Dealing with OOTS withdrawal (need ideas)

[Regneva]

I always found waiting for the monday oots a little hard. Now with Rich sicker than ever, it got a lot worse, and on more than one occasion I've found myself fooling around on a content free website, unable to remember how I got there... I'm lacking my required dose of web entertainment.

For the last month, I've turned the forums upside down, posted a lot of stuff here, started 2 projects (one with zicmu) about OOTS, read all the material on the "gaming" section and read the whole "The New World" article once more, memorized all the items on the "shop" section and almost bought the books and the game (if it weren't for the extreme shipping costs).

It wasn't enough.

I've registered on YouTube and started franticly viewing and commenting on every possible thing I would be interested about, and on additionally many others I WOULDN'T be interested about.

Throughout the history of me as a web surfer, I've never been more active on the net. Earlier, I would occasionally view stuff but never join in to write comments etc. Not anymore!

So, I need cure? NO! I need ideas! WHAT DO YOU DO on the net? I'm asking it in here because I only want to hear the opinions of pure OOTS fans. What would an OOTSer LIKE to do on the net? How does he compare OOTS to other web comics for example? What sites does he/she visit? What does he/she listen to, read, play, enjoy?

TELL ME NOW!

[Wolfman42666]

Yo.

Cure 1) Read another good comic like say, darken.
Cure 2) Read the oots archives.
Cure 3) play your favourite songs.
or my personal favourite 4) read the oots archives while listening to your favourite songs.

Sorry that's all i can think of.

[Fawkes]

Buy the merch.

[Raeden]

Maybe, if you have nothing to do on the internet you could, and I know this is a bold suggestion, do something offline?

[Fawkes]

Offline? This is crazy talk! He must be stoned!

[squidthingy]

or if you can't find anything to do on the internet, get off of the internet, mabye it's just how you phrased your post but it sounds like you feel a need to surf the web, I don't know if you are over-exaggerating or not but if you are...:eek:

anyway I would suggest reading a book

[ref]

What's this offline you're talking about?

I surf for info on another of my passions: board games.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

What's this offline you're talking about?

I surf for info on another of my passions: board games.

Have you bought the OotS board game? Have you bought On the Origins of PCs or Start of Darkness?

Buy the two books, but only read them three to four pages at a time, every other day. It will simulate the Web Comic, and give you something to do.

I kind of wish there was a "OtOoPCs" sticky board...

[Ancalagon]

How about... getting a life?

If that does not work out and you cannot get away from the computer, buy a bunch of cool single-player computer games or subscribe to one or two of those pesky online-games.

You could also try to play a MUD, really a time-drainer (and... free!). For example mume.org (connect via a client or telnet to fire.pvv.org).

[squidthingy]

@ /\ x2: you should bring it up on the site issues part of the forum

[Regneva]

Cool ideas. Thank you!

I think I should rephrase some of my previous post. I just want to know what an average OOTS fan does on the net. How does he compare OOTS to other web comics for example? What sites does he/she visit? What does he/she listen to, read, play, enjoy?


@Wolfman42666
I've checked out "Darken". Seems nice, I think I'll follow. Thanks
I've read all the OOTS archives, and I keep re-reading anytime somebody refers to someting in the forums. Been there.

@Mechafox and @Surfing HalfOrc
Buying the books and reading them slowly seems like a good idea, but as I said, I have to bring up some cash first. And I don't think I can cope with reading 4 at a time etc.



Offline? Well, There is a minimum amount of time I spend offline everyday. I'm thinking of filling up the empty periods of my "online" time.

For the people into books, I advise fantasy novels mostly. Especially for people who like oots but don't have much clue about the FRP world. I read some before bed.

@Ancalagon:
I do have a life. It's my online time I'm trying to "fulfill". Anyways I've just finished Overlord and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and the Two Thrones. I've also finished Tiberium Wars recently. Also, got my Priest to lvl 70 in World of Warcraft. I think all these are dumb compared to reading oots.

Besides, I can't "play" when I'm at work. Thats mostly when I read OOTS (I guess partly because it comes out that time of the day)

MUD? Yeah I think I'll make a return. They used to be awesome! But I'm hanging on it as a last resort (Yeah, real time drainer)



Thanks for all the ideas. Keep'em coming!

