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Started by Syt, March 16, 2009, 01:52:42 AM

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Admiral Yi

#2880
November 10, 2015, 01:47:06 AM
Reminds me of the parody Strategy & Tactics did one time about the world's largest wargame, currently in development: Battle of the Bulge at the individual level, with each counter given the person's correct name.

jimmy olsen

#2881
November 10, 2015, 01:52:24 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 13, 2015, 02:23:06 AM
I've never paid much attention to Warhammer, least of all the novels, because the setting is so silly and cranked up to 11ty-11, I don't see how it can work as a setting for a proper story.

Someone on EUOT suggested the Ciaphas Cain books as a good jumping on point, and I picked up the first one as eBook (For the Emperor). I'm in chapter 1, but basically this is Flashman/Blackadder in WH40K, no? (Not complaining - I think this is a way you can make it work.)

That's exactly what it is, though Cain is more of a Blackadderesque Cowardly Lion than Flashman IMHO.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Eddie Teach

#2882
November 10, 2015, 02:06:33 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 02, 2015, 07:25:46 PM
Weren't you an Ayn Rand fan back then?  Goodkind was also a big fan.  When you aim low, you hit low.

He was an Anne Rice fan, that good enough?
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#2883
November 10, 2015, 02:48:44 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 10, 2015, 02:06:33 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 02, 2015, 07:25:46 PM
Weren't you an Ayn Rand fan back then?  Goodkind was also a big fan.  When you aim low, you hit low.

He was an Anne Rice fan, that good enough?

I distinctly remember him saying he thought she "pissed lemonade" when he was younger, which I understood he was favorably inclined at one time.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#2884
November 10, 2015, 05:23:12 AM
I have never used that phrase* in my life. Nice try though, bro. :mellow:

*And admittedly have not even heard that.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#2885
November 10, 2015, 05:32:52 AM
Anyway, Goodkind's main problem is not his politics. It's that he can't write for shit.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

garbon

#2886
November 10, 2015, 05:40:16 AM
Yeah. He basically seems to make every mistake that basic writers are cautioned against. But I guess the early 90s was a more innocent time. :hmm:

I have continued to read Wizard's First Rule and it does not get any better. I need to hurry up and get a new book on my kindle. -_-
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

#2887
November 10, 2015, 07:00:46 AM
Still intending to read a 2nd book this year. :smarty:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Eddie Teach

#2888
November 10, 2015, 07:08:32 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 10, 2015, 07:00:46 AM
Still intending to read a 2nd book this year. :smarty:

To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#2889
November 10, 2015, 10:40:51 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 10, 2015, 05:23:12 AM
I have never used that phrase* in my life. Nice try though, bro. :mellow:

*And admittedly have not even heard that.

Must have been the other gay black Republican.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#2890
November 10, 2015, 10:53:38 AM
I think there is probably an easier explanation and it involves you not having as great a memory as you think. :(
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#2891
November 10, 2015, 06:15:58 PM
Oh, Raz, you'll need to update the descriptor. Today, I finally mailed off my paper work to rejoin the Democratic Party. :yeah:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Ed Anger

#2892
November 10, 2015, 07:56:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 10, 2015, 06:15:58 PM
Oh, Raz, you'll need to update the descriptor. Today, I finally mailed off my paper work to rejoin the Democratic Party. :yeah:

Disgusting.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

garbon

#2893
November 10, 2015, 08:10:52 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 10, 2015, 07:56:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 10, 2015, 06:15:58 PM
Oh, Raz, you'll need to update the descriptor. Today, I finally mailed off my paper work to rejoin the Democratic Party. :yeah:

Disgusting.

True. Many Republicans would say that about what they would call 'my chosen lifestyle.' -_-
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#2894
November 10, 2015, 09:20:30 PM
It's unpatriotic. :yes:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?
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