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| #1reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:01:46 | I hail from the roll-hills of Germany, and am an avid enthusiast of D&D and other forms of imaginative relaxation. Where do you come from, and what do you enjoy doing with your time? I hope to know and understand more people this way, so do not feel pressured into answering if you do not wish it. |
| #2cherubaddonMay 11, 2009 17:08:48 | I could probably just quote what you said, but that'd be plagiarism. Still true, but plagiarism. Except we have no hills nearby.
I come from - or rather, live in - Bonn (been to Lübeck once, gorgeous place). Bonn is all right in its way - perfect size (large without being huge), quiet, old, very nice place. Lack of gaming population, though.
My free-time is spent with - how did you call it? "Imaginative Relaxation"? Quite fitting indeed. Basically, a wild mix of RPGs, tabletop wargames and video games, as well as a general love for music (Beethoventown here, so there's not really a way around it). Nice to know there's still Germans out there playing something else than DSA! |
| #3EscherEnigmaMay 11, 2009 17:12:13 | I'm an American Mutt, and come from all over.
As for what I do... these days it's mostly a mix of computer games, forums, art, and work, with the occasional table-top gaming thrown in. |
| #4DralenanMay 11, 2009 17:13:00 | Alas, I come not from Germany, although I do have an MP3 of 99 Red Balloons, if that counts. I'm originally from East Texas (a tiny village in the backwoods with lots of strange NPCs), however a strange series of events lead to my exile in the northwest. I don't miss the humidity one bit. I spend my free time plotting. |
| #5reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:13:14 | I do not know many German players outside of my little group I admit, it is nice to see more players. Your English is very fitting, I still find the odd trouble with it now and then, I commend you. I have not been to Bonn, though I am happy you find Lübeck very fitting of a place. I enjoy the beauty myself. There is much to do, but at times there is not you understand? This is why I like my imaginative relaxation. Have you attempted White Wolf before? I enjoy the Storyteller system very much. |
| #6reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:14:48 | Sorry, I did not mean to ignore you others, I was typing before you posted. Is D&D very popular in America? I would assume, though you know how negative that can be, that it would be given that D&D was creatived in America. |
| #7pigknightMay 11, 2009 17:15:32 | E-merica. I like long walks in the park and reading books to orphan kitties. |
| #8crimson_lancerMay 11, 2009 17:23:46 | More like doing horrible things to kitties, you bastard! |
| #9toastedamphibianMay 11, 2009 17:25:20 | ('very fitting' is an atypical fashion in which to express jubilation.) |
| #10crimson_lancerMay 11, 2009 17:28:45 | *Ahem*
Both my parents are military. Been all over America, Europe, and a bit of Canada. Mein vocabular is nicht so guet, and my keyboards here never have an umlaut ( ), but Deutsch is a great language, and the country itself is just full of Win and Awesome; it'd take me far too long to explain why, though. 
There seem to be quite a few people from Germany who populate these Boards, actually...interesting.
Oh, yeah, and I do/have done almost everything geeky in existence, and am usually quite good at those things, to boot. :P |
| #11reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:31:47 | I have been living in Canada on an exchange program for a year and a little now, and I say that I enjoy the Western delights. I miss my family and friends many times, but the expereince has been well worth the heartache. I have found a small group to game with, though I think I scare them sometimes when I fade into German when expressing myself in happiness or sadness. Their facial expressions have been funny to watch though. |
| #12crimson_lancerMay 11, 2009 17:33:36 | Hehe. Speaking German totally messes with Americans. It's awesome. :D |
| #13pigknightMay 11, 2009 17:34:22 | More like doing horrible things to kitties, you bastard!
The kittens were asking for it!
How was I supposed to know they weren't legal!? |
| #14reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:35:47 | Kittens are good. Dice, sliced and sprinkled with herbs and spice. Also make a good stand in for fur clothes.*
* I jest! |
| #15pigknightMay 11, 2009 17:37:27 | Clubbed baby seals make great boots. |
| #16DralenanMay 11, 2009 17:38:11 | Ich spreche nicht Deutsches, aber mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist von den Aalen voll. Ich kaufe nicht diese Aufzeichnung, es werde verkratzt. Ich werde nicht mehr angesteckt.
