Suggestion Box, v. 2007.2
Submit your ideas for new threads or anything else you like. Continued from version 2007.1.
Date: October 1, 2007
Categories: Fan Page / MuseBlog business
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Prarilius Canix
in October 1st, 2007 @ 14:56Great. Now that we’ve continued, nobody will see my idea, and I won’t get any more support. Pity.
I could just make a link…
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Prarilius Canix
in October 1st, 2007 @ 15:13I guess I got a first post. But if I say I got a first post here, and nothing else, the GAPAs will zap this post. I’ve got to think of a point besides glorifying my speedy thread-finding ability. WHAT TO POST?
Ah. I’ve got it.
Have we ever had a Monty Python thread?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 1st, 2007 @ 15:14Yes, Pentatonikk (then known as randomrohanfreak) requested it long ago.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 1st, 2007 @ 15:17We need another.
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Drops of Jupiter (SSJ424)
in October 1st, 2007 @ 15:46as i said in the random thread, an LGBT thread would be awesome.
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Dancergirl13
in October 1st, 2007 @ 16:07We should have a thread for things we want to accomplish, or fantasies we have, no matter how rather far fetched. I think that would be fun…….just an idea.
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Beavo the Online Stalker
in October 1st, 2007 @ 16:205-Are you one of the four? Just asking.
As always, a 1337 thread. Seconds, anyone??? ANYONE??? *glares*
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Red-tailed HAWK, PM of ICE, Leader of Zemtee, and Captain of the Seahawk
in October 1st, 2007 @ 16:463-I should ask this on ask the GAPAs, but since this is an example…
One minute after PC posted you posted with a link to something you said happened loong ago. (I didn’t click on it yet! But I will!)
How did you find it so fast? Is there some cool searching window for old posts in the moderating window? Or is this just another case of the Power of the GAPAs? Whoa. *bows*
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2,3-dimethylPENTane
in October 1st, 2007 @ 16:595 (DoJ)- I think an LGBT thread would end up being either exclusive or pointless–either the blog’s few LGBTs would spend several hundred posts talking about their LGBT-ness or those of us who are either straight or too young to tell would spend several hundred posts on “lol I KNO A GAY KID I R SPESHUL n not prejudised (sp?)” and that would be lame.
I myself am kind of morbidly curious about a MuseblogSecret thread, similar to PostSecret or an LJ secret community. The basic premise is as such: Bloggers post anonymous secrets like so:
1. Anonymous
Coward�|� October 42nd, 2007 at 27:63 pmI hate 2,3-dimethlyPENTane or whatever she’s calling herself these days. She is so horrible but I cannot tell her this to her face because I will be blinded by the light of her awesome.
Ph33r teh contradiction.
lol furst post0rz
And then braver bloggers reply with real names. Iunno, there are several kinks that must first be worked out, but if we can keep it somewhat civil I think it could be good fun! 8D -sparkles-
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 1st, 2007 @ 17:04(8) No, I just used the same search engine that’s available to everyone here: the mustard-yellow panel in the upper-lefthand corner of the page. I typed “python” in the box and hit “Go!” That’s all.
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Purple Panda
in October 1st, 2007 @ 17:06(9) – It sounds cool, but I think that idea could lead to trouble. First of all, the GAPAs would know who you were, and also, it could lead to a bit of turmoil on the blog, especially if people were talking about other MuseBloggers.
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trevor the decent, snarkmaster, resident blog-spy
in October 1st, 2007 @ 17:445- l second.
7- Yep.
9- Fun? You call that fun? lt’s gossip! Boy, you’ve changed.
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Drops of Jupiter
in October 1st, 2007 @ 18:077 – yes, i’m bi. also, i second your request for a 13375|?34k thread.
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2,3-dimethylPENTane
in October 1st, 2007 @ 19:4611 (PP)-
Now, see, in the old days…If we were allowed to enter the gapa @ musefanpage email instead of our real ones, for supar-seekrit-seekritz, that might help.
12 (trevor)- It’s only gossip if you abuse it.
How have I changed, anyway, and who are you?
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jammin j
in October 1st, 2007 @ 20:067-no, please! not that torture! ick.
how ’bout a thread where we pretend to be our favorite snack food!!!!! no? well, it was an idea…
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 1st, 2007 @ 20:11(9, 11) A thread about super-secret secrets sounds like a moderator’s nightmare.
(7, 13) So does a thread about 1337.
Ergo, the GAPAs can muster no enthusiasm for either.(5, 12) As for an LGBT thread, I think that topic is hot enough to belong on the Hot Topics thread.
We’ll create some of the other threads after we recover from the effort of making the October monthly threads. As always, we’re happy to hear new ideas.
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2,3-dimethylPENTane
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 10:12I am ALSO fond of the idea of a Musers Recommend thread, where we can vapidly squee about our most recent obsessions (or is that just me?) and such. I think we had one of those a while ago. Someone back me up ’cause I’m too lazy to wait for the search function to load.
I would make lots of silly posts about how tofu is made of UBARWIN and you all need to eat it. This is a Good Thing for your Souls, though not for your Capitalization Skillz.
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trevor the decent, snarkmaster, resident blog-spy
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 10:2014- lf you were to say how awful l was under an assumed name, how would that differ from gossip?
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Prarilius Canix
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 14:1617- I second the Musers Recommend.
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Musicman841, that guy who constantly lurks and scarcely posts
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 14:21How about a new soccer/ cryptoids thread, OEADs? Or a new music thread?
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Prarilius Canix
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 14:45I have a feeling that after the GAPAs get over their exhaustion from creating the monthly threads, there will be an explosion of new ones.
I second the Cryptids and Soccer idea.
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Der Wachtelschlag Fliegender
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 17:58What about a thread for books that are sequels?
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Volanti of Phanland, trying out a thoroughly odd name (THF)
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 20:03I would appreciate it if we brought a new “Smooth or Chunky?” thread, especially since there have been a lot of newbies that might find it interesting.
And if you really like me, you can post the graph that I posted on it that no one read:
I did a survey for math class, and these were the results.
1=I hate chunky
3=It’s okay/so-so
5=I love it!x=1 person
*=no peopleFemale:
********x
********x
********x
********x
********x
* * * x x x
x * x x x x
1 2 3 4 5The one #1 came from someone who doesn’t like any kind of ice cream. 0 preferred smooth.
Male:
******x **
****x x x
****x x x
x x x x x
1 2 3 4 53 of all don’t like any kind of ice cream very much. 5 preferred smooth.
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Volanti of Phanland, trying out a thoroughly odd name (THF)
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 20:07Since that graph didn’t turn out very well, I’ll try something else:
Female:
1 – x
2 – *
3 – x
4 – xx
5 – xxxxxxxMale:
1 – x
2 – x
3 – xxx
4 – xxxx
5 – xxxThe actual information is the same.
