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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Generally people are unwilling to either remove the pages from their binding or press their beloved adventure journals down onto a scanner.
Even if I did have the will to do so, I'm confident that I wouldn't have the time. _________________ __________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind. |
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Ejacobs Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Afghanistan...Again
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:48 am Post subject: |
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I would suggest looking at abebooks.com for used or maybe even new books. Soon as I get some coin, I plan on purchasing some books that I need/want. Check it out.
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I am not affiliated with abebooks in any way. Just a user. _________________ "Somebody, just SHOOT somebody!" |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:25 am Post subject: |
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I'm with cheshire, even if I had a scanner, I'd have to say no. I ended paying a bunch of money over time to get a full set, and I would have to destroy them to scan them. That's not going to happen.
Hunt on eBay periodically, and wait for the deals. That's basically what I did, and got them all over the course of a year. There were one or two issues that ended up pretty high ($30-$40 range), but I got most for around $15 or lower. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: |
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I've got two that are doubles, and those I wouldn't mind being pushed down on a scanner, but 1) that hardly gets us close to a full set, and 2) I do not have the time for this kind of thing. _________________ __________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind. |
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LamontCranston Cadet
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose transcribing them would be out of the question |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:59 am Post subject: |
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LamontCranston wrote: | I suppose transcribing them would be out of the question |
Considering the size of each volume, you'd be right. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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Falcon79 Commander
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 406 Location: The Planet of Pensacola Florida
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:01 am Post subject: |
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masque wrote: | LamontCranston wrote: | I suppose transcribing them would be out of the question |
Considering the size of each volume, you'd be right. |
He is corect more or less... They are chok too full of SWD6 goodness sadly.... _________________ Not the droid you're looking for....... |
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Xynar Commander
Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 282 Location: Northwest Indiana
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I would have to find my copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking (it may be a bit old) and scan some pics but if I find it, transcribing could begin. I would like digital copies as my books are getting a bit over used. _________________ Xynar
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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: |
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LamontCranston wrote: | I suppose transcribing them would be out of the question |
It is for those of us with two jobs and two kids. I'm already on ulcer medication, and I'm not looking to double my dosage (again).
If you would be willing to type out 350 pages worth of D6 material (for each journal), I won't stop you. But I don't have that kind of free time. _________________ __________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind. |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:33 am Post subject: |
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cheshire wrote: |
If you would be willing to type out 350 pages worth of D6 material (for each journal), |
with no hope of monetary compensation!
Quote: | I won't stop you. But I don't have that kind of free time. |
I've got one job and no kids, (just a wife) but I don't have that kind of time, patience, or insanity either. I don't know if I could tolerate doing that even if I was to get paid to do it. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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cheshire Arbiter-General (Moderator)
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I'll tell you, it was sometimes a real challenge even working on the Force Powers book. I got lucky a few times and could cut and paste a few things, but there was a LOT of transcribing going on. _________________ __________________________________
Before we take any of this too seriously, just remember that in the middle episode a little rubber puppet moves a spaceship with his mind. |
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LamontCranston Cadet
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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masque wrote: | with no hope of monetary compensation! |
Well if you dont have a complete set, and another person doesn't have a complete set, and you're both missing issues that the other has, then the reward would be getting ones you dont have. |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Right, but I do have a complete set of Adventure Journals in hard copy (except the unpublished ones, which I have in pdf), having laid out a decent amount of cash and aggravation to obtain them.
I do sympathize with those who don't have a complete set, just not enough to go through further aggravation to transcribe them myself. In the long run, it's not THAT expensive to obtain a complete set, averaged over the whole set of 15. Most can be obtained at decent prices through eBay with sufficient dedication and ingenuity. There might be individual issues that are pricier, but it's still doable if one is willing to go as high as $40 or so for a few rare issues. It's evened out by the ones that one can acquire for around $10.
It took me a little over a year to get a full set, between the few (4) issues that showed up at my FLGS and eBay, but I persevered and got them all, eventually. It can be done. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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Grimace Captain
Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 729 Location: Montana; Big Sky Country
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Which "unpublished" ones are you talking about, masque? You talking about the mysterious AJ 16 that only existed in various note formats along with a moderate amount of art? Or are you talking about something else? |
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masque Captain
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 626 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Grimace wrote: | Which "unpublished" ones are you talking about, masque? You talking about the mysterious AJ 16 that only existed in various note formats along with a moderate amount of art? Or are you talking about something else? |
I found 16 and 17 online. They're low fidelity scans, barely readable, but they were available. 18 is the one I find reference to as planned, but as I've never found that one, I assume that's probably the one that only exists in notes and what not. _________________ Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. |
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