Haelbarde
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I've taken to making Vote Tallies match the fact that Wilson is queen. Means there's 4 on Karlin.
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Oh, I know how to use spoilers (and it is on the toolbar - under the special bbcode thing). What I meant was, you know how you have the spoiler box: You have a thin box which expands out when you click the 'Show me' button. What I thought I saw was a spoiler box, but there was text inside the box before you click the button. The text that was there said something like 'This contains spoilers for Stones Unhallowed', and was replaced with the actual spoiler text:
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#22: The admins engage with the community!
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Suggestions: Mastermind, Big Brother. Would you have a secondary power, or a prime invincibility. That could flavour things. It'd raise some interesting questions regarding weaknesses... Questions: - I have a memory of seeing a spoiler box which had text describing what the spoiler contained. But when I went looking for it, I couldn't find the post, and my attempts at replicating it have so far failed. Is this a feature that actually exists? - Where/when/how did you learn your webadminy/server skills?
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As in, 1+1<3 is more powerful/precise than 1+1=<3, though this is true. 'One plus One is equal or smaller than 3' is a true statement. But no, does not have the same ring at all. Maybe it isn't original, but it's the first time I've seen it, so upvotes for you.
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This needs to happen so much.
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What do you mean 'technically true'. This a mathematical truth. Though the equals is not necessary. I've not seen that before. This amuses me.
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Not so much a question so much as a comment - I don't believe there's any 'hell' or that people go to heaven even. So there's that. Here's a question though: Can you do my Complex Analysis exam for me in two weeks? EDIT: Oh, and a question I've actually been meaning to ask. There have been whispers of an impending doomSite Update. Does that have an ETA beyond 'when it's done'? Will that affect MBI, or is that a completely different beast?
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I must say, I do find that interesting. Curious to see if Karlin'll come by and tell us all about it. Actually curiuos which name you think is the cool one. Kashero looks better, but Wyrmimir sounds awesome. Gonna put a vote on Karlin. I'd like to hear from him about his Seon. I don't suppose anyone else has been contacted by Seon Teo? a smart guy, had time to dig through the game enough to offer thoughts yet? Oh, and hey there Silverblade o/ Greetings, and good luck.
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I love mathematics and science - I'm studying pure mathematics and physics at university at the moment. I love to understand how the world works. If I could study for the sake of it, I'd do further study, and do stuff like Biology, Psychology, and maybe Philosophy, 'cos I'd love to know more about how people work, and such like. I would agree you, Chaos, in that everything has a natural explanation. There are fundamental ways in which matter and energy interacts, and these govern everything we see around us. How I would see God affect the world would be through use of the natural world, perhaps manipulating chance and understanding human psychology. It might be affect the way certain events play out which could send the world in a particular direction. Does he necessarily do a lot at an individual level? Perhaps not. What gives me confidence in a God is two things - The first is that I am satisfied that the Bible is a historically accurate text, and that what we have today is accurate to the source texts from 2000+ years ago, barring some minor transcription and translation errors. The second is the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. There are quite a number of prophecies that give specific timescales for particular events to continue for, until coming to an end. The way I understand it, Revelation has predicted events that have happened over the last 2000 years - the fall of the Roman empire to the various 'barbarian' tribes. The rise of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Catholic church. Napoleon, and then later the World Wars. Sometimes it includes some fairly particular details. I've not been very specific (this isn't the place for detail. Happy to have PM conversations if people wanted to discuss it more), but I'm satisfied that Revelation has accurately predicted world history for the last 2000 years. So for me, Bible prophecy provides sufficient evidence for me to believe in a God.
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Game Quicklinks Signups Day 1 - Fel/Mek Lynched. Night 1 - Orlok Killed, Zas converted. Day 2 - Spencer Lynched. Night 2 - Cultist and Gyorn targets protected by pendants. Phattemer allegedly Cultist target. Day 3 - Mailliw73 Lynched. Night 3 - Bort was poisoned, someone else saved from Cultists. Day 4 - Winter discovered to be a Cultist and Lynched. Wyrmhero and Emerald join the game. Night 4 - Phattemer killed, Meta probably poisoned. Day 5 - Honey Badger, a Citizen Pirate, was lynched. His hostage, Zas (a Cultist), died with him. Night 5 - Jindo Warrior prevents the Cultist killing, Alvron taken by Shaod, Bort returns from Elantris. Day 6 - Bort, the Cultist Prince, was lynched. Night 6 - Cultists get thwarted again Day 7 - Currently Active. Let me be first to welcome Meta back. Now we get his words straight from the source! \o/ (And it turns out turnover happened before a left. Yay!)