(Sorry for the double post)
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Capricious The Great and Terrible (cappy)
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 21:00Suggestions, Huh? How about a new RRR, say… Crime Investigation?
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oxlin widdershins
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 21:18I second (or third?) or whatever the GBLTQ thread. In my mind, it’d be less of a thread where the HT ness of homosexuality would be discussed but more of a thread to talk about the GBLTQ community.
I like Penty’s idea of a MB secret thread. GAPAs, wouldn’t you only have to edit out swearing and contact info? and maybe if MBers felt comfortable they would just let the GAPAs in on the secret? though that does sort of defeat the purpose…
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the man for aeiou
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 21:2525- not yet.
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Capricious The Great and Terrible (cappy)
in October 2nd, 2007 @ 21:3327 – No? Mayyyy I ask why not?
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the man for aeiou
in October 3rd, 2007 @ 17:2028- we need to finsh one to start one. if you help us finsh a rrr, we’ll grant you a new therd.
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emmatheduck
in October 3rd, 2007 @ 21:16I suggest yet another words and names thread, because, well, I love words! Most words. there are precisely 12 words which I despise. but words & names would give me an opportunity to rant about those, too
especially the stupid one with the stupid stupid stupid silent Z…..
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Alice
in October 3rd, 2007 @ 21:3330- Gosh, let’s see…
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Capricious The Great and Terrible (cappy)
in October 3rd, 2007 @ 21:3729 – *Shrugs* Alright. I am helping with the time travel one.
This is fair enough. I just am antsy to write about Crime Investigation. xD
30 – THE WORD “INCREASE” IS POSITIVELY DESPICABLE!
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yesterday's_kinked_moose
in October 3rd, 2007 @ 22:58I suggest another quotes thread. Except (no offense to anyone as i’m probably guilty of this myself) people should post things besides the same DNA/MP/Pratchett quotes that everyone else just posted nine times.
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Vendaval
in October 4th, 2007 @ 14:36I’d like some way to use old threads/see what’s been done before, because it seems like once a thread ends, it’s over. Can we “recycle” them? Maybe i’m not making sense.
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Ebeth
in October 4th, 2007 @ 15:5934-What’s Here at the top, next to the H2GMB, has the entire archive
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 4th, 2007 @ 16:40(34, 35) If you don’t want to wait for the long What’s Here download, you have other options for browsing old threads.
On the main page, below Recent Comments, click on any of the subjects under Categories. The resulting page also has a useful Posts by Month sidebar (posts=threads).
You could also type “threads” in the orange search box at the top right of any page. This will bring up, among other things, all the back issues of Don’t Forget These Threads (and its antecedents).
Or type a random interest in the search box and see what pops up.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 4th, 2007 @ 16:46I suggest having a way to tell, from the outside, if a thread is open to comments. Right now, we usually have to click on it to see if “Add your own” is by the number of comments. Maybe you could make the link a different color??
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Prarilius Canix
in October 4th, 2007 @ 18:3934- Depends.
Perhaps we need a new The Art of Being an Alien thread. The first one did pretty good, but the second died before 100 posts.
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 4th, 2007 @ 18:58HEy, almighty GAPAs’ could we posibly have a thanks-giving thread? I know the American Thanks giving isn’t until novembre…. but….. I get to do the celebrating this weekend! yay for Canada! and pumpkin pie!
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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
in October 4th, 2007 @ 19:13How ’bout a family thread? Has that ever been done? I mean, families play such massive parts in our lives, and shape who we are. I think it’s only fitting they have a thread dedicated entirely to them.
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 4th, 2007 @ 19:40does anyone agree with 39? cuz i shure do!!!!!
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Prarilius Canix
in October 4th, 2007 @ 19:5639- Lucky. *grumbles*
On the other hand, down in the States we get Thanksgiving vacation in November so we have more time to do NaNo.
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the man for aeiou
in October 4th, 2007 @ 20:32the man for aeiou recomeds a thrid person thread.
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Capricious The Great and Terrible (cappy)
in October 5th, 2007 @ 01:0943- Capricious seconds that.
And she thinks pumpkin pie is delicious-o.
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Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon
in October 5th, 2007 @ 08:29HALLOWEEN THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
costumes, ideas about, food, candy, consumerism, all that jazz. Realll, a place to talk about the worlds fastest growing holiday. At least, I think it is. Here in Denmark and other European countries, it’s really taking off.
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Alice
in October 5th, 2007 @ 09:0438- Oooh yes!
I think it would be cool if there was another parents thread, where the parents themselves came on the Blog.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 5th, 2007 @ 09:08(45) In fact, the blog is already on its second Halloween thread of the year.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 5th, 2007 @ 14:5843- PC seconds that.
PC thinks that it might be somewhat like the random thread, only with people talking in the third person.
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the man for aeiou
in October 5th, 2007 @ 19:49the man for aeiou see that it has been put on a secound, and thirded. let the theard began!
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emmatheduck
in October 6th, 2007 @ 10:54emmatheduck seconds her own motion for a Words & Names thread, since no one else seems to be doing so. She also wants a NEW PPP THREAD!
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Alice is trying to think of a costume for the Surreal Ball
in October 6th, 2007 @ 13:46We need a new homework thread.
50- I would second it, but we didn’t get very far with the old one… I don’t want to waste thread space.
43,48- Why a whole thread to talk in third person? I do that anyway!
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 6th, 2007 @ 17:26Dear GAPAs’,
I was wondering if we could please, please, please have a thanksgiving thread. Possibly today or tomaorrow. Please. I need somewhere to talk about my love of pumpkin pie and all the things I’m thankfull for. Please, oh mighty GAPAs’, grant me this one wish.
Yours sincerely and forever,
Kagcomix the Pleading
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 6th, 2007 @ 17:27I do hope my letter works. The GAPAs’ do not want to see me go down on my knees and cry. I am very scary when I dry.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 6th, 2007 @ 17:33I tremble at the thought of your tears. See for yourself.
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 6th, 2007 @ 17:40I love you GAPAs’ *sqwee* *w00t*
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agagabagabag xarcu zepata
in October 6th, 2007 @ 17:4216- Hot enough- What? But not hot enuff to have it’s own thread? Are you worried about parental reaction?
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King Wachtelschlag Fliegender
in October 7th, 2007 @ 16:51Hey, what about a thread about really great lines people have said? Not quotes, exactly, but stingy little one-liners, even retrotorts or staircase wit MBers have come up with and would like to share.
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speller73
in October 8th, 2007 @ 20:0650 – I also would like a Words and Names thread.
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gimanator
in October 8th, 2007 @ 20:30oh. we should follow GAPA contest thing(by PC) awards include, having the word GAPA in your name for that day only, and a house in Muse acadamy. They’d take place once a year. Who likes it?
