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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Alex on March 23, 2006, 01:47:11 AM

Title: New Mods, new philosophy, new Charas forums
Post by: Alex on March 23, 2006, 01:47:11 AM

Aye!!!

Yes, i'm still alive.
I know that probably many users do not even know who i am, considering how much i'm writing here in the last months.

I saw something is really moving, here: Saikar is doing his job very well, as well as all of the Admin/Mod team.

I don't really know why i'm posting this thread, maybe just to say "Hello world" again and to tell what i think of the new changes.

One thing i saw, is that Charas Forums is grown: and i do not only mean in "maturity" terms, i mean physically. It's some years we're here, and many of our kiddies are now young men and women.
I'm happy to see they're grown in every sense, making this forum grow as well.

Charas forums really seems a bit different from the times i was always here. It's a completely standalone thing, no more hardly connected with Charas itself (which is the generators). This is cool, this means a community is really living, round here.

I'd like to thank everyone, users, admins, mods, spriters, complete resources maintainers: everyone that everyday keep this alive.

I wish the best to all of you, expecially to Sai and whoever helped him in taking the not easy decisions he took in these last days.

I will be around: do not count me as an active users, but always feel my breath on your necks! :D

Cya soon, Charas world!

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Post by: Kijuki_Magazaki on March 23, 2006, 01:53:31 AM

LOL!!

Alex! I laugh cause I felt a great sense of happiness and kinda like seeing a father for a while :P

XD

And t what you have said, I feel honored and happy that you see it that way, I trully do, cause for one, I am one of the people that loves charas :P it's actually in one of my references in my career planning resume. XP

Anyway, nice to hear from you Alex-sama, and happy to know, you see the community as you see it =D

lol excuse the typos, i was quite hyped xP

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on March 23, 2006, 01:58:05 AM

Great to see you aren't dead, Alex! :p

I agree, the forums sure have grown over the years. :) We're quite the bustling community now!

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Post by: charaman on March 23, 2006, 02:00:26 AM

Yay! Alex!






We misses you :(

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Post by: Midnight9795 on March 23, 2006, 02:00:29 AM

 

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I will be around: do not count me as an active users, but always feel my breath on your necks!

Eww...gross :p nice to see ya again

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Post by: WarxePB on March 23, 2006, 02:01:26 AM

Well, at least you still have faith in us :)

I agree that Sai's been doing a great job. Hopefully, what he's done will make Charas a ton better.

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Post by: blackskullwarlock on March 23, 2006, 02:02:33 AM

Glad to see you still breath and rule above us all on your shiny throne :P

Charas is indeed getting bigger everyday but my account is barely 1 year old so I can't speak about old times. We are quite the unique community. In time of peace, we help each others assuming we aren't throwing rocks at each others. In time of war, we ally and throw rock at our common target. And yet here we are, still standing tall.

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Post by: coasterkrazy on March 23, 2006, 02:02:57 AM

Alex! I never really knew you since I didn't come here until June, but I should say I love your forum! I'm a very active member here and have to say I've been enjoying it much. So, I'm saying "hello" back to you! :hi:

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Post by: DragonBlaze on March 23, 2006, 02:04:10 AM

Lol, well its nice to know you haven't forgotten about us :)

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Post by: shadus on March 23, 2006, 02:05:22 AM

*Star Shocked*

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Post by: Almeidaboo on March 23, 2006, 02:06:56 AM

Hey, what´s up Alex! TOo bad you can´t be on as much as you´d like...

But I gotta say, I am too happy to be part of Charas for so long, it changed a lot since I registered...

Anyway, show up more!

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Post by: shinotebasiiackh on March 23, 2006, 02:15:56 AM

THERE you are!

Sheesh. Spend more time on here, man  :(

Better yet, get your wife addicted to Charas as well.

Then we can have the Charminian royal family  :D

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Post by: SaiKar on March 23, 2006, 02:17:55 AM

It's always a HUGE relief with the big boss says you're doing a good job.

