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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:35 am
Yea, sorry about the manner in which I wrote my previous message - I was jsut utterly bemused as to where your notion had come from. XD
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:47 am
I'm just blaming loony toons and a deprived childhood.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:24 pm
Temporal Chaos Okay, I think I got it right this time. As I said before my cousin went nuts overnight and I have now been fully informed of my misjudgments in the genre. I've also been refered to a comic called Girl Genius (which she has stacks of) to get a rather entertaining view of it. I also got a good smack to the head for mentioning my whole 50's bit. Honestly, on retrospect, I'm not sure how I managed to mix them together. Course that could just be the sense knocked into my head talking. Girl Genius is a good introduction to Steampunk, really. It may have far more fantasy elements than most, the the fantastic quality as a whole and the [voice=camp] brilliant [/voice] machines are truly wonderful, especially Castle Wulfenbach. Castle Wulfenbach practically is Steampunk, the corpereal manifestation. Also, don't trouble yourself over it. You've posted here a few times and I would never have guessed you has such a notion confusing you.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:29 pm
Vanghar Temporal Chaos Here is what I've always understood to be Steampunk. It's the idea of the future that people had in the fifties. That psuedo philosphical look into what's to be by basing it on what is. Nuclear power was meant to revolutionize the world, cars were to fly, houses were to serve you with robot maids and ovens that cook by themselves, and those pesky russians were american enemy number one. Technology got better, but nothing else was going to change. Erm... I hate to say it, but you seem to have made some terrible mistake. Put simply, everything you just said is wrong. :/ For starters, Steampunk is set in the Victorian era (way before the 50s ><) usually in the British Empire but often USA and other palces too. As a genre, Steampunk is essentially Victorian science fiction (think Jules Verne) where steam powered machines are capable of going into space, and we have steam-powered rockets etc. There's a kind of hint in the Steampunk. You'd be best looking it up on wikipedia. If anything, what you're describing is retro sci-fi. Bad retro sci-fi. neutral Actually, the principle seems quite right. But instead of using 50s as an example. Think more of the Victorian age, looking to the future, and trying to predict it. No one could comprehend electricity, so obviously, technological advancements would be made through steam, and they would invent crazy ways to fly, and do all sorts of things. So, in that respect, technology gets better, but their way of life stays the same. No annoying cell-phones, i-pods, internet addicted teenagers with no respect for anyone, and with horrible senses of fashion. For some reason it makes sense to me.
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:14 pm
KumaBlind Vanghar Temporal Chaos Here is what I've always understood to be Steampunk. It's the idea of the future that people had in the fifties. That psuedo philosphical look into what's to be by basing it on what is. Nuclear power was meant to revolutionize the world, cars were to fly, houses were to serve you with robot maids and ovens that cook by themselves, and those pesky russians were american enemy number one. Technology got better, but nothing else was going to change. Erm... I hate to say it, but you seem to have made some terrible mistake. Put simply, everything you just said is wrong. :/ For starters, Steampunk is set in the Victorian era (way before the 50s ><) usually in the British Empire but often USA and other palces too. As a genre, Steampunk is essentially Victorian science fiction (think Jules Verne) where steam powered machines are capable of going into space, and we have steam-powered rockets etc. There's a kind of hint in the Steampunk. You'd be best looking it up on wikipedia. If anything, what you're describing is retro sci-fi. Bad retro sci-fi. neutral Actually, the principle seems quite right. But instead of using 50s as an example. Think more of the Victorian age, looking to the future, and trying to predict it. No one could comprehend electricity, so obviously, technological advancements would be made through steam, and they would invent crazy ways to fly, and do all sorts of things. So, in that respect, technology gets better, but their way of life stays the same. No annoying cell-phones, i-pods, internet addicted teenagers with no respect for anyone, and with horrible senses of fashion. For some reason it makes sense to me. Except that there was electricity later in the age.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:40 am
Do you have to dress steampunk to be in the guild? Because I don't, I'm just really interested in it. I only recently found out about steampunk, but I realized that I'd been interested in this type of stuff for awhile (I'm an artist, I have sketchbooks full of doodles of modified dirigibles and hot air balloons and weird victorian towns). I also collect old keys and lace umbrellas and also antique cameras (so far the coolest one I have is a 1942 model). I also weld and stuff, I have a welding mask and circular goggles (of course they're the modern versions). I've always been obsessed with reconstructing watches and stuff with gears.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:33 pm
