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[Paradox] binary clothing :D The latest winter fashions are just a hex digit away

.Shorah

I have completed Myst URU: Complete Chronicles! Related content coming soon! (For real this time, I promise!)

[Paradox] omg… brilliant idea… we *need* to do a mass, synchronized viewing of Disney’s “The Emperor’s New Groove” someday o.o
[Phroz_D(school)] Why?
[Paradox] llamas
[Phroz_D(school)] And…?
[myst-bert] paradox> uh, what?
[Paradox] … more llamas? >.>

Today history was made. DorK started a conversation, then he ended it (with the help of veralun).

Whilyam wrote:

This is not yours to decide unless you start up your own shard or become part of the administration of a shard.

DorK:
Sorry what?! I was planning to be running shards, writing shards, and playing the shards. Come heaven and high water I was here to make as many contributions as I could to Uru

Yes, we've seen your contributions. It usually involves you pulling your pants down, squatting and grunting real loud. Then dropping your contribution on the community. Followed by you smiling smugly, pulling up your pants and walking away without wiping.

Whilyam wrote:

This community will develop based on what the community likes in general. This sort of passive-aggressive bullying will not change that and will in fact hurt the form of Uru you and I enjoy the most. So I'll say it frankly: Enough. Stop acting like your opinion is the only one that matters.

DorK:

My opinion does matter though, and to me it is my only opinion, and I now take this stance because everyone else around here does, why should I be any different?

Shorter DorK: Opinions like mine aren't being heard loudly enough, so here I am with my Air raid siren! Now our message will be heard!

DorK:

My only difference is that I state what I mean, instead of writing long essays that don’t actually mean anything, I am sick to death of reading mountains of drivel on a topic, when 3 lines would have done it

I could condense the last few posts down to a few lines saying why that person doesn’t agree with the OP

3 sentences instead of a long post? I think I can give it a try.

Short and sweet

1: I see your fingers are brown.

2: Your keyboard is brown, but it shouldn't be.

3: I've come to the conclusion that you are overflowing with crap to the point of it spilling on the floor.


That was the short part, now for the sweet part:

DorK:

Anyway back to the point, I was stating ... if we turn this game into second life, I might have as well gone and played second life.

Shorter DorK: I can haz Second Life?


DorK:

I believed that all I did was state fact, and make a request. If people can't see that I posted, perhaps we should take the internet away from them from fear of them injuring themselves?!

So, how come you still have an internet connection?

Whilyam wrote:

While there are parts of Second Life,etc. I do not like, their implementation will be based on how popular that implementation is and not my preferences.

DorK:

Erm ... soooo ?! What exactly are you saying here?

There are parts to Second Life you don't like? You then seem to jump somewhere else about implementation will be based on how popular implementation is and that it’s not your preferences?

Eh!?

I read what Whil says, and I can understand it loud and clear. I read what DorK said, then suddenly I smelled something burning. It turns out my head spontaneously combusted. I had to dunk my head into the sink to make the pain stop. English DorK, do you speak it?

Whilyam wrote:

I know there are many people who like a wide variety of things about Uru and your post hurts that

DorK:

Erm no it supports Uru. If I play music from Uru loudly, and you play music from second life louder what is going to be noticed more, Uru's music or Second Life's?

Lets see, right now I'm standing between Whil and DorK. On one side I'm hearing all kinds of good music, rock n roll, jazz, pop, rap, he's got a bunch of music to include everyone. On DorK's side I'm hearing Lunatic Fringe.

Whilyam wrote:

So I say to those who are rightfully-offended by DarK's post: Ignore it.

DorK:

Please do ... I rather be ignored and shown to be right, than paid attention to and be proven wrong.

Actually, there is nothing I can do to this line that DorK has done to it already.

Whilyam wrote:

The version of Uru you settle in can and likely will be whatever you want.

