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Topic Started: Jul 22 2011, 10:21 AM (1,430 Views)
Darkom
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Well, against any and all reason, I figured we might as well have a small thread to just chat a bit. So long as we're all here, we might as well get to know each other, and what better way to do that then just have an ongoing discussion about nothing in particular? :lol:

Talk about anything you want: what you've been up to, current projects, interesting things that happened to you, stuff in the news, etc. If it's too senseless and inane to make a whole thread devoted to it, tell us about it here! :P

I guess I'll start with something I did to my facebook recently. My friends were ragging on me about having both Liberal and Agnostic on my profile page (I live in a very conservative area of Georgia, in the middle of both the Bible Belt and the Southern Republicans), so I decided to just mess with them and changed my whole profile to absolutely weird things. For instance, my political party is now the "Rhinoceros Party", and I am a member of the "Happy Science" religious organization. Both are real things, as they are recognized by Facebook, but both are so odd that I for one find it hilarious that people actually are a part of these things. I doubt anyone will ever really notice, but that one person that tries creeping on my profile is in for quite a surprise; I hope that they have a good sense of humor. :P

On top of those two things, I added "Extreme Pillow Fighting" to my sports, along with Kabaddi, which is a real sport played in Bangladesh. A major part of the game is the ability to hold your breath while chanting the word Kabaddi. :lol:
Edited by Darkom, Jul 22 2011, 10:22 AM.
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. ~Mark Twain
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Duke Smugleaf
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Oh, Facebook. I've got a lot of fucked up shit there. Under "Inspirational People," I have, among others, Napoleon, Mojo Jojo, and Jason Voorhees. My "Favorite Athletes" section is entirely inane with such people as Haunter, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, and Annoying Sensei Guy. Then under "Music" I have Professor Chaos, and in "Movies," I've got The Lamp That Ghetto Stomps the 'i' in Pixar and Brooklyn Rage. In "Television," I've got Plank and Throwing Things at the Fan and Watching Them Fly Across the Room. "Activities" is probably the worst with Color, Tornadoes, Republic of Molassia, Sorcery, and Card Games on Motorcycles. Then, in "Interests," I've got Evil.

Finally, for the "About You" section, I wrote this:
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Now, here is a tale about how my life got flipped on its head, and I'd like to take some of your time to explain how I became the Prince of a place called the Realm of Magic.

On the British Islands I was born and raised. The forest is where I spent the majority of my time. I was relaxing peacefully, performing some rituals when a couple of Romans who were looking for trouble started causing mayhem in my community. I spoke one little incantation, and Chzo got pissed and replied, "You're moving in with John's soul in a tree."

I whistled for an elemental, and when it came near, I noticed that it was tentacled and had a large eye. If anything, I could say this creature was quite peculiar, but I thought it was of no consequence; yo homes, to Chzo!

I was pulled through the portal at about seven or eight, and I yelled to Chzo, "Yo King, smell you later." I looked throughout my Realm, and I was finally there to sit on my throne as the Prince of Pain.

And I knew the name of the King.

Hooray for obscure references! :P
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I just sent in my revised essay today (My original was turning in and graded yesterday), and brought up my grade from failing to an A. Had to add an extra thousand words, change my thesis, and many, many minor changes, but it was totally worth it. Now I just need to write another similar paper on a Robert Frost poem.

Summer semester is killing me man. Never, ever again. I have no idea how some of the folks with full-time jobs even find the time to sleep.
But mostly? The assorted plans at play here would be going very, very wrong due to the actions of a no-name, no-count, utterly talentless Magus by the name of Shirou Emiya. He had no magic worth mentioning, no combat experience of note, and no plan for or knowledge of the War he was about to enter. He did, however, have one trait that had derailed a countless number of such grand, far-reaching schemes throughout history.

