New Member Introduction Thread

#581 Tiste Simeon

Faith, Heavy Metal & Bacon

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 09:33 PM

Hello I am new here.

Well, not really, I am a semi lurker who has returned from a long hiatus. I mainly mooch in the funny picture threads and occasional other ones. I have missed you all...

*hugs to everyone*

A few facts about me:

I am not a necro
I like metal
I am a Christian
I have never worn a wedding dress *
When I met SE, he knew who I was cos I used to post on here so much
Life rocks!

*This one may not be true...

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#582 Aptorian

How 'bout a hug?

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 12:56 AM

So dated any interestijn... ahh I can't finish this. Stop banging dead people Tiste!

#583 Bhurnae

Close to the hedge.........

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 03:34 AM

Tiste Simeon, on Feb 13 2009, 09:33 PM, said:

Hello I am new here.

Well, not really, I am a semi lurker who has returned from a long hiatus. I mainly mooch in the funny picture threads and occasional other ones. I have missed you all...

*hugs to everyone*

A few facts about me:

I am ~~not~~ a necro
I like metal
I am a Christian
I have ~~never~~ worn a wedding dress *
When I met SE, he knew who I was cos I used to post on here so much
Life rocks!

*This one ~~may not~~ be true...

Edited for accuracy.............

This post has been edited by Bhurnae: 14 February 2009 - 03:35 AM

Mezla PigDog, on 28 September 2009 - 09:34 PM, said:

I have been entertaining tourists for many years now.... A girls gotta make a living.

#584 Slow Ben

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 07:16 PM

Hello everyone, just started posting the other day, love this site by the way, but who wouldnt?

I played college football at Eastern Illinois, wear cowboy boots, listen to almost nothing but Waylon Jennings, my favorite movie is Lonesome Dove, I drive a 4x4 truck with no mufflers, I'm a personal trainer and work construction and i am hopelessly addicted to Fantasy novels. I know that doesnt really seem to fit and i dont understand it either.

Just glad i found this site, imagine...a bunch of other nerds, just like me. Ahhhh(content sigh).

I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.

#585 Tiste Simeon

Faith, Heavy Metal & Bacon

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 08:06 PM

Slow Ben, on Feb 14 2009, 07:16 PM, said:

Hello everyone, just started posting the other day, love this site by the way, but who wouldnt?

I played college handegg at Eastern Illinois, wear cowboy boots, listen to almost nothing but Waylon Jennings, my favorite movie is Lonesome Dove, I drive a 4x4 truck with no mufflers, I'm a personal trainer and work construction and i am hopelessly addicted to Fantasy novels. I know that doesnt really seem to fit and i dont understand it either.

Just glad i found this site, imagine...a bunch of other nerds, just like me. Ahhhh(content sigh).

Edited for accuracy.

A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.

#586 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 08:14 PM

Not everybody can be a Run-lots star.

Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....

#587 GanoesSavesTheWorld

Corporal

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Location:Austin, Texas

Posted 16 February 2009 - 10:15 PM

Hi, new member here. Please allow myself to introduce... myself. I've been reading fantasy and sci-fi since I was a kid, and got into other genres like military fiction and non-fiction in high school. I just got into the Malazan novels about a year ago, now I am almost done with Bonehunters and just got a copy of Reaper's Gale.

This series is the best I have ever read. The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy have always been somewhat of an emotional favorite since I first read them in elementary school, and moreso with the way Peter Jackson brought them to life, but in the past year they has been surpassed!

I live in Texas, having recently moved from Hawaii (I will return!). I'm married and have four wonderful kids (my wife is wonderful too!

). I love TV, movies, and sports in addition to reading. I work with computers, and one of the major goals in my life is to write a fantasy novel. I don't care whether it's good or not, I just want to write one.

I'm looking forward to meeting people on this site and having interesting conversations regarding Erikson's books, and whatever else you all like to talk about!

Some other favorites of mine:

Movies - LOTR trilogy, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down
TV - Lost, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, Battlestar Galactica, It's Always Sunny in Philly
Favorite novel of all time - Ender's Game
Sports teams - Oregon Ducks (I grew up in Oregon), Portland Trailblazers

#588 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 10:17 PM

Welcome! We need more Americans!

