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| Displayed name | Arancaytar |
| Member number | 2984 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 8752 |
| Homepage | http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/ |
| Registered | Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 19:50
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If there is any distinction made in capitalization of races, it's usually humans that get the raw deal. Being 'mundane' and all that, everyone is used to lower-case humans. Whereas Slithzerikai (my favorite spelling for a long while was Slitherikzai, by the way, which is neater to pronounce), Nephilim, Vahnatai, Troglodytes, Giants and Dragons (and Elves and Dwarves in other fantasy settings btw), have 'novelty' value and are capitalized - along with many other names that have been invented by the author rather than being real world terms. I'd prefer a consistent capitalization of Human myself (try typing vahnatai or nephilim lower-case; it goes against the very instinct), but the distinction appears to come naturally, with the in-built instinctive 'capitalization-izer'. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 13:11
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I think yes, images is probably the best term for such a broad meaning. Though 'graphics' seems to be coming to mind. That would only apply to drawings or computer-made pictures, though, not to photos. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 13:02
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quote:Douglas Adams, I seem to remember. The problem, he went on to state, being of course how to find out if someone actually and truly does not want to become a leader, and then how to persuade him/her to become such. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 10:20
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People who have tons of cash and no brains. There are quite a lot of those out there, so it might be a good marketing strategy... -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, October 20 2004 12:13
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Hello, Motrax was never exiled by the Empire! :P At least if you think short-term; I heard the Dragons were driven underground centuries before. There are plenty of NPCs that struck me as likable. Erika is one of them, at least as much for inspiring sympathy for her curse as for that vengeful personality. Micah is a nice person too, and with a lot of wisdom. -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, October 20 2004 10:37
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a. It's Vahnatai b. Yup, there's a dictionary. You can search the list of words on Drakefyre's site - Drakefyre's Demesne - Novah Lexicon. You can also access the crappy attempt at a Javascript version of the dictionary I made here. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 19 2004 05:32
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There is a remarkably small intersect between the set of all people who criticize Moore and the set of all those who can spell Fahrenheit. Why is that? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 17 2004 09:44
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The spelling, apart from deligate and scarlett (did I miss others?), wasn't the real problem. The punctuation is, shall we say, creative in the Terry Pratchett sense (just leave out a few of those commas). The introduction sounds creative; but before you get to designing, you should maybe get more of the story down. Not that I can talk; I've been at the plot of my scenario for three years now without getting a single town finished, so it's rivalling Drakey's work by now. -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, October 16 2004 13:16
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quote:I really, really hope that comment wasn't directed at TM. The mere thought of that, whether purposefully or by accident, is immensely disturbing. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 20:52
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I'm not under the impression that is so. I'm just pretending to be under that impression, so that I can blithely and obnoxiously ignore your ranting criticisms. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 20:16
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Thanks :) What bothers me is that even with the most horrendous amount of Spamming, I would never be able to keep up with the amount of spam member registrations. Doesn't it make you ineffectual that on your best day, you average less posts than new members are registered? Here, let's see. Latest Member # is 5081. My own number is 2987 5081-2987 = 2094 registered since I joined. I'd guess around 200 perhaps actual people rather than duplicates, less than 100 stuck around for longe than a few posts, and only around 30 or less are people still here and active (Kelandon, BSC, Premonition, etc.) Sad turnout rate. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 19:23
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I always kind of wondered how people justified that, when a number appears to be a little more round than usual in the base we happen to use, they got out and celebrated. Especially when the celebrating, as it does here on SW, essentially consists of some nonsense, several large images and tons and tons of spam. Do you think people should be allowed to post a new topic on their 2000th post? :) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 18:59
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No, this is a private computer (I don't know if they have a proxy with filters though, they might). I had the same problem with Polaris only 2 weeks ago. It works now, just as it did with Polaris after a day or two. So everything all right now. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 07:22