(sorry, kind of on a Monty Python kick right now...) |
| #17reinharstMay 11, 2009 17:40:44 | Ha ha, good on you! |
| #18reinharstMay 11, 2009 18:29:10 | I am curious too what types of characters many of you play as. Are you the dashing rogue, the stony fighter, the archetypal wizard? Do you prefer one role/class to another more steadily, or do you like to jump all over the board and try out every piece and combination you can? |
| #19crimson_lancerMay 11, 2009 18:30:17 | I love the Gish archetype. Mostly Arcane, but can still mix it up in melee fairly well. Awesome. |
| #20pigknightMay 11, 2009 18:31:13 | I usually play Ark the lecherous paladin or Arethis the chivalrous death knight. |
| #21reinharstMay 11, 2009 18:33:26 | What is meaning "Gish"? |
| #22pigknightMay 11, 2009 18:33:54 | Caster/Melee |
| #23reinharstMay 11, 2009 18:37:06 | I have never heard this before, though I know of the Caster/Melee types. We refer to them as either Nightblade (rogue/wizard), Scout (rogue/fighter), or Battlemage (fighter/wizard) as a general means of classification. "Gish" sounds somethings lazy and unimaginative, though if many people use it, who am I to argue? |
| #24pigknightMay 11, 2009 18:37:51 | Githyanki melee/casters were called Gish. |
| #25reinharstMay 11, 2009 18:39:10 | Ah, I have not put much stock in Githyanki and their other fellows, so I would be unaware of this term. Many thanks! |
| #26s-marrowMay 11, 2009 18:43:28 | Places I have spent my formative years in, no particular order:
Various cities in Brasil.
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Various cities in the US.
There were some others, but that was pretty much just passing through.
Second question-
I mostly get regulated to the DM spot, so I guess I play every role all the time. |
| #27toastedamphibianMay 11, 2009 18:44:13 | "Gish" characters are typically of the "BattleMage" variety. |
| #28reinharstMay 11, 2009 18:46:23 | This helps a great deal, as I have been seeing many people say "Gish" in the Optimization forums, and had no clue what they were talking about. It seems that "Gish" is a negative though, a "second banana" as it were; the idea of a Caster/Melee character does not seem very popular on those forum, or at least, very low down on the list. |
| #29viktor_von_doomMay 11, 2009 18:46:53 | I hail from the rainy land of Seattle, currently residing in Graham Washington. Enjoy spending my time watching Wrestling *Chikara is my favorite company followed by Dragon Gate, PWG, and DDT*, D&D *of course, comics, and video games. All so love playing basketball and football, can't stand watching though. |
| #30DralenanMay 11, 2009 19:12:22 | I like to play sorcerers mostly (or wizards when I can't be a sorc), drawing some influence from Merlin and Gandalf, to a small extent. My sorcerers tend to be quiet, slightly sarcastic, and really don't know what they're doing, they just do it. They also tend to have a desire to disconnect from society for long periods (the character I am playing right now is a 4e sorcerer, who just found a nice little cave to live in outside of a small town). One of my characters was outright manic depressive. |
| #31crimson_lancerMay 11, 2009 19:22:08 | This helps a great deal, as I have been seeing many people say "Gish" in the Optimization forums, and had no clue what they were talking about. It seems that "Gish" is a negative though, a "second banana" as it were; the idea of a Caster/Melee character does not seem very popular on those forum, or at least, very low down on the list.
Eh. It's popular enough, it just never seems to be completely optimized. Two-Weapon peoples can get, like, 120+ average damage with an At-Will Power, and 1000+ with Action Points and multiple Encounter or Daily Powers. A Gish just has more options. I love Charisma-based Spellcasters, always have, but I also like swords a lot, too. So I inevitably play cool mixtures that fill lots of Roles in a Party, but never maximizes the potential of any one.
Still, a Warlock using a Fullblade and Howling Strike deals a LOT of damage, so I'm good with the amount of damage I am getting. :D:D |
| #32reinharstMay 11, 2009 19:28:19 | I was looking through for some input on a Sorcerer I was creating, but I found mostly "do this and this, ignore this because it brings nothing to dealing damage", so I gave up. The handbooks are nice though, a few pieces of information that I was not aware of for several classes, though still not quite what I was looking for. I will resign to devising my Sorcerer on my own it seems. |
| #33toastedamphibianMay 11, 2009 20:22:33 | If the 4e Char-Op board is anythign like the 3e board was, then you may need to be more specific with what you are looking for. If you just present them a character with no other information, they will simply give you advice on making it do the most damage in most cases. If that is not what your goal is, make sure you do everythign in your power to make it clear what you are looking for. |
| #34reinharstMay 11, 2009 20:36:57 | Oh no, I have not asked, only looked. I have not the nerve to bring myself to do so yet; I do not like scrutiny of my ideas, much like many people, so I would like to look first and ask last if I can. |
| #35dirtyfrankMay 12, 2009 1:38:26 | I be a American from that place called California. It's OK in all if ya think Sacramento can be called good. I be a Sacramento-ite from birth and I still be livin' in this place. |
| #36reinharstMay 12, 2009 1:41:47 | You have my condolences, genteel sir.*
* I jest! Perhaps... |
| #37baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 2:01:46 | Well, I live out in the middle of ****ing nowhere. The only people that are in the immediate area are either super old, or drug addicts/dealers running from the cops. The nearest city is two hours away, and I'm the only teenager up here.
