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16 hours ago, Sorana said:

Thank you so much! I will try to find a demo and if I can't, I'll give it a try anyways. It does sound so tempting and I love to learn about different characters, play their arcs and all that.

If you want I can lend you the game and you can try it out =)

7 hours ago, Fezzik said:

Is he there at the direction of Harmony? A kandra who wanted to continue under a TLR-like figure could do a lot worse than the diagram.

I think there is a WOB that says the kandra worldhopper is one of Harmony's agents.

11 hours ago, Ethan_Sedai said:

Agreed. Time to tie him up and force him to read All of Calvin and Hobbes before he can do any more Cosmere rereads.

That's almost cruel. You can't take cosmere away from a Sanderfan.

runs away and hides because she also hasn't read Calvin and Hobbes.

Also to get back on track: YKYASF when you strike up a random conversation in a shop and by the end have convinced the other person to read mistborn. (The conversation didn't start anywhere even near the topic of books, fantasy or anything else related)

YKYAS when random people in a bookstore ask you for help because you were discussing Brandons Books near a pile of them. (Didn't happen to me but to @Sorana but still a funny story)

YKYAS when after the Q&A with Brandon a random person comes up to you and starts asking you questions about Brandon. I'm still perplexed as to why she came to me since he was literally there but gladly I could answer all her questions.

1 hour ago, Paleo said:

Isaac: [partial answer] Getting things to look realistic. Took a lot of practice.

Longer answer: 

He said he has lots of things in his head the problem was getting his hands to reproduce the image in his head the way he imagines them. Often they end up locking quite different and that can be frustrating.

I also asked Isaac how much freedom he gets from Brandon for the maps and symbols and so on.

A: He gets a lot of freedom with the maps. There were actually times they changed parts of the books to fit the maps.

Q: I asked after an example

A: They changed around directions in the Kholinar chapters a lot.

Q: And the glyphs and other symbols?

A: For the glyphs he has a symmetry tool which he played around a lot with. They developed the glyphs later in full from those images they liked

For the allomantic symbols he had a couple different ideas which didn't seem to work well. Then he had an idea about a bunch of nails lying around haphazardly and from that image the allomantic symbols evolved.

I also talked a bit with Isaac about Germany since he has lived here before. So apparantly he likes our bread and our castles. 

I also asked Brandon if he had read the new War of the spark novel, especially Davriels Cameo in it. He said he hadn't gotten around to reading it but would like to. But Wizards sent him the part with Davriels Cameo. So without spoilering sth for those who haven't read the novel: He thinks what Davriel does is very typical for him.

The way he is described is because he is in disguise but if you could hear his inner voice he would be constantly complaining. I regreted that we didn't get to hear his thoughts.

All answers are heavily paraphrased.

There are also two more Wobs thanks to @The Forumlurker who posted them in the other thread to the german signings.

1. If a radiant tried to soulcast using stormlight directly from the highstorm what essences could they create?

A: Anything. They could create any essence. This is for radiant soulcasters not soulcasting fabrials.

2. Could a windrunner only lash part of something, like only a hand instead of an entire body?

A: This is theoretically possible. It’s like how Kelsier can push on a pole and make it spin. This would require a lot of skill however. But yes it is possible

The Kaladin shirt is really cool.

@Winds Alight

They are so cool. and they were all really nice! 

So we're here. and waiting for them to open up. 

I have OB, Mistborn FE, Arcanum and Davriel (the Magic Card) with me.

I think he would have been thrilled. 

6 hours ago, Herowannabe said:

I’m pretty sure you could have done better @Wyrmhero. 

Anyone else wish that they had simply broken open their piggy bank and hired Brandon to write it for them?

No not really because then he wouldn't have as much time for SA4.

Why didn't you draw some rithmatics? Would have fit with the chalkdrawings  @Showman

12 minutes ago, Herowannabe said:

Davriel does have a couple cameos in it, but you can tell from them that the author never read Children of the Nameless. 

That's just sad. I mean if you are going to write a character which you didn't make yourself you should look at his background story. Simply to get him right.

By the way the Davriel Deck works rather well. Not something you could play in modern or a tournament but it's fun for a couple casual matches. Especcially when after the first match your opponent get's really scared of Davriel's continued damage =)

17 hours ago, Wind_Breaker said:

Soooooooo

I tried to tweak my schedule to somehow get to one of his signings (they are in Berlin, Bonn, München, and Stuttgart, all next week), but I just can't.

So I really hope that he'll be back for a Stormlight 4 promotion tour in two years!!! and would like to know: is there someone willing to protocol the Q&A sessions?

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PS: oh come on. I think the translators worked hard on the books. Translation often means that you just have to decide between several options. I mean, yeah, sometimes the decision is questionable, but how WOULD you translate "spren"? Also, Elant struck me as a weird name when I read the translation of Mistborn (guess who it is...), but, I mean, just leaving him be "Elend" in the German version would give his name a twist that wasn't intended in the original. I don't know about the French version, but just leaving Vin be Vin and not at least chaning her name to "Vinne" would be weird. I guess the translation seminars in university changed my view on all of that, but in general, the German translations really are not bad, guys.

I'm aware that translating is a hard job especcially for fantasy books with all their made up words. But for me they just read wrong. (not sure how else to describe it) The language after translation doesn't have the same feeling and it doesn't flow the same. But it's ok. I'm glad there are translations for those not as versed in english but for me I'll simply stick to the english versions. =)

On 7.5.2019 at 2:15 PM, Wyrmhero said:

I've had some fun playing him in my oldest deck, a Rakdos discard deck - He pairs really well with Lavaborn Muse, Hellfire Mongrel, Asylum Visitor, and even potentially Hollowborn Bargest as a curve-topper. His discard effect is nice to force opponents down to the range where the above cards work, and the fact you can spread it over several turns works really nicely as a surgical strike, rather than something like Mind Rot which is a one-and-done deal. His static ability helps a lot too, as he doubles as both an enabler and a win condition.