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gimanator
in October 8th, 2007 @ 21:031- I take it that it was never made. We should have one.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 8th, 2007 @ 22:29Alice and Gimanator have seconded the request linked to in post 1 so far. Any more?
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Reaia, TCWWBH, Ecila, Lecea, Blue Beads, Hectare la Kiwi, and assorted others
in October 8th, 2007 @ 22:4361- Well, yes, there are.
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agagabagabag xarcu zepata, ultimate slayer of n00bs, resident blog spy- oh, this is obvious, isn't it?
in October 8th, 2007 @ 22:46Yeah, l second. l just n eed to post.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 8th, 2007 @ 22:5062- That doesn’t count, o She of Many Alter Egos.
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Alice
in October 9th, 2007 @ 08:4864- No comment.
But anyway, we have three now.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 9th, 2007 @ 09:06(1, 64, 65) That sounds like a perfect application for a MuseWiki, whenever I get around to installing it. Meanwhile, if you’ll think up a name and description, I’ll create the thread.
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Alice
in October 9th, 2007 @ 09:10Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Name and description . . .
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the man for aeiou
in October 9th, 2007 @ 16:24MuseWiki: work in progress
pralis canix has a idea for a world:
(his post on therd one)
this could also be good for RRRs. post your ideas, or help with Canixs effort.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 9th, 2007 @ 16:44Hi. Sorry if I seem to be a little frazzled. Incident with a computer virus.
Name and description?
Name: Muse Legendarium
Description: A world-building venture in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and Larry Gonick. It is somewhat like an RRR, only with the tone of a scholarly text or a complete encyclopedia of this world.
A note. While this is craziness, it is strictly nonrandom. If the first few posts set the tone for seriousness, do not attempt to make it silly. Conversely, if it is more in the comic vein, do not inject ill-suited seriousness. A universe of HPBs and pie throwing should not be intruded on by people with cosmic quests and pointy ears, or vice versa.
Another note: this is more like RRRiting an encyclopedic text than playing an RPG. Unlike the Musiverse threads, MBers have no participation in it as pwners, sea captains, prime musers or otherwise. And unlike most RRRs, as far as we’re using the Tolkien analogy, it’s more like the Silmarillion than LOTR and Hobbit, providing backstory instead of an actual story.
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Prarilius Canix
in October 9th, 2007 @ 17:21Well, we’ve got name, description and three supporters. Any more ayes?
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gimanator
in October 9th, 2007 @ 18:0970-we must begin now! is three not enough?
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Prarilius Canix
in October 9th, 2007 @ 18:1571- Good point. GAPAs, por favor?
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 9th, 2007 @ 18:27(71, 72) Voilà .
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Gimanator
in October 9th, 2007 @ 19:56nobody else responded to my idea yet…it’s post 59…(to be said in nagging, whiney voice)
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 10th, 2007 @ 14:11How ’bout a new religions thread??
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 10th, 2007 @ 15:14(59) The GAPAs are not enthusiastic about awarding honorary GAPAhood.
(75) Do you all really think you can handle one? Our last few attempts here have not been encouraging.
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 10th, 2007 @ 15:39I think we can try…now that FS is gone…I don’t think I want to go into my whole rant right now, but I think that with FS gone, it is time for another chance at a religion thread…unless there were religion thread before FS showed up on the Blog….
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 10th, 2007 @ 15:5876- I went back and found the very first MBer Religions thread. It seems to be a nice, respectful discussion of what religions different MBers are, and the beliefs of those various religions. Nor were there flame wars arising on the second MBers Religion thread. The third Religion thread, 2007.1, is where the trouble started(post 15 and all the responses to that, basically(oh and I was apparently wrong about it all being FS who was at fault)). MB got through two threads without having flame wars. Can we have one more chance?
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:11And besides, you always have the power to zap posts. To quote the first attempt at Religions 2007.2(which became a Hot Topics thread)
“36 – Yea, I agree. I’m really suprised some stuff on the other religions thread didn’t get zapped.”
If you think we’re getting out of hand, you can zap the posts, or close the thread.
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Ebeth
in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:13I liked the format of the religion threads where you based it off chapters in that book. it made it seem like less of a debate and more of an objective study.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:06(79) Here’s the thing about the power of zappage. We don’t like to exercise it.
For a start, it’s not pleasant to censor. We’d much prefer bloggers to express what’s on their minds. In almost every problematic case a little extra thought is all it takes to do so in a non-inflammatory manner.
Furthermore, zapping is not a simple call in any but the most blatant cases. It takes time to deliberate, to consult with other GAPAs if need be, to edit when necessary.
In extreme cases, such deliberations disrupt the thread for which the post is intended, as it may be left hanging for some time while other comments appear on the blog as usual. Then if it eventually is allowed in some form or other, subsequent references to numbered comments are thrown out of sequence.
</sigh>
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Red-tailed HAWK
in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:3681-I didn’t know you guys put in so much thought with zapping! Those are good points, but I didn’t know you actually found time to do that for as many zaps as you are able to make now!
Red-tailed HAWK
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Alice
in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:0681- Wow.
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gimanator
in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:3376-oh. ok…
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 10th, 2007 @ 20:0281- just forget I said anything…
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 10th, 2007 @ 20:34(85) It’s all right, Raven of the Hawk. Besides, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it.
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Alice
in October 11th, 2007 @ 18:56We need another homework thread, so we can procrastinate by talking about our homework instead of doing it. ^.^
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MissSwann2223
in October 11th, 2007 @ 19:26hahaha awesome…
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MissSwann2223
in October 11th, 2007 @ 19:29we need a LOTR one so i can vent my feelings on how my friends and i all drew straws for our future spouses; my BFF gets Aragorn, and I got gimli!!!
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Alice
in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:2789- There already is one. I’d post a link but I’m about to leave so I can’t.
[ https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=808
Yes, you guessed it…the Link Gnome happened by. ]
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Gimanator
in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:49procrastination thread? perfect! I’ll totally go with that!
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 12th, 2007 @ 14:41Big thank you to the GAPAs for listening to me!!!
*thank you pie*
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the man for aeiou
in October 12th, 2007 @ 18:13a new NaNo theard!
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MissSwann2223
in October 14th, 2007 @ 08:56A website thread? (i know, against policy, but whaddabout only appropriate ones?)
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That guy who posts quite a bit (agagabagabag xarcu zepata)
in October 14th, 2007 @ 20:51l suggest a museworld thred that has all the llocations on museblog, so l can make a museworld map.
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MissSwann2223
in October 15th, 2007 @ 11:22interesting…
OOOOOOHHH, whasabout a POTC [Pirates Of the Caribbean] Thread??? A duck thread?
