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| BlaineTog05-16-04, 08:01 PM | Huzzah and welcome! Don't let the title fool you: we allow people with sigs off all shapes and sizes in here. As you can probably tell, this foundation is all about Sigs. Ah, the sig. The window to your soul. After all: tone doesn't translate well across the internet, so what better way to set it than to attach a sample to every post? First, let's set some ground rules: This foundation is about signatures, commonly called "sigs." If you wish to discuss something other than sigs, please take it to PM (or start another thread). It's not that you don't have something interesting to say but that this thread is already borderline off-topic and we don't want it to overload. Basically, we'll be talking Content and Formatting. Content is, IMO, more fun, but good formatting can give your sig more oomphf. We'll also have a special assignment sometime in the near future: the formation of a standardized responce to heckling. In other words, a parapgraph that members (or anyone) can Cut->Paste to respond to "Your sig is too long!"s. It will be informative, polite, and funny. Or so I hope. :devil: As usual, follow the CoC. We won't have numbers, nor will we have ranks. No one member is more important than any other. You may, however, have a title. We prefer humourus titles, so no puns ;). If you want a title, PM me about it. If you want to discuss someone's specific sig, please do so In blue. And don't forget to include their name. Of course, there will be roleplaying. Do that In red. I'll explain more about this below. Thats pretty much it for now. Have fun! Members List (Alphabetical) Aiden2 Blaine Tog--ThreadKeeper. Cymric--Ruler of Twelve Kingdom and an Ant Nest DaTedinator DiplomaticSorcerer--Guy of Siggilicious Eclecticism Frostbite_Ravenheart--The High Priest of Silm The Great Diplomate gleep jaceofwater Kapawww!! K.O.E.G.--King of Eleventy Gates, Resident Whackjob and Total Hack Lor_Builtsrtong--The Dokter Of Sigitism Melles, Lord of Badgers--Researcher of Smilies Silmarien Aldalome RolePlaying Premise It was a dark and stormy mid-morning and the horse-draw cart pounded across the rickety bridge. The driver, a youngish half-elf, cursed as the wheels hit a bump, frantically trying to keep the cart upright. He had been traveling for hours through this downpour, desperate to find the fabled portal that the townspeople had said was just a few hours away. After crossing the bridge, he stopped the horses for a moment and took out the map. "Now let's see," he said. "If that's the bridge, then the portal should be just on the other side of this hill." He quickly tucked the map away and set off. Moments later, he had reached the top of the hill and saw it: a circle of light set against the dark back ground. He took out a few instruments, checked them, and then laughed. "I've found it! I've finally found it!" Wasting no time, he urged the horses on. At first, they were reluctant to enter the hole, but after chucking a few carrots through, they went right on in. On the other side was the Demiplane of Words. Spinning around its landscape, the half-elf could see many stories race across his vision. Most of them were mere phrases, barely long enough to fit on a slip of paper. Some, however, loomed over the others. Days later, the half-elf had finished his job. After unpacking his things, he forced the Demiplane to bend to his will, changing its hills and valleys, causing it to move at his whim. Finally, after nearly all of his arcane might had been expended and he needed to trance, he used the last of his spells to call in a forest to surround the buildlings he had created, and with the forest he brought animals. Feeling like a god, he rested. His Great Library of Signatures had been completed, and now he had to but wait for fellow enthusiasts to arrive. Enjoy! |
| Silmarien Aldalome05-16-04, 08:10 PM | [GM-Voice]OK - you do have clear on-topic standards. But, this one is a "line-ball", for me. I think it could be a lot of fun and it may help for us all not to get too serious here at Guild House. I think we need the humourous dimensions you bring at Guild House to make it fun. But - I don't speak for the other two GM's and WizO's. So - *if anyone has a problem - bring it to the Pit of Nine Hells Thread for fleshing out. Be welcome though - and congratulations on the initiative. Warm Regards stav[/GM-Voice] |
| jaceofwater05-16-04, 08:24 PM | sigs rule. |
| Ricros05-17-04, 04:16 AM | My sig mroe than most. |
| Silmarien Aldalome05-17-04, 07:05 AM | ...and thence, there was a great Wyrding that was brought forth - verily, a literal vomiting of endless words from the Demi Plane of Words. And lo! The Sister of Words was born - from the Nine Layers of Smily Hell. The Smilies raised their eyes and an evil coded message appeared before the eyes of those from the Demiplane of words - for building Signatures. :behold: :) :mad: :angel: :cool: With great cunning, the Master Arcanist incanted a great Spell: Comprehend Smilies and understood that the message read: Ward the Great Eye, and smile at your fear, for thence the Great Eye's anger will turn to Angel Wings and improve your temper. |
| Frozen Diamond05-17-04, 07:46 AM | How about having the rule to turn off sigs posting here, you know, to make the reading easier? |
| Drake Dragonslayer05-17-04, 03:19 PM | FEAR THE SIG. *Dance* *Dance* *Dance* My sig needs submissions. Give me some stuff to pad it out. |
| Myst05-17-04, 08:26 PM | :heehee crazy sig Drake ---------------------------- my sig is fun, i found alot of odd quotes here and there and added some of them. [cheap advertising] If you got any useful/entertaining/interesting magic items (homebrew encouraged), post them on my thread Most USEFUL Magic Items (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?threadid=229767). Or you could just click the link in my sig. [/cheap advertising] |
| jaceofwater05-17-04, 08:28 PM | may i note that my sig is too short? can anyone help me there? |