You see, he really, really wanted to be a hero. -(Best description of the start of a Fate novel ever.)
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Colonel Mustard
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I made a terrible mistake in going on Amazon and looking at some Nerf Guns, and now I want to organise a Nerf War with some mates. You're largely American here, so I'm guessing that you might know more about Nerf guns than your average UK citizen (they're a bit of a novelty over here). Any recommendations on what one I should get?
"Pillage, then burn."-Rule 1 of Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
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Darkom
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What a coincidence, my cross country team just started a nerf war. I'm not even sure I have a gun, but as a traditionally raised American youth, I've had my fair share of fake violence. I haven't used one in ages, but there are definitely a very wide variety of guns nowadays. They have sniper rifles, gatling guns, shotguns, and the classic pistol. Pick you poison, really; none will shoot very far or very accurately, but they can still be fun. Good luck. :P
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Speaking of horrendously innaccurate fake weaponry, does anyone play paintball?
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Darkom
Jul 24 2011, 11:45 AM
What a coincidence, my cross country team just started a nerf war. I'm not even sure I have a gun, but as a traditionally raised American youth, I've had my fair share of fake violence. I haven't used one in ages, but there are definitely a very wide variety of guns nowadays. They have sniper rifles, gatling guns, shotguns, and the classic pistol. Pick you poison, really; none will shoot very far or very accurately, but they can still be fun. Good luck. :P
I remember back in my day, there was only one kind of Nerf gun: the Nerf gun. And it only had three darts. So after playing for five seconds, you had to stop to go collect your darts again.

...Damn, that makes me feel old, now. :???:
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Jul 24 2011, 12:04 PM
Speaking of horrendously innaccurate fake weaponry, does anyone play paintball?
I play paintball, and so does Asap. It's epic.
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Duke Smugleaf
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You know, buying things from online independent sources can get you some really neat shit for dirt cheap.

Unfortunately, it can sometimes take a while to ship. :/ I went and preordered a copy of the physical book for the webcomic Girly, and, while it was originally supposed to ship sometime in May, or something like that, it's experienced a number of delays and will now be shipping at the end of August. That kind of sucks.
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James
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Its like a pawn shop, but bigger! AND EVEN MORE SKETCHY!
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Duke Smugleaf
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Except when you buy things from a pawn shop, the owner doesn't make you wait four months before he'll give it to you.
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James
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But the cops are more likely to bust the place with you inside.
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Darkom
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Unless that pawn shop has television cameras. Then they do the sketchy business out back.

Honestly, how many TV shows can they make about selling things? Wasn't Antiques Road Show enough? :P


Anyway, I was wondering, being one of those lame people that still use Internet Explorer, what browser does everyone use? My friend was trying to convert me to Firefox the other day; does that mean I'd have to change all my shortcuts, or will it redo them automatically?

Figured this was appropriate.


Picture courtesy of the TESFU forums, and our own Duke Smugleaf. ;)
Edited by Darkom, Jul 25 2011, 11:04 AM.
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James
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When I switched it took all my favorites from IE to firefox.
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Darkom
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Does that include desktop shortcuts? Just wondering, because I have a good three dozen that I'd have to change, and I'm not sure it's even worth the effort. :P

I can be surprisingly lazy for a guy that spends two hours making a post for an RP. :lol:
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Woolymammoth
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Two hours...

Seriously...dude...
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James
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It is a magnificant post however, so it was worth it.
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Darkom
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Thank you, I was trying to give both a decent setting and a few things for you guys to respond to. Also trying to give the king a good personality, as we may well see him again sometime down the road. Hopefully there won't be too many posts that long once we get moving. :)

And perhaps it wasn't quite two hours, but it sure did feel that way. :P
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Evilpigeon
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Wait what? Wooly I've seen you make some massive posts how long does it take you O.o

I tend to take an hour or so....

Also I use FF
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Vanir
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When I RP, it takes me about the same amount of time to write a post as it does to write a chapter of equivalent size in a story. That is, anywhere from five minutes to a week.

Also, I use Chromium. All the wonders of Chrome without the Google branding or extra padding. Stay safe, stay small.
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