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The Old Hack
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I believe not all of us were. Some withheld judgment. As far as I am concerned, the jury is still out, but there is definitely new evidence to consider now.
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Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Any chance of meatballs? -
Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Long dormant? Have you seen how often Godzilla movies come out these days? The poor thing is lucky if it gets half a decade these days. I think they may have a municipal ordinance in Tokyo that makes this mandatory. -
I was referring to my above joke about the guy who wanted security to fail dangerous, but sure, that works, too.
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Me, too. I don't think I am even under warranty anymore.
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Maybe they just weren't working in security.
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Look, I'm sorry, but you should see my secretarial staff. Notice what it is that I am Lord of, then imagine what sort of recruitment pool I have to pick employees from. Getting them to keep a proper schedule is like pulling teeth, only from a reluctant crocodile.
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Eh. You resolve that just by building additional pylons.
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People here believe it has to do with the Will of Magic's viewpoint. It wants magic to be used. If people stopped using it, it would be out of a job.
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He wouldn't have had to. Japan probably had monsters all of its own. It certainly did so if its mythological tradition is to be believed. I really doubt that the Japanese would have needed a Great White Savior to establish a monster hunting tradition of their own. In fact, I hear they are pretty good at being traditionalist. That might just be a rumour, of course.
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There is a reason any good Evil Overlord wants an average five-year-old on their council of advisors. Maybe we could visit some nice place in the subtropics where they have a lot of them growing. I suspect she had help, in a manner of speaking. Remember that Adrian Raven blames himself for the breakup between Noriko and Edward. He could have fed that pragmatic and magic-professional side of her, unwittingly goading her into making the extreme decision of separating herself from Edward and Tedd.
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There is a difference between regret and guilt. I have to admit, I have at long last seen a motivation for Tedd's mother to keep her distance from him that is not based on pure elitism. She is a monster hunter. A well-known and feared one. The obvious way for her enemies to target her would be through a son with no defences against magic. By relocating to another continent and never having contact with him, she protects him. At the same time this explains how Van already knows some magic. She would have wished him aware of magic at an early age so he would have some defence against enemies at least and so have trained him. Given her being sufficiently pragmatic and ruthless, both qualities that her duties and family tradition would have reinforced, leaving Tedd would seem the logical and necessary move for his own protection. And if so, I am certain she regrets it. But she cannot let herself feel guilt, because that might weaken her resolve. Hence that dictum that Van just used, perhaps?
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Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
I think it has to do with all the mountains and winter sports terrain we don't have in Denmark. -
This all reminds me of this particular Freefall strip.
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@Cpt. Obvious: Very well explained. Thank you. I have long considered making some sort of document that might be helpful for newcomers or people trying to understand indentity issues on these forums. This might be a good piece to include, if I can just get off my lazy behind and plan how to go about it. If you do not mind and would be kind enough to give permission, I would like to make this part of it.
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Oh Lord. My sincerest condolences.
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It's a question of class. One of them has it. The other doesn't. As far as acting goes, Norris is a vacuum.
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Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
Esports maybe. Probably pioneered by Twilight Sparkle. -
Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)
The Old Hack replied to ProfessorTomoe's topic in Off Topic Discussion
So far so good then. In mildly related news, I have rediscovered that 1) my medication works a good deal better when I actually take it and 2) when I forget to take it, it will occasionally trigger intense headaches. Owww. -
Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver
The Old Hack replied to Pharaoh RutinTutin's topic in Off Topic Discussion
For that matter, why not simply have certain competitions be without gender categories? Like Sports Ballet Hippopotamus Evasion or Tightwire Crocodile Baiting. -
Also possible. But that wouldn't have been so funny as a potential panic-inducing scenario for our seers. That is probably a really smart move. Fortunately they face stiff competition from Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.
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Well, it was mostly just trying for humour, not positing a realistic scenario for EGS. There is also the tectonical problem of where this lost continent might be sited. Of course El Goonish Earth might differ from ours but on our earth at least I don't think there is room for any Atlantis on the tectonic map. I also made the rather large assumption that magic strong enough to keep a continent from sinking (even if massively powerful) would also be powerful enough to raise it again after it had sunk. That is by no means a given, particularly if its primary function was as a stopgap. For example, a boat is kept afloat by plugging a hole in its side. If the plug is then removed and the boat sinks, just returning the plug to its place won't really be enough to restore buoyancy. Certainly. Try to explain that to the eager would-be wizards, mind you. Every single one. There is always another optimist. True enough, but the timing is still there... and the mind boggles at the concept. Or mine does, anyway.
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Me too! Here's hoping!
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Actually the entire spell switching him back and forth from human to statue might fail, leaving him human and unable to return to hibernation. But as you said, the diamond would fail, too. ...I just had a thought. What if they are storing old devices in the storage unit that has the diamond? Devices that no longer worked... but just got returned to operation mere minutes before Magus and Sirleck will arrive?
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*readies storm bolter* THE HIGHEST HONOUR IS TO DIE IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR!
