From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:08:55 -0500
Subject: The GZG ECC 8 Quote Board
Greetings everyone, I haven't had any time to write up an AAR yet, but I did manage to get some time to transcribe the Quote Board! Weren't as many quotes, it seemed, as in years past. But this is not for lack of quotes - mainly, I think, it was for lack of time to write the quotes down! (there were numerous quotables in several games I ran/played in, but no one had time to remember them to write on the board later). I'd like to point out that the hotel catering sales manager (Lisa Dawn) even got quoted at one point. Mind you, I tried to transcribe the best I could read. Some of the writing was difficult to discern, but I think I got it all. If there is a misquote or a mis-attribute, I cannot be held accountable; below is what was on the quote pages. Corrections are welcome, though, so we can get the attributions and quotes correct for posting to the ECC webpage. Now, without further dialogue, I present to you, The GZG ECC 8 Quote Board! Indy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ GZG ECC 8 Quote Board Friday (Feb 25, 2005) JP (randomly overheard conversation): "We're all surprised you're alive." Doug Perrins: "How fast am I going?" Jerry Han: "I *hope* you know how fast you're going" Doug Perrins: "That takes all the fun out of it! (from Full Thrust Frag) "And you're pointed at the bum-end of no where!" (overheard from an FT battle) John Lerchey (Last 'Bot Standing): "GMing you guys is like herding cats!" John Crimmins: "It's a riot control vehicle." Steve Barosi: "It's a *rent* *controlled* vehicle?" John Crimmins: "Right, rent controlled. Why do you think we're still living in it?" Unknown (Last 'Bot Standing): "I can't wait to see the lack of effective fire." Tom McCarthy: "I got a Cub Scout badge in 'Bayonetting the Wounded'." John Lerchey (Last 'Bot Standing): "Wow. Violent. Teeny Bopper on Teeny Bopper." John Lerchey (Last 'Bot Standing): "The Kochte Field is in full effect tonite!" Jerry Han (Full Thrust Frag): "If someone would roll a 99 or 00, we would SEE what a Nova Cannon does." Tony Finan: "Wet Zombie T-Shirt contest!" Kr'rt: "How did *I* get to be commander?" Kevin Fox: "You have the hat " Tom McCarthy: "I have my Cub Scout badge for 'Bayonetting Prisoners'!" Jon Mark Davis: "This is a red avalanche of your blood in space." (as he rolls 24 dice for 24 damage) Random reply: "He's so nice and sweet, isn't he?" Jerry Han (Full Thrust Frag): "He can't escape on a wrapped table." Chan Faunce: "Oh yes he can!" (points to black hole) Jerry Han (Full Thrust Frag): "Beth, you have 1 hour for a miraculous recovery." Beth: "You know me better than that, Jerry." Jerry Han (Full Thrust Frag): "There are no friends when you only have 2 hull boxes left." Grant Ladue: "She keeps falling down, it's not my fault" (but his ship falls over for a 3rd time) Jerry Han (Full Thrust Frag): "Doug, you need a 16 on a d6 to avoid the asteroid Jerry Han (later the same game): "You need a 33 on a d6, Beth." (and yes, she rolled a '1'). Saturday, Feb 26, 2005, Morning session: Aaron Teske (Full Sail!): "Sir Francis Drake? Didn't he circumcise the world?" Aaron Teske (in response to the above quote): "Haven't you people read Anguished English?" Nick Caldwell (in Stuart's most excellent Cinegrunt game): "When I woke up this morning, riding a jellyfish wasn't the first thing on my mind." Unknown (Zombies in da Hood): "Do we have a feeding chit?" Calr Scheu: "The only reason you rolled a six is because it wouldn't matter." Chris DeBoe (Cinegrunt - "A Small Matter of the Bonus ?"): "The company pays for success." John Lerchey (Return to Gramicci Pass): "You can't silence my artillery, it needs the freedom of speech." Saturday Afternoon Jon Davis (upon learning of a street preacher woman having stopped by): "Did we get any quotes?" (Jerry Han is commended to dissuading the woman from interrupting too many game sessions and finding other avenues to explore outside of the con room) Phil Pournelle (our Roman-Catholic warmonger): "Dan didn't come here to listen to you and I argue theology." Doug Perrins (to Mike Hudak, Cheese Game): "You brought a tank." Mike Hudak: "You brought 55 cheese points of a unit!" (the tank unit had a value of 16) Laserlight (aka, Chris DeBoe) (explaining his squad of sheep in the con Queso game): "I'm Darth Baa" Paul Jacobus (Carnage con Queso): "The problem is ninjas stole my cheese." Kr'rt Wasserman: "Just because we're Zombies doesn't mean we forgot what bacon smells like" (as he gazed longingly at a burning truck of soldiers) Unknown (Carnage con Queso): "What is the impact damage of a falling sheep?" To better explain the above quote, Mike Hudak placed a card on Chris DeBoe's squad (Darth Baa and imperial stormsheep). The sheep went baa-serk and leapt over a cliff to get at Beth's "nuns with guns". The card read: NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH SHEEP This card has nothing whatsoever to do with sheep. However, your forces engage in a sudden channeling of