[Arp1033]

I suggest I-Am-Bored.com.
It is chuck full of random, fun stuff.

[Namaste123]

Try vgcats.com. Hilarious webcomic. Also look at the Girl Genius web comic. Don't have a site for that, just google it.

[Icewalker]

I suggest picking up additional webcomics.

Some of mine:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Inverloch
Goblins (Read a ways in, it picks up)
Misfile
Looking for Group
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Girl Genius (Read a ways in, it picks up)
Two Lumps
Legendary.

[Greenfaun]

Well, you mentioned Youtube, and if you like OOTS you should like the PHB PSA's, here:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=CreativeJuices7&p=r

The premise was originally PSA's by actors portraying the example characters from the PHB about how to play D&D, but they branched out quickly into other realms of geeky satire. Good for killing a few hours laughing at your computer screen like a complete freak.

The best webcomics around, IMO:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/ (music geekery, relationship drama and chaotic awesome robots)

http://www.dominic-deegan.com/ (really good fantasy webcomic, go back and read the archives for it to make any sense)

http://girlgeniusonline.com/ (already mentioned, totally awesome)

http://nuklearpower.com/latest.php (8-bit theatre, go read the early stuff and don't get put off by the sprites, it's actually good)

http://schlockmercenary.com/ (a classic, sci-fi comic, always entertaining)

http://www.goblinscomic.com/ (another great, already mentioned too, but be sure to check out the Tempts Fate minicomics)

[Dunamin]

I'm amazed this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I have an answer for you that can fill up an infinity of boredom, and one which I think is perfectly suited for you based on your posts.

The Order of the Stick comic's most basic, most important concept is that it is based on the roleplaying game D&D.

Solution: Play D&D.

The basic rules of the game are freely available online, and you can play online via forums or chat, if you are unable to gather enough interested people to play the game regularly in your local area.

You can even "reenact" OOTS in discrete D&D adventures or even try to parallel the entire campaign, if you feel so inclined.

[Firestar27]

Watch Legendary Frog's Movies (http://www.legendaryfrog.com).
Read The Book of Biff Webcomic (http://www.thebookofbiff.com).
I recommend Looking For Group, Legendary, Elf Only Inn, Goblins (all webcomics).
I also enjoy watching the DnD PHB PSAs. (someone else gave the link).
Try reading Erfworld. It's a good comic, and on this site.

[BobTheDog]

Play Diablo II online? Works for me. :smallbiggrin:

[Icewalker]

Oh, I've got another thing for you, although it is one-time:

Angry Alien Productions and Starz presents:
Movies re-enacted in 30 seconds by bunnies! (http://www.angryalien.com/) (animated)

[Spiky]

Watch the extras on your favorite DVDs. The ones you never got around to.

[Zictor]

I'm amazed this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I have an answer for you that can fill up an infinity of boredom, and one which I think is perfectly suited for you based on your posts.

The Order of the Stick comic's most basic, most important concept is that it is based on the roleplaying game D&D.

Solution: Play D&D.

The basic rules of the game are freely available online, and you can play online via forums or chat, if you are unable to gather enough interested people to play the game regularly in your local area.

You can even "reenact" OOTS in discrete D&D adventures or even try to parallel the entire campaign, if you feel so inclined.

Can you give me the address of some of those forums where you can play Dnd? Cause I'd love to try some of them.

[Ariko]

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

[Dunamin]

Here’s a list of links related to playing D&D

The official open content rules (called the “System Reference Document”):
SRD (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35)

An unofficial site organizing the SRD a bit easier, as well as providing helpful tools:
Hypertext SRD (http://www.d20srd.org/)

Official Frequently Asked Questions document: D&D FAQ (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a).


The official D&D forum (http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=8) (the community is huge and so generally provides very quick responses, but try the FAQ first for game rule questions).

Online dice roller (http://invisiblecastle.com/) (you can put the link of your result into a forum post).

I play on the Planewalker forums (http://www.planewalker.com/forums/index.php?intForumID=34), because I currently favour adventures in exotic planar worlds, but there are loads of sites where online games are going on.