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| NorthWind08-25-07, 02:53 PM | Judging from the frequency of the sblocks on the actual duel thread, I thought we could use this one. By the bye, fellas, this is for the combatants, so if you're not a poster on the duel thread, please don't post here. Thanks. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-25-07, 02:58 PM | This is great! Thanks, NW. |
| NorthWind08-25-07, 03:00 PM | Don't mention it! It ought to cut down on clutter, I hope. The IC thread is getting a little hectic (what with a now six on six or more fight...sorry!) so this should keep things smooth. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-25-07, 03:02 PM | Yeah, I was trying to do the same by balefiring two at once, but they didn't even like 1/2 their characters dying. Big surprise. |
| kalestarveteran08-25-07, 04:40 PM | I don't think you understand that the oblivion is already nothingness. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-25-07, 06:57 PM | I know. The name implies as much. But nothing is a noun, which names something. Thus, nothing is something and therefore targettable by balefire, which obliterates its existence. The effect on Oblivion? It woould cease to have existed, but about ten years ago. Thus, everyone who died in the last ten years would spontaneously come back as a ghost or something. |
| SeptimusMagistos08-25-07, 08:22 PM | Hm. Questionable. You might say the Oblivion is where things that get destroyed by balefire go. Or somewhere very much like it. Oblivion was kind of my way of explaining the absence of afterlife and stopping people from invoking loopholes like the one you mention. Although, I have to admit, your theory does create some philosophical considerations, similar to unstoppable force hitting an indestructible barrier. |
| NorthWind08-25-07, 08:34 PM | *coughs* Well, the fact that this is a battle in Hell would indicate the existence of an afterlife. As would Michael...as an angel, he'd have to come from somewhere. My take on the balefire v. oblivion would be this: balefire destroys everything. Oblivion is no thing (that is to say, is nothing) so you end up with this - The abstraction of nothing (vacuum) is destroyed by balefire. But since it is non-being, it already does not exist, and thus one can not destroy what does not exist. (eg. I can't up and kill a Crumple-horned Snorkak...they already don't exist) So I suggest this resolution: when balefire strikes the emptiness of Oblivion, the emptiness is destroyed, and so the portal relapses, leaving behind a bead-sized Voidstone. Oblivion is still there, since it's existence is already negation itself, but the connection to it can be targeted. (This is as close to DnD canon as I can come up with, as I'd consider canon as neutral ground for everyone. The description of the Negative Energy plane mentions emptiness coalescing into Voidstones...for the sake of solving a potentially nasty argument, there's my two cents) |
| SeptimusMagistos08-25-07, 08:41 PM | I like it. |
| NorthWind08-25-07, 08:43 PM | Thanks, I hope it's amenable to Kalestar and Epic. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-25-07, 09:58 PM | I like it. |
| kalestarveteran08-25-07, 10:11 PM | I like it too. |
| SeptimusMagistos08-25-07, 11:18 PM | Then it's settled. I'll go edit my post. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 11:19 AM | Dudue, the golem is awesome! I bet I know what you engraved on its forehead: עמעת Hebrew for Truth, pronounced Emet, and the word that brought the Golem of Prague to life. On its tongue is a slip of paper with the name of God written on it: יהוה Unpronounceable, but you need to speak it as part of the animating process. YHVH. Rabbi Loew was one of like three people to ever say it; one was God. |
| kalestarveteran08-26-07, 11:42 AM | EEE if you ducked it would still hit you.It's less of a wave and more of a contained explosion. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 12:03 PM | Yeah, I know, didn't you read the 'shunt it over their heads' part? Septimus, shall I assume you let the Young Nick be obliterated by fireballs? |
| kalestarveteran08-26-07, 12:10 PM | Oh sorry i didn't tha but for the record i'd like to say having a spell that obliterates everything no matter what is kind of overpowered don't you think? |
| NorthWind08-26-07, 12:30 PM | Dudue, the golem is awesome! I bet I know what you engraved on its forehead: עמעת Hebrew for Truth, pronounced Emet, and the word that brought the Golem of Prague to life. On its tongue is a slip of paper with the name of God written on it: יהוה Unpronounceable, but you need to speak it as part of the animating process. YHVH. Rabbi Loew was one of like three people to ever say it; one was God. Precisely! Very nice spotting there. My understanding of the golem comes from the novel Snow in August, which I highly recommend to anyone capable of reading. 'Course, I didn't know the Hebrew, but all the same... |