Good to see you around Alex.  :hi:

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Post by: Desimodontidae on March 23, 2006, 02:18:07 AM

Its alway reassuring to hear from Alex...

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Post by: smokey_locs2002 on March 23, 2006, 02:54:00 AM

Yeah good to see you? Shocked I'm still around, no?

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Post by: Robotam on March 23, 2006, 03:39:20 AM

Wow, gotta say it's nice to hear from the boss. I wish you were on more like you used to be.

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Post by: Spike21 on March 23, 2006, 04:21:48 AM

wow this is the first time i actualy like saw alex post something

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Post by: Linkizcool on March 23, 2006, 04:31:58 AM

Hey Alex! Just saying thanks for taking the time to make the Charas Generators, they really helped me alot in designing my characters. they only thing is that you shoulda backed up all the battlechar resources!

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Post by: Razor on March 23, 2006, 05:19:59 AM

When ever Alex posts, it's the same satisfaction of when you witness Chuck Norris throw a burning bus of orphans off of a cliff.

Rock on, Alex. Rock on.

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Post by: Arcanagirl on March 23, 2006, 07:40:12 AM

wow, this is the first time seeing Alex post, I knew who he was but I am glad you posted Alex. I bet a lot of members are gald too, cause some may not have known who you where. And I totally agree too. Nice to see you.

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Post by: GaryCXJk on March 23, 2006, 07:54:16 AM

To be honnest, I still see the forums as an extension of the generators, but meh. The forums would live up more if there were some sort of contest or something.

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Post by: smokey_locs2002 on March 23, 2006, 08:09:02 AM

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Wow, gotta say it's nice to hear from the boss. I wish you were on more like you used to be.

Same.

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Post by: shinotebasiiackh on March 23, 2006, 08:47:09 AM

^ word

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Post by: Alex on March 23, 2006, 10:44:14 AM

Thanks everyone!
Good to know someone still remember me! ;)

Yes, i'd like to be here as i used to be too, but time is what it is.
Unfortunatly i still do not find a way to have 32-hours days.

I'm glad to see all this users "Registered: " in year 2003 are still here, after all this means 3 years! Gary and Smo still around, DragonBlaze and shinotebasiiackh, Robotam and Mid, charaman, KM, FFL, whoever... WOW!

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Originally posted by smokey_locs2002
Yeah good to see you? Shocked I'm still around, no?

Should i? :D :D :D

About what i'm doing now (if you don't care, i don't care. I'm the boss so i write whatever i want!): nothing so different from the past.
I made my decisions for life, and i paid them. Probably i'm still too much a dreamer, but evenif no money i live better inside.

In the last month (and still now) i am involved in a project with an American Company. Guess what? For them i'm creating a GENERATOR OF GENERATORS, LOL!

This is what i love about the internet: i live in Italy, i will probably never meet them. But we can work together, we can build something. This is amazing. And, after all, it's the same reason that makes places like this cool.

I remember an old topic posted here, named "It's possible to consider net firends as real friends?" or something similar. Well, i absolutely think so. After all, i can't belive all Charas forums users are here just because they've nothing better to do, right?

IMHO the virtual life is not something that should replace the real life: it's simply another "form" of life, something that we should know and, if we want to, experience.
Real life cannot connect as many peoples as virtual life does, and virtual life cannot give the wormness of a good hand shaking. Diffrent, but both with their own dignity.

I will probably think on something new that may involve all of you, and probably not in the RPG world.

For example, what if i'll create a "charas world images" page?
Something where we all can post images of our countries to show how big the world is? We are many peoples, and we are from everywhere. I think a thing like this would also create a nice area that would be nice to browse for everyone, not only from ourselves.

Mah, will see. I just can't stop thinking i have to create everyday something new!

Well, that's it: hope this post did not bore you too much.

And tell me what do you think about the "charas world images" page ;)

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Post by: Osmose on March 23, 2006, 12:00:21 PM

I think if you tax this server with photograph-size pictures then you're crazy. :P

Good to see you.