| Silmarien Aldalome05-17-04, 08:41 PM | [GM-Voice]Hoy thar, me harties. ....a wee bit less "spamy", lest the thread incur the Archwizards' "Lock Device" - and the fun is lost. I.e. "Lord Shadow's sister (WizO Shadow) and Lord Cato 12th Level Spell "wizo-lock-thread"). Could I suggest - lengthen thine posts a touch - and embed them with some IC-RPlay or suggestions.[/GM-Voice] e.g. An ancient Elf enters the room - her bearing is poised, but her eyes are warm and joyous. She heas Jaceofwater's question - and sees he/she is stuck on the mnemonic verse of the twelfth reflexive frame of the Incantrix Polarisation component of spell casting i.e. - quasi gobbledygook about "how" Mythal casters talk to each other at meetings. For the ancient Elf has partaken of High Elven Magic - and has verily channelled from the Demiplane of Words many a time. She turns to Jaceofwater and locks eyes with him and says: "Try excerpts from ancient Lore - quotes from thine favoured philosophers. If it is ddefence that thou seek, from evil Ones who channel from the demiplane of SHADOW words - then try *this* in thine sig "Angst about long-sigs is better spent on solving the problems of mood. Happy moods make for greater tolerance". |
| DaTedinator05-24-04, 09:06 PM | The gnome attempted unsuccessfully to peer through the foliage to locate his target. The old man had told him it was there, but then the directions weren't very specific. The gnome tried climb a tree, but this too failed when he annoyed an unhappy group of ants. He sighed. "Why must I always do things the hard way?" After another seeming few hours of half-hiking, half-crawling through the thick umbrage, he believed he spotted it. Quickening his pace, he soon learned that he had indeed spotted his destination. "The Great Library of Signatures!" he gasped to himself. Entering meekly, he called out, "Hello? Is anybody here?" He saw a man, no, a elf-man, who asked of his business. "I seek the Great Library." he nigh whispered. The half-elf smiled warmly at him, and he knew he was home at last. Ok, it's not quite at the "long" point yet, but I don't know how to make it all small, so it's gonna get too big too soon. How do I make it small? By the by: if you would like me to put your name in the 1st post (ie joining the foundation), just say so in your first post. Consider this saying so :D. And thank you! |
| BlaineTog05-24-04, 09:22 PM | The half elf takes out a scroll aqnd scribbles down a few short instructions. "To reduce the size of your signature, that is, to fit a large amount of infomoration into a smaller amount of space is to be a polite poster. Therefore, place the following magic words around your sig and it shalt be happily shrunken to a nice, portable size." [*size=1]<Sig Goes Here>[/size*] And then take out the "*"s. Sorry for the hiatus, but I've been really busy, what with finals. I've barely had time for thwta I [i]have[i] posted elsewhere! By the by: if you would like me to put your name in the 1st post (ie joining the foundation), just say so in your first post. |
| Shadezz0fHades05-25-04, 08:19 PM | My sig is in desperate need of oomph! What can I do? Or: A demented looking Necrite scuttles in. "You. Help. Now." Pick or choose. ;) |
| Tenzhi05-25-04, 09:43 PM | Short and sweet, that should be the way of the sig. Too long and 99% of everyone won't bother to read it even once - which makes it pointless. And making it size=1 - that's just increasing its unreadability, especially with resolution set to 1024x768. If I kept simply adding words of wisdom to my sig rather than rotating three quotes, it would be rather needlessly bloated by now. |
| Silmarien Aldalome05-26-04, 01:08 AM | "The Great Library of Signatures!" he gasped to himself. :rofl: Yea! Verily I come to thee - as is your wOnt! For - as the Great Tenzhi Elf-Bane hast truly declared a [*size=1] [*/size] will naught but preserve the font to this size. The moody looking librarian (moody because her hair-bun is too tight and it pulls annoyingly at her face) greets the gnome - whose excitment causes the librarian's consternation. The moody librarian says "...I see you seek the Secret of Shrinking - a very high level spell, that the ancient Arcanists use to shrink their spells' words, so that more could fit onto a page". She gestures, and grabs the foot-stool and says "follow me please" - as she - again tightens her hair bun (she likes being moody and irritable). You are lead through the ancient warrens of the libraray, and sconce light flickers off the walls. She grabs a tome - it says The Secrets of Colours and Making Font SizesLarger and smaller Simply *click* on this post on the "Quote" Button. Thence - observe the secret codes bounded by the "size" modifiers.... |
| DaTedinator05-28-04, 03:20 PM | Thanking both the half-elf and the librarian, the gnome stumbled along the passageways of the library, searching for a way to further the library's goals. He knew they needed a variation of the Magic Mouth spell for when the mockers of the library began to, well, mock the library. But where to begin...? |
| DaTedinator05-28-04, 03:39 PM | Originally posted by Shadezz0fHades A demented looking Necrite scuttles in. "You. Help. Now." Startled at the voice coming from behind, the gnome accidentally dropped about ten pounds of books on his toes. "OW!" He screamed in agony. "Don't sneak up on people like that!" He then continued to search round the shelves, util he had found the correct scroll. "This is a scroll of Google (http://www.google.com). To use it, simply tell it to look for quote from a favorite author, poet, or other person or place. Observe. Placing the scroll on a table, the gnome spoke in a firm voice saying, "Star Wars Quotes," and in a matter of seconds the writing on the scroll changed to reveal a long listing of things resembling the words "Star", "Wars", and "Quotes". Touching one of the words brought up by the scroll, the writing changed yet again to "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." The gnome then waved a hand over the scroll and it returned to its original state. "Now you try," he said, smiling at the necrite. ------------------- ;) He he... couldn't resist... |
| Shadezz0fHades05-29-04, 08:18 PM | The neccrite looks at the gnome, "Funny paper help Necrite make good sig! yaay!" It/he then proceeds to scuttle into a corner and lick his knife as he watches the scroll. =D I like my chef quote. |
| Silmarien Aldalome05-30-04, 02:19 AM | ....searching for a way to further the library's goals. He knew they needed a variation of the Magic Mouth spell for when the mockers of the library began to, well, mock the library. But where to begin...? The librarian is pleased - so she tightens her hair buns yet further...*ahh* she berates herself and pulls tightly. "That's better" she snaps at noone. Suddenly, there is a brisk cold breeze, and the library sconces are blow out. But rather than being perplexed or frightened, the Moody Librarian is merely annoyed. Like she is when she finds books out of order on shelves, or whenever she's asked a question, has to light the sconces (or blow them out for that matter). With pursed lips she looks at the Magic Mouth, whose eerie tones spill lore from strange and far away places. Suddenly, the mouth sounds, naming prophesy from a far away future. "Fear exists for one purpose: to be conquered" -- Janeway (The Thaw, Voyager series) |