#589 Aptorian

How 'bout a hug?

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 10:18 PM

Welcome. If you're interested in writting make sure to drop into the writting forum.

EDIT: Wait, he's american? I take it back

#590 GanoesSavesTheWorld

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 03:23 PM

What's wrong with us North Americans? After all, Erikson's a Canadien...

#591 Mezla PigDog

Malazan Yo Yo Champion 2009

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 12:43 AM

GanoesSavesTheWorld, on Feb 16 2009, 05:15 PM, said:

Please allow myself to introduce... myself.

I lol'ed! I love that movie. Welcome to the forum.

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#592 Sir Thursday

House Knight

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 01:54 AM

Tiste Simeon, on Feb 13 2009, 09:33 PM, said:

You realise you have the most posts on this thread, right?

Don't look now, but I think there's something weird attached to the bottom of my posts.

#593 masan's saddle

Emperor

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:51 AM

Hello everybody,
I have been pootling about the "empire" for a few hours now and thought it would be rude not to introduce myself. Well, that's a lie. I misspelt my username when I initially logged in and didn't notice until my tantrum abated, dull twat that Iam. My technical deficiencies aside, I am a massive fan of the MBotF series and have just finished TtH and RotCG and felt compelled to join up as I was slightly confused by the timelines between the two books. Any help would be much appreciated, especially concerning Traveller and his mate Ereko.
I am pondering forming a Masan Gilani Arse Appreciation Society, I defer to anybody's superior technological ability in making this happen and require only an honorary role as president, I'm lazy you see.
Good work everybody, fantastic site.

"All power to the Saddle! "

Now all the friends that you knew in school they used to be so cool, now they just bore you.
Just look at em' now, already pullin' the plow. So quick to take to grain, like some old mule.

#594 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:59 AM

Welcome! I know there are a couple threads in both RotCG forum and TTH forum that discuss time-line discrepancies.

#595 Hinter

First Sword

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:08 AM

@ masan's saddle - you will soon find out that the timeleine is not important, THE TIMELINE IS NOT IMPORTANT!!

But welcome to the forums.

This post has been edited by Hinter: 18 February 2009 - 10:08 AM

#596 masan's saddle

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Posted 18 February 2009 - 05:28 PM

Hinter, on Feb 18 2009, 10:08 AM, said:

@ masan's saddle - you will soon find out that the timeleine is not important, THE TIMELINE IS NOT IMPORTANT!!

But welcome to the forums.

Thankyou Hinter and Hoosier, I know what you mean about the timelines not mattering. I have read these books and not given a toss in the past, however after reading RotCG and TtH something just didn't sit right. Don't get me wrong they are still both excellent books that fit into the series but......, bollocks I can't put my finger on it so i'll shut up.

It doesn't matter really, along with Bank's Culture novels the MBotF are pretty much the best series of books to completley immerse yourself in.

Now all the friends that you knew in school they used to be so cool, now they just bore you.
Just look at em' now, already pullin' the plow. So quick to take to grain, like some old mule.

#597 stone monkey

I'm the baddest man alive and I don't plan to die...

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 01:19 AM

Someone mentioned the timeline. Have them killed...

But welcome nonetheless to all the new folk; I'm sure you'll all learn, before not very long, that mere consistency is probably the least of our problems here...

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 20 February 2009 - 01:20 AM

If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. … So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell

#598 frookenhauer

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Money
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Posted 20 February 2009 - 01:42 AM

I must be getting old, cos I crave consistencey :question:

.

Cheers Mezla...I thought I'd gotten away with my little crack! Yes snails are very tasty...I went looking for frogs legs but to no avail. there was also a distinct lack of berets and striped tops and there were NO onions on a string.

The crepes were delicious however as was the pate and all the other delights we had...

Welcome one and all!

souls are for wimps

#599 Hawl

Recruit

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 05:43 AM

Hi,
I've been reading the Malazan series over the last year or so, and recently finished TTH. These books got me through my final year of grad school, and the posters here have helped to make sense of the ever-harder-to-keep-straight plot lines. Thanks and nice to "meet" you all!