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on March 23, 2006, 02:05:46 PM

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Originally posted by Alex
For example, what if i'll create a "charas world images" page?
Something where we all can post images of our countries to show how big the world is? We are many peoples, and we are from everywhere. I think a thing like this would also create a nice area that would be nice to browse for everyone, not only from ourselves.

To be honest, it sounds like it would be a good idea at first, but it just doesn't seem like something that a lot of people would like to view after a while.

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Post by: GaryCXJk on March 23, 2006, 02:48:15 PM

Why not, FFL? It's a fun project, and it might not be updated occasionally, but it can give a vision of what our country or our place is like.

You can see it as a collage, or a community art project.

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Post by: Tomi on March 23, 2006, 03:50:40 PM

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Originally posted by Razor
When ever Alex posts, it's the same satisfaction of when you witness Chuck Norris throw a burning bus of orphans off of a cliff.

Rock on, Alex. Rock on.

True dat.

We miss you Alex!!!  :=)

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Post by: RuneBlade on March 23, 2006, 04:01:53 PM

Hey! Wheres my name on that Reg 2003 list? :)
Anyway nice to see you again alex, ´s been a long time.

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Post by: Almeidaboo on March 23, 2006, 04:02:26 PM

The photos thing sounds really great, but so that we don´t load the forum with heavy pics and stuff, mebbe it´d be better if we made an common acc in some picture hosting site...Still that doesn´t seems like a good idea, cause some noob may wreck it all...

Anyway, good to see your postings alex! Keep it up!

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Post by: White Dwarf on March 23, 2006, 05:52:53 PM

I'd like to say "Yep. I've always sticked to charas. Threw thick and thin." But... I havn't. So yeah...

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Post by: Almeidaboo on March 23, 2006, 06:18:03 PM

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Originally posted by White Dwarf
I'd like to say "Yep. I've always sticked to charas. Threw thick and thin." But... I havn't. So yeah...

But it´s good that you´re back White!

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Post by: Moosetroop11 on March 23, 2006, 06:25:31 PM

*Bows* Hey Alex. Was this what you imagined when you first started this site? I bet not :D

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Post by: Rowan on March 23, 2006, 08:21:54 PM

Hey Alex! ^^ LONG time no see! :D Glad to see that your still active ^^. Hope to see more of ya =D

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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on March 23, 2006, 08:32:00 PM

Being just another question, how did Charas ever become so popular? The generators, I know, if I had know about it sooner, i would've joined. But, I didn't know... so, whatever.

*Goes back into hole.*

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Post by: drenrin2120 on March 23, 2006, 08:41:51 PM

Hey, it's good to hear from you Alex! I can remember one other post I saw by you that you made while I was here. I jsut can't remember what it was... lol, still good to hear from you.

How are you and your wife doing? Just curious to see how life's been goin'.

To Ed: Maybe it's the people of Charas? Maybe.

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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on March 23, 2006, 08:45:04 PM

No. I'm asking how the members joined. Were there ads or something? How did charas start booming?

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Post by: MrMister on March 23, 2006, 08:46:45 PM

ALEX I'M PREGNANT


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When I was getting into resource making a buddy of mine sent me a link. So yeaaaah. That's how I came to Charas.

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Post by: Kinslayer on March 23, 2006, 08:50:37 PM

So, that's the big boss :p well, I registered here just a year ago and I feel like I'm a part of this big big family. Hello back there Alex!!!

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Post by: Razor on March 23, 2006, 09:20:06 PM

I'm glad that I joined in 2003.
It gives me that small edge over anyone in January 2004.

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on March 23, 2006, 10:39:41 PM

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Originally posted by GaryCXJk
Why not, FFL? It's a fun project, and it might not be updated occasionally, but it can give a vision of what our country or our place is like.

You can see it as a collage, or a community art project.

