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Robert Douglas Mon Dec 31 20:14:11 2012
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@ C-Star,
Interested in what clothes you got: was it...AN ADVENTURER'S COSTUME! Did you get a sword and backpack to go with them? Wonder if anybody got a Necromancer's outfit this year? Wouldn't it be great if we could actually get these outfits and go out to the tav...I mean pub. And we could ask people about any sword-for-hire work going. LOL, can you imagine if somebody actually dared to do that? I'd love to see that! And wouldn't it be something if a horde of Orcs or troop of Caarth swarmed into the pub, swinging scimatars. ALL REAL, I mean. Jaws would drop to the floor and bladders would empty :)
They say we can actually create monsters through poking about with genetics and DNA. Perhaps, one day, we'll see an FF theme park with real creatures and villains... |
C-Star Tue Jan 1 18:16:45 2013
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Actually no, it was just a hoody and t-shirt. No stat bonuses, they must be useless... Trinitour: Do you possess a t-shirt and hoody? Me: Um, no. ADVENTURE ENDS HERE
And that tavern idea would be awesome. I sense a new Youtube hit! If everyone on the guestbook comes together we'll have... 7 people. Well, we have a SWAT team of Orcs at least. |
Robert Douglas Wed Jan 2 13:07:17 2013
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Yes, while most people have glass pints, we'll have tankards of ale. Also, we'd loudly discuss a mission to 'infiltrate a lost temple of booby traps and destroy the necromancer'. We could have a map prop on the table and plan out our route. We could also visit the local market, purchase some provisions, asking if they have any magical garments for sale, even some advice about Razaak. We could ask ordinary on the spot, mixed in with actors dressed up in outlandish costumes...
I've seen some fan films featuring clever special effects - S.T.A.L.K.E.R is one such example. |
Aiken Thu Jan 3 23:25:21 2013
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Seriously guys, this site is in danger of losing its hipster credentials. |
C-Star Fri Jan 4 01:06:08 2013
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What do you mean? |
C-Star Mon Jan 14 18:33:47 2013
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*Tumbleweed rolls by* |
C-Star Tue Jan 15 19:52:06 2013
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Ask if you get stuck on any of the rest of the series. They can be fairly challenging, just like most gamebooks really. |
FF Taught me to read Wed Jan 16 12:18:41 2013
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Great site and contributions. Much appreciated from someone who can't locate their old collection of FF books and has limited finances to purchase the new editions. Really enjoyed House of Horror (I'm a natural coward so still scares me now!) and loved Midnight Deep even more, especially once you reveal the full story. No which to go for next if looking for a classic FF like experience? :) |
C-Star Thu Jan 17 08:29:37 2013
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by classic experience, but if you mean a challenging dungeon crawler, I'd say Hellfire. Just be warned that it's hard. Outsider is great too.
The Wrrong Way Go Back series is good too, but not 'classic'. |
bcyy Thu Jan 17 13:12:50 2013
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@All: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year! A bit late, sorry!
@Aiken: Brilliant poetry on the last page, has a hint of Shelley in it...
@C-Star: I wasn't aware of what happened in Ireland, and I cannot access facebook, though I must say that the incidents were regrettable. I still remember the suicide of a fellow student (also a girl) during my second year of high school, though that was due to a rejection from the printing press when she tried to publish her novel, instead of any form of bullying. A few months ago at our high school reunion, we paid our respects at the place where she fell. They will not be forgotten. I'll second your sentiments about life in the earlier stages of education. We nerds just don't mix well with most other people. But you have a lot to look forward to: just make sure that you get into a *really good* university, and you'll suddenly find that you're in paradise. There, people don't go to cinemas; the standard way for friends to watch a movie together is to do so crowded around a laptop. "Entertainment" will be understood as manga, cartoons and Resident Evil instead of football. FF will be so popular that people will be willing to learn another language to be able to read it, if their first language isn't English. Statistics show that you'll have a 1 in 10 chance of finding a girl nerdier than you are (sampled from my buddies), but even if you don't (I most certainly didn't), life would still be quite awesome in comparison to primary, secondary or high school. Just make sure that you study hard, at least hard enough to keep yourself in the program. :-) |
bcyy Thu Jan 17 13:50:28 2013
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Re real-life FF:
At the pub, we could order tomato juice by pointing at it, and mutter "I thought it was blood" after tasting it.
