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Agent
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written Monday, August 23 2004 11:44
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I express my general greeting to new members of the boards. A member is a member, after all. This topic is halfway spammy, but not too much so. Observe the way that people type and generally think around here and you should be flattened into the general homogenous mold that we all are accustomed to. You'll get chewed out eventually, but ride the n00b wave. And I think Nicothodes is extremely annoying. -------------------- What do I put here? -Garrison Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Master
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written Monday, August 23 2004 11:59
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quote:After reading this post, I'm not even sure who's side you're on. :P You don't agree with either me or Riibu, who disagree. However, you welcome Jethro, which is agreeing with me. :confused: EDIT: And Andrew, much to your chagrin, I will choose to refrain from your plastic bag suggestion. :P [ Monday, August 23, 2004 12:02: Message edited by: The Great 4808 ] -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, August 23 2004 12:07
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Some people just can't seem to grasp the concept of a balanced point of view. What is it you people have with 'sides'? :rolleyes: From what I understood of AM's post, Riibu went a little far in her rant, and that you made yourself look less than smart by addressing her as 'AiS'. :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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Infiltrator
Member # 1877
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written Monday, August 23 2004 13:15
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You are really putting yourself in a bad light Riibu, you seem arrogant and judging by what you wrote it seems you think everybody close to #4000 is less worth, you are showing tiny signs of the "over the law" behavior that got Alec (or was it TGM?) banned for a while. Do you want to smoke out all the newbies and keep only the privileged oldies here? I can understand your anger about people posting 0 or 1 posts, and that they take up web space, but you are overreacting. JM seems like a nice chap, and his grammar mistakes can probably be fixed by a couple of CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM posts. Don't let yourself be scared JM, the only people who deserve the "Welcome" Riibu gave you is people constantly talking in all caps or 1337. -------------------- 33111-CRUSADER-4849 Posts: 662 | Registered: Friday, September 13 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
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written Monday, August 23 2004 14:17
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Yep, welcome to Spiderweb in all its glory. You're getting your share of that glory right now. —Alorael, who really is Alorael. Don't be fooled by whatever his current moniker is. Judge by the signature, not by the name. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
Member # 3098
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written Monday, August 23 2004 14:25
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In the past, I've never really thought much of Riibu. My general impression was of a constant low pitched whine. It wasn't so much that I disagreed as that I couldn't be bothered to read properly anything she'd written when it seemed eminently suited for skimming. What can I say? It seems I may have been wrong. I do like Jethro Tull (I am a bad, bad man) but when it comes down to it Jethro's first few posts were pretty irritating. Just because something is not in upper case, does not mean it is not badly typed and pretty incoherent. She's also right that if the member number of your first account is above 4000, you are unlikely to be an integral part of the community. There are exceptions, such as Kelandon (although his number is 4045, at the lower end of the spectrum Riibu targetted.) Generally, there's such a reservoir of feuding that you aren't going to be a pillar of the community for a fair stretch of time. That's not to say you can't be a prominent member but being as thick as two short planks and belligerently so does not make you an integral part of the community (you should know who you are, although I'm sadly not convinced.) The flame was overdone, but that is the point of a flame. Myself, I tend to feel that this aggression isn't always ideal. When almost every frequent poster had this things were more than a little chaotic. Nevertheless, given the choice I'd far rather that than blandness and a refusal to criticise. I am not a member of Polaris. You may suggest constructive criticism. Didn't see that. I wanted to stab RoR to death as much as the rest of did/should have done but I find it a little depressing that nobody seems to have the urge to pedantry. Ben, she's not calling you 'nerds.' She's just saying that quality should not be sacrificed for quantity. If we had a board 50 times as active with 98% of threads along the lines of 'OMG I IS 14 NOW PRAIZ ME' it would not be an improvement. In other words, she is insulting your intelligence rather than your social life. Where's Edwin working? I've got a railcard, a few days spare this holiday and methods of troublemaking that need fieldtesting... -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
Member # 1993
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written Monday, August 23 2004 14:58
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:confused: Aran, what is "AiS"? quote:<hides in the wardrobe> +_+ Uh Riibu, didn't know that you do bite. And congrats for 600 posts! <ew, too late, as usual ...> Leavjah, Alec? Me Haamiah, angel 38. ^_^ Crocodile tears Rosycat! You had another account before. You are an old, revived vampire. Garrison, Nicothodes is a honourable animal protector! <claps Garrison with rubber gloves> also )) :) Hi Jethro!"" __"" "" "" "" " You got indeed an interesting welcome thread ... -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Monday, August 23 2004 15:14
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Er, if you read the whole thread, you'd know that AiS is short for Animal in Swedish, Riibu's moniker. So...yeah. -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, August 23 2004 15:36
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Hello Jethro, I'm Demonslayer, and you'll learn to hate me. Everyone else did. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, August 23 2004 15:59
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I don't hate you. But that's because I'm completely oblivious to what goes on around me. I thought Shotts was well before my time until Alec or Drakey or someone pointed out that I had actually been there through the whole thing. Anyway, Jethro, welcome to the community. As long as you don't behave like a blithering idiot, I hope you enjoy your stay. If you do behave like a blithering idiot, I hope your stay is incredibly unpleasant. -------------------- 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) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band 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 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, August 23 2004 16:05
