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sorceror. Two more to follow.
1) What's your favourite game (system/setting, not a particular campaign), and why?
Hrm. Well, I guess I'd have to say Deadlands, in spite of all the other really nifty games I've been involved in over the past few years.
Most of my enthusiasm is very likely due to my long-standing affection for the Western genre, ever since my father introduced me as a small girl to Once Upon A Time In The West and The Man With No Name trilogy. I read Western comic books avidly, especially the Belgian ones like Lucky Luke, Jerry Spring, and Lieutenant Blueberry.
So, naturally, when I was introduced to a game that had more than adequate mechanics, used Western props in the game (cards and poker chips, baby!), I naturally fell in love.
The fact that you get to battle supernatural critters is a nice bonus, too. :)
Besides that, the setting allows for every single level of roleplay you could want: it encourages players to stretch their imaginations, but they can play out every single Clint Eastwood stereotype their hearts desire if they want.
So it's all good. :)
2) If you could meet any one person from the history of the world, who would it be and why?
Gack! Only one?
Jane Austen. I think we would have got along famously, and I would love to just sit and listen to her make snarky comments about the people around her all day long. I think it would be highly entertaining. *g*
3) If you could have siblings, would you? Or are you content as an only child?
When I was still a small child I wanted to have a younger sibling, mostly because I was under the delusion that they would provide a source of entertainment and then could be conveniently put away in a closet for when they were next needed.
However, I grew up with two very close friends, twins in fact, who spent almost every waking moment (and several nights a week) at my house, and I quickly realised that having them around was like having younger siblings. Having younger siblings meant sharing my parents' attention *and* my belongings, and as I am a very very selfish person, I decided that that was too great a sacrifice.
Even now, when I think it might be nice to have someone as a confidant or what have you, I don't think the aggravation would be worth it. The sibling rivalry, the arguments, the fights, the timesharing, none of it really appeals to me. I get enough human companionship from my friends, with almost none of the drawbacks.
4) If you were exiled from Quebec, where else would you want to live, and why?
Un Canadien errant, banni de ses foyers,
Parcourait, en pleurant, des pays étrangers...
Seriously? Umm, I think Hawa'i. Somewhere where the cost of living is very, very low, and there's easy access to nature, and the ocean. The ocean is not a must-have, but it would definitely be nicer if it was there.
Failing that, a nice cottage in the country. Hmm. Moral of the story? I need to be relatively far away from people physically. ;)
5) In your academic career, who was your favourite teacher, and why?
Philippe Feuillet. Yes, I know I ranted about how marvellous James Treadwell was (my supervisor), but my high school history teacher (I had him for three years) was the reason I decided to study history as well as English lit. when I went to university.
He was one of the funniest, silliest, and most intelligent profs I've ever had, and I think he suffered a lot from having a classful of idiots like mine. He thrived on questions and student participation, and clearly loved his subject matter.
I also think he quite liked me as a student, and he and I had scarily similar thought processes and cultural references. Seriously, it was eerie. He didn't mind being interrupted in class, and a lot of the time I would finish his sentences or provide the obscure cultural references that he had on the tip of his tongue but couldn't quite remember.
By the time I left high school he and I had a series of in-jokes together that must have made me the biggest geek in the history of my high school.
He left the country a year after I graduated. Went back to France with his wife and two kids.
sorceror. Two more to follow.1) What's your favourite game (system/setting, not a particular campaign), and why?
Hrm. Well, I guess I'd have to say Deadlands, in spite of all the other really nifty games I've been involved in over the past few years.
Most of my enthusiasm is very likely due to my long-standing affection for the Western genre, ever since my father introduced me as a small girl to Once Upon A Time In The West and The Man With No Name trilogy. I read Western comic books avidly, especially the Belgian ones like Lucky Luke, Jerry Spring, and Lieutenant Blueberry.
So, naturally, when I was introduced to a game that had more than adequate mechanics, used Western props in the game (cards and poker chips, baby!), I naturally fell in love.
The fact that you get to battle supernatural critters is a nice bonus, too. :)
Besides that, the setting allows for every single level of roleplay you could want: it encourages players to stretch their imaginations, but they can play out every single Clint Eastwood stereotype their hearts desire if they want.
So it's all good. :)
2) If you could meet any one person from the history of the world, who would it be and why?
Gack! Only one?
Jane Austen. I think we would have got along famously, and I would love to just sit and listen to her make snarky comments about the people around her all day long. I think it would be highly entertaining. *g*
3) If you could have siblings, would you? Or are you content as an only child?
When I was still a small child I wanted to have a younger sibling, mostly because I was under the delusion that they would provide a source of entertainment and then could be conveniently put away in a closet for when they were next needed.
However, I grew up with two very close friends, twins in fact, who spent almost every waking moment (and several nights a week) at my house, and I quickly realised that having them around was like having younger siblings. Having younger siblings meant sharing my parents' attention *and* my belongings, and as I am a very very selfish person, I decided that that was too great a sacrifice.
Even now, when I think it might be nice to have someone as a confidant or what have you, I don't think the aggravation would be worth it. The sibling rivalry, the arguments, the fights, the timesharing, none of it really appeals to me. I get enough human companionship from my friends, with almost none of the drawbacks.
4) If you were exiled from Quebec, where else would you want to live, and why?
Un Canadien errant, banni de ses foyers,
Parcourait, en pleurant, des pays étrangers...
Seriously? Umm, I think Hawa'i. Somewhere where the cost of living is very, very low, and there's easy access to nature, and the ocean. The ocean is not a must-have, but it would definitely be nicer if it was there.
Failing that, a nice cottage in the country. Hmm. Moral of the story? I need to be relatively far away from people physically. ;)
5) In your academic career, who was your favourite teacher, and why?
Philippe Feuillet. Yes, I know I ranted about how marvellous James Treadwell was (my supervisor), but my high school history teacher (I had him for three years) was the reason I decided to study history as well as English lit. when I went to university.
He was one of the funniest, silliest, and most intelligent profs I've ever had, and I think he suffered a lot from having a classful of idiots like mine. He thrived on questions and student participation, and clearly loved his subject matter.
I also think he quite liked me as a student, and he and I had scarily similar thought processes and cultural references. Seriously, it was eerie. He didn't mind being interrupted in class, and a lot of the time I would finish his sentences or provide the obscure cultural references that he had on the tip of his tongue but couldn't quite remember.
By the time I left high school he and I had a series of in-jokes together that must have made me the biggest geek in the history of my high school.
He left the country a year after I graduated. Went back to France with his wife and two kids.
