I suppose the blogs have all been quiet because most folks are (like myself) gearing up for the World Cup opening tomorrow. Right? Right?!
I've spent pretty much the entire evening compiling the picks for our "fantasy World Cup tourney" and creating a Yahoo groups page. Me...I'm not very good with computers. I can type, and I can read, and for the most part that the extent of my ability which allows me to blog. D&D nerd, yes. Computer nerd, no.
Which is kind of funny when you think about it (or funny to me at least), when one considers how long the one has been associated with the other. I can recall watching that film Cloak & Dagger (circa 1984) with that kid, Elliot, from E.T. the Extraterrestrial. He played some kind of RPG type spy game with some over-weight uncle-type guy (who eventually gets shot between the eyes! What a way for an Old School DM to go!)...who, while an obvious D&D nerd-type is also heavily into computers, computer games, computer hacking...whatever.
I'm surprised War Games didn't have some sort of RPG reference imbedded in it. Maybe Twilight 2000 by association.
Anyway, it is officially 1am, I don't have to work tomorrow, and apparently no one else does either, as a whole passel of folks are coming by the house at 6:30am to watch Mexico versus South Africa. And eat breakfast, of course (I hope someone's bringing Bloody Marys...the red, green, and vodka will go well with the Mexican uniform). We're all rooting for my wife's home country, but I have a feeling South Africa is going to go pretty far in the tournament. Of course, I did just watch Invictus last weekend, which may be coloring my perception.
There will be more RPG stuff this weekend, I promise...my cover artist is trying to get things sewed up by the end of the weekend. However, the posting might be a bit sporadic depending on the excitement of the games (we've got eight or so to watch, I think).
All right...time for a few zzzzzzz's...
I've got Serbia in the office sweepstakes. The pundits seem to think they'll do well, but I don't think they'll get any of the top three places, so I won't win anything back.
ReplyDeleteThe attitude of English supporters makes me a little sick, and the team is full of millionaire thugs, so I'm unlikely to find myself supporting my home nation, unless, for once, they play with humility rather than swaggering arrogance. I've got my eye on the US team, as I expect them to do well this time around, and I've had a fondness for the South Korean team since they hosted the tournament, and showed themselves to be a precocious and energetic team.