| Melles, Lord of Badgers05-30-04, 06:57 PM | i'm game for joining! OR Suddenly, the door burst open in a torrent of flame:mage: ! a large, humunoid creature with huge, flameing wings was there when the flame and smoke disappered. it was doned in green and when it stepped out of the dark and stormy day, it reveled itself to be a extremely large anthropomorphic badger. how ever, unlike a badger, this one had no stripes of white and had large, pericing red eyes. all in the room where shocked at him :OMG!. under his green robe was a blue t-shirt and black pants with red shoes and belt. he stored inside with a confident stride; he knew exacly what he was looking for. with his wings drifting behind him, unimaginally large but still not harming anything as they dodged anything that can be harmed by flame instintively, he entered the smilie section. the second he disappered into the smilie sectection, the heard him say in a deep, carrying voice, "Man, i love makeing impressive enterances!" |
| BlaineTog05-30-04, 07:24 PM | Blaine looks up from his armchair. He raises himself out of it and walks over to a large mahogony desk. Reaching deep inside, he pulls out an important-looking clipboard which held some ominous documents and an emerald green pen. My friends and countrymen! I am currently in the process of ordering a large Plaque that I will place on the entrance. Now, by your presense you have more or less joined, but I need your signature (no pun intended) before I can put it on the aforementrioned plaque. Blaine then procededs to walk around the room and pester all in attendence to sign their (screen)names :D In short, PM me if you want your name on the Member's list in post Numero Uno of teh thread. PS, to the master of the MUSHROOMMUSHROOM link: "Inordinant" is what I was going for. It means stuff like "excessive, immoderate, and unreasonable." :devil: |
| Melles, Lord of Badgers05-31-04, 08:56 AM | you are refering to me right? OR There was a shout form the smilie section. one of the libraians looked in and saw badger wizad figters with mushroom shields and snake familars clamoring areond, searching for somthing. as the libraian shouted a him, Melles gave a sigh and explianed they were there to help him. suddenly, the hour struck, and Melles cursed loudly. the badgers did their hourly Badger Dance (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) to celebrate the new hour, a pratice that irritated the heck out of Melles it wish there where smilies of that dance! |
| DaTedinator05-31-04, 10:58 AM | Originally posted by BlaineTog ...In short, PM me if you want your name on the Member's list in post Numero Uno of teh thread. I tried, your PM Box is full. But I'd like to join!:D |
| BlaineTog05-31-04, 01:07 PM | Er... sorry about that. I didn't know the PM box filled up that fast. I'll just add you in... |
| Melles, Lord of Badgers05-31-04, 11:46 PM | yay i got a the first title other than thread keeper! only problem is before i sent that PM box filling PM is that i forgot to spell it right:embarrass oh well;) OR A Sharp cry of "Eurica!" shakes the room, and blaine writes next to melles' name "over exiteable researcher of Smilies" can someone tell me how to do a strikethrough? i have a hunch but i don't want to look stupid |
| Frostbite_Ravenheart06-01-04, 05:10 PM | Frosty walked into the large halls with a large tag hanging beside him. "Great! I'm one of the largest people here!" Frosty said with a smirk. Is my humble sig large enough to join your mighty halls Blains? :D -Frosty |
| Frostbite_Ravenheart06-01-04, 05:16 PM | As for a topic may I suggest: What do you personally belive sigs are used for and what purpose is used most on these boards? I personally think that sigs are used best to describe ones self. As in my sig - I tell I am in the half-elf, harper and CoA. I say I am a self-proclaimed "High Priest of the ever diplomatic Silm" or somthing like that stating I like silms way of dealing with people. I also tell about my very different interests. As of now with my GodFather quote I am showing my interest in my "heritage" as I like to call it, or rather the Mafia. I am personally sicilian and my best friend has people on both sides of the mob, those shooting guns and those getting shot at. what do you all think? -Frosty |
| BlaineTog06-01-04, 08:28 PM | Originally posted by Frostbite_Ravenheart Is my humble sig large enough to join your mighty halls Blains? :DSorry. We only accept members with sigs at LEAST as long as a novella. ;) In other words: yes, you (or anyone) may join. Do you want a title as well? As for "The Purpose of Sigs:" I use mine to link to stuff. Its mostly URLs. A lot of that stuff is DnD-realted, but not all of it. Through said links, I show what I think is interesting/funny/etc. In other words: Sig = Window to Soul. :D |
| Silmarien Aldalome06-01-04, 09:49 PM | Originally posted by Frostbite_Ravenheart As for a topic may I suggest: What do you personally belive sigs are used for and what purpose is used most on these boards? Hi Ho Frostbite_Ravenheart! I like you're interpretations. The Moody Librarian, whose name is Angst-rianna Irritibalia looks at Frostbite, Blaine, Melles, and DaTedinator and the gathering throng, pawing over Signature Tomes. She hears their hushed whispers in the Library - and her pursed lips purse even more tightly. She walks over to the ruccous table in a rapid series of very short-lengthed steps. She overhears them speak "....smilies....badgers....." in wide-eyed wonder and "the Library of Signatures - but what's it actually for?" Her pupils narrow into dots - and she snaps (moodily) ;) "The signature serves many functions. The Demiplane of Words is a coveted Lore - that provokes jealousy amongst the Mages and Diviners of Realmspace." she looks around warily as she hisses "..but don't take my word for it." as she hands you another book. This one is titled The Signature and Its Many Uses in Realmspace As you open the Tome it reads "For those in need of Powerful Abjurations to defend the Signature Movement. Donations to Library welcome.... I.e. - I'm addressing Frosty's Question IC (my next post will tackle the content) cheers stav |
