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....if, while in a movie theater watching a piece of heavy weaponry get blasted to atoms, you say out loud "Woah. MEGA-damage...."

......and the people on either side of you look at you wierdly beacuse you're a full-grown black dude that sounds (to them) like he's just lapsed into Valley Girl-speak...

You watch 'Kung Fu Hustle' and think 'now that's as good an example of scaling to Mega Damage as I've ever seen!'

cornholioprime wrote:....if, while in a movie theater watching a piece of heavy weaponry get blasted to atoms, you say out loud "Woah. MEGA-damage...."

......and the people on either side of you look at you wierdly beacuse you're a full-grown black dude that sounds (to them) like he's just lapsed into Valley Girl-speak...

Odd Question, cornholio... have you ever been to Milwaukee? Does the name "Johnny Alpha" mean anything to you? If so, PM me.

...Your thoughts on watching a movie go something like: "all I need is one Glitterboy and that entire gang is TOAST!" or "for cryin' out loud, you idiot, listen to your sixth sense!!!!"

You make comments like "Natural 20", "Guess he/she rolled a 1", "Must be MDC", ect., all well watching TV.

You make jokes about WoW when compared to Rifts/Conversion.

...your geek points are in the five digit range because of purchases made in the past year.

...you own everything Palladium has ever made.

...you have more than one first print of the RMB.

...you have significant and detailed arguments over whether or not the Coalition could beat Atlantis in a war.

...you buy Rifts paraphernalia for the same reason others climb mountains...because it's there.

...you are secretly building a cardboard replica of a Glitter Boy in your basement.

...and your secret regret is that the Boom Gun doesn't work.

...you've printed up copies of different suits of power armor to use as targets when you go shooting..."just in case."

...you're mad that it took the so-called geniuses at Lazlo so long to decide the Xiticix were a menace.

...you were excited to find out Victor Lazlo was alive.

...you know the semi-official origins of the name Emperor Tromm, and that it still applies.

...you shrieked when you asked Kev about the Mechanoids being descended from the 'Alanees' and if that meant they were Atlantean, and he shrugged and said, "I don't know...are they?" (I almost cried when he did that to me)

...you made offers on the Nokia Glitter Boy cardboard cut-out.

...you were surprised when such offers got you laughed at.

...but kept offering to buy it anyway.

...you know where the Auto-G first appeared in print, and bugged Palladium about what they were.

...you've were mentioned as an attendee of the Open House in the latest Rifter.

But the biggest sign you're a Rifts geek....

...is if you're ME.

/Sub

Kn1ves wrote:....you walk through a Toys R' Us and all you can think of is what a Techno Wizard could do with all the Nerf guns....

Oh damn. That would be SWEET.

/Sub

I got a few more.

You buy Dragons and Gods, just so you can properly write up an Ancient dragon NPC.

You buy Dimension Builder because Rifts Earth and Three Galaxy are not enough.

You change Rifts MDC to SDC, but you'd still rather play a Rifts campaign then Heros.

You alway are looking back to Bionics Sourcebook when writing up NPCs or just daydreaming of a new character. (This is fading, mutants are the best overall)

You've considered buying an E-Gage as a replacement for you're cell phone, simply to be able to play "Promise of Power".

Spark wrote:You buy Dragons and Gods, just so you can properly write up an Ancient dragon NPC.

Guilty

Spark wrote:You've considered buying an E-Gage as a replacement for you're cell phone, simply to be able to play "Promise of Power".

I bought an N-Gage.



/Sub

I built a real boom gun when I was majoring in Applied Physics. 600 lbs, shot 4 ounce iron slugs at hay bails a quarter mile away.

What was the FPS on that?

You saw the shirts from when the white sox won and pictured a Deaths Head in the middle instead of the sox logo.

List of things Cherico found out the hard Way about dating

Never say

"Wow you must have rolled 18 on your PB score!"

"Lady you rolled a natural 20 in my heart"

"Dont worry about your Ex I have +2 to strike with blunt
weapons"

Never do these things

Bring your lucky 20 die to bring you luck on a date

roll your dice to see if the girl secertly likes you
(even when you roll a 20 she probally still finds you repulsive)

Compare her inteligence to erin tarn

Explaining who erin tarn is after comparing her to erin tarn

Never compare a teacher you both hate to Karl Prozack

Never explain who Karl Prozack is

Tell her storys about your adventures in rifts

Tell her how you still miss the 12 level mindmelter who died
because you rolled a natural one in the underground ruins of
disny land.

