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| Displayed name | Icshi |
| Member number | 1528 |
| Title | Mongolian Barbeque |
| Postcount | 907 |
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| Registered | Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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| Scent of new-mown hay in Richard White Games | |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 10:49
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quote:Yes, even I must admit to being a little confused by all this. Which is why my first contribution to this topic was a nonsensical sentence followed by three pictures. That was as close as I could come to making a sensible statement in the general context. First it was about signs, then the Navy, and now all heck's blown loose. :confused: Besides, I thought we were following Plan AZ-51520941a/TY456asdf8787xzc8! When did we switch to Q? Did I miss an official cult luncheon or something? Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Scent of new-mown hay in Richard White Games | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 11:22
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Here's my contribution to world peace:    [ Friday, July 15, 2005 11:26: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 11:05
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quote:Yes, it's exactly this sort of thing that gives elections a bad name. Hence the reason why I ignored them to begin with! I knew that sooner or later, for one reason or another, it would deteriorate into this sort of thing. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Just say no in Richard White Games | |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 20:37
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LOL! Fantastic cartoon there! It really captures RW as he is... Or rather, Richard White as he was. Or might have was. Or how he now wasn't as he used to have been... "Richard White—Lifelong (& Portmortal) Macintosh Supporter!" This should silence all Mac critics once and for all. For obvious yet cryptic reasons. [ Thursday, July 14, 2005 20:37: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 17:58
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Just reading this page makes me very very glad that I wholeheartedly ignored all the election stuff going on these past few weeks! -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| How many hours of sleep do you get per 24 hours, on average? in General | |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 17:53
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quote:That guy in Treasure of the Sierra Madre tried to stay awake to keep the crazy greedy guy from killing him in his sleep as they traveled into town, but eventually he couldn't hold off sleep any more and it overcame him. Thud. He go sleepy-bye. His body knew it wasn't getting enough sleep, so it did a forced shut-down. Sleep deprivation problem solved. [ Thursday, July 14, 2005 17:54: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 11:42
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What I've read of this particular sub-genre is rather overblown and repetitive, and quickly becomes tiresome. They try to do too much and succeed in doing very little. However, I do enjoy a book like this once every three years or so, just for the change of pace from my usual SF reading. [ Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:43: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 11:26
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Oh. All right. Then if it's a matter of person record, I take the 5th.... -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| "Blades of Geneforge" in General | |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 18:22
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I'm continuing my tradition of poo-pooing a possible Blades of Geneforge for reasons which are too tedious to repeat here. Anybody who would like to know some of these reasons can do a search of the forums while crossing their fingers in hope that at least one of my posts on this topic hasn't fallen prey to most recent of Uncle Stalin's board-purges. In recent months, I've become even more antagonistic towards this idea, for a series of reasons even more tedious to list. [ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 18:25: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 18:11
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Considering the question is "goes" rather than "has gone," it's a question of regular habit rather than personal record of unwashedness. "12 hours" wasn't on the list, so I didn't cast a vote. Yes, you heard me, 12 hours. I live in the freakin' desert and you get soggy then crusty after just a few hours, so I shower upon waking and then again shortly before retiring. I wash my hair only in the morning, and just do more of a quick rinse in the evening—I'm sort of splitting one long shower into two quick ones. So it's not like I'm wasting millions of gallons of heavily chlorinated water every day that would be better spent being sucked down to Los Angeles to fill some idiot's pool. EDIT: I just realized that within the space of mere minutes, I've revealed more of my personal life on these boards than ever before. Now everybody knows that when I'm not asleep, I'm in the shower! :rolleyes: [ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 18:31: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 18:01
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I usually get ten hours. That seems to be my body's natural requirement. Maybe I'm part feline. Over four years ago I had an onset of several health problems, one of which was extreme difficulty in falling asleep. Nasty. Very, very nasty. Especially when you're at college and it goes untreated for, like, four months. For most of that time I was getting maybe 2-3 hours of sleep per night. While that may have been fine for some of you "Hey, yeah, I slept last week" Tipp Tucker weirdos, I need at least 8 to function at all. So this was like being run over by a truck every night for four months. Pure Oucharama® in Technicolor®. Fortunately I eventually received treatment for this from a sleep specialist, and am still on the medication since I still have severe difficulty in getting to sleep without it. It's not a sleeping pill, but apparently supplies a chemical that the brain needs to fall asleep that my body isn't producing in sufficient quantities anymore. I don't know why it happened or what it is—it's all pretty strange, and my doctor had heard of only a handful of cases like mine. I've also started experiencing sleep paralysis since the onset of my sleeping difficulties, which is another huge boatload of no fun, I can tell you. So with problems like these, I treasure every golden moment of sweet slumber that comes my way and have difficulty understanding how some people can willfully deprive themselves of sleep on a regular basis. [ Wednesday, July 13, 2005 18:05: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Damn you Icshi! Damn you!!!!!! in Richard White Games | |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 11:20
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quote:It's very comforting to know that my name is doing the world such tremendous good by preventing its utter annihilation. It's funny, because for me turning the lightswitch on and off 50,000 times a day does the same thing. Now I guess I can stop doing that! Good thing, too, becuase my tendons are killing me. I can barely push through the pain to type this short little message... Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 13 2005 11:13
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As long as Linux is being discussed... Did Jeff do the conversion of Exile 3 for Linux, or did somebody else do that? And why did just the third game get this conversion, rather than the first one or second? Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Would you rather play Homeland or... in Richard White Games | |
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written Tuesday, July 12 2005 13:46