| Melles, Lord of Badgers06-02-04, 04:22 PM | Melles' eyes looked straight through the librarian and said with a smile, one of thouse smiles that sends chills down anyones spine, "Thank you, miss , i think you made your point." he then snaps at a badger thats about to leave "AND JUST WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING WITH MY WEAPON?!?! GIVE IT HERE NOW!!!" the badger looked like i was going to die of pure fright, then tossed a small, purple lightning ball at Melles. he caught it out of the air with a snarl and shoved it in his poket. the second part was just for flavor, hope you like it;) |
| Frostbite_Ravenheart06-02-04, 06:02 PM | yes I want a title. See my Pm. If you didn't get it I cant really remeber what it was so if you didn't get it I want my title to be "High Priest of Silm The Great Diplomate" -Frosty |
| Frostbite_Ravenheart06-02-04, 06:04 PM | Hmm As for a title. I sent you a PM. At least I think I did. If I dident or you didn't get it or w/e pick either "The High Priest of Silm The Great Diplomate" Or "The Godfather of Sig" -Frosty |
| BlaineTog06-02-04, 06:46 PM | I did not get that PM, but I'll put you down as the Priest guy. :D The doorbell rings. "Don't worry, I'll get it." Blaine walks over to the portal and swings open the freshly-painted door only to find a huge mob waiting on the threshhold. 'Is this the 'Great' Library of Signatures?" said an angry-looking man with a nose pointed skyward. "It is," said Blaine, quizzingly. "How can I help you?" "We're here to tear this abomination down!" the pointy-nosed man said to a cheer from the mod. "We don't think that Sigs should be allowed. No more than 5 lines!" At which point the mob began chanting various slogans, some of which are too vulgar to get past the filter. Blain quickly slammed the door shut and Arcane Locked it. "Quickly! We need a counterslogan!" In short, I'm kicking off that Special Assignment I mentioned in the 1st post: we need to come up with a short-and-sweet message with which we can opine against those pesky posters who wail about "excessive" sig length (which is, of course, impossible. Sigs, by definition, can never be excessive! ;) ). The rules are fairly simple (and haven't changed from the 1st post): all submissions must be informative (so they get the point accross), polite (so as not to break the CoC), and funny (so as to be funny). Its probably best if they are pithy, but longer rebuttles are acceptable. Silmarien Aldalome already came up with one some posts ago: "Angst about long-sigs is better spent on solving the problems of mood. Happy moods make for greater tolerance." Have fun! |
| Silmarien Aldalome06-03-04, 10:25 PM | "Quickly! We need a counterslogan!" When Angstrianna Irritablia sees the Angry Looking Man - she is *very* pleased - which means of course that she is free to enjoy her very bad mood all the more. She snaps at the man "yes - it's not the first time the Library of Signatures has been threatened. The Laws on Line Limits - mean that we have less space to make our point to the Most Resistant Ones - beings of terrible power from the Far Away Plane of Anti-Words." At which point she (again) tightens her hair bun - and also her resolve. The Chapter in Tome in front says "the Many Uses of Signatures" To know how to defuse Signature Angst (Angstrianna reads) one must first Name the Angst. Thence, one must understand the Origin of the Angst. And from this - one can formulate a Remedy to the Angst. First - there are the various kinds of attacks that are aimed at Sigs to consider: 1. to belittle. 2. to deride. 3. to ignore. 4. to sideline. Then - you must decide "what" you want to achieve in your Sig in response. Here are some ideas 1. To diffuse Angst with Humour. (at which point Angstrianna *again* tightens her bun and mumbles "never") 2. To express part of your identity. 3. To assert a Truth. 4. To enlighten. 5. To Invite. There are many more options - can you think of any yourself? There is a sudden gasp as you discover this: "If you think this Signature is an Eye Sore - have your eye-sight checked. Eye-sores are in the eyes of the beholder :behold: " |
| crazysamaritan06-03-04, 10:50 PM | Bang! Bang!!! BANG!!! Through the wall next to the door walks in a cleric, or at least one would think, and asks to help with the library. "Seeing the mess on this floor, it looks like you could use the help." He sets about fixing it up, making it slightly less dusty. "I am hear four learning mour about the puns of DnD. Jokes are expected, fully appreciating." Like the sig says, Drake had a HUGE sig, and now he cut it :weep: Since he's cosen not to continue it, I've decided to continue in his honour... |
| Tenzhi06-04-04, 12:49 AM | Originally posted by BlaineTog In short, I'm kicking off that Special Assignment I mentioned in the 1st post: we need to come up with a short-and-sweet message with which we can opine against those pesky posters who wail about "excessive" sig length (which is, of course, impossible. Sigs, by definition, can never be excessive! ;) ). By definition, a signature is no more than a person's name. ;) But really, there comes a point when a signature is no longer useful as reading material for the general public (and this includes any signature that is made up largely of tiny, nigh unreadable text) and becomes merely a scrolling chore (as you have to scroll past it to get to the next post) - it is at this point that a signature has become excessive. (Of course, if signatures offer some indication of personality, such a sig could indicate the poster is needlessly long-winded.) But really, complaining about such signatures on these boards is pointless when you can fix the problem yourself if it bothers you by going into your User CP and cutting the number of lines down to a more tolerable sum (which I'm doing again now, as my tolerance for scrolling past worthless lines of text waxes and wanes). Conversely, if the complaints bother you you have the option of limiting your own signature length to a less linguistically Bacchanal size. Retaliatory commentary, however, won't solve anything. |
| Frostbite_Ravenheart06-04-04, 04:17 PM | Gotta say I have always loved your sigs tenzhi ;) -Frosty |
