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Cool!
How about a thread about sailing, tallships, and everything to do with water.
And this sounds like a good place to say, my birthday is on August 21. I will be turning 14.
We need a thread about the MBers that we know. I know it will take forever to load, but still.
And, I’ve been begging to have the ‘Hot Topic’ in post 0 (like the Incredible Morphing Chamelion) and in the Polling Place there should be a list of polls.
(2) The IMCT is designed to stick to a single subject for an extended period; Hot Topics is not. Sometimes comments will cluster around a single topic for awhile, but other times it changes from post to post. It’s not practical — or necessarily desirable — to confine it to a single issue.
The Polling Place is simply too mercurial. Polls morph into other polls; people change questions to suit themselves. In other words, GAPAs might go on strike if they were expected to keep those up to date.
As for your thread request, if you mean a list of current MBers, Alice compiled one on June Jelly, Part 2. If you mean something else, please explain.
Esoterica thread. Or call it an occult thread.
How about just a plain old pie war thread? Just for the fun of it.
That would be fun. 
5-of course! many people have just been waiting for one to come back.
3-Some MBers have probably met more MBers then others (ex. I haven’t met MG, but I know some other people have) so we can compile a list of who we have met so far.
WHere are all of the GAPAs?
Ooh! I have another idea! How about ajoke thread so we could posts jokes to make each other laugh? There is nothing like a good laugh to make your day!
5, 8, 9: Are you new? *heads to Newcomers’ Thread to find out*
9-*is just what Beavo needs, a joke*
Yup, Im new. *gets a sheild for incoming pies*
*pies Fire_Falcon22*
13- *blocks pie with sheild*
NO MORE PIE WARS FOR A LONG WHILE PLEASE!!!!!! It totally sends the blog into panic and makes people turn against each other. PLease do not request that.
HAWK
15-
Im new, how was I supposed to know? I just thought itd be fun… sorry… 
16-Hey don’t be sad!
I just didn’t want anybody who is already here starting anything. *Sends pie* Whoops-I’ve gotta go now, but if you have any questions just ask!
The HAWK
I guess I understand. And thanks.
DDDDD8 MOAR COWBELL.How about something special for MB’s two year anniversary or summat. Maybe some sort of MB time line?
*pies Fire_Falcon22 with BCP*
BCP=Banana Cream Pie
Btw, nice name! Flaming bird of prey…I like…lol.
Oh, yeah, we need an issue about the American/French Revolution, one or both. I requested that in my letter…hey, speaking of which, has anyone gotten the latest issue of Muse? I’m too lazy to see what month(s) I should be expecting…
20- *licks pie off face* YUM! I love banna cream pie!
Thanks!
Could someone pie me? With something wet, if possible. *has dust up her nose*
21: what about the swiss revolution??? We kicked ass and no one talks about us!
23-*pies with a not-really-a-pie-but-actually-a-water-balloon* Better?
24-Ok ok, sorry!!! You’re right about the fact that no one talks about ya’ll, though, because I had no idea there had even been a Swiss Revolution. So, yes, the Swiss Revolution must be included, as well.
25- Thanks!
9- that would be amusing. the following is the best joke i have heard in a long time.
Sanity.
27- Indeed.
I have an idea for a new sort of RRR-one where we write the script for a stage play or screenplay. Why not?
Could we have Kurt Vonnegut thread? In honor of his recent passing?
5-PIE WAR, PIE WAR! ! ! !
What a thread about Food? Favorite kinds, hated kinds, and just random crazy food fun. With lots of pie discussions! Not pie wars, pie discussions.
I still think we should invite They Might Be Giants onto Museblog, even though we are (Or at least I am) freakish.
30-Yes, that would be nice. I just recently read Cat’s Cradle, actually…
31- There was one. It went under the title, “Cooking and Food” and I would make a link but I’m too lazy. It’s still technically active.
32- I’m freakish too! But I don’t see what that has to do with They Might Be Giants. I think I would be embarrassed, never having
readheard anything by them.BTW, that was not on purpose. I actually typed “read” before I realized that they were a pop band, and therefore didn’t write books, but it was so funny I had to leave it in.
(31, 33) Cooking and Food can be found at:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=784
24-lol. That’s because the American was the most reformish and the French was the most gross, gory, and bloody and the Spanish was unexpected.
31-There is one, it’s from April I think.
Could we open another alter-ego thread?
I think that would be called for.
we need a thread where we pretend we’re the muses and have a conversation and we can make our own muses!!!!!
37,38-Hey, are you guys new?
*pies with BCP on the off-chance that they are*
We need a Rants thread.
39-I think something like that’s been done, but…help, someone?
39-Good idea!
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=921/comment#=29 I hate it when I’m ignored. Crazy list thread, where we keep making all sorts of lists…. We could also make lists of previous lists, and eventually we would have lists about lists that are lists of lists. Pleeeeaaassssseeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
(43) Just because you haven’t been answered, doesn’t mean you have been ignored.
By the way, the proper syntax for links to comments is #comment-[number of comment]. That is, your link should read:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=921#comment-29
44-Well, yeah, but usually I assume I’m being ignored. Logically, if I’m not answered, and the thread isn’t put up, it would be safe to assume I’ve been ignored. If my request is rejected, you should say so, and if you don’t want to make that thread yet, you should also say so, so you should always answer unless you’re putting up the thread! Right?
40- Pies Back. No, actually I’m not. Not new, that is.
Ideally, yes. In practice, though, we can’t always respond or reply right away. For example, when I’m moderating on my Treo, it’s much easier to approve comments than it is to reply to them, and creating new threads is harder still. And our jobs sometimes require our attention, too. It’s an imperfect system, but we do our best.
I can’t get the “What’s New” putton at the top of the start page to work. It’s rather annying. How can I get there? A thread of lists would be fun.
39- I like it.
46-Oh…then, who are you?
i suggest a cooler-looking backround. like maybe a design or pattern.
perhaps one about the places you would like to go?
or maybe one on dogs and cats?
i have no clue
51- yeah it’s kind of dull
(51, 52) Dull has its virtues.
53- i guess so…
I second a Jokes thread.
50- That’s the mystery, now isn’t it.
Borzoi lover and I obviosly are great, because we think alike. I had entered this thread to post an idea, but Borzoi lover beat me to it. We need a thread to talk about dogs, their history, pedigree, our favorites for the American Kennal Club National Dog Show, training tricks, agility, our favorite breeds, our own dogs, to discuss the million dollar question: strong contour lines or soft? And of course, to talk about all our other pets. Cats, rats, mice, gerbils, etc.
53. Not always.
Isn’t a joke thread almost the same as a riddle thread? Why not combine the two?
57 –
Joke: an amusing story, something said or done for amusement.
Riddle: a puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature; a mental challenge.
all credits to Wikipedia.
whoops, sorry. i meant wiktionary.
59 – Oh wait, you’re the one of many names.
53 – Yeah, if it was too cool then people other than Musers might come on the blog.
I kind of like the simple layout.
(61) Exactly. It’s a fiendishly clever disguise, don’t you think?
Personally, I find it very soothing to the eyes in comparison to the jangle and clutter of the ‘net in general.
Not to mention that our last experiment with an alternative background is still causing flashbacks….
Um, can we have the Time Travel RRR now? I’m starting to get a wee bit impatient.
I like the simplicity. It’s a nice color scheme too. Of course, you can’t even see the color on a flat screen…
63 – Before I refreshed the page, the last sentence wasn’t there. Did you add more to your post after it was moderated?
66- They do that. It’s weird.
(66) Yes, you caught me.
(64) I was going to start it when you got back from vacation, but now I haven’t seen PC since Monday. Since the thread was his idea, would you mind waiting until he shows up again?
68 – Hmm, okay. Thanks for waiting until I got back from vacation though!
Good point. I was wondering where PC was.
(67) Yeah, I think it’s weird when other GAPAs do it and yet that doesn’t stop me.