I was actually thinking of playing him in a Black/Blue Deck and pairing him up with Raider's Wake for some extra damage and then look for more discard (Digress, Divest, Burgler Rat and Thought Erasure come to mind) and perhaps throw in Thief of Sanity for fun.

But I don't think it will be a fun deck to play against like that.

On 4.5.2019 at 0:04 PM, Sorana said:

So without a spoiler tag now

Nothing to say against that. That's the danger when standing against a "necromancer". I don't really want to defend their strategy. If you have a unit, you can't include then send them away, whatever. But before you let them destroy the other part of your army, then sacrificing them is the smaller evil. In the end all your fallen comrads will stand against you.

Actually I'm watching that episode now for the third time, and I'm still disappointed. I'd hoped for something else.

I agree partly. Still think they could have made better use of them than simply letting them get slaughtered. But I don't think the Dothraki would have handled being sent away that well. I meant they pride themselves on their warrior and horseriding skills and here comes the big battle and they are to be sent away. I'd be pissed in their place. So it was probably the best they could think of without making the Dothraki angry.

Also I agree with Sorana: I was really disappointed with the episode.

15 hours ago, ILuvHats said:

Ok. I just got so lucky I had to share it. I was playing in a booster draft tournament today, mainly because I wanted to get davriel without sifting through a dozen booster packs, and was crossing my fingers nobody else in my pool would go dimir or mill and take him instead. Fortunately, I was the only one aiming for that deck type, and I got both him and davriel's subterfuge. But then, I got even luckier. I opened my last pack, and low and behold, there sat Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God . I seriously considered going 3 colors and drafting him into my deck, but decided it would be pretty hard to add in enough good red cards to make up for it after already committing to dimir. But still. That's probably the best draw in a tournament I'll ever get.

Wow that's awesome.

I actually got Davriel in a booster this weekend (fortunatly it was the first one I opened) =) So now I'm going to get that card signed when I see Brandon in Stuttgart and then I need to make a DimirDeck to play him in.

Also telomeres don't prevent cell mutations or cancer.

The body has several different mechanism to prevent the replication process going wrong which also is one just one of the hallmarks of cancer. There are in total six hallmarks namely sustaining proliferative signaling, evading growth suppressors, resisting cell death, enabling replicative immortality, inducing angiogenesis, and activating invasion and metastasis. (I bolded the one that has to do with replication.)

Mutation safeguards include special proteins that check the DNA after replication, immun system responses to falsely replication cells and many many more.

And if you think that our intestinal system renews itself every 36 hours and that except for the cells of the nervous system every part of our body gets renewed each day, week or month (depending on the cells) I would say the system works pretty well.

Back to Telomeres. Telomeres are necessary for cell replication, because of its mechanism. Because the protein responsible for replicating the DNA (DNA-Polymerase) needs a bit of DNA strand to attach, this part therefore cannot be replicated. So each replication the DNA strand gets shortened on the 5' end a bit. Telomerases are repetitive nucleotide sequences on that end, that prevent essential DNA information from getting deleted. Essentially some inconsequental part of the DNA gets lost and the cell remains functional. As a secondary function telomeres stabilize the chromosomes.

As people age the telomeres become shorter and eventually the important parts of the DNA strand become damaged, which is thought to be one of the reasons for some diseases that come with old age.

Research into increasing telomere lenght hopes to prolong health in old age or to even conquer some parts of aging completly.

Back to the Cosmere. I therefore believe that bloodmakers would probably have a way to increase their telomere length otherwise their DNA would get damaged rather quickly. They probably can't enlarge them beyond the point they should be at their respective age because of the way health works of the spiritual aspect, which means they will eventually succumb to the effects of old age though they can perhaps heal from many of the assosiated diseases. They probably also age due to other effects (extended exposure to radiation, loss of muscular elasticity, abrasion of carilage etc. etc. etc.) whose effects are so minimal, we don't even realize them until they show visible or tangible results.

Sorry I'll be out too. Too much real life stuff happening at the moment. have fun!

Herdazian 1

@Scion of the Mists @MistCLOAKed Mountains @Truthless of Shinovar

2 hours ago, Sorana said:

I fear I won't understand half of the text until I get the translations sorted. Listened to an audiobook with a friend a few months ago and it left me confused...

I agree. Someone once talked to me about this really awesome book they read and wanted to recommend and it took like 20 minutes for me to understand that they were talking about Mistborn some of the German translations sound so bad.

Anyway I'm really looking forward to Stuttgart.

Sadees is a red agent.

Red teams clue is Hearthstone 1

ok. =)

officer 2

@MistCLOAKed Mountains @Truthless of Shinovar @Scion of the Mists

sorry sorry! I didn't have much time for looking at things. so I'm going to do that now. clue will come shortly. I didn't expect things to move on so fast. the last time it took a good bit longer to gather players, etc.

ok clue is Math 2

@MistCLOAKed Mountains @Truthless of Shinovar @Scion of the Mists

Hi. Yeah I can be spymaster if no one else wants to.

I'm open for any theme

I agree with Well of Ascention.

Not too sure about the second one, but Half-Shards is as good a guess as any of mine.

Also sorry for the long absence. RL got in the way.

no i would say pass