Yay.  |
| #38reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:05:34 | You come with me to Lübeck when I go visit family; you never want to leave. Beauty city, just large enough without ruining the naturalness of the land, and very friendly people. Many foreign damsels as well, I must point out, many teen's too. :P |
| #39baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 2:08:40 | ....And then I won't know how to talk to the girls my age because my social skills have been stunted, due to my time out here in the mountains! And my friends are on a different maturity level, cuz they're in their 30's, so that's no help. :headexplo |
| #40reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:11:06 | No worries, I translate for you, help to butter them up. You would be a foreigner to them of course, making you interesting to talk to with little work on your part. I handle the introductions, you use "American Charm" to fill in the rest. You find wife, stay in Germany and live "Happily Ever After". :D |
| #41baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 2:13:26 | "American Charm?"
There is no such thing. 90% of all Americans are stupid pieces of **** that can't charm a rock. |
| #42reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:15:46 | Ha ha ha. You are very funny, though I bet you also say much truth in your words. You could impress with flashy American money or car? I jest, I joke. I am sure it is not as bad as you think where you live; you can always find the beauty in something if you want to find it and try. I think a mountain range would be excellent for self improvement and mental development, but I am heavy into Zen and arts of Martial Arts, so we may not be compared. |
| #43dirtyfrankMay 12, 2009 2:16:11 | "American Charm?"
As in you're not German "American Charm". |
| #44reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:17:44 | Yes, this is what I mean in no jesting. Foreign charm, works all the time. Canadian ladies find me interesting with little work of my own; even more so once they get to know me. My, I have a large ego... |
| #45baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 2:19:23 | Ha ha ha. You are very funny, though I bet you also say much truth in your words. You could impress with flashy American money or car? I jest, I joke. I am sure it is not as bad as you think where you live; you can always find the beauty in something if you want to find it and try. I think a mountain range would be excellent for self improvement and mental development, but I am heavy into Zen and arts of Martial Arts, so we may not be compared.
I'm actually pretty ****** off right now (not at any of you, more like my parents and my situation) and when in an extreme emotional state, I tend to say things that have a lot of meaning to them. (unintentionally)
I've been out here for 4 ****ing years. It's been pretty lonely. And I can't drive, I have no money, since my parent's refuse to give an allowance, the list goes on and on. |
| #46dirtyfrankMay 12, 2009 2:20:20 | Yes, this is what I mean in no jesting. Foreign charm, works all the time. Canadian ladies find me interesting with little work of my own; even more so once they get to know me. My, I have a large ego...
I can speak with several different accents if I choose to and it is funny how into me a girl will be when she thinks I'm a foreigner. |
| #47reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:22:46 | Do you own bicycle? You could train hard, build body and be very healthy. Useful to get away from mental damages of your life? I enjoy a good, hard work out when life is getting me down some. A nice six or ten mile bike/run or swim, though I am poorly at the latter. You could also do research into Zen as I, and find your inner peace. Very relaxing and able to counter negative feels and moods, I find it helps alleviate stress quite well. |
| #48reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:24:37 | I can speak with several different accents if I choose to and it is funny how into me a girl will be when she thinks I'm a foreigner.
Ha ha, yes. Women lustful for foreign men; different, strange, exotic and mysterious. Of course, same holds true likewise for men. I melt for women with strong accents, hearing "Eeh" all the time from my Canadian women-friends is like melting icing over a sweet cherry chocolate cake! |
| #49cherubaddonMay 12, 2009 2:33:45 | I do not know many German players outside of my little group I admit, it is nice to see more players. Your English is very fitting, I still find the odd trouble with it now and then, I commend you. I have not been to Bonn, though I am happy you find Lübeck very fitting of a place. I enjoy the beauty myself. There is much to do, but at times there is not you understand? This is why I like my imaginative relaxation. Have you attempted White Wolf before? I enjoy the Storyteller system very much.
