Black Friday deals
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
My wife loves playing D&D. We've played for years but have not had a group in a while. It is one of our D&D players that came and stayed with us while we were living in Spain.
Your kids are getting old enough... time to start running a family game.
They are starting to play some RPGs on the computer. Nearly to D&D time.
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@coliver said:
@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller You guys should check out that online service... Roll20? One of our ML guys uses that. @JaredBusch or @Dashrender ?
I love Roll20, I was running a semi-regular D&D game using it for several months.
I have used roll20 for over a year now. It is a good platform. My game would be better if I spent more time in it ahead of time, but I rarely have enough free time for that.
I have been running my online campaign since 1999 with a variety of virtual tabletops. They keep getting better and better.
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Just bought two more games from GOG on sale.
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Which two?
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Starship Titanic and The Moment of Silence.
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The Black Friday deal I got, that I did not want.
Paid $111
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@JaredBusch said:
The Black Friday deal I got, that I did not want.
Paid $111
Does it come with a jetpack?
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@IRJ said:
Does it come with a jetpack?
Comes with the ability to make the wife happy. Worth full price , but happy to have it for 1/3.
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That backpack is normally $300+? WTF? What makes it so valuable?
I was just at Lucas Film in SF, and their embroidered backpack was only $150 (still way more than I was willing to pay).
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Yeah I'm content with a $20 backpack.
What makes that one, or any backpack worth more?
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@DustinB3403 said:
Yeah I'm content with a $20 backpack.
What makes that one, or any backpack worth more?
$348 to be precise. You guys are not married, are you?
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@JaredBusch said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Yeah I'm content with a $20 backpack.
What makes that one, or any backpack worth more?
$348 to be precise. You guys are not married, are you?
No not married, but been with her for 9 years.
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Every backpack that I have was free. Mostly I was Spiceworks ones from conferences and one Teksystems one from Christmas 2004 that was dropped off at a consulting gig for me.
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@JaredBusch said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Yeah I'm content with a $20 backpack.
What makes that one, or any backpack worth more?
$348 to be precise. You guys are not married, are you?
LOL, you know I am - and sure, she has a purse that was a few hundred by some designer...
But I didn't notice a designer name.. is there one? and again, what makes that bag special? It looks actually quite the opposite, very plain, to me. -
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Yeah I'm content with a $20 backpack.
What makes that one, or any backpack worth more?
$348 to be precise. You guys are not married, are you?
LOL, you know I am - and sure, she has a purse that was a few hundred by some designer...
But I didn't notice a designer name.. is there one? and again, what makes that bag special? It looks actually quite the opposite, very plain, to me.Jack Spade, so it is my companion to her multiple Kate Spade purses.
The inside also has a label pointing to http://www.waxedcotton.com/
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Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?
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@art_of_shred said:
Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?
oh gods, that name... Even my kids have multiple Vera Bradley bags already and they are 5 and 7.
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@art_of_shred said:
Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?
Oh I agree - never said plain doesn't mean no name. But is a nobody made that exact same backpack it would sell for $40 and no one would buy it.... but because some designer that the fashion industry gives credit to put their name on it... suddenly that $40 bag is worth $350... But hey.. if people are willing to pay.. who am I to care.
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@Dashrender remember, the "value" of any item is precisely what some person is willing to pay for said item. If you can get people in general to recognize a name as something to be desired, there you go... clearance at WM to $350 "designer" because people are sheep. And good old Jack Spade laughs all the way to the bank.
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@Dashrender said:
@art_of_shred said:
Plain doesn't mean that it doesn't have a "name" that makes it the trendy thing to have and spend way too much on, and just because all of your backpacks are free doesn't mean your wife uses them. Hey @scottalanmiller , does "Vera Bradley" ring a bell?
Oh I agree - never said plain doesn't mean no name. But is a nobody made that exact same backpack it would sell for $40 and no one would buy it.... but because some designer that the fashion industry gives credit to put their name on it... suddenly that $40 bag is worth $350... But hey.. if people are willing to pay.. who am I to care.
My wallet cares. Thankfully, my wife buys almost exclusively on sales and such.
