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 Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:10 am
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I would like to point out a n00b here.
Just because Ertai makes larger posts, doesn't mean that he sucks.
"ZOMFGWTFBBQ HE MADE A BIG POSTS THAT SCARES ME!!!"
If you have a problem with literacy, then screw you. Go back to using asterisks and first person perspective, ******** n00bs. While your at it, get off the computer andread a book. While you are reading it, notice both how it is long, and that the author prabably enjoyed himself while writing it.
And while your gone, I will be hoping every step of the way that you trip and fall on a computer cord, breaking your throat on the way down.
Then if you come back, remember what you have learned. Now, to incorporate it.
If a person isn't god moding or acting like a n00bish peice of s**t, then aknowedge that they have the right to enjoy themselves.
Now I'm done for now. Rant over...
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:26 am
Right...
Of course, you have to acknowledge that while length does not make a post bad it doesn't make it good either. It all really depends on the content.
I do several MS Word long posts when I feel it's appropriate, but I also sometimes hit two-liners when that's all I feel a situation merits.
Of course, for combat, especially PvP, I tend on the longer side.
More than anything though, yeah, it's about how artistic you feel and how much fun you have writing it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:28 am
Artistic is the keyword. Roleplaying is an art, not a science. People don't realise that. neutral
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:28 am
Kuro, one question. What books are you reading with the same level of detail as Ertai?
I can only think of a few, most often those books are taken up by characterization and the moving of characters from place to place. Very few authors put forth even a fraction of the detail most of the people here do for battle scene description.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:31 am
Nihilistic_Impact Kuro, one question. What books are you reading with the same level as detail as Ertai? I can only think of a few, most often those books are taken up by characterization and the moving of characters from place to place. Very few authors put forth even a fraction of the detail most of the people here do for battle scene description. Actualy, I read books my scientific authors like stephen hawking, and not much actual stories. Although its been a while... >.<
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:34 am
Anonymooo Kellindel Yahoo's about the same only with a stronger emphasis on post length. Literary masturbation. Oi, I'M from Yahoo. xd But yes, I do feel that a lot of RPing is pretty ******** ridiculous, basically showing off folks' vocabulary and verbosity solely to try and be impressive, while not even considering how much of a ******** pain their stuff is to read. Funny that, these are the same people who make fun of Robert Jordan, who DOES go overboard with needless detail. xd ...I don't remember that at all... Unless it changed...
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:36 am
Kuro_Tsuwamono Actualy, I read books my scientific authors like stephen hawking, and not much actual stories. Although its been a while... >.< Well that makes sense, but not all people enjoy reading text books. I myself prefer the history kind, hence why I have been amassing a collection of books on military history.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:41 am
Nihilistic_Impact Kuro_Tsuwamono Actualy, I read books my scientific authors like stephen hawking, and not much actual stories. Although its been a while... >.< Well that makes sense, but not all people enjoy reading text books. I myself prefer the history kind, hence why I have been amassing a collection of books on military history. Science? Joan Vinge. Isaac Asimov, or Orson Card. ninja Military History..... I suggest Sun Tsu. Or Tom Clancy/Dale Brown.... ...Maybe even the book Red Storm Rising. ninja
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:45 am
Tcchh. My opinion on the matter is: I'll type however much I wish to, whether you think it too lengthy or no. If the owner of this little event himself starts telling me to cut down on it, then I'll see proper reason for it. Otherwise, you may presume my response to a comment such as..
"omfg ur posts 2 LAWNG!!1"
..Would be, "******** YEHW, good siramdam."
But, hey. And I just checked the "Stadium" to look over a few of Etai's posts, just to see what's being referred to here; I'm glad he's got a sense of detail to his roleplaying, as well as a few others. It'll make this challenging, unlike the last "tournament" I participated in, where I basically came out on top in a day because nobody would type past a sentence. Easiest thousand I ever made on this site. ;.;
....Off-topic, however. Though, this is the OOC thread.
I will say: those participating in the Barton Town "division", good luck to ya' through this, as well as to Shilon, whom I believe just registered a bit ago.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:46 am
Snow, we weren't speaking fiction. That and I would never trust either Clancy and especially Brown with propper military history. Brown's books while entertaining, Tin Man, are tech wank. Clancy was just too boring for me.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:48 am
Nihilistic_Impact Well that makes sense, but not all people enjoy reading text books. I myself prefer the history kind, hence why I have been amassing a collection of books on military history. Realy? Seems interesting enough. I've only read about some strategies, such as Machiavelli. But it wasnt from a book... @Nightsnow: I don't like science fiction as much as reading up up on actual science. I may go on places such as wikipedia and read about quantum psysics...
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:50 am
Notice
Just checking messages and whatnot. I'll be back home in 2-3 days.
*Waves to all the peoples.*
edit: Having checked over things and random thoughts that made me laugh, this is a notice for Clash that 2 characters will be entered into the Commerce bracket when I return home. La la la la fleebing da.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:06 am
Nihilistic_Impact Snow, we weren't speaking fiction. That and I would never trust either Clancy and especially Brown with propper military history. Brown's books while entertaining, Tin Man, are tech wank. Clancy was just too boring for me. Then Sun Tsu would work best, if you're not talking about fiction based novels..... @Kuro--> Darn. What happened to those people that read novels for the hell of it? gonk
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:09 am
So far my collection of military history(along with general military books) is.
the Teutonic Knights, a Military History by William Urban
the Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli
the Art of War by Sun Tzu
And a Hard Rain Fell by John Ketwig
the Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan
the Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor
Napoleon's Art of War by Napoleon Bonaparte
the First World War by John Keegan
Dungeon, Fire, & Sword, the Knights Templar in the Crusades by Ohn Robinson
On War by Carl Von Clausewitz
the Cambridge History of Warfare by Geoffrey Parker
Sieges of the Middle Ages by Philip Warner
the Black March by Peter Neumann
Five Years, Four Fronts by Georg Grossjohann
On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-tung
the Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Guns Up by Johnnie Clark
Weapons in Space by Karl Grossman
Air Power by Stephen Budiansky
Leadership: the Warrior's Art by Christopher Kolenda
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Tanks by Patrick Wright
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
I have a few others that I don't have right on hand.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:13 am
...Yeah, that list is pwnsomly big. Nice. o.o
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