Ambrosia Software Web Board: Welcome to the land of Cythera! - Ambrosia Software Web Board

There are soooooo many new people around, that I have decided to start a topic devoted to welcoming you all! The Cythera web board is about the last place left where you can go to find out and talk about the great game of, well, Cythera. This is where it lives on.

So, on behalf of all of us or all of me, we want to cordially greet all of you great new people. Please enjoy the time you are here and stay as long as like, which I hope is a really long time, else I'm sending the ninjas after you.

This post has been edited by The Wizard: 27 September 2007 - 01:09 AM

I also would like to extend welcomes to the newbies ^_^ Cgends and Turak; even CrazyChick and Sprong, though I don't know if they're still considered newbies. Am I forgetting anyone?

Okay guys, so here's how it works around here. You have to pick someone who's been around here for over three years, and you have to run every message you post through them. You also have to write chronicles, participate in TSs, reply to every thread here, and play Cythera for five hours a day. This might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but if you truly love Cythera. . .

How come the old newbies from last year (like me) didn't have to do that stuff? I don't even know how to participate in TSs.

Buzzy doesn't contribute? SHUN HIM!! Heehee, you know I'm having a laugh, right?

Ha ha ha. Nuuuuuutter! sorry, I just had to say that. I can't play cythera for five hours a day, I'm only allowed 3 hours a week! mean ol' dad.

This post has been edited by CrazyChick: 27 November 2006 - 10:46 PM

U are all insane, I play when homework dosen't overwhelm me. THE game had a lot of time put into it ... all the refereaces to names mythology, greek, etc. cool stuff. as for running posts, go eat a polyp....mmm polyp. Seriously, the game is well designed and the forum is good, No lording over newbies. HaHa Elderberries (comic strip). Thanks for all the Vets for sustaining such a board, it is good to know people care about history.
peace

Percinator's number one rule: Use proper spelling, grammar, etc.
BIG No-no: lol ya 1 time i waz in odemia i kiled every1.
My way: Heh, heh. One time I was in Odemia and I killed everyone.
Welcome, all.

Percinator, on Nov 29 2006, 10:04 AM, said:

Yeah, I tend to agree with you, there. A while ago I started a thread about it on our forums at work: "The End of Civilization As We Know It", prompted by a decision by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to allow txting-style language in exams, which to me is just plain ridiculous. Opinions about it are extremely polarised!

Anywho, welcome to all the newbies. Long may you stay!

This post has been edited by cache22: 28 November 2006 - 04:45 PM

Don't give people ideas, Slayer, there's not very much chatspeak around here ^_^ But I argue that "heh heh" and "lol" are not interchangable. "lol" isn't really used as an abbreviation anymore, merely a symbol that the poster is feeling lighthearted or friendly.

Me, i don't talk 'chat' unless it's a last resort. all i do is forget capital letters unless it's someone's username or i am typing Ambrosia or Cythera, both of which deserve capital letters and proper spelling.
i never use lol, i always say tee hee hee myself because it's funnier.

Too true CrazyChick, Laughter is the mediciane of the gods, Unless you are an Atheist...in which case its jsut funny! spelling things out is generaly better in the long run because college professors tend to get angry when they dont understand shorthand.

Percinator, on Nov 29 2006, 10:04 AM, said:

Couldn't agree more. I'm a grammar and spelling pedant as well The exception is I occasionally drop capital letters in IM conversations, when I can't be bothered going back to correct them.

cache22, on Nov 29 2006, 10:44 AM, said:

I hadn't heard about that ... must have missed the news items at that stage. That is plain ridiculous – at least they didn't actually implement it, thank God. Imagine: "Th Mrchnt ov Venis bi Shkspr iz a bok dat is vry impt 4 ppl 2dae." A tick for "good vocabulary and use of txt-based grammar" later, and the English language dies. Ugh. How long ago was it talked about?

PS Good to see another Kiwi on the boards

Sprong, on Nov 30 2006, 03:35 PM, said:

Oh aye, 'tis always good!

http://ars.userfrien...ns/?id=20061112

Hey, I'm a Kiwi too! Don't ignore moi!

