Now I think it's time to get a serious point across

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:00 am

What a blast it was...

Originally posted by Tamerlane
Blast from the past eh

I heard Eery will be back in June/July so we can drag that old truck out of retirement then

...yeah, as soon as those alcoholic locos get that truck running the better.

I bet the RT will be an improved version in order to keep up with the new version of Fas.

If it runs sooner than expected, we can have your belated house warming at the RT.

Later, dude... it's showtime now for me with the kids.

CM · Post by CM » Mon May 19, 2003 1:57 am

Ok i dont get involved in such debates. But these are my two cents.

I am a very private person. Everybody knows that. I dont communicate via pms. Only on MSN since like Feb and not before that. For the past 2 years i have only posted here. For a muslim posting politics after sept 11th from an anti-american point of view, i was and still am surprised how accepted i am.

As for cliques and stuff. I personally dont associate with any groups, dont want to and never have considered myself part of a group. If anybody says DF, i swear i will rip you apart

Aegis is right about one thing, cliques are part of life. Heck we have 30 students at the program here. The clicques are here as well. We get along well but we trust some more than others. Associate with some more than others, while some have similar interests.

I hang out with the 2 pakistanis and 1 indian. We are a very tight group. We only understand some jokes, we have insider comments and we always speak in the same language. BUT there are 3 russians who are always with us as well. We teach them urdu and translate our jokes when ever they are around. We try to accomdate them.

SYM does the same. They are groups but they are not snobbish. Some people know each other on a personal level, as a newbie you cant be expected to be treated the same. But you have to give it time.

I will give a personal example of what being an SYMer or a GB poster means. I showed up on Argyle and another one signs, the name was Arcane. A poster from GB. We rp meeting up at the crossroads. Now i have never talked to Arcane or even seen him post in SYM. He asked me if i was CM on GB and i said yes. He said he was a GBer as well. The natural reaction was he is a GB poster, we look out for each other. I had a great time playing with him. Great kid. Thought him the ropes and had a good time.

I personally would have never talked to him on the server or anywhere else if i hadnt know he was from GB. Corny i know, but the simple thing is, he was a poster on GB. He was on argyle. The natural reaction was i hang out with him. It was mutual. SYM is a specific example, but the site fosters this type of feeling.

If it was clique orientated that would have never happened.

Damn this got long.

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon May 19, 2003 2:08 am

Originally posted by CM
Ok i dont get involved in such debates. But these are my two cents.

I am a very private person. Everybody knows that. I dont communicate via pms. Only on MSN since like Feb and not before that. For the past 2 years i have only posted here. For a muslim posting politics after sept 11th from an anti-american point of view, i was and still am surprised how accepted i am.

As for cliques and stuff. I personally dont associate with any groups, dont want to and never have considered myself part of a group. If anybody says DF, i swear i will rip you apart

Aegis is right about one thing, cliques are part of life. Heck we have 30 students at the program here. The clicques are here as well. We get along well but we trust some more than others. Associate with some more than others, while some have similar interests.

I hang out with the 2 pakistanis and 1 indian. We are a very tight group. We only understand some jokes, we have insider comments and we always speak in the same language. BUT there are 3 russians who are always with us as well. We teach them urdu and translate our jokes when ever they are around. We try to accomdate them.

SYM does the same. They are groups but they are not snobbish. Some people know each other on a personal level, as a newbie you cant be expected to be treated the same. But you have to give it time.

I will give a personal example of what being an SYMer or a GB poster means. I showed up on Argyle and another one signs, the name was Arcane. A poster from GB. We rp meeting up at the crossroads. Now i have never talked to Arcane or even seen him post in SYM. He asked me if i was CM on GB and i said yes. He said he was a GBer as well. The natural reaction was he is a GB poster, we look out for each other. I had a great time playing with him. Great kid. Thought him the ropes and had a good time.

I personally would have never talked to him on the server or anywhere else if i hadnt know he was from GB. Corny i know, but the simple thing is, he was a poster on GB. He was on argyle. The natural reaction was i hang out with him. It was mutual. SYM is a specific example, but the site fosters this type of feeling.

If it was clique orientated that would have never happened.

Damn this got long.

<whispervoice=on>
Fas(AKA CM) is the only DF who never has written a post in the story.......He tries to keep it a secret.

Don't tell him I told

<whispervoice=off>

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:58 am

I find that a lot of Aegis' posts are nostalgic recollections of the 'Golden Age of Spam'

p ) when he, Vehemence, Ubik and whoever would spam rampantly, all the while creating hilarious in jokes which are still remembered.

I wasn't around at the time, but it strikes me that Aegis' nostalgia is to a clique that he used to enjoy, but is now gone. Perhaps you would not feel such hostility to groups if your group of choice was still around Aegis

.

The most cliquey I have ever been was summer last year IIRC when I was often online at the same time as CE, Dottie and Kameleon, and we were interested in discussing the same things....unfortunately since then CE got promoted or something, Kam and me have frantic exams to study for and Dottie has become a hermit...so that clique was tragically stunted

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon May 19, 2003 4:39 am

Originally posted by frogus
I wasn't around at the time, but it strikes me that Aegis' nostalgia is to a clique that he used to enjoy, but is now gone. Perhaps you would not feel such hostility to groups if your group of choice was still around Aegis.

Heh, I just know Aegis misses being fish slapped by Veh.

Dottie has become a hermit...

I think he has been kidnapped by CE!

