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Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 15:04:36 JST Church of Jeff

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  aleklu (aleklu@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 04:49:20 JST aleklu
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  @ChillTheEffOut @jeffowski Damn. Still don’t understand.
  
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  Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 04:49:20 JST Church of Jeff
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  @aleklu @ChillTheEffOut -- https://youtu.be/yRc0wBP_0xI
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  Chill The Eff Out (chilltheeffout@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 04:49:21 JST Chill The Eff Out
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  @jeffowski Oohhhhh! I understand now!
  
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  @aleklu @ChillTheEffOut -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_and_the_Dread_Gazebo
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    Eric and the Dread Gazebo
    
    "The Tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo" is a role-playing game-inspired anecdote, made famous by Richard Aronson (designer of The Ruins of Cawdor, a graphical MUD, and the voice of Cedric in King's Quest V). Aronson's account first appeared in print in the APA Alarums and Excursions between 1985 and 1986. It was reprinted in Mensa's RPG APA The Spell Book in 1987, and The Mensa Bulletin in 1988. It subsequently spread to the internet where it has been frequently retold and adapted as short stories and comics. The story, as it was originally published, was titled "Eric and the Gazebo" but many retellings inserted the word 'Dread' in the title. The tale features a player who misunderstands the gamemaster's description of a gazebo on a small hill, mistakenly assuming it to be some kind of monster in the game. After asking the gamemaster its color, size and distance from the group, the player attempts to call out to the gazebo. When it fails to respond, he fires an arrow at it, to no effect. ("There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.") By the end of the encounter the player, lacking the means to harm the gazebo, opts to...

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