| SeptimusMagistos08-26-07, 05:38 PM | Yeah, I know, didn't you read the 'shunt it over their heads' part? Septimus, shall I assume you let the Young Nick be obliterated by fireballs? Wait, what fireballs? |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 09:39 PM | KSV: The spell is taken from a book series, later converted to a d20 system. If it wasn't overpowered then, it's not now. NW: Yeah, I got it from a picture book called "The Golem of Prague" or some such. I'm Jewish, so the Hebrew comes from my 6ish years of Sunday School. Septimus: Read my last post. |
| NorthWind08-26-07, 09:43 PM | Cool. I can neither read nor write Hebrew, so that's pretty neat knowing an ancient language like that! EDIT: Now, just to be on the safe side, but, Michael's use of a golem isn't offensive or anything? Since it's not quite a DnD golem, more one plucked from the stories of Rabbi Loew. If you feel uncomfortable or something, let me know and I'll reflavor him. |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 09:57 PM | I can't either, really; not well anyway. And it's still in use, so it's not really ancient. It has benn around for ~6,000 years, but... Oh, not at all. I'm not really Orthodox or anything, I'm Reconstructionist. It's great, actually! I was planning on making a Rabbi, but I think that would bother my mom. :D |
| NorthWind08-26-07, 10:01 PM | Oh, not at all. I'm not really Orthodox or anything, I'm Reconstructionist. It's great, actually! Yeah, I dunno about a rabbi at the Baator. It'd be...interesting. But it could offend some people (the aforementioned mom, for example ;)) But anyways, just thought I'd double check. Some might view it as a religious reference (I suppose if one of the posters was a Kabalist) |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 10:02 PM | I'm also Wiccan, so the Witch is going to be a bit RL-influenced, but the Kabbala is kind of interesting in its own way... Edited. |
| NorthWind08-26-07, 10:04 PM | I'm also Wiccan, so the Witch is going to be a bit RL-influenced, but the Kabbala is kind of interesting in its own way... Now, not to cease an interesting discussion, but maybe this ought to continue on the Chatter thread? Even if this is OOC, it should at least relate to the IC thread. As much as possible, anyways... |
| EpicEvokerElf08-26-07, 10:05 PM | Ok. |
| Lord_Bahamut08-27-07, 10:09 PM | Whoa, lots happened while I was gone. Sorry for the absence, I've been super busy since school's about to start up again. So let me get this straight: Michael shot some silver spears at one of the Edvards, and... what else? So I'll just have Edvard's spell keep going... And NorthWind, thanks! I was hoping Edvard would be a sort of comic relief. And kinda bad*** at the same time. |
| NorthWind08-27-07, 10:36 PM | Yeah...he's a lot goofier than I expected a dread lich to be...the thumbs up sign really got me, though. 'Twas sort of along the lines of a "And Ted the 'Flayer gives you a thumbs up." :D Also, I recently noticed that Epic and I are teamed up here, whereas we're fighting on the other site...will wonderment never cease? (Hah hah! School may be starting for you, but I've got at least another two or so weeks 'til the eleventh!) |
| EpicEvokerElf08-27-07, 11:01 PM | Yarrgh! I start the 2nd. And the irony is astounding. |
| NorthWind08-27-07, 11:04 PM | Yarrgh! I start the 2nd. And the irony is astounding. Well, at least you haven't been doing homework all summer. AP US demanded six chapter's worth of notes before class started...and we're I'm spamming. Crap. |
| Lord_Bahamut08-28-07, 04:52 AM | Yeah, I wanted Edvard to be the big bad evil guy, but have a humorous side too. It's just his personality. Heh, I've been doing summerschool as well, except it's been more Career summerschool instead of actualy school sumemrshcool. You start on the eleventh! Graah! Unfair... I start the 5th. |
| NorthWind08-28-07, 09:01 AM | Well, it's not summerschool, it's homework. The history chapters I've been doing all summer are supposed to be for the AP history course, but since we're getting a brand new teacher, we don't know if he'll even use or want them. Plus, I have to read...Pride and Prejudice. My mom even told me that it was mainly a girl's book...I don't care if Mr Darcy likes Elizabeth, Mr Wickham has been cheated out of his estate by Darcy, Mr Bingley's sisters are trying to interfere with Jane's marriage to him...Arrrgh! |
| EpicEvokerElf08-28-07, 10:30 AM | Ow. |
| NorthWind08-28-07, 05:57 PM | Hey! Septimus! This is Sorcen's diceless arena in hell! What's Nick doing? :P |
| SeptimusMagistos08-28-07, 10:02 PM | Uh...uh...:incog: |
| NorthWind08-29-07, 12:15 AM | Okay, so, I'm okay just going with the giant dice thing, but, if it's possible, a little more info? That is to say, what exactly does it mean to be bound by the same forces Nick is? (If it's a secret/surprise, you don't have to say, of course) |