Yeah, Vampire: The Masquerade is like, my favourite game ever (OK, barring Inquisitor, but nobody plays that anymore these days), and the new WoD is pretty cool to play mortal campaigns in, as well.
Oh, and spending a year in the US (Tennessee) helped - both with my English and my gaming :D . |
| #50reinharstMay 12, 2009 2:39:16 | Well I am glad to meet you; I have spent only a year and a bit on exchange in Canada, and still finding it difficult here and there. Do you find the language unnecessary complex? It may be just my language skills are not up to the task, but English has so very many words and meanings that look the same, but sound different. Or sound different and looked the same. And... no, I could go on and on! I enjoy the challenge of it.
It is nice to see a Vampire fan. Do you have a favorite clan? |
| #51cherubaddonMay 12, 2009 2:48:10 | Language-wise, I'm biased, because I grew up in France, and began learning Latin in fifth grade, so when I went to the US, I had already had five years of Latin and acquired fluency in French; furthermore, RPGs (the above-mentioned Inquisitor), only available in English, had helped me a great deal to make the leap from High School English to working (rather, gaming) English. With the result that getting to America, I could speak eloquently on modern warfare, sci-fi weaponry and demonology, but was unable to order a cup of coffee  .
Of course I have a favourite clan! More like three, actually. In order:
1. Malkavian: When I had never heard of the game, at my local hobbystore, I once overheard a regular saying, "Once a Malkavian, always a Malkavian". So when I got the game and made my first character, guess what it was. Turns out the guy was right. Mingles well with my love for Devil Doll ;) .
2. Tremere: I like playing wizards in pretty much every game I play, so they were an obvious choice.
3. Tzimisce: So-so in modern nights, first choice in Dark Ages - playing one currently in a PbP game. Lets you roleplay the tyrant gene a bit, which is always fun.
You? |
| #52crofterMay 12, 2009 3:44:51 | I live in Finland, have always lived in Finland, but hopefully I won't always live in Finland. (I'd love to live in Britain.)
On my free time, which is all I have nowadays, I either read or sit by my computer or Xbox 360. I just moved back to my parents since I have finished the high school, so I don't have a gaming group at the moment. Hopefully I get my family to play as I know absolutely nobody in this town...
Mostly I play strikers, Archer Ranger is my favorite build. Not that I have had much experience in playing; in my former gaming group I was the only one to be able to both read and understand the rules, so I was the GM quite automatically.
And my language skills are worth mentioning (now that the subject has been brought up): I speak Finnish, Swedish, English, German and French quite fluently; and can read Spanish, Russian, Latin and Greek to some extent. |
| #53crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 6:56:53 | Hey, Reinharst, what type of Martial Arts do you practice? I practice Kung fu and a few different samurai sword styles.
And yes, nothing helps de-stress you like a nice, hard workout.
Lastly, yes, English makes NO damn sense! German is like a language based on math (which I love :D): if you know the word for ham, and you know the word for sandwich, guess how you say ham sandwich? That's right, the Logical way; by adding the two words together! You just guess with English; if ham and sandwich are in close proximity, I guess he's discussing a ham sandwich...maybe. :S |
| #54crofterMay 12, 2009 7:16:52 | Yes, there is much more logic in German than in English, but German is hardly logical, either: in German grammar there are much more exceptions to rules than there are rules.
But that's why I like German so much. :D |
| #55s-marrowMay 12, 2009 7:35:05 | The babel fish teaches us that we should all make our languages as difficult for others to understand as possible.
I wish I'd spent more time in some places to learn languages when I was younger. All I've gained from my childhood is a variety of colorful words from many languages and a tenuous hold on portuguese. |
| #56cherubaddonMay 12, 2009 7:40:37 | Lastly, yes, English makes NO damn sense! German is like a language based on math (which I love :D)
Nah, that'd be Latin. German is a lot more illogical than most Romanic languages (French, for instance, is pretty logical). English is illogical as well, but in comparison, it is easy and fairly intuitive IMO - well, except for the pronounciation, which really isn't. |
| #57s-marrowMay 12, 2009 7:53:55 | English is fun. You say opossum, I say...wait, what?
Any language where puns are a viable source of humour are probably too complicated.
By the way, the thing I like most about learning words in new languages is that all of the really long, complicated words are almost exactly the same. That's why it's often easier to learn how to discuss scientific theory than to order a cup of coffee. |
| #58crofterMay 12, 2009 9:27:25 | The long and complicated words are the same only in Indo-European languages since they all are mostly based on Greek and Latin; the exceptions are Basque and Finno-Ugric languages, though even they have those foreign words.