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 15th, 2007 @ 15:2394- There’s already a thread where you can discuss websites- Questioning the Net.
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MissSwann2223
in October 15th, 2007 @ 15:50A sock thread?
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Beavo the Online Stalker
in October 15th, 2007 @ 15:5998-And why would we need a sock thread?
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MissSwann2223
in October 15th, 2007 @ 16:20To talk about socks of course. [duh]
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 15th, 2007 @ 17:59100- YEAH! I second the motion (or whatever it is)
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MissSwann2223
in October 16th, 2007 @ 10:34My fave pair is this one with green shamrocks and it says lucky on the side.
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the man for aeiou
in October 16th, 2007 @ 17:53Cappy! I have good news! the school rrr has given up. you can have that theard.
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MissSwann2223 is changing her name to Urania Rocks
in October 17th, 2007 @ 16:35The man for aeiou definitely has spelling issues.
How bout a cheese forum?
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MissSwann2223 has decided not to change her name
in October 20th, 2007 @ 12:06IMPORTANT!!!
WE NEED a Maximum Ride thread!!! Have you seen the Halloween 2007 thread? Kiki and i are taking it up with our maxchat. We need a place where we can do that and be on topic.
!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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the man for aeiou
in October 21st, 2007 @ 14:07can we have a theard for the muse theame park PC and I are working on in the kokonspiracy theard?
please?
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days
in October 21st, 2007 @ 21:42I had an idea for a long-term blog project. I can’t do it on my own, since I need some bloggers who have been around since Welcome, Musers, in addition to the help of a few Administrators. Anyhow, here it is:
Musers join together and determine different “ages” of the blog. Golden Age, Dark Ages (hopefully none of those), Transition Era (no idea when that would be, I’m just making up examples). An era would last from a certain thread’s creation date to another thread’s creation date.
This would organize the blog with the added benefits of giving us the air of stuffy scholars (“Well, as I recall, it was back in the Tenrec Era when…) and allowing us to determine more clearly when we arrived on the blog (“I first appeared near the end of the Snark Era…”).
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 15:37107- That would be a great idea, if there were enough people willing to go through all the past thread, and determine what sort of connections there was between them. I’d be willing to help, but only if there is at least some interest in this idea.
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 16:06108. Thanks! Any more support?
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 16:28107- too bad i’m fairly new to the blog. it sounds like fun, though.
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 16:42dearest GAPA’s could we please have a “strictly original comics” thread. because i’m getting really tired of listning to people obsess over manga*.
yours, Kagy
*face the music people, they’re not really that great. besides most of them are the same anyways.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 17:00Does “strictly original” mean comics that MBers have drawn themselves, or published comics that are distinctive rather than generic? If it’s the latter, I’d say it would be hard to define and even harder to enforce.
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 17:38basicaly i just meant non manga comics.
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the man for aeiou
in October 22nd, 2007 @ 19:20109- yes! me!
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The Raven of the Hawk
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 13:58Can we have a thread for MB anniversaries? For example, my 1 year MB anniversary is next month, and I think it would be kind of cool to have a thread where we could celebrate everybody who has been around for a year or longer…
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Kagcomix the Special
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 16:33here- i’ll give a better explenation to my thread idea: I’m tired of listning to poeple talk about manga as if it was the best thing alive. it’s not, there are really awesome artists from North America and Europe who toil forever on seriously awesome comics. i’d just like to give them some recognition, y’know. I’m talking about comics from Oni Press and things like that, stuff that isn’t totaly branded (and there’s a lot of non-branded or little known stuff). so please GAPAs’, can we give it a try?
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MissSwann2223 has decided not to change her name
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 20:20pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez???? [makes bambi eyes]
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 9 days
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 20:31A note about the idea in 107- It would be a very long term project.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 22:05(117) I’m sorry, but Bambi eyes won’t get you a flamethrower. (Anybody recognize the “Calvin and Hobbes” reference?)
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 9 days
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 22:08119- I did. I’ve read every single C&H strip ever drawn.
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agagabagabag
in October 23rd, 2007 @ 22:39l did!
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MissSwann2223
in October 24th, 2007 @ 15:30i own the fat book of calvin hobbes comic strips, and i don’t want a flamethrower [at least not until xmas…] But, seriously, once we start a good max conversation, someone else will butt in and talk about something else. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ????????
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 24th, 2007 @ 16:11(122) MissSwann2223, we don’t typically make threads dedicated to specific books/series unless there is widespread demand for it. (LOTR and Harry Potter are more like handbooks and/or spiritual guides for MBers, so they are exceptions.)
As a compromise, I’ve created a new Books and Reading thread so at least you can have your discussion on the front page.
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MissSwann2223
in October 24th, 2007 @ 16:12pleezpleezpleezpleezpleezpleez?????????? [preparing pie catapult w. devilish glint in eye]
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Purple Panda
in October 27th, 2007 @ 15:19Robert–will you make another Robert’s Time Capsule?
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purplefinch
in October 27th, 2007 @ 21:06125-Yessssssss…
Maybe a thread of things we liked/did when we were younger? Like how I insisted upon being called Cinderella (“my name isn’t _______! It’s Cinderella!”), or how much I liked My Father’s Dragon (the first two books, anyway). Although the age differences might make for some hurt feelings…
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the man for aeiou
in October 28th, 2007 @ 20:39126- yeah, I never quite understond the last one ethear.
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Purple Panda
in October 28th, 2007 @ 21:26126 – I like that idea. I think it would be a fun topic to discuss
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 28th, 2007 @ 21:51(128, 127, 126) That would make a good topic for the Chameleon Thread. It’s more pleasant than the “annoying ailments” people are starting to discuss right now.
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Irregular Bump with Copius Fur
in October 28th, 2007 @ 21:57Speaking of which… Where did the Chameleon Thread go, anyway???
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 28th, 2007 @ 22:01It keeps sliding down to the beginning of the month. Nobody knows why. Maybe it has a crush on one of the other threads down there.
Okay, group, it’s my bedtime. Maybe other GAPAs will keep moderating for a while. If not, see you tomorrow!
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 3 days
in October 28th, 2007 @ 22:29Night, Robert.
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purplefinch
in October 29th, 2007 @ 06:30129-Hehe, yeah. Because nobody here wants me to complain…
127-Yeah… it never seemed to fit.
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2,3-dimethylPENTane
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:08107 (PC)- I’d do it. Except I complain so much and remember so little that basically everything would be a Dark Age. Except for the early days of the blog (the ones I was a part of, at any rate), which were good fun, the period of a couple months after MG left, which would be the Age of Good Intentions, and the current slump, which would be the Age of N00blets.
I feel rather silly for asking for this, since we already have a similar thread, but could we possibly have a Muser Role-play thread? Not Muse RPG, sort of more similar to Muse Fanfiction, where the bloggers meet up and…do stuff. Yes.
