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November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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 written Tuesday, October 31 2006 07:27 Profile Homepage #90
Originally by Lenar:

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You've beat it to death, Tyran.
To undead spam!

Dikiyoba.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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 written Monday, October 30 2006 17:36 Profile Homepage #210
Originally by Nioca:

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I was thinking more along the lines of a lockdown, or a barrier like the one in Episode 1. If he was sniped, he could probably be revived.
Well, you could continue to speculate, or you could go read Chapter 6: ...The Even Bigger Storm and find out. (That was quick, Tyranicus.)

Dividing the story into parts is done more to keep ads to a minimum than anything else, by the way.

There might be one tricky spot in this chapter where it's difficult to determine what happened. Let Dikiyoba know how Dikiyoba did.
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Wealth. in General
Dikiyoba
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 written Monday, October 30 2006 17:21 Profile Homepage #72
Originally by Nioca:

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You just hit upon the problem. The average teacher today no longer measures up to past average teachers. Therefore, the quality of education suffers, and the system suffers as a whole.
Do you have a link or other evidence of that? I'd like that statement to be expanded on before I make any sort of judgement on it.

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That doesn't mean a teacher can't try to teach meaningful information. It just means they have to find an approach that works.
I believe that they are trying (most of them, anyway). But they could teach more effectively if they weren't having to worry about preparing for this test or that test by covering several materials really quickly instead of one in depth.

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This has more to do with another subject then it does to teaching. I'm not interested in delving into that, because we're drifting too far off-topic as it is.
We can hold two discussions in one thread. Getting off topic is half the fun.

Originally by Marlenny:

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What is it with you and rationality?
Dikiyoba suspects it's not enough time spent in the fluffy turtle pit. It's time to grab Nioca and throw him in.

Edit: Added final quote.

[ Monday, October 30, 2006 17:24: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Wealth. in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, October 30 2006 16:19 Profile Homepage #66
Originally by Nioca:

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quote:
Originally by Emperor Tullegolar:
Teachers: As I said before, secondary school teachers do not need much education, thus they get paid little. If they are really good at what they do, they should get more education and become a college professor. Staying a high school teacher shows lack of ambition, a quality of the weak. They may really enjoy what they do, and that is great, but it still shows complacence. Complacence should not be rewarded.
Now here is a subject I know rather well.

Teachers DO need education, and quite a bit of it. Many teachers today (NOT ALL) don't even know what they're teaching. They just look it up out of a book, and act like they actually know what they're trying to teach. This form of teaching is probably about as effective as sitting every student down with a book, and having them read for the entire class. It works, but don't expect any exceptional results. If the teachers don't have an education, how do you expect their students to get an education. It becomes a constant, downward spiral that eventually will cripple the whole system of education.

This brings me to a different aspect of teaching. Many of the teachers today (AGAIN, NOT ALL) don't even care about just how important a job they hold. To them, it's just a way to put food on the table. Should teachers be payed more? Of course! Their job is one of the most important of any country. A public educational system is a vital part of the economy, not to mention the social structure, of any country, even a Tullegolite one. However, the teachers of today treat this important task as if it were menial labor. There's a good percentage of teachers that actually care about teaching, but then you have a far greater percentage that couldn't care less about how they affect the lives of the students, or, more importantly, how they are supposed to affect the lives of their students. If you're not going to be passionate about what you're doing, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it.
I think it's rather funny how perspectives can be so different. You claim to know a lot about the subject of teachers, and I'd like to think I know a lot about teachers as well. But you seem to blame the teachers for why they don't teach well, while I blame the school system itself.

Sure, there are bad teachers. But there are also many good ones and many more average ones, and their ability to teach is hampered whenever the school system gets too messed up.

After all, it's hard to teach meaningful information when there are so many tests and standards that have to be met, and money has to go to administering those tests instead of going to more useful things.

And I don't see how most teachers are just working to put food on the table when they end up spending their own money to buy supplies or extras for their classes and students.

(Plus, my father is a teacher and I distinctly remember having trouble finding a place to put my plate on the dinner table because of all the notebooks, binders, tests, and assignments all over the table. :P )

Finally, I don't remember how many teachers quit in their first few years of teaching, but it's quite a lot. And since teachers with more experience make better teachers, this high turnover rate isn't a good thing, and signals that we have a larger problem with the school system.