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quote:I wonder if there's a "pet the doggie" option during combat? Or maybe after combat is concluded, and that zombie has been torn to bits, there's a "toss the dog a bone" option? Does the dog gain experience based on how many bones it buries? Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Damn you Icshi! Damn you!!!!!! in Richard White Games | |
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written Tuesday, July 12 2005 13:42
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quote:No offense meant in the slighest, but could you at least spell my name correctly in some posts? :P I-C-S-H-I. But without the hyphens, and only the first letter capitalized. :P Besides, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. And considering I hold the dubious honor of being the King of Galactic Core (which appears on my job description as "Ruling a World of Molten Lava"), it's only fitting that my name crops up from time to time in Galactic Core discussions. Can I help it if I'm a trend-setter (more accurately termed "Warping the minds of my fellow morons")? :D And even if all this weren't true, I think it's a rather nice name that flows melodiously off the tongue, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if people just went around in an aesthetic daze saying "Icshi, Icshi, Icshi..." to themselves. :P [ Tuesday, July 12, 2005 13:53: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Would you rather play Homeland or... in Richard White Games | |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 15:19
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quote:That's not the Devourer? Well then, how about this guy?  I'm sure he would devour anything you give him! :P Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| Would you rather play Homeland or... in Richard White Games | |
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written Monday, July 11 2005 10:38
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quote:Good Lord! That is to say: Good Lord! Expect a demo in 2002? And it features "cunning towns"? What might those be, praytell? Does the city itself attack you? Do the buildings pull bricks out of themselves and fling them at you? What the heck? Maybe Homeland II isn't finished yet because nobody finished the first game, so it turns out the Devourer never was prevented from entering our world. We're all doomed apparently. How very sad. Nobody told me the world came to an end! Typical. I'm always the last to hear anything. EDIT: Hey, look at this:  Pretty cool, huh? I found that on the Homeland II page. This is probably that Devourer fellow. Creepy. Almost made the trip over there worthwhile. [ Monday, July 11, 2005 10:43: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 10:48
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quote:Yes, but in this case, the truth is ever-changing. One day, the firmly established fact is that his soul ascended to a higher plane and is now scouting the universe to prepare the way for Galactic Core 3, while the next day it turns out he suffered the rather humdrum, ignominious fate of having been pushed off the Space Needle for the gain of a paltry sum of cash. It's my theory that Richard White retroactively did something to his personal timeline to make his life and demise a vague, shadowy, incessantly mutable thing. There's probably a fluctuating pattern determining which fate he's suffered on which day. I think at this point, the goal of the Mystic White Cult should be to study and disentangle this pattern so that we can predict how he will have died tomorrow, next week, and the month after that. What greater mystery can there be? How better to pay homage to our mentor? This either proves that he's some sort of god—exactly what kind of god, I'm not too sure yet as that seems to be always changing too—or that he did this just to keep us amused, as a sort of apologetic recompense for the overall quality of his games. After all, if he couldn't sufficiently entertain us while he was living, why not do your best to make up for it afterwards? [ Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:54: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 12:11
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quote:And don't forget about the fabulous Andrew Hunter, who does the startup screens and other bits of artwork. EDIT: And by the way, does anybody know who writes the little musical ditties for each game? Does Jeff compose those? [ Friday, July 08, 2005 12:12: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 12:01
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2001 always annoys me. This monolith forces us to evolve by inspiring us to use tools to kill each other... This is a good thing? Only the middle section, with HAL 9000 and company, was worth watching. In fact, whenever I watch the movie now I just skip both the beginning and end. I dont' have a single favorite movie, just a bunch of them. It's a waste of time for me to try to rank them, since it depends on what mood I'm in (as someone else mentioned above). So here's some of them, the ones I can think of off the top of my head: THX-1138 Star Wars—all of them except Episode I, with Episode III being the best (in fact, I'm going to go see it today for the third time, this time with my brother) The Lord of the Rings—all three Brazil Time Bandits The Adventures of Baron Monchausen (however you spell it) Twelve Monkeys Playtime (Jacques Tati's 3rd Mr. Hulot film) The Chronicles of Riddick (the director's cut) Napoleon Dynamite ("I wish you'd get out of my life and shut up!") Clear and Present Danger Conan the Barbarian (inferior to Robert E. Howard's original stories, but the action scenes and music are great) Soylent Green (big surprise there, I'm sure) ;) Koyaanisqatsi Baraka The Thirteenth Floor Hellboy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Wages of Fear The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Fancy Pants Scavenger Hunt Oscar What's Up, Doc? Clue Breaker Morant The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (naturally) And a few dozen others that I can't think of at the moment, but will remember a few hours from now and will kick myself for having left them off the list. [ Friday, July 08, 2005 12:05: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 11:42
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How about doing something really unusual like skinny-dipping for apples while blindfolded? [ Friday, July 08, 2005 11:42: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 8 2005 11:38
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If Avernum 4 ends up like Homeland, then I think it should be entitled: "Avernum 4: The Night of Stones... Kidney Stones. Lots of Them." But in all seriousness, I'm confident the new engine will be nice, or at the very least inoffensive. [ Friday, July 08, 2005 11:39: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, July 7 2005 11:27
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My family and I vacationed in Britain several years ago and had the time of our lives. I loved London in particular, and it makes me seething mad and sick to my stomach to think of the people there being terrorized and killed. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 19:45
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Oh, come now, I don't think being institutionalized is necessary. I'll just hire him to come work for my publishing company. Some of my finest employees have been recruited from the world's most exclusive mental hospitals. Why pay good money to be locked away for your gifts when they could earn you a respectable living, eh? Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 19:27
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I think you've stumbled upon the hideous truth, Zorro. Of course, now that you've let all of us know, you've made yourself and us the next targets... Thanks a lot! :rolleyes: P.S.—Kudos to you for registering GC. You're a very brave man, Zorro. Shouldn't we give you a medal or something? [ Wednesday, July 06, 2005 19:28: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |