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Post by Qetesh on May 30, 2015 23:48:58 GMT
They all sound kinda cool, tbh. Something very european and smarthy. It has a great sounding name for a hero in a novel rescuing folks and stopping all that pillaging....gee I have an over active imagination. LOL.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on May 30, 2015 23:51:28 GMT
There is no more elegant way to waste time at the pc than with point and click adventures. I'm addicted to them!  Point and click is awesome for the lazy gamer.  Like me. |
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Post by Roumsen on May 30, 2015 23:55:19 GMT
Yeah, I'm quite happy with it, considering that my mother was giving me the name by accident, it should have been "Ramon" actually. She was so confused. Both, my father and my mother were talking for weeks about my name. " Ramon", "Roman" ,"Ramon", "Roman",.... On the way home from the registry office, my mother asked my father: Which name did I say? Ramon or Roman?  Why didn't they say Romulan?  Well, they are just no trekkies. "Romulan" That's cool. |
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Post by Qetesh on May 31, 2015 0:31:07 GMT
I have no shame, in admitting my love that is all of Trek and Gate, Wars is not too bad either..... and on a similar note I love the Rings and Potter too. |
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Post by Roumsen on May 31, 2015 1:06:50 GMT
I've read Potter several times, (except the first three books, they are way too child oriented for an adult imo), also Lord of the Rings, hitchhikers guide ,the dark tower, the dune saga, panem, discworld,... Even Twighlight. I'm absolutely fine with admitting love for fiction!  |
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Post by Qetesh on May 31, 2015 1:23:06 GMT
I've read Potter several times, (except the first three books, they are way too child oriented for an adult imo), also Lord of the Rings, hitchhikers guide ,the dark tower, the dune saga, panem, discworld,... Even Twighlight. I'm absolutely fine with admitting love for fiction! I am heavy into all Scifi and Fantasy. I do like most fiction, but not all. Horror fiction is something I would avoid. I do really like historical dramas which involve a mesh of both fiction and non fiction as well. |
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Post by morsealworth on May 31, 2015 1:49:49 GMT
Roman is such a cooooooool real name. Second only to Ba'al's real life name. Yeah, I'm quite happy with it, considering that my mother was giving me the name by accident, it should have been "Ramon" actually. She was so confused. Both, my father and my mother were talking for weeks about my name. " Ramon", "Roman" ,"Ramon", "Roman",.... On the way home from the registry office, my mother asked my father: Which name did I say? Ramon or Roman? At least they didn't name you Ramen. That would be truly sinister. |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on May 31, 2015 2:04:42 GMT
I've read Potter several times, (except the first three books, they are way too child oriented for an adult imo), also Lord of the Rings, hitchhikers guide ,the dark tower, the dune saga, panem, discworld,... Even Twighlight. I'm absolutely fine with admitting love for fiction! I don't read at all. I watch movies and tv shows. But props for Dune and Hitchhiker's Guide. |
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Post by 13thGeneral on Jun 1, 2015 20:49:53 GMT
There is no more elegant way to waste time at the pc than with point and click adventures. I'm addicted to them! Same here. And the recent resurgence of interest in them, and their growing popularity, has got me really jazzed. I was completely obsessed with Zak McKracken for years. (I just remembered that years ago I actually started writing a Sequel based on a dream I had when I was 15. I wonder what I did with those notes...) |
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Post by Roumsen on Jun 1, 2015 21:14:27 GMT
There is no more elegant way to waste time at the pc than with point and click adventures. I'm addicted to them! Same here. And the recent resurgence of interest in them, and their growing popularity, has got me really jazzed. I was completely obsessed with Zak McKracken for years. (I just remembered that years ago I actually started writing a Sequel based on a dream I had when I was 15. I wonder what I did with those notes...) Oh, I'm so happy that this genre isn't "dead" anymore, for years I was wondering if there ever will be a sort of regenesis of it... Zak McKracken obsessed ? I guess you know this one here then. |
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Post by 13thGeneral on Jun 2, 2015 1:30:50 GMT
Same here. And the recent resurgence of interest in them, and their growing popularity, has got me really jazzed. I was completely obsessed with Zak McKracken for years. (I just remembered that years ago I actually started writing a Sequel based on a dream I had when I was 15. I wonder what I did with those notes...) Oh, I'm so happy that this genre isn't "dead" anymore, for years I was wondering if there ever will be a sort of regenesis of it... Zak McKracken obsessed ? I guess you know this one here then. But of course. I wonder how they came up with the name "Zak McKracken"? |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Apr 19, 2016 20:48:06 GMT
I wonder if sporkedmango has an interesting story about how he got his nickname. |
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Post by sporkedmango on Apr 20, 2016 0:42:57 GMT
Well, it has been a decade since I came up with that screen name, I use it for basically everything. My nickname is Mango, which comes about from my last name and it has been my nickname since I was young. Honestly, Sporked comes from the fact that I like sporks, there is honestly no real reason behind that one.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Apr 20, 2016 5:28:07 GMT
Well, it has been a decade since I came up with that screen name, I use it for basically everything. My nickname is Mango, which comes about from my last name and it has been my nickname since I was young. Honestly, Sporked comes from the fact that I like sporks, there is honestly no real reason behind that one. Sporks as in spoons that are forks? Well I guess they're better than forks that are knives. Those sobs always cut the corner of my mouth. |
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Post by militairensneuvelen on Apr 20, 2016 9:39:59 GMT
My nick is from a dutch comedian, (Theo Maassen) who made a joke about the difference between civivlians and soldiers who died. They use all kinds of fancy words for civivlians who die. "Sneuvelen" doesn't sound impressive of militaristic. eh..... you need to speak/understand Dutch to fully grasp it.... I was watching that excellent documentary where Angelina Jolie reveals her secret identity as an incredible computer hacker and she's a member of a secret computer hacking club. They all have fancy code-names like ZERO COOL, CRASH OVERRIDE, ACID BURN etc. I imagined myself as a member of their secret club and what my own awesome hacking moniker would be. CRUMPY SIX is what I came up with, though LUMPY GRUMPUS was also on the shortlist. Hackers! That was a great movie! I think you might enjoy Neal Stephenson's "Snowcrash" and probably "Zodiac" (No, I dind't read his "crypto" stuff, only the 2 titles I mentioned) |
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Post by Spiderweb on Apr 20, 2016 14:36:33 GMT
That is a name with history, very nice. Since nobody asks I might as well force the story behind my handle upon you. On here I am Lord Ba'al which some of you might recognise from the Stargate series SG-1. (like Qetesh) But mostly I go by Stonelesscutter. It might surprise you that this has nothing to do with cutting stones, or it may not. Well at least not in the literal sense. As is already obvious I am a bit of a fan of the Stargate saga. First there was the movie, then there was the series SG-1 spanning 10 seasons (which is my favourite), that developed a spin-off called Stargate Atlantis. At a certain point that last series was cancelled and the creators came up with a new series they called Stargate Universe, also know as SGU. Like most of the fanbase I was looking forward to that quite a lot. Then the show came and it turned out to be utter crap. Well, at least the first season of it. They made the show in a way that was totally different from all the previous editions and seemed to want to appeal to the young and hip audience. Many people, including myself, were utterly disappointed. Though some people loved it. There were elements in the show that were horrible. The most annoying one for me was the way they used the communication stones. (those had been established in the previous series as some kind of mysterious teleportation device created by a highly advanced ancient race of beings with which people could swap bodies with someone in another galaxy) I felt I couldn't stand idly by while the new show brutally raped my beloved saga, so I came up with an idea. I took all the episodes of the first season and used video editing software to cut out all the parts of the episodes that contained the stones. Also I cut out any scenes that were purely based on teenage drama or that were otherwise annoying to me. What was left was barely more than half of the whole season. I pasted the scenes together in a way that seemed appropriate and that made episodes of a somewhat normal length. And thus Stargate Universe the Stoneless Cut was created. Not long after I discovered that somebody had created a forum under the domain name sgusucks.com. As posting on Gateworld (a major Stargate fan site) became unbearable I went over to the new forum and registered myself as Stonelesscutter. And that is how that name came to be. Been using it ever since. I know this is a very old post, but did you post your stoneless version anywhere, I'd be interested in watching it. |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Apr 20, 2016 15:59:09 GMT
That is a name with history, very nice. Since nobody asks I might as well force the story behind my handle upon you. On here I am Lord Ba'al which some of you might recognise from the Stargate series SG-1. (like Qetesh) But mostly I go by Stonelesscutter. It might surprise you that this has nothing to do with cutting stones, or it may not. Well at least not in the literal sense. As is already obvious I am a bit of a fan of the Stargate saga. First there was the movie, then there was the series SG-1 spanning 10 seasons (which is my favourite), that developed a spin-off called Stargate Atlantis. At a certain point that last series was cancelled and the creators came up with a new series they called Stargate Universe, also know as SGU. Like most of the fanbase I was looking forward to that quite a lot. Then the show came and it turned out to be utter crap. Well, at least the first season of it. They made the show in a way that was totally different from all the previous editions and seemed to want to appeal to the young and hip audience. Many people, including myself, were utterly disappointed. Though some people loved it. There were elements in the show that were horrible. The most annoying one for me was the way they used the communication stones. (those had been established in the previous series as some kind of mysterious teleportation device created by a highly advanced ancient race of beings with which people could swap bodies with someone in another galaxy) I felt I couldn't stand idly by while the new show brutally raped my beloved saga, so I came up with an idea. I took all the episodes of the first season and used video editing software to cut out all the parts of the episodes that contained the stones. Also I cut out any scenes that were purely based on teenage drama or that were otherwise annoying to me. What was left was barely more than half of the whole season. I pasted the scenes together in a way that seemed appropriate and that made episodes of a somewhat normal length. And thus Stargate Universe the Stoneless Cut was created. Not long after I discovered that somebody had created a forum under the domain name sgusucks.com. As posting on Gateworld (a major Stargate fan site) became unbearable I went over to the new forum and registered myself as Stonelesscutter. And that is how that name came to be. Been using it ever since. I know this is a very old post, but did you post your stoneless version anywhere, I'd be interested in watching it. I did upload it. But I doubt it will still be available there. I could have a look around for you. |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Apr 20, 2016 17:17:48 GMT
I know this is a very old post, but did you post your stoneless version anywhere, I'd be interested in watching it. Whattayaknow, I actually found it. Not in the place I originally uploaded it though. I'm gonna see if I can get it and I'll let you know. EDIT: Seems there are no seeders. Too bad. I'm not sure if I have it on storage somewhere still. I might have it on the external harddrive which is in storage in the Netherlands. |
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Post by Spiderweb on Apr 21, 2016 5:49:08 GMT
I know this is a very old post, but did you post your stoneless version anywhere, I'd be interested in watching it. Whattayaknow, I actually found it. Not in the place I originally uploaded it though. I'm gonna see if I can get it and I'll let you know. EDIT: Seems there are no seeders. Too bad. I'm not sure if I have it on storage somewhere still. I might have it on the external harddrive which is in storage in the Netherlands. shame, never mind thanks for looking. If you ever find it let me know |
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