(68, 69) You and PC expressed the most enthusiasm for the thread and both had definite ideas about rules for time travel, so it didn’t seem fair to start without you.
71- I tried not to show much enthusiasm, as I have too many projects already. Though I’m not feeling depressed, so I could most likely handle them all at once. But I will join (naturally!) provided that someone states clearly the time travel theory that we are using. *imagines scenarios where everyone brings their own opinions into the story* It will be the most confusing RRR ever.
(72) That is why I carefully chose the word “expressed.”
Well, I’m only on one RRR right now. I’ve really wanted to join another one, but I can’t seem to fit into any of them. But a time-travel RRR sounds very interesting to my mind, so I expressed interest because it might turn out to be an RRR I actually join.
63. What experiment was that?
75-
April 1, 2007. The blog was covered in HPBs. Everything was pink. (Or so I’ve heard, clearly it didn’t work on my browser.) All threads were shut down except for the threads about pinkness and bunnies. The bunnies themselves posted, but the GAPAs were nowhere to be seen. Several bloggers despaired; others rejoiced; a few brave people insisted that the other threads must be reopened. Some were. But we’ll always remember that day in the spring/See the water- Sorry, got sidetracked.
76-Lyke OMGZ!! That was truly pwnsome. So sorry it didn’t work on yours.
76. Wow. I was on vacation then- I wish I could have seen it!! I guess that I could go back but it would probably take too long to load.
Anyways, what about another Hot Topics thread? The other one went off the home page, and that scares some people off
I wanted to see it too! Oh well.
[Many more bunnies snipped. –Robert]
Fox w/ Drops of Rubies/Vixen w/ Ruby Eyes, STOP IT!
We need a 1337 thread so we don’t have to clutter up the Fanfiction with leet alphabets.
Why is the “june jelly” thread (that is closed to more comments) still on the first page, and the “Hot Topics” thread (which still has a disscusion going on) on the next page? Just wondering
82 – Because the threads are arranged in chronilogical order. Hot Topics was started before June Jelly, so it gets moved off the main page faster than June Jelly.
Why don’t we have a thread where people would post asking MBers questions/getting their attention, by posting the person’s name at the top of the post in bold?…
Example:
(Post by Red-tailed HAWK time/date all that stuff)
E2MB
Please go to the “” thread/what is the “” like./?
[/post]
Would that be good?
GAPAs, can we have a Washington State kokonvention thread? Please?
I want a 1337 thread! Whaaaaaaaa!
80- stop what?
84- Good idea.
Why am I not on the “who’s here page?” I am “Vixen of the Ruby and the Gold”, “Fox with Drops of Rubies”, and “Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon”.
You’re on there. Weren’t you also DragonWings for a couple of posts?
Oh well. Fun having conversations with my self! MUHAHA! I am the Emperess of Alter Egos!
89- ‘Fraid not. Traggle has that title currently. Or maybe just Queen.
I was the Queen of Alter Egos at one point, and that title still stands. My alter egos were: PGNF, Goth Genius, Zapper, Traggle, Stairway to Heaven, Nadine est tres intelligent, Queen of Alter Egos, Archaeopteryx, Buteogallus urubitinga, don’t give a damn and I can’t think of any more good names right now, 525600, and I have also been Ravenhawk, and Random Dark Cloud. So I would say that I am the Supreme Ruler of Alter Egos. And I might be changing my name…
Most of my alter egos were on the alter ego threads if you want to see for yourself…
OK we need to be able to put pictures in our blogs! GAPAs can snip them if they are inappropriate but I have some in my story that I try to copy from microsoft doc. and it ruins the story cuz they aren’t there!!!!
O fine if u put Alice’s birthday in can I say mine? Mine’s August 16th and I’ll turn 13! yaaay!
(93) rabbity24, the software strips out any images you try to post. You can email pictures to gapa @ musefanpage.com (remember to remove the spaces) and we’ll see about posting them.
(94) Your birthday has been added to the list.
95- txs but the real problem is auto shapes in the shape of a note in my story count as pictures and I put text in them so it cuts out some of the text
I have a suggestion that should be taken into careful consideration!!!!
With the 8 pages that we lost several of the musers think that we need them back. Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon sorta suggested it on May/June disscussion thread. Ask the musers, both bloggers and others to send in stories with the muses in there or articles for the magazine. I think it would be a big hit and the magazine could even get more than eight pages out of it! What do u think?
97- That’s what I’ve been trying to explain to you people! Thank you for rephrasing it. Now, what we need to do is send lots of e-mails and letter explaining our idea to the editors. I’ve already sent two, but we need to keep trying.
Make it clear we don’t want to send in fiction. Try that with cicada.
97- Yes, that would be great, but it’s a budget thing, not a not-enough-material thing.
97-I think the reason they shortned the mag is because they did not have enough money to keep the next eight pages in existance. Therefor, they would only print some of the stories.
I’d pay an extra five dollars for the eight pages. I think it’s a time thing.
I think threads should have an explanation of what happnes, not just like “Requested by blahblahblah.” Okay, maybe like “Requested by blahblahblah. To be eaten with cheese puffs and pickles.” Do you get it, or am I hoplessly stupid?
Who here is named blahblahblah, anyways?
[PS- GAPAs, please don’t keep this name on the Who’s Here page. Please.]
103. I think it takes more than one post to get on the who’s here page. I posted first in december 06, and once and awhile since then, and a ton in the last couple weeks, and I’m still not there!
I haven’t checked, but it’s possible that names with orthodox spelling and punctuation get faster service.
I liked the idea for a MBer pictures thread…Maybe even pictures of us taking over the world!
99 – But it would attract a LOT more readers! Wouldn’t that be cool? A mag that would publish your stories for you?
I’m going to send an email right now! *goes off*
PC IS BACK!!!!!!!!!! Quick, start the TT RRR before he leaves!
Thanks for the Time Travel RRR, GAPAs! At last I get a chance to join an RRR!
Sorry for double post, but GAPAs, June Jelly Part 3 still has it piccy. Would you mind removing iotz?
111 – Maybe they left the pic there because it’s so flamablamablous.
Could we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have a Pig Latin and Ble thread??? Leasepay? plz? Urdypay leasepay? Iay ovelay Pigpay Atinlay!! Nd Ble s k too. If you don’t I will send a horde of Pig Latin speaking HPBs to tickle you.
!!!!!
And I just checked to see if I was on the “Who’s here” list, and it has my first name, Princess Aqua, and them my current name, Midnight Fiddler, But it has it spelled, “Midnight*Fiddler” Why?!?!
113- Iay econdsay hatay equestray. Houghtay Oycay Oodnesseway ightmay orkway. (*pant pant*)
Scntrqst. Thcoodnstrk.
C++ Darkmage and I suggest a friendly pie war thread. Note:Friendly!
113- i have a feealing that it would soon lose its apeal.
108. that’s the spirit! keep those e-mails coming! *feels stupid for the cheerleader tone.*
Yes, well. My idea is have a variety of writers have a different outlook on a broad story point, and see how everyone looks at it differently.
in short, have everybody write about something with some elbow room.
117- Seconded! We ought to decide on a broad story point first, though.
I just realized that if it’s emotional in any way, I will focus on the emotion. And I HATE emotion. *feels weird because she hates it and enjoys writing it at the same time*
(117) Here’s how you described it originally on the other thread:
I had an idea. Note that each person on museblog has a different style of writing. We should have a thread where everybody writes on a broad setting, for example; a girl mourns over her father’s death at his grave. A number of MBers would write it the way they would put it.
Alice wasn’t too keen on this specific subject; perhaps someone can suggest something a little less pointed. For instance, a girl buying flowers — she could be getting them to take to the grave site in your story or doing something entirely different in someone else’s.
Though I think you’re on the right track of choosing an image that can be pictured in the mind as a starting point.
then we need a thread to put this on and a topic. How about a boy plays ball with himself?