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Kelandon: sometimes, no. You'll see that it was last posted to mid-September, and only gets really big contributions around once a month. It's great to have a place around were you can waste time and pretend to be useful when bored. :) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 07:18
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Heh, I'm getting the same trouble. I just tried to see if it *worked*. *Honest*! :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 07:13
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I think it's more to do with the history thing. Looking back on things you wrote or said also causes you to look back on how your mind worked at an earlier stage. For some reason, that always seems very stupid to you. I know how bad it is especially when keeping old writings. Anything I typed on my PC for over a year is archived in a keylogger, so when I want to have some fun I read through the stuff from 2003. It's so bad that I shudder to think how dumb it looked years before. And the worst thing is, you leave these traces for others to see. Search your publically displayed name in google (or any names you may have had here). Find an old SW post from 2003 or 2002. It's been deleted here? No problem, Google has it cached. And will store your stupidity for eternity. :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 06:51
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I think I remember it happened to Djur when he tried to wget the forums shortly before the purge. But I'm not sure. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 11 2004 20:41
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You confuse me utterly. Nobody begins their existence on this board debating politics, but you have one post. Do you have another account here? To stay on-topic: It seemed rather weird to me too to have Bush quote science, especially as he seems otherwise to be opposed to scientific research. That is why I would not wonder if his argument turned out to be either made up, or questionable results unscientific experiments, manipulated in such a way as to fit him. I, too, would be very interested in seeing evidence. Has www.factcheck.org picked this up? -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 11 2004 19:11
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As it should be. ;) But it's been that way a long time; just google for Slithzerikai or Nephilim. They come up in the oddest places (okay, the last is not an original term, but the first is). -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 11 2004 06:05
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I planned to do one about them, too, but I figured that most of the stuff is too controversial to just be put into an encyclopedia entry that is concerned with the game, not with fanfiction. And that, of course, the writing of such an article should be left to Drakefyre... :P -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 10 2004 20:30
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And guess who wrote the Slithzerikai entry. :) -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 3 2004 20:32
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Good luck with that kind of stuff... I tried to do a Lord of the Rings scenario a year ago. Gave up, and not just for technical reasons. Book plot just don't fit into scenarios, and nor do movie scripts. It's another kind of medium. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 3 2004 20:28
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quote:Actually, they didn't do that until the revolution and declaration of independence, if my historical knowledge is accurate. Exile didn't rebel right away either. When they did, it was a lot worse (American rebels never assassinated the king/queen of England in that time, right?) But then, of course, they'd gotten much more of a raw deal in their monster-infested caves... -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 3 2004 09:53
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Yay, it's that time of the year again! :) Sadly, I don't have much spare time left for reading these days. Still occasionally re-reading Hitchhiker's Guide and Lord of the Rings, same old stuff over and over. I've just finished Richard Feynman's biography ("Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman") - great book by the way. Other than that, Terry Pratchett holds my attention (I've been trying to get my hands on the latest book, but no time so far - I forget the title, might be the one mentioned above). These days, I read much more online than on paper, and being that nervous about politics, it's mostly news and discussion (read the Bush/Kerry debate transcript yesterday, and look forward to seeing a recording). For books that I recommend, check out the free online version of Rick Cook's The WizBiz series. It's utterly fantastic reading. Also, the Santharian Dream has some great fantasy stories available for reading. But I need to cut short my post here, 'cause the book I now need to read is my Math textbook, for the exam tomorrow. :rolleyes: -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 3 2004 09:38
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If it is about real-world 'outcasts', Australia might be a better example for its early use as a penal colony. Still, even that is probably not as applicable, since the prisoners then were for the most part petty criminals (you know, steal an apple and stuff), and not political opponents. The point they have in common is that in both cases it was considered a 'mercy' to deport the people, rather than kill them. That's where the similarity stops: Did the Empire, having just discovered Valorim, have the problem of over-population? I think not. It's unlikely that there is any one-to-one analogy that Exile represents (and if there is, Jeff will probably not admit or identify it). It's more the concepts that can be applied to our world - more and more each day, now, and perhaps last during the cold war. And if anything, I don't consider Exile a story that says "This (almost) happened", but rather saying "This might happen". -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |