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General Discussion / Re: Gunnerkrigg Court-Jesus Christ this is f*cking with my brain
« on: August 06, 2010, 05:32:07 am »
Quote from: Jackrabbit on August 06, 2010, 04:36:42 am
She suddenly realized she'd left her ornithological... material in Annie's room and is hoping to hell she can retrieve it before it's seen.
I don't think it was that expression, sadly.

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General Discussion / Re: Gunnerkrigg Court-Jesus Christ this is f*cking with my brain
« on: August 06, 2010, 04:12:02 am »
Uuuhkay.. What happened in those last two frames? I don't get it.

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General Discussion / Re: 14th Amendment Shenanigans
« on: August 04, 2010, 09:27:01 am »
GOP?

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General Discussion / Re: Game Cafe Robbed, Gamers Fight Back, Lots Of Punches To The Head
« on: August 03, 2010, 05:25:56 pm »
Interesting and strange. Aren't burglars more prone to break in during the day anyway? When people are at their jobs and such, and only old people and cats remain at home.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you HAPPY today thread. Mew! :3
« on: August 02, 2010, 09:24:35 pm »
Quote from: Post 15000
Getting Post 15000 made me happy today

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Adventure Guy! - Live: Round 6
« on: August 02, 2010, 09:22:07 pm »
Before heading back, try to break of one of those.. cross-thingies inside the window, and try to pry the board with it.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Zone
« on: August 02, 2010, 08:28:35 pm »
Follow RAM's example once more. Try to get behind cover, but prioritize getting out of range of the zombiefied stalkers.

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General Discussion / Re: Our Sci-Fi & Fantasy Club watched 'Eragon' tonight
« on: August 02, 2010, 10:49:17 am »
Quote from: Cotes on August 02, 2010, 10:09:02 am
Also, what really irritates me, and this is something even the most popular and recognized authors do, is using fantasy as crutch. Just because you can make the rules doesn't mean you should use the genre as your instant-plot-device machine. I mean yes, of course your plot devices are extraordinary when you write fantasy, that's the whole point, but it should be more about establishing new rules (at least to yourself, if you want to keep the reader wondering) not churning out deus ex machina every time you write yourself into a corner.
This annoys me as well. What's worse though, in my opinion, is when people who don't read fantasy use this as an argument as of why fantasy sucks (or is just plain bad), since this is common among not-so-good authors everywhere on the genre-spectrum.

speed-edit: The use of deus ex machina's (machinae?), that is. Not using the setting as an excuse for it.

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General Discussion / Re: Our Sci-Fi & Fantasy Club watched 'Eragon' tonight
« on: August 02, 2010, 08:55:05 am »
If anyone want an example or fantasy done right, go read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel (I had to mention it now that Neil Gaiman has been brought up, as the author is heavily inspired by him) by Susanna Clark. The best read I ever had. The end was completely orgasmic. This is even despite the premise of the story being fairly.. recognisable, I believe I should call it, as the book is about the two last magicians trying to bring magic back to England during the early 19th century.
And yes, there is a prophecy. But hey, tropes are not necessarily bad, are they?

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Zone
« on: August 02, 2010, 01:26:12 am »
Agree with RAM that keeping a look-out or two would be a good thing, while the others investigate the anomaly. Also, have one guy look for artifacts in the nearby area.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: August 01, 2010, 06:18:38 pm »
Quote from: Cthulhu on August 01, 2010, 06:03:04 pm
Posting toohoo pictures isn't as annoying as posting one to three word replies to threads with no punctuation other than periods.
Yea.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: August 01, 2010, 05:36:44 pm »
Quote from: Org on August 01, 2010, 04:17:43 pm
What is your problem?
I am pretty sure Janet's problem is that she has too many manga pictures for any conceivable occasion stored.. somewhere. I am, however, not very sure that is a problem, or just awesome.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Zone
« on: August 01, 2010, 05:11:33 pm »
Tells team to suit up, load their guns and start walking cautiously towards the factory, keeping an eye out for anomalies and an ear out for snorks and zombies.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Zone
« on: August 01, 2010, 03:10:07 pm »
I feel like I could give this a go.
Would like to join the Ecologists, if I could

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: July 30, 2010, 08:02:04 pm »
I just realised that it's been so long since I last downloaded something illegally off the Internet, I'm not sure how to do it any more - what with all the new-fangled stuff. What makes me sad about it, is that it makes me feel small, insecure, and a bit scared (of the Big Bad Internet).
This must be what growing up feels like.

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