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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: June 17, 2010, 05:25:28 PM »
Finished Lies of Locke Lamora, Elements of Style (handbook by E.B. White and William Strunk Jr.) and I am currently reading Best Served Cold
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"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Rants and Stuff / Re: I would like to announce!
« on: May 30, 2010, 09:16:14 PM »
Man I'm glad no one was that stupid in my troop when i was SPL... ohh wait there were with one newbie waking up on a poorly made raft... and yes the venture scouts did do that, and I got blamed for it. (i wish i did it Derek deserved it!)
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: May 30, 2010, 09:12:38 PM »
Finished Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling and i only have a few chapters left in Blood of the Mantis.... problem is Salute the Dark doesn't come out until September which is when i leave for the Air Force!!!! That isn't just!
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Books / Re: Hard SF recommendations
« on: May 07, 2010, 04:23:45 PM »
Scalzi is ex-military, and my point still stands on Asimov being the King of Hard Sci-Fi (he was a physics prof published and all the rest)
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: May 07, 2010, 04:20:06 PM »
Finished Smoke Ring and I started Night Of Knives..... talk about awesome!
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Books / Re: Hard SF recommendations
« on: May 05, 2010, 05:24:53 PM »
Dune has plenty of fantasy overtones, doesn't make it less of a Sci-Fi staple. And i don't get what you mean by Old Man's war being anything akin to Holywood, it feels real unlike Holywood. Also, Asimov is the King of Hard Sci-Fi.
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: May 05, 2010, 05:13:43 PM »
It's better than Starship Troopers..... and coming from me that's saying alot!
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Happy Things 2009: We're Still Here
« on: April 29, 2010, 06:42:13 PM »
Woot!!!!
Also i just looked at the mechanics going into play for Guild Wars 2, and even without secondary professions it looks like the coolest MMO ever!!! You can use the environment to attack, i.e. drop boulders on people, combine attacks like a firewall can be expanded in a circle by an ally using cyclone axe, ext. I am a little worried that they are making the world to complex though, you don't want to overload the servers.....
Also i just looked at the mechanics going into play for Guild Wars 2, and even without secondary professions it looks like the coolest MMO ever!!! You can use the environment to attack, i.e. drop boulders on people, combine attacks like a firewall can be expanded in a circle by an ally using cyclone axe, ext. I am a little worried that they are making the world to complex though, you don't want to overload the servers.....
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Happy Things 2009: We're Still Here
« on: April 29, 2010, 06:07:21 PM »
Celebrating my birthday tomorrow at Dave and Busters!!!!!
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: April 29, 2010, 06:06:19 PM »
Finished Ghost Brigades and am halfway through Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Zelazny and again halfway through Smoke Ring by Niven
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Books / Re: Hard SF recommendations
« on: April 29, 2010, 06:04:22 PM »
Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Scalzi, Old Man's War
Ursula K. Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness
Asimov, Foundation
Gibson, Sequels to Neuromancer (idk the first title but the second is Mona Lisa Overdrive)
Herbert, Dune
Niven, Mote in God's Eye
Scalzi, Old Man's War
Ursula K. Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness
Asimov, Foundation
Gibson, Sequels to Neuromancer (idk the first title but the second is Mona Lisa Overdrive)
Herbert, Dune
Niven, Mote in God's Eye
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Everything Else / Re: Where can i buy a phone w/o having to buy service?
« on: April 22, 2010, 06:18:13 PM »
I have a Texan ring from puretexan.com instead of a class ring so i love DFW. Though i rarely go to Denton county and the Flower Mound area.....
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Grumpiness in New, Seasonal Flavours
« on: April 20, 2010, 06:34:00 PM »
Thanks Eerongal I was basing mine on hear say....look at my post and you will realize i didn't speak with authority. And i use to be on allergy shots, so i wish the pollen count was low, but according to the Fox meteorologist (never reliable i know) last winter was cold enough to make it higher than normal.
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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: April 19, 2010, 07:33:44 PM »
Finished Nightchild and Last Argument of Kings (wild and awesome)!!!! Glokta is so crazed but he's a BA!
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Rants and Stuff / Re: Grumpiness in New, Seasonal Flavours
« on: April 19, 2010, 07:32:30 PM »
Allergies......not too mention i heard Dallas is the 2nd worst area in the nation for them bahhhh!!!!