I was thinking we could set it at Muse Academy–the OEADs could assemble a crack blogger force to go out and investigate strange happenings, while other students uncovered mysterious doings at the Academy. Or something.
So, sort of like a fusion of Muse Academy and Museblog Fanfiction. It could be fun! ~*sparkles*~
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:20134- Seconded. Seconded with profuse wishes for more affirmations.
Translation: “YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! I AGREE! MORE AGREEMENT PLZ!!!”
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:23(134, 135) But do we want to start it on the eve of NaNo or wait until you need procrastination material?
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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:39136- Eesh. Good point. Maybe we’ll put that idea off.
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oxlin widdershins
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:43107- I’ll help!
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 31st, 2007 @ 14:53(134-138) Why don’t you just start doing it on the Muse Academy thread? Not much else is happening there at the moment.
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2,3-dimethylPENTane
in October 31st, 2007 @ 16:10I always need procrastination material, no matter what month.
I’ll try and start it up, I guess.
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MissSwann2223
in October 31st, 2007 @ 19:43Could you ask which thread the chameleon thread has a crush on?
We need a homework help thread.And a POTC thread. And a maxride thread.
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speller73
in November 2nd, 2007 @ 16:21Could we have a Shakespearean insults thread? I have recently been having a Shakespearean insult war with a girl in my homeroom.
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MissSwann2223
in November 3rd, 2007 @ 09:14hahaha i had a really good one just now but now i 4get.
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Raven of the Hawk
in November 5th, 2007 @ 16:16Can we have a thread for ranting?
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MissSwann2223
in November 6th, 2007 @ 19:28Ranting? Ranting what about?
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Raven of the Hawk
in November 6th, 2007 @ 20:23life
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MissSwann2223
in November 7th, 2007 @ 09:32Any certain aspects in life?
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 11th, 2007 @ 23:01Once we are done with November and the chaos it entails (i. e. NaNoWriMo), we ought to get a new RRR. With two rules:
NO MAGIC
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NO SPACE TRAVEL.
I think it would be a good experiment that would force participants (including me) to think and write outside the box.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 11th, 2007 @ 23:09(148) Or would that be more like putting the toys back inside the box? Which might be the greater challenge in this context.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 11th, 2007 @ 23:28149- Kind of lost me with that analogy. Are you saying that an RRR without those would be no fun? Or that MBers are like stubborn kids who refuse to put their literary “toys” away?
In either case, I’ve noticed that the two sci-fi RRRs we had both had space travel, and the innumerable fantasy RRRs all had magic. I think it’s time to pull a Monty Python and say “And now for something completely different.” I think that the writers on the blog (including me) might enjoy a challenge.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 11th, 2007 @ 23:45(150) No, I think your idea is a good one. My analogy probably went astray on account of my having just finished cranking out the second fastest 1828 words of my life.
My thought was more along the lines that MBers spend so much time outside of the boxes as other people see them, that being inside the box might be like being outside the box for anyone else ….
*the thin cord holding her mind together snaps and all the beads of that thought scatter across the floor*
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 11th, 2007 @ 23:50151- Makes perfect sense, but that might be because I’ve been cranking out my NaNo too.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 12th, 2007 @ 19:24I can’t wait to see what people come up with on this RRR. Pity that Dark Thirty is so far away…
But actually, it’s not a pity, because I have only a little above 18000 words.
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Purple Panda
in November 12th, 2007 @ 19:45I’m going to be really sad when NaNo’s over. I’ll hardly know what to do with myself
I think the RRR’s a great idea!
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 12th, 2007 @ 19:54154- You can use it to give your life a sense of purpose after NaNo. Brilliant!
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 12th, 2007 @ 21:54You know my idea about dividing the blog into eras? I’ve figured out a way to make it more manageable. Each person who decides to help volunteers to read through ten or more threads thoroughly in chronological order and post their findings on the thread. Then, when a large database is assembled, with a few essential facts about each and every thread, we can begin dividing them up into eras.
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Purple Panda
in November 12th, 2007 @ 22:08156 (Prarilius Canix) – Yeah, I really liked that idea! I’ll definitely help. Last year I read through all of the old threads (before I came in March 2006) and the entire GABOOMBA, but I don’t remember a whole lot. But I can do that, and work on the no magic/space travel instead of NaNo next month!
It might be a bit more tedious to report the findings on taht actual thread, though. Perhaps each person could read a certain amount of threads and put their findings on a Word document or something, then we could all paste our documents into a post so we could see them all together? That might make it a little bit easier.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 12th, 2007 @ 22:51Let’s call it RRR SMAST, or Round Robin ‘Riting Sans Magic And Space Travel.
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Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon
in November 13th, 2007 @ 01:54148- I like that.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 13th, 2007 @ 05:53The hard thing about writing about one planet, without magic, is that you have to know something about the world and how it works. With fantasy, you can make things up to suit yourself. It will be a challenge, but I’m sure you’re up to it.
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the man for aeiou
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:07158- I think that is good, but how about RRR SMAS-TT
or Round Robin ‘Riting Sans Magic And Space-Time Travel.
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Raven of the Hawk
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:13Anybody like the idea of a Rants thread? Yes, I know I’m coming in on the middle of another discussion, but I stand by my suggestion.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:13160- That’s the point. I want a challenge. And there are plenty of good fantasies without magic, and sci-fis without space travel.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:28RRR SMAS-TT. Sounds good.
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Cliff Eagle Teh Pwnage
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:41Revive Coy woodnesse since nobody posts there any more. and also I second 162.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 13th, 2007 @ 19:53PC and TMFA, I’ve set my calendar to send a reminder. RRR-SMAS-TT, December 1.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 13th, 2007 @ 20:04166- Thank you very much.
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Purple Panda
in November 13th, 2007 @ 21:09Now I’m really excited for the RRR-SMAS-TT! It should pose a good, happy challenge and I’m looking forward to it
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 13th, 2007 @ 21:16Furthermore, who can resist a title with “sans” in it?
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 14th, 2007 @ 14:01168- So am I!
169- Nobody! Sans… sans… sans… lovely sans… wonderful sans… *is hit over the head by a dead parrot*
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 14th, 2007 @ 14:18(170) All together now: ” ‘e’s not dead… ‘e’s stunned.”
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 14th, 2007 @ 14:20171- I’ve never actually seen that, but I read it on the Monty Python thread.
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MissSwann2223
in November 14th, 2007 @ 15:59I will NI you
NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI
that was fun.
And random.
So howsabout my maxride thread?
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in November 14th, 2007 @ 16:03(173) See my comment #123.