| SeptimusMagistos08-29-07, 05:15 PM | Oh, it's not a secret. The Powers That Be are a longstanding joke of mine. In Nick's multiverse, The Powers That Be are believed to be a mysterious entity, group of entities, a collection of forces, or just a metaphor for a large and impersonal universe. Usually, The Powers That Be are believed to be running things in an unobtrusive way and are remembered only when they take it upon themselves to mess with someone specifically. But really, The Powers That Be are me. The joke was born out of my complete inability to get Nick to stop breaking the fourth wall. However, Michael isn't exactly 'bound' by these forces. Merely influenced. That is a very important distinction. What does being influenced by The Powers That Be entail? Stay tuned to find out. |
| SeptimusMagistos08-29-07, 05:37 PM | Oh, and before anybody asks about Nick's latest move, he has a natural charisma of around one hundred to females. It's not a magical effect as such. He normally takes a potion every morning to counteract the effects of this, but it was dispelled. |
| NorthWind08-29-07, 08:10 PM | Thanks for clearing that up...I had a vague notion of who the Powers were...I was sorely tempted to break the fourth wall myself, but I thought I'd leave the fun to you ;) |
| EpicEvokerElf08-29-07, 08:32 PM | "Break the 4th wall?" |
| NorthWind08-29-07, 09:09 PM | It means that a character acts as though they are aware that they are characters in a book/movie/game. So, if Ender said "Well, my author gets his inspiration from a novel he liked." Or if Michael said "I'm a character - hey, EpicEvokerElf, how are ya?" that would be breaking the fourth wall. I think wikipedia has a good article on this, too. |
| dragor_shadowfury08-31-07, 03:18 PM | I started in school a month ago, so stop whining will you? EDIT: oh BTW, I thought about breaking the fourth wall majorly... by pulling in a part of the "real" world into the mess with that shattered rune... That would be kinda fun. |
| NorthWind09-01-07, 09:35 AM | Septimus, you have inspired me in ways that make me smile. Wanna cookie? I had no idea Michael had such a dark past, actually. But it just sorta sprang into my head...neat. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-01-07, 11:47 AM | Very cool. |
| NorthWind09-01-07, 11:53 AM | Thanks. I do my best :D |
| SeptimusMagistos09-01-07, 03:56 PM | Glad to serve as an inspiration. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-01-07, 04:25 PM | Wow this is a new record for me. Using drunk jokes, football, and Shakespeare all with the same character. I think it's quite funny, actually. |
| NorthWind09-01-07, 06:18 PM | Yeah...Edvard's crazy. In a good way. Not the iconic mad necromancer-lich of doom at all. I wonder, though, how he knows about all of that stuff. (Football, Shakespeare...well, not the alcohol) |
| NorthWind09-01-07, 08:30 PM | Hey Septimus, just outta curiosity, what was Nick referring to with the "Who, what, huh?" thing? Which events do you mean? |
| SeptimusMagistos09-02-07, 02:50 PM | Well, mostly his survival from the fire and the sentient version of dark Michael. But, of course, the further break in reality contributed too. In short, all the crazy stuff that's been happening finally caught up to him. |
| NorthWind09-02-07, 11:17 PM | Okay, gotcha! |
| dragor_shadowfury09-03-07, 06:03 AM | you doesn't seem to get the planar globs nature exactly Bahamut, it is not portals, rather it is... fractures in the barriers that seperate planes. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-03-07, 10:36 AM | Hey, NW, if you were planning to have Michael die I'll edit. But the real reasons I did this are A) that the Power can heal anything short of death and B) that Fiora's in love so that makes her special somehow. :P |
| Lord_Bahamut09-03-07, 04:55 PM | Ah, I see. So they planar gates aren't actually gates, but rather holes that lead to another place, and therefore can't collapse? I also think that it's about time things got back to normal... Which means that it's time for the doubles to go. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-03-07, 07:15 PM | Indeed. With Michael's death, it is possible that the flow of time would reverse, bringing us all back to where we left off, but... |
| NorthWind09-03-07, 07:48 PM | BAM! Doubles are gone. Now, do we all wanna continue from here? |
| EpicEvokerElf09-03-07, 07:53 PM | Explain some more. I'm not sure I get it entirely. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-03-07, 08:23 PM | I don't care one way or the other. Nick's double is long gone. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-03-07, 08:25 PM | Oh, and what's the 'one thing...' |
| NorthWind09-03-07, 10:55 PM | Well, after suddenly discovering Michael's dark side, you thought I'd just throw it away? That's there for two reasons: if everyone wants to continue the Mage Duel, then something's still amiss, and I'll have an excuse to have Michael's evil dopple cause mischief. If everyone wants to stop, and turn it over to the judges (which is what I meant in the post before this one), I'll have an excuse to bring back Michael's evil dopple to cause mischief anyway ;) Really, the question is this: do you all want to keep fighting, or make returning the time stream to normal our happy ending and call for a ruling? |