119-that is confusing
121- He plays ball with himself? Bored boy. Maybe . . . *eyes light up* I have an idea!
(122) Does that mean you want to go with this topic?
123- Sure. I don’t care much, I can get ideas for anything.
My proposed topic (providing we don’t go with the other):
Someone buys a cup of tea in a tea shop. This is immensely inspiring, to me at least.
123-sounds good to me, of course.
(125) I’ve already set up the thread with the other topic, but it might work out that we change topics after awhile. Then your idea would make for an interesting contrast.
How about a RRR on no subject in particular, where the only posts allowed were story posts? No planning, disscussing, ect. Only story. If one post didn’t fit in with the story, others would just have to work with it. I think that might be really fun.
128-yeah, that would be great!
128-Hm…interesting. But, personally, I think we should leave the RRR thing alone, for a while, at least. It seems to me that the MBers as a whole have come to take these RRR’s too seriously, and have lost the true spirit of said RRR’s. Let us wait until the craze has worn off, and then the flames shall be rekindled, and the torches shall burn once more!!!
Sorry if that was
a littleweird.If MBers decide they need a rest from the RRRs, we can close them to comments for a while. It would be unusual, but it’s possible.
130 – Taken RRRs too seriously? What do you mean? We’ve been cranking out some good stories here!
131 – *gasp* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I don’t know. Maybe I do take them too seriously, but they are my favorite threads. I think that we should indeed do what Cinnamoon says, but maybe in several months. I’m letting my RRRs run their course, and if they want to die, I’ll just revive them later. However, I do hope that the GAPAs will open them if April 1 repeats itself.
134 – That would be weird. What, if for one randomly selected day, the GAPAs shut down the blog just to see what would happen the next day?
135-
I would probably check up every hour or so, and panic inwardly. Maybe email the GAPAs. Write to the Gaboomba. Check up on it first thing next morning.
I was wondering if we could have a new visual arts thread. A place, perhaps, where we poor MBs who aren’t incredibally gifted in music, and perhaps some who are, can talk about our art.
Yes, I agree. We should let the whole thing die down a bit. But, if it starts, what it should be is that you are only allowed to write one sentence at a time! I’ll post the whole thing…
How about a RRR on no subject in particular, where the only posts allowed were story posts? No planning, disscussing, ect. Only story. If one post didn’t fit in with the story, others would just have to work with it. I think that might be really fun. And, you would be only allowed to write one sentence at a time!
(128, 139) That sounds like a good idea, but let’s wait a little while.
I think…a…weather thread…to comment on the weather…
and a random thoughts thread…like…I dont know
99/100- if that’s true can we do like a donations thing? Send in money to make the mag longer???
Could we have a writing thread, please? I think a lot of people would enjoy that very much.
And for the fanpage maybe a short muser-written history of the blog from the gaboomba (whatever that is) to musecasts to the current generations. it might be interesting.
1 (Alice) – That’s fantastic! I love sailing, and swimming’s good too. Along with snorkeling and diving and such. That sounds like a great idea for a thread, and it’s right in season!
19 (Axa) – I like the timeline idea…it’s like biblio’s idea in post 142 as well (I went a bit more in-depth there).
23 (Alice) – *sends a very late water pie*
43 (du Pelle) – I like the lists idea, too! I love lists
95 (Rebecca) – (This goes to the other GAPAs too), Why do you always put spaces in links and your email and such? If it’s the email address for the blog, and is found on the rules page and many other places, why put the spaces in? Is it so it doesn’t make a link, and if so, what is wrong with a link? I have just been noticing the GAPAs doing it, and thought it was a bit weird. Because it is a bit annoying to remove spaces in an email address if they’re not there for a reason…
142 (biblio) – that sounds interesting! (the history). I did a bit of that (well, mostly just a compilation of what other people said) in my uber-long post on the Newbie thread, and I think your thread idea is great!
One way that spambots (programs that try to post junk messages) find new websites to bother is by searching for links to sites they’ve already found. To keep the spam down, we get, we try to minimize the number of links on the site. Hence, the spaces.
That’s the main reason. We also think MuseBlog should be an attraction in its own right, not a launchpad to other sites. Honestly, we wouldn’t mind if MBers ignored the rest of the Web entirely.
I see…
I completely understand about the whole MuseBlog-no-link-policy, I was just wondering why the GAPAs would put spaces in their own website email address. But I get it now.
*pies spambots*
Also it is generaly a good idea not to type your full email address out (and type ea at example dot com or the like instead) just because otherwise the spambots will pick up on it and send you spam email.
144- Thank You!
Could we perhaps have another thread where people guess what other people look like? That would be so awesome! please? please? * offers gapa the oh so wonderful french silk pie* *thanks jadestone*
(147) Very true! We got a little sloppy with our gapa-at-musefanpage-dot-com address, and now our mailbox is deluged with junk mail.
148- ooh, I’d second that!
145- I almost ignore the rest of the Web entirely. I google stuff, but other than that, I mostly just hang out here.
148- Wait… wot? I get the thread idea, but why are you thanking me?
Secoded, by the way. Or is it thirded?
152- Because you told me what a french silk pie was on my first day. I couldn’t put a name to the pie before that.
I’m crashing on this thread for just a bit to propose an idea that I’m fairly certain the GAPAs will not like: A new religions thread.
The last one closed in April, due to its devolution into, essentially, a free-for-all. Mostly due to vast amounts of immaturity and overly-dramatic feelings getting involved. I agree with Robert for closing it. Note that it would be understood that the GAPAs would have the right to zap any inappropriate comments, ban people from that thread for too many offenses [after warnings, naturally], or shut it down if it turns out like the last one. To quote him:
“Whatever you believe, millions or even billions of other people–for the most part well-meaning people, I think–are going to disagree with you. Somehow we’ve all got to live and function in a world in which that is so. Is the solution not to talk about it? Or not to think about it? That doesn’t seem like the Muse, or MuseBlog, way.”
He’s absolutely correct. If we can keep the content of posts to something like “this is the doctrine of this religion and this is what I think about it,” then we should be able to keep it civil. However, if it turns into another “this religion is possibly the stupidest thing I have ever heard of, not to mention far inferior to mine and also incorrect” or “that religion caused an overwhelming number of atrocities.” Honestly, most religions are more positive than negative; our culture is simply fixated on the negative aspects…
It should be a thread to discuss the core beliefs of any given religion, its historical background, prevalence, and cultural quirks, as well as random interesting tidbits about it. NOT a thread to criticize what reprehensible things followers of that religion have done in the name of that religion. It should be purely about beliefs and spirituality, and things of the like, NOT intolerance and criticism of fellow Musers on the basis of their chosen belief system. It should be simply a thread that furthers our collective knowledge of the beliefs and religions of others, not persecution and intolerance on those grounds.
It should be for understanding, not an in-your-face profession of beliefs and attempts to convert people. Because, honestly, how likely is that? Not very. An atmosphere of mutual respect, even through disagreement, should be maintained. I think we can all manage this.
Also, it shouldn’t be a science versus religion sort of thread. Just a religion thread. NOT something to ‘disprove’ [for the lack of a better term] specific beliefs, NOT a place to outright attack them, and NOT a thread to serve as a soapbox for one’s beliefs.
Thoughtful discussion, people.
I know that any given person’s belief system is usually a very important part of her/his life. The doctrine of that religion is an important factor in any decision made by that person, or any action performed by him/her. Wouldn’t providing an insightful view into those beliefs and their effects help us all to have a deeper understanding of the world around us?
In short, the thread should be a place to discuss the world’s religions, free of personal bias. If something violently disagrees with you, at least take the time to edit your post into a thoughtful, civil dissertation, instead of an angry rant. It’s the very least you can do. This should not even be necessary if things like “this religion is mostly a tool of destruction” aren’t said. It’s not the religion itself, it’s simply what its followers do. That can’t be helped; that shouldn’t be a part of this thread unless it is discussed as purely factual information about the background of the religion.