| Tenzhi06-05-04, 02:23 AM | Originally posted by Frostbite_Ravenheart Gotta say I have always loved your sigs tenzhi ;) -Frosty Thanks, Frosty... I try to keep them short but meaningful, and I rotate them as the mood strikes me (soon I should replace the "Skip the Sage" line with something more interesting). I'm delighted when I catch a snippet of the lyrics to an interesting song I've never heard of in someone's sig, or a quote that strikes me just so, or even occasionally a link to an interesting article or website. But really, most posters' actual posts tend to be more interesting to me than their signatures... |
| Silmarien Aldalome06-05-04, 03:33 AM | Angstrianna nods (moodily) to herself as Tenzhi speaks. "Yes Elf-Bane!" she snaps merrily "The Great Library of Signatures contains *all* Lore for both Long & Short Signatures." She looks around the Table "There are no "rights" about a Signature's length. And no "wrongs" either - just ideas. Your Signature is as is your wOnt. Ask yourself what is it you wish to achieve with your signature?" She flicks the pages of a Tome with deft, sharp hand movements as she purses her lips.... "Ahh, here's another one..." "If you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a mosquito." Dalai Lama |
| Tenzhi06-05-04, 03:43 AM | Spiders, mosquitos... they don't make much difference to me when I sleep, as I roll over once and they're no more due to being so comparatively small. ;) |
| Lor_Builtsrtong06-29-04, 08:27 PM | So, can i join this foundation. Saw a link in a sig on a sig and am more than a little interested in it. I would love to add "member of...." to my sig! |
| BlaineTog06-30-04, 12:30 AM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtsrtong So, can i join this foundation. Saw a link in a sig on a sig and am more than a little interested in it. I would love to add "member of...." to my sig! You most certainly can (thanks for the :bump:, by the bye). Would you like a title of some sort perchance? |
| Lor_Builtsrtong06-30-04, 12:59 AM | Originally posted by BlaineTog You most certainly can (thanks for the :bump:, by the bye). Would you like a title of some sort perchance? Awesome! I would love a title. Do you give it to me, or do i get to create my own? How about "The Dokter Of Sigitism"? |
| BlaineTog06-30-04, 05:54 PM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtsrtong Awesome! I would love a title. Do you give it to me, or do i get to create my own? How about "The Dokter Of Sigitism"? You get to create your own, Doktor. ;) |
| Aiden206-30-04, 06:35 PM | I would also like to join such a cool organiztion. Of course, I don't know if my sig is long enough....:rolleyes: ~Aiden |
| BlaineTog06-30-04, 07:27 PM | Anyone with quotes from Monty Python, 8-Bit-Theatre, Red vs. Blue, Shakespeare, The Princess Bride, EAP, PotC, and StrongBad Email in his (her?) sig most assuredly deserves to join. Dost thou request the services of a Title? |
| Aiden207-01-04, 04:32 AM | Excellent...And I shall request a title as soon as I can think up a good one, which will the be edited into this post. Oh, and I'm a he. |
| Tenzhi07-01-04, 04:40 AM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtsrtong How about "The Dokter Of Sigitism"? Not absurd enough. Try: "Spin-Doctor of Sig-o-nomics" |
| Lor_Builtsrtong07-01-04, 05:09 AM | Originally posted by Tenzhi Not absurd enough. Try: "Spin-Doctor of Sig-o-nomics" becuz i dont Spin, i Sig, and its not Doctor, its DOKTER!! learn to spell! |
| Tenzhi07-01-04, 05:44 AM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtsrtong becuz i dont Spin, i Sig, and its not Doctor, its DOKTER!! learn to spell! I would only spell it "Dokter" if I were Dutch. But if we're going to discuss spelling (and because I relish the opportunity to construct the truly ridiculous sentence that will soon follow): contextually speaking, it's not "its" it's "it's". |
| Lor_Builtsrtong07-01-04, 08:58 PM | Originally posted by Tenzhi I would only spell it "Dokter" if I were Dutch. But if we're going to discuss spelling (and because I relish the opportunity to construct the truly ridiculous sentence that will soon follow): contextually speaking, it's not "its" it's "it's". And you're point is? |
| Tenzhi07-02-04, 12:49 AM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtstrong And you're point is? Point? I had about as much of a point as your sig. ;) |
| BlaineTog07-02-04, 01:14 AM | Originally posted by Tenzhi Point? I had about as much of a point as your sig. ;) Now now, Tenzhi. This Foundation is as immune to trolling/flaming as any other. If you went into the Psionic Foundation, for example, and stated that Psionics suck, you would likely be facing some sort of WizO warning. I'm just sayin'... |
| anglar07-02-04, 01:28 AM | Originally posted by BlaineTog In short, I'm kicking off that Special Assignment I mentioned in the 1st post: we need to come up with a short-and-sweet message with which we can opine against those pesky posters who wail about "excessive" sig length (which is, of course, impossible. Sigs, by definition, can never be excessive! ;) ). It's my sig. If you don't like it, I encourage you to exercise your option of limiting how much of a sig you want to see. Existentialism at it's purist. |
| Tenzhi07-02-04, 01:39 AM | Originally posted by BlaineTog Now now, Tenzhi. This Foundation is as immune to trolling/flaming as any other. I was only speaking to Lor in kind. If I thought there was any flaming going on, I would have reported it rather than responded to it. I think Jo must have gotten to you. |
| Lor_Builtsrtong07-02-04, 01:44 AM | No worries, Thread Leader, we were just joshin each other. harmless fun. I will eat your soul, Tenzhi |
| Kapawww!!07-03-04, 02:20 AM | I want to join! :D As for a title.....I can't think of any right now, so I'll PM you later on. (if anyone wants to help me think of one, PM me) Sigs are so cool! |
| Spirit_Golem07-03-04, 11:27 PM | I don't know if my sig is good enough, but it gives some of the finer points of being me. |
| BlaineTog07-04-04, 12:13 AM | Kapawww!!, Added. Welcome to tha club. :D Originally posted by Spirit_Golem I don't know if my sig is good enough, but it gives some of the finer points of being me. No such thing as a sig that isn't "good enough," unless you count a sig with nothing in it. ;) |