And I will say the same no matter how much you Ni at me.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 14th, 2007 @ 16:2417- I wish I could go back and edit my comments even after I posted them. That would be nice.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 14th, 2007 @ 16:37If MBers could do that, they’d be so busy rewriting history that they’d never say anything new.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 14th, 2007 @ 16:55176- We would, wouldn’t we?
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Red-tailed HAWK
in November 14th, 2007 @ 17:16176-I would probably frantically fix any random errors (spelling) I failed to see (I have a sticky keyboard, not sticky like maple syrup, but something inside the mechanism sadly
)Red-tailed HAWK
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Purple Panda
in November 14th, 2007 @ 17:40176 (Robert) – Somehow, I think we’d find the time to rewrite history and continue with new things. We’re just that talented
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 14th, 2007 @ 17:50The rewriting would make threads even harder to follow than they are now, though. On the whole, I think it’s better just to keep forging ahead.
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Purple Panda
in November 14th, 2007 @ 18:20180 (Robert) – Yes, I definitely agree, we should keep forging ahead.
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the man for aeiou
in November 14th, 2007 @ 18:32pie a head! pie a Head!
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the man for aeiou
in November 15th, 2007 @ 16:35do you get the joke?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 15th, 2007 @ 16:57Well, of course, when you pie people, you aim for the head. It’s not nearly as satisfying to smoosh someone on the knee or the elbow. And if you’re fending off hot-pink bunnies, the head is all you can hit, much of the time. So “pie a head” is perfectly sound advice.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 15th, 2007 @ 16:59I’m not sure I get the joke.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 15th, 2007 @ 20:07I suggest a Muse Mysteries thread, in which Muse-related mysteries can be explained, debated and analyzed. And occasionally solved.
For instance: Pwt’s gender, why heesh* chases Crraw, and what himmer* is.
I think it would be fun.
*EPICENES!!!
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the man for aeiou
in November 16th, 2007 @ 19:17186- oh! yes!
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MissSwann2223
in November 17th, 2007 @ 09:19174- Yeah, but now people are being all picky,saying we don’t need to be all OMGy about Max. It breaks my heart.
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agagabagabag
in November 17th, 2007 @ 12:39l request a thread about HPBs without all the preudice.
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MissSwann2223
in November 19th, 2007 @ 18:09predjudice?
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Kagcomix the Zombie Stalker
in November 20th, 2007 @ 16:40please can we have a thread about complaints
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Purple Panda
in November 20th, 2007 @ 18:27191 (Kagcomix) – Why don’t you complain to Mr. Joe?
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agagabagabag
in November 20th, 2007 @ 18:35Yes, prejudice! Everyone says all HPBs are evil!
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the man for aeiou
in November 20th, 2007 @ 21:09can we have a general science thread?
big bang,classification, string theory, you know.
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the man for aeiou
in November 20th, 2007 @ 21:13look, GAPAs, I need this theard!
*shakes GAPAs.*
*pies GAPAs*
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Raven of the Hawk
in November 20th, 2007 @ 21:22Rant thread??? Please????
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 20th, 2007 @ 21:27(191, 194-196) You got ’em.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 20th, 2007 @ 22:11I know from experience that not all HPBs are evil. Take Deemo Elbunn, Loblolly Boy aboard the Black-Footed Ferret. He’s a splendid fellow. But then again, he’s always been a sort of oddity. Bunniesloverus herself kicked him out.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 25th, 2007 @ 15:54I love making references to obscure portions of the BLOG.
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Alice
in November 25th, 2007 @ 16:14What would this . . . RRR SMAS-TT be about, exactly? If it is going to be RF I will go jump in the marsh below my country home (not really), but adventure would be fun. As would be intrigue and conspiracy.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 25th, 2007 @ 16:45200- Not necessarily. It could be alternate history, post-apocalyptic dystopia, fantastic world without magic… the possibilities are endless.
I’d enjoy doing alternate history, but that would require much more organization than is common in RRRs. We’d have to settle on a point of divergence and develop it from there.
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Alice
in November 25th, 2007 @ 17:37201- Alternate history would be fun.
I sort of wonder how many RRRs will return to life after November. Several have failed, and I’m going to ruin my reputation of a person who keeps them alive at all costs and say that I don’t really mind.
Living RRRs:
The Sea RocHopefully soon to live RRRs:
Dreamland
Fractured Fairy Tale (I spent a long time on that one. I don’t really want it to die.)Semi-living RRRs:
Spirits and Blood
Role-playing Writing
Terenika
Time Travel (God this one is a mess. Maybe with some serious editing, some dedication, and a total plot twist, it’ll inspire me, but not before.)Dead RRRs:
SchoolFinished RRRs:
TerraformedAnd if you ask my personal opinion, there are two categories:
RRRs that I care about:
The Sea Roc
Terenika
Dreamland
Fractured Fairy Tale
Role-playing writing
Terraformed (the publication of)RRRs that I don’t care and may or may not feel obligated to stick with:
Spirits and Blood
Time Travel
SchoolI should probably just drop the entire second category and make myself much, much, happier.
Sorry, off topic. I like alternate history.
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Alice
in November 25th, 2007 @ 18:52Oops. Forgot Etheterre. How could I? Anyways, it’s finished and I care about it.
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in November 25th, 2007 @ 20:38If I get my hands on SMAS-TT first, I will suggest AH.
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the man for aeiou
in November 25th, 2007 @ 21:01I with you! about the AH.
202- um, school is not dead. it is midway to the trash and that great hard disc in the sky. I will destory the keepers draft today, or tommarow. I have asked the GAPAs to close it.
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the man for aeiou
in November 25th, 2007 @ 21:09Robert, to resond to your post on the rrr school theard: If it is still open I will keep checking it, and it will take up a lot of time, and it just give a seance of closer.
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the man for aeiou
in November 25th, 2007 @ 21:55it is in the trash!
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in November 25th, 2007 @ 21:57and now off the hard disc! boy, am I glad to get that out.
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in November 25th, 2007 @ 22:10As for points of divergence, I’ve always wanted to explore what might have happened had Ogedei Khan not died in 1241, and the Mongols kept expanding into Europe.
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in November 25th, 2007 @ 22:17perehaps we should have a pointless post thread? That way when people feel random, and want to say it, they put it there. then again…it might clog up the recent posts bar…hmmm
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the man for aeiou
in November 25th, 2007 @ 22:20209- Yes!
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in November 25th, 2007 @ 23:28With all that support, I think we can consider AH to be a strong possibility for the RRR-SMAS-TT. However, we shouldn’t lock ourselves into a decision just yet.
SCHOOL TOMORROW *dies*
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the man for aeiou
in November 26th, 2007 @ 17:29can I just ask? how do you write AH? I understand the concept, but not how to write it.