For example:
“The Inca sacrificed animals daily because of the rising of the sun, and, thus, the continuation of life” would be acceptable. Complete fact. Completely okay. NOT “The Inca were horrible murderous fiends that killed thousands of innocent animals just because they were idiots and needed to celebrate a natural occurrence that would have happened anyway.” That’s bordering on flaming, and makes the poster look like a arrogant, close-minded fool.
Obviously, people have mentally justified their beliefs. They make sense to the person, and that should be respected, no matter how inane they may seem to an observer. We’re broadening our understanding, not converting here. What’s right for some people isn’t for others. And that’s just part of the human condition and all.
So, can we bite our tongues, open our minds, and give it a try?
154- I completely agree with you. I was hoping that that was what the religion threads would be, when I first joined the blog. And that was all very well said, much better than I could have said it.
154-I could. Many people here could. But there are many others, besides FS, who think certain ones are so terrible that they should be wiped from the face of the Earth. And this would be almost as bad, or worse, than what the religion had been doing.
I think an announcements thread is needed, so if someone needs to get another blogger’s attention they can post their name in bold w/ what they want them for.
We need a SF kokonvention thread!!
An applying to colleges and such thread?
based off of the posts in the college thread, we need a thread for incoming freshmen. then we can reassure them that high school isn’t so bad. or scare them with horror stories. or pie them.
we need another one of the alter ego-guess your name thread. that was fun while it lasted.
159- Like me?
161- *pies Alice*
why pie? she’s not new.
163- She just wants to pie the freshman. I’ll be a freshman when September rolls ’round, so she pied me. Thanks, Zyviva!
Icee.
164- anytime. that relieve any stress? give you a better view of incoming sophmores?
another world religions therd! the last one was in september!
did anyone else like the alter ego thread? Hello?(echo)
(168) I think the alter ego thread generates more excitement when it’s not done too often. Let’s wait a while before starting a new one.
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i like ceral!
the popopo should fine him.
Um I think that guy is
a: compleatly crazy and
b: suggesting a Fosters home 4 imaginary friends thread
new rrr! maybe about a school,like the one here:
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=646
the first to posts.
two posts
How about a back to school thread in September? People could count the days, rant about it, and share experiences. Plus pie the freshmen (Whoever they are)
176-we had one last year,so who knows?
Okay I think some bloggers would REEEAAALLLLYYY like this: The Indignities of being a nerd.
A new RRR would be good, but we have so many.
I know. Let’s have a policy, from now on, that no new RRRs get started until an old one is finished.
*rushes off to Etheterre to make enormous continuation*
179- Very good policy. The Sea Roc is going well, but we’re in for a long story nonetheless…
180- Etheterre has just entered the climactic battle. Of course, the MAIN main villain hasn’t been defeated yet, but we’ll write sequels later.
Which is good, because I have a really good idea for an RRR.
181- Etheterre isn’t very long. But I guess it’s long enough. And anyway, it will be expanded in the edit.
182- If you ask me, some parts need to be cut out. So it will be short.
183- Really? Hmm. Like what?
But this isn’t Etheterre Edit Thread or anything, so we should probably drop the subject.
Like the stuff about Elanor being an OverBoard and Olviek’s phagomessage. That didn’t really add anything to the plot, and we didn’t develop anything out of it, so I would cut it out. Sorry, THF!
Nah, that won’t make much difference at all. I’m talking about the beginning, with Mr. Blithe, and stuff. That needs expanding and smoothing out, and clearing away the cobwebs of confusion. (Ooh! I like that phrase.) Yeah. I can hardly wait.
186- Absolutely. That totally needs expansion. And smoothing.
How about a new:
• Invisible thread
• You know you’re really addicted to MuseBlog when…
• Parents thread
188- Seconded all.
Nickelback thread. Need I say more?
190: I know alot of people like Nickelback, but listening to thier music is akin to having my ears removed with a cheese grater for me. And this is not the place for band fandom. Let’s keep it intellectual…or at least within the bounds of the Geneva Conventions.
179- but sci-fi is done! at lest with the writing
192- Good point. But the rule is “from now on.” Sci-fi was already finished when I suggested it.
Etheterre will soon be finished, though. At least the first book.
I am in the mood for a PIE WAR, but unfortunately, those tend to escalate. Perhaps we should set some ground rules for them.
193-good point.
194- I’ve been hanging out and waiting for something to pie people about.
Anyone have any ideas to keep pie wars from turning into flame wars?
i have a cool idea for november (nanowri month):
a nanowri rrr!
198- Sadly, they don’t allow group projects. But we could just do a blog-wide one.
Some suggested rules to keep pie wars fair and fun.
1. (The Rule of Banana Cream) No spreading vendettas to other threads.
2. (The Rule of Apple) No verbal attacks. Wrong:” I HATE YOU *PIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIE* GAAHHH DIE DIE DIE” Right: “*PIEPIEPIEPIEPIE*”
3. (The Rule of Pumpkin) No indestructible fortresses or unavoidable superweapons. What fun is there in pie wars if you aren’t running the risk of losing?
4. (The Rule of Cherry) No ultra-controversial real-world topics. A pie war fought over global warming or religion would quickly escalate into a flame war. However, ultra-controversial blog-world topics, such as HPBs or Chuck Norris, are permissible. Less controversial real-world topics, such as what flavor of ice cream is best, are also permissible.
5. (The Rule of Boysenberry) No lethal weapons. The worst that can happen to someone is being buried under 100,000 pies or thereabouts.
6. (The Rule of Cherry) Remember the Dread Phrase. No real enmity.
7. (The Rule of Blueberry) Try to stay within the bounds of reality, as long as reality includes unusual pies used as weapons. If you pie everyone 10,000 times in one post, where do you get all your supplies to make those pies?
8. (The Rule of Key Lime) If someone wants to exit a pie war, all they have to do is declare it. They cannot be pied or pie thereafter.
9. (The Rule of Coconut Cream) If someone wants to re-enter a pie war, they can declare it, and they are open to pieing.
How do those sound? Any suggestions?
And I know the last two are redundant, I just wanted to put in Rules of Key Lime and Coconut Cream.
A disclaimer: I know I broke a lot of those rules in the first Pie War. That, in fact, is why I’m making them: to prevent newbies from entering a pie war, seeing the illusion of enmity, and mistaking it for real enmity.
We don’t have to make a Pie War thread right now, but we can keep these for future reference.
No. You’ve outlawed everything fun with those rules.
201- OK, then. I guess I’ve been voted down. It was only a suggestion.
200- Actually, I agree with most of those. I’ve always found it annoying when people start posting those huge weapons. But you have two Rules of Cherry.
But see, the Great Pie Wars had all of these big weapons and everything in them, and were a whole lot of fun. We just have to remember to keep it like them. It’ll be hard, though, with all the newbies. Maybe we could hide it or something? Because they just get annoying. I expect that I was, too, when I was new. In fact, I’m sure that I was.
204- But the Great Pie Wars had adventures in which the weapons were used. Caves, and stuff. The more recent pie war was just a bunch of people pieing other people, at least for the part that I was around for.
203- Thanks for pointing that out.
Here’s Rule System v. 1.2, with a modified Rule of Blueberry and a renamed second Rule of Cherry.
1. (The Rule of Banana Cream) No spreading vendettas to other threads.
2. (The Rule of Apple) No verbal attacks. Wrong:” I HATE YOU *PIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIE* GAAHHH DIE DIE DIE” Right: “*PIEPIEPIEPIEPIE*”
3. (The Rule of Pumpkin) No indestructible fortresses or superweapons that automatically make you win. What fun is there in pie wars if you aren’t running the risk of losing?
4. (The Rule of Cherry) No ultra-controversial real-world topics. A pie war fought over global warming or religion would quickly escalate into a flame war. However, ultra-controversial blog-world topics, such as HPBs or Chuck Norris, are permissible. Less controversial real-world topics, such as what flavor of ice cream is best, are also permissible.
