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The Big Purple & Pink - they have no sense of humor, how long till they ban me?

Started by Koltar, April 10, 2007, 11:33:47 AM

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Christmas Ape

#30
April 11, 2007, 03:44:21 AM
I don't see the suck up, really.

Dude strikes me as really earnest* in a way that internet conversation is usually not. Like he types what comes into his head, instead of sitting back and mulling a thought over and fitting it into one's online persona. Which is, naturally, better than just pumping the same sewage out at us time after time, as various posters are wont to do.

Rock on your ridgy-headed self, man.

* You ever come up with the phrase you wish you'd used right after you posted? Because as I left this forum it came to me. 'Earnest but fumbling, like a high school sophomore working a bra clip in the dark".
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#31
April 11, 2007, 04:50:34 AM
Earnest seems about right. Also...I'm in pre pre production phase of a Star Trek campaign (something based on the Marquee (sp)) and it's always good to have someone who knows a lot about the Trek universe posting around here.

Regards,
David R

Christmas Ape

#32
April 11, 2007, 04:54:29 AM
Quote from: David REarnest seems about right. Also...I'm in pre pre production phase of a Star Trek campaign (something based on the Marquee (sp)) and it's always good to have someone who knows a lot about the Trek universe posting around here.

Regards,
David R
Spelling veers between "Marquis" and "Maquis". The second is favored by Wiki, and was in fact a French resistance group.

I quite dig on the DS9/Dominion War arc myself, so if I can help at all with that I will.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
"There is a general risk that those who flock together, on the Internet or elsewhere, will end up both confident and wrong [..]. They may even think of their fellow citizens as opponents or adversaries in some kind of 'war'." - Cass R. Sunstein
The internet recognizes only five forms of self-expression: bragging, talking shit, ass kissing, bullshitting, and moaning about how pathetic you are. Combine one with your favorite hobby and get out there!

David R

#33
April 11, 2007, 05:02:33 AM
Quote from: Christmas ApeSpelling veers between "Marquis" and "Maquis". The second is favored by Wiki, and was in fact a French resistance group.

I quite dig on the DS9/Dominion War arc myself, so if I can help at all with that I will.

Thanks. I have a feeling I'm gonna need all the help I can get. When I've finished with the Burning Honour gig and my OtE campaign is back in groove, I'll probably post a rough outline and see where it goes from there. I've never run a ST campaign.

Regards,
David R

Quire

#34
April 11, 2007, 05:38:11 AM
Quote from: Christmas ApeSpelling veers between "Marquis" and "Maquis". The second is favored by Wiki, and was in fact a French resistance group.

'Tis indeed the latter.

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/search/result.html?type=article&search=maquis&category=

Named after a shrub, IIRC, that the rebels would use to hide in. Or something.

- Q

droog

#35
April 11, 2007, 05:54:07 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_%28biota%29
QuoteMaquis (French) or macchia (Italian; plural macchie) is a shrubland biome in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs such as sage, juniper and myrtle. It is similar to heath in many aspects, but with taller shrubs, typically 2-4 m high as opposed to 0.2-1 m for heath. A similar habitat type in North America is known as chaparral, though the species of shrub involved are different.
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Koltar

#36
April 11, 2007, 06:01:10 AM
The Maquis spelling is the correct one  in regards to the fictional DS9 group.
 Writers who worked for the show say they were referencing the historical group when they came up with that name.

 We could start a Maquis role-playing thread up in the normal  RPG section.

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Balbinus

#37
April 11, 2007, 06:15:46 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisWhy do we have to have an RPGnet thread on this board every fucking day? Seriously? Who gives a fuck what they do over there? If we all cared about what they do we'd GO THERE.

I treat off topic as being essentially the bitch about rpg.net forum, since I started thinking of it that way it makes much more sense to me.

I also see it to an extent as Tangency without pictures.

Imperator

#38
April 11, 2007, 06:48:00 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisWhy do we have to have an RPGnet thread on this board every fucking day? Seriously? Who gives a fuck what they do over there? If we all cared about what they do we'd GO THERE.

Zalmoxis speaks the truth.
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#39
April 11, 2007, 06:54:00 AM
Quote from: BalbinusI also see it to an extent as Tangency without pictures.

Dr Rotwang!

#40
April 11, 2007, 07:03:56 AM
Quote from: Quire
Summon a batch, ya beat me to it.

Farging icehole.
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#41
April 11, 2007, 09:59:16 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Summon a batch, ya beat me to it.

Farging icehole.

:D

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droog

#42
April 11, 2007, 10:08:38 AM
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The poor still weak the rich still rule
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Andy K

#43
April 11, 2007, 10:36:39 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisIf we all cared about what they do we'd GO THERE.

People would, but 90% of this forum was banned from there for being dicks because the cruel mods had it out for them. And yet, like a spurned lover folks constantly "read their ex-girlfriend's livejournal", following slavishly to the latest antics at the Big Purple.

Quote from: Christmas ApeI don't see the suck up, really.

Dude strikes me as really earnest* in a way that internet conversation is usually not. Like he types what comes into his head, instead of sitting back and mulling a thought over and fitting it into one's online persona.

I saw the same.  Reading his initial posts here (not 'getting' any jokes (espeically ones using irony), posting ridiculously contrived or "dead horse" stuff, etc) gave me the distinct impression that he doesn't have an agenda really, but rather that it was his first week on the internet.

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J Arcane

#44
April 11, 2007, 10:57:01 AM
QuoteI saw the same. Reading his initial posts here (not 'getting' any jokes (espeically ones using irony), posting ridiculously contrived or "dead horse" stuff, etc) gave me the distinct impression that he doesn't have an agenda really, but rather that it was his first week on the internet.

Only problem with that theory is, well, it isn't.  It's an act.  He knows full well exactly what he's doing, it's as transparent as the pane of glass in my window frame.
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