Yeah, it could make a pretty nice-looking collage. I'm not saying that we shouldn't do this; it will be fun, and if we do decide to do it, then I'm for it! But it just seems to me like something that would be mostly forgotten about not long after its completion.

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Post by: Shady Ultima on March 23, 2006, 11:01:36 PM

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I'm glad that I joined in 2003.
It gives me that small edge over anyone in January 2004.

I hate you Razor LOL

I joined at 12:01 on January first 2004. And I still feel like one of the outcasts... or the unknowns around here. I suppose its due to my frequent times of absence. Anyways, It's good to see Alex still around, and I definately like the idea of the pictures of our world.

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Post by: MSlash67 on March 23, 2006, 11:28:12 PM

HE HAS RETURNED! YAY! :bend:

"Charas world images" sounds like a good idea. It gives people a sense of knowledge of where the people they talk to are from.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on March 23, 2006, 11:36:23 PM

Meh, Alex brings such happiness, it's hard not to smile. :D

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Post by: Midnight9795 on March 24, 2006, 12:54:01 PM

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I'm glad that I joined in 2003.
It gives me that small edge over anyone in January 2004.

Totally...lol

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Post by: DragonBlaze on March 24, 2006, 06:57:28 PM

Well I'm glad I joined in march 2003, it gives me an edge over everyone who registered in december 2003 :p

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Post by: Midnight9795 on March 24, 2006, 07:34:44 PM

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Well I'm glad I joined in march 2003, it gives me an edge over everyone who registered in december 2003 :p

*plots to have DB 'disappear'* >;3 lol

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Post by: Robotam on March 24, 2006, 07:59:09 PM

She's a girl, she'll get what she wants.. oo'

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Post by: Midnight9795 on March 24, 2006, 08:02:57 PM

LOL!!! You are granted one cool point, Robbie :p Oh Alex, luck with ya project!

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Post by: DragonBlaze on March 24, 2006, 08:54:04 PM

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Originally posted by DragonBlaze Well I'm glad I joined in march 2003, it gives me an edge over everyone who registered in december 2003 :p

*plots to have DB 'disappear'* >;3 lol

O.O *runs and hides*


Anyway.. I think that project sounds pretty cool as well Alex :)

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Post by: MrMister on March 24, 2006, 09:55:50 PM

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LOL!!! You are granted one cool point, Robbie :p Oh Alex, luck with ya project!

You are granted one punch in the mouth and an English textbook.

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Post by: Revolution911 on March 24, 2006, 10:18:26 PM

Wow, havent seen you in...I dont know, point is, hi  ::)

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Post by: Linkizcool on March 24, 2006, 11:10:01 PM

Hey one thing Alex, since you live in Venice, and all the roads are canals, how do you guys have Internet lines and water systems? Or is the Internet wireless?

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Post by: Midnight9795 on March 25, 2006, 12:07:26 AM

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Originally posted by Midnight9795 LOL!!! You are granted one cool point, Robbie :p Oh Alex, luck with ya project!

You are granted one punch in the mouth and an English textbook.

*rolls eyes*

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Post by: GaryCXJk on March 25, 2006, 01:30:08 AM

*Casts reflect on whole party*

*Party's defense raises*

HA! TAKE THAT MRMISTER!

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Post by: MrMister on March 25, 2006, 02:20:08 AM

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*Casts reflect on whole party*

*Party's defense raises*

HA! TAKE THAT MRMISTER!

I have an 'Insult Badge of Intellect' equipped that raises my asshole affinity by 20. :smoke:

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on March 25, 2006, 02:25:35 AM

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Originally posted by GaryCXJk *Casts reflect on whole party* *Party's defense raises* HA! TAKE THAT MRMISTER!

I have an 'Insult Badge of Intellect' equipped that raises my asshole affinity by 20. :smoke:

How did you get that? The only way I know how to gain one of those is by killing a Razor, and that has only a 3% chance of dropping it.

