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| Title | Raven v. Writing Desk |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 06:45
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Hypothetically, Aran, I think that would be in flagrant violation of special CoC for moderators. Dikiyoba is in a much better position than you to be making fake threats! -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 06:24
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Video game music tends to be recognized as an actual subgenre in its own right. Note the while there is significant overlap between the subgenre and the music that is played in video games, there is not total overlap. Anyway, I would lump it in with Synthpop and Electronic Art Music. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 06:20
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ADOS: I actually thought about putting it in, but finally decided the only fair option was to be blatantly Eurocentric and leave an Other option. There was no way to cover every cool culturally-related sort of music. Fatman: Christian Rock is a blanket term that covers those and others (Christian Industrial, anyone?). However, calling it a style is no less legit than for any of the others. Lyrical content is absolutely a part of style and genre. Christian rock music may have lyrics on any number of subjects, within a Christian theme. This is no different from, say, Punk, which has a diversity of lyrics, but certain themes. It's true people fight about what punk is really "about" and different punk bands might have wildly different lyrical content. People also have different ideas about Christianity -- to begin with, there are a buttload of denominations -- and Christian music is similarly diverse.Because Christian Rock is ignored by many people involved in other rock subgenres, it tends to influence itself a lot. As a result, there are musical commonalities among some groups of Christian rock musicians that make it a useful term for musical style in the same way as any other.If you are worried about the term embracing too wide a variety of musical differences, don't be. In practice its constituents tend to have much more in common musically than those of certain other rock styles; Post-Rock is a particularly glaring example.This, of course, is exactly the kind of thing that prompted my comment about genres being subjective. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 04:31
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Yes, you're wrong. Your guardian strategy sounds like it will fail miserably unless you are playing on a low difficulty and fighting enemies weaker than you are. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 01:56
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Barbershop would go under "Showtunes / other melodic" :P -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 00:33
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I thought a poll might be nice. So, here's a poll. Music genres are always sort of subjective. I've tried to balance being inclusive with making the poll useful, so some genres and subgenres have been lumped together. Classical, Jazz, Rock, and Dance/Electronica have additional questions about subgenres, because there are so damn many of them, and they are popular genres here. One request: Please DO NOT post your individual music preferences in this thread. We already have about fifty threads for that :P Poll Information This poll contains 6 question(s). 42 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=AapYSuJhOHVL"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=AapYSuJhOHVL"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 21:20
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Yes, how exactly does it have a "bad record"? You know who has a bad record in Iraq? Iraq does. And the U.S., and the U.K., and nearly every country that's stuck its hands into that arsenic-laced cookie jar... (Edit: You know who has a bad record typing coherently in Slarty's posts? Slarty does...) [ Monday, May 01, 2006 21:58: Message edited by: $ v. # ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 19:33
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That was me. The thread is Agent vs. Guardian. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Monday, May 1 2006 18:43
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The Lion and the Mouse -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 18:14
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I was debating whether or not to post exactly that. There are all sorts of philosophical directions to go in from your new question *i, but in the end, is it really necessary? Starving sucks. Word. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 16:38
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I think this problem crops up with magic-heavy strategies in all of Jeff's games, though. Jeff relies heavily on spell point availability to balance the power of magic. Admittedly, the use of essence in addition to spell points for spells in Geneforge is a very nice way to do this. Nonetheless, this means that a mage in any game with a pile of energy potions or essence pods is rarely going to be challenged. This is why swarms at least have a *chance* of stopping an agent: if they're too weak, they may simply have too little spell energy to fire their favorite spell off enough times. Individual enemies can just be picked off one by one, with plenty of time to restore energy. I guess this is kind of symptomatic of modern RPGs, where magic is dispensed Monty Haul style. RPGs where you actually have to conserve your MP, where you get beaten up little by little and have to endure, are a thing of the past. I just expect more from Spidweb. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 14:05
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Euthenasia? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 14:03
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Guys, tone it down. Unlike the Middle East, we have moderators who can lock wars and prevent people from flamebombing each other. Let's not get this thread locked. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Monday, May 1 2006 14:00