Explain who archee 3 is

Tell her exactly what megadamage is

even bringing up Mega damage in the first place

saying you must have a low PP when you trip

Saying she failed her balance roll when she trips

not dodging the spagette she pushes into your face when
she tells you that your the biggest creep in the world

Expecially while the spagetties still hot

(to be fair I did many of these things all on the same date
Ah Shelly I learned so many things from her, In a warped
way doing her 5 page history paper was worth her pity date
however not really. Come to think about it that date pretty
much sucked)

Lord Cherico wrote:List of things Cherico found out the hard Way about dating

Never say

"Wow you must have rolled 18 on your PB score!"

"Lady you rolled a natural 20 in my heart"

"Dont worry about your Ex I have +2 to strike with blunt
weapons"

Never do these things

Bring your lucky 20 die to bring you luck on a date

roll your dice to see if the girl secertly likes you
(even when you roll a 20 she probally still finds you repulsive)

Compare her inteligence to erin tarn

Explaining who erin tarn is after comparing her to erin tarn

Never compare a teacher you both hate to Karl Prozack

Never explain who Karl Prozack is

Tell her storys about your adventures in rifts

Tell her how you still miss the 12 level mindmelter who died
because you rolled a natural one in the underground ruins of
disny land.

Explain who archee 3 is

Tell her exactly what megadamage is

even bringing up Mega damage in the first place

saying you must have a low PP when you trip

Saying she failed her balance roll when she trips

not dodging the spagette she pushes into your face when
she tells you that your the biggest creep in the world

Expecially while the spagetties still hot

(to be fair I did many of these things all on the same date
Ah Shelly I learned so many things from her, In a warped
way doing her 5 page history paper was worth her pity date
however not really. Come to think about it that date pretty
much sucked)

I'm glad I'm not you.

Though to be honest I have made some of those mistakes , I just never got hit with hot pasta.

Kryzbyn wrote:What was the FPS on that?

We were guessing that it was pushing 6k ft/sec based on calculations and drop.

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

...You flip out when Kevin trades you aover $300 of palladium product for a Wiz Kids Galactus figure at Origins.

...Take Kevin at his word that he will look at your Rifter submission, only to see it in the next issue.

...Write another article for the Rifter which is as well recieved as the first.

...Achieve your lifelong dream of writing a world book at 25.

...Leap at the chance to write the sequel to one of the top selling Palladium products of all time.

...Volunteer to spend 3 weeks as an unpaid intern at Palladium doing grunt work for the sole purpose of helping out a company in need.

GhostKnight wrote:

Kryzbyn wrote:What was the FPS on that?

We were guessing that it was pushing 6k ft/sec based on calculations and drop.

Kryzbyn wrote:

GhostKnight wrote:

Kryzbyn wrote:What was the FPS on that?

We were guessing that it was pushing 6k ft/sec based on calculations and drop.

So is that fast?














j/k

C.R.A.F.T. wrote:...you watch new movies to get gaming ideas.

Everybody should do that.

Killer Cyborg wrote:

C.R.A.F.T. wrote:...you watch new movies to get gaming ideas.

Everybody should do that.

Its required.

The Galactus Kid wrote:You know you're a RIFTS geek if...

...Volunteer to spend 3 weeks as an unpaid intern at Palladium doing grunt work for the sole purpose of helping out a company in need.

Or if you keep kicking yourself that you can't volunteer to spend 3 weeks as an unpaid intern...

Lord Cherico wrote:List of things Cherico found out the hard Way about dating

Never say

"Wow you must have rolled 18 on your PB score!"

"Lady you rolled a natural 20 in my heart"

"Dont worry about your Ex I have +2 to strike with blunt
weapons"

Never do these things

Bring your lucky 20 die to bring you luck on a date

roll your dice to see if the girl secertly likes you
(even when you roll a 20 she probally still finds you repulsive)

Compare her inteligence to erin tarn

Explaining who erin tarn is after comparing her to erin tarn

Never compare a teacher you both hate to Karl Prozack

Never explain who Karl Prozack is

Tell her storys about your adventures in rifts

Tell her how you still miss the 12 level mindmelter who died
because you rolled a natural one in the underground ruins of
disny land.

