Allamorph

[FONT=Calibri]I just found out that Lunar released a third [URL="http://lunar.bandcamp.com/album/complexity-kills"][COLOR="Blue"]album[/COLOR][/URL] just this past Monday. [I]*gets up and dances*[/I][/FONT]

[quote name='Magus][size=1][color=darkred]Really? Funny? Even after that explanation I still don't see what's so funny about them. "shrugs" Guess I lack that funny bone everyone else has.[/size'][/color][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]I wasn't explaining anything. :p Just layin' facts out. If you're trying to find humor in them you won't. If you demand they prove themselves funny they won't. Just let it be what it is. Let it be pointless silliness. They don't strike your spot, that's cool, but you make a big fuss about it and everyone just looks at ya weird and makes you feel all awkward and you start gettin' defensive like you're supposed to think them funny or somethin', and that ain't the point at all. And remember. Chuck Norris once visited The Virgin Islands. They are now just The Islands. [quote name='chibi-master']A beautiful wonderland of nonsense that is supposedly "killing OtakuBoards".[/quote] Well sure it is, with [I]that[/I] attitude. :p[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Chuck Norris jokes originated mostly from his stint as and on [I]Walker, Texas Ranger[/I], where he basically solved everything with a roundhouse kick to the face at some point in the episode. He became the iconic All-American Badass by virtue of his inexplicable aptitude for thwarting anything and everything, as well as his beard. And also everyone who tells them knows how absolutely asinine they are, which is why they're funny. [QUOTE][B]Rules of the Internet[/B] [I]61. Chuck Norris is the exception to Rule #63. No exceptions or else. ... 63. There are female versions of all male characters. No exceptions.[/I][/QUOTE][/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Guys, D'Ann has just single-handedly revolutionised the Death Card series.[/FONT]

[quote name='James][font=franklin gothic medium']It's interesting that you mention The Hobbit. I've asked a few people about it and they've all told me that they found The Hobbit to be even more convoluted and dry than Fellowship of the Ring. I don't remember their reasoning now, but it's good to see a different perspective.[/font][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]I can see that point of view, actually, because the entire story revolves around Bilbo Baggins being caught up in something far bigger than he can see, and Tolkien went out of his way to keep the reader knowing mostly about the same as Bilbo did, save one or two occasions when it was necessary. But for me, especially from the perspective of a children's book, [U]The Hobbit[/U] is a lot easier to follow because all you have to do is follow Bilbo and learn things as he learns them. There aren't really any cut-scenes to villains plotting anything to give the reader an outside knowledge they don't really need, there's no esoteric conversations (I'm looking at you, Terry Brooks) between characters where one person has a mental near-breakdown and the other says just the right thing to keep them going (and in Brooks case he often had the same characters exchange roles within the span of twenty pages, which irked me after a while), it's just Bilbo on an adventure, trying to figure out what's going on and trying to stay alive. And in that process Tolkien still follows some of the same intricate scenery descriptions (the segment in Mirkwood was particularly beautiful to me, even if Mirkwood is nowhere near as bright and lovely as Lothlorien), but not nearly to the same degree, and the language is much more on the level as if a venerable storyteller is regaling a group of small children, which I find rather engaging at times. Incidentally, since you play Guild Wars you might appreciate something I learned recently. The Norn, in the Eye of the North pack, were possibly inspired directly by Beorn from [U]The Hobbit[/U]. I won't tell you much else than that because I kind of want you to read it and find out as I did. It's cooler that way. :p [quote name='chibi-master']Wait. The Mounties hate the Vatican?:o[/quote] Start hitting Refresh a lot and pay attention to three or four specific areas in the blurb. You'll find that the lines change only in phrasing and MO (in some cases) between each refresh, and even between different selections. For instance, the initial clue is always left next to the dead Head Docent. He writes much more of these novels and we won't have any Catholics left.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Calibri]While we're on the subject of Dan Brown, I encourage everyone to visit [URL="http://www.slate.com/id/2228327/"][COLOR="Blue"]this[/COLOR][/URL] generator. You should find yourself amused. [QUOTE=James][font=franklin gothic medium]I think the only book I've been tempted to throw at the wall was [b]Fellowship of the Ring[/b]. I did attempt to read it, but it was just too muddy to wade through. ... Sometimes I felt that Tolkein was so carefully creating this briliant universe that he regularly got carried away with that goal, rather than the need to maintain some kind of consistent pacing that will keep the reader interested.[/font][/QUOTE] The thing about Tolkien is that he will tell you everything at all so long as there is nothing else going on, and in a setting where the characters are journeying across a large distance mostly on foot, there's not much else to do besides look at the scenery. Problem with that is that, pretty as the scenery may be, it's mostly good for looking idly out the window from a moving car, and maybe the odd irrelevant conversation that doesn't even develop a character, so naught else to do really. In fact, that's what got me about the first time I read it. But I was about thirteen, then, and boy was it boring. Now is a different story, of course, because I can manage the slog (spend most of that time watching technique), and I enjoy the trilogy a lot more. I do recommend starting with [U]The Hobbit[/U] for anyone, really, because it's a lot softer introduction to the writing style of a professor of literature. And I will recommend [U]The Silmarillion[/U] only to huge history buffs. [I]That[/I] was a heck of a slog. :animestun[/FONT]

