So what do you do in the evening, then?

[davywavy]

In the comments to my post the other day, I mentioned that I don't own a TV. This is unusual - figures from the TV licensing people suggest that 99.5% of households in the country have a telly in them and such is the ubiquity of the gogglebox that the Joseph Rountree Foundation uses non-ownership of one as an indicator of poverty (this surprises me, as the people I know who don't own a TV tend to be both better educated and in better jobs than the average).
The are distinct advantages to not owning a TV. I don't run the risk of wasting my time watching witless crap like Eastenders, X-Factor, Big Brother or the new Doctor Who, and anything decent like Life on Mars I can pick up DVDs of at Cash Converters six months after they come out.
What was interesting about my comment was that it pulled out a number of other people on my friends list who don't own TV's. According to the above statistic, only one person in every 200 should be telly-less, and so I should only have one person reading me who doesn't as opposed to several which seems to be the case.

So, to satisfy my curiosity:

[Poll #1070038]

Comments

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Heroes is kinda like Firefly - a bunch of low-level player character archetypes and the DM's girlfriend's 21st-level, impossibly attractive character have adventures designed to appeal to the geek fraternity.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

It's better than Firefly, not nearly as smug and actually funny.

(Ducks and hides from angry nerds.)

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Neither Firefly nor Heroes do it for me for the same reason that I can't bear to listen to people telling me stories about how incredibly kewl their 23rd level barbarian/bard/ninja is.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

I'm developing ST selective hearing. 'Uh-huh, yeah, sure, uh-huh, another gin you say? Uh-huh, yeah... that sounds nice, submit it in a downtime." The smoking ban came at a great time for those types of things.

Perhaps that filter is making me like Heroes. That or my obsession with laughing at hapless Japanese people. Either way.

Deconstructing Firefly

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Mal Reynolds: 7th Level fighter/theif, party leader.
Jayne: 5th level 1/2-orc fighter.
Book: 4th level cleric
Inara: 4th level illusionist, played by a male gamer.
River Tam: 21st level Ninja/Psionicist, played by the DM's 17-stone girlfriend.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

My eyes glazed over when I read 'Fi'

I really didn't understand the appeal of Fir-zzzzzz when it was on. Saw the pilot and thought it looked a lot like Crapylon 5, except without G'kar.

Inara: 4th level illusionist, played by a male gamer.

This is true....... :(

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[(Anonymous)]

Jayne is the only character with any appeal, it must be said. I found the cleric particularly unappealing. And the chubby emo cow playing the uber psycho ninja? No wonder the game folded.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

She always whined when she didn't understand an element of the rules and it worked against her. Or if the Doritos and sour cream dip ran out.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Sorry - Played by a male gamer who has never had a girlfriend.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[(Anonymous)]

I recall *several people* having characters like that. But no, teh ref wouldn't put up with the ECL14 difference if he wasn't getting something out of the deal, and just how he sold it to the rest of the players is beyond me. Did you read the KODT article on overpowered girlfriend pcs? I have it pdf'd if you want a copy.

Re: Deconstructing Firefly

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Dear gods! I'm not alone.

I just thought it was a complete re-run of Buffy, with some added pseudo-western slang thrown in for good measure. River was Buffy, thus continuing Joss Whedon's strange conviction that if you want a serious combatent, teach a 5'2" tall, 6 stone girl kung fu. Then nothing will stand in her way.

[elbly.livejournal.com]

But I'd do the cheerleader given half the chance...

Mmmmmmm! nubile cheerleaders! mmmmmmmmmm!

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a former DM's girlfriend, I found these equal parts hysterical and embarrassing.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

There may be a certain amount of residual bitterness amongst the male players going on around here.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

Heh, I noticed. That and fat jokes, which are fine, but somewhat ironic when performed by gamer geeks who socialize online (and apparently in some cases live in council housing).

Flicker, flicker.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Gamers and poor social skills going hand in hand? Never!

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

At least LJ is scent-free ;)

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Only the whiff of intolerance round here, thank you :)

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

LULZY, biotch, do your fucking research before you go off on hypermoral PC tangents about my social skills.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

Ok - can I rag on your spelling and grammar issues instead?

Calling time on this before it goes any further.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Time.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, you have, like, mad 1337 social skillz

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

They're crazy out there yo.

Calling time on this before it goes any further.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Time.

Re: Calling time on this before it goes any further.

[(Anonymous)]

Aww.