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I think I should point out that while many might not actually hate me... I hate them, therefore it makes our Spidweb-boards-relationship rather rocky. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 23 2004 17:55
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quote:I have a whole list of new and unique methods that just came to mind specifically for you. -------------------- I hate signatures. Posts: 277 | Registered: Tuesday, August 13 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, August 23 2004 19:41
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Wo-ho! Going into hyperdrive! Better trip this topic before someone hurts himself. -------------------- ahhahaha i rule u droool Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
Member # 1851
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written Monday, August 23 2004 20:30
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*purrs* Ooh, I do love getting attention ^.^ You guys take me way too seriously. I was just freaking out at the time, and since Edwin wasn't online I couldn't whine about it to him. Yeah, bad luck for the new member, whatsisname. Just for the record, though, I do like to bite and not in a sexy kind of way. [ Monday, August 23, 2004 20:30: Message edited by: Animal in Swedish ] -------------------- "Son--err," her father said, "I mean... Daughter, I give you your first and only sword. Use it for with skill for great villainy." Nanoisms Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery - WannabeCool Forums So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Member # 919
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written Monday, August 23 2004 21:08
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Honestly, people, you took Riibu's post word for word? I found it quite funny, and I'm not one to bash newbies. Without reason. Keep it up, Riibu, whatever "it" is. You remind me of Undine, but you seem more balanced and intelligent, and, oddly enough, you're one of my favorite members. Welcome, Jethro, and may you mature quickly enough to avoid any more rants. EDIT: RL maturity and Spidweb maturity are not the same, by the way. Don't be offended. [ Monday, August 23, 2004 21:13: Message edited by: Lady Davida ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
Member # 618
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written Monday, August 23 2004 22:35
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*mild chuckle* Keelll zee neubiess!! *mild chuckle* Ah, anyone actually took Riibu's suggestions seriously (no offence intended)? Yaisuaih. And how could anyone mistake RL maturity for SW maturity? They are completely different things. -------------------- Aut Tace Aut Loquere Meliora Silencio Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, August 23 2004 23:36
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Welcome Jethro! Hope you post nicely, and don't worry too much about your grammar, though checking your posts before you post them can be done without too much trouble. I thought what Riibu said was funny, but even if I hadn't had, since I'm not only post 4000, but post 4500, I would not have had any moral grounds to do so, anyway. If your posts are nice (whatever that means) and people find them cool, great. And if your posts turn out to be idiotic (whatever that means) and people laugh, great. Look at Ben, he's also post 4500, will probably reach the 500 mark by next week, and he simply doesn't care what people think (whatever that means) Whatever you do is whatever you will do and whatever happens will happen in whatever way it happens to happen, so why bother? In the end, what's the worst that can happen: public humiliation? someone sending you a nasty virus that completely obliterates your computer and somehow escapes it to real life killing millions of innocents in the process? Well. You can always reinstall your OS, and humanity could do with an arbritary purge once in a while. I think that as long as someone doesn't ask you to eat a raw, living platypus while you kiss some politicians dirty, smelly, hairy sub-equatorial posterior, while you listen to B's Ninth played on disharmonious Maracas by drunken mandrils, you should be all right. Oh, and I agree with Weedy, I hope you like Jethro Tull as well. They rock. Edit: Bad grammar. Yo hablo Español and learned English from a book. [ Monday, August 23, 2004 23:39: Message edited by: Botched Some Corrigenda ] -------------------- quote:Random Jack Vance Quote Manual Generator Apparatus (Cugel's Saga) Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
Member # 1993
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 02:19
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quote:Thanks ben, could not see the wood for the trees, but it's quite usual for me. >_< -------------------- ^ö^ vegetarians are sexy. Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 03:35
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quote:Two, actually. *snickers at self* -------------------- fame fame fatal fame it can play hideous tricks on the brain Posts: 407 | Registered: Friday, May 14 2004 07:00 |
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Cartographer
Member # 1851
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 05:01
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quote:Animal in Swedish is djur. I violate CoC ;_; EDIT: I was at school and only had like half a minute to post this. [ Tuesday, August 24, 2004 06:19: Message edited by: Animal in Swedish ] -------------------- "Son--err," her father said, "I mean... Daughter, I give you your first and only sword. Use it for with skill for great villainy." Nanoisms Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery - WannabeCool Forums So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 07:16
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I recall the original discussion of the translation of Djur's name included the point that it was often followed by .se since Djur is Swedish for animal. I've only just worked out that that was actually an innocent enough comment. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 07:53
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Riibu violates a host of CoCs. -------------------- The biggest, the baddest, and the fattest. Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 08:07
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quote:Well, you are the dire beast. </osc> -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 08:43
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Quite. Thank you everyone. You've no idea how happy you've made me. -------------------- "Son--err," her father said, "I mean... Daughter, I give you your first and only sword. Use it for with skill for great villainy." Nanoisms Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery - WannabeCool Forums So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 08:49
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Now that you guys (and a girl) have gotten over this month's bleeding (^___________^), where the hell is Town of New Korleth? -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] \w/ ò_Ó \w/ Posts: 59 | Registered: Saturday, January 25 2003 08:00 |