| K.O.E.G07-13-04, 01:55 AM | The Psion Consulted his map, everything seemed in place, he took the flight spell 40,000 above the lost forest, and then go 40,000 feet straight down. Yes... everything was going according to plan. He let go of the map, and it flew straight up, rather, it fell much slower than the psion. "Crap, now how am I supposed to find this library-thing that I'm looking for" He thought hard, if he remembered correctly, he was about 35,000 feet away from the library. After several short calculations, he was elated to discover that at his current rate, he would be there in just under three minutes. Why, this is faster than a monk! Then a Synapse fired "Oh Hell" He said to no one in particular Two minutes and 28,000 feet later, he was racking himself trying to figure out how to get out of the present situation. "But I don't want to waste any pp..." he thought to himself somewhere around Minus 2,000 feet, he saw a bright blip of what, to him, appeared to be a mob of protesters gathering outside of a library for the catalogueing of Inordinatly Long Sigs whining about sig length, but that was just to him. At minus 500 feet, he got the idea. He pulled his sig from his bag of holding and held it before him. It crashed through the ceiling and smashed into the ground before collapsing and expanding like an accordian, but making a more enjoyable noise. The Psion Lay Wobbling on top of it. He rolled off and stood up. "I'M FREAKING AWESOME!" He shouted, to all within earshot. He looked around, nearly everyone was surprised, hadn't they seen a Mentalist crassh through the ceiling using a pile of words as a cushion before? He Stood up and, without provocation, said, "Who am I? I'm King of Eleventy Gates, Resident Whackjob and total Hack!" "No one asked" A voice from somewhere said Koeg grumbled and sat down, next to his sig, which was teetering dangerously. As for the Counterslogan, hows about "Its the size that matters! Not how you use it!" I'm joiining, by the way |
| BlaineTog07-15-04, 05:45 PM | Originally posted by K.O.E.G [I]The Psion Consulted his map, everything seemed in place, he took the flight spell 40,000 above the lost forest, and then go 40,000 feet straight down. Yes... everything was going according to plan. He let go of the map, and it flew straight up, rather, it fell much slower than the psion. "Crap, now how am I supposed to find this library-thing that I'm looking for" He thought hard, if he remembered correctly, he was about 35,000 feet away from the library. After several short calculations, he was elated to discover that at his current rate, he would be there in just under three minutes. Why, this is faster than a monk! Then a Synapse fired "Oh Hell" He said to no one in particularNormally, this wouldn't freak me out so much, but I was on a flight yesterday. :bigeyes: ;) Two minutes and 28,000 feet later, he was racking himself trying to figure out how to get out of the present situation. "But I don't want to waste any pp..." he thought to himself"Ah, a true Psion to the end. I wonder if there's a special place in the 4th Circle of Hell for Psions. It encompasses their two main vices. ;)" At minus 500 feet, he got the idea. He pulled his sig from his bag of holding and held it before him. It crashed through the ceiling and smashed into the ground before collapsing and expanding like an accordian, but making a more enjoyable noise. The Psion Lay Wobbling on top of it. He rolled off and stood up. "I'M FREAKING AWESOME!" He shouted, to all within earshot.:bow: He looked around, nearly everyone was surprised, hadn't they seen a Mentalist crassh through the ceiling using a pile of words as a cushion before?"Those cretins." As for the Counterslogan, hows about "Its the size that matters! Not how you use it!":mymy: I'm joiining, by the way Gotcha. I also took the liberty of extrapolating your title. ;) |
| Phist07-22-04, 11:46 PM | I couldn't help but notice that no one here has sig banners. Is it somehow impossible to make them work or is there a rule against them? |
| Lor_Builtsrtong07-24-04, 08:36 PM | Hey you guys. check out This thread (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=281735) in the rec room. its about sig lengths and what not, i would love for some of the members here to throw in thier two cents! thanks!:D Will he get help?~Lor:behold: |
| Cymric07-31-04, 12:27 AM | '' In a desertic land there was a tribe living next to the mountain of the sigs. The huge mountains was a mystery to the illiterates living next to it. And there he was. The literate sorcerer. And Joe the barbarian asked him ' But why do you want to be literate'' And the literate sorcerer told him. ''Because i will be the first to read the mountain of the sig'' And he read it . And the mountain told him of a Library of the sig. Thus the literate sorcerer went to the library. But there was a mob. And using the rules of Book 3.0 he used a second level spell to duplicate a third.And he came into the library. And he witnessed a sight to behold. Sigs left and right. Up and down. And he was in awe. But he declared '' I AM CIMRIC, RULER OF TWELVE KINGDOM AND AN ANT NEST''. And then he heard '' Shut up you arrogant snake'' And he shutted up'' Ive been listening to Badger Badger Badger Badger .....FOR 45 MINUTES:twitch: :twitch: :twitch: :twitch: :twitch: .I dont think ill ever be able to sleep again. ITS IN MY HEAD ITS IN MY HEAD : starts running around like a mad man: Well i might not be as big as Aiden II ( i will always be a fan btw). But i think that i could be part of this club. And as for a title weeelllll.... How about Ruler of twelve Kingdoms and an ant nest ... if its not too presposterous. |
| Ouroboros07-31-04, 12:55 PM | I dwarven wizard enters under his arm he caries a book that bears the rune of abjuration surrounded by jade snakes. Well i have nothing to say really only that this foundation will be labelled foundation of the month mmmm must increase my sig for this month |
| Lor_Builtsrtong07-31-04, 08:14 PM | From his perch in the tree the ranger watched the man fall. It was an odd sight indeed. For some time now he had been tracking the literate sorcereror and his barbarian friend. He wanted to know more of this sig library and what secrets it held. He climbed down from the tree and hoped upon a celestial dog. "We are close pony, soon we will know the secrets of the sig, and how they are responsible for holding together all the planes of exsitence. This had to be true, because only something as diverse as the "sig" could be cabable of maintaing the balance between all the unique planes. And as the greatest planar ranger ever, i need to know how this is done....." the ranger continued to babble about everything sig and planes related, and the dog tried its best to zone him out. The only thing greater than Olin Furryfoots love of sigs and planes, was his love of his own voice. For several more hours he fallowed the trail, until he came upon the secret library. And ever so quitly the ranger entered........ "OMG!!!! HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HERE?? I THOUGHT THIS DAMN THING WAS SUPPOSE TO SOME SECRET OR SOMETHING? WAS THERE A SIGN I MISSED, OR DID YOU ALL BY MAPS AT THAT VILLAGE OR SOMETHING BACK THERE?" Decided i should enter the library. i wanted to contribute more to the foundation, more than JUST being a member, anyway. |