| dragor_shadowfury09-04-07, 02:10 AM | I want to continue, I still have a few ideas up my sleeve that I want to give a shot. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-04-07, 09:11 AM | I think we should end it here. The duel's over, you can give your crap a shot in some other battle. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-04-07, 02:25 PM | Well, I dunno, it might be kinda hard now that Edvard and Fiora are dead. :rolleyes: It doesn't matter to me either way... Edvard has a continency spell for occaisions just like this, so he's none the worse for wear. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-04-07, 02:50 PM | I think that got undone when the time-thing reversed. But I dunno. |
| NorthWind09-04-07, 03:08 PM | If you'd like, yes. You mentioned that it was time for the doubles to go (and since the past Michael, whose fault it was anyways) died, the doubles would...never have existed in the first place. Fiora and Edvard would never have had reason to kill one another...or something, and so they're alive again. Really, what I intended on was tying up any loose ends so that we could either keep going, or stop, depending on what the consensus was. Now, why Sorcen & co. would award a victory to a team whose match is no longer part of the time-line, I do not know, but all the same... (uh...sorry about any confusion that I caused in the thread with the doubles, by the way. I'm beginning to think that it was a bit too much.) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-04-07, 03:25 PM | Sorcen has a special power that lets him see through time. Maybe he could rank each competitor? And as teams? |
| EpicEvokerElf09-04-07, 03:26 PM | Oh, and sorry for godmodding the Fiora-Edvard thing. I kinda figured it wouldn't matter since Michael was dead, so I went a bit overboard. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-04-07, 04:27 PM | Um yeah... that was a little more than overboard... Killing Edvard is fine, but destroying all his artifacts and items as well? Too much. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-04-07, 04:47 PM | I'm fine with either ending it or going on. I have a practically unlimited supply of randomness that I can use in any situation. |
| NorthWind09-04-07, 05:33 PM | Okay, so that's one for continuing, one against, two indifferent. Looks like Darius gets to cast the deciding vote. Edit: oh, and I like the Individual/Team ranking, too. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-05-07, 02:25 AM | Edit: oh, and I like the Individual/Team ranking, too. I vote that way as well. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-05-07, 06:09 PM | Eh? What is this new judging thou speakest of, NorthWind-san? |
| Ascened_Xan09-05-07, 06:30 PM | Personaly i want to keep going,I still want people to see the true power fo my charecter.;) |
| NorthWind09-05-07, 07:21 PM | Eh? What is this new judging thou speakest of, NorthWind-san? The idea is as follows, Lord Bahamut-shi: the honorable judges decide which team wins, and then ranks the roleplayers individually based on their personal performance. It was originally suggested by EpicEvokerElf (...no, sorry Epic. Another Japanese honorific would be too repetitive ;)) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-05-07, 08:27 PM | Aye, yer 'onor. Per'aps a ratin' instead o' or as well as a rankin,' seein' as rankin' us is very well apt to **** someone off majerly, yer 'honor. Meaning' who'ever's last. Yer 'onor. |
| NorthWind09-05-07, 09:58 PM | Oh, aye, gov'ner. I see watcher getting at, there. Per'aps we could ask fer a rankin' on a scale of one ter ten or somesuch, fer PMing ter those posters concerned, if I get yer meanin'? I had a bit o' trouble understandin' what it were that you were saying, with such a thick accent an' all that. In all seriousness, though, if the judges don't mind the extra work, how did you envision that, E3? I like the idea, but maybe I misunderstood you (the first time, when you were posting without the accent) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-07-07, 09:15 PM | Okay, without the accent, I'd say we should each be ranked 1-10 and as teams, and then the RP and IC victories would be awarded by team. Then we'd get ranked in 1st, 2nd, 3rd place etc. That's what I meant. It would take work on Sorcen's part, though... |
| NorthWind09-07-07, 10:21 PM | Well, couldn't hurt to ask. Just tell him that if it's not inconvenient, if he could rank us as you suggested. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-08-07, 02:20 PM | I still do not understandest thou, NorthWind-san, or thou, E3-san (what are the other Japanese honorifics? -san, -shi, anything else? I just steal from other people. :P ). I don't know why, but it still seems weird to me. So is Sorcen going to be Judging all six of us, placing us in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc, based on RPing. Then he's going to be judging the teams as well? |
| dragor_shadowfury09-08-07, 03:13 PM | feel free to alter away with the globs of plane, it's not in Munchlord's control at all. |
| NorthWind09-08-07, 04:31 PM | Actually, I dunno any honorifics either, I just looked them up. San San (さん, San?) is the most common honorific and is a title of respect. It is used for the surnames or given names of both males and females. Although in translation san is usually rendered as a common courtesy title like “Mr.” or “Ms.”, unlike these it is never used in self-reference. San may also be used in combination with nouns describing the addressee or referent other than the person's name; for example, a bookseller might be addressed or referred to as honya-san ("bookseller" + san) and a butcher, as nikuya-san ("butcher" + san). San is also used when talking about companies and other similar entities. For example, the offices or shop of a company called Kojima Denki might be referred to as "Kojima Denki-san" by another nearby company. This may be seen on the small maps often used in phone books and business cards in Japan, where the names of surrounding companies are written using san. Although, strictly speaking, not an honorific title in this usage, san is also attached to the names of some kinds of foods; for example, fish used for cooking can be referred to as sakana-san. Likewise, this suffix is sometimes applied to animals—a rabbit might be usagi-san.[dubious – discuss] In western Japan (Kansai), particularly in the Kyoto area, Han (はん, Han?) is used instead of san. [edit] Kun Kun (君, Kun?) is an informal honorific primarily used towards males (it is still used towards females, but rarely). It is used by persons of senior status in addressing those of junior status, by males of roughly the same age and status when addressing each other, and by anyone in addressing male children. In business settings, women, particularly young women, may also be addressed as kun by older males of senior status. It is sometimes used towards male pets as well. School teachers typically address male students using kun, while female students are addressed as san or chan. The use of kun to address male children is similar to the use of san when addressing adults. In other words, not using kun would be considered rude in most situations, but, like the rule for using san in reference to family members, kun is traditionally not used when addressing or referring to one's own child (unless kun is part of a nickname: "Akira-kun"—Akkun). In the Diet of Japan, diet members and ministers are called kun by the chairpersons. For example, Shinzo Abe is called "Abe Shinzō-kun". The only exception was that when Takako Doi was the chairperson of the lower house: she used the san title. [edit] Chan Chan (ちゃん, Chan?) is a diminutive suffix. It is an informal version of "san" used to address children and female family members. It may also be used towards animals, lovers, intimate friends, and people whom one has known since childhood. "Chan" continues to be used as a term of endearment, especially for girls, into adulthood. Parents will probably always call their daughters "chan" and their sons "kun," though "chan" can be used towards boys just as easily. Adults may use "chan" as a term of endearment to women with whom they are on close terms. Chan can be considered a feminine mode of speech in that it is used mainly by, or towards, females. Its pattern of usage is similar to using "dear" when addressing someone in English. Males would not use chan when addressing other males (other than very young children, or idiomatic cases like Shuwa-chan, described below). "Pet names" are often made by attaching chan to a truncated stem of a name. This implies even greater intimacy than simply attaching it to the full name. So for example, a pet rabbit (usagi) might be called usa-chan rather than usagi-chan. Similarly, Chan is sometimes used to form pet names for celebrities. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger gained the nickname Shuwa chan in Japanese. Pet-names may also use variations on chan (see "euphonic suffixes", below). Although traditionally honorifics are not applied to oneself, some young women adopt the affectation of referring to themselves in the third person using chan, a mode of speech normally only found amongst small children. For example, a young woman named Maki might call herself Maki-chan rather than using a first person pronoun. The Japanese media use chan when mentioning pre-elementary school children and sometimes elementary-school girls. [edit] Senpai and kōhai Senpai (先輩, Senpai?) is used to address senior colleagues or mentor figures, e.g. students referring to or addressing more senior students in schools, junior athletics more senior ones in a sports club, or a mentor or more experienced or senior colleague in a business environment. As with English titles such as Doctor, senpai can be used either by itself as a title, or with a person's name in place of san. Kōhai (後輩, Kōhai?) is the reverse of this. It is used to refer to juniors (but not normally address them: kōhai are normally addressed by name +kun; addressing someone directly as kōhai would be somewhat rude). [edit] Sensei Sensei (先生, Sensei?) is used to refer to or address