If you start Arabic, Hebrew or Chinese (as I'd like to), there really isn't any common ground. |
| #59zombie_babiesMay 12, 2009 9:34:19 | I melt for women with strong accents, hearing "Eeh" all the time from my Canadian women-friends is like melting icing over a sweet cherry chocolate cake!
That's incredibly disturbing.
Me? I hail from my mother's ******. |
| #60boj0May 12, 2009 10:38:22 | I'm from the frozen north of America, I go to Brown College for game design and deveolpment, I enjoy Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer 40k, Magic: the Gathering (used to anyway), and Shadowrun. I enjoy reading, drawing and playing video games (currently pacing between Fable 2 and Fallout 3), I mostly lurk the forums to talk nerd stuff with others and make light-hearted attempts at clever humor. My favorite roles to play are the disillusioned paladin and charming scoundrel in games.
Wow, it almost sounds like a dating service :P
Reinharst seems like he'll fit in very nicely here, although wether or not that's a good thing is up for debate... |
| #61dirtyfrankMay 12, 2009 10:47:34 | Well I am glad to meet you; I have spent only a year and a bit on exchange in Canada, and still finding it difficult here and there. Do you find the language unnecessary complex? It may be just my language skills are not up to the task, but English has so very many words and meanings that look the same, but sound different. Or sound different and looked the same. And... no, I could go on and on! I enjoy the challenge of it.
English is easy to speak. Most of the words are not suppose to sound the same (there should be slight enunciation differences) but it has become standard for everyone to pronounce things lazily so most things now sound alike. Because of this English is easy to speak. If you hear a word with multiple meaning so some such then how it is being used will always, most of the time, will be a dead give away for what definition is meant.
Now the writing part is a pain in the ass. The written part of English is made up of about seven different language, plus lots of slang, and so it has tons of rules and words from tons of languages. The people in history that have sought to fix the language easier to learn have been laughed at. |
| #62EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 10:59:15 | ....And then I won't know how to talk to the girls my age because my social skills have been stunted, due to my time out here in the mountains!
Oh Bane, that's cute. You think that if you had been somewhere else you wouldn't be socially stunted. Teenage boys are always socially stunted. |
| #63crofterMay 12, 2009 11:09:34 | I don't know about that. I just sat all alone during my teenage years (though they might still continue, since I'm 19), so I can't really tell how socially capable I was then. ;) |
| #64reinharstMay 12, 2009 13:33:23 | Hey, Reinharst, what type of Martial Arts do you practice? I practice Kung fu and a few different samurai sword styles.
I am practiced in Zendo Karate, a German-based martial art combining the principles of Zen with a much more aggressive position on "street fighting" and self-defense techniques. "Street fighting" in this case is similar to, how you say "Mixed Martial Arts" or Bruce Lee's open-book methods of "Jeet Kune Do".
Many thanks to all who welcomed me. I still wish to discourse if more people wish to talk more of their origins, likes and dislikes; so keep the comments coming! |
| #65crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 13:44:42 | Nifty! Personally, I suck at any type of grappling, so I like to keep long chunks of metal between myself and my enemies. |
| #66reinharstMay 12, 2009 13:46:44 | Alternately you could pick up a Glock, point it at your enemy, and be done with it. :P |
| #67crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 13:51:02 | Alternately you could pick up a Glock, point it at your enemy, and be done with it. :P
I prefer something heavier; a rifle, or (even better) something like a SAW would be more my style. :D |
| #68reinharstMay 12, 2009 13:59:03 | I am not practiced with swords, past knives, but am excelling in the use of tong fa, which I prefer for the counter-balance and weight; providing many options to strike and cause debilitation damage. As for guns, I own a beautiful Walther P38 pistol passed down by my great Grandfather; it has been modified over the years though, so would not be worth much to those not of sentimental value. I am also owning a unmodified Mi Garand rile given also to my great Grandfather by an American after he was released from a POW camp during WWII. |
| #69crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 14:11:46 | You mean Tonfa, the wooden striking weapons held against the bottom of the arm? Or something else?
Mmmm...the Garand is a gorgeous weapon. I own no guns, only knives, axes, hammers, polearms, and of course, a few swords. ;) |
| #70reinharstMay 12, 2009 14:15:15 | You mean Tonfa, the wooden striking weapons held against the bottom of the arm? Or something else?