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Post by: MrMister on March 25, 2006, 03:18:03 AM

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Originally posted by MrMister quote: Originally posted by GaryCXJk *Casts reflect on whole party* *Party's defense raises* HA! TAKE THAT MRMISTER! I have an 'Insult Badge of Intellect' equipped that raises my asshole affinity by 20. :smoke:

How did you get that? The only way I know how to gain one of those is by killing a Razor, and that has only a 3% chance of dropping it.

I farm Razor.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on March 25, 2006, 03:44:09 AM

XD

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Post by: Alex on March 25, 2006, 08:46:05 AM

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Hey one thing Alex, since you live in Venice, and all the roads are canals, how do you guys have Internet lines and water systems? Or is the Internet wireless?

No wireless.
Cables under water!!!!

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Post by: Almeidaboo on March 25, 2006, 10:44:16 AM

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Originally posted by Linkizcool Hey one thing Alex, since you live in Venice, and all the roads are canals, how do you guys have Internet lines and water systems? Or is the Internet wireless?

No wireless.
Cables under water!!!!

WHAT? How the hell? The long exposure to the water will make the cables deteriorate no?

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Post by: Shady Ultima on March 25, 2006, 10:57:35 AM

They're prolly not just... floating there. They're prolly in pipes or something of the sort. I could be wrong, but that'd be my guess

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Post by: Alex on March 25, 2006, 03:27:00 PM

I think so. Anyhow i don't know.
I am online, that's what matter to me!

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Post by: Robotam on March 25, 2006, 05:06:27 PM

You're a lucky man to be able to blame the sharks whenever your connection goes off. :P  
Then you don't have to blame yourself.

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Post by: Kijuki_Magazaki on March 25, 2006, 05:09:26 PM

such silly and weird question to the master :P

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Post by: Robotam on March 25, 2006, 05:16:05 PM

That question had to be asked. And I'm glad I didn't get to do it.
It must have been a pain building Venice.  :|

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Post by: coasterkrazy on March 25, 2006, 05:50:44 PM

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It must have been a pain building Venice.  :|

Yes, but it's such a cool city at least those who built it can say they're happy with the outcome!

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Post by: FFL2and3rocks on March 25, 2006, 06:38:33 PM

It must be hard to repair the broken cables. o_0

"Get your scuba-diving gear, Jim! A wire went kaplooey and we gotta fix it!"

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Post by: White Dwarf on March 25, 2006, 07:24:08 PM

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Originally posted by White Dwarf I'd like to say "Yep. I've always sticked to charas. Threw thick and thin." But... I havn't. So yeah...

But it´s good that you´re back White!

I'm back?
I only check every week or so. When i'm back, you'll know.

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Post by: MrMister on March 25, 2006, 08:28:06 PM

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I'm back?
I only check every week or so. When i'm back, you'll know.

Go home. Just go home. You jerk.

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Post by: Grandy on March 25, 2006, 09:36:22 PM

 Oh, yah, of 'course, you only show up when I am not around. I get it, okay, don't need to pretend you care about me. *goes to a corner and starts playing with his fingers in fetal posistion mumbling things like "...Who needs him anyway", "it's his loss"*



 Yar, seriously, good to see you still care about here.

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Post by: MrMister on March 25, 2006, 09:54:59 PM

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That question had to be asked. And I'm glad I didn't get to do it.
It must have been a pain building Venice.  :|

Um, no. The city is sinking. It wasn't this deep when they built it hundreds of years ago.

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Post by: Grandy on March 25, 2006, 10:04:39 PM

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Originally posted by Robotam That question had to be asked. And I'm glad I didn't get to do it. It must have been a pain building Venice.  :|

Um, no. The city is sinking. It wasn't this deep when they built it hundreds of years ago.

 They built it on water anyway.

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Post by: Razor on March 26, 2006, 10:53:30 AM

Well actually the foundation that they built it on had too much water underneath it; thusly it slowly sinks like an inch a year, or something.

Also, MrMr's farm scares me.