teachers, practitioners of a profession such as doctors and lawyers, politicians, and other authority figures. It is used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill. For example, Japanese manga fans refer to manga artists using the term sensei, as in Takahashi-sensei for manga artist Rumiko Takahashi; the term is used similarly by fans of other creative professionals such as novelists, musicians, and artists. It is also a common martial arts title when referring to the instructor. Sensei can also be used fawningly, as evinced by adherents in addressing or talking about charismatic business, political, and religious leaders (especially unordained ones). Japanese speakers will also use the term sarcastically to ridicule overblown or fawning adulation of such leaders, and the Japanese media frequently invoke it (rendered in katakana, akin to scare quotes or italics in English) to highlight the megalomania of those who allow themselves to be sycophantically addressed with the term. A further, similar use is to address or refer to someone who acts in a self-important or self-aggrandizing manner. As with senpai, Sensei can be used not only as a suffix but a title by itself, translating to "Professor" or "Teacher". [edit] Sama Sama (様, Sama?) is the formal version of san. This honorific is used primarily in addressing persons much higher in rank than oneself and in commercial and business settings to address and refer to customers. It also appears in words used to address or speak of persons or objects for which the speaker wishes to show respect or deference, such as okyaku-sama (customer) or Tateishi-sama (a stone idolised as a deity). Additionally, Japanese Christians will refer to God in prayer as Kami-sama. -sama is regularly used by the press to mention female members of the Imperial Family (as in Masako-sama). People will also affix sama to the names of personages who have a special talent or are considered particularly attractive, though this usage can also be tongue-in-cheek, exaggerated, or even ironic. Examples include "Tanaka-sama" to refer to a young man named Tanaka who is considered rather handsome by his admirers and the "Leo-Sama" (or "Reo-sama") that has become the media's pet name for Leonardo DiCaprio. Further, sama can be used to express arrogance (or self-effacing irony), such as in the arrogant male pronoun ore-sama ("my esteemed self") for "I". Referring to oneself with -sama is considered to be highly egotistical. Sama also follows the addressee's name on postal packages and letters and is frequently seen in business e-mails. It is worth noting that the sama appearing in such set phrases as o-machidō sama ("sorry to keep you waiting"), o-tsukare sama (an expression of empathy for people who have been working long and hard), and go-kuro sama (an expression recognizing someone's labors), though written with the same kanji, is etymologically and semantically distinct from the sama used as term of address. In the same way that chan is a version of san, there is also chama from sama, typically used for an older person. There is also the much less used "tama", which is the most childish and is usually used by young children for older siblings (like "Onii-tama", which means "big brother"), or someone else they admire. [edit] Shi Shi (氏, Shi?) is used in formal writing, and sometimes in very formal speech, for referring to a person who is unfamiliar to the speaker, typically a person known through publications whom the speaker has never actually met. For example, the shi title is common in the speech of newsreaders. It is preferred in legal documents, academic journals, and certain other formal written styles. Once a person's name has been used with shi, the person can be referred to with shi alone, without the name, as long as there is only one person being referred to. Y'all can address me as NorthWind-sama :P |
| EpicEvokerElf09-08-07, 06:10 PM | Calle me O-Sensei. :P |
| NorthWind09-08-07, 10:15 PM | Yes, teacher ;) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-08-07, 11:16 PM | No, the O- honorific means Great Teacher. |
| NorthWind09-08-07, 11:26 PM | A thousand pardons, Great Teacher. ;) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-08-07, 11:40 PM | Actually, it's used to refer to Morohei Ueshiba, the inventor of Aikido. I've been studying it for 6 years. |
| NorthWind09-08-07, 11:43 PM | Lucky. While some little children learned karate (an infinitely practical skill, in my opinion), I learned how to swim. So, although I won't drown...I won't be able to hold my own in a fight. See, fencing's fun and all, but it's not a practical discipline, it's a sport. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-08-07, 11:45 PM | Fencing?!?! Lucky! (Oh, and I've studied Karate for the last 3 years as well.) |
| NorthWind09-08-07, 11:55 PM | Well, yeah, I've been fencing for two years. But, see, Aikido and other Eastern martial arts are more...useful. (Wanna come here and join our school fencing team? We could use more people;) ) |