Yes, what you would call "Tonfa", also know as a Tong Fa and Tuifa, very similar to Police batons, only thicker. Smaller then seen and used by Tony Jaa in Ong-Bak, but longer and thicker then a typical Police baton. |
| #71crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 14:17:57 | Oh, I know Tonfa quite well, especially the damage they can deal. Even a quick rap to the side of the head hurts like HELL; they have so much momentum behind them, it's disgusting. I just wasn't sure if that was what you were talking about.
Yes, I would definitely keep my Bastard Sword between me and your nasty Tonfa. :P |
| #72baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 14:20:46 | Oh Bane, that's cute. You think that if you had been somewhere else you wouldn't be socially stunted. Teenage boys are always socially stunted.
It's worse, because of my lack of socializing with others. If I was able to live in a NORMAL environment, I wouldn't be as bad as I am. So you shut the **** up. Unless you've lived out in the middle of ****ing nowhere for 4 years, with no one to talk to, your opinions are invalid, since you don't understand my situation. |
| #73reinharstMay 12, 2009 14:21:06 | And while you try to heft that clumsy bastard sword, I'll give you a few quick licks to knock you down and beat on you from there. :P |
| #74crimson_lancerMay 12, 2009 14:25:23 | You overestimate how heavy a sword is, then, or how fast lots of training can make a person wielding one. :D |
| #75reinharstMay 12, 2009 14:27:30 | No, I just have big ego after sparring many years for a long time with my Tong Fa. I have sparred against opponents using katana and rapier with just my Tong Fa and won, though I have just as many defeats to my name as well. Not to mention a nice collection of scars, ha ha ha. |
| #76EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 14:29:02 | It's worse, because of my lack of socializing with others. If I was able to live in a NORMAL environment, I wouldn't be as bad as I am. So you shut the **** up. Unless you've lived out in the middle of ****ing nowhere for 4 years, with no one to talk to, your opinions are invalid, since you don't understand my situation.
I'm curious what you would call chatting with people on the internet if not 'socializing'.
And you're right, but for the wrong reasons. My 'opinions' are invalid not because I don't "understand your situation", but because I wasn't giving them in seriousness. I was poking fun. Fact is, you haven't (and won't) hear my opinions about you or your situation. |
| #77baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 14:32:29 | I'm curious what you would call chatting with people on the internet if not 'socializing'.
And you're right, but for the wrong reasons. My 'opinions' are invalid because I don't understand your situation, but because I wasn't giving them in seriousness. I was poking fun. Fact is, you haven't (and won't) hear my opinions about you or your situation.
It's not the same as dealing with a person face to face. It's just practice, but it's not very good practice. But it's better than nothing. |
| #78reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:08:09 | Get a webcam and speech capabilities; next best thing. |
| #79cherubaddonMay 12, 2009 15:11:12 | Pff... social capabilities are overrated anyway... |
| #80reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:25:17 | So says the uptight, tight-lipped German... oh, wait! :D |
| #81crofterMay 12, 2009 15:28:00 | Oh, you think the Germans are uptight and tight-lipped.
Ever heard of Finland? It's a small coutry up in the North where people at most grunt to communicate... on their best days. :D |
| #82reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:31:06 | I met many Finnies, they seemed sociable enough. I am often berated for not being social enough, though that may be simply because I prefer solitude to the hustle and bustle yes? I like being social, just not all the time no? And on my own terms if I can. Still, I have heard of many jokes of us German's being anti-social people, though I have seen many more Russian and Japanese jokes in that regard too. |
| #83crofterMay 12, 2009 15:43:05 | I guess nowadays those stereotypes no more really apply; it is more about individual tendencies than anything of a larger scale.
I am myself similar to you; I spend most of my time alone, because company mostly makes me anxious - sometimes even over the Internet. My relatives and the few friends I have mostly scold me for that, however. |
| #84zombie_babiesMay 12, 2009 15:47:24 | Rule of Ethnicity Number One:
Any and all ethnic jokes can be made to apply to any and all ethnicities that you are not a member of.
Rule of Regional Membership Number One:
Any and all regional jokes can be made to apply to any and all regions that you are not a member of.
Rule of Gender Number One:
Any and all gender based jokes can be made to apply to any and all genders that you are not a member of. |
| #85reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:48:45 | Ha ha ha, this is true! |
| #86zombie_babiesMay 12, 2009 15:50:39 | Ha ha ha, this is true!
Thought ya'all may like that. :D |
| #87reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:51:54 | It is too bad that others with a lack of a humour would find such offensive. I am most distressed by people without a sense of humour or at least good will. |
| #88EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 15:53:55 | I have no sense of humor or good will. Does this distress you? |
| #89reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:54:32 | DEMON!