CrazyChick, on Nov 30 2006, 04:21 PM, said:

Ah, the secret invasion plans are working! Bwah hah hah!

Did I say that out loud?

CrazyChick, on Nov 30 2006, 04:21 PM, said:

You are? But you're speaking FRENCH... *shifty look*
But seriously, that's a pretty awesome coincidence. This web board rocks.

cache22, on Nov 30 2006, 04:47 PM, said:

We can neither confirm nor deny these allegations.

I don't know how to participate, and haven't bothered to ask for the entire year I've been registered (hey, my anniversary is approaching...).

And is October 7th considered new?

This post has been edited by Buzzzzy: 30 November 2006 - 04:02 PM

hey, i am kinda weird. i lapse into accents sometimes. when i went orienteering, i kept on talking to myself in a North Yorkshire accent and i couldn't stop. i know it was a north yorkshire accent because i read a lot and it sounded how it was spelt in the books.
Anyway, french is nothing by comparison. i sometimes speak japanese!

cache22, on Nov 30 2006, 04:47 PM, said:

Whaddaya mean? what secret invasion plans? my contact with the europan ufos tells me there is no secret invasion plans anywhere. But as Sgt. Colon said, "Tell me one thing you don't know about. Aha, you can't, can you?!? So we must know about everything!" So there! (Huh, now I'm confused!)

If you want to participate in TSs here's a summary of how to do it:
First: read through at least one story from the Best of Cythera and at least the most recent Alraeican Tavern (NOTE: this step is optional, though very helpful)

Second: Make up a character, post it in Character Info. (NOTE: Read Theo Nean Donly's introduction, it has some basic guidelines that you should follow.)

Third: Start posting In Character in the Alraeican Tavern. (NOTE: I think of Selax and Avatara as the best examples, but everyone who has been posting in the Tavern recently does well. (I exempt myself, I'm still pretty new)

Fourth: Join a TS whenever it starts. TS's generally launch from the Tavern, so that is one good reason to be active in the Tavern.

There you have it, a complete summary on how to start participating in the IC Cythera community!

mmm, thats some good story line.
I started a preface to a story, but nobody care to respond on the Chron... what do I godda' do http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/style_ima...cons/icon14.gif

cache22, on Nov 29 2006, 09:47 PM, said:

Sprong, on Nov 30 2006, 03:23 AM, said:

I'm not worried; I live in a place that isn't worth conquering—that and you'd have to wade through about ten inches of snow to reach me (though I doubt that's much to some people on this webboard).

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I think that you might have chronicles and team stories mixed up, and I apologize for not mentioning the difference sooner.
A chronicle is a story written by one person or as a joint effort by a few people (I can try to explain this second better if you wish).
A Team Story is a story in which everybody creates at least one character (or characters, see the Character Info topic) and everybody posts in and tells the story (I can't really give a good definition of this, I suggest that you do as Jehezekel suggests and check out the Best of Cythera topic).
Team Stories are posted on the Cythera Web Board; chronicles are posted on the Cythera Chronicles Board. There is a continuity to Team Stories; that is, they are not all one-shot stories that can contradict each other. However, I don't think it is necessary to really know this continuity to post in TSs. There are currently no active Team Stories, the last active one having finished earlier this month. I don't know when the next will be started. Usually at least one month passes between one TS and the next, and, since finals and mid-terms are coming up and most people seem to disappear around the holidays, there might not be another until January, although you can try starting one if you think enough people are going to participate.

I recommend following Jehezekel's excellent summary if you wish to participate in TSs.

This post has been edited by Selax: 01 December 2006 - 03:28 PM

Gees, I'm all ready to participate in a TS and I'm raring to go, and blow me down if there isn't a TS in sight. It's the solar panels, I know it!

I like your character

I guess you'll have to... um... explore the Tavern until then?

Sounds like fun! We could have another fire! That seems to happen fairly often.

And thank you, she's pretty good eh? I was going to do a whole load of different stuff for her, but she's got a mind of her own and she decided she didn't like my plans.

A fire in the cellar! With exploding champagne barrels! I don't think we've had that happen yet, and I've read through all the Taverns! (Though there was an exploding beer barrel once, and a barrel of bear!)