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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Above user in a nutshell: Forgotten beast edition
« on: August 24, 2014, 11:52:03 am »
Has an avatar that is slightly less mangled then his username
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: the magic academy: a sugestion game
« on: August 24, 2014, 11:39:22 am »
I would like to remind people there will be no romance for almost a year you can play matchmaker if you want but no getting involved yourself
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Roll To Dodge / Re: History: the Minimalist RTD
« on: August 24, 2014, 11:32:16 am »In all seriousness I would like to know if the tribe ever manages to work out contraceptivesbah i was just acting out because i was sexually repressedYou know? Alcohol is detrimental to the progress (proved by Conrak). Also... Sadly, only a few tribesmen remember your face after all those beverages.and im sure i must have invented some effective torture techniques the survivers must have told somebody about them-snip-What about alcohol!? It was Meshok's invention, and was very popular afterwards!
They were too horrifying to exist in the first place. Also, Chantutu proved that information could be extracted by much less violent methods. He survived - and that confirms that his strategy is viable.
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General Discussion / Re: Cutes Thread: Babby Elephant Edition! ✧ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:49:16 am »indeed it isStarfish splurge their stomach all over things they want to eat to melt them in acid. A slight knowledge of starfish makes them seem like Aliens.
And rabbits eat their own poop. Their food goes through them so quickly they have to re-eat it to get all the nutrients out of it.
isn't nature wornderful
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Roll To Dodge / Re: History: the Minimalist RTD
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:43:14 am »bah i was just acting out because i was sexually repressedYou know? Alcohol is detrimental to the progress (proved by Conrak). Also... Sadly, only a few tribesmen remember your face after all those beverages.and im sure i must have invented some effective torture techniques the survivers must have told somebody about them-snip-What about alcohol!? It was Meshok's invention, and was very popular afterwards!
They were too horrifying to exist in the first place. Also, Chantutu proved that information could be extracted by much less violent methods. He survived - and that confirms that his strategy is viable.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: the magic academy: a sugestion game
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:40:42 am »
the suggestions all tied so im going with the only non silly response
(although its worth noting that harbs suggestion was only silly because he was metagaming)
"i want to turn my magic into a bolt of pure force" you say "excellent choice" says the teacher "a knowledge of force can lead to the ability to levitate objects and manipulate the world around you"
"now when you turn your magic into force make sure you do it after it leaves your hands if you create the force in your hands it will explode outwards in all directions and you dont want that. one day you will be able to create a counter force that pushes in on the outer force to cancel it out for now i will place a spell that will prevent you from ripping your hands apart." he conjures a target taking up an entire wall of the room. "now push your magic out and just after you release it turn it into force this is the basis of most spells".
It takes you 3 days but eventually you do it you feel the magic leave your hands and feel it turn to force, followed a moment later by a massive hole being ripped in the wall.
"holy shit" you say "thats a lot of power"
The man laughs "oh that gets almost everybody i turned the wall into a weak paper there wasn't that much force in your spell anyway you are now ready" he conjures a door behind him and motions you through. you walk into an expansive room about 5 by 5 meters in length with yet another man. "welcome" he says "you are now ready to begin your training proper i shall give your your equipment an explanation of how it works after that your on your own". "this is your first item your robes" he says as he hands you a set of robes which you put on you fell like a proper wizard now.
"this next item is by far your most important" he hands you a simple stone tablet. "this tablet contains a map of the grounds, a list of classes you can attend and any other information your could possibly need both on magic or the academy" he launches into an explanation of how it works it seems fairly intuitive its like a touchscreen tablet only stone and can also be controlled by voice. it also allows you to bring up a large range of information and communicate with your professors and other students it can do pretty much anything you wont need that laptop it gets an Internet connection.
"the rest of the things you might need such as alchemical equipment and basic items on which to practice enchantment can be found in your room you are now ready to begin"
You walk out the exit door and find yourself at the front gate you check your slab and find the following options suitable for your skill levels.