DorK:

But then you won't be playing Uru. I head into "Your My Uru" and ask to explore an age, the reply I get would probably along the lines of "Age what’s that, but hey you can decorate things in your home grid, try out this colour on your garage! Or if you move the sofa in front of the house, you get a free banjo"

You might be a British redneck if...

Whilyam wrote:

Please consider your idea/suggestion etc in relation to the fact that you are a human being and that you have as much a right to be here as anyone else.

DorK:

And please consider that I have as much right to state facts and request that people don't walk on my lawn as well.

Here's a fun fact. DorK has his head up somewhere, here's a hint. It has nothing to do with the clouds. I can state facts too!

Whilyam wrote:

Uru does need many of the features/ideas from your suggestions.

DorK:

What suggestions?! That uru doesn't need things for second life; please make your mind up.

I have a suggestion, how about all the people who think the way you do get your own shard. Everyone needs their own place, and you deserve your own (for everyones piece of mind).

Whilyam wrote:

If you are going to be suggesting we add a feature from other games, please stay here and debate the idea, and the feature you will be suggesting might become a feature of this game.

DorK:

All I want is a control procedure, some community officially stamped “cyan style” content, where I don’t have to shell out, collect items, or be in a special clique of friends to get access. And at 6 pm I want pizza served to me, at 7:30 I want my diaper changed, at 9 pm I want my nightly laxative dose. Then at 11 pm I want someone to come in and read me a bedtime story (Ernist goes to camp), give me warm milk and sprinkle talcum powder on me bum. At 7 am I want oatmeal, served to me via a spoon or a funnel. And at noon I had better see a fully stocked shelf of vasaline and cheetos in my bedroom.
I don't want much here but to retain Uru and carefully add to it in a respected fashion

Improved.

Whilyam wrote:

Now is not the time to be alienating people, DarK. Now is the time to understand that people have different ways of enjoying Uru.

DorK:

No the time now is to stop walking around on egg shells, put all the cards on the table and be counted. Uru is full of non-committed people who are always willing to add a suggestion or twenty, and then complain about it when it doesn't happen; many people seem to enjoy that somehow?

You seem to.

Whilyam wrote:

But not if you drive them away. You will kill Uru through your intolerance.

DorK:

I will kill my Uru experience though my own actions and take as many people with me as I can thanks very much.

Ohhhh so you're a suicide coder. We do not submit to terrorists.

DorK:

To be honest, it’s really getting to the stage where I can't be bothered any more. I am guessing I will have to see a vast improvement in co-operation, the ability for people to communicate things correctly and for a lot of people to get their heads out of their backsides to understand that they are not the only people in the world and that it doesn't revolve around them.

Pfft another 30 minutes wasted...

First, you're just jealous because you thought you were the one and only guy that had his head in his backside. Second, you can count? Wow! And tell time? There might be hope for you yet!

Today you accomplished something. You helped get your own thread locked. And that's something.

Blah

I drew this in my Basic Design class today during the lecture about how different macs are from windows. I already knew the differences so I loaded up photoshop and played with my tablet.

Someday I hope we really do clone some extinct animal. Scientists are getting closer and closer to being able to easily* clone a mammoth. However now the biggest hurdle seems to be coming up with a good enough reason to clone them. Besides studying them, there doesn't really seem to be a point.

In my nanowrimo novel, the colony on Mars has become a haven for genetic experiments that aren't allowed on Earth. The people of Mars needed a hardy animal that could survive in the harsh cold environment of Mars, be domesticated, and provide a lot of meat. They decided to bring back the Woolly Mammoth [with a few tweaks so it was better suited for the environment], and soon mammoth meat became the staple of Martian cuisine.

I think reviving Mammoths would be beneficial to the entire world. They could survive in harsh cold environments where little else grows [like Northern Canada, Alaska, or Russia] and would provide a lot of meat. They could stimulate the economy in those cold regions, provide food for the starving people of the Earth, and provide a great deal of wool. I'm sure they could probably be milked too.

Hell, we ate them into extinction too. They must taste pretty good.

