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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 16:25
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8 9 11 12 "What do these numbers have in common?" Such an innocent question. Such a hideous answer. Every forum on this board has a number. Geneforge is 10. Nethergate is 6. Numbers 1-19 are taken, with the exception of 8, 9, 11, and 12. And it is no coincidence that this, the Richard White Games Forum—in which so much dangerous dabbling takes place—has the number 13. But what of these unused numbers? What of the forums that should fill those gaps? What things truly lie beneath the deceptively blank exteriors of these "Missing Forums"? What nefarious communiques are being hidden from our sight? What unspeakable rites will make them visible? What ancient secrets will be learned from their contents? And why is each called "FYI"? What diabolical phrase is embedded in that cryptic acronym? And as for Forums 20 through infinity, what of them? Are they the incubating larvae, the infant progeny of the Missing Forums? Will they pupate in numerical order? Does our ignorance and inattention hasten their growth? Or, now that notice has been drawn to them, will their voids infest our minds, and make our souls the nesting places of their unimaginable young, to ravenously feed upon our essence when they hatch? And what will happen when their plans are completed? Can their nature, reasons, and goals be comprehended by mere mortal minds? Is it possible that they are merely preparing the way for Forum 6,432,766,349,448,872,395,334,773, which has been spoken of in hushed prophecies since time immemorial? For countless millennia great sages have puzzled over its meaning—to them it was but a meaningless phrase. As with all true prophecy, its meaning is hidden until its time of fulfillment is nigh. Then all becomes clear and the Faithful quake with terrible understanding. Each generation of Missing Forums flourishes for a short time, the unique genetic makeup of each group being carefully constructed to make possible the next generation. With each generation the gene pool exponentially increases in complexity, potential, and speed. Soon each Missing Forum will give birth to a hundred. And those hundred to a thousand each. Each wave stronger and more alien than the last. And, once their task is complete, they will all be utterly devoured by their own Grand Descendant. All except Forum 13. Oh horror! They have become aware of my presence! They have spotted me, and scurry about faster than before. Already I can feel their foul conceptual mass expand. Already their number is legion. And their breeding accelerates. Can't you hear the very universe groan and creak beneath the oppressive weight of their quivering white corpulent flesh? Can't you?! I have taken a terrible risk to bring you this information, and now I shall pay dearly for it. But they do not have me yet. I still have a few moments... The great day approaches. It will not be today. It will not be tomorrow. But it comes. Sooner than you think. Forum 13 is Its mother—host to Its conception, and to Its birth. The Birth of the Great One. The Birth of Forum 6,432,766,349,448,872,395,334,773 If you have read this, you are already Hers. Prostrate yourselves now and you may be spared for the Greater Purpose. There is still time to save yourselves, but I fear it is too late for me. No one escapes Forum 13. No one.  Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 16:42
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quote:Does the fact this made me laugh mean something is wrong with me? [ Tuesday, September 06, 2005 16:43: Message edited by: Archmage Alex ] -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 16:45
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Forum 8 was Misc. Forum 9 was Avernum 1. Forum 11 was Avernum 2. Forum 12 was Avernum 3. But, um, the mystery remains! Or something. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 17:14
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 -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 17:44
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Your only hope is to be eaten first! Plunge into the void between forums without looking back! —Alorael, who need not get into the implications of 13 in hexadecimal. Truly, we approach the End of Times Near the Later Things That Will Precede Some Other Stuff. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 19:26
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D? -------------------- Polaris - owns you. Undead Theories - double U slash E Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, September 6 2005 21:46
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Forum 6432766349448872395334773 Empty at the moment. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 00:50
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Alex, that's a pretty crazy placement for the 13th hole. Also, I have it on the highest authority the Forum 20 has been conceived. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 15:59
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quote:I protest. That is an invalid link. In fact, that's no forum at all. But because I have magically quoted it by my newly gained WST authority, the link has now been corrected. That said, 0xD is now apparently even more unlucky than 13 itself. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 16:10
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You mentioned " the oppressive weight of their quivering white corpulent flesh ." Did you have this in mind??  *this message reminds everyone to stick the q-tip all the way in to reset the implants for daylight savings time* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 16:28