| EpicEvokerElf09-09-07, 10:20 AM | Sure, except... well... I don't know where your school is. Small problem there. :) |
| NorthWind09-09-07, 10:28 AM | Hmm...that could pose a small problem, yes... Ah. And this is the start of the fourth page, and we've been spamming an OOC thread for the Mage Duel. Whoops... |
| EpicEvokerElf09-11-07, 08:56 PM | Darius is clueless here, let's fill him in. First, the time-spell died. The doubles are ALL gone. Second, the other stuff resolved without you. Third... anybody got a Third? |
| NorthWind09-11-07, 09:13 PM | Third, no one's actually cast a wish spell yet. Not that anyone would allow it to work. Ever. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-12-07, 03:21 AM | wish spells are for weaklings. |
| NorthWind09-12-07, 09:33 PM | ...yeah, I think wish would be a step down for most posters. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-13-07, 11:05 PM | Heh, wish is one of the most fun spells to turn back on someone... But I agree, it's cheap. "I wish you were dead!" *flop* |
| Lord_Bahamut09-13-07, 11:10 PM | FEAR THE EXPLODING SHEEP!!! |
| EpicEvokerElf09-13-07, 11:19 PM | Is that a Warcraft reference? I think there are exploding sheep in that... |
| dragor_shadowfury09-14-07, 02:23 AM | there are, in reign of chaos... if you clik enough times on a sheep quiclky after each other, then it explodes. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-14-07, 11:14 AM | Yeah, and then you reanimate its corpse as a skeleton mage... It's all coming back now. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-14-07, 02:45 PM | Plus, there is a minigame where the exploding sheep run at you. In addition to being exploding, they're also man eating. It doesn't make sense biologically, but few people care. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-14-07, 08:21 PM | OH!!! That's it! I loved that for about ten minutes, then never touched it again. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-15-07, 01:41 PM | When you say the ball heads for lich's skull, which lich do you mean, exactly? |
| NorthWind09-16-07, 02:17 PM | Oh yeah. There's two. I meant Edvard. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-16-07, 07:32 PM | Dragor, what are you playing at here? This is a TEAM duel! |
| dragor_shadowfury09-17-07, 02:35 AM | the fact that the unstability run by its own laws, and as no-one else seems to take it in and use it I am gonna increase the chaos in my posts... and I roll for what happens and who It happens to. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-17-07, 05:17 PM | Well, we're getting rated as a TEAM for this, so I suggest you shape up or I'll get mad. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-17-07, 05:28 PM | Figures. I get beat by two minutes. :) |
| NorthWind09-17-07, 09:12 PM | Yeah, 'cause we'll probably lose if you blast us all. Ah, well...all in good fun, aye? |
| EpicEvokerElf09-17-07, 10:53 PM | Aye. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-18-07, 01:59 AM | all righty, I just tried to... underline the fact that the unstability is there, affecting everything and not in Munchlord's control... I'll stop it now then, but please then use it guys. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-18-07, 03:12 PM | Too late. You know, I really vehemently dislike you right now. (My mother taught me never to say 'hate' unless I really mean it.) And just ignoring everything other than when I gathered the power together is not very realistic. |
| NorthWind09-18-07, 06:17 PM | *Coughs* Well, I see what you're doing Dragor, and it's good role-playing...but, would Munchlord use magic that would place his team in danger, or he really wouldn't care? Also, E3...it is only a game. Not worth getting that upset about, with all due respect. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-19-07, 03:17 AM | Sorry E3, I think the beam thing is... not applicable as something else happened to the magic, and I forgot to post the effects of the other attacks... They hit and hurt and I'll go edit my post now to put it in. NW, if he belive that the risk is worth the benefit, than he would. His moral is somewhere around non-existing (well liches gotta be evil you know). And you need not ty to calm E3, for seeing it from your perspective (which I failed to do earlier), I sort of had it coming... My only excuse is that I try to become the character as much as possible and do not usually put ties on their actions in order to be as true to the character as possible, and it has happened more than a few times that their actions have surprised me... |