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Teachers are lacking ambition.
Dikiyoba thinks that's a good thing. It's the teachers with ambition that are scheming to get ahead and look for a district with a better offer or retire and then get re-hired part-time to make extra money instead of caring for the students.
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Xeon, The Beginning in General
Dikiyoba
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 written Monday, October 30 2006 14:49 Profile Homepage #5
And how exactly are you going to turn this idea into a game again? What programming language are you using? Do you know how to use it well? Do you have an engine in mind? What will it look like? Is it even feasible or realistic? I'd be more worried about those things than the plot at the moment.

Dikiyoba.
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Pets? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, October 30 2006 13:52 Profile Homepage #32
Originally by Nioca:

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They don't whine at two in the morning wanting to be let out.
Right. Instead, they meow at four in the morning demanding to be let out.

Dikiyoba.
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Wealth. in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, October 30 2006 04:44 Profile Homepage #52
Originally by Emperor Tullegolar:

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Teachers: As I said before, secondary school teachers do not need much education, thus they get paid little. If they are really good at what they do, they should get more education and become a college professor. Staying a high school teacher shows lack of ambition, a quality of the weak. They may really enjoy what they do, and that is great, but it still shows complacence. Complacence should not be rewarded.
Or, you know, they care about children and want to see them succeed in life. Good high school teachers are constantly educate themselves, taking classes over the summer and trying new things to improve their ability to teach. And they do it while putting up with a lot of crap from the school system, students, parents, and those who obviously don't understand the first thing about teaching but have an opinion on it anyway.

Dikiyoba.
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Outrunning Trajkov in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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 written Monday, October 30 2006 03:55 Profile Homepage #5
"Look cool" visually or otherwise?

Dikiyoba.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 18:59 Profile Homepage #190
Originally by Nioca:

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Of course, I'm not Dikiyoba, so anything could happen.
You are correct. :P

As for the odds of -X- appearing, well, let's just say that after what Dikiyoba has in mind for Chapter 6, they look rather bad.
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November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 18:11 Profile Homepage #76
Where are you getting your information from? Dikiyoba sees Jumpin' Salmon in second by a comfortable amount. See?
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November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 18:01 Profile Homepage #72
Thank goodness. It is reassuring to know that things are still as they were, since Dikiyoba doesn't want to end up in second for this month.
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November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 16:17 Profile Homepage #64
If Dikiyoba could call you two spammers in good conscience, Dikiyoba would. But since Dikiyoba can't do that in good conscience, Dikiyoba will just have to do it in bad conscience. Spammers! :P
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Do You 'Frequent' These Boards? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 15:16 Profile Homepage #5
Originally by Andraste:

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Does anyone here actually ever log out?
Only when I leave to go on long trips, or when I delete cookies.

Dikiyoba is basically here for most of the day. But even when Dikiyoba is here, Dikiyoba isn't always really here. Sometimes, Dikiyoba is off doing other things.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 14:46 Profile Homepage #60
Originally by Nioca:

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Gently steering this back on topic, it appears that posting took a dramatic downfall.
Fewer topics, especially fewer topics in General, means fewer posts. Now that we've exhausted many of the topics started right after the 17th, there will be fewer posts until another topic-creating frenzy.

Dikiyoba.
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Guaranteed results!! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 12:12 Profile Homepage #76
You might want to do the test again, to make sure that you still have a good name. Dikiyoba went from a Lawful Evil Halfling Mage Druid to a Chaotic Neutral Halfling Cleric, after all.

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Alignment:
Chaotic Neutral characters are unstable, and frequently insane. They believe in disorder first and foremost, and will thus strive for that disorder in everything they do. This means that they will do whatever seems 'fun' or 'novel' at any given time.

Race:
Halflings are short and fat, like minuature people. (Think 'Hobbits') They enjoy the easy life, but aren't averse to the idea of an adventure from time to time. They get along with all races, and are known for their senses of humor. Halflings also tend to be light of foot, and can move quietly when necessary.

Class:
Clerics are the voices of their God/desses on Earth. They perform the work of their deity, but this doesn't mean that they preach to a congregation all their lives. If their deity needs something done, they will do it, and can call upon that deity's power to accomplish their goals.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 11:18 Profile Homepage #183
Chapter 5: The Calm Before...

