The Great Geek Manual

Evidently, I’m not the only person out there sick to death of the Harry Potter media blitz. Just give us our damn books already!

Source: Brotherhood 2.0

So, the big day is nearly here. In just under fourty-eight hours, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows will be unleashed upon the world, and for just a few short hours, the world will be a quieter, more peaceful place as millions upon millions of fans lock themselves away to do a little reading. Well before the unveiling, I, like half the Internet, wish to make my own predictions as to how the saga of Harry Potter will end.

Voldemort devises his most fiendish plot yet: “Accio Harry Potter’s Brain!”

Harry is killed on the way back to Hogwarts when Winki gets behind the wheel of a certain Ford Anglier drunk.

Draco Malfoy finally comes to his senses, buys himself a .45, and shoots Harry Potter in the head with his father. It’s fun.
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So, you’ve probably seen this simple flowchart that demonstrates how a Dungeons & Dragons game works, right? It made the rounds of popular blogs, such as Boing Boing months ago. Well, it’s been sitting on my hard drive every since, and the more I look at it, the more I’m convinced that this flowchart doesn’t even capture the tip of the iceberg. I mean, seriously, since when do roleplayers like anything to be simplified?

So, I decided to create my own version of the flowchart. It’s a bit large, but it makes a great desktop! Below, you can download it as a .pdf file or as a .jpg to use as a desktop with or without a nice fantasy map background. The .jpg files come are all 1280×1024, but four of them provide space for your taskbar, whether it’s one row high or two.
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