5. (The Rule of Boysenberry) No lethal weapons. The worst that can happen to someone is being buried under 100,000 pies or thereabouts.
6. (The Rule of Lemon Meringue) Remember the Dread Phrase. No real enmity.
7. (The Rule of Blueberry) The weapons are only limited by your creativity and the rules of Boysenberry and Pumpkin.
8. (The Rule of Key Lime) If someone wants to exit a pie war, all they have to do is declare it. They cannot be pied or pie thereafter.
9. (The Rule of Coconut Cream) If someone wants to re-enter a pie war, they can declare it, and they are open to pieing.
Revise the rule of pumpkin! The weapons make it fun.
I didn’t say “no superweapons.” I said, “no superweapons that automatically make you win.” You can have a Key Lime Pie of Doom, you just can’t have a Key Lime Pie of Doom that destroys all opposition in one throw.
Pumpkin, and Boysenberry. Basically every rule that is limiting should go. That is, all of them.
Maybe they should be less limiting, but do you actually think that the Rule of Apple is bad? Or the Rule of Lemon Meringue?
Maybe I’m alone in craving order. Maybe I’m the only Muser who thinks that pie wars shouldn’t degenerate into something like “*throws-ultimate-destruction-pie*-yeaahhh-i-pwned-u-all-Oh-yeah, -well-I’ve-got-a-super-unpwnable-shield,-so-*throws-ultimate-destruction -pie*-yeahh-i-pwned-u.” If that’s the case, I’ll respect that, and organize a Pie Tournament in Museica or something, but I think that pie wars should have a certain degree of fairness.
208- I agree with all of them save Banana Cream and Lemon Meringue, the latter because some people might want to hate each other, and the former because it’s kind of fun to pie someone on the wrong thread.
210- I agree.
I think that pie wars ought to be more like the Musiverse threads, with actual strategies and adventures, rather than this:
Muser 1: *pies everyone not on my side*
Muser 2: *pies Muser 1 back*
Muser 3: Here’s a pieing truck! [pieing truck]
Muser 4: Here’s another! [pieing truck] [pieing truck]
That gets boring. I’m not saying there should be absolutely none of that, I’m just saying that we should do stuff while posting pictures of our Ultra-Cool-Pieing-Weapon-Of-Doom-And-Destruction and pieing people randomly. But that’s just me, so maybe I should go wage war on someone in Museica.
That is not what they’re supposed to be, but they also aren’t supposed to
(person’s name) ?|? (Date) at (time)
Hey, you’re not allowed invincible weapons! You’re out of the pie war. Waaahhhh!
Or
(person’s name) ?|? (Date) at (time)
*pies everyone not on side*
You just make these rules based on the last one, which wasn’t very good. I think that we just say “To hell with rules, let’s just get on with it”. Assuming that people can keep control of themselves we don’t need rules. If they have no self-control I’ll probably leave the thread, and may consider leaving the MB.
211- Like the Great Pie War. Now that was fun. Strategies and plots galore.
Okay. Let’s take out Banana Cream. And Lemon Meringue isn’t really necessary, because it’s a blog-wide rule already.
Rule system v. 1.3.
1. (The Rule of Apple) No verbal attacks or flaming. Wrong:” I HATE YOU *PIEPIEPIEPIEPIEPIE* GAAHHH DIE DIE DIE” Right: “*PIEPIEPIEPIEPIE*”
2. (The Rule of Pumpkin) No indestructible fortresses or superweapons that automatically make you win. What fun is there in pie wars if you aren’t running the risk of losing?
3. (The Rule of Cherry) No ultra-controversial real-world topics. A pie war fought over global warming or religion would quickly escalate into a flame war. However, ultra-controversial blog-world topics, such as HPBs or Chuck Norris, are permissible. Less controversial real-world topics, such as what flavor of ice cream is best, are also permissible.
4. (The Rule of Boysenberry) No lethal weapons. The worst that can happen to someone is being buried under 100,000 pies or thereabouts.
5. (The Rule of Blueberry) The weapons are only limited by your creativity and the rules of Boysenberry and Pumpkin.
6. (The Rule of Key Lime) If someone wants to exit a pie war, all they have to do is declare it. They cannot be pied or pie thereafter.
7. (The Rule of Coconut Cream) If someone wants to re-enter a pie war, they can declare it, and they are open to pieing.
An advisory: We’re all Musers here. Try to remember that your deadly enemy might really be the person you sail with on Ships’ Logs and write with on RRRs.
Gosh, this is practically a pie-war-worthy matter in itself.
Forgetting rules is all very well, and I would gladly ignore all rules, but we still need something to pie ABOUT, so we have to wait for a semi-controversial topic to pop up, and then everyone jumps in pieing people. Got it?
Or not. That’s what I’m doing, but it’s likely that if there’s a controversial topic then no one’s going to notice if I start pieing people, and I’d just make a fool of myself.
213- Fine! Now what are we pieing about? Anything at all? Maybe I’ll go lurk on a thread where I might be able to pie someone.
Take out Apple, Pumpkin, Boysenberry, and then Blueberry goes with them. Then I might accept them.
215- Nothing, right now.
Let’s make the rules more like guidelines. They’re not hard-and-fast laws that people get banned for breaking, they’re just suggestions.
Just so the newbies know what people consider appropriate behavior during Pie Wars. (Which is not, admittedly, appropriate behavior anywhere else.)
So. Are there any dead threads that could be turned into pie wars?
We do not want a pie war right now. At least, I do not want one. We do not want another scheduled one, not even one based off of a topic that was already discussed. We just wait for one to come up, and if one does, it’s all well and good. If not, it’s still fine. You can do things other than pie wars.
216- I can understand your opposition to Pumpkin, Boysenberry and Blueberry, but why Apple?
Because Apple can still be a joke.
True. I’ll modify that to “any serious flaming. Joking is fine.”
Pie war?! It’s been a long time since I was in one of those! Let’s do it! But what to argue over….
All right. How about… Chocolate or Vanilla?
And I’m willing to drop Boysenberry and Blueberry, but I still think that we should keep Pumpkin. There’s just no challenge if you sit safely in your indestructible fortress while hurling pies at everybody else.
220- But some of us are in the mood for a pie war. A scheduled one is rather ridiculous, I know, so I’m hanging around waiting for something to turn up. *taps foot* The only place of controversy I know is Hot Topics, and we certainly can’t make a pie war out of that.
225- Yes, I’ve been thinking about Chocolate or Vanilla myself. Because I’m going on the hundred-mile diet soon, I opt for Blackberry (more local). Mwahahaha.
The Polling Place… but some people would get upset if we turned that into a pie war. It’s still rather active.
You can let sleeping threads lie. I’ve just created a special one (two, in fact) for your mayhem and carnage, since you’re so intent on them.
*sings futilely to self*
When will they ever learn?
When will they e-e-ver learn?
I prefer vanilla. I may be a bit biased because I’m allergic to chocolate, but even before I found that out, I didn’t like it as much as vanilla. Chocolate tastes and looks like sugared mud. It’s OK a bit at a time, but too much of it leaves a horrible cloying taste in the mouth.
OK, that was a completely transparent attempt to get a controversial issue started. But I assure you, I represented my views accurately.
229- NEVER! We like pie wars! And besides, it’s much more peaceful than HT. Be happy! We’d rather pie than flame!
229- Sometimes one needs to let out destructive impulses so that they don’t contaminate other threads. We’ll all be more peaceful and rational outside the Pie War. Trust me.
You are a bunch of total idiots! Just have patience! Oh, Robert already said teh same thing. Oops. Oh well. Just read Robert’s post, and.. Oh, never mind. It’s not worth it is it? But we don’t need one! *walks off, still grumbling to himself, to get his Pie-War Wolfs ready* What? You thought tha I didn’t want a pie war? No, I just don’t want to start a scheduled one. I’m not going to let you get away with one without me, oh no. *grumbles some more* Let’s see, where’s teh pie cannon? And my soard of perfect sweetness… Here it is. Fortress? Check. I’m ready.
