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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited March 2012
    I go to the same Albanian girls across the street. $13 for a men's cut. I just give them a $20 and tell them to keep the change.

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    BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

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    VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    such a good naaaaaaaaaaaap

    missed mlg finals woo time to watch

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    AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    Al Gore has a good one. :D

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    EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I love Neal Asher. Post-cyberpunk with plenty of action, though the first book is rather Mary Sue. The silver-haired author sure likes his silver-haired men of action protagonists.

    Start with The Skinner and see if you like it.

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    AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    although I am very un comic book nerd I have thoughts on the matter.

    dialogue does not need to be delivered by talking heads. Apart from establishing who is talking to whom and who is saying what, they're completely unnecessary. They add nothing.

    Show what's happening - what are they doing? is she subtly leaning forwards and trying to look seductive while he's gesticulating wildly, looking away and sligthly up, gushing about something?

    Is someone droning on and on about something while amusing background events happen?

    If there is no action to show, use the time for some establishing shotsand/or some scenery porn or just normal porn or something. You have visuals, use them!

    You don't need to show exactly who is talking all the time, either. Books get away with this just fine.

    people talking to each other, sometimes for long stretches, is pretty unavoidable in certain kinds of stories. all you can really do is use the art to punch up and emphasize the emotions at play.

    here's 22 ways to do that:
    wallywood22panel1600.jpg

    Yeah, I know. I'm just saying, at the start of the dialogue, establish who's talking. then go do something else with your visuals.

    Like writing,

    "so hey you're like hot and stuff" said Jenny.

    Vera answered "omg you really think so?"

    "yeah totally"

    "ohmygod that is like so awesome. wanna bang?"

    "oh yeah, totally."

    we know who's saying what.

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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    Warren Ellis is not allowed to die until he finishes Fell and Desolation Jones.

    So he'll probably survive the heat death of the universe.

    And then he'll go LET THERE BE LIGHT and make the next universe. And oh boy will that universe be in deep shit.

    More like "LET THERE BE....eh..." then naptime.

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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    - Snow Crash
    - Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow
    - Stranger in a Strange Land
    - Starship Troopers
    - Storm over Warlock
    - Neuromancer
    - The Hunger Games (kinda sci-fi-ish)

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    mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    Dan Simmons: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion.
    If you enjoyed the above, Dan Simmons: Ilium, Olympos.

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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    what kind of stuff do you think you might like? let's start from there. do you want big, epic space opera? what about gritty mystery? maybe an adventure story with monsters and daredevil escapes? or something intimate and personal?

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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Oh yeah, I, Robot is a great book.

    And I would say Cat's Cradle is somewhat sci-fi-ish. Though not really. But you should read it, because it's great.

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    AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Let's get to twerk! The King in the SwampRegistered User regular
    @BeNarwhal

    In sirius, A Canticle for Liebowitz is amazing.

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    AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    I think short stories are the superior sci-fi medium.

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    PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    I go to the same Albanian girls across the street. $13 for a men's cut. I just give them a $20 and tell them to keep the change.

    Make sure their albanian husbands don't catch you.

    WHAT YOU THINK MY WIFE IS PROSTITUTE?!

    They will straight up murder you. And drive your corpse around on the hood of their car while the whole albanian neighborhood nods in understanding.

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    Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    Dan Simmons: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion.
    If you enjoyed the above, Dan Simmons: Ilium, Olympos.

    I loved all four books in the Hyperion Cantos very much, but Fall of Hyperion was seriously the greatest thing. The last entry can get a little slow and preachy, but it actually ties up every single question ever left open across all four books and has a really neat, satisfying ending.

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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    STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Why are most of the TF2 servers filled with assholes who won't give me tips to get better?

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    mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    - Snow Crash
    - Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow
    - Stranger in a Strange Land
    - Starship Troopers
    - Storm over Warlock
    - Neuromancer
    - The Hunger Games (kinda sci-fi-ish)

    Oh god, I forgot all the William Gibson. Just pick up whatever isn't Spook Country, and Pattern Recognition.