Originally by Ephesos

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That reminds me... no fluffy turtles in Episode 3 yet. That's more disconcerting than the snakes...
Yes, Dikiyoba has been rather slow in introducing the creatures to the story.
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Xeon, The Beginning in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 11:17 Profile Homepage #16
Because it is illegal if it borrows too many elements, that's why. Besides, if the game is going to be good enough to make people actually want to pay for it, the inspiration will have to come from you and not stuff that is exactly like what's already out there.

Dikiyoba.
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Guaranteed results!! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Sunday, October 29 2006 07:43 Profile Homepage #73
Such is the problem with linking to older topics or telling people to search for them. :P

Dikiyoba.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Saturday, October 28 2006 19:21 Profile Homepage #179
Originally by Nioca:

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I wonder if this thread is going to meet the same fate as the October Posting Stats thread... It's getting pretty long...
Pfft. This is nothing, and the October Posting Stats was a fluke. Episode 1 is 21 pages long. Episode 2 is 20. The Mountain of Shadows RP was 23 pages of very long posts before it crashed, and TM's undead moniker topic was almost to a thousand posts before it was destroyed.

And Dikiyoba saves this thread to Dikiyoba's computer every now and then, just to be safe.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Saturday, October 28 2006 17:32 Profile Homepage #176
Originally by Dintiradan:

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Hmmm... the first thing I thought was this:

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Ephesos hadn't moved. He stood almost knee-deep in the snow with his eyes closed and snow beginning to pile up on his shoulders and head. He sensed something unusual. It was very faint, but it was there. Now, if he could only figure out what it was.

Suddenly, the full force of the spam's Taint rushed into Ephesos' mind. In desperation, he clutched his copy of Embers of Rebellion. Slowly, the Taint receeded away from his mind.
I probably should start pounding my head against a wall until I come up with an idea for MoS. I can't think of anything, but no one else is doing anything.
That was indeed what I was alluding to.

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Your death will be slightly more painless if you call me Dinti, so sure. Of course, if you want to have the luxury of a sedative when I take over the board and kill everyone, I suggest you call me 'Supreme Omnipotent Master Whose Superior Intellect And Blindingly Good Looks Inspire Awe In All Those Around'. All capitalized, of course.
Hypothetically speaking, what is the punishment for calling you Din-Din?

Dikiyoba suspects it won't matter much. After Dintiradan's failure in the two previous Episodes and in what is most likely to happen in Episode 3, Dikiyoba's fate is probably already death by a thousand paper cuts.
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Libertarianism - yay or nay? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Saturday, October 28 2006 17:00 Profile Homepage #88
Originally by Nioca:

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Wait, now I'm confused. Are you joking about that, or are you being serious?
That depends. Are you the sort of person who will wake up screaming "THEY'RE OUT TO GET ME!!!" in the middle of the night and then proceed to lock yourself into a bomb shelter with three weeks worth of canned food, bottled water, and a loaded shotgun?

Because if you're not, you're fine. But if you are, you might want to run away (Quick!) before you realize you have implants and that Galactic Core 2 is coming, or before you learn the true horror behind the words Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!, or before you realize that the average number of conspiracies, evil plots, and plans for world domination that are secretly discussed every day cannot be counted on your fingers. And if you are truly faint of heart or stomach (or a vegetarian), you might not even want to ponder the inner workings of the Church of the Nine-Headed Cave Cow.

Dikiyoba thinks you should fear everyone and everything just in case. Yes, even this :P . Just look at it. You can tell it's secretly plotting against you.
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Libertarianism - yay or nay? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Saturday, October 28 2006 16:28 Profile Homepage #86
Originally by Nioca:

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I do now... :o
Well, in the future, be aware that :P usually means that people are joking. And that I joke a lot.

Except about carnivorous blueberry pancakes from alternate dimensions. Dikiyoba would never joke about those.
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Libertarianism - yay or nay? in General
Dikiyoba
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 written Saturday, October 28 2006 15:49 Profile Homepage #77
You do realize that Dikiyoba was joking, right?
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Delicious Geneforge in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
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 written Saturday, October 28 2006 15:43 Profile Homepage #40
Mmm, Frosted Cryodrayks. It sounds delicious.

Dikiyoba.
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Libertarianism - yay or nay? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Saturday, October 28 2006 15:33 Profile Homepage #75
Nioca! You're ruining the beauty of Dikiyoba's minor victory. :P And it's been two months, actually.
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