229 – long time passing
hey! i got an idea looking at the old gambooma site! we should have a thread where we each design a theme song for oursleves! *looks around at questioning faces* well, i think it’s a good Idea.,
a therd in witch we talk about thing we are working on besides books. It would be called “works in progress.”
movies.
plays.
therd ideas.
what ever.
good idea?
Thread idea!
Seven Wonders of the Blog!
Basically, everyone who wants to nominates a thread, artwork or story. Examples: a unique thread, a particularly artistic warped bunny, an impressive NaNo or ScripFrenz entry, etc. You have until September 7th to nominate. Then I (myself) will compile a list of the nominations, and the bloggers will vote for their favorite one. The seven with the most votes are the official Wonders of the Blog!
237- I secound that!
and gapas can we please have a new hot topics therd?
would it be possable to set up some sort of automatic email so that we could be informed of new posts? not every new post, but musers could ‘subscribe’ to a thread and be notifed when someone posted. i realize if this haoppened on larger threads, like the monthly random thread, our inboxes would be full in a few hours, but it would be helpful on some of the less-used threads.
237- Well, I know what I would nominate. *coughanRRRcough*
239- That might be what “Subscribe to comments via RSS Fee” is.
241- i don’t think so. i’m confused as to what an RSS feed is, but from whhat i understand i don’t think it alerts you when it updates.
can we have a new rrr? I want a school story. see post 173? hmmm? you have been listoning to me so far…
Etheterre is finished, so I’m thinking that we should get a new RRR. I suggest something supernatural-ish.
*reads TMFA’s post*
Or a school story.
Or both, though I don’t know how those would work together.
244- haven’t you read vampire high? it is about this school for vampires and then there is this mortel who has to go there because they need humans for the swim team and then alot of stuf happens. but how about we get a new therd and talk about it there?
(243) You’re on a roll, TMFA.
246- nah. I just know when you are on( when the post apper right away) and what to ask for.
*looks at main page*
I did ask for alot of those, didn’t I:
polling place
hot topics
ask the gapas
rrr edit
rrr school
vegan therd
therd 1000.
I am on a roll!
my birth day is september 15. please put that on the list.
(248) You’re already on the list, although we don’t have the year or favorite color.
I can not give out the year and red.
(250) So noted.
Phlethreno Musisgrate requested a thread about MBers’ predictions for the future.
I second! and can we have a talk like a pirate day therd now? then we can get a new on the 19th.
oh gapas make a new therd!
Motion made and seconded. All in favor say w00t. All not in favor say meh.
w00t!
With the ZEROS???????
I’ll just say aye.
great.. everbody is going to know my alter ego on the alter ego therd.
w00t.
l had two thread ideas:
Museblog confessions:
we confess things about ourselves on museblog that not even the GAPAs know.
And Muse short story book:
All particapants write short stories and send them in. I will edit and compile, as well as contribute.
(255) w00t and done.
We should have a theater thread. I think there are enough theater kids on the blog to warrant that, and I’ve been thinking about theater a lot lately. So please?
So alone… so unwanted
261- sure: https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1017
that will be the next therd created.
PLEASE? I need it so badly. I have to talk about theater or I’ll die, really.
yes, yes. we should!
seconded!
Why would you moderate a comment without responding to it?
*Slaps self*
I’m surprised that C++D hasn’t posted for a while, but he wanted to request a D&D thread, an RPG.
Yeah, he keeps blabbing about it.
NO! D AND D WILL MAKE MUSE GEEKISH! NO D&D THERD!
sorry for yelling.
Open your eyes, man! Muse is already geekish! What are you doing on MuseBlog if you have a problem with geekishness?!
muse is geekish. D&D is stereotypical of nerds and or geeks. we do not do that type of thing here.
You’re contradicting yourself. If you hate geekishness, you’re no better than those sisters who wrote to muse who l can’t remember the names of.
271- Then obviously you are stereotyping. Just because there’s a stereotype, that dosn’t man everyone falls into the geek mold just because we like D&D, or that by having a D&D thread on MuseBlog, we are stereotyping anything.
*is extremely mad at TMFA* That’s the most stereotypical thing I’ve heard in a long while. It’s worse than saying Canadians live in igloos and watch hockey.
272- Tiffany and Laney.
They don’t? Then l have to go there!
274- Thanx.
Umm… sorry to be a party crasher, but what is D&D anyway? Other than something [supposedly] extremely geeky?
Whatever it is, even if it is geeky, its not like anyone cares about being a geek here, we’re all some sort of geek anyway. *kinda mad at TMFA*
Can we have a therd about leet? It’s long past due.
276- D&D is Dungeons & Dragons. It’s the original High Fantasy RPG.
D&D is Dungeons and Dragons(I think)…
TMFA-you wouldn’t have to participate.
He wanted to have it over the holiday. He’d send in a map he drew, and roll to see our checks and stuff. He wanted it ‘cuz I’m the only other person who ever plays it with him, and I don’t even know how to play it that well. Oh, well, he just left, so I thought I’d say it for him.
* is mad of people for not understanding*
Look.I. Have. Friends.Who. Read. Muse. If.WE Have .A. D&D. Therd. I.Could.Not.Get.Them.OnHere.It.Would.Make.Them.Call.Me.A.Geek.I.Am.A.Nerd!
at least JadeStone would like it. She played it, but the {word} moved away.
280-so tell them to avoid that thread ‘it’s where the geeky people go, I’m not geeky, and neither are you’. While that’s offensive…
What about my suggestions?
You mean short stories and confessions? We’ve been waiting to see whether other MBers pick up on them. It seems to me that you can already post short stories on the Writing thread. “Confessions” sounds like a potential topic for an Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread, if people feel like confessing (I don’t).
284-heh. me neither. I don’t have much to confess about, at least on museblog…
280- From Wikipedia: As the popularity of D&D grew throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, references to the game often began to appear in popular culture. Numerous games, films and cultural references based on D&D or D&D-like fantasies, characters, or adventures have been ubiquitous since the end of the 1970s. Typically, though by no means exclusively, D&D players are portrayed derogatively as the epitome of “geekdom”.[135] References to the game are used as shorthand to establish characterization or provide the punch line of a joke.[136] Many players, miffed with this stereotype,[137] embrace the fact that comedian Stephen Colbert, musician Moby, and actors Vin Diesel, Matthew Lillard, Mike Myers, Patton Oswalt, Wil Wheaton and Robin Williams have made their D&D hobbies public.
I don’t play it. I have friends who do. They are not geeks, they are nerds.
D&D players are geeks, if only because they play D&D. However much they might be nerds or whatever else outside of that.
And you all seem so offended at being called geeks, yet you embrace being nerds. that seems odd to me, because if anything, i’d be the other way around.
Maybe it’s time to define our terms. Could one person’s nerd be another person’s geek?
First of all, Nerd was coined by Dr. Seuss. So that by itself makes it the better label. If you want actually definitions, here are the differences according to the creators of the facebook group, Nerd Pride Activism: (this is their entire description, I just copied and pasted. However, the definitions are there)
You know the feeling: that burning passion for academia. Maybe you don’t admit it, maybe you cherish it above all else, but it’s there.
One of the hallmarks of being a nerd involves loving being yourself, loving life itself. Some call this phenomenon being “high on life.” This feeling generates Nerd Pride, hence, this group.
A major problem, however, involves the simple reality that nerds are often misunderstood by the world at large. Nerds are not socially incompetant, do not always wear pocket protectors, sometimes play sports, and are, at heart, intelligent, academically-focused, well-rounded folks who aren’t afraid to express their individuality. Clearing up this misunderstanding partly justifies this group’s existence.