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in November 27th, 2007 @ 17:38213- AH determines the setting, not the story. You figure out a turning point (let’s say, for the sake of the argument, the Battle of Tours between the Moors and Franks), send it a different way than what actually happened (Moors win instead of Franks who actually did), and figure out likely political and cultural consequences (Islam much more prevalent in Europe, Caliphate of Cordoba spreads across France and possibly farther.) Then it becomes more in the realm of fiction. After the easily predictable consequences are exhausted, you can make up new developments (fleeing Frankish nobles cross English Channel, establish a state in Southern Britain) as long as they’re possible. (I apologize for any gross historical inaccuracies, this is just for example purposes.)
Then, once you have the setting figured out (for RRR purposes, I think it ought to be done in the form of a prologue, so that we all have it down at the beginning), you can begin making up the story, which can be set in any time after the turning point, from five seconds after the divergence to the year 3000 AD. (Though, since this RRR bans space travel, I don’t think we should set it too far ahead.)
Whew, that was a long post. With lots of parentheses (seven.)(No, wait, eight.)(Wait, now it’s nine.)(Ten.)(11.)(I’m changing to numerals for the sake of brevity.)(That brings us up to 13.)(14.) ….. ( ∞ )
Took a long time to type that. But now I hold the definite record for most parentheses in a post.
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the man for aeiou
in November 27th, 2007 @ 17:51214- and you copied Urania’s anwer to sofya’s letter in this mothes muse!
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in November 27th, 2007 @ 18:02215- Yeah, yeah, I did. But did that clear some things up for you? Despite incomprehensibility brought on by parentheses?
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the man for aeiou
in November 27th, 2007 @ 18:08216- so you just write a story, but use a different history?
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in November 27th, 2007 @ 18:12May I suggest a Geek Culture thread? Y’know, the works. From Newton to Shatner to WotC. Just a place to report and remark upon the geeky wonders that we see every day.
A bit of an expansion on the General Science thread, I’d say…
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 27th, 2007 @ 18:46217- Yup. Of course, the story is influenced by its past, but so are we.
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the man for aeiou
in November 28th, 2007 @ 12:53219- got it! but do you write a diffent path as a prologue?
218- sounds good. or maybe a you konw your a geek when… therd, like the you know your addicted museblog when… theards.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 28th, 2007 @ 17:36220- You don’t have to, but it’s helpful to figure out the turning point and subsequent events up to the time you set your story in, and I was thinking that since this is a group project, we should RR’Rite the alternate timeline as well as the story. That could be incorporated as a prologue, or it could not be considered part of the story at all, just the equivalent of an author’s notes.
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the man for aeiou
in November 28th, 2007 @ 18:01221- ah.
this is random, but my computer keeps saying there are less posts then there are.
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Alice
in November 28th, 2007 @ 22:38I guess it’s time to go check up on my history.
Sometimes I hate being so ignorant. Blah.
One a similar note, one of my friends is obsessed with the Civil war and keeps talking about an alternate history book called “Guns of the South”.
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Prarilius Canix, taking a break from NaNoWriMo
in November 28th, 2007 @ 23:07I googled Guns of the South. Apparently it’s a story in which a bunch of white supremacists from 2014, hoping to change history to make oppression of blacks more widely accepted, go back in time to the Civil War and provide the Confederate States of America with AK-47s.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 29th, 2007 @ 06:13(223) If it’s history you’re after, Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History books are a good way to scan the territory.
(224) There have been several alternate-history novels and stories in which the South won the Civil War. In most of the ones I’ve seen, the world winds up worse off in the long run.
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the man for aeiou
in November 29th, 2007 @ 21:49can we please not do the south won the american civil war? it is the biggest thing for AH.
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in November 29th, 2007 @ 21:56226- Of course. I’d never do anything as cliche as that. What do you take me for? jk.
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the man for aeiou
in November 29th, 2007 @ 22:05227- well, you did do smothing about dreams for NaNo, and that has become rather “plain” this year.
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in November 29th, 2007 @ 22:16224- Yup. Something like that. Dunno.
225- Ooh, good idea!
I’m cramming my head with history. I think it should be something before the 20th century but not medieval. Some suggestions:
Early 19th century (not a very well explored territory), around 1820.
WWI.
1890s.
Prehistoric. (Not dinosaurs.)
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the man for aeiou
in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:18how about the rest of the homo genuse survived? home erctus still alive now?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:32Do you mean that Homo erectus has always been around and people have known about them, or that a hidden population of H. erectus is suddenly discovered?
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in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:35228- Yes, that’s true, but come on, I came up with it long before November, and by the time I resurrected it, all sorts of dream stuff had popped up.
231- The former, I think. They managed to evolve at the same speed that we did, instead of dying out as they did in this timeline, and colonized different parts of the world than Sapiens did.
It’s a good idea, but I still like Mongol expansion into Europe.
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the man for aeiou
in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:35231- they did not go extict, and still exist in the world with home sapians .
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:39Considering how badly H. sapiens behaves toward its own kind, I suspect we wouldn’t treat H. erectus very well.
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the man for aeiou
in November 30th, 2007 @ 22:40232- good point.
by the way, I can not wait intill 2020 when I open the paper and see all of the bestsellers by blogers.
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in December 1st, 2007 @ 13:50while AH sounds confusing, and I may only post a couple of times, I say go for it. It also sounds cool.
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gimanator
in December 4th, 2007 @ 09:57hows about a ‘metaphorically speaking thread? to make up annoying metaphors?
like:THey will be more useless than a weasel in a cardboard box.
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in December 4th, 2007 @ 19:10perchance we could have a “muser names origines thread” there has been many a time when i wonder where other’s names come from… please o mighty GAPAs’
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Purple Panda
in December 6th, 2007 @ 07:07Did anyone submit to that Muse contest the-other-month, about the gaming-alter-egos? I submitted one about “Purple Panda”
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the man for aeiou
in December 6th, 2007 @ 12:03239- I was going to about TMFA, but I forgot about it.
I can’t wait to see it!(we all know it is getting in)
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in December 6th, 2007 @ 12:16239-i did!
i sent in my penguin picture
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in December 7th, 2007 @ 07:15238- There is one, a bit dead though… https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=792
NEW Year’s resolutions thread! YEah! I will need to start thinking early. Please? *Hands pie to GAPA to urge starting of thread
*Red-tailed HAWK, making list of resolutions
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 7th, 2007 @ 07:24Good idea!
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in December 12th, 2007 @ 13:41i think we need another GAPA apreciation thread. we also could possibly mabe *smile charmingly* have a new manga, anime, graphic novels thread as the one we have died about a month ago.
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Cliff Eagle Teh Pwnage
in December 15th, 2007 @ 11:13OK. Two things I want. First, we need a new Classic Pie War thread, because insulting Mr. Joe is kind of boring now. Second, I know it is discussed sometimes in HT and Just Friends, but we should have a Culture thread, where people can talk about there respective cultures. Of course, there would be no bashing of other cultures, but it would be cool to learn everyones cultures. Thank You!