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I miss forum 8. ;_; -------------------- Dragyn Bob "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!"-The Divine Comedy Posts: 1481 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 00:38
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UBB starts with forum number 1, I believe. 1: General 2: Tech Support 3: Announcements 4: Mod Board 5: Exile Trilogy 6: Nethergate 7: Blades of Exile 8: Avernum (DELETED) 9: Avernum 2 (DELETED) 10: Geneforge 11: Avernum 3 (DELETED) 12: Misc (DELETED) 13: Richard White Games (Formery: Galactic Core) 14: SubTerra 15: Blades of Avernum 16: Geneforge 2 17: Avernum Trilogy (replacing the other three) 18: Blades of Avernum Editor 19: Geneforge 3 20: Avernum 4. Note: Deleted forums were identified by conjecture and guesswork. If Drakey knows better, he should correct me. Edit: Didn't we have a forum for "Ocean Bound"? Edit: moved Misc. [ Thursday, September 08, 2005 02:11: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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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Triad Mage
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 00:58
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I believe Misc was 12 and the others were 8, 9, and 11. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 02:10
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quote:For some reason, I had the impression Misc was older than Avernum... Didn't Avernum 3 come out for Windows in Fall of 2002? Misc was already closed months later; hardly sufficient time to account for all the nostalgia. -------------------- 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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Nuke and Pave
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 06:53
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Misc was the last of original forums, because Mariann didn't want it at all, so it took some time for Drakey to convince her to let him make it. A3 forum was made before Misc, because at that time A3 was being worked on, so the forum was made in advance. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 10:10
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I know all about where these Missing Forums came from—what concerns me is what they're doing now. Nature abhors a vacuum. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 11:51
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*gasp* Is forum 6,432,766,349,448,872,395,334,773 the forum of Galactic Core 3? -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 12:59
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No. The Missing Forums and their offspring are totally unconnected to Richard White. This is a new threat, before which we are all equally helpless. In this instance, White cannot protect us. UPDATE: Some of you may have noticed that no matter how big a number forum you type in, there's always a page there telling you "FYI." Apparently, even numbers above 6,432,766,349,448,872,395,334,773 are being used. My theory is that these are decoys. The same goes for the upcoming Forum 20. Whether 21 will arrive before the Great One appears is a matter of some nervous anticipation, but I think we're safe until 20. I brought this matter to the attention of my mad scientist friend, Dr. Thadeus G. Stasislaw Koenigsburg IX, and he seems to think that "FYI" might stand for "Fomalhaut Yeti Incursion." However, he did not care to elaborate on what that meant exactly. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 13:02
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quote:No. It's too pink. And nowhere near big enough. Though its moist, fatty loathsomeness is close to the mark. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 13:07
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quote:This is not true. I didn't want it at all, Mariann was ambivalent, and the rest of the mods wanted it, so it was made last. A lot of the Misc-ey goodness came on the ikonboard, in about three months, and then several months on the UBB. It really was not around for long. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 14:16
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Drakefyre never wanted Misc... Now let the conspiracy theories begin! ^_^ [ Thursday, September 08, 2005 14:18: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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 Thursday, September 8 2005 14:17
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But ah, how precious they were! -------------------- Dragyn Bob "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here!"-The Divine Comedy Posts: 1481 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 16:12
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What exactly finally got Misc. deleted? Something in particular or just a general tired-of-it attitude? -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 16:27
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Allegedly it was to free up HD space. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 17:55
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quote:Galactic Core 3 is too big and too amazing of a project that even our beloved Richard cannot create it. It has been concieved by the Missing Forums and now builds itself until the great coming of forum 6,432,766,349,448,852,395,334,77, which may or may not be Galactic Core 3 itself. That, my young apprentice, is an item of debate even to this day. -------------------- "Oh, North Wind, why frighten others? In Nature's family all are brothers. Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss; You can't frighten Shingebiss. Bring your frost and ice and snow; I'm still free to come and go. You can never frighten me, One who never fears is FREE!" -Shingebiss, the mighty duck Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00 |