It is important to note that what this group calls a “nerd” may differ from other definitions, particularly with regards to the term “geek”. That’s alright, although the distinction between a nerd and a geek must be explained here.
Nerd:
There are many different versions of nerd, of course: science (including biology, chemistry, geology, etc.), computer, history, music, theater, writing, and others are just a few of the different concentrations of nerd out there.
However, a nerd has a life outside of said area of interest; (s)he has a healthy respect and interest in academia as a whole, and probably seeks the companionship of others to help make life more interesting, and for the sake of their company.
Geek:
A geek, like a nerd, has a favorite area of interest. However, (s)he exhibits less of an interest in other fields, sometimes placing less importance on social relationships as well.
While the members of this groups have nothing against geeks, we seek to identify ourselves as different from them.
******************************************
For those who don’t know: this group was founded by a member of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth (CTY), commonly referred to as “nerd camp”. It is a wonderful place where nerds gather to take one intensive class for three weeks and live among fellow nerds.
Such pro-nerd definitions are exactly what I would expect from alumni of nerd camp. Would any geeks care to comment?
see! D&D is for nerd!
I mean geeks! muse is for nerd!
289- That seems false. I think a nerd is a more extreme version of a geek.
284- Forget confessions. Short stories is a thread made for short stories that will be published like an RRR.
new suggestion box?
a new role playing writing. thi might go ageist ever thing else I have said, but I think it might be fun.
284- I don’t want to confess!
287- A) I haven’t actually played D&D for ages, and I hate the online RPGs. B) I don’t mind being called a geek. Why would I mind? So I’m a geek. What’s new? What I mind is TMFA insulting geeks.
289- Then technically I’m not a geek so much as nerd. I still don’t mind. I still don’t like TMFA’s double standard.
290- Everyone I know seems to agree with these definitions, but you’re right, we’re all nerds. And proud. And it says, “While the members of this groups have nothing against geeks, we seek to identify ourselves as different from them.” I don’t feel being a geek is a bad thing, but I’m not one, and I don’t think you have to be one to play D&D.
Makes no difference to me what I’m called. And TMFA-if you’re a nerd, why are you so concerned with self image?
So, basically, a geek is like a nerd, but with narrower interests and less style.
Okay, back to business.
About short stories: Everyone writes a short story that l compile, and we can write some RRR style.
For these votes, a thread must have three w00ts to pass. It doesn’t pass unless it gets three. If it get’s three mehs, it dies.
Short story book RRR:
w00t
…does it matter? I’ve always thought of myself of something akin to the above posted description of a nerd but I really could care less. I am who I am that expresses me far more than labels that people could give me.
w00t on short story.
298- why should I not be concerned with self image?
w00t to storys as well!
with three w00ts, it passes!
I would like a works in progrees therd. see post 236.
w00t to that.
short story therd! it has passed! give us give us!
come on gapas!
Short story thread?
Por favor?
Tevreden?
Sil vous plait?
Bitte?
παÏακαλώ?
Per favore?
пожалуйÑта?
Please?
And on the topic of nerd and geek:
After exhaustive research, I have come to this conclusion. Geeks are more science-oriented, nerds more art-oriented. For example:
English nerd, art nerd, drama nerd.
Computer geek, science geek, astronomy geek.
There is only one exception to this rule, and that is “band geek.”
(308) Faced with such overwhelming support, we have no choice.
(309) Hmm. What about graphics geek?
311- you mean graphic nerd.
(312) But that’s not nearly as fun to say. It’s missing that alliterative frisson.
313- Sorry, but graphics nerd is, I’m afraid, the correct one.
Don’t worry- if you use graphics geek, no-one outside of MuseBlog will notice, correct you, or indeed, give a hair on a HPB’s bottom. (They probably won’t know anything about HPBs’ bottoms, either, but that’s beside the point.)
(314) Except it is computer graphics, after all. Seems that would have a foot in both camps.
But, as for the rest of it, you make an excellent point. It’s also true that much of the outside world is in a shocking state of ignorance on the subject of HPBs.
315- This is true. I suppose you could use “geek” or “nerd” interchangeably for that.
I’m telling you, nerd is just more extensive. There can be band geeks and computer nerds, PC.
Go graphics geeks!
(314, 315) I should note that Kagcomix was the first to reveal that HPB bottoms sport fluffy white cottontails. Nobody had ever seen the bunnies from that angle before. In fact, some of us weren’t sure the little horrors even had bodies.
(317) More and more, I’m concluding that nerds are just geeks with better haircuts.
“Computer nerd” can be either a general definition of a writing or graphics nerd, or a common error out of ignorance. “Band geek” is an exception because “band nerd” is hard to say and sounds repetitive.
It’s that “n-d-n” combination — a phonetic stumbling block.
319- Face it, not many people follow those rules. It can’t be an error, because it’s slang.
… wow, i just wanted to have a thread were i could make a story, you know, spend most of my free time, or at least alot, and make a long, good adventure… kind of like rpg threads, but i would be the dungeon master, and it would be based on D&D, so i would be rolling every thing, like
I walk into the next room
me: You walk into a room filled with the stench of rotten meat, do you continue?
I do
As you turn the corner, a troglydyte looks up at you, loathing in his eyes, and rushes you… ready yourself, adventurer…
i pull out my long sword… blah blah blah battle so, at that point, i would roll for every thing they did, and tell them what the monster does… like that.
… didn’t mean to upset you, TMFA.
(yeesh… it doesn’t matter what D&D is, its fun anyways.)
322-eh…that was the starter packet, wasn’t it? And wouldn’t the people need to know how to play? Maybe you should use a random # generator and have a fantasy RPG thread…
? well, i will have it like a rpg thread, but a controlled storyline, and you can’t just say: “i climb up the cliff” you have to tell the dungeon master (me) what you plan to do, so i can make checks to see if you can.
i will also make a post that has a character sheet look that they will copy/ paste and i will help them through making their characters
(they being whoever goes on the thread and wants to join, although you have to join from the beggining, or have some really good ecuse that will make me tweak the story line to fit in another character.)
History nerd or history geek?
Kayak nerd, definitely, and bird nerd is also a fun one. (My dad’s the former, and a friend of ours is the latter. Come to think of it, Red-tailed HAWK is a bird nerd.)
Either.
322- just as long as it stays on that therd. might as well contan it.
324-Well, I like the Idea, who else wants the thread? Are there no objections?
I was wondering; does MB have an Elizebethan day? If not, may we have a thread for just speaking in Elizebethan? At the very top it would have instructions on how to speak…what do other people think?
328- it will kepp it contaned.
That’s it! we need to have a pie war week! each thread will have a fort posted on it by whoever claims it(you can only claim one in the beginning)…we’ll all fight for threads with pies! And, people can join sides and whatnot, but it would be a non-topic pieing week. What do you guys think of that.
331- yes! but the following therds are of limit:
round robin ‘rtiinh
museiverse
morphing and welcome newcomer!
…and september splash, and we’ll need to clarify a few more. but, still.
aaand my neew D&D thread if it is maid. aaand you spell thread “thread” not therd.
I have a suggestion: Check your mail. I sent in an animation l made in computer graphics, and a picture l made at home.
l meant e-mail.
mee?
No. The GAPAs.
334-Nooooooo…the D&D thread should be open turf. It’s threads like those that would make up the pie war week. What time do you think we should schedule it GAPAs?
We should have a new homework thread.
And I for one am ready to see another time capsule. Though we probably ought to draw the material out . . .
FINE. you can use it in the war. if its maid then. might not be! but it might. but it might not… yet it could…. be….. not! maid… but it could be- — argh i want it to be maid right now!!!! argh argh argh
okimdonenow.
341-made. Don’t you know how to spell? Come on!
Hello. Is anyone out there who likes the idea for Pie War Week? (PWW) If so, Speak up!
343- me!
344-we need more than just you.
