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Discussion on: CodeLand 2021 Hallway — Day One

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Stephanie Back • Edited

Hello everyone!
I am tuning in from Montana! I am excited to experience CodeLand as my first developer conference! I began learning Java in June of 2021 and I am currently learning Web API design using Spring Boot. I enjoy baking desserts(pies 🥧 are my favorite), adventuring with friends through D&D(🐉🧙shout out to all the clerics & paladins), and spending time with my dog (Roo 🐕). I can't wait to meet other codenewbies! 😁
Happy CodeLand 2021! 🌈
P.S. Here's a picture of my dog!
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Andy Rohde (he/him)

I got hooked on D&D not long before the pandemic. It's been nice to have my party members all vaccinated so we feel comfortable playing in person again. Unfortunately the campaign died with the 18 month hiatus. In our new campaign I'm the party's tank of a paladin

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Stephanie Back • Edited

Andy, that is awesome! high five from one paladin to the next
My current campaign is also on a hiatus due to the pandemic. However, I am excited to pick it up again soon. 😁

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yttrm1

I’m preferential to Pathfinder, but would be happy to join a #CodeNewbies D&D Roll20.net game if people are interested

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Andy Rohde (he/him)

If we could manage to put something together, I would definitely make time for it. Finding someone to DM might be the hardest part of it

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Stephanie Back

@tri11ionwon mad props for being a Pathfinder player! 🙌 To be honest, Pathfinder intimidates me as a newer D&D player(I started with 5e). However, it would be awesome to try it out. 😊 Also I love the idea of a #CodeNewbies D&D campaign! It could be a one-off, on-going, etc. session.
I recently started building a simple dungeon crawler "Choose Your Own Adventure" game in Java to fill my D&D void. I need to push it to GitHub but want to polish a bit more first.

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Rose Williams

Yaaaaay, DnD. I've been trying to organize a campaign and keep running into ever cursed scheduling issues.

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Stephanie Back • Edited

Rose, it really is a curse of D&D. Haha My campaign usually meets Sundays for 3 - 5 hours but we still manage to break the schedule. (facepalm) One day, the schedule will align and it will be amazing! :D

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Ben Halpern

Cursed scheduling issues is what separates my adulthood from my childhood. I haven't played a satisfactory D&D campaign since college. (I might have to have kids so I can play with them 😅)

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Andy Rohde (he/him)

I suppose I'm lucky that my group can set aside Saturday afternoons to play. We typically meet at noon and play until 6. It helps that we all have normal 9-5 jobs, no kids, and enough free time.

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Ben Halpern

As a startup founder it's not like my hours vary so far from 9-5 on average, but there are just too many inconsistencies pop up for me, and it's basically been what I've been doing since college.

I'm 33 now, and I'm aiming to achieve a more normal schedule by 35. Whether I can partake in a regular D&D campaign is a good litmus test.

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Stephanie Back

Ben, you should check out The Adventure Zone podcast. It's a campaign consisting of 3 brothers and their dad. It is a great campaign and their dynamic is fantastic! it's not technically partaking in a campaign directly but it helps fill the D&D void in the meantime.
Also, if you are into a horror-based D&D campaign, Dark Dice is specifically made as a podcast campaign and it's amazing. Their current campaign has Jeff Goldblum playing too. :)

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fizzybuzzybeezy

I second The Adventure Zone! I just started listening to it myself, Stephanie! Also, thanks for note about Dark Dice. Just saw Jeff Goldblum in the third Thor movie. I totally forgot he's in there. He's such a treasure!