Explain who archee 3 is

Tell her exactly what megadamage is

even bringing up Mega damage in the first place

saying you must have a low PP when you trip

Saying she failed her balance roll when she trips

not dodging the spagette she pushes into your face when
she tells you that your the biggest creep in the world

Expecially while the spagetties still hot

(to be fair I did many of these things all on the same date
Ah Shelly I learned so many things from her, In a warped
way doing her 5 page history paper was worth her pity date
however not really. Come to think about it that date pretty
much sucked)

This makes me happy I got my wife into RIFTS after we got married haha.

Killer Cyborg wrote:

The Galactus Kid wrote:You know you're a RIFTS geek if...

...Volunteer to spend 3 weeks as an unpaid intern at Palladium doing grunt work for the sole purpose of helping out a company in need.

Or if you keep kicking yourself that you can't volunteer to spend 3 weeks as an unpaid intern...

I wish there was something I could do for 'em. I could do it - but I'm not really worth a damn for anything they need done.

/Sub

emotional and moral support are just as good, if not better, subbie. Its a tough time and they need that more than anything.

Lucky wrote:- if you go through some of your older, more worn books and pencil in funny little captions on the pictures.

- if you have ever considered getting the sword of atlantis tattooed anywhere on your body.

- if your car breaks down and your first instinct is to call an operator.

- if you can't put garlic on your pizza without smiling inwardly at the knowledge that you are safe from vampires for the night.

- if you put paperclips and other objects over your fingertips at work and pretend they are cybernetic implants.

- if you have had more than one serious discussion about the physiology of viral zombies compared to supernatural zombies.

Damn I guess I am a RIFTS geek....I have 5 Palladium Books tattoos lol

NovenTheHero wrote:

Lucky wrote:- if you go through some of your older, more worn books and pencil in funny little captions on the pictures.

- if you have ever considered getting the sword of atlantis tattooed anywhere on your body.

- if your car breaks down and your first instinct is to call an operator.

- if you can't put garlic on your pizza without smiling inwardly at the knowledge that you are safe from vampires for the night.

- if you put paperclips and other objects over your fingertips at work and pretend they are cybernetic implants.

- if you have had more than one serious discussion about the physiology of viral zombies compared to supernatural zombies.

Damn I guess I am a RIFTS geek....I have 5 Palladium Books tattoos lol

Apoc's a geek too.

/Sub

You contributed to the Rifts Humor thread.

You contributed to the Quasi-legal Munchkinism thread.

You contributed to this thread.

The Beast wrote:You contributed to the Rifts Humor thread.

What does it mean if you started that thread? =)

The Beast wrote:You contributed to the Rifts Humor thread.

You contributed to the Quasi-legal Munchkinism thread.

You contributed to this thread.

OR, if you created it.....

(The SECOND longest lasting Thread on these Boards....nearly two whole years old now!!)

...when guys at work are arguing about whether they can dodge a (real) bullet, your first thought is whether they are playing with the -10 rule.

...when your wife asks how you're feeling after work and you respond, "Down to about 2 I.S.P."

...if you have ever argued with friends about whether one of your (real) attributes received an extra d6 at birth.

...if you are asked about the annual office budget and your response includes the word "powercreep".


Yes, these are all anecdotal.

Subjugator wrote:...you own everything Palladium has ever made.

I am close. There are 2 core books I am missing: Deluxe Revised Recon and Ultimate Rifts. I have 2 first edition PFRPG books (one from before the sexual deviance table got removed, and one from after). I have both BTS corebooks. I have a full set of Macross II, a full set of Robotech, all of the TMNT books, a full set of 1st ed PFRPG (including The Arms Of Nargash Tor), all the Rifters up until 30, all the Chaos Earth stuff, all of the BTS supplements (including the newspaper), the Mechanoids books (the trilogy AND the one that is just called "The Mechanoids" which is not a part of the trilogy), the small-size weapon books, both weapon compendiums, Splicers, System Failure, a full set of Nightbane (with the original Nightspawn corebook), Heroes Unlimited 1st ed, HU1 sourcebook called The Justice Machine, leatherbound HU2 corebook, and about half of the Rifts and PFRPG 2nd Ed books.