* feels bad, un importet.*
Sorry, I haven’t been following this discussion. So, you want to turn the whole blog (except for the random thread and one or two others) into one big pie war? For a whole week?
I disagree.
Not all of it, there would be more exceptions…*sighs* oh, well it probably won’t work…
Maybe for just one or two days…well…I dunno anynmore…
l’ll be a D&Der.
We should keep it related to MB. Only one race, museblogger. You can be the four basic types of Character:
Warrior: Fighting 4, Speed 3, Range 2, Magic 1
Mage (or other magic user) Fighting 3, Speed 1, Range 2, Magic 4
Hunter (archer or gunmen) Fighting 1, Speed 2, Range 4, Magic 3
Theif: Fighting 2, Speed 4, Range 3, Magic 1
And misc: Roll for stats. If you roll a four, roll for three, and keep going down.
The numbers can be converted and raised. Weapons will be ones from pie wars.
I always thought it was Warrior, Magic-user, Thief, and Cleric.
I don’t actually want to play D&D over the internet.
Noooooooooooooooooooo! dont mess it up, agagabagabag!!! dont do it!!! KA- BLOOOIE!! foosh. BOOM! *goes limp*
i think i will just ask everyone what they want to be, make character sheets for them, and keep track of health, and other junk by my self. this wont work if there are too many people, though…
354- Don’t have a cow. l’m helping you.
I request that the title of short stories be changed to short stories RRR, and that all the freakin’ whiners on it get their own freakin’ thread.
C++D, don’t say anything. Your goofyness really really doesn’t help when l’m in a bad mood.
352- A cleric is a magic user.
On the topic of D&D, l don’t know if we can call it that. How about Dungeons and Bunnies?
Note: WOW has several kinds of magic users. Shaman, mage, warlock, and priest, while having one thief, one hunter, and one warrior. They also have blacksmith, so l think a category should be added:
Handyperson: Fighting 2, speed 2, magic 2, range 2, but can make own weapons and armor.
Man, l’m rilly getting into this.
l’m thinking about revising the “roll your own” thing. Roll four times unless you get a 5 or a 6.
356-no, no! Muses & Pies! M&P!
hey, there is something about D&D in the dangous book for boys
GAPAS: there are a lot of rrrs that never made it off the ground, or did, and closed on april 1 2007. I would like a round robin ‘riting recoverer, a therd where we bring back old rrrs. it would be rrrr.
(359) tmfa, could you clarify this a little? Do you want a sort of announcement with links, like Don’t Forget These Threads, or an actual thread for writing? Or perhaps the thread might be a place to post summaries or other information. Thanks.
360- well, the therds are know open so just a little thing on the main page saying so.
please? don’t make me say it!
356- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-no-no-NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONONOONNONNONONONNNOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
and did I mention NO?
Look, no one wants a thread exactly like D&D except for you. You need a more muserish idea, like Muses&Pies, for example. No one’s going to play just D&D on this blog.
Muse D&D
That’s an interesting idea…
Can we have a NaNo Brainstorm thread? NaNoBraSto for short.
366- w00t!
*shudders and hides under table*
could we have a threa about all things canadian? please?
w00t on NaNoBraSto. One more w00t gives us the title.
If we want a more organized RPG thread, let’s give it some muserly characteristics. Like, you could be an HPB, a Muse or an MBer. Or a tenrec.
Agreed. But wot’s a tenrec?
371- Hedgehog-like animal that Musers freaked out about, writing in more and more letters requesting that it be put in the magazine. They finally gave in.
371- see the black hole issue.
we should have a star trek/LOTR therd.
Ah.
I noticed, when I first came on here (more than a year ago in real time, ancient history in blog time), that you had an equivalent of Don’t Forget these Threads, only without the links. (What was it called? I forget.) Anyway, it said on the bottom: “Coming Soon: Featured Threads of the Week.” I haven’t seen any Featured Threads of the Week since then. Would you put one up?
376- I’m with canix.
This is probably never going to happen, but I’m just gonna throw the idea out there. Is there any chance the blog could ever upgrade its software? phpBB works much better than wordpress.
Featured Threads of the Week should have links to three or four threads with short tantalizing descriptions. For a thread to be eligible, it would have to be still open to posts and off the main page. GAPAs select them, but take suggestions from MBers as to which ones.
There should be a 42 sightings thread.
(378) We’ve thought about it, but the bulletin boards I’ve seen all seem blocky and sterile next to our cozy and familiar if somewhat clunky blog. We might switch eventually, but first we’re more likely to introduce a wiki for things like “Who’s Here” and RRRs.
I like MuseBlog as it is – I don’t think you should change it…
Geez, even the GAPAs are ignoring me.
We usually wait for someone to second an idea before we create a thread. Broad-based enthusiasm is always a plus.
l know, but you responded to the comment before mine without having a number.
Sorry! I can’t see comment numbers when I’m moderating on my Treo. Can’t even tell which thread I’m on, half the time. It’s a technological limitation I live with in the interest of getting posts up faster.
I agree with the 42 sightings thread. And I think TMFA agreed with Featured Threads of the Week (FTOTW).
Yeah, 42 sightings thread should be pretty interesting. As always, we should have a 1337 thread, but we DON’T.
388- yes a 1337 therd!
42 sighting would be good.
379- Sounds fun.
380- TOTALLY! Oh my god YES!
382- Agreed completely.
lets have a thread where we can ask eachother about the things that Canada and the Us do differently. call it something like CAN/USA comparisson thread.
Por favor, podemos tener “Featured Threads of the Week?”
Lo siento, no hablo español muy bien.
Another suggestion!
You know how J. R. R. Tolkien invented an incredibly detailed world, with its own legends, geography and history? Let’s have a thread where MBers collaborate on something like that, Muserly elements such as hot pink bunnies optional.
My idea would be to have it somewhat like an RRR, only with the tone of a scholarly text or a complete encyclopedia of that world. We’d start with geography, move on to history, and perhaps fill in the legend after that.
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.
Asseblief?
Behage?
Miellyttää?
Vær så god?
Tafadhali?
*is going to great lengths to find ways to say “please” and hopes the GAPAs understand some of them*
May I e-mail (what is the e-mail, anyway) my game directions to you to post? PLEASE??? It’s called Mostly Harmless! *rocks back an forth on toes and looks as innocent as possible* *ends up looking like an overgrown bat who has to go to the bathroom*
395- gapa @ musefanpage . com, without the spaces.
See, GAPAs, I even put spaces between the words, so that spambots wouldn’t find us.
Apparently nobody agrees with the idea in 393.
(397) PC, do you have any particular world in mind? A starting point? Perhaps you can clarify how this would be different from some of the other world-creating ventures on the blog.
(379, 392) Featured Threads of the Week: You want to make more work for GAPAs? I’m overstretched as it is.
(388) Sorry, your friendly Administrators are allergic to Leet/1337 and are more likely to zap it on sight than to devote a whole thread to it.
(397) That suggestion sounds like a good argument for starting a wiki around here. That could take a little while, though (see the first response).
Hmm. Well, I have nothing particular in mind. As for the differences, like I said, it would be more like RRRiting an encyclopedic text than playing an RPG. Unlike the Musiverse threads, MBers would 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 would be more like the Silmarillion than LOTR and Hobbit, providing backstory instead of an actual story.
That good enough?
399- True. Don’t Forget these Threads is hard enough for you guys. I won’t press you.
hmm. I have 2 things:
1) the next random therd should be october odd-yssey
2) the wiki idea is creeping in. time to use, yes, http://www.museblog.com
remove the !
Why remove an exclamation point? What exclamation point?
Or did you use angle brackets and they vanished?
393,397,400- That would be fun, and I will cast in my vote. However, you may have noticed just how bad I am at world-building, always preferring to admire other people’s attempts than to actually being creative. I may not be the most helpful person. But I will try.
405- If nothing else, you can provide moral support. Thank you.
This thread is getting very long. Time for a new one, methinks.