Demons&Wizards, go do so. It's Hansii along with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer. Awesome stuff).

I know whe D&W are. This is funny, because I was listening to Crimson King when I read this post.
Have you been touched by the Crimson King?
touched by the saviour.
Man I'm a geek

I've got my ten hour long playlist of Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Manowar, and Hammerfall blasting in my office right now as I read this.

I have every Iced Earth cd (including Enter The Realm, the Melancholy EP, the 3-disc AND the 2-disc Alive In Athens, and the 2-disc Days of Purgatory) minus Dark Saga. I also have both D&W cds. And, I have already pre-ordered the new Iced Earth cd that is coming out later this year. I have played all of this on my work computer at IBM.

...You know you're a Rifts Geek when, as a replacement for sleep, you create and stat out characters you'll never play.

...You know you're a Rifts Geek when, instead of statting out characters you'll never play, you have advanced to creating new races which you will never play.

[Subjugator]

Subbie, you are awesome.

What'd I do this time?



/Sub

[rat_bastard]

you know you are a rifts geek if you help the menstruation thread get past five pages.

[Rayven]

you know you are a rifts geek if you help the menstruation thread get past five pages.

[impersonator voice]What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?[/impersonator]

The Menstruation thread is still only at one page.

[Rayven]

What does it mean if you gave a mini biology lesson on said menstruation thread?

1 part Rifts geek, 3 parts crazy person.

Guilty.

1 part Rifts Geek
1 part crazy person
1 part woman
3 parts crazy hippie home-school mother

[The Galactus Kid]

You know you're a RIFTS geek if you saw the Menstruation thread for the first time and thought, "Well, it was only a matter of time."

[Ectoplasmic Bidet]

You know you're a RIFTS geek if you saw the Menstruation thread for the first time and thought, "Well, it was only a matter of time."

Guilty as charged!

[Ravenwing]

You know you're a RIFTS geek if you saw the Menstruation thread for the first time and thought, "Well, it was only a matter of time."

Damn I am a geek afterall

[Rayven]

you know your a rifts geek if more than 1/4 of your day is spent on this website.

How about 11 hours a day?

[Subjugator]

you know your a rifts geek if more than 1/4 of your day is spent on this website.

How about 11 hours a day?

HA!

14 here buddy!

/Sub

[Rayven]

you know your a rifts geek if more than 1/4 of your day is spent on this website.

How about 11 hours a day?

Cherico level?

Hey now! I am not Chico...look at my posts per day vs. his posts per day. I just happen to spend the entire time that I have access to the intarweb logged into this site.

[The Galactus Kid]

Its always up on my laptop. I'm only not on when I'm at work. I'm on in all my classes and when I'm sitting at home. It steals my soul.

[Rayven]

Its always up on my laptop. I'm only not on when I'm at work. I'm on in all my classes and when I'm sitting at home. It steals my soul.

I'm only on when at work...and still manage 50-70 posts if there is a good debate going on somewhere.

[The Galactus Kid]

lol. I guess I don't post enough.

[Rayven]

There is no "enough." It's a matter of quality for people like you who live in the Palladium warehouse...you gotta represent the company man.

[NovenTheHero]

I'm proud to have helped the "Do Blood-Smelling Supernatural Predators Smell Menstruation?" get past the 5 page mark.

Ditto

[Rockwolf66]

There, there Hippe Mamma,

it's not that bad, I have other hobbies that in the long run will cost more than having one copy of every Palladium book.

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

D&D minis don't cost $25 a figure and take 3 hours to be playable though....

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

D&D minis don't cost $25 a figure and take 3 hours to be playable though....

Yes but 11 or so armies and about 5000 figs ago, that would have been good advice.

Hell, I bought my first Space Marines back in '88 for $30 for 30 figures now I'm paying that much for a 10 man squad.

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

D&D minis don't cost $25 a figure and take 3 hours to be playable though....

Yes but 11 or so armies and about 5000 figs ago, that would have been good advice.

Hell, I bought my first Space Marines back in '88 for $30 for 30 figures now I'm paying that much for a 10 man squad.

You must have some sort of frequent buyer discount or something....I haven't seen any army packs for less that $50

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

D&D minis don't cost $25 a figure and take 3 hours to be playable though....

Yes but 11 or so armies and about 5000 figs ago, that would have been good advice.

Hell, I bought my first Space Marines back in '88 for $30 for 30 figures now I'm paying that much for a 10 man squad.

You must have some sort of frequent buyer discount or something....I haven't seen any army packs for less that $50

No basic troopers still only cost about $30 a unit, its the specialists and command that cost so much.

Wait, its been awhile since I bought any actually.

Been getting the D&D and Star Wars minis for my daughter and son, respectively.

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

Tell me about it.

Thats why, with rare exception, I dont plan on getting anything more from them for a good long time.

Besides I can still use the figs for Rifts.

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

It's not just online. In order to sell their stuff in a retail store, you need to dedicate 30% of your shelf space and run at least one game a week in store. Most smaller/indy stores can't afford to do this.

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

It's not just online. In order to sell their stuff in a retail store, you need to dedicate 30% of your shelf space and run at least one game a week in store. Most smaller/indy stores can't afford to do this.

A few years ago a couple I know were running their own hobby shop and tried to get GW merch, the GW rep said they had to order and pay up front for $20,000 worth of product and the order a minimum of something like 100,000 dollars a year.

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

It's not just online. In order to sell their stuff in a retail store, you need to dedicate 30% of your shelf space and run at least one game a week in store. Most smaller/indy stores can't afford to do this.

A few years ago a couple I know were running their own hobby shop and tried to get GW merch, the GW rep said they had to order and pay up front for $20,000 worth of product and the order a minimum of something like 100,000 dollars a year.

Yeah, but give it 3 years and $100,000 worth of product will be 17 figures.

[The Galactus Kid]

Thats why I prefer Privateer Press to GW.

[Nxla666]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

Tell me about it.

Thats why, with rare exception, I dont plan on getting anything more from them for a good long time.

Besides I can still use the figs for Rifts.

already done it

Yeah, nothing makes a party more nervous than setting up 2 squads of marines, 3 Terminators, and a dreadnaught, then tell the they are CS troops.

[Rayven]

yes like buying Axis and Allies minitures

Or D&D Minis. Those things are like crack.

Games-Workshop

I second that. I use to be really into GW, but their prices go up every six months or something. I'm not paying $50 for a five man squad of terminators, or $30 for a stupid rhino. My biggest complaint is that their a bunch of Aholes for stopping anyone from sellling the products online. I had a copy sites i'd by things from for 30% off.

It's not just online. In order to sell their stuff in a retail store, you need to dedicate 30% of your shelf space and run at least one game a week in store. Most smaller/indy stores can't afford to do this.

Heck I didn't know that. Its almost like the don't want to attract people.

I mean quality of their miniatures plus the background to me is head and shoulders above any of the Table Top Wargamming competition. So i can't understand their tactics. Honestly I like the 40K universe better than anything except for Macross (not robotech) and Rifts universe. And I'm not just saying that because the is the Palladium website.

Yeah, I used to work in (read as: run) a game store, and I had the ability to order GW stuff for my customers. My distributor didn't care if I special-ordered a piece here and there, but I was not allowed to have anything in stock on the shelves unless I stuck with the obscene rules they had about store space.