[quote name='chibi-master']I can't stop singing Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode... (I love the remixed version by Mike Shinoda!) [/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Try out the redux of the same song by Lacuna Coil. It's pretty wicked. [quote name='Lunox][font=trebuchet ms'] Bah, I just found out JD Salinger died. I was already sad about Zinn, and now this. FU 2010![/font][/quote] I almost want to make a joke about having a year where no one dies, but then again that would be kinda gross.[/FONT]

[quote name='I, Colossus']Do you guys know where any sailors hang out?[/quote] [FONT=Calibri]I know what you do with a drunken one.[/FONT]

[quote name='Jabberwocky][FONT="Palatino Linotype"']I never liked Eragon. After page 200, it just bored me and I never opened again. So the book sat in my room coverless for the past 2-3 years untouched.[/FONT][/quote] [FONT=Calibri] inb4 lol Steph Meyer hate =P Yeah, I didn't care for Paolini's book, either. Even though the concepts and lore he developed interested me, I couldn't get over how unpolished it was. I did finish it (it was no Stephen Crane, after all; I got so infuriated with [U]The Red Badge of Courage[/U] that I literally threw it into a wall, and left it laying there for almost half a year), but I decided not to continue reading the series. Now, if you're into dragons, [COLOR="DarkRed"]chibi[/COLOR], definitely check out Anne McCaffrey's [I]The Dragonriders of Pern[/I] series. Those books are a great example of a well-thought-out lore and a good read besides. Also it starts with a double-trilogy, where each book in the set happens alongside the corresponding book from the other set. Do not start with [U]Dragonsdawn[/U] (like I did) because that's the prequel and needs to be read penultimate in the series to get the best effect.[/FONT]

[quote name='chibi-master']I am currently reading [u]Eragon[/u]. I'm not that far into it, so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet... I don't know exactly what, but something's been bugging me about it whenever I read it... Like there's something I really dislike about the story or something, but I just don't know...[/quote][i] [/i][font="Calibri"][i][u]Eragon[/u][/i], and really [I]The Inheritance [s]Trilogy[/s] Series[/font][font="Calibri"][/I], is a story that was published far too soon for the author's maturity to handle. Although Christopher Paolini has a pretty engaging universe set up, the story itself is rife with far too many trite phrases and easy-to-use, predictable 'twists', and really just a load of material that had he come back to it a few years later he might have noticed how much of it felt like unsatisfactory convenient rubbish and done a lot of much-needed revisions. A friend of mine who has read the first three said to me that in each book there was the phrase "a single tear glistened on her cheek" or sommat like thatâ??it's been so long since we had the conversation I can't remember the specifics. But his parents apparently own a publishing company, so I assume the logic there was to get the story done and make money and make a name, which he seems to have done since he did expand the intended trilogy beyond the third book. So yeah, fairly decent potential for a good story, just published way too soon. And pay no mind to the self-absorbed crowd who go on about Paolini ripping from Star Wars and Tolkien. All prose builds itself on the work of previous authors. It's how we learn to write better. And also I'm not sure who would call anything after Episode VI part of standard film repertoire; it's entirely possible that George Lucas wrote the first wildly popular self-insertion fanfiction, and that's coming from a fan of the first three movies. Speaking of movies, though, the film adaptation for [u]Eragon[/u] completely trashed the universe set down in the book. Paolini might not have done a spectacular job, but after watching it in theaters I felt offended for him at the amount of crap they pulled. [color="DarkRed"]James[/color], go for [u]Lord of the Flies[/u], absolutely. It's a great allegoric tale, and possibly the only bright spot in my tenth-grade reading list. ([u]Bless Me, Ultima[/u] was such a waste of time, sheesh.)[/font]