...
:P |
| #90EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 15:56:28 | Ah. What kind? Are we talking D&D demon, Hindu demon, Ancient Egyptian demon, Norse mytholgoy demon, Christian demon, or any of the other endless variety? It's important to know, so I know just how much to be offended. |
| #91reinharstMay 12, 2009 15:57:41 | Parasite demon of hell spawn of the Christian variety? Hell "fire and brimestone" type. |
| #92EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 16:00:16 | Ah. In that case...
How DARE you say such a thing? I'll have you know that I'm a fine upstanding agnostic man of the community! To think that people go around calling others such horrible things! Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself! Ashamed! Bad Reinharst! Bad! No biscuit! |
| #93reinharstMay 12, 2009 16:02:09 | But I likey the biscuit!  |
| #94EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 16:20:58 | Well, it would hardly be punishment if I took away something you disliked. |
| #95baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 16:22:12 | Kan I haz biskit?  |
| #96reinharstMay 12, 2009 16:23:22 | No! If I cannot have a biscuit, none of you can!
I shall now enact my plan to destroy all biscuits on Earth... :evillaugh |
| #97baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 16:32:38 | No! If I cannot have a biscuit, none of you can!
I shall now enact my plan to destroy all biscuits on Earth... :evillaugh
NO! YOU.....YOU ARE THE TRUE FACE OF EVIL! LOOK AT LUCIFER! LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO HIM! WATCH HIM CRY IN THAT CORNER! YOU JUST MADE THE DEVIL CRY! YOU ARE A BAD MAN!  |
| #98reinharstMay 12, 2009 16:34:34 | Curses! You've discovered my true identity... Now I must speed up my carefully laid plans and hope all works out. After biscuits I must target crumpets, then crackers, and eventually my masterplan will have the destructing of your previous cookies alongside! Ah ha ha ha! |
| #99baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 16:37:24 | Am I going to have to make a few calls to get Jesus, Buddha, Confucius, Moses, Santa, and Brahma in here to kick your ass? Cuz I will. And they will too. THey gots to defend the world from madmen like you.
But Buddha may let you go......he's a bit too obsessed with the "balance" of the world. GRR!
I'll get you next time! |
| #100reinharstMay 12, 2009 16:39:14 | Ha ha ha, you people are very funny. I enjoy these forums, they are good for relaxing time and enjoying one's self. |
| #101toastedamphibianMay 12, 2009 16:39:42 | Jesus will come too. Whats christianity without waifers? |
| #102EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 16:59:14 | Wait, if Satan called me a 'fire and brimstone' demon, wouldn't he be one to know? |
| #103baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:01:34 | Wait, if Satan called me a 'fire and brimstone' demon, wouldn't he be one to know?
Kan I haz the biskit?
Reinharst won't be getting it, and it would be a shame to let it go to waste. |
| #104EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 17:03:41 | What do I look like, the biscuit fairy? |
| #105baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:04:35 | What do I look like, the biscuit fairy?
Yes. |
| #106reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:04:51 | Ask for the biscuit that was one more time, and I shall bring pains down upon you like you could never imagine! Unless you have a really good imagination, then you may be ever more painful them me in the creative department of thinking. |
| #107baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:05:57 | Ask for the biscuit that was one more time, and I shall bring pains down upon you like you could never imagine! Unless you have a really good imagination, then you may be ever more painful them me in the creative department of thinking.
Trust me. I'm more creative when it comes to inflicting pain. |
| #108EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 17:06:23 | Yes.
... huh. You've got a twisted imagination, kid.
Regardless, I am not, in fact, a biscuit fairy. In fact, the only kind of fairy that I am is as slang for 'gay man'. Which is to say, not a fairy at all. |
| #109reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:07:13 | You naughty boy! At your age you should be thinking of fluffy bunnies, getting good grades and meeting pretty young lasses. :D |
| #110baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:09:08 | You naughty boy! At your age you should be thinking of SLAUGHTER! DEATH! AND DESTRUCTION!, getting good grades and meeting pretty young lasses. :D
Fix'd. That's what I spend most of my time thinking about.
