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i have been reading quite a bit of Mercedes Lackey she writes some really good fantasy books

Originally Posted By: Enraged Slith Playing sports with non-competitive people. It's fine to lose or play bad if you're trying, but if you're just standing around it's no fun for everyone else. playing games with OVER competitive people but i do have a friend who actually changes sides when he's in the WINNING team just to make the game more fun and challenging

heh cafe world and farmville are evil both are too time reliant but games like mafia wars and My Zoo are good since they can be piled up and don't rely on you adjusting your schedule to do well in

it would be great if the mini map had another color to differentiate terrain that had been seen and that which had NOT been seen.... sometimes when im around confusing caves it kills me (figuratively) when i cant tell what has and has not been explored

of course if that glow never went away(never seen anything that states whether or not glow is permanant) then if you ONCE were a junkie and could hide your cans very well you might be able to continue to feed your addiction

and there are some who would argue the opposite tarson but personally i believe that simply that fact of instant power causes no small part of the madness finally i do actually agree that to have someone i love twisted and warped is not something i could choose

Originally Posted By: The Almighty Doer of Stuff I believe we have had a child molester on this forum, actually. He is no longer here pity i enjoy meeting pedophiles... especially when holding crowbars

on these boards i have heard talk of missile guardians/shapers and i have found they they both work quite well but ive only tried each a little

that depends on the context i.e the use and implementation in game or the philosophical and moral points of their use if they existed IRL ingame it all depends on playstyle and preference philosophically things are different if its a tossup between learning a skill slowly while keeping rationality VS instantly learning a skill and then going mad then there a canister is definitely bad BUT if the canister was made to change a crippling bodily defect or save a life then that could be another story.. if they can be used to cure paralysis with one shot or regrow a limb to return a man to the life he loves or strengthen a persons weak heart so that a lovely girl could live her life then isn't that chance worth a little madness?

ok i could try that starting at about 6pm CDT i have ~4 hours empty time

well its interesting to think that the only time that someone might like spiderweb are those you've introduced to it then find out that there is someone in the same region as you who likes Jeff's games aswell the 2 hours is pretty simple to figure since the in the wellington region the hutt takes the longest time to travel to from where i live and that's about 1 hour 30 min its not like i'm asking for real name exact address and IRD number

... ok that means that at most you live 2 hours away...

i do indeed recognize how cumbersome large party's can become especially when each player needs to be taken into account and each player is running at a different speed tho i might consider trying to get into the second RP

hmm lemme see breaking benjamin, papa raoch, alien ant farm, paramore, uhhh other stuff... the radio i guess

Originally Posted By: Hypnotic It will be hard for me to meet a fellow spiderwebber. Unless they happen to be one of the four million Newzealnders. Hopefully living nearby, and think that spiderwebbers are not unique spiders. NZ???? i demand to know where in new zealand you are exact address not required

meh i didn't actually put much serious thought into it mainly because im +12 gmt meaning that the sessions would start at about 10 am wednsday for me - right in the middle of class

i was wondering about introducing my own character but im dubious about it

Originally Posted By: Monroe 2 is ... much like God. awesome out of context i know but i approve of a figurative numeric representation being compared to god

i have actually been told im quite good at FPS games (the guy said sommat like psychotic) and i actually prefer RTS in general but then RTS fits with my stlye of thinking

I noticed that alorael mentioned solresol which was indeed made to be a universal and easily communicated language but it was never completed to my limited knowledge and even then it has to be established beforehand but if you want to try an artificial, universal language wannabe then try sarus which was built off of the same idea as solresol link below for those interested http://www.biteycastle.com/525/01_intro.html one of the boons of a language like this is that in can be made very pleasing to the eye or ear

Originally Posted By: Enraged Slith The fact that nearly everyone on the internet is a cat person. Ha while i have several cats i am not necessarily a cat person - my sister is though on that while sometimes animals can be funny it bug me that so many people posts their pets no matter how idiotically lame it is

Originally Posted By: Lest we should fail in utterance Aside from the personal preferences in there, though, I think he has a good point: most games lose their precious immersion if you have to reload repeatedly to retry. Obviously there are people who want to die over and over until they perfect their tactics for that one fight, but there are also people who want to be able to just play through the game. well there's a 360 game called fable2 and the way things are handled is when your health hits zero you get knocked down receive a scar then stand back up with full health

well you know unicorns were left off the ark for a reason...

