Profile for The Almighty Doer of Stuff
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Call of Cthulhu in General | |
Shaper
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written Friday, November 16 2007 15:51
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I propose that we begin calling this fruit the Cthulhu Head (what's "head" in whatever that stupid language is?) and go into grocery stores asking if they have them. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Call of Cthulhu in General | |
Shaper
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written Friday, November 16 2007 15:40
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It's a Buddha Hand. It's a type of citrus fruit. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Call for input: Standardizing on a rating rubric in Blades of Avernum | |
Shaper
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written Friday, November 16 2007 14:48
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My suggestion: Three rating categories (0-10, with 0 being absolutely bereft of any sort of redeeming quality whatsoever and 10 being absolutely perfect, plus N/A), plus an Overall rating and a textual review field. The Overall Rating is independent, but has an optional "Calculate Average" button. It may be too complicated, but then I know you like a challenge, Aran. This button, when clicked, asks the player to relatively weight each rating category, and then uses those weights to calculate a weighted average to put in the Overall Rating. The categories would be weighted on a 1-5 + N/A importance scale, where N/A discounts the category from the average, and the three categories, including those rated N/A, would be weighted evenly by default. Each of the three specific categories would also have an explanation: 1. Writing This category encompasses storyline, plot, themes, dialogue, descriptions, cliché or lack thereof, etc. The literary aspects of the scenario. 2. Gameplay This category encompasses combat, puzzles, balance (how well the combat, treasure, EXP, etc. interact), engine modifications (such as the water system in "Destiny of the Spheres" or the rune system in "Nebulous Times Hence"), flow (or something, not sure what to call it. For instance, do you constantly have to blindly guess what you have to do or say to progress the scenario, or are the outdoors so unnecessarily large that it takes three weeks real time to get from one town to the next?), etc. What the player actually does while playing the scenario. 3. Aesthetics, Functionality, Etc. This category includes graphics, spelling and grammar, town design, cutscenes, technical noding/scripting, bugginess, whether the scenario contains far too much gratuitous foul language/lewdness/etc. (if that's important to the person rating the scenario), artistic merit, etc. The presentation of the scenario. Aside from the numerical rankings, the reviewer must have the opportunity, or even be encouraged, to give a Textual Review of the scenario, to explain in depth the strengths and weaknesses of the scenario. Does it sound like a good system to you guys? I know the designers would probably want a separate rating for technical innovation, but ultimately that won't matter at all to most players, and this can always be discussed in the textual review. EDIT: Alternately, perhaps the Blades Forge could include a feature called A Chronology of Technical Innovations or something like that, which chronicles the various innovations and which scenarios created them, and this could be referenced in a Technical Innovations section on each scenario page. The section could be hidden for scenarios without a notable innovation and only be visible if there's something referenced in it. EDIT 2: Fixed a mistake (typed "rated" where it should have said "weighted") and edited the third category slightly. EDIT 3: Also, perhaps a five-star (or some other symbol(s), a Blades of Exile/Avernum theme would be cool, but that's more an aesthetic thing than anything important) Review Usefulness rating system might be preferable to just thumbs up or thumbs down. [ Friday, November 16, 2007 15:36: Message edited by: The Almighty Do-er of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Photo Thread (with an abominable twist) in General | |
Shaper
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written Thursday, November 15 2007 08:42
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quote:I assume so. I'm just wondering how Excalibur connected it with me. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Photo Thread (with an abominable twist) in General | |
Shaper
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written Wednesday, November 14 2007 19:14
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I'm a dancing bowl of soup? I don't get it. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Name that tune in General | |
Shaper
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written Tuesday, November 13 2007 07:55
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Kidskin sucked your suicide memory secretary squatted *cackles madly* -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Monday, November 12 2007 09:16
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quote:I don't think he meant the Ten Commandments themselves, but rather enforcing them. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Divinely Touched Elite Warrior Nephil In Real Life in General | |
Shaper
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written Monday, November 12 2007 09:02
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Booooo! -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
A Slightly Different (and much worse) Graphical Problem in Leopard in Tech Support | |
Shaper
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written Sunday, November 11 2007 17:19
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Did you try uninstalling completely and reinstalling? If this is a demo version, download a fresh copy of the installer from main website and reinstall using the new one. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Sunday, November 11 2007 14:13
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Nice spam post, Excalibur. That doesn't reinforce your points very well. Also, quote:I'd say that calling homosexuals evil and deserving of execution counts as hate speech against a certain group of people due to their sexual orientation, but I'm not a moderator, so take that as you will. [ Sunday, November 11, 2007 14:13: Message edited by: The Almighty Do-er of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Sunday, November 11 2007 13:34
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AARRRGH! I agree with Salmon! If we're going to be having a discussion about religious mandates now, however, I figure I might as well post those of the only religion based on logic and empirical evidence, and also the coolest and tastiest religion out there. Of course I'm wearing an eyepatch right now, as it's an offense to His Noodliness the Flying Spaghetti Monster, pesto be upon him, to preach His religion while not dressed in pirate regalia. The FSM is not too petty though, so if you don't have full pirate regalia, an eyepatch or bandanna will suffice, and if you don't have one, you can make one out of paper or something. It's not really authentic but you have to make do with what you've got. Again, the center of our religious worship is at http://www.venganza.org . Therefore, avast, Excalibur! Those words are blasphemy! Here be the rules for ye to live by, not that hogwash! Here be the Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts (there were originally ten but Captain Mosey dropped two, which partly accounts for our flimsy moral standards), as seen on pages 78 and 79 of The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: quote:Ramen, my brothers and sisters! May you all live in peace, may you all feast on pasta, and may you all be touched by His Noodly Appendage! [ Sunday, November 11, 2007 13:34: Message edited by: The Almighty Do-er of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Sunday, November 11 2007 10:19
