Thanks everyone! And happy birthday, Moby!
@shroomz: funnily enough, I posted that strip as my facebook status when I woke up this morning
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- Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Birthday thread
- Replies: 528
- Views: 316263
- Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Book Thread
- Replies: 203
- Views: 163292
Re: The Book Thread
Oh man, Siege, have I got a treat for you. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FFXwdxbTPCQ/TKQBx337_lI/AAAAAAAABXk/Rul7IOaVSpU/s1600/18half-made.jpg The world is only half made. What exists has been carved out amidst a war between two rival factions: the Line, paving the world with industry and claiming its r...
- Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas everyone!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6699
Re: Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas, gents! Looks like everone's have a pretty good one thus far! At present (haha, see what I did there? I'm so clever): -Cashy money and assorted gift cards -A shit-ton of Iain M. Banks books (who I've been meaning to read forever now, and really have no excuse not to anymore since I h...
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE MUZEEK THREAD!
- Replies: 137
- Views: 129976
Re: THE MUZEEK THREAD!
I'll see your Atlas, and raise you an Atom.
- Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:20 am
- Forum: Universal Constants
- Topic: [science and tech] Second Space
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21030
[science and tech] Second Space
A Brief History of Second Space 1: The Great Dark Matter Hunt One of the biggest questions posed to Terran astronomers in the 20th century was the problem of the visible universe's mass/energy density. Namely, there was too much of it. As big as the universe was, and as much stuff was crammed into ...
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:38 am
- Forum: Universal Constants
- Topic: Suggestions/Interesting Stuff thread
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6230
Re: Suggestions/Interesting Stuff thread
Man, I keep meaning to watch Outland, but for some mad reason I've never gotten around to it! I'll bump it up on the docket, though.
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:54 am
- Forum: Worldbuilding General Topics
- Topic: I suck at coming up with names for my planets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11181
Re: I suck at coming up with names for my planets
Even better.Magister Militum wrote:A variant of this is to butcher the original pronunciation in another language. A lot of American locales basically did this when they adapted the Native American names for a particular area.
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: Worldbuilding General Topics
- Topic: I suck at coming up with names for my planets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11181
Re: I suck at coming up with names for my planets
Check out also historical precedent for what people have named places when they first set foot on them. A lot of times they're pretty literal descriptions: i.e. Arizona, literally just means Dry Place. Often, a place will get named for the people who live there. This was especially common in the Mus...
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:48 am
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
Oorah. Thanks.
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:35 am
- Forum: Worldbuilding General Topics
- Topic: Imperium Aeternum - Rome Amongst the Stars
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4220
Re: Imperium Aeternum - Rome Amongst the Stars
Agreed. Kamin, can we get a brochure or at least a "pitch" for this 'verse?
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:33 am
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
Hey Shroomz, can we get a full on profile for Dick Klash? I think once we have that, we can get this baby rollin'. Of course, there's still plenty of room for more players. HINT HINT WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE. Kamin: Was Harding in the Marines or Army? I'm guessing Marines since he went up against Jacks...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:31 pm
- Forum: Worldbuilding General Topics
- Topic: Crazy universe concept: retro hard SF
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11096
Re: Crazy universe concept: retro hard SF
I really like this idea, actually! Reminds me a lot of stuff like Ministry of Space.
One question, though, is why there'd be no computers or similar technology in space, when it seems to me we'd need stuff like that just to keep the habitats running?
One question, though, is why there'd be no computers or similar technology in space, when it seems to me we'd need stuff like that just to keep the habitats running?
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:53 am
- Forum: Worldbuilding General Topics
- Topic: Arty tries High Fantasy Warfare
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4420
Re: Arty tries High Fantasy Warfare
Glad you guys like it! Got a bit more for ya, and I think a map or two will be up soon, as well as flags and banners and the like. Plus, a bit more in-depth discussion on dahgs. 2 The Unionist infantrymen was young, fast, and knew how to use the sharp-tipped staff he was stabbing at Count Visman's t...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:54 am
- Forum: Universal Constants
- Topic: [science & tech] Starships of the United Nations
- Replies: 18
- Views: 19295
Re: [science & tech] Starships of the United Nations
I'll gladly admit I'm playing pretty fast and loose with the term "O'Neill Cylinder," in that it doesn't fit the Island Three model perfectly. In the 2270s, an O'Neill Cylinder simply means a space-going cylindrical habitat with a self-sustaining ecosystem and spun for simulated gravity. T...
- Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Book Thread
- Replies: 203
- Views: 163292
Re: The Book Thread
Oh I dunno, I think if you can make it through Lord of the Rings, you can make it through Anathem. But that's just me, maybe.
- Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Birthday thread
- Replies: 528
- Views: 316263
Re: Birthday thread
Siege! Happy birthday, boss
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Book Thread
- Replies: 203
- Views: 163292
Re: The Book Thread
I'm wondering whether or not to buy Snow Crash . I know it's a modern classic and everything, but I'm kind of burned out on sci-fi in general and genre convention-heavy cyberpunk in particular. I couldn't even make it through Revelation Space , and that's not a particularly thick book by any measur...
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:00 pm
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: It gets earlier every year... (Secret Santa)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20277
Re: It gets earlier every year... (Secret Santa)
What the heck, toss my name in there!
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:54 pm
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
DOOOO IIIIIIIT. Oh man, do itI will go with a hard boiled noir monologuing Klashnoi PI, who gets a job from a Saryan lady in red.
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:15 am
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
Looks good to me :) An absent-minded Indiana Jones, eh? Hey guys, while I'm certainly not gonna put a "race cap" on people's characters, I'd urge those who are interested but have yet to create a character to consider some of the other races. I made every polity involved in this endeavor f...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:06 am
- Forum: Universal Constants
- Topic: [cartography]United Nations Worlds
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9946
Re: [cartography]United Nations Worlds
I was going for the Rust Belt as a whole, from the Great Lakes to Appalachia, so there's bits of both Coney Island and New Jersey in there, but also some Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Detroit, with smatterings of post-Soviet Russia and blue-collar England and Germany. I'm thrilled you like i...
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:11 am
- Forum: Universal Constants
- Topic: [cartography]United Nations Worlds
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9946
Re: [cartography]United Nations Worlds
Expanded World Profile: Ceres [/size] Ceres is the most massive object in Sol's asteroid belt, and its most highly-populated world as well. While there are almost fifty tiny, independent nations in the Belt, Ceres is the only significant power besides the Cameron Company, and as a result, Ceres has...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:29 pm
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
Oh man! Liberty Kincaid, that's a hell of a name. I think she'll do nicely. And I gotta say, Siege, I really love what you've done with Ceres, both with Dwight and Liberty here. I really hadn't ever given much thought to that particular dwarf world, but now I think I'm gonna. Hmmm... Asteroid Belt/R...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:13 am
- Forum: Literature & RPGs
- Topic: Universal Constants RP
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18589
Re: Universal Constants RP
So here's the situation as your characters know it: 2271: The independent vessel S.S. Black Swan , under commission by the United Nations Department of Exploratory and Colonial Operations (DECO), leaves Avalon orbit for the special economic zones of the Carepakeh Empire. All contact is lost five day...
- Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Art Thread (Concerns)
- Replies: 1014
- Views: 595456
Re: Art Thread (Concerns)
Oh, wow Malchus! That's actually pretty damn cool-looking! Like a weird mix between a Chinese-style toad spirit statue and a Big Daddy!