OwaynOTT Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hey fellow people who like reading books by a certain author. I'm new to the forum and im looking forward to greeting down and dirty about some cosmere stuff. Oh and i managed to get banned before I even made a post. Pre-emptive bans aren't enough to stop me having my say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey fellow people who like reading books by a certain author. I'm new to the forum and im looking forward to greeting down and dirty about some cosmere stuff. Oh and i managed to get banned before I even made a post. Pre-emptive bans aren't enough to stop me having my say! huh. That's weird, i wonder if it got caught on some sort of spam filter out there. What was the username you tried before? Also, welcome to 17th shard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 No, the spam filters caught him on that username, and he emailed me to sort it out. We at 17th Shard try and make the best first impressions, you see Well, I'm glad that's finally been sorted out, and you didn't go ragequitting! Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 No, the spam filters caught him on that username, and he emailed me to sort it out. We at 17th Shard try and make the best first impressions, you see Well, I'm glad that's finally been sorted out, and you didn't go ragequitting! Welcome! Huh, that's odd. What rules of the spam filter was that username violating that caught it? It doesn't look that suspicious to me (but im not a computer program, so.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) I suspect it looked like a random sequence of letters (that might be generated by a spambot) to the system. Anyway, welcome Owayn. Hope you have fun here. Edited February 23, 2012 by CrazyRioter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralis00 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 My theory: Somebody awakened the ban-hammer and didn't tell anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey there Owayn, banning is a very serious business.... I should know, I've banned nearly 20k times since I joined the internets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 My theory is that Owayn's email address was a yahoo.ie address and a lot of bots use weird foreign emails. Who knows? IPB didn't say the particular reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwaynOTT Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey hey now, Ireland is not a weird foreign country, more accurately it's a foreign country that hasn't got two cents to rub together. Thanks for the welcome guys. I'm now off to do a re-read of Way of Kings and to finish off the Mistborn series. One question is there any major spoilers in Alloy of Law for the previous Mistborn books? So wanna read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 One question is there any major spoilers in Alloy of Law for the previous Mistborn books? So wanna read it. nothing major, other than 'the world wasn't destroyed' and the like. They are near enough separate worlds, though the magics are the same, and some character reappearances (Hoid for one, some of the more major characters of Mistborn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hey hey now, Ireland is not a weird foreign country, more accurately it's a foreign country that hasn't got two cents to rub together. Thanks for the welcome guys. I'm now off to do a re-read of Way of Kings and to finish off the Mistborn series. One question is there any major spoilers in Alloy of Law for the previous Mistborn books? So wanna read it. I know it's not a weird foreign country, haha. But trust me, the spambots love to use foreign domains like that. Most of them try something of that nature. It's fairly stand-aloneish, but you get more out of the book if you had read the trilogy first. Brandon made a delicate balance and he did a good job on not alienating new readers, but I can't imagine going into it without reading the trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwaynOTT Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Okay I'll hold off on it until I finish the other two, if only college didn't get in the way so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I know it's not a weird foreign country, haha. But trust me, the spambots love to use foreign domains like that. Most of them try something of that nature. It's fairly stand-aloneish, but you get more out of the book if you had read the trilogy first. Brandon made a delicate balance and he did a good job on not alienating new readers, but I can't imagine going into it without reading the trilogy. Yeah, you could, certainly, read it without reading the first set of books, but at the same time, this one doesn't exactly explain the magic system as thoroughly (at least in my opinion). Also, there's several points where they refer to things in history/mythology/etc. and such that you can directly draw backwards to events in the original books that will go over your head and just come off as back story for the setting. Which won't stop you from reading and enjoying it, it's just that there's so much more to it if you've read the originals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Okay I'll hold off on it until I finish the other two, if only college didn't get in the way so much! Don't worry. College won't get in the way once you have your spikes. In fact, not much of anything will get in your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironeyes Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Depends on which spikes you get. Feruchemical zinc would fit the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Don't worry. College won't get in the way once you have your spikes. In fact, not much of anything will get in your way. Depends on which spikes you get. Feruchemical zinc would fit the job. I see what you two are doing, sacrificing the new guy to avoid getting spiked yourselves... I'm fairly sure that's against the rules.. TO THE SPIKEPIT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuri Shardweaver Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 My theory: Somebody awakened the ban-hammer and didn't tell anyone. It seemed like a good idea at the time! I was trying to save the admins some work!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwaynOTT Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Yeah, you could, certainly, read it without reading the first set of books, but at the same time, this one doesn't exactly explain the magic system as thoroughly (at least in my opinion). Also, there's several points where they refer to things in history/mythology/etc. and such that you can directly draw backwards to events in the original books that will go over your head and just come off as back story for the setting. Which won't stop you from reading and enjoying it, it's just that there's so much more to it if you've read the originals Ive read Final Empire so I have an idea of what's going on. I've decided to hold off on the new one and read the other two first, so then I can get more involved on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 TO THE SPIKEPIT!! I'm sorry to spoil your fun, but I have a "do not impale" certificate from Vlad Tepes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm sorry to spoil your fun, but I have a "do not impale" certificate from Vlad Tepes. I'm pretty sure that any decree he handed out was made invalid after the Balkans were conquered by the ottoman empire. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Curses! I was hoping I could weasel my way out of it. Sometimes even an invalid decree can be handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikomis Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm pretty sure that any decree he handed out was made invalid after the Balkans were conquered by the ottoman empire. Just sayin'. Naw, he still has tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eerongal Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Naw, he still has tenure. Is that so? Man, i want tenure that lasts through the establishment of a new governmental power and assassination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikomis Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Is that so? Man, i want tenure that lasts through the establishment of a new governmental power and assassination. Well, then I guess you'll just need to become Eerongal Dracul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Naw, he still has tenure. Yay! I'm safe. Thanks Nik! Well, then I guess you'll just need to become Eerongal Dracul Shh! Don't give her any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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