| Cymric08-01-04, 03:20 AM | '' The literate sorcerer turned to the newly come on his too big dog and replies to his question.''Well... It was written on a mountain. Hard to miss really''and the he goes on '' I am Cimric Ruler of twelve Kingdom and an ant nest. And who would you be?'' and once again you all can hear '' shut up you arrogant snake'' And he shutted up Darn. I have finally made up to 50 lines in my sig (all thanks to the foundation). But i cant put this there otherwise i will be over 50 lines. The world is so cruel ;) |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-01-04, 04:40 AM | Olin examined the motley bunch of sig enthusiast and was pleased. "I can tell by all your respected sigs that you are all great people of great personality, and i think i will like my stay here very much. I pride my self on two things: My sig, and the Planes. I have come here in search of information on the demiplane of words, and i know if there is info on it anywhere, its here. I fallowed that sorceror there because i lack the ability to read mountain (i coulda put point into a language skill, but i wanted a more badass survival check!;)) So, if anyone can point me to your section on the planes i would be much obliged. dont mind pony, he's house trained, and did any of you notice the mob outside, by chance? i came in the side door, didnt want to have to push my way through all of them....being half there size and all... i aint no idiot, i watch the news, i saw what happened to those people at that concert, i dont wanna be trampled to death! Any way, nice to meet you all!" After being pointed to the correct section, Olin sat down with a good book about the demiplane of words and kept his ear to the conversation at hand, whatever that might be. In search of the Demiplane of words!Lor:behold: |
| Opaleyes08-01-04, 05:01 PM | A high-pitched screech fills the library, and everyone's eyes lift to the rafters. For awhile nothing happens, but then a tiny, greasy rat with malevolent eyes and ridiculous pink butterfly wings flutters down. "Fear me! I am Heckler, the imp of half-baked ideas and offensive opinions!" After the initial shock wears off, Heckler continues: "I come to reject long signatures! I will reduce your pathetic library to random sentences that I can heckle with impunity! Once your library stands in ruins, my power to debate that which I know nothing about will stand unchallenged by lengthy, organized argument! Verbosity will not prevail! |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-01-04, 11:30 PM | Olin watched the wierd looking creature fly around the room, ranting and raving about long signatures. But soon the thing became quite dull, and he could see no reason for it to remain in the library. From a quiver strapped to his back Olin produced a javelin, and with a practiced fluidity from years of expierience Olin launched the javelin at he creature, nailing it, and sending it to the ground. The halfling ranger went to the dead imp thing, removed it from his weapon, and tossed it to Pony, who quickly gobbled it up. After cleaning off the javelin Olin looked to the others gathered in the library and continued, "So, where were we?" Until we agree on that counter slogan, Javelins are just gonna have to do!~Lor:behold: |
| Opaleyes08-02-04, 06:56 PM | An ominous rumble sounds from deep within Pony's belly.... |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-02-04, 07:13 PM | Poney, "Belch!" Olin, "Better out than in, i always say!" Poney, "Arf!" |
| Opaleyes08-02-04, 07:24 PM | Do you mind? I'm trying to make a nuisance of myself here! |
| Silmarien Aldalome08-03-04, 06:57 PM | What's this you see - is it a tiny shift in the pouty cross disposition - perhaps even a very frosty smile. But a smile nonetheless - which for Angst-rianna is an event as rare as a grand conjunction of nine planets. She looks at the library of Signatures - and nods approvingly, before humfing and marching off officiously, stacking books on shelves and peering between shelves at passers by. |
| gleep08-17-04, 07:57 AM | From a small lecture hall, little more than a converted broom closet, really, one can barely hear, and only if they take the time to listen to the silence between the collected wisdoms, a soft voice. What would one hear if they waded through that run-on sentence and stepped closer? The mysteries of the universe? Whether MDJ was really evil or just a joke perpetuated by the game designers? How to properly punctuate it's and its? No, most likely it'll be a lone gleep muttering on to a small audience about the importance of sigs of reflection. Something like this: "A sig of reflection is remarkable in that it shows ones character through the character of others. By splicing together bits and pieces of what others say that one, themselves, finds to touch their soul one is able to show others what one is like through the words of others. Thus the reflection is not, as one may initially assume, a mirror image but, indeed, that quality of thought and introspection one may gain with a small pool that shows its depths by showing the world around it." At this point the lone gleep gathers up his papers and wanders off. Maybe someday he'll discover that room 32B really is a broom closet and he's supposed to be lecturing in 23B. . . Sure. I'll join. :D --gleep |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-17-04, 03:05 PM | Dear Thread Leader! I noticed that your sig has had a little editing done to it..... i like it. I liked it better when it was massive, yours and Aiden's sigs were my favorites and i would read through them everytime i saw them..... and i was slowly working my way through all your links, i think i made it halfway... Just curious, what made you decide to shorten it? was it the Sig Rateing thread, or the Sig debate thread? Always a fan~Lor:behold: |