strange sheepish energy. You can use this card against any other player (NOT the Referee), at any time. Their unit must make a confidence test with a -2 penalty. If they fail, they retreat direction 2d6 inches away from the nearest unit. They feel extremely sheepish about this embarrassing incident. If, however, you use this card against Chris DeBoe, and his unit fails the confidence test, they will become enraged and charge 2d6 inches directly towards the nearest unit (which may initiate a close assault if his unit contacts another unit). If you ARE Chris DeBoe and you get this card, it has no effect at all. Heh. No really, if you are Chris you can use it as normal (but not on yourself). Tom Tongue (Ancient Eyes Always Watching): "Here comes some Sa'Vasku Love" (as he throws 22 dice for 12 points damage) Jerry Cantrell (Ancient Eyes ): "This ship is no longer venting - you see through him." Unknown (Barbarians At The Gate): They're good. They're frosty." Unknown 2: "That's good 'cause the rest of your crew is a bunch of flakes!" Adrian Johnson (Carnage con Queso): "It's a stabilized wounded dead guy." Indy (referring to Mike Hudak's Carnage con Queso activities): "How's the media?" Mike Hudak: "Brun Hilda is still alive." Indy: "You have a tank?" Mike: "It's hung up on a pod of cheese." J.P. Fiset (Sky Full of Stars): "Which missiles are the most dangerous?" Jim Bell: "The ones that hit." Kevin Fox (Carnage con Queso): "You tried to run over [Brun Hilda] four times with a tank and missed and now a sheep with a sniper rifle shoots her from half a mile away." (referring to Mike Hudak's repeated attempts to flatten Brun Hilda) Unknown (Barbarians at the Gate): I'm deploying my infantry. That gives me two guided missiles." Unknown 2: "Great. Now we can miss twice." Damond Walker (Ancient Eyes): "Keep your tentacles to yourself!" (in response to a Sa'Vasku BB jumping into normal space less than 6 inches from his ESU BC) Greg Davis (Carnage con Queso): "I spent too many points on machine guns!!" (Greg had only one good round of fire for the whole game - which he used to wipe out Beth's last 3 Nuns-with-Guns). Chris DeBoe (Carnage con Queso, after Greg Davis eliminated Beth's "Nuns With Guns"): "Poor Beth, she has 'nun' left " Joel Frock: "If you're dead, rotting is a free action." Saturday Evening: Carl Scheu (GM of Between a Rock and a Reinforcement): "I can't take you guys without chemical adjustment!" (as he grabs a beer and downs half of it) Chris DeBoe(?) (FMA Sheep): "Roll a d4 for the puppy's defense." Grant Ladue (Between a RockÂ): "You're going to have to kill it with all your rear fire." Navigator of FSE light cruiser (Between a RockÂ): "UhÂ.Fleet? We have a problem " (seconds before said ship slammed into an asteroid; all hands were lost). Beth Fulton (Weight of Command): "I'm ALREADY going to be court-martialed for what HE did!" (Just before firing her fusion gun, disallowed per the ROE, Rules of Engagement) Kr'rt Wasserman (Weight of Command): "Every time I come out of HQ there's more cotton on the table." Sunday Morning (Feb 27, 2005): Aaron Newman (Alien Vs. Predator): You only need a jump gate if you live." Nick Caldwell (Space: 1899): "The real question is not 'Is all plotting done?' but 'Are movement orders written?'. Because the plotting never ends." Indy (to Jerry Han when he walked in on The Bigger They AreÂ): "They first 1s have been rolled. Beth Fulton: "And not by me." Aaron Neuman (Alien Vs Predator): "Congratulations - you are now a man." (after Tony's Predator killed an alien in melee) Tom Tongue (Space: 1899): "What good is conquering Belgium if you don't have the syrup to go with it?" Jim Bell (Alien Vs Predator): " but the trueborn " Aaron Neuman: "'Trueborn', nice, I'll remember that one." Chris DeBoe: "The guy who's dead went prone also." Unknown (Space:1899): "The Evil Martian Aliens Reveal Themselves to be French!" Carl Scheu: "When dice are being rolled, the odds are *never* in my favor." Mike Hudak (The Bigger They Are "): "No, wait, I have infantry that can shoot." (while the OGRE Mk III was running over/ramming into the tanks) Marine player to corporate rep (Alien vs. Predator): "There's something with wavy tentacles in the window - can we assume that's not a civilian?" Corp rep: "I've never met the research staff personally. We do have very liberal hiring policies." Chris DeBoe (Alien vs. Predator, to Corporate security who had just been face-hugged): "Congratulations! Your transfer to R&D has just been approved!" Lisa Dawn, hotel catering sales manager: "Oh, now don't go getting nerdy on me!" (to David 'DLD' Dunn after he made a "docking clamps" comment to her) Grant Ladue (The Bigger They AreÂ): "Okay, daddy needs a boom chit" (as he fired at an armoured 7 OGRE module with an MDC/3) John Lerchey (The Bigger They AreÂ): "Is that APC alive?" Mike Hudak: "Yes" John Lerchey: "Oh, nice." (followed by a Big Grin as he pulled the measuring tape from the Ogre to the soon-to-be ex-APC) Tomb (during clean-up, in a randomly overheard conversation): "...the snapping of latex gloves..."