*as easy as cloning an animal anyway.

Ooo, first post of 2009. Happy New Year folks, hope it's kicked off to a rockage start.

Now then now then now then.

Previous entries of mine have focused on Knightmare, the classic british kids TV show that took Zork and the format of the old 2D adventure games and subjected bewildered children to a virtual reality dungeon, complete with death, wit and fantastic fun. I also mentioned that there was a small but active fan group that was working on original audio productions set in that same storytelling world. Well, to co-incide with the tenth year anniversary of Knightmare.com, there's a few fun things for you to enjoy.

Firstly, a new audio play called Bolt to the Head. This one was written by me, and it's heavily adapted from a classic comedy sketch by The Frantics. It's a small little piece that we had a lot of fun doing, and well worth a listen.

Secondly, the start of a new series of prose stories called The Fire and Ice Chronicles. These are a series of short stories set in the same time locked period of saxon/medieval England of the original TV series, and based upon characters and locations from the KM Surrounds roleplaying forum that I and others post on. The first story The Colour of Amber is set around the timeframe as the first audio play Famous for Retreating, with the first five parts already released and the remaining parts to be uploaded in a week or so. This one's another collaborative effort, with fellow RPer and co-writer Ricky Temple and myself doing the first story and group leader Martin Odoni doing the second story Balance, which is to be released around mid-january.

2009 is set to be very interesting indeed...

Hunter S Thompson motivational posters, courtesy of resident godess eleri.

My personal favourite -

Some of you may remember that I started the DorK diaries awhile back. Sadly around that time DorK went away. I often worried about him, however... Today I got a postcard from him. Apparently he decided to take a trip to the continent to visit some old friends.




I kinda miss having him around the blog... He was fun entertainment. Speak of the devil, did anyone see this?

http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16846

DarK DorK wrote:

Uru is NOT Second Life or There or any number of other alternate reality reality games ... (you heard me!) Please consider your idea/suggestion etc in relation to these types of games before posting. Uru does not need many of the features/ideas from these games. If you are going to be suggesting we add a feature from these games, please go play Second life or There, as the feature you will be suggesting is a core feature of that game. Second Life || There != Uru This has been a public service announcement for the sake of sanity!

He represents sanity? We're boned...

You know, he could think of it in a more positive light. He could build that goat pen age he always wanted!!!

Just kidding. The British like sheep. You can tell because he hangs around the MOUL forum.

http://theguildofguilds.blogspot.com/2009/01/philosophy.html

http://www.mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16835&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Spellbreaker wrote:

Shorah to you all my friends. I am a Myst-Fan from the beginning, Games, Books, Fansites, and of course URU. I was a beta tester for the first try, and have been in Uru until gamtap shut down. Cyan. I really appreciate what you are trying to give to the community. But you should think over it again. The Step of MORE will simply destroy the Myth of Myst, because only you are able to continue expanding that great universe. And yes, I know your are not able to do that at the Moment. But I beg you, Cyan, Rand Miller: Let Myst rest in Peace. It has been a great Adventure ( myst and uru ), it was fun, sometimes annoying ( overcrowded City anyone? If your company gets healthy enough in the future, you should focus on a new Myst adventure, or maybe something complete different that blows our Mind. But don't do that open source stuff. It will destroy Myst, if there isn't a company like Cyan which controls it. So please, Rand, do not do it. Sincerly, Spellbreaker.

Here's an idea. In the past we've had petitions to bring back Uru Live each and every time it closed. So how about we have a petition to not bring back Uru?

Either way it would be just as effective...

My late grandmother used to have a saying she often used to reference when something annoying or troublesome happened on the farm.

I vaguely remember the words. It was something like "You can't let the butterflies in and keep the bees out," or "you can't let the bees in and keep the flies out," meaning that some things are just facts of life, depending on the life you live and where you live it. Sort of like "if you can't beat the heat, get out of the kitchen!"



I like Grandma's version better.

Obviously a Photoshop collage, and I'm not the happiest with it.

