How many have YOU converted?
POSTED BY: Jmuduke
UPDATED: Friday, July 9, 2004 05:08
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Candall -
The link is here:
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/modules/data/1080769905000.shtml
It's got several haks - a LOT of custom content is required - but it runs well DM'd (it requires a DM), and I'd recommend it to anyone either wanting to run a small group through a Firefly game, or better yet, someone wanting to create their own campaign or single-player module.
There are a few minor bugs I'm working on, but you'll never notice them playing through it (we've run it many times without incident).
- Forrestwolf
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Well, about a year and a half ago I began converting several of my coworkers to Jossverse fans. We had weekly "Buffy Lunches" at my office. I then got them hooked on Angel. I of course added Firefly to the list and we started with my VHS tapes from the original broadcasts, switching to the DVDs once they came out. So that's 5 people at my office completely hooked and lovin' Firefly (men and women, white and black, ages ranging from early 20s to mid 40s). They're all so sad that there weren't many episodes to watch but excited about the movie. We've already talked about going to see it as a group.
Next I plan to introduce my best friend and her husband to it, as well as some of my other groups of BtVS/AtS converts.
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An old friend got married recently so I gave him & his bride 'Firefly' DVDs as a wedding gift,
they stopped by tonight to tell me that they, and her teen-aged son, are all completely hooked!
I knew they would love it, and enjoy watching it together as a family...
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Hmmm...well, I work full-time and have been promoting the hell out of the Firefly DVD set since we got it in (thanks to me). Two of our regulars rented it. One of them works at a local theatre; before going in to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" last Friday, I asked him what he thought. He said he can't wait for the movie! Another guy who gets all the new releases every week came in today with his wife and I told him how well-written, witty, and character-driven the show is. I embellished alot. He took it home and as they were checking out he said, "We're watching this first. All of it." Also, another customer wants to rent it when it comes back. I'm doing my best! :)
FilmCritic3000
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roughly 5...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.
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So far - none, but i have 3 converts in the pipeline.
My father who doesn't actively watch TV much, and my Mother who is currently into C4's Big Brother *yawn*. They've seen Serenity and The Train Job, both of which they thought were good, but I wouldn't class them as truly converted yet. On the other hand, my Mother who hates comedies, laughed at several key funny moments in Serenity and Train Job, so I take that as a good sign.
The third is a friend from work. Odd because he asked me about the series, I didn't know much about it then (had only caught a few minutes of OiS on Sci-Fi channel), so intrigued by his description I bought the DVD boxset. Totally converted having watched all episodes over a weekend I called him up and told him he should buy it. He said "Yeah Yeah maybe", so of course I went into overdrive...
What finally convinced him was when I sent him a whole bunch of the best quotes... How could he not want to watch to find out what "What y'all order a dead guy for?" means?? He's had the DVDs for over a month and still not watched them. He's got Stargate, Buffy S7, and Angel S4 to watch first. As he watches very little TV each week it'll take forever!
He did say that he was waiting for the winter months and longer nights, but think he's just winding me up (it's working). I take as a good sign though that he emailed me yesterday saying he's heard about the movie, and was there going to be a trilogy...
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one so far. im happy about that one though.
-Soul Rebel-
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BTW, the customer with the wife came in right before I left today. He said, "I hate you! We started watching 'Firefly' and could not stop. She (his wife) kept saying, 'Let's watch one more episode!' I said, 'I've got to go to bed!'" He then said that they were halfway through the second disc and loving every minute of it. He said that Kaylee is, like myself, his favorite character. :)
FilmCritic3000
(and the other gentleman that rented it had nothing but rave reviews also)
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The problem with this is, where exactly do you draw the line? Like, do you count people who wanted to see it but wouldn't have if you hadn't pushed them? Does it matter if they used your DVD set or rented it at your insistence? What about the converts of converts? Do they at least count a little?
Ultimately, I ended up counting people who bought or rented it specifically at my recommendation (whether they'd heard of it before or not) and people who only got to watch it because of my DVD set, but not people who watched it some on TV and only got to see all of it because of me. None of my converts have really converted anybody yet (although some of them are iffy-- like, they're sort of mine but sort of my mom's), so I don't know how that should be counted.
So with all that, I've got 16, I think.
Of course, my ex-girlfriend bought me the DVD set... so maybe she's the one who deserves the credit.
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"You're mean. Firefly's making me reconsider my lifelong devotion to Star Trek." --My mother
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