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Had been hoping for a response from Lightsworn. Maybe I'll save thoughts for next cycle. Anyway - I have a Quest for whoever decides to take it - I am not going to be around for turnover (well, unless it comes in super late). This means there may be a lapse in game quick links as the second post. So, if I'm not around I'm gonna put the code for the quick links here, so someone could do it this round. [hr][b][u]Game Quicklinks[/u][/b] [LIST] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/]Signups[/url][/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=266040]Day 1[/url] - Fel/Mek Lynched.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=267210]Night 1[/url] - Orlok Killed, Zas converted.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=267929]Day 2[/url] - Spencer Lynched.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=269512]Night 2[/url] - Cultist and Gyorn targets protected by pendants. Phattemer allegedly Cultist target.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=270936]Day 3[/url] - Mailliw73 Lynched.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=271870]Night 3[/url] - Bort was poisoned, someone else saved from Cultists.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=272410]Day 4[/url] - Winter discovered to be a Cultist and Lynched. Wyrmhero and Emerald join the game.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=273590]Night 4[/url] - Phattemer killed, Meta probably poisoned.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=274107]Day 5[/url] - Honey Badger, a Citizen Pirate, was lynched. His hostage, Zas (a Cultist), died with him.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=275117]Night 5[/url] - Jindo Warrior prevents the Cultist killing, Alvron taken by Shaod, Bort returns from Elantris.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=275713]Day 6[/url] - Bort, the Cultist Prince, was lynched.[/*] [*][url=http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/29102-lg12-shadows-of-elantris/?p=276772]Night 6[/url] - *Cultists did something*[/*] [*][url=Night%206]Day 7[/url] - Currently Active.[/*] [/LIST] [hr] Or I guess I can just do it late. But it don't look as neat as when it's the first reply.
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Reason #I'lllcountthemeventually[1]: A thread about why the 17th shard is so awesome is so awesome that it inspires the admins to make the site more awesome. [1]: Turns out it's about #18 Edit since no ones responded yet: A LISTTM OF REASONS WHY THE 17TH SHARD IS SO AWESOME We can talk about religion without arguments starting. In fact, we can have intelligent conversation on religion. Age doesn't matter. Ideas and comments are judged solely on their merit, and not dismissed because the person posting is too young or too old to understand what they're talking about. We have mods that are truly interested in the community. We all have fantastic taste in books We have a fan base which doesn't prejudice or insult others for things they are interested in, whether that video games, movies, fantasy, science fiction, anime, books, roleplaying, superheroes or even My Little Pony. We have people willing and with the talent to write odes to 17th Shard. People actually like [LarkoftheRiver] to an extent on here, or at least tolerate [them] We can discuss anything that would start arguments in five minutes on other forums without having the fights ourselves. There's a downvote system but it's never used. Its the only place where [we] can haphazardly throw around Sanderson references and people actually understand. People are capable of derailling threads with passionate 5 pages long battles between pet theories and in the end everyone agrees that the other has valid points, even if they are not convinced. Everyone is respectful of [our] opinion, whether they disagree or not. Everyone is supportive of ideas, theories and jokes. This forum is the only place where [king of nowhere has] found people who are strongly religious but also accepting of others who are not. This is the only place where [you] can find people who are even more nerds than [us[, so [we] don't feel like the weird one. There are no trolls here, there is only understanding and companionship. This is a true community of like-minded individuals. The fact that [we] can [talk about our beliefs/worldview] on this forum and know that no one will attack [us] for our beliefs... And this goes beyond religion to any topic. On almost any other site, the Oregon RP would've gotten more raised eyebrows than requests to join A thread about why the 17th shard is so awesome is so awesome that it inspires the admins to make the site more awesome.
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Out of context, it probably is odd. But here, you are a respected member of a community with a plethora of followers. Also, zombie caribou are totally plausible in the reckonerverse!