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So, I asked you to convince me as to why, when you are surrounded, your only options are to "react" or to die. You made that comment in regards to Israel. You responded to my question by saying "I guess you've never been in a real fight before," comparing the situation around Israel to "a real fight" which I assumed referred to a personal brawl. I don't think the two situations are particularly analogous. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 13:47
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quote:Um, a country that is fighting with its neighbors is not the same situation as a fistfight. AT ALL. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 12:47
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quote:Unless, of course, Dominate is weakened. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 12:40
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*shakes his head and sighs* -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 12:38
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quote:Part of the complaint, Infernal, was that that kind of attitude (on the part of everyone involved, not just Israel) is a big part of what generates the conflict. Personally, I'm not convinced of the logic of what I've quoted. I'm open to being convinced, but you'd need to explain how "anything" else would lead to death... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 12:33
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quote:This is true, but it's more than a little naive to suggest that any of those were realistic opportunities. Do you honestly think it's a good idea to rely on the good judgment of either (a) mobs of citizens who are desperate to escape from their hardships, or (b) politicians? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 1 2006 12:25
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quote:I think this is a really critical piece of the question. Redistribution of wealth, in and of itself, doesn't actually solve many of the problems that we have come to associate with inequitous distribution. On a human level, the actual problems are endemic. They are problems of persons and of entire classes of persons who have been marginalized and abused, and who essentially require rehabilitation in multiple dimensions. This is true in any country, and I think it provides some good justification for Kel's assertion that we can begin at home. Yes, the food problem is worse in Africa, but it exists here, and we have other problems; those problems exist in Africa too, but the bottom line is there are still large numbers of people here who are in wretched situations and are unable to do anything about it. Despite the crappy historical record humans have had dealing with famine and financial poverty, those ills are easier to address than violence, alienation, and trauma are. There is no social equivalent to food-drops; there is no such thing as psychotherapeutic handouts. Most really critical rehabilitative work, whether it's social, medical, or psychological, doesn't require much training, let alone a graduate degree. But people don't want to do it, because it's tough, and people don't want to finance it, because it's inefficient. It mostly has to be done one-on-one. Which brings us back to Thuryl's comment. Although I agree with Thuryl and tend to be the one poking fun at armchair do-gooders myself, it's not that they don't want to help. They may be selfish and unwilling to sacrifice, but even those people might help out in some small way. The problem is that people don't know how to help. Things seem altogether too messed up, and the mess seems altogether too large. It's hard to get a handle on it. And Thuryl's observation itself exaccerbates this situation. Not just intellectual wanking, but an awful lot of volunteer work can be described by it. It's easy to look at it and say "is this really making a difference, or does it just make the volunteers feel better?" Hell, I know I look at it and say that. But when you are dealing with a problem this big, when there really isn't anything you can do that seems like it makes a difference, that does not excuse you from doing anything. "What you do is not important. But it is very important that you do it." -- Gandhi -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 21:34
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What the heck kind of thing terrifies and enrages English teachers and linguists? I can't think of anything that would enrage both, really... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 19:36
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quote:Okay, so your rebuttal consisted basically of denying what Thuryl said, emphatically, without giving any kind of logic. Great. And given that the whole point of this topic is that maybe we ought to care about others, saying "we have no obligation to care about others" is moot. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 17:41
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*facepalm* Civil disobedience is about the last thing anyone has to be worried about -- at least, it is when it's conducted by clueless, overprivileged college students who love to protest as long as it doesn't involve actual sacrifice on their part. As for the health issues -- given the amount of scholarly research that has documented the pathogenic nature of dorms, that's kind of ironic. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 12:01
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Hostile Effect Resistance doesn't protect against slowing. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 30 2006 11:57
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They do make a difference. However, if you put a lot of points into strength and the appropriate fighting skills, and use good weapons, it is pretty easy to get your base chance to hit so far above 99% (the max) that you will never notice a difference from those penalties. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |