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Another year gone by... in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, May 16 2006 14:51 Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by Zeviz:

Aran, happy Spidweb birthday! :)
(Or should it be "Happy birthday to your Spidweb account"?)

quote:
Originally written by Henry Anthony Wilcox:

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IV. Rankings
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Rank: ID: Name: Posts:
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8 24 Zeviz 1962 +171
9 4153 Ephesos 1728 +167
10 4 Keto-san 6697 +154
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Last month I decided to protest the return of "top poster" list by spamming my way into top 10. It looks like I was quite successful. :)

I apologize for resulting drop in post quality. If it looked like I was making posts just to meet a posting quota, that's because I really was. (6 posts a day for 30 days = 180 posts = 7th - 9th place on top 10 posters list)

Now it's time to go back to my natural posting rate.
Bah. More Zeviz is never a bad thing. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Shopkeepers in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, May 15 2006 13:38 Profile Homepage #1
Make her respond to "purc".

In other news, holy crap, it's Karamea!

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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United 93 in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Sunday, May 14 2006 21:09 Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Nick Ringer:

Who here has seen Loose Change? You should all see it. Worth your time.
Is that the documentary that claims that 9/11 was staged by the US government?

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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United 93 in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Sunday, May 14 2006 18:44 Profile Homepage #12
Any movie that isn't a documentary changes the facts to some extent or another. This isn't news.

If anyone is actually forming an opinion on anything based on the facts as portrayed in a film (no matter how good the film), that is worrying.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Content ratings in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, May 13 2006 16:49 Profile Homepage #14
Pretty much. Maybe half of R scenarios deserve that rating.

And then there are the occasional PG scenarios that deserve an R rating, but there's not many of those.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Post Chat Snippets Completely Out Of Context in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 12:18 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Slalmarlentyrancaydarephtuckelecoba:

Slartucker: tyran, you're approaching "get a hooker" level
Ash Lael: It's not that great. Gets really old really quickly.
Ash Lael: Even if it is good for a laugh the first few times.
Somehow, I knew that one was coming. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 12:15 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

How much time someone need to become a oldbie, then?
Six years, minimum.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Post Chat Snippets Completely Out Of Context in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, May 10 2006 19:28 Profile Homepage #0
Marlenny249: who is the most attractive male on the boards? :P
Ash Lael: Well, the answer to that is obvious. Me. :-P
Marlenny249: true true

Your turn.

[ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 19:29: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Content ratings in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 16:28 Profile Homepage #6
TG2 is a joke.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Content ratings in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, May 8 2006 14:00 Profile Homepage #1
G=G
PG=PG
R=M

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, May 5 2006 16:25 Profile Homepage #122
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Shapers have essence glands, of course.
When I read this, I could not help thinking of Dr Strangelove.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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If You Were President... in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 4 2006 21:42 Profile Homepage #63
quote:
Originally written by Keto-san:

Words.
Sorry, didn't mean to go clip-clopping over your bridge.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Best Bad Guy in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 4 2006 19:24 Profile Homepage #2
I really like the Many from System Shock 2. Xerxes and Shodan from the same game also were very good.

In literature, Javert from Les Miserables is one of the best characters ever written, let alone villains.

In movies, I dunno. Maybe Agent Smith?

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
If You Were President... in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 4 2006 19:05 Profile Homepage #54
quote:
Originally written by Mr.Bookworm:

quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

I'd also ban abortion, but please, nobody start a flame-fest over that one.
Banning abortion doesn't and never will, work. Say you banned abortion. Within days, a blackmarket would spring up. For the numerous pregnant teenage girls who can't afford it, they would just go back to coathangers.
As I said, I'm not really interested in getting into an argument on this issue right now. Suffice it to say I don't entirely agree.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Question 3: Disease in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, May 4 2006 18:08 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Well, if you don't believe in evolution, there is very little problem. I just heard an interesting talk about avian flu the other day, and the fact is that avian flu has only been encountered in two forms so far: one that is highly contagious but can only infect birds, and one that is not at all contagious but can affect humans. Both forms are very deadly, but humans don't have anything to worry about unless the "highly contagious" trait mixes with the "can affect humans" trait.

Without evolution, that's impossible, so creationists — intelligent designists — have nothing to worry about.
This is a strawman on at least two levels.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
If You Were President... in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, May 3 2006 21:16 Profile Homepage #27
If I were Prime Minister of Australia, and I could get parliament to do what I wanted, I would:

Send troops to Sudan. Hopefully somebody standing up and taking action would convince everyone else to pull their heads out of the sand.

As Zeviz said, overhaul the education system. It sucks, hard. I'd be curious to hear what makes the Russian system so much better.

Get a better system for dealing with refugees. One that doesn't involve locking them up for 5 years.

I'd also ban abortion, but please, nobody start a flame-fest over that one.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Music: a legitimate poll in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, May 2 2006 17:25 Profile Homepage #19
Perhaps I'm simply displaying my ignorance here, as I'm only passingly familiar with the two groups you cited, but from what I know of them, they don't sound massively different. Both seem to have a sort of slow, unusual rhythm, for example. Again, apologies if this is misrepresenting those bands.

But yeah, I probably overreacted there. It is pretty irrelevant whether Christian or Art Rock encompasses a wider spectrum. Sorry 'bout that.

One could argue that since Christian Rock can also include Art Rock within its umbrella, it is necessarily more varied, but I'll leave that one well alone.

[ Tuesday, May 02, 2006 17:28: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Music: a legitimate poll in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, May 2 2006 16:35 Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Lenar Research Facilites:

Odd unverified subcultural myth: POD was considered "Christian rock" group by the christian community until they stopped doing blatantly "sacred" work, and then they were virtually immediately rejected.
False. They are still considered a Christian band, and still make blatantly "sacred" music. Their third album was not sold in some Christian stores because the artwork appeared to be pagan to some people. You should be able to pick up "Testify" from any Christian store, though some people still have issues with that one on account of a Hasidic Jewish guest artist. *shrug*

As for the "Christian artists ripping off the mainstream" stereotype, I really do think it's overhyped. Sure, you could say that Krystal Meyers is an Avril Lavigne wannabe, but it's not like when Avril came on the scene everybody gasped and said "Oh my! I've never heard anything like this girl before! She is completely unique and original!" You could accuse Coldplay of trying to be U2 or Evanescence of trying to be Lacuna Coil just as easily. Heck, there's a Rogue Traders song going around at the moment with a blatantly stolen guitar riff from "My Sharona". All music has a lot of okay songs/artists who tend to be a bit generic and derivative, and all music has a few genuinely creative artists.

That said, Jeremy Camp one of the best? Please.

Oh, and:

quote:
Originally written by $ v. #:

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.
I simply must disagree. Modern Christian music contains way more veriety than you give it credit for. Even Christian Rock alone contains way more variety than you give it credit for. As I Lay Dying as compared to Plumb, for example.

[ Tuesday, May 02, 2006 16:41: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Your musical tastes in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, May 1 2006 22:31 Profile Homepage #70
quote:
Originally written by stu_pidd_cow:

Real boyz kiss boyz
I find this statement somewhat arguable.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, May 1 2006 18:11 Profile Homepage #87
Umm... because people starving to death needlessly sucks?

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Your musical tastes in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 16:21 Profile Homepage #42
I have wide tastes, with my favourite songs tending towards the heavier end of the spectrum. Electro Pop Metal is way cool.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, April 28 2006 23:46 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by The Worst Man Ever:

It's a zero-sum game, and making the poor less poor is going to take the rich being made - or becoming, by attrition - less rich.
Yes, but that would involve a lesser imbalance as a means to an end, not an end in itself. That's an important distinction.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, April 28 2006 20:04 Profile Homepage #5
The figure I've heard is that 0.7% of GDP from industrialized nations is what's needed. Not sure how accurate that is.

EDIT: And yes, "Mass poverty" is the issue, not "imbalance of wealth".

[ Friday, April 28, 2006 20:05: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, April 28 2006 19:53 Profile Homepage #2
Hang on a second.

If I spend only 75% of my time working against poverty, I have no right to complain about others not doing enough? Even if they're doing nothing?

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 13:57 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by 1 v. One:


1. Rentar-Ihrno vs. Titless Madonna
2. The Wizard of Oz vs. Kefka
3. Garzahd vs. X
4. George W. Bush vs. Guy Fawkes
1. Madonna looks better for her age than Rentar, so I'm betting that she'll win in a wait-to-the-death.

2. No opinion.

3. By E3, Garzhad is dead and X is alive. This result is pre-decided.

4. Bush gave us Farenheit 9/11. Guy Fawkes gave us V for Vendetta. Fawkes wins.

[ Thursday, April 27, 2006 13:58: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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