OT - Manufactured competitions (reflections on a youth without computers) - Page 3

Radii · 06-05-2012, 08:56 PM

That's awesome digamma

QuikSand · 07-22-2022, 04:33 PM

Wife has a box of school memories: letters, notes about boys she fancied, who fancied her, etc. She asked if I had one. "Lost", I replied. In reality, mine has hundreds of handwritten scorecards from an imaginary cricket universe in which I was the leading test match all-rounder.
— Fesshole �� (@fesshole) July 22, 2022

QuikSand · 08-03-2022, 12:21 PM

As I write, my 9yo son is downstairs rolling hot wheels cars into one another one some book-and-plank contraption, and then writing down "scores" in some sort of football game arising from what happens to the cars. The Rams are winning, last I heard.

You love to see it.

tarcone · 08-03-2022, 10:51 PM

I would take all my hot wheels and have one-on-one demolition derbies to determine the king of my hot wheels. I chose 2 cars and ran them into each other head on and who stayed on their wheels advanced.

We used to draw islands and bridges and then have a war. Each side got a BS, a tank, a helo, a plane and a sub i believe. Each had their own MPs and you moved by drawing dashes with a pencil. To shoot you put your finger on the eraser and flicked the pencil led down at an enemy.

thesloppy · 08-03-2022, 11:15 PM

I still get my hotwheels fix, regularly watching a dude race tournaments on youtube, with fake motor sounds and everything. It's great!

07-22-2022, 04:33 PM	#102
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Wife has a box of school memories: letters, notes about boys she fancied, who fancied her, etc. She asked if I had one. "Lost", I replied. In reality, mine has hundreds of handwritten scorecards from an imaginary cricket universe in which I was the leading test match all-rounder. — Fesshole �� (@fesshole) July 22, 2022

08-03-2022, 10:51 PM	#104
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	I would take all my hot wheels and have one-on-one demolition derbies to determine the king of my hot wheels. I chose 2 cars and ran them into each other head on and who stayed on their wheels advanced. We used to draw islands and bridges and then have a war. Each side got a BS, a tank, a helo, a plane and a sub i believe. Each had their own MPs and you moved by drawing dashes with a pencil. To shoot you put your finger on the eraser and flicked the pencil led down at an enemy. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

08-03-2022, 11:15 PM	#105
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	I still get my hotwheels fix, regularly watching a dude race tournaments on youtube, with fake motor sounds and everything. It's great! __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM. Last edited by thesloppy : 08-03-2022 at 11:21 PM.

06-05-2012, 08:56 PM	#101
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	That's awesome digamma

08-03-2022, 12:21 PM	#103
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	As I write, my 9yo son is downstairs rolling hot wheels cars into one another one some book-and-plank contraption, and then writing down "scores" in some sort of football game arising from what happens to the cars. The Rams are winning, last I heard. You love to see it.

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