And I'm thinking about more than just meeting pretty young lasses. ;) |
| #111reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:10:11 | Come on, pretty ladies are for the talking at your age, not for anything else yes? :P |
| #112baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:11:17 | Come on, pretty ladies are for the "sticking" at your age, not for anything else yes? :P
Yes. :D |
| #113reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:13:36 | You are very naughty indeed! For shame baneofelves, for shame. At least you are respectful towards them yes? |
| #114cherubaddonMay 12, 2009 17:13:42 | Come on, pretty ladies are for the talking at your age, not for anything else yes? :P
Jesus Christ, reading this thread for a few pages, you begin to creep the Hell out of me with your constant "yes?". Reminds me of that scary re-education dude from Clockwork Orange *shudder*. High-pitched voice and all. |
| #115EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 17:13:54 |  |
| #116reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:15:07 | Jesus Christ, reading this thread for a few pages, you begin to creep the Hell out of me with your constant "yes?". Reminds me of that scary re-education dude from Clockwork Orange *shudder*. High-pitched voice and all.
I am sorry, I do not want to come off as creepy. I will try to remember not to end with a "yes?", ... yes? :P |
| #117baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:16:30 | You are very naughty indeed! For shame baneofelves, for shame. At least you are respectful towards them yes?
Of course. I politely ask them if they'd like it. After they see it's size, they tend to accept. And at times I have a hard time getting them off of me.
So, they aren't respecting my "authority".
So you need to shame them! Not me! |
| #118EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 17:18:28 | ... Yeah... Bane? You're coming off as a creepy teen again. |
| #119reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:19:07 | Ha ha ha. |
| #120baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:19:51 | ... Yeah... Bane? You're coming off as a creepy teen again.
Don't I always? |
| #121EscherEnigmaMay 12, 2009 17:21:49 | No, normally you come off as a teen that's trying too hard to be taken seriously. |
| #122baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:24:28 | No, normally you come off as a teen that's trying too hard to be taken seriously.
Really?
I didn't know I acted like that. Prolly because my parents still treat me like I'm 5. They don't respect my opinions, I'm just a dumb little kid to them. |
| #123reinharstMay 12, 2009 17:25:40 | Don't worry, I only think you're a dumb little teenager.*
* I jest! |
| #124baneofelvesMay 12, 2009 17:27:39 | Don't worry, I only think you're a dumb little teenager.*
* I jest!
Hey, at least that would mean that you treat me my age. That's a starting point for me to work with. |
| #125ciaranMay 13, 2009 17:30:34 | I was born in Seattle, WA and still live there (here). My father was born here, still resides. My mother is from Belfast, Ireland. They met in Nuremberg, Germany when dad was stationed there and mom was working assembling electronic widgets. Um... I have a huge family. |
| #126reinharstMay 13, 2009 17:32:14 | Welcome, it is good to be meeting you. How much do you enjoy D&D? |
| #127crimson_lancerMay 13, 2009 20:43:39 | Jesus Christ, reading this thread for a few pages, you begin to creep the Hell out of me with your constant "yes?". Reminds me of that scary re-education dude from Clockwork Orange *shudder*. High-pitched voice and all.
That's because saying "ja?" at the end of a sentence in German is very common. That or "Bitte." |
| #128reinharstMay 13, 2009 20:44:59 | Well, at least someone has the understanding. :P Thank you. |
| #129crimson_lancerMay 13, 2009 20:48:23 | Well, at least someone has the understanding. :P Thank you.
Wilkommen, natuerlich. :D |
| #130cherubaddonMay 14, 2009 2:54:00 | That's because saying "ja?" at the end of a sentence in German is very common. That or "Bitte."
Meh. Only really after rhetorical questions or when you ask someone to do something; basically, a way to ask for somebody's assent.
The dude from Clockwork Orange not only does it in English, but also after every single damn sentence. That's where it starts getting creepy. |
| #131reinharstMay 14, 2009 10:33:42 | It is being funny to see this thread has lasted so long! :D |
| #132EscherEnigmaMay 14, 2009 10:36:01 | Eh, the OTT will run with anything long enough it's amusing to the people here. And after we've derailed the thread? Well, then there's no real telling how long it will continue for. |
| #1331_ton_ghostMay 14, 2009 13:24:25 | Meh. Only really after rhetorical questions or when you ask someone to do something; basically, a way to ask for somebody's assent.
That explains it then in a way.
In Cincinnati, it's kind of a given that many many ppl will say, "Please?" in lieu of "What?" all the time. Even across the river in KY, it draws looks of confusion here and there. This should not come as a surprise as Cincinanti was/still is largely German, but I always wondered why my ppl would say that, and ultimately, why I wound up assimilating as well...
The dude from Clockwork Orange not only does it in English, but also after every single damn sentence. That's where it starts getting creepy.
"Some rather extreme nastiness, yessss?" *cue awkward homoerotica w/ Alex* |