I also have Rifts Manhunter, and the original Kinslayer Productions version of the Manhunter RPG, and the Myrmidon Press version of Manhunter, along with Myrmidon's supplement book (the name of which I can't remember).

*EDIT* I forgot to mention that I also have a first edition Ninjas and Superspies and 1st print Mystic China, all three of the novels (1st print each), The Magic of Palladium book that came with the X-Mas Grab Bag a few years ago, all but 2 of the pewter Rifts minis, The new After The Bomb core rules, and a pdf copy of Valley of the Pharoahs (that I got from the Palladium website). That's not to mention that my copies of the HU2 corebook, PFRPG 2nd ed, Robotech: New World Order, After the Bomb 2nd edition all signed by Kevin, and 4 of my Rifters are signed by Jaguar Wong.

OH CRAP I TOTALLY for got about this one, but this is the geekiest RIFTS thing I have ever done.

...if you had and ERIN TARN quote as your Senior quote in your Hight School yearbook.

The Galactus Kid wrote:OH CRAP I TOTALLY for got about this one, but this is the geekiest RIFTS thing I have ever done.

...if you had and ERIN TARN quote as your Senior quote in your Hight School yearbook.

I give that 100 Geek points right there! Nobody I know was gutsy enough to quote Erin Tarn in high school.

The "I am a nomad..." quote from the original Rifts Main Book. I'll dig it up and tell you the full one.

NovenTheHero wrote:

The Beast wrote:You contributed to the Rifts Humor thread.

What does it mean if you started that thread? =)

I guess you get extra points.

You have ever watched "Planet of the Apes" with one thought running thru your head...Just give me one Battalion of Deadboys...

Lord NorDeth wrote:...One of the first conversations you had with your future Wife was about the Robotech RPG.

...The day you met her, (when she came to visit your then room-mates) you asked her if she wanted to come to the local Game Store to pick up the Latest Rifts book.

...She said YES and was GENUINELY excited about it

Wow...That's the best answer I've seen. It's confirmed, you ARE The Rifts Geek.

Gothic_Ronin wrote:...... If you have ever seen a KKK Clan rally on TV and spent an hour arguing with your game group as to what moron on the screen was Prozacs great great great great great great grandfather. (Really happened )

Prozac, huh? You sure you don't mean Prosek?

...If you have ever spent more than 3 hours pointing out the differences between the CS and SS uniforms.

Nxla666 wrote:...If you have ever spent more than 3 hours pointing out the differences between the CS and SS uniforms.

...by modelling them individually.

Rayven wrote:

Nxla666 wrote:...If you have ever spent more than 3 hours pointing out the differences between the CS and SS uniforms.

...by modelling them individually.

Is it bad that I once tried to make a wearable SAMAS?

Nxla666 wrote:

Rayven wrote:

Nxla666 wrote:...If you have ever spent more than 3 hours pointing out the differences between the CS and SS uniforms.

...by modelling them individually.

Is it bad that I once tried to make a wearable SAMAS?

Only if you didn't keep it to sell at a convention

Chello!

spydawebz wrote:
...you have a full suit of Deadboy Armor ala those Star Wars folks who make their own stormtrooper armor

...you've worn this armor outside of your home

Dude! That's f'ing hardcore...pics?

Tony

...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...

...if your wedding anniversary was in May, but would go anyway...

/Sub

P.S. Yes - I really would.

londonbaz wrote:...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

Misfit KotLD wrote:

Subjugator wrote:...if your wedding anniversary was in may, but would go anyway...

/Sub

P.S. Yes - I really would.

Dude, that's our slightly delayed honeymoon.

Well, my wife knew nothing about RPGs before meeting me - her older brothers had never played them, none of her previous boyfriends had ever played, and no one that she knew had ever played, so it was a totally new thing to her when she learnt of my obsession

At this point all I can ask for is tolerance of purchasing books every month and having a study that is 30-40% full of RPG stuff. If I tried to get to the US for OH this year... well, lets just say that this is not an option if I intend to have more kids in the future...

Grand Marshal Lazareal wrote:

Thinyser wrote:

londonbaz wrote:...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.)

Rayven wrote:

Grand Marshal Lazareal wrote:

Thinyser wrote:

londonbaz wrote:...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.