| BlaineTog08-17-04, 11:16 PM | Originally posted by Lor_Builtsrtong Just curious, what made you decide to shorten it?Lor:behold:Well, here's the thing: I didn't shorten it much at all. I deleted mabye 1 or 2 quotes that wern't pertinent anymore, and then shoved everything onto a Geocities page with is linked to my sig. I had several main reasons: I am horribly inept at making web pages and thought it might be fun to try and not screw it up just once. :D I'd get a lil' guilty posting one-liners (or just a smiley). I wanted to have a counter so I could monitor hits. :devil: There also seems to be a disturbing number of people with sig limits at < 10. Which is why I found a way to shove all my links into the first line. I saw that Announcement about changes to the boards. Well, God only knows what that would do to the sigs, so I wanted to get all my links to a safe 3rd party location. [/paranoid] I also wanted to highlight that Oscar Wilde quote (which is just too, too funny). |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-23-04, 07:55 PM | Were foundation of the month! WOOT!, quick everyone, lets celebrate! *bust out the bubbly* who wants bubbles? WOOT!~Lor:behold: |
| BlaineTog08-30-04, 09:30 PM | Ok, so I like the new boards and all (very slick), but why the :censored: did they reduce the sig limit to 500 characters? Thats barely *anything*. Its a good thing I'm psychic and thus stored pretty much the whole thing over on GeoCities beforehand. |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-31-04, 12:06 AM | I saved mine to my computer....... but for a different reason. i WAS gonna spruce my sig up a bit, add a few new things, delete others, play with color effects.... give it a tune up, basically. But i saved the whole thing just in case i didnt like the changes in the end. 500 characters ****ing sucks. its ********. CoC be damned, i am ****** off! |
| Lor_Builtsrtong08-31-04, 12:41 AM | Whoops...Posted as not me again...Jo, stop using my computer! |
| Aiden208-31-04, 12:45 AM | The crotchety old gnomish wizard, who had been in the library since a time long forgotten, becomes suddenly roused from a long sleep atop a large tome of sig lore. "Wha? Who dares inflict such a malady upon the beautiful art known as sigitism, which has long been protected by these hallowed walls, and carefully preserved in many forms by masters of such talent?" In a huff, the old man sat back down, and began his masterpiece anew... Perhaps, my title should be "the wonderful wizard of sigs"? :) |
| Lor_Builtsrtong09-01-04, 07:24 PM | those bastards can kill the spirit and meaning of my sig, but the length of it will live on as an ugly undead zombie sig. i dont care if its an eye sore, its a protest! |
| Cymric10-07-04, 03:19 PM | sniff |
| WorldConquerer10-10-04, 08:02 PM | Hello, I'll join! |
| Melles, Lord of Badgers10-13-04, 06:20 PM | Melles Charged out of the coner of the librairy, fury in his eyes. he sat down, mumbling "sig limits suck... ruined my sig..." I finally have my internet fix and this happens... :( |
| WorldConquerer10-13-04, 10:17 PM | Sorry, Emperor Melles the Great of the Mighty Dominion of Badgers. |
| malik2110-31-04, 11:46 PM | Uhh...HI? Can i have help on my sig? me want join :D |
| Arae'Kol Da'Ato02-08-05, 05:56 PM | How the heck do you get a Spoiler or show/hide thing???????? |
| De Batavier02-09-05, 05:00 AM | this way hide/show By quoting my post you can see the code used. |
| Lor_Builtsrtong03-06-05, 08:23 AM | I have returned after a brief hiatus. And my inbox was full of hateful letters about my thread, even with the character rule in effect. So today, reading through those, i realized something... Everyone who *****ed and moaned about long sigs were just prissy asses who thought themselves better than everyone else, and demanded people bend to their will. and Wizards bent. Instead of using their limiter, which woulda made everyone happy, they forced us all to lose the thing we all worked so hard on, and that made me realize another thing.... Damn near everyone on these boards, are a bunch of F-ucking P-ricks. my peace being said, i am off to another hiatus, one i dont plan on returning from. |
| Myst03-08-05, 12:09 AM | Everyone who *****ed and moaned about long sigs were just prissy asses who thought themselves better than everyone else, and demanded people bend to their will. and Wizards bent. Instead of using their limiter, which woulda made everyone happy, they forced us all to lose the thing we all worked so hard on, and that made me realize another thing.... Nicely said and true, although my sig wasnt cut short, it's still as inordinately long as it always has been (just look and see! :D ). |
| Silmarien Aldalome03-08-05, 08:01 AM | Angstriana Irritibalia looks up at seeing the Foundation Threadkeeper's return. What's this you see? Was that just the briefest glimmer of joy on her withered, cross looking face. Seeing that she is being observed, by scrying portals all over the Earth, Angstriana becomes self-conscious, quickly resuming the more familiar and desired disposition. She pouts (irritably) ;) as she tightens her hair buns "ahh, yessss - much better!" she hisses to no-one in particular, as her follicles scream in objection to the tightness of her hair bun. Thusly and much more irritably, Ms Irritibalia resumes the task of Librarianship. Duties are endless, cataloging endless signatures and attending to updates in technology. Irritably, she writes a note to management: To Whom It May Conern, It behoves me to announce that we have registered over 10,000 individual signatures in our library. However, attending to the endless tasks encumbent upon the role of Librarian and duely noting the (irritable) disposition required to keep silence in the library, I (irritably) appeal to you for new means of cataloging signatures. The sheer volume of signatures is too much for an (irritable) old woman. I'm afraid, however, that it would need to be a mechanical aide, because I've scared off all the living aides. Unless this most annoying situation can be remedied, I'm afraid I can only promise to remain irritable. Yours Angstriana Satisfied with her crossness, Angstriana "humphs" before resuming her work, tersely attending to the Help desk in the Great Library of Signatures |
| Dyne03-08-05, 11:53 PM | DIE, SIGS! DIE!!! *Whacks them with a nerf bat* NO!!!!! The foundation is rising to the top of the forum! NO!!!!!!!!!! *Continues to whack it with a nerf bat, disregarding the fact that he's bumping the foundation* |
| Lor_Builtsrtong03-16-05, 02:27 AM | DIE, SIGS! DIE!!! *Whacks them with a nerf bat* NO!!!!! The foundation is rising to the top of the forum! NO!!!!!!!!!! *Continues to whack it with a nerf bat, disregarding the fact that he's bumping the foundation* i hate you. |
| Dyne03-16-05, 03:58 PM | I'm so hurt. :weep: But that's okay, I hate me too. |