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    EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    Hey

    Ask me if I like Neal Asher and Alastair Reynolds

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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Podly wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    I go to the same Albanian girls across the street. $13 for a men's cut. I just give them a $20 and tell them to keep the change.

    Make sure their albanian husbands don't catch you.

    WHAT YOU THINK MY WIFE IS PROSTITUTE?!

    They will straight up murder you. And drive your corpse around on the hood of their car while the whole albanian neighborhood nods in understanding.

    Albanians are soooooo sexist, mein gott.

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    OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    podly's favorite song is

    OH I SWEAR TO YOU
    I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
    THIS IS NOT A
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    MimMim I prefer my lovers… dead.Registered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    although I am very un comic book nerd I have thoughts on the matter.

    dialogue does not need to be delivered by talking heads. Apart from establishing who is talking to whom and who is saying what, they're completely unnecessary. They add nothing.

    Show what's happening - what are they doing? is she subtly leaning forwards and trying to look seductive while he's gesticulating wildly, looking away and sligthly up, gushing about something?

    Is someone droning on and on about something while amusing background events happen?

    If there is no action to show, use the time for some establishing shotsand/or some scenery porn or just normal porn or something. You have visuals, use them!

    You don't need to show exactly who is talking all the time, either. Books get away with this just fine.

    people talking to each other, sometimes for long stretches, is pretty unavoidable in certain kinds of stories. all you can really do is use the art to punch up and emphasize the emotions at play.

    here's 22 ways to do that:
    wallywood22panel1600.jpg

    Yeah, I know. I'm just saying, at the start of the dialogue, establish who's talking. then go do something else with your visuals.

    Like writing,

    "so hey you're like hot and stuff" said Jenny.

    Vera answered "omg you really think so?"

    "yeah totally"

    "ohmygod that is like so awesome. wanna bang?"

    "oh yeah, totally."

    we know who's saying what.

    I'd read it.

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    mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    Dan Simmons: Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, Rise of Endymion.
    If you enjoyed the above, Dan Simmons: Ilium, Olympos.

    I loved all four books in the Hyperion Cantos very much, but Fall of Hyperion was seriously the greatest thing. The last entry can get a little slow and preachy, but it actually ties up every single question ever left open across all four books and has a really neat, satisfying ending.

    I used to get all four of them out from the library every year and read them all over a weekend. Should really read them again someday.

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    ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    1940s perverts.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHNY4juwbeg


    Like, seriously. His nose.

    Ugh.

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    BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    what kind of stuff do you think you might like? let's start from there. do you want big, epic space opera? what about gritty mystery? maybe an adventure story with monsters and daredevil escapes? or something intimate and personal?

    I could see myself enjoying any of those stories!

    To be honest I've spent the first 25 years of my life largely reading Fantasy/Historical Fiction, while almost entirely neglecting Sci-Fi (aside from obvious ones like Hitchhiker's Guide, Ender's Game, etc), so it's something I'd like to jump into with both feet, now that I find myself with the time and inclination.

    Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far, I'm compiling a spreadsheet to keep things neat and organized!

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    AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Mim wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    although I am very un comic book nerd I have thoughts on the matter.

    dialogue does not need to be delivered by talking heads. Apart from establishing who is talking to whom and who is saying what, they're completely unnecessary. They add nothing.

    Show what's happening - what are they doing? is she subtly leaning forwards and trying to look seductive while he's gesticulating wildly, looking away and sligthly up, gushing about something?

    Is someone droning on and on about something while amusing background events happen?

    If there is no action to show, use the time for some establishing shotsand/or some scenery porn or just normal porn or something. You have visuals, use them!

    You don't need to show exactly who is talking all the time, either. Books get away with this just fine.

    people talking to each other, sometimes for long stretches, is pretty unavoidable in certain kinds of stories. all you can really do is use the art to punch up and emphasize the emotions at play.

    here's 22 ways to do that:
    wallywood22panel1600.jpg

    Yeah, I know. I'm just saying, at the start of the dialogue, establish who's talking. then go do something else with your visuals.

