hmm want to get a AD&D group going and nobody around plays

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: bennylong
nerds!@

Reader Lynn Decker sends along this note, which purports to answer the question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?"

Consider Michael Jordan, having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, he makes $178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head. If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. He makes $7,415/hour more than minimum wage. He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.

He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round. Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account (401k), his contributions will hit the federal cap of $10,500 at 845am on January 1st. If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year.

He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600. This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined. Amazing isn't it?

However... If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 500 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has at this very moment.

Game over. Nerd wins.

There's a lot more people like Michael Jordan than there are like Bill Gates.

 

[alkemyst]

I like WoW now...although I am not into the RAID levels yet to the AD&D thing is limited.

Online games are much better in my opinion than paper games. I did D&D then AD&D from about 5th to 8th grade on and off (early to mid 80's).

Then I discovered MUD's in college.

Without a good group it's just hack and slash. Get a good group and you can pull off some impossible things.

It's better than TV to me.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
I like WoW now...although I am not into the RAID levels yet to the AD&D thing is limited.

Online games are much better in my opinion than paper games. I did D&D then AD&D from about 5th to 8th grade on and off (early to mid 80's).

Then I discovered MUD's in college.

Without a good group it's just hack and slash. Get a good group and you can pull off some impossible things.

It's better than TV to me.

yeah a good group is everything. i was in a great group. only one person really did not get the idea of it though. he would play his thief pretty bad. but hey he would bring beer every week so it was good.