In other news, my granddad has been doing well in a nursing home for the last few weeks, but medicaid's expiring and he should be returning home soon. Just in time for my dad to flee for Utah! Makes a lot of sense.

Audio mixing software is way too much fun.

<@Tweek> I love it when I match colours up hex value to hex value just from eye sight alone
<@chucker> o.o
<wandering_nomad> Tweek> That’s not something humans should be able to do.
<@Tweek> well that probably explains the claps of ominous thunder and the screams of nurses when I was born then.

<@amonreoo> you make me thirsty
<wandering_nomad> THIRSTY FOR MY HOT MANJUICE?
<@amonreoo> no

When I inadvertently gained the guest Blogger position for this week i had no idea what to blog about.

Being a member of the URU community, though only a sleeping member which is less than lurking, it would be normal to blog about something to do with URU or its community.

But I'm not going to do that..

Instead I am going to blither on about things and stuff..





First of all I'd like to bring your attention to what I do other than my main job as the secret Supreme Coordinator of all things and stuff that is URU.
When I am not running things from behind the veil of many faces spread throughout the community, I like to work on my many projects of self entertainment. This includes toying with the minds of those who within my mind rays, making them do and say things of no real meaning or importance. This in turn throws forum threads off topic and into turmoil. Though it seems URU related it is really just a hobby..

Other than that i dabble in the art of 3D.

examples of this can be found here: the-bongmaster.deviantart.com , I must warn you that there may be things you wish or wish not to see, but that is not of my concern since i put them thoughts into your minds when you visited this page.

Other hobbies include Arduino www.arduino.cc , Radio control flight, Composing Mew songs (songs with the words replaces with "mew"), and finding new ways to torment the minds of those closest to me in the most loving way possible.

All this takes my mind off the continous task of making sure the community remains in a state of perpetual dissaray from within my egg shaped capsule hidden within the cavern of D'ni where no one will find it.

True you are thinking "ah but how can this all be a secret if you are telling us all this? your cover is blown!".

Well its simple.

Yoy will forget this easily, as you wil be distracted by the man now in your closet turning all your shoes up the other way.
Also those who do remember wil be deemed as conspirecy theorists, naturally.

I thank you for your controlled attention.

Good day to you Sirs and Madams.

wherever you are...

This week the co author position is open to the first person who posts in this thread.

I think it is safe to say that the winner by popularity is Bongmaster's picture! Congratulations Bong! I'll be sure to put it to great use!

However, though you may have won by popularity. There is still the Overlord's personal choice award.

The winner is,




















































































































EVERYONE!!!!!!

In this community run by an overlord such as myself, we are all equal in every way. Therefore this makes you all winners in my book, and each of your entries will have a special place.

Thank you for your participation.

So as some people may have heard, the first beta of Windows 7 (aka build 7000) has been leaked onto the internet. For those of you who haven’t heard, and have no idea what I’m talking about, Windows 7 is Microsoft’s next operating system (the replacement for Vista, just as Vista was the replacement for [...]

A simple way to make people online happy - speak to them in their native tongue. Even if you mess it up, or just pipe the text through Google Translate, the fact that you bothered to translate it from English to Polish or whatever else will be muchly appreciated compared to just assuming the entire Internet speaks English.


I have begun planning yet another Myst project, this time something that bridges a few games together. I don't know how far this one will take off, but right from the beginning I'm intending to get some help on it as it's way more work than one person can do. It's another over-the-top impressive piece but who knows if I'll ever get it finished, let alone off the ground.



So, it's a new year. I have resolutions, but I'm not going to say them publicly. It's time for me to do something Different. I decided to post that photo I mentioned. If you've ever wanted to see a photo of me that's fairly tamely NSFW in an artistic way (from behind, blanket over part of me), here's the link to the deviantART page. If you're not a member of deviantART, here's a copy hosted on my own server. Comment if you feel like it. The response I'm getting from deviantART sure is interesting.