    Like writing,

    "so hey you're like hot and stuff" said Jenny.

    Vera answered "omg you really think so?"

    "yeah totally"

    "ohmygod that is like so awesome. wanna bang?"

    "oh yeah, totally."

    we know who's saying what.

    I'd read it.

    Write the books you want to read, right?

    Well I want 3000 pages of lesbian sex.

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    PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    my fave is this

    DEFINITELY NSFW

    Because I'mma pimp

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EONhJ9qvCPY

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    AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Elldren wrote: »
    I am thinking about SPACE

    which part of SPACE

    I am thinking about the galilean moons.

    specifically, lesbian sex on the galilean moons.

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    mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Je suis pimp
    Tu es pimp
    Il ou elle est pimp
    Nous sommes pimp
    Vous êtes pimp
    Ils et elles sont pimp

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    EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    Ceci n'est pas une pimp

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    PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    fallin' asleep on the shitter
    word to roberto clemente
    I'm still a hitter

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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    what kind of stuff do you think you might like? let's start from there. do you want big, epic space opera? what about gritty mystery? maybe an adventure story with monsters and daredevil escapes? or something intimate and personal?

    I could see myself enjoying any of those stories!

    To be honest I've spent the first 25 years of my life largely reading Fantasy/Historical Fiction, while almost entirely neglecting Sci-Fi (aside from obvious ones like Hitchhiker's Guide, Ender's Game, etc), so it's something I'd like to jump into with both feet, now that I find myself with the time and inclination.

    Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far, I'm compiling a spreadsheet to keep things neat and organized!

    can you stick around for a few minutes while I type up some stuff?

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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    The Community thread is like an abortion, rape, religion, and Achewood thread all rolled into one poisonous miasma of painfulness.

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    bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Anyone here know about this Guild Wars Hall of Monuments thing?

    No where does it really explain how you use it towards Guild Wars 2

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    VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    The Community thread is like an abortion, rape, religion, and Achewood thread all rolled into one poisonous miasma of painfulness.

    I had to bail

    I think I should disallow myself from posting in there actually

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    DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    The Community thread is like an abortion, rape, religion, and Achewood thread all rolled into one poisonous miasma of painfulness.

    I had to bail

    I think I should disallow myself from posting in there actually

    Yeah. Me too.

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    MimMim I prefer my lovers… dead.Registered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    The Community thread is like an abortion, rape, religion, and Achewood thread all rolled into one poisonous miasma of painfulness.

    I had to bail

    I think I should disallow myself from posting in there actually

    I got scared reading it.

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    bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Lol

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    BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Jacobkosh wrote: »
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    Also [chat] if you'd be so kind, I would really appreciate some "must-read" sci-fi recommendations.

    I've recently come to possess a Sony Reader and now that "going to the library" no longer involves getting off my ass, I find myself doing a great deal more reading! And not just cookbooks, which is a refreshing change.

    what kind of stuff do you think you might like? let's start from there. do you want big, epic space opera? what about gritty mystery? maybe an adventure story with monsters and daredevil escapes? or something intimate and personal?

    I could see myself enjoying any of those stories!

    To be honest I've spent the first 25 years of my life largely reading Fantasy/Historical Fiction, while almost entirely neglecting Sci-Fi (aside from obvious ones like Hitchhiker's Guide, Ender's Game, etc), so it's something I'd like to jump into with both feet, now that I find myself with the time and inclination.

    Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far, I'm compiling a spreadsheet to keep things neat and organized!

    can you stick around for a few minutes while I type up some stuff?

    I will greatly appreciate and, further, pledge to read anything you can recommend! :)

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    SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited March 2012
    Anyone here know about this Guild Wars Hall of Monuments thing?

    No where does it really explain how you use it towards Guild Wars 2

    http://hom.guildwars2.com/en/faq/

    You do quests and shit in Guild Wars 1 for special items and perks in Guild Wars 2.

    Sarksus on
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    I am sleep. Laters.

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