Originally posted by das_hermit
So much for being careful with stories, eh @Georgi?

Trust you...

I wasn't involved at the time, but if I'm correct, your little subplot didn't actually interfere with the main story, did it?

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:23 am

Originally posted by Aegis
I can't be classified.

Translation:
I am the very wind of individuality!

Originally posted by Aegis
In a sense, I am rarely responded to, even when I offer valid points, or if I am responded to, I'm dismissed, yet other people can say something that's half as true, or that is merely being rehashed, and is greeted by applauds and congradulations.

Translation:
Yea, for I am the wellspring from which all knowledge flows. Woe to them whose lips are parched for ignorance of mine wisdom. Drink now, mortals! Sate yourselves at the fountain of my intellect.

Originally posted by Aegis
This is an example of the elitest mentality I see here, and it has led me to limit my posting on these boards, and mostly just look after the couple of forums I moderate, and peruse SYM.

Translation:
Behold! Repent and acknowledge me as the overarching authority on all subjects, lest I deprive you of mine erudition.

Originally posted by Aegis
the groups that exist will only pay them lip service. It is a truth of people and soceity, and the internet does not escape those aspects of life.

Perhaps you missed the point where I said we only have our posts here to be judged from. If you don’t get the response you were expecting, Look Within. Everyone here starts at the same ground zero. It is what you make of it.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:42 am

ROFL "Occasionally" I admire your sharp brain and words, Waverly.

Even though I sometimes suspect your wisdom, ie. choice of person you are targeting to.

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:59 am

Originally posted by Minerva
ROFL "Occasionally" I admire your sharp brain and words, Waverly. Even though I sometimes suspect your wisdom, ie. choice of person you are targeting to.

Wisdom is overrated.

Always max out your charisma attribute.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:01 am

Originally posted by Aegis

@Ysh: I'm not part of the Dark Flames. I merely wrote a couple of portions of it. Aside from that, though, I rarely, if ever, engaged in the majority of spam that occured in both the tavern thread, and the discussion thread. My involvement was in a professional (as professional as one can get online) sense only. Please, don't associeate me with that raving bunch of lunatics

Originally posted by Yshania

One of the cliques that I have seen you regularly subscribed to, and in fact one of the most vociferous speakers for, ( ) is that of the oldest SYM members, a badge which carries some merit, those that were here before SYM itself, those that lament days and members gone past...

Where in my post did I refer to the DF?

And how snobbish of you to shun our chat!

@DW and Scayde ROFL!

@Frogus, thanks for clarifying my point somewhat

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Mon May 19, 2003 8:01 am

Wow, this discussion got awful cliquey awful fast......

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:50 am

*rushes to the end of the thread, panting heavily*

Well, I... can see where... this has gone. From concerns... of compulsive writing to ideas for self-amusement. Wierd.

*suddenly has a ton of different songs and tunes from games and movies stuck in his head, ranging from "Turn the Page" and "Jumping Jack Flash" to a battle tune from BG2: Shadows of Amn"* Agh! It's them voices in me head! *bangs his head on a rock trying to get them to stop, only breaking the rock in the process, groans* Had to be sandstone!

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:22 am

@Waverly:...LMAO..Thanks for clearing that up for us

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Mon May 19, 2003 12:33 pm

ROFL @ Ysh! He actually would have had to read your post in order to respond appropriately!

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon May 19, 2003 12:42 pm

Originally posted by Galuf the Dwarf
*rushes to the end of the thread, panting heavily*

LOL......*Hands Galuf a pint of dark ale*
......Giggle, I told you the threads move fast around here

@Gwally:...*HUG*

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Mon May 19, 2003 12:48 pm

LOL...I see the nasty word has come up.

Hell, I'm not part of any clique either, I just fade in and out of reality at random. It's quite fun, actually.

@Galuf: Really, in all seriousness, there is a place for anyone who lingers around SYM long enough, and who posts enough to be seen. Just keep posting, Galuf. Spam at will, and you will find a niche to occupy comfortably in all the madness. Look at Grunty. He walks around pantless.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:14 pm

Originally posted by Chanak
LOL...I see the nasty word has come up.

Hell, I'm not part of any clique either, I just fade in and out of reality at random. It's quite fun, actually.

@Galuf: Really, in all seriousness, there is a place for anyone who lingers around SYM long enough, and who posts enough to be seen. Just keep posting, Galuf. Spam at will, and you will find a niche to occupy comfortably in all the madness. Look at Grunty. He walks around pantless.

*spits his ale at the mention of Gruntboy* He does WHAT?

Well, people can be different sometimes, even more than me, and I understand that with open arms.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon May 19, 2003 1:30 pm

Originally posted by Galuf the Dwarf
*spits his ale at the mention of Gruntboy* He does WHAT?

Well, people can be different sometimes, even more than me, and I understand that with open arms.

But understanding and open arms are not words that are usually seen together in the same sentence as "Gruntboy"

@Gwally, LMAO!

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:34 pm

Originally posted by Yshania
But understanding and open arms are not words that are usually seen together in the same sentence as "Gruntboy"

@Gwally, LMAO!

LOL...

Fortunately for our new friend I am in a generous mood and will not take the obvious course with this line.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:36 pm

Originally posted by Scayde
Fortunately for our new friend I am in a generous mood and will not take the obvious course with this line.

Spoilsport.

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon May 19, 2003 3:40 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave
Spoilsport.

LMAO..

Well, sometimes the implications alone are enough. Don't you think ?