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[AJStarhiker]

It was over at a fanfic writers' forum.  A couple of posters insisted there was a fundemental problem with writing in present tense because there were no good stories done that way and couldn't seem to understand most of the awkwardness came from an unfamiliarity with reading/writing in that format.  It would have been entertaining if the posts had been shorter (some were longer enough to require scrolling to read one post)

[ROOTless]

In 'discuss political stuff in loud tones' do you mean 'rant about stuff in all caps regardless of whether he was making a valid point or offending 90% of the population'?

More so than the all caps mode.
Part of my problem was that a) some of his points were valid enough in themselves, but his presentations were ... overly aggresive, and he would not let go, ever worse than Retread and his Earthdawn crossover ( ). b) he appearantly mindlesslyu ragged on anyone and anything he had eve the slightest disagreement with, yet he seemed unable to recieve critisism. c) rather a lot of what he said had no relevance what-so-ever, for shadowrun. When I enter this place, my mind writes '2067' in the 'year-bit', and so discussing 2005 politics become... a historical debate.

Sorry, now I'm ranting about irrelevancies.

[Gabriel]

I believe that what Gabe was trying to say in his own way was something like:

'PB was not always a master of the argument nor rhethorics, indeed neither at following when other presented such arguments of applied logic or reason.'

Correct?

Actually, I'm trying to say that he was a piece of human excriment. I believe I heard it best expressed in the sentence, "He's nothing but an attention whore..." And that's about right. If we were all in an actual room, in a real bar, he would have started a bar brawl within 20 minutes of entering the room and the cops would have been on speed-dial after the first 7 or 8 times this happened. There's a reason a ton of usual patrons aren't seen around here anymore.

Gabriel

[AJStarhiker]

too bad.  I bet I'd've liked them.

[Ruski]

they'll probibly wander back in.

it's nice to visit your old haunts every now and again.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[AJStarhiker]

And they'll probably notice that guy's left?

[Ruski]

well, if they read even one post, they'll see that's he's gone, so if he's the reason for leaving, and not 'life the universe, and everything' as is sometimes the case, perhaps they'll stick arround a bit.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Gabriel]

Personally, I'd like to see Fortune and Flipside head back in. Of course I know Flipside has been gone long before PB ever git here, but hey, if he ever showed back up, I'd buy him a round. Of course, I'd like to see Eve, Janus, Mr. Book, Flipside, and all the rest head back in, but oh well.

Gabriel

[Ruski]

Ditto on that.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[AJStarhiker]

Well, I have told some of my RL gamer friends about this place.  Dunno if they'll show up, but at least they know  

[Ruski]

and knowing is half the battle!

-RuskiFace the Pirate

wasn't there one guy who's GM let him use this place as a 'contact' between runs?

[AJStarhiker]

Really?  That's pretty cool.

[Ruski]

Yea. for him; any 'information' we gave him was accurate, and he'd actually 'pay' us in newyen from the game for the paydata we got him.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Gabriel]

Now THAT'S a damn good contact. Kind of like having Shadowland on your contact list so you can read the rulebooks.

Gabriel

[Ruski]

hahahaha. yea. I always liked doing that.

-RuskiFace the Pirate