[FONT=Calibri]I'll go ahead and mention that Gabriel was designed to be randomly accessed without much needed in the way of heavy collaboration or reference from me. Essentially, if your character or the characters involved in your current deal need to have information, they don't necessarily have to visit Gabriel to obtain it, so long as it's mentioned that he was the source. And of course a character's treatment of him will directly affect how easy or difficult (or expensive) getting that information out of him will be. Now, if you feel like dropping by, I can do that. Just makin' sure people know it's okay to reference him without much warning. Also, he never does business in bed. Too much potential for error, from either end of the information flow.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]There will be no post from me until my computer is functional again. The post I was planning on is 80% finished but locked on my hard drive, which is currently inaccessible. Because I've got so much of it finished, it would be awkward if you went ahead and did something, Darren. I really did kind of want to get this up today, but per the recent situation.... Thank goodness for patience, eh?[/FONT]

[quote name='Gavin][SIZE=1][B]Note to self:[/B] Before listening to System of a Down in the college library, ensure that the headphone socket actually works so an elderly librarian does not have to alert you to the fact everyone within five feet [can hear'] it too. [/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Calibri]Fix'd. :p My M/W/Fs are a bit nasty, but the T/Ths of almost totally empty make up for it completely. Whee for Tuesday.[/FONT]

[quote name='Affliction'][font=Tahoma]Eh, I think Raiha will let you live for now. He looks fine for the role according to the profile. [/font][/quote] [font=Calibri]This is true, but I'm neurotic, and so remained unsatisfied with the status quo. Which has now changed. ...also someone has drawn male genitalia in the dust on the monitor next to me. Just so you know.[/font]

[QUOTE=Gavin][SIZE=1]Unless I'm mistaken, and I very well could be, both Malkav and Allamorph's characters are played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. How interesting. [/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT=Calibri]Excuse: I blame my limited database on half-chinese male meatbags.[/HK-47] Also that means google image search lied to me, because that name is clearly not Chinese. =/ [/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Tell Schroedinger I said hello. Also done.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I was gonna say "everyone has one". Which I do. I just don't post about them when they are. :p[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I am going to consider my acceptance as 'pending' considering my sheet is as of now incomplete. I am currently having to reconstruct it mostly from memory right now, since my OS has forgotten it exists and anything on my hard disk is inaccessible until I can either reboot with a recovery disc an hour and a half away or find a way to slave it to a functional hard drive and do some file rearranging. It's all very irritating.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]And remember, this isn't a solo gig for anyone. Working with us is encouraged, and working with anyone else in the same tangent as you is [I]strongly[/I] advised. After all, you got several weeks at a time to work out what to post. No one's saying you gotta hash it out all by yourself in one day.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I imagine several people who might respect her enough to set up a nice assassination, and would then come to the funeral to pay their respects. Such is the way of the world.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]I based my character name off of his designed lineage (half-breed) and the fact that Yu is so common a surname that it's almost worthless. Finding it did require a tad bit of research, but then again I did put together that zodiac reference chart extension. Didn't hurt all that much and took up maybe a half hour per.[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]Saying all Asian languages are the same is like saying Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian are the same. They sound [I]similar[/I]. But they are very, [U]very[/U] different. Interesting also to note culturally, China has kind of wanted to annex Japan for a long while now, while Koreans kind of passively hate Japan because of a very cruel Japanese occupation quite a while ago. I have a friend who became an exchange student here back in '04 who can't stand anything to do with Japan. Be careful how you work things. This ain't anime-land in this here game. A lot less spastic bowing, for one.[/FONT]

Am I close?

[FONT=Calibri]As I understand it from personal discussions, the game is a fully collaborative effort, meaning that the storyline will develop and move as the players will it to, and those who are more active and coordinate more with each other will have more say. I am not sure if m'lady has ulterior motives, however, but I have not asked directly, either.[/FONT]