Professor Bill Zavatsky is about to teach a class on creation of fire
Professor Mike Desiderio could teach you some further manipulation of force
Alternatively you could go check out your room or do some socialization or maybe just do some practice on your own.
(although its worth noting that harbs suggestion was only silly because he was metagaming)
Force damage.
It's a weak spell.
"i want to turn my magic into a bolt of pure force" you say "excellent choice" says the teacher "a knowledge of force can lead to the ability to levitate objects and manipulate the world around you"
"now when you turn your magic into force make sure you do it after it leaves your hands if you create the force in your hands it will explode outwards in all directions and you dont want that. one day you will be able to create a counter force that pushes in on the outer force to cancel it out for now i will place a spell that will prevent you from ripping your hands apart." he conjures a target taking up an entire wall of the room. "now push your magic out and just after you release it turn it into force this is the basis of most spells".
It takes you 3 days but eventually you do it you feel the magic leave your hands and feel it turn to force, followed a moment later by a massive hole being ripped in the wall.
"holy shit" you say "thats a lot of power"
The man laughs "oh that gets almost everybody i turned the wall into a weak paper there wasn't that much force in your spell anyway you are now ready" he conjures a door behind him and motions you through. you walk into an expansive room about 5 by 5 meters in length with yet another man. "welcome" he says "you are now ready to begin your training proper i shall give your your equipment an explanation of how it works after that your on your own". "this is your first item your robes" he says as he hands you a set of robes which you put on you fell like a proper wizard now.
"this next item is by far your most important" he hands you a simple stone tablet. "this tablet contains a map of the grounds, a list of classes you can attend and any other information your could possibly need both on magic or the academy" he launches into an explanation of how it works it seems fairly intuitive its like a touchscreen tablet only stone and can also be controlled by voice. it also allows you to bring up a large range of information and communicate with your professors and other students it can do pretty much anything you wont need that laptop it gets an Internet connection.
"the rest of the things you might need such as alchemical equipment and basic items on which to practice enchantment can be found in your room you are now ready to begin"
You walk out the exit door and find yourself at the front gate you check your slab and find the following options suitable for your skill levels.
Professor Bill Zavatsky is about to teach a class on creation of fire
Professor Mike Desiderio could teach you some further manipulation of force
Alternatively you could go check out your room or do some socialization or maybe just do some practice on your own.
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Roll To Dodge / Re: History: the Minimalist RTD
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:13:42 am »and im sure i must have invented some effective torture techniques the survivers must have told somebody about them-snip-What about alcohol!? It was Meshok's invention, and was very popular afterwards!
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Word association game—2^14.35 and up!
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:12:38 am »
harbs favorite word
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Roll To Dodge / Re: History: the Minimalist RTD
« on: August 24, 2014, 10:01:38 am »Gonjabet Uthon transverses the Northern Nation in despair and destitute, never managing to pick up solid work again, nor getting any success in popularizing his story. On the last day of his life, during the Crescent Moon Celebration, he stores his Stone Tablet in the Great Archive, (a proto-library that preserves important records) in hopes that someone will read all of it someday. When the celebrations are in full swing, he climbs to the top of the Great Archive and stands on the edge of the roof, looking down at the roughly 25-meter drop. He jumps.i hope that one day a historian digging up an ancient ruin will discover the tablet intact and his story will be known
In the coming generations, the Northern Nation expands and prospers. Science and technology lead to the beginning of the Iron Age, with Blacksmithing, Agriculture, and Transportation being some of the main fields profiting from the development. A group of scholars, after having way too much to drink one night, accidentally conceive Algebra.
While this is all great, the negative developments come in the rapid expansion of population, with the number of Executive Council members swell from 8 to 14. With this sudden surge in numbers and overall influence, the Executives have begun taking some of the Despot's power, especially with a chain of less capable Despots that had trouble checking the power of the Council. Sure, the Despot still controls much of society, but the Executives have their hands on many economic, cultural and educational aspects. Executives, through the usage of influence and wealth, have begun hiring private armies, bodyguards, spies and assassins. Fighting is not uncommon among the Executives as they wage either explicit or covert warfare against the current Despot, the bourgeoisie whenever they get too strong for the Council's comfort, or most often, rival Executives. This political instability has in turn allowed crime to spike. As the elected Council obtains more power, they form a sort of primitive Parliamentary organization.