Better still, if someone expresses ridicule at our garments and behaviour, we could even give them a surprise by knocking out a lightbulb or two at a distance with a staff-shaped device. The design of such a device would be tricky, but not impossible: just rig an inductor-like solenoid conductor around a staff made of some dielectric material, and plug it into a powerful AC battery (maybe car batteries would do?), which we could carry in a backpack. When turned on, this should create a reasonably strong sinusoidal magnetic field which could be picked up and translated into a current by a similar solenoid conductor which has enough loops in it to amplify the current, such as those in a voltage transformer, if the pub has one. The only problem left would be to align the staff with the receiving solenoid without arousing suspicion, switch on the battery, and hey presto, my "nullify electricity" spell just gave the local pub a local blackout (actually a burnt-out fuse)... Seems more practical than cloning orcs. :-)
Disclaimer: the poster of this message will not claim any responsibility for any damage caused by the use or misuse of the ideas above. |
C-Star Thu Jan 17 21:02:49 2013
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@bcyy
That... sounds like heaven. I had to smile while reading your message. I'm going to try keep that image in my head to motivate me to study. I do higher level in all my subjects, so there's no shortage of things to learn.(I'm not sure what the equivilants of 'Higher Level' and 'Ordinary Level' are in other countries)
I look forward to the day where I can read your post about electricity and magnetic fields and understand all of it! |
bcyy Sat Jan 19 07:24:59 2013
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@C-Star:
The reason you didn't "understand" it was probably that it was wrong. There were too many mistakes for anyone with proper physics training (such as yourself, I presume) to find it legible.
@All:
Never mind my last post. It was meant to be an amusing general idea, not a serious post with details on how the idea should be carried out. I didn't really think the details through when I posted that, and it's ridden with typos and such. Unless any smart engineers among us are willing to think it through, I don't see such a project going anywhere. |
C-Star Sun Jan 20 20:56:36 2013
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Ha, found this quote. Think it shows the ridiculousness of society prretty well.
Me: I cut Society: Attention seeker Me: Im ugly Society: Attention seeker Me: Im pretty Society: Concietted b¡tch Me: *commits suicide* Society: Its a shame. They were so beautiful.
@bcyy
Wow, that was all wrong? But it sounded so cool! Bit like a politician's speech. |
pi4t Mon Jan 21 11:17:18 2013
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I'm made slightly nervous by someone who finds politicians' speeches 'cool'. Interesting, perhaps. Amusing, often. Cool?
Mind you, this is being written from one gamebook player to another, so... :) |
C-Star Mon Jan 21 14:43:12 2013
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No, I meant how it sounded so impressive, but actually didn't mean anything. Like most things politicians say. At least the Irish ones... |
SCC Mon Jan 21 19:48:31 2013
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Dear Sir,
the Contact link does not appear to be working at present. Could you post your email address here?
Many thanks |
Mouseover Mon Jan 21 22:47:39 2013
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info(at)ffproject.com
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pi4t Tue Jan 22 09:22:03 2013
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I know what you mean :)
I sometimes just end up laughing when they just completely ignore a question from an interviewer, or try to use statistics to back up their claims. My mathematical background means I tend to see when they're just choosing statisics which suit them, rather than giving an overall view. |
C-Star Tue Jan 22 16:33:06 2013
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I was talking more about the promises they make, which tend to go out the window after a while. Whether they actually mean their promises, and try to but are unable to keep them, or whether they never intend to keep them in the first place, I'm not sure. |
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