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#1 User is offline   dusk 

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 03:14 AM

I've discovered (much to my shcok and terror) that I have been posting at about three in the morning. After hours of painstaking tests, I've concluded that this might have some affect on the response time of others, due to the fact that they may be asleep!

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 05:34 AM

Hehe Posted Image

where are you from? I'm from Norway and I'm having the same problem sometimes...

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 07:58 AM

I'm an Aussie, it's really anoying having to wait for everyone to reply. Posted Image
I 'spose I'll get used to it, but hay, that's life.

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 11:34 AM

Actually, I'd say over half the members of the Cytheran board are from places outside the US. Personally, it is annoying to me when I come back and people have responded to each other ten times. It's hard to catch up and I miss all oppertunity to post something that I thought relevant in the meantime. At most I post twice on a specific topic in one day, and even then they are (almost) always a few hours apart

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by dusk:
I'm an Aussie, it's really anoying having to wait for everyone to reply.


Well, if you can prod cache a bit, not only will you have a very short wait for your replies, but also you can read what some others are calling a very interesting TS, that has fallen off the topic list.


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Posted 11 October 2002 - 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Theo Nean Donly:
Actually, I'd say over half the members of the Cytheran board are from places outside the US.


*thinks* New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Norway, and two from Canada...so as long as we've no more than 6 Americans, you'd be right, Theo. (I really hope I didn't miss anyone. >_< )

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 07:04 PM

I count six americans. I'm probably missing a few though.

Slayer, Theo, Odysseus, ferazel, Talos, and me.

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 07:16 PM

Other Americans: DF, me

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by Avatara:
I count six americans.  I'm probably missing a few though.

Slayer, Theo,  Odysseus, ferazel, Talos, and me.


Hello, there's me! I just stoped writing chrons, I didn't leave!

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 08:38 PM

Heh, I 'spose the chronicles are the highway to fame? Maybe I should try my hand at one of em Posted Image.

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Posted 11 October 2002 - 11:12 PM

[quote]Originally posted by dusk:
Heh, I 'spose the chronicles are the highway to fame? Maybe I should try my hand at one of em   Posted Image

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Posted 12 October 2002 - 08:31 AM

And me! Posted Image

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Posted 12 October 2002 - 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Bryce:
Hello, there's me! I just stoped writing chrons, I didn't leave!



Oh. Well, I guess I did think you had left completely, but that explains your recent posts on this board. I suppose it might have been hard to tell without most of the stories on hold.

I hope that cleared up any miskonceptions people might have had. But we'll see, won't we?

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Posted 12 October 2002 - 03:09 PM

Avatara: What about kl?

I noticed it Posted Image... LOL, I thought it was my mind tricking me, as I've been sitting by my computer for several long hours... "uuh, is that a bold or is it just me?"

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Posted 12 October 2002 - 04:09 PM

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<Secret cythera code>


Kl is not a 'creative endeviour set in the Cytherian world'. I will be making world 5 as planned, and I will probobly perticipate starting in part 3.


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Posted 16 October 2002 - 05:55 PM

Oh, so close...I had almost missed it in my rush, but the misspelling of misconceptions was a give away Posted Image And the details! A comma and a new paragraph to separate the words (although a period would have been better than a comma). Not bad (for a beginner) Posted Image

Kestrel, do you count as one or two? Posted Image If two, Ronin counts as...yeah...

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Posted 16 October 2002 - 06:06 PM

I used a comma as some of us like forming what we call "complex sentences." You know, something more than short statements. That gets annoying fast. It also seems pointless. Don't you agree?

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Posted 16 October 2002 - 06:44 PM

Actually...think what would happen if short sentences didn't exist...we'd be using run-on sentences a lot more.

Well, we strayed off topic, didn't we? From our locations to sentence structure...Then again, I guess it's better than one-track minds, eh? Posted Image

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Posted 16 October 2002 - 06:52 PM

Well, the topic was started by an Australian. History does repeat itself. Posted Image

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Posted 17 October 2002 - 12:38 PM

Well, Avatara, such things do matter. I mean, it's the same thing with spelling. Sure, it may be possile to understand you, but don't you hate reading misspelled words?

I figure, if your going to take the time to do something like this, atleast do your best... well, unless your kinda short on time Posted Image

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Posted 21 October 2002 - 07:51 PM

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I've discovered (much to my shcok and terror) that I have been posting at about three in the morning. After hours of painstaking tests, I've concluded that this might have some affect on the response time of others, due to the fact that they may be asleep!


In a related discovery, Theo Nean Donly was found to be 60% more likely to stop a topic cold. He currently holds the highest record for frozen topics with three under twenty-four hours.

In other news, orange migration season has started. You should be aware of these viscious creatures, they are classified as extremely dangerous and seductive. These man-eating delicacies have already caused several fatal accidents, the least of which an overturned semi on I-95. Check under your tires and make sure you're in full battle gear if you decide to journey outside.

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Posted 21 October 2002 - 09:27 PM

Since we're all being random today, (I'm not even going to bother translating the codes...) I'm going to translate Theo's sig before Cache does!

Theo: Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen! ... Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

Direct Translation: Alas! Golden fall leaves wind-in! ...Be it that even-thou find-will (it). Farewell!
Interpretation: Alas! Golden leaves fall! May it be that you will find it! Farewell!
From: Galadriel's Lament in Lorien, Altariello naine Lóriendesse, the first and last lines. The Fellowship of the Ring page 394, Quenya. Posted Image

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Posted 22 October 2002 - 03:18 PM

**Pulls out reference**

Ai, laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
Alas! Golden fall leaves wind-in,
Yeni ú-nót-imë ve rámar aldaron!
Years not-countable as wings trees-of!
Yeni ve lintë yuldar avánier
Years like swift draughts have passed away
mi oro-mardi lisse-miruvóre-va
in the high-halls sweet nectar of
Andúnë pella Vardo tellumar
west beyond Varda's domes
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
under blue which-in twinkle the stars
óma-ryo airi-tári-lírinen.
voice-hers holy-queen-song-in.

Quetelyë i lambë Eldaressë?

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Posted 23 October 2002 - 12:11 PM

Is this more elven gibberish?
*Pulls out his elf-be-gone pesticide and sprays it liberaly around*

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Posted 23 October 2002 - 12:21 PM

Would that I could take High Elven instead of Spanish at my school Posted Image I only learned a few direct words, and that was years ago...I think they were the colors...
I ment to have something about the 'years passing' in my sig, but there goes that. It makes a lot of sense to me, regardless. Posted Image

In a related discovery, Avatara was found to be 67% more likely to make random calculations about the members of this board. He currently holds the highest record for this with post-counts and topic-freezing. Posted Image

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