and i think for some games you can see the maps online

okay ive got it all down i had to copy id off of drafts that i kept and i've tried to keep it to what i had submitted in that class but there were some points that were too clumsy to my four year older eyes Click to reveal.. WITHOUT ETHICS "you experiments are without ethics. You are Hereby Expelled From the science community!" Those words both destroyed and recreated him and haunted him in his sleep. as always he woke up in a cold sweat cursing a twenty year old memory. Before he left his small bed he realized - it was his birthday. How old was he? Ah, yes 67 ... and what was the year?... 2025 that was it. He ate and then checked his breakthrough - for that was what she was:smarter, stronger, faster and better developed. She was a Queen. As he entered his laboratory he marveled at the fully developed experiment. Once he checked on the experiment he Knew - his Queen and the five males would hatch soon. He scurried to the giant refrigerator filled with meat and opened it to let it warm up. they would be famished and if he was lucky they would be fully functional and he hoped they would see him as a parent. then he did what he was itching to do for the last three months -the time it took his ... children ... yes that's what they were - to grow out of embryos. He entered the code and heard the the computer 'warning One hour before Birthing commences. warning one hour till Birthing commences.'"Ah" he exclaimed in a thin reedy voice "My life's work is coming to this" and with this he left out of necessity. So he used his toilet and washed his hands, then got himself another snack - it would be awhile before he got another chance to eat. A sudden thumping on the front door nearly gave him a heart attack. Then he realized a pattern. He smiled, his 'Sponsor' were here to see the hatching from a closed room made especially for them. if he succeeded - and didn't expire from joy - they would pay him for his design plan, notes and experience. he opened the door "hello good sir" he said happily, "Are you ready for the Birthing? it will happen soon" he said with a Demented grin. "it is?" said a man with a a baritone called Joe. "Well that's good as I was here to ask ... so how soon?" he was worried he might have to stay "oh about forty-five minutes" he said elated. "I'd Better call my superiors" said Joe unsure. "I should get some refreshments then" he said "What would you like?" She awoke, trapped.She thrashed until she realized she would be let out soon enough - so she succumbed to sleep after she informed the males of what was soon to happen With fifteen minutes to go he sensed them and then informed his sponsor that at least half would hatch. this made him very pleased especially since one of the ability's was already working. "Now how often will they mate?" His Sponsor said "Ah... about four times a year with half a dozen in each clutch!"he replied to a question that had been asked dozens of times, already he knew the next "And how soon till they mate?"the sponsor asked "six months for the female, three for the males" was his often repeated reply She woke again and knew what was imminent so she communicated it to the males Joe never knew what happened to the man to make him look so much like a lizard. in fact when Joe first saw him a forked tongue was expected when the man talked. now Joe understood - it was a failed experiment! "Why Lizards?" Joe wondered aloud "Because they're versatile and can live in extreme heat." Joe's employer had heard and answered "And now they can live in extreme cold" these words shook joe as he finally realized what would happen. These creatures would end humanity and it was all too late to stop it. She knew it was time so she waited for the liquid to empty From the tube she was in. she saw her creator and acknowledged that creature that once was human. the males recognized him as well - only because he looked kin to them how inferior were they. then she saw what he had prepared for them - cold yes but still good - red meat. enough to kick start their growth. in her anticipation she made what was as close as a smile as she could. she was already seven feet high oh how magnificent she would be! "She's awake!" he cried " and in a minute she shall feed!" He was in hes own version of heaven at that time and for the first time since that experiment all those years ago failed and got him kicked out of the scientific world leaving him alone and mutated beyond recognition he was truly happy. the five large tubes that grew and held the males ascended and they stalked into the refrigerator to eat their fill. they were already five feet high and all together they weighed half a tonne.their tubes were five feet in diameter, the queens was six. once the males had finished they went to the nests made for them and the laid their raptor-like body's to rest. as they passed him each one dipped its sleek head in acknowledgment of their father and he nodded back with a grin that covered his entire face. Finally, he raised the largest tube and out she stalked and quickly finished off the meat in the refrigerator. Then she faced the viewing room where the sponsor were cocked her head to the side for a moment as if she were listening then spat there, he paled knowing that heaven though she was unable to use her fiery breath until she was mature, he also knew that her saliva was highly acidic mainly to help with food. After a moment he slowly shook his head and asked "Why did you do that my dear?" 'they wanted to kill you and steal us' she replied in a sibilant whisper audible only in his mind. and to that he smiled a deep, meaningful smile "so my daughter we have work to do" there when this was written i was fifteen and just gotten into spiderweb software and this story is heavily inspired by geneforge the critters i imagined when writing this were ... can you guess it? fyoras the original ending was horrible so i rewrote it just today despite my promise to myself to submit this as it was i would like to point out that before now the only people who have read this were my teacher at the time and my immediate family none of which would understand the full story or see it as i did but i think most people here might