Ciache Do you have to dress steampunk to be in the guild? Not at all! Steampunk is mainly a mind-set. If you like all that stuff, that's as good as it needs to be. Steampunk is odd in regards to fasion anyway - having what is likely the loosest 'fasion guidlines' of any subculture. I personally am constructing a very steampunky outfit - but it is too unsuitable for day-to-day useage, so simple shirts do for me most of the time.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:26 pm
Vanghar Ciache Do you have to dress steampunk to be in the guild? Not at all! Steampunk is mainly a mind-set. If you like all that stuff, that's as good as it needs to be. Steampunk is odd in regards to fasion anyway - having what is likely the loosest 'fasion guidlines' of any subculture. I personally am constructing a very steampunky outfit - but it is too unsuitable for day-to-day useage, so simple shirts do for me most of the time. Indeed. I am as well in the process of making a steampunk outfit, but since i live the Florida, it's much to hot most of the year to wear any more than the vest and bowler hat.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:03 pm
Super Lazar Vanghar Ciache Do you have to dress steampunk to be in the guild? Not at all! Steampunk is mainly a mind-set. If you like all that stuff, that's as good as it needs to be. Steampunk is odd in regards to fasion anyway - having what is likely the loosest 'fasion guidlines' of any subculture. I personally am constructing a very steampunky outfit - but it is too unsuitable for day-to-day useage, so simple shirts do for me most of the time. Indeed. I am as well in the process of making a steampunk outfit, but since i live the Florida, it's much to hot most of the year to wear any more than the vest and bowler hat. At least you can buy vests and bowler hats. We have the use the iternet...which is just so much harder even if more convenient.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:50 pm
Imber Super Lazar Vanghar Ciache Do you have to dress steampunk to be in the guild? Not at all! Steampunk is mainly a mind-set. If you like all that stuff, that's as good as it needs to be. Steampunk is odd in regards to fasion anyway - having what is likely the loosest 'fasion guidlines' of any subculture. I personally am constructing a very steampunky outfit - but it is too unsuitable for day-to-day useage, so simple shirts do for me most of the time. Indeed. I am as well in the process of making a steampunk outfit, but since i live the Florida, it's much to hot most of the year to wear any more than the vest and bowler hat. At least you can buy vests and bowler hats. We have the use the iternet...which is just so much harder even if more convenient. i need the internet to get the bowler actually. the only part of the outfit i can get locally is the vest, and the pants, but they only look steampunk when put with the rest of the outfit, which requires the internet.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:08 pm
Imber Except that there was electricity later in the age. Hooray Galvanic Cells! They're often overlooked and very stylish this year. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:40 pm
here's a question:
what're some books i could check out to learn more about steampunk? i hadn't even heard about it before this guild, but so far i've loved everything i've heard and i'd love to soak up as much of this as i can wink
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:45 am
[[blunt.object]] here's a question: what're some books i could check out to learn more about steampunk? i hadn't even heard about it before this guild, but so far i've loved everything i've heard and i'd love to soak up as much of this as i can wink Well - there are no books specifically describing Steampunk, but there's Steampunk fiction abound - Pretty much any science fiction set in the Victorian era. Check out anything by Jules Verne to get the basic idea. I'd also suggest reading stuff like Pax Britanica or Mortal Engines to get a feel for it, as well as Court of the Air if you fancy Steampunk Fantasy. I would also suggest you try and watch Steamboy - a brilliantly Steampunk animé.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:55 pm
I'm new to the guild/subculture, but is The Difference Engine steampunk? I love that book.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:36 pm
Vanghar [[blunt.object]] here's a question: what're some books i could check out to learn more about steampunk? i hadn't even heard about it before this guild, but so far i've loved everything i've heard and i'd love to soak up as much of this as i can wink Well - there are no books specifically describing Steampunk, but there's Steampunk fiction abound - Pretty much any science fiction set in the Victorian era. Check out anything by Jules Verne to get the basic idea. I'd also suggest reading stuff like Pax Britanica or Mortal Engines to get a feel for it, as well as Court of the Air if you fancy Steampunk Fantasy. I would also suggest you try and watch Steamboy - a brilliantly Steampunk animé. Yeah, my main thought of reading material is to look for Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. The Time Machine? Hell yeah. Also, I'd like to go back to the thoughts of lame '50s Science Fiction and how we'd live "in the far-off year of 1990" - that would be more like Dieselpunk, right? Like The Jetsons, and whatnot. Meanwhile, science fiction of the modern age would be Cyberpunk, which doesn't quite have the class of Steampunk, IMO. Too much sleek technology, black leather, rubber, and plastic; not enough grit (read: "clockwork" whee ).
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