Notably, the population of white goats has swelled to the thousands.
In this era of discovery and chaos, a rich, educated Explorer titled Sango Isthbat has acquired a crew and a ship, and aims to set sail and discover new lands beyond what any of his predecessor had found.
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General Discussion / Re: Cartoon/Western Animation Thread. -- Bill is watching.
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:57:32 am »you know when there not forcing aesops down your throat the winx writers are darn good storytellersi noticed they could make them anymore underdressed but instead of slowly going in the other direction they went all the way to fully clothed in 1 season
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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:34:00 am »as for the honorifics i should clarify my position i agree with keeping them i just think that the characters spend to much time discussing thembut what really got to me is that they felt the need to say shinigami instead of just saying reaper
A shinigami really isn't just The Grim Reaper in a kimono. There's only one Grim Reaper and he's clearly a skeleton with a robe and a scythe.Unless they're exactly like the Western ones it's best not to fuck with translating the term. It also keeps the flavor if you're dealing with Japanese mythology, "Kappa" really shouldn't be translated as "Frog Man" for example. Personally I think it's better to leave the terms for supernatural beings alone, and in the original language. Stuff that actually exists? Yeah, translate the hell out of that shit. "Tenshi" to "Angel"? Sure, because Tenshi are just the Japanese word for the Western concept of an angel.
As for honorifics? I prefer they leave those in if it's set in Japan because it does add to the "Japanese" feeling and indicates relationships between characters. Especially when characters refer to each other mostly by last name, as Japanese do with people they're not super-close friends, it makes sense to have the honorifics. If they're not Japanese characters though, they shouldn't translate the honorifics.
If there's only one shinigami at a time then "the shinigami" is the appropriate way to refer to it.true but there is no context given for it in fact the shingami is simply used as a metaphor also its worth reminding you that its original english
"The" doesn't imply the only one in existence. If I am in a room with a book and tell you "pick up the book", this in no way implies that there's only one book in that reality. "pick up a book" would actually be confusing, and wrong, if I want you to pick up the only book that's in the room. Another example if you're driving a car, then it's "THE car" not "A car".
If someone said "look, there is a shinigami", then every utterance after that would refer to "the shinigami", unless another one came along, because we've already established in the first sentence which shinigami we are referring to.
im going to fire up the game and find the line.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Above user in a nutshell: Forgotten beast edition
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:31:15 am »
all his avatars are logos with the same background. he started with 1 and then added a heap all at once leading me to believe he made them himself
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General Discussion / Re: Terrible Jokes
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:27:55 am »If Bruce Lee was a plant, he'd be Bruce Tree.oh good lord i warned you japa i warned you dad jokes were a bad idea but its to late you will be stuck with them for years nowQuote from: KidDad, I'm thirstyQuote from: DadReally? Well I'm Friday. Wanna come over on Saturday and have a sundae?
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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:24:19 am »true theres multiple shinigami but the game says "the shinigami" instead of "a shinigami"but what really got to me is that they felt the need to say shinigami instead of just saying reaper
Personally I think it's better to leave the terms for supernatural beings alone, and in the original language. A shinigami really isn't just The Grim Reaper in a kimono. There's only one Grim Reaper and he's clearly a skeleton with a robe and a scythe.Unless they're exactly like the Western ones it's best not to fuck with translating the term. It also keeps the flavor if you're dealing with Japanese mythology, "Kappa" really shouldn't be translated as "Frog Man" for example.
I beg them not to try and translate that stuff. "Tenshi" to "Angel", sure, because Tenshi are just the Japanese word for the Western concept of an angel.
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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Word association game—2^14.35 and up!
« on: August 24, 2014, 09:14:08 am »Banhammer Pheromones.wouldn't pheromones cause the banhammer to be on my side it wouldent want to hit an ally
anyway
cigarette