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If the 2004 elections were being held today, who would you vote for?

- Bush; I trust in His ability to protect Our Glorious Country from all Evil.

- Kerry; I'm an America-hating communist and want to see the Great Western Satan destroyed. Allahu akbar!

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Originally written by The Green Dragon:

sweetie

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Originally written by Andraste:

That's very nice Tullegolar.
I'm sure others thought the same about you.

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Icecream

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I have *had* it with these motherf*ing snakes on this motherf*ing board!

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NaBoASDesMo

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If you reply using the quote button and just get rid of the quote tags yourself, you will be able to keep the bold formatting for the questions without effort.

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Originally by Arancaytar:

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By the way, is it just me or is the third-person past tense narrative new to Episode 3? I like it.

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Yes. I just sat down and felt more comfortable writing it this way, so I am.

Dikiyoba must admit that Dikiyoba used the script format for Episode 1 because it was easier for Dikiyoba to fudge the details Dikiyoba didn't know or understand that way.

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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Don't listen to Dintiradan. I'm glad someone had the balls to say they'd erase Hitler from history. I was getting tired of all the "oh, I wouldn't want to ruin the time continuum, wah." Makes me sick. Not only is the question hypothetical, but really, is our current world worth keeping the way it is?

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The Net is True Neutral. It goes both ways.

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Jumping Salmon:

I feel a great sadness coming across the land. Which either means it is autumn or we had cheese for dinner. I can only hope that the drop in posting means that more game playing is happening. I know I've been trying out various BoE scenarios. And what with the huge 10% off everything in the computer sale happening RIGHT NOW!!! over at your drug of choice dealer's mother's house everyone should be enjoying good stories, compelling fighting, and retro graphics. Not Loderunner retro, but close.

Oh, and glad to see you're alive Aran. This statistics thing is pretty much all the pulse we can get out of you.

[Razz]

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quote:Salmon came up from 9 to 5

I resent the implication that I have a real job. I 'll check my notes, but I know I can safely say I worked fewer than 30 hours during this statistics period. Of course I only went fishing once, where does the day go?

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MagmaDragoon:

Whoa, I fallen down a lot. 16th? Meh, I'll spam more when GF4 will be out.

EDIT: What? How...? I wrote it? I just wanted to think it! My secret plan! [Mad]

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Slartucker:

Aran, that's some ridiculously illogical complaining you did there. It's the month before the next game release -- so it's the longest period of time the boards ever see since a game has come out and new blood arrives. Of COURSE there will be record lows.

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Nioca:

I jumped twenty places?!? And landed in first?!? [Eek!] [Eek!] [Eek!]

Out of interest, I decided to find the average posts per day for each of the top ten members. Assuming that 33 days have passed since the september update... (correct me if I'm wrong)

#1 Nioca (Me [Eek!] ): 6.1212 posts.
#2 Dikiyoba: 3.8484 posts.
#3 Eye Pie: 3.5757 posts.
#4 Emperor Tullegolar: 3.5454 posts.
#5 Spookee Salmon: 3.5151 posts.
#6 Robert Daniel Oliver: 3.3939 posts.
#7 Tyranicus.: 2.9393 posts.
#8 Ephesos: 2.7575 posts.
#9 Oscar Wilde: 2.4848 posts.
#10 *i: 2.4545 posts.

Six posts a day... that probably wouldn't have landed in the top 20 a year ago.

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Alec:

Saying that this isn't winning the game of losing doesn't make it true, Aran.

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Kelandon:

This has to be the first time that I've not been in the top ten. Strange.

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Andraste:

Wow. 47 posts? I didn't know I made that many.
We really need some new people and topics. Can't wait until Geneforge 4! Then again, I have to wait a few months to play it.

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Originally by Nioca:

quote:I jumped twenty places?!? And landed in first?!? [Eek!] [Eek!] [Eek!]

Why is that surprising? Just look at how many topics you've started this month.

Originally by Arancaytar:

quote:Sorry, Dikiyoba. I'd pegged you as a certain winner, but my random updater doesn't take to change quickly (it updates according to past activity), so it didn't even consider updating Ghouloca before.

I saw it coming, though, when I checked it on the 17th and realized that neither Nioca or Emperor Tullegolar were on the list.

Besides, Dikiyoba is quite happy to have second. Dikiyoba takes second every other month, and it would be a shame to break a personal tradition.

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quote:Originally written by Kelandon:
This has to be the first time that I've not been in the top ten. Strange.

This has be the first time that your average posts per day is less than 3. Stranger [Razz]

This really encourages me to spam though. If posting 5 times a day can get me to second place... why not? And I don't care how much people claim they don't want to be in top ten, you all love it. It's like back when 5 starts in ranking would give you "Good Saint" (or something) and 1 would give you "Evil Priest" (or something). You still wanted the 5 starts even when the title was lamer.