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Well, I can't say I don't question the sanity of it, but I started to sign up and it's exactly the sort of thing my sister would love, so I'm not sure what that says about me. But I guess, what is 'normal'? What makes something 'normal' as opposed to different/odd/weird? Isn't being different to everyone else 'normal'?
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That is a relief. I did not think my poetry worthy for the Brightness Ascendant, but I was not sure if Her Majesty approved though. She did not respond to the banner commissioned in her honor.
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Writes out a whole bunch of stuff, then rereads your post, and decides to restart my reply. (And then does it again. Take 3. And then I reread it again and see that there's actually two questions. Take 4. Scratch that, Take 5... Take 6)Hadn't seen that Dilemma before. Guess my view on it would be that the Bible/God defines 'morally good' as 'what pleases Him'. In which case, the two statements are equivalent, and then no more dilemma. 'Why worship God?' (opperating under the assumption that He exists, and that he is the source of goodness, is omnipotent, etc) My answer would be 'What reward has He offered? What is the personal cost? Are you willing to pay it? (This assumes that the cost is serving Him)' 'Is there any reason to subscribe to religion when there is obvious fallibility'. (Hopefully that's about right. That's how I see the question anyway). I could talk about fallibility for ages if I wanted to (most of my different attempts of writing this related to that). Think it boils down to personal belief. A persons should understand what their faith, and believe it by their own choice, rather than just believe what they are told. Should you then join a religion? If it helps you to serve your God how you understand He wishes to be served, then sure, for as long as that religion is aligned with the way you want to walk. (Edit: Hmm, me this that this might be drifting off the topic of the spread of religions across Sharders. And again, if I've stepped over a line, do PM me, and I'll fix things)
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Your royal highness, Lady Kiireon, the Brightness Ascendant. With my fate no longer bound with that of Kaian, I can now reaffirm complete fealty to your service. Do you still require poems of a novice poet?
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Is reading The Stormlight Archive worth it?
Haelbarde replied to Red Ferring's topic in Stormlight Archive
If you've read other Brandon Sanderson stuff, the nice thing about the Stormlight Archive is that it starts to weave the Cosmere more directly into the story. While all the other books hint at something else, and we can use information from one book to inform a theory from another, the Stormlight Archive starts to reference things in more meaningful ways. In regards to length, yeah it can be long. I personally didn't find Shallan's story line in The Way of Kings engaging, but the others were real page-turners. In some ways, you could almost skip the Shallan stuff (apart from the fact it helps inform the reader about some major things) in the first book. It's more in Words of Radiance that Shallan starts to be become truly relevant (in my opinion). I will say this - if you've ever attempted to read The Eye of the World (first book of the Wheel of Time series), got a half a dozen chapters in, and then put it down (my first attempt was exactly that), then you have nothing to fear from Way of Kings. -
This is a sentiment I would agree with! Shifted my vote to that. Treading carefully, I know that I would tend to agree with you (and I know we'd also point to scripture (Revelation) as saying such things would happen). I guess this is where everyone believes they have the whole truth (really, if you are going to identify with a religion, it's in some ways necessary). Because these things can be sensitive, I will say this: if you feel I've stepped over a line, PM me and I'll remove stuff, and will be happy to continue a conversation there if that is what you wanted.
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Game Quicklinks Signups Day 1 - Fel/Mek Lynched. Night 1 - Orlok Killed, Zas converted. Day 2 - Spencer Lynched. Night 2 - Cultist and Gyorn targets protected by pendants. Phattemer allegedly Cultist target. Day 3 - Mailliw73 Lynched. Night 3 - Bort was poisoned, someone else saved from Cultists. Day 4 - Winter discovered to be a Cultist and Lynched. Wyrmhero and Emerald join the game. Night 4 - Phattemer killed, Meta probably poisoned. Day 5 - Honey Badger, a Citizen Pirate, was lynched. His hostage, Zas (a Cultist), died with him. Night 5 - Jindo Warrior prevents the Cultist killing, Alvron taken by Shaod, Bort returns from Elantris. Day 6 - Bort, the Cultist Prince, was lynched. Night 6 - Currently Active. Vote Tally: Bort{11*}: Seonid, Wilson*, Emerald, Clanky, Haelbarde, Wyrm, Twelfth, Mckeedee, Dowanx, a smart guy Wyrm{1}: Kasimir Ostrich{1}: Bort Wilson{0**}: Kipper** Claincy{1**}: (Kipper)** Vote Tally (with history): Bort{11*}: Seonid, Haelbarde<1>, Wilson*, Emerald, Clanky, Haelbarde<3>, Wyrm<2>, Twelfth, Mckeedee, Dowanx, a smart guy Clanky{0}: Araris<1> Wyrm{1}: Kasimir Ostrich{1}: Wyrm<1>, Bort, Haelbarde <2> Wilson{0**}: Kipper** Claincy{1**}: (Kipper)** Everything seems to be as we were expecting.
