RPG pen and paper dying?

This last summer, I worked at a Cub Scout camp, and some of my friends there introduced me into the world of pen and paper RPGing. RPGing, for those that don't know, stands for Role Playing Game. it is a game where you don't compete against each other, but go together on quest for riches, fame, and glory. Wikipedia has a good article on what is RPGing. but Summer changed into Fall. Fall changed into Winter. Winter changed back into Summer, and Sumer gave Winter and Fall a miss and went straight into Spring (got to love Monty Python...)

and when I went back to school this year, I tried to start a group and failed miserably. it made me start to wonder if pen and paper RPGs are dying out and being replaced by MMORPGs (Massive Multilayer Role Playing Game). or at least dramatically altered to be like MMORPGs (D&D 4th) I like pen and paper because there is a social element that is not there in MMORPGs, but then again, MMORPGs can be more complex because a computer's processor does all of the rules and random numbers, no learning battle systems, no character sheets. I would like to know what you, the reader, thinks about PnP RPGs v. MMORPGs whitch one is better? whitch one do you play more? and whitch one will outlast the other?

Bonus Question 1: what Pen and paper RPG system do you play most?

Bonus Question 2: what MMORPG do you play most?

gjb999

COD Zombies for Iphone Glitches

No game is impervious to glitches, exspecially if it is a game that pushes the limits of the platform. COD: Zombies is no different. I have found 2 or 3 usefull glitches for the Iphone incarnation of the COD zombies mini game.

note: This is for the latest version as of when this was posted, after they fixed the raygun.

1. Some wierd things can hapen as the horde of the undead climb through the windows. They are invincble to flame thrower damage, they can climb through a window as you are repairing it, and I once made a crawling zombie float by grenading it at the right time as it was climbing in. I haven't found anything usefull with these window glitches, but i just thought i'd mention them.

2. It is possible to snipe zombies at a distance with the flamethrower. Yes, you heard me, with the flamethrower. you can toast zombies from across the room. First you need to zoom in and aim at a zombie, and instead of holding down the fire button, tap it very fast. on the second or third tap, the zombie will have light on fire even though it never touched any flames. You will not get points for hitting him, but you do when the zombie takes damage from the flames. Very useful in early rounds, not the later rounds.

3. On you tube, there are 2 or 3 videos showing how to glitch-hide yourself from zombies an area by the random box. I have never been able to pull it of, but i thought you would like to know this. Very hard to get to work, but if you could, it looks very useful. Here is a video

4. This glitch no one knows how to duplicate, but it is very interesting, an invincible zombie that floats and can't die. Video

5. With this glitch, you can ride other players backs in multilayer. if you die and you cycle through each view when you re spawn, you will ride the back of the person that you were viewing, but the only thing you can do is throw grenades. Video

that is all of the good glitches that i found from playing or from Youtube. Thanks for reading my first post!

gjb999