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Post by Jalathas on Jan 9, 2007 6:07:43 GMT -5
GM decision time(i.e., I should have said this earlier): You're heading off into a good-sized forest. About a day and a half's travel time, if nothing goes wrong.
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Post by BugHunter on Jan 9, 2007 10:45:23 GMT -5
Forest! I called it! Someone owes me a juice box
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Post by zoner on Jan 9, 2007 11:32:38 GMT -5
Get this man a juice box![]
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Post by Jalathas on Jan 9, 2007 13:42:04 GMT -5
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Post by zoner on Jan 9, 2007 19:51:20 GMT -5
Lol!!! That was worth a laugh. Juicey Juice. Now 100% people for 100% fruit...or something along those lines...
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Post by BugHunter on Jan 9, 2007 23:59:45 GMT -5
Dang straight!!
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Post by Cobra5 on Jan 10, 2007 23:32:56 GMT -5
Sarah told me today that everyone is waiting on me to drive the story forward.
I hope that isn't true... I know my character is the one driving in the literal sense, but I hadn't really planned on describing any of the coming areas or anything... and I never really got a feeling anyone expected me to...
I'm going to be leaving for Arizona Sunday, and though I'm sure I'll have internet connection to post, I'll be busy and I don't think I'll be able to steer the group or anything like that...
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Post by Jalathas on Jan 11, 2007 6:10:14 GMT -5
I didn't expect you to. I was just sort of giving ample discussion time. I'll post a new plot point sometime today.
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Post by Cobra5 on Jan 11, 2007 10:11:03 GMT -5
I didn't expect you to. I was just sort of giving ample discussion time. I'll post a new plot point sometime today. I agree, I thought it was perfect time for our characters to "get to know eachother", our previous RPGs didn't really have time slots for stuff like that I think. Just free RPing you know? But then again, we had to keep going because if we stopped, everyone would stop RPing for like a week  |
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Post by Tassatul on Jan 11, 2007 15:45:10 GMT -5
^^
Although. . . I *have* been busy.
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Post by daft alchemist on Jan 11, 2007 17:32:28 GMT -5
"Getting to know each other" time can always be put in between adventures though, like in Baldur's Gate with the random discussion sessions. Having a set time to just sit and chat is the kind of thing that should be done in a tavern over drinks, not on a metal Kruzer on the way to find a "devil" in the west.  Also, Tass, is Dune your favorite book series or something? Because your alchemic inner test thing really sounded like making the water of life non-toxic.  |
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Post by zoner on Jan 11, 2007 18:40:35 GMT -5
i thought that too! I lyke DOON!
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Post by Cobra5 on Jan 11, 2007 19:32:24 GMT -5
I can't speak for him or anything, but... I know he likes dune a lot In fact... correct me if I'm wrong, but way back when, wasn't your character in Bugshunting (Like, pre-cobra's lair) a Fremen? |
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Post by zoner on Jan 11, 2007 19:40:04 GMT -5
it took me awhile to finish the book (Only book i finished in more than two sittings, normally i get a 200-600 page somethin and read it right there, then give it to a friend and get the next one) but I like it now that i'm done with it
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Post by Jalathas on Jan 11, 2007 21:00:24 GMT -5
Meh. Dune, it seems to me, has a case of the dubs. Reading it, I was reminded of poorly translated anime as the chararcters made the same realizations many times over. For example, every time Jessica hears something about Bene Gesserit or the Kwisatz Haderach on Dune, she thinks something along the lines of, "Wow, the Missionaria Protectiva must have come here." I was fine with this the first time, and even the second time was okay, but when I was reading it for the fourth time in a row it just really bothered me. Also annoying was the way the author switched between viewpoints without meaningful transition. One minute, I'm reading Paul's thoughts in italics, and the next, the italics are Jessica's thoughts. It's confusing and unnecessary. Basically, it suffered from the same problem I find in the Lord of the Rings. It's a great story, but written in a manner that makes it unappealing to me.
Oh, and I guess I promised a plot post. I'll get on that.
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