| EpicEvokerElf09-19-07, 06:02 PM | Well, this seems entirely beyond even someone like Munchlord -- what's a 'Munch' anyway -- but I just can't see how he uses Chaos magic when his runes are so organized and thus tied to the forces of Law. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-20-07, 03:11 AM | the reason for the chaos... do you know of the chaos theory? Essentially the chaos he used isn't really chaos but the pattern beyond comprehension of anyone but the most powerful of deities and the primal of law. Munchlord actually took a great risk using it, as he is only in the process of deciphering and memorizing it from a tome he stole from the resident god of law in Soulforge... And I will make him pay for the risk later... he will need his phyletracy before this battle is over. And there is no such thing as a munch... Munchlord is my own title, given to me originally as Lord of Munchkin, referring to the card game, but it took too long saying so it was shortened to Munchkinlord and then further to Munchlord... The character Munchlord was created when I made a character for a danish proboard RPG that was... rather sinister. |
| NorthWind09-20-07, 06:59 AM | Yeah, I've always wondered where that name came from...I was thinking munch as in either the painter or as in munching foods. Huh. Y'learn something new every day. Anyways, Epic/dragor...it's not a big deal, really. I mean, it's only a game. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-20-07, 07:24 AM | May I be allowed to, in all calm friendliness, point out that I does not try to blow anything bigger than it is, but that I understand that this game is a kinda big part of the lives of some of the posters, myself included. I merely excuses that I overstepped the line and explain the nature of the things Munchlord does. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-20-07, 07:15 PM | Yeah, I overreacted. Sorry, just felt 'right' for Fiora to have a hard time with that. And dragor's right, in a way. |
| NorthWind09-20-07, 07:48 PM | Meh, no big deal. Everything's cool. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-21-07, 02:08 AM | It is fully understandable that Fiora has a hard time with it, I'd have had myself if I was in her situation... And I'm glad that I was right in something in this mess... but may I ask what I got right? |
| EpicEvokerElf09-21-07, 05:01 PM | That this is an important part of some of our lives. |
| NorthWind09-22-07, 02:01 PM | Well that was interesting...shall we call for a ruling? There's not much left to do after both teams decide to have some Coke together. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-22-07, 02:05 PM | wait a little with the ruling please, I have two last things in store concerning Munchlord... Things that I sorta need to do here... and that both comes down to that rune of ordered chaos and its effects... They will also show that Munchlord actually care about his teammates to some extend. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-22-07, 02:10 PM | The impression I get with Fiora is that she no longer cares about him. Now, Michael, that's a different story... |
| dragor_shadowfury09-22-07, 02:13 PM | its not so much the persons as the powerful enemies he will most certainly get if he doesn't protect them from the final wave of nastiness... But as the actual battle is over he will probably choose to help defend the other persons around as well... Mostly again to avoid powerful enemies and because he sees some potential in an alliance with Edvard... And on a side note, Fiora would be wise to remember the skills and capabilities of Munchlord. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-22-07, 02:50 PM | Well, Edvard's a little too prideful to try an alliance with Munchlord, being poised to sweep across Khorvaire with his undead army. I'm willing to wait until Munchlord finishes his move. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-22-07, 03:01 PM | well pride is a useful thing... and who know what can happen given due time... A resource that Munchlord and Edvard has a lot of. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-22-07, 03:09 PM | ...What skills? Failing utterly to control his magic? Nearly killing his allies? Or maybe it's being able to p¡ss anybody off... [/fiora] |
| dragor_shadowfury09-22-07, 03:24 PM | Well... It reaches deeper than that, but for the rune... He played a game of chance and lost... His powers goes much down the lines of defenses, traps, long lasting effects and planar fun... And he's gotten a lot of contacts that could prove to be of use to Fiora I think... but I do not know her motives and goals to the end of it. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-24-07, 09:19 PM | Ascened Xan, please post in the OOC thread for OOC's. And no, we're doing something, if you haven't noticed. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-29-07, 04:49 PM | Okay, are we done? |
| NorthWind09-29-07, 04:52 PM | I'd say so, yeah. Let's wait for Bahamut and co. to read this, and if they're okay, I'll send a PM to Khael and request a ruling. |
| SeptimusMagistos09-29-07, 06:04 PM | I'm fine with ending it. Just in case anyone cares.:) |
| NorthWind09-30-07, 10:16 AM | Yep, everyone's vote counts. |
| dragor_shadowfury09-30-07, 04:35 PM | go ahead and and call the judge. |
| Lord_Bahamut09-30-07, 04:35 PM | I'm finished. Bring in the judge. |
| EpicEvokerElf09-30-07, 04:42 PM | Except for the A-Scened Xan, that's everyone. Right? Good to go. |
| NorthWind10-06-07, 11:36 AM | Okay, I PMed Sorcen a few days ago, he said he'd get right on it. |