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Adding those two for those reasons certainly seems fair enough. I guess it would be worth keeping note of the fact that we can't necessarily verify either of them, but that the likelihood of them being Gyorn is less than the others in the pool. If that was pointed at me, feel free to disregard my thought. That was more an exercise in getting my brain actually working in this game (I'd been struggling to really come up with anything), and I posted it cos I'd written it. I had wonderred, and I had an idea I thought might work. Can't remember if I said this, but I think Seonid commented about how Winter's comment successfully shut down the discussion, preventing fellow cultist from getting involved. That satisfies what I had regarded as odd in how Winter reacted to being called out. So I don't even have doubts as to Meta's priestness now. No raging objections from me.
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I went with 'Other', and even if there was a 'Christian' option, I'm not sure if I'd change. Certainly wouldn't be Christian by a Catholic definition (understanding that all Catholic's might not have the same definition - that to believe the Trinity is necessary to be 'Christian'). Christadelphian is what I am, if anyone has heard of them. One of biggest doctrines is what we call 'God Manifestation' - that what made Jesus God-like while on earth was his character aligned with God's, and put aside his own will in favor of God's. Because he lived a sinless life, he was resurrected and then given immortality. So, the only difference between us and him was that his father was God. We also view references to Satan/the Devil as just referring to human nature - our own tendency to do the wrong thing. While I could have worded that better, those two things I feel would differentiate us from quite a number of other Christian denominations. Adult full immersion baptism would also be another thing (though at least someone has already mentioned that). Though I suspect 'hymn' means something different to me than some of you (our hymns are (for the most part) 4-part harmonies that are classical (used as a catchall for older, less modern music, rather than exclusively the musical period), sung to a piano or organ accompaniment) I would say I love singing them. That makes sense. In our hymn books there are some hymns which I would not agree with the content, and I'd just not sing them if they came up. But no, having a think through the various hymns we have, a lot would say things not relevant to a non-believer (though I don't see that as an issue necessarily - believers who want to worship through song are going to want words relevant to their beliefs (not that you're saying they shouldn't)).
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I voted Bort because he had put that vote Phat. Borta response satisfied me at face value. I was hoping that we'd hear from Elantris, and was going to wait for that, instead pressuring Ostrich in case he'd finally grace us with his presence. But now that Elantris has made contact, I'll switch my vote back to Bort. Edit: Color and typo. Now that I'm home and actually have time to read, I'll clarify myself - I would potentially vote (or not vote) for RP reasons if it didn't matter, though I would try to only do so if it didn't matter. Endangering a priest 'for RP reason's' is not a good idea, but I know I've not exactly carefully thought out my actions - I'm pretty sure a bunch of you have picked me up on that. So, I was willing to give Bort the benefit of the doubt until Elantris made contact, or Meta returned.
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I'm hoping that people have contacted Elantris and just haven't had the opportunity to get back on and relay information... And the vote tallies: Vote Tally (with history): Bort{4}: Seonid, Haelbarde<1>, Wilson, Emerald Clanky{0}: Araris<1> Wyrm{1}: Kasimir Ostrich{3}: Wyrm, Bort, Haelbarde <2> Wilson{0}: Kipper Claincy{1}: (Kipper) Vote Tally: Bort{4*}: Seonid, Wilson*, Emerald Wyrm{1}: Kasimir Ostrich{3}: Wyrm, Bort, Haelbarde Wilson{0**}: Kipper** Claincy{1**}: (Kipper**)