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I hate it when people hijack good political threads to rant about the stupid Bible. http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/ www.venganza.org The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a much better religion, plus it comes with a trial period: try it for thirty days, and if you don't like it your old deity will probably take you back. Ramen! -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Broke the editor.. in Tech Support | |
Shaper
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written Saturday, November 10 2007 03:50
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Did you try clicking the link Kelandon provided in the post immediately above yours? -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Saturday, November 10 2007 03:22
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This thread is awesome. Scorched Earth Party '08! Screw the judicial system! Lead pipes are all the judicial system we need! -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Friday, November 9 2007 18:48
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quote:You're kidding, right? The thing is, rapists who kill their victims almost always do so immediately after the rape occurs. This way, they don't have to worry about prisons filtering their mail, because the hope is, since the victim and only witness is dead, they will not go to prison in the first place. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Chinese Products Fail Again in General | |
Shaper
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written Thursday, November 8 2007 10:06
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quote:Ha ha. When I was in first grade, almost my entire class was absolutely convinced that nobody could live past 100 days, and nothing I, the teacher, or the approximately two other students in the class who knew better could convince them otherwise. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
Thoughts on Custom Titles. in General | |
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written Friday, November 2 2007 17:26
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quote:Why shouldn't he encourage him? -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
The Sky Is Falling...? in General | |
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written Friday, November 2 2007 07:34
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-------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
problem in General | |
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written Sunday, October 28 2007 11:22
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There are free email providers, like AIM, Yahoo! and Gmail. You could start an account with them. I have about eight or nine accounts, but I don't like or trust you enough to give you one. Too new for me to judge your character. [ Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:24: Message edited by: The Almighty Do-er of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
a question in General | |
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written Thursday, October 25 2007 05:01
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Post count does not contribute to becoming an oldbie. In fact, if you make too many stupid, uninteresting posts in an effort to obtain the meaningless approbation of your fellows, you get labelled as a permanent n00b, and if it gets annoying you get the custom title "Canned" which both refers to the fact that you are a spammer (SPAM is sold in cans, and this title was once accompanied by a Can of Spam avatar when we had avatars here), and is only one letter away from Banned, meaning if you continue to spam, you will be banned. Instead of worrying about how many posts you have, you should try making thoughtful, intelligent, mature posts. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
The noob language in General | |
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written Monday, October 22 2007 05:52
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Shotts is pre-PPP, AFAIR. I know he did something involving "Pepsi lists", whatever that means. As I said, I wasn't really paying attention. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
The noob language in General | |
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written Saturday, October 20 2007 17:14
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quote:That's what we said about Shotts. I didn't say that about Shotts because I didn't pay attention to anything back then and missed his entire reign of terror, but others did. Anyway, the point is you say that now, but there's always a chance that someone else worse will come along. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
...and again. in General | |
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written Thursday, October 18 2007 15:02
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I started posting here pretending to be a space alien named Zeeqon5, but I don't feel the need to continue doing that just because that's how I started. Also, when people other than you say "Iffy" here they refer to you and not the muffin, but when you say "Iffy" you tend to be referring to the muffin and not yourself, hence the confusion. Furthermore, we once had a member here called Tails who had a brother who shared his account. One "brother" (they turned out to be the same person) was a troll, and we let the other get away with things a couple times before we set a rule in place that says anything done with an account, regardless of whether it's done by the person who started the account or someone else using the account, is attributed to the account. Therefore your brother should get a separate account, if not to protect yourselves from each other, then at least so we don't have to play Chester/Lester with you every time we try to engage you in conversation. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
...and again. in General | |
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written Wednesday, October 17 2007 15:20
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Your gimmick sucks, Iffy. I thought you said you were giving it up. No cookie for you, Iffy, and no cookie for you either, Iffy's imaginary friend. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
The Political Compass (Armed and Dangerous) in General | |
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written Wednesday, October 17 2007 15:16
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RTFFAQ quote:At any rate, I do find Zeviz's argument convincing. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |