And here I was thinking that all the nutters lived in the States, appears we Europeans got a few people with screws loose too.
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Elf defence for 'lingerie thief'
A man accused of a stealing underwear from a shop in a knifepoint raid believed he was a female elf at the time, Belfast Crown Court has heard.
Robert Boyd, 45, from Broadlands in Carrickfergus, is accused of holding up staff at the Orchid shop in Belfast disguised in a wig, hat and glasses.
He told the court he had been involved in a role-playing game at the time, and his character was an elf named Beho.
He denies robbery but says he may have blurred reality and fantasy.
He also said it "could be right" that Beho had intended to rob the shop - although he told the jury he could not remember what was going through his mind at the time.
Japanese sword
He told defence counsel Anthony Cinnamond that within his small social circle he had been participating in a game known as Shadowrun.
The game was set in the future and the assumed characters were criminals, he said.
He told the court his character was a shaman, or magical elf, who carried a small Japanese sword as a weapon.
Mr Boyd, who said he visits a psychiatrist regularly, conceded that he "seemed to have blurred that line between reality and fantasy".
"I can't believe that I personally did that... and I deeply regret that.
"If I had sought some help I would've avoided that in its entirety."
Prosecutors claim that Mr Boyd knew "perfectly well" what he was doing on the day of the robbery and was "using this memory loss scenario to avoid answering very difficult questions".
The lab technician, from Broadlands in Carrickfergus, denies one charge of robbery.
He is accused of stealing two sets of bras, knickers, suspender belts and stockings from the shop on Lisburn Road on 14 December, 2005.
The case continues.
Classic
Well, that´s what gamers need: more bad press...
If it would not be such a sad case, it would be hilarious.
Stefan
At least it wasn't Dungeons and Dragons. Please please please, if you have players like this in your group, execute them quicky. When the cops come round just tell them that your game told you to do it.
Wait a minute...erm...OMG MY REALITY IS BLURRED!!!!
You sure that wasn't Eric Boyd? 'Cause he gets like that sometimes... ;)
No wonder this hobby has such a poor image among the general public.
Honestly, if he had just gone in and payed for the darned lingerie, none of this would have happened. He could have even talked about how much he loves role-playing and no one would have batted an eye, though it probably would have been awkward. Honestly, all of my lingerie purchases are done legally just to avoid such a situation.
Scary thing is I know someone like this. The blurring fantasy/reality part. Not the cross-dressing wannabe elf part. ;)
Hey, that's the same street my flat is on. It also says on the BBC site that the guy's a lab technician at the university I work at. Does that make this fellow Buho a co-worker of mine?
I might have met this guy and not known it.
How bad's this link? I'm at work.
Outside of references to lingerie, I'd say the link does not qualify for a NSFW tag. Fairly innocuous.
How bad's this link? I'm at work.
Rift actually posted everything in the link.
Its from the BBC, it doesn't get much cleaner.
I'm glad my group doesn't include anyone like that.
Found a decent map of Flanaese. This Greyhawk map comes in sections that can be individually printed or blown up on screen.
Just scroll down and you can get pre- and post-war maps.
I had to download each of them separately, then used Microsoft Word to create a template the appropriate size, then copied and pasted each map section into the appropriate space. Took some work but the result was really nice. I have the size shown on the web page and a blow up I did that is much larger.
Hope this helps.
Found a decent map of Flanaese. This Greyhawk map comes in sections that can be individually printed or blown up on screen.
Just scroll down and you can get pre- and post-war maps.
I had to download each of them separately, then used Microsoft Word to create a template the appropriate size, then copied and pasted each map section into the appropriate space. Took some work but the result was really nice. I have the size shown on the web page and a blow up I did that is much larger.
Hope this helps.
Hey LG, I'm pretty sure you wanted to post this over on Lilith's post about Desperatly Seeking Sterich. Just lettin' ya know.~T
Hey, that's the same street my flat is on. It also says on the BBC site that the guy's a lab technician at the university I work at. Does that make this fellow Buho a co-worker of mine?
I might have met this guy and not known it.
You are probably better off NOT knowing him...
Stefan
Hey, that's the same street my flat is on. It also says on the BBC site that the guy's a lab technician at the university I work at. Does that make this fellow Buho a co-worker of mine?
I might have met this guy and not known it.
You are probably better off NOT knowing him...
If I were you Jonathan I'd be more worried that maybe you ARE him! He does seem to have a problem with his various personae after all ;)
FfffffffreeakOUT!
How humdrum...
Shadowrun players..meh.
If that had of been a D&D nutter there would have at least have been multiple deaths and LSD involved!
Shadowrun 0/D&D 10 :P
There's a lot of talk about sustainable development...gradual reduction...negative net population growth
...Also see magdalena's comment about UNICEF. Some factoids:
Aldus Huxley's (Brave New World) brother, Julian, founded UNICEF, which uses vaccines tained with hidden hormone therapies that sterilize the recipients, vaccines tained with cancer viruses that kill the recipients, etc.For a fascinating article on this very subject try:
Linkage
Warning...this article is a long one. And, it contains references to many aspects of the "conspiracy theory" crowd that you might find it difficult to resist checking out.