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the man for aeiou
in December 15th, 2007 @ 11:56I second all!
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Prarilius Canix
in December 17th, 2007 @ 19:38Anyone who was interested in my MuseBlog Eras idea: I’ve started the project on Muse Encyclopedia, which was until recently dead.
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Purple Panda
in December 17th, 2007 @ 20:38I’ve been working on several Muse projects, which I have probably mentioned before, and while I was working on them I thought of several thread ideas. One of them I got while I was looking at the World Religions thread. Where we read the book, and talked about each of the religions. What if we could do that, but with other things? For example, we could research different countries and discuss them. We could also do it with different animals, holidays, etc. Does that sound interesting to anyone?
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 17th, 2007 @ 22:01248- yes, but It will have be one book.
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in December 17th, 2007 @ 22:26234) just look at planet of the apes…
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in December 18th, 2007 @ 19:24I suggest a little Back to top link at the bottom of threads.
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 19th, 2007 @ 18:42me too, and a pie smile to replace the never-used
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in December 19th, 2007 @ 19:51can we have a theard for all of us computer geeks who like linux, run VMs, and other Geek stuff that chad and Aeiou might do?
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 19th, 2007 @ 20:11and a new ships log?
and a new html practice?
and a new ask the gapas?
and a computers theard, as in post 253?
and a cultures theard?
and a theard to talk about pie, in a non-war setting?
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POSOC
in December 25th, 2007 @ 20:12A new Monty Python Thread would be optimal.
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in December 25th, 2007 @ 20:22255- Yeah! Monty Python!
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in December 25th, 2007 @ 21:34254: We can talk about pie on the Food thread, if you want
255, 256: That would definitely be spectacular, we haven’t had one for a long time.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 25th, 2007 @ 21:38(255, 256, 257) Because you’ve been Mostly Harmless this year, Gapa Claus will grant your wish.
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POSOC
in December 25th, 2007 @ 21:56258- Y’d best get a clue, y’ better throw pie, y’ better read Muse, I’m tellin’ you why…
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 26th, 2007 @ 11:17GAPA Cootz is moderating now
he’s making up theard,
monderting your post,
going to block spam all night,
GAPA Cootz is moderating now.
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Anonymous Religion Discusser
in December 29th, 2007 @ 21:53Can we have a thread on the works of the Bible, God, or generally anything to do with the study of Christianity?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 29th, 2007 @ 22:44We’ve had bad experiences with religion threads in the past. Before trying another one, I’d like to hear what others think about this idea and how it might work.
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Anonymous Religion Discusser
in December 29th, 2007 @ 23:29262- I wanted a thread in which people could peacefully discuss Christianity and the Bible. Non-christians could post on it as long as they don’t put christians down. So, how does that sound, people?
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in December 30th, 2007 @ 01:40262- Religions thread didn’t work too well, I don’t see how narrowing the topic is an improvement. If we do a Christianity thread, why not a thread on Islam, Judaism, or one of the many other religions out there? If the Christians want a place to discuss their faith, then there are many websites devoted to that. I think non-Christians (obviously I do not speak for all of us) will either ignore it, or post and it will end up as a flame war.
261- Most of us here have already made our positions clear on religion, and aren’t going to change them any time soon. I’m curious as to what your goal is for the hypothetical Christianity thread.
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in December 30th, 2007 @ 09:11Al I want for christmas….. is You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could you make a new WHat’s here thread?
Just like the What’s here button, but a thread. It takes too long to open the what’s here button. Maybe it could contain the fifty latest thread names and their url.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 30th, 2007 @ 09:37(265) That’s a good idea, but it’s hard for us to do. WordPress software generates the “What’s Here” page automatically. If we try to copy and paste it, all we get is the names of the threads, without links. If the names alone would be helpful to you, we can supply them.
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Anonymous Religion Discusser
in December 30th, 2007 @ 09:55264- My goal was to be able to talk about christianity without someone having to jump in and contradict everything we say. I wanted to be able to relate the Bible to science and discuss things like our history, geography, and creation according to the Bible. But if you don’t approve of one, I’ll try it on the religions thread.
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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)
in December 30th, 2007 @ 10:28(265, 266) Try this: MuseBlog What’s Here
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 30th, 2007 @ 10:45Wow! Magic!
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¡Ã߀ƒ!
in December 30th, 2007 @ 11:32268- Oooo! *stares in awe*
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 30th, 2007 @ 11:34(267) I think the Religions thread would be a good place for a discussion like that. It’s been dormant for a while and could use some activity. There may be a little more “noise” than you would get in a dedicated thread, but probably no more than you see on Chameleon Threads.
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 30th, 2007 @ 13:41I what a new World religion thread!
264- we’ve had a Judaism thread. and a hinduism thread. and a Buddhism thread. we could use a islam thread. and Christian threads (one for talking about Catholics and the other for Protestants)
NOTE: THESE ARE THREADS FOR TALKING ABOUT THE RELIGION. YOU MUST READ HUSTON SMITH’S THE WORLD RELIGIONS FIRST.
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Fortune Cell
in December 30th, 2007 @ 16:02272- I really am hoping that demand was a joke.
You can’t learn everything about religion from one book.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in December 30th, 2007 @ 21:33(273) No, but you can learn something — and that’s much better than nothing as a springboard for discussion. It also helps to have a single reference book for people to start from.
I like Huston Smith’s book because he tries to show the best parts of each religion and to describe it from the inside out — that is, explain how its devotees experience it and what it means to them. Some of the chapters get a little abstract, but most of them repay the extra effort it takes to read them. We had some good discussions based on it back in 2006:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=349
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=451
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=466
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=493
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=494
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Cat's Meow
in December 30th, 2007 @ 21:42268-Wow, that’s so awesome! Are you going to keep it fairly updated?
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The Man For Aeiou
in December 31st, 2007 @ 17:47274- can we please have another one? please?
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in December 31st, 2007 @ 22:35Can we have a foreign film thread?
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in January 1st, 2008 @ 23:23We need a new Art of Being an Alien thread.
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in January 2nd, 2008 @ 21:56can we have a His Dark Materials thread?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in January 2nd, 2008 @ 23:49(279) I don’t think so, but you can discuss the series (and the movie) on the new Books and Reading thread.
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in January 6th, 2008 @ 16:10278- Yeah.
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in January 11th, 2008 @ 20:32I have a suggestion:
MuseBlog Press
A thread to discuss the (not very possible) possibility of a publishing company for all those RRRs, MuseBlog fanfictions, and short story compilations that are written or thought of and then abandoned.
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in January 12th, 2008 @ 12:57P*ease?
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