Comments on: D10 engagement ring http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 02:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1554995 Mordicai Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1554995 Also, two d10s...his & hers! (Or his & his & hers & hers, I ain't discriminatin'!) Also, two d10s…his & hers! (Or his & his & hers & hers, I ain’t discriminatin’!)

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1554509 Mordicai Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1554509 But if it was nWoD the 8, 9, 0 would be in a different colour... But if it was nWoD the 8, 9, 0 would be in a different colour…

]]> By: pKp http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1554202 pKp Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1554202 Probably WoD. A Chaosium-ruleset-based engagement ring would have TWO d10. Or one of <a href="http://www.lonslair.com/images/Opaque%20d100%20Poly%20Red%20Die.jpg" rel="nofollow">these bad boys</a>. Probably WoD. A Chaosium-ruleset-based engagement ring would have TWO d10.

Or one of these bad boys.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553970 Boundegar Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553970 A large d20 is larger, but a small one might be smaller. A large d20 is larger, but a small one might be smaller.

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553949 Ryan Lenethen Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553949 All the hate for the d10... Tho initially I thought the d20 much more significant in gaming circles. However, a d20 is much larger, and really has too many facets. To be honest I bet the whole idea came from the special practice of using 2d10 as percentile dice. Meaning they both get a d10, and together they make up 100%... Awwwww... :) Unless they both roll 01, in which case automatic divorice! Not sure what happens when you get a 00... All the hate for the d10… Tho initially I thought the d20 much more significant in gaming circles. However, a d20 is much larger, and really has too many facets.

To be honest I bet the whole idea came from the special practice of using 2d10 as percentile dice. Meaning they both get a d10, and together they make up 100%… Awwwww… :) Unless they both roll 01, in which case automatic divorice! Not sure what happens when you get a 00…

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553888 Mordicai Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553888 Counterpoint: the d10, because you play World of Darkness, or Rolemaster, or Call of Cthulhu or Palladium or... Counterpoint: the d10, because you play World of Darkness, or Rolemaster, or Call of Cthulhu or Palladium or…

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553887 Mordicai Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553887 Nerds in love make me so happy. At my wedding we lightly glued a pre-painted plastic DnD mini to ever seating place card, so each guest got a unique figure. Nerds in love make me so happy.

At my wedding we lightly glued a pre-painted plastic DnD mini to ever seating place card, so each guest got a unique figure.

]]> By: Oskar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553840 Oskar Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553840 This is a very sweet gesture and everything, but the pedantic math-nerd part of my personality (which is all of my personality, really) is fuming with rage: the d10 sucks ass!  It's so ugly! All the other dice are beautiful platonic solids, but not the d10. Just look at it, the top and bottom vertices have five connecting faces, but the middle ones have only three! Blasphemy! And the faces aren't even regular polygons, they're not even trapezoids, but just some ugly kite-like quadrilateral! Just compare it to the beautiful masterpiece of the dodecahedron that is the d12, all faces being perfect pentagons and each edge connecting exactly three faces.  THIS IS MADNESS, I TELL YOU, MADNESS!!! THIS MARRIAGE HAS BEEN DOOMED FROM THE START BY THE CHOICE OF THIS POLYHEDRAL MONSTROSITY!!! (good wishes to the happy couple, and I hope you grow old and nerdy together, and have many nerdy kids!) This is a very sweet gesture and everything, but the pedantic math-nerd part of my personality (which is all of my personality, really) is fuming with rage: the d10 sucks ass! 

It’s so ugly! All the other dice are beautiful platonic solids, but not the d10. Just look at it, the top and bottom vertices have five connecting faces, but the middle ones have only three! Blasphemy! And the faces aren’t even regular polygons, they’re not even trapezoids, but just some ugly kite-like quadrilateral! Just compare it to the beautiful masterpiece of the dodecahedron that is the d12, all faces being perfect pentagons and each edge connecting exactly three faces. 

THIS IS MADNESS, I TELL YOU, MADNESS!!! THIS MARRIAGE HAS BEEN DOOMED FROM THE START BY THE CHOICE OF THIS POLYHEDRAL MONSTROSITY!!!

(good wishes to the happy couple, and I hope you grow old and nerdy together, and have many nerdy kids!)

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553827 ocker3 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553827  Talk about having a special die you'd only use for those Super important roles!  Talk about having a special die you’d only use for those Super important roles!

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553805 Ipo Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553805 <i> "If I want the dice can also be removed and replaced with a stone of my choice ^_^"</i>  Should be: If I want to, I can remove the die and play it.  “If I want the dice can also be removed and replaced with a stone of my choice ^_^” 
Should be: If I want to, I can remove the die and play it. 

]]> By: Kramski http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553790 Kramski Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553790 You're not "in before" if you make it a point to point it out as well. You're "in with" I guess. You’re not “in before” if you make it a point to point it out as well. You’re “in with” I guess.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553775 Marc Mielke Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553775 Why choose between valuable stone and d10? DO BOTH! http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CC&Category_Code=XS  Why choose between valuable stone and d10? DO BOTH!
http://crystalcaste.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CC&Category_Code=XS 

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553707 knoxblox Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553707 No way he's going to roll a natural 1 with this idea. No way he’s going to roll a natural 1 with this idea.

]]> By: Chauncey Scott http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553689 Chauncey Scott Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553689 Notice, the little quip "If I want the dice (sic) can also be removed and replaced with a stone of my choice ^_^" :that's probably because dad the jeweler, couldn't comprehend, not wanting to bathe your hand in old carbon, like every other bride. Notice, the little quip “If I want the dice (sic) can also be removed and replaced with a stone of my choice ^_^” :that’s probably because dad the jeweler, couldn’t comprehend, not wanting to bathe your hand in old carbon, like every other bride.

]]> By: Vian Lawson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553679 Vian Lawson Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553679 You may find that it has a slight bias when you try to roll it, but the concept is sound.  Congratulations to the happy couple. You may find that it has a slight bias when you try to roll it, but the concept is sound.  Congratulations to the happy couple.

]]> By: Bucket http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553660 Bucket Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553660 At first glance I thought it was a lunar lander, which would also make an awesome nonstandard ring. At first glance I thought it was a lunar lander, which would also make an awesome nonstandard ring.

]]> By: Chris Lites http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553656 Chris Lites Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553656 The D10, because you gave the D20 ring to your first wife. The D10, because you gave the D20 ring to your first wife.

]]> By: xbox361 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553653 xbox361 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553653 Love a romantic geeky story and a chick that still plays old school instead of just on line. That's a babe living in the now, a keeper.  Cooler than a tattoo. Love a romantic geeky story and a chick that still plays old school instead of just on line.
That’s a babe living in the now, a keeper.  Cooler than a tattoo.

]]> By: Doug Black http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553608 Doug Black Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553608 In before someone else points out that "dice" is plural.  That's a die.  In before someone else points out that “dice” is plural.  That’s a die. 

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/d10-engagement-ring.html#comment-1553578 franko Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186383#comment-1553578 make a saving throw against "AWWWW!" make a saving throw against “AWWWW!”

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