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Shaper
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 20:36
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I have often thought about how great it would be to be able to make crystal souls out of people in real life. Naturally, I tend to think of myself, and how it would be a means for me to achieve immortality. But I have a question for you all. What one person, living or dead, would have as a crystal soul, so that the world could take advantage of their wisdom for the rest of time? -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 20:45
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Pre-mercury Newton. Oh, and Mark Twain. —Alorael, who can see some problematic repercussions of having immortal politicians. The Supreme Court could become very moribund. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 20:52
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I realize that this is not an answer to the question, but I have come to believe that Alorael may or may not be a Crystal Soul. Think about it for a second: a singular being of indeterminate age and limitless wisdom, who refuses to give any sort of physical identity, and lives nowhere near anyone else on the boards... Ah, the joys of being a conspiracy theorist. -------------------- The Silent Assassin believes that Albert Camus should have been a Crystal Soul. Why? Because the Silent Assassin wants the chance to kill him slowly. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 21:09
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i agree with Alorael that politicians shouldn't become crystal souls, especially not George W. Bush, the Chevyn of the American presidents. It should be scientists like Albert Einstein or humorists like Will Rogers and Ambrose Bierce so we can continue to gain from them, Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 21:20
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I retroactively nominate (as member of the Whitean Order I am entitled to do that) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams and John R.R. Tolkien. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 21:53
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Now that I'm not double-posting... I'd like to say to Aran that I hate you for stealing three of my nominations (I hadn't thought of Asimov. good choice), and add Cicero and Machiavelli to the list. I'd also like to add that immortal politicians would also mean that we'd probably have to change the age restrictions on certain positions of high authority. Thurmond? He was a young guy. -------------------- The Silent Assassin is continuing in his preparations for his soul search in Detroit. I've already told him three times that he is not allowed to pack the biohazard suit. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 22:14
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quote:Damn. I liked where you were going with this, until you got there. Alorael would make the perfect crystal soul from ZKR. Confused, tortured, insane, twisted, cruel and always eager to spout gibberish at anyone foolish enough to enter his domain. Oh, I've just been informed that the gibberish is in fact some language called Spanish. But the rest still goes. :P -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 22:16
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I dunno. It's far from clear that Newton or Einstein, or Tolkien for that matter, really had much more to contribute. These people were brilliant, but my theory of genius is that it's not really a character trait. It's having great ideas. And great ideas are already crystal souls. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, September 17 2006 23:49
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I think it'd be rather intresting to have Attila, Tsingis Kan, Nero and Stalin as crystal souls... -------------------- I have nothing more to do in this world, so I can go & pester the inhabitants of the next one with a pure concscience. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 00:03
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Douglas Adams sure had. I hated reading that last unfinished book. But I like the analogy of ideas and Crystal Souls. Quite true - who needs an immortal crystal when you have immortal books? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, September 18 2006 03:50
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quote:What? Where is Lovecraft?! :eek: -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, September 18 2006 05:37
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Oscar Wilde. That is all. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? *Name by Slarty Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, September 18 2006 06:03
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quote:You know what... I like your version much better. -------------------- The Silent Assassin is now off on vacation. I'm having the bunker child-proofed in his absence. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 07:54
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Newton and da Vinci are widely acclaimed as the smartest people ever. It's hard to know whether that's true or not, but I figure smart people are always useful. —Alorael, who is also quite sure that Leonardo could have kept churning out ideas. They may have become more and more Leonard da Quirm-esque, but they'd still be ideas. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, September 18 2006 08:35
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Ghandi would be a good crystal soul. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, September 18 2006 08:59
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quote:Maybe in the mentor respect, yes. But as a figurehead... well, you can't go on a hunger strike if you can't eat... -------------------- The Silent Assassin is on vacation in Detroit. I almost miss him. Almost. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 11:38
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quote:Why seek immortality for one who never died? Lo, Howard dwells amid the barnacled towers of forgotten R'lyeh, and when the time comes, he shall rise with Great Cthulhu in the end of the world! Iä! Iä! Lovecraft fhtagn! :) -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, September 18 2006 12:13
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I was always under the impression that Crystal Souls were not immortal but had extended life. I think you can find it in A3 when asking one of the Crystal Souls what it's like to be a Crystal Soul. Oh yeah, my list. In no particular order:(sorry if I spell any of these wrong) Gallileo Archimedes Leonardo Da Vinci Isaac Newton Thomas Edison Albert Einstein -------------------- All praise the greatest mod of all time! Long live Master Aran! Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, September 18 2006 16:33
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Plato. Socrates. And Uwe Boll, so we can ask him for an eternity, "what the ____ were you thinking?!" -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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By Committee
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written Monday, September 18 2006 17:13
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I think it would be a horrid fate to bestow on anyone - being trapped forever without a means to act in the world! That said, I think the world could have done with the immortal guidance of Augustus. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Monday, September 18 2006 19:59
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Nero - placed in a crematorium with fiddle music on the Muzak machine. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 21:10
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TM to flame generations to come about how BoE is the best game ever and how new computers must be designed to run it. Ever time he gets banned he gets sent to an island like the other flawed crystal souls. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 21:21
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quote:I think Roald Dahl might have written something about this. Also, did anyone hear any mention of a Crystal Soul dying naturally? I've assumed they were as close to immortal as would make no further difference in a finite universe... -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Monday, September 18 2006 21:22
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Send him to Crete. I'm convinced that TM secretly pines for his very own maze. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 18 2006 22:27
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Wherein to lure clueless noobs and force them to worship him (or else face Quickfire)? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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