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Andraste:

I liked the old rankings. [/spam] [Smile]

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Originally by Marlenny:

quote:This really encourages me to spam though.

Uh-oh. General is going to get swamped by census topics this month. [Razz]

Dikiyoba.

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Jumping Salmon:
And if Lenny is gonna spam...

You ready Slarty? Tyra?

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quote:Originally written by Dikiyoba:
Originally by Marlenny:

quote:This really encourages me to spam though.

Uh-oh. General is going to get swamped by census topics this month. [Razz]

Dikiyoba.

kik, come on Diki. You know you want them [Razz]
Funny thing is that I hadn't thought about it, but since Dikiyoba "requested" them...
*Starts coming up with questions*

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Alorael:

We need a few more trolls, some politics, and TM to get the posts flowing again.

—Alorael, who actually just stated trolls, a subcategory of trolls, and an individual who is an occasional member of that subcategory. Such is life.

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Jumping Salmon:

I just received the 168 page voters pamphlet on Oregon's 2006 State Measures. Typically I just burn it, but if the boards really need it...

Just let me register a few more times and then I can set up with all the Arguments in Favor and Arguments in Opposition all nice and tidy-like.

K?

Edit - Being unable to spell the name of a state is not grounds for removal of voting priveleges.

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MagmaDragoon:

Oh my. We need another moniker topic. Maybe this time by Alorael.

quote:Originally written by Hypertoroid:
...and TM to get the posts flowing again.

About that, when the ban will expire?

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Arancaytar:

quote:Originally written by Slack Pumpkinhead:
Aran, that's some ridiculously illogical complaining you did there. It's the month before the next game release -- so it's the longest period of time the boards ever see since a game has come out and new blood arrives. Of COURSE there will be record lows.

There were records lows in the last month too. And before then. And before then. And before then.

This is taking into account that the period of statistics contain the release both of Geneforge 3 and Avernum 4, and neither has been preceded by such a period of silence. They weren't that close either.

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And our posts (as in "the oldbies") have decreased as well. I don't mean to play GF4, and I didn't really play A4 - I certainly didn't post a lot about it. Do you think our own post counts will somehow get a boost from a new game being released? [Razz]

quote:Originally written by Spookee Salmon:
And if Lenny is gonna spam...

You ready Slarty? Tyra?

Must I switch off the ranking again? [Razz]

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Brother Oakleaf:

quote:Originally written by Spookee Salmon:
And if Lenny is gonna spam...

You ready Slarty? Tyra?

Hey, don't forget the rest of us!

Nioca, once you settle down a bit, you'll drop back. And I personally hope you settle down.

(I'm still surprised I captured 8th with under 100 posts)

(We do need TM back)

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Nikki, beloved:

quote:Originally written by Lenny:
kik

My year has been made.

And for the first time ever I made it onto the rankings... inside the top ten. I don't like it. Diki, get a notepad, this is something else to grumble about.

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Divine Dikiyobiaria:

Originally by Arancaytar:

quote:There were records lows in the last month too. And before then. And before then. And before then.

And every month, some people would agree to post more. But there would still be record lows. So does that mean that we can't follow through, or that the decrease in activity is so large that not even spam can turn it around?

Originally by Nikki:

quote:And for the first time ever I made it onto the rankings... inside the top ten. I don't like it. Diki, get a notepad, this is something else to grumble about.

Dikiyoba has duly noted it.

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Berric Dondarion:

How in the world did I make #7 without even posting 100 times? This is a sad day indeed.

quote:Originally written by Spookee Salmon:
And if Lenny is gonna spam...

You ready Slarty? Tyra?

Of course. I'm always up for some serious spammage. I have to get this account up past #6489 with its 934 posts. [Razz]

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quote: Originally written by Spookee Salmon:
And if Lenny is gonna spam...

You ready Slarty? Tyra?

Hey, I resent being left out!
I'm over my average this month! And I didn't have to spam to do it!
[Big Grin]

But... I may be willing to sacrifice that little bit of sanity I have hidden in a jar, if it means drawing people back...

quote: Originally by Lenny:
This really encourages me to spam though.

Whoo, yeah!

EDIT: Die, formatting, die!

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—Alorael, who said:

Even if you don't play the game, other people do. Then they come here for help and such and stick around for the pleasure of our company or because they're damaged beyond all repair. (If they aren't, Spiderweb'll do it quick.) More posts from them are more posts for non-playing oldbies to reply.

—Alorael, who wonders how the positive feedback of posting works. The more people post, the more other people post, but the relationship must be complicated or the boards would be destroyed in a catastrophic frenzy of posting. Maybe the upper bound is the physical limit on posting speed and the flood control.

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Not me!

quote:Originally written by Robert Daniel Oliver:
Title: Yes, this is what we've came to. Or can you think of a witty title for the nineteenth time I'm doing this? It's gone on for most of two years already. But I'm determined to do it until the end.

"I'm late! I'm late!"

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