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DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 04:46 PM ET
Um... like 'Hi' n' stuff! I'm Samantha, I'm new to the board and also to SMAC in general... I play weird Gaian-esque factions with alien names, generally, and am very interested in the roleplaying stuff that's going on. If you really HAVE to know anything else about me, ask... I might not answer your question but I'll at least say something entertaining...
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 04:48 PM ET
Why is your name spelt wrong?
John III
Valtyr posted 06-09-99 04:49 PM ET
What are you doing later ?
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 04:57 PM ET
Actually, the name isn't spelled incorrectly; 'hyaena' is an alternate spelling for the word. I spell it that way because I like beauty even in written words, and I think the old form of the word looks nicer.
As for what I'm doing later... it could be too damn weird for you to cope with. Are you absolutely sure you want to ASK a GothGrrl what she's doing?!
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 04:59 PM ET
Aha! Now "GothGrrl" is a typo.
:p
BTW, you should add that to the list of "ae" words.
John III
JT 3 posted 06-09-99 05:01 PM ET
Roleplaying? Check the Factions Forum.
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 05:03 PM ET
Actually... do a web search using 'GothGrrl' as a search criterion. You'll be shocked at the number of hits you get. There are punk-grrls, straightedge-grrls and other underground loud/weird/pissed-off types that use that spelling!
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 05:03 PM ET
"I play weird Gaian-esque factions"
See above.
John III
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 05:04 PM ET
Check the Oxford English Dictionary- I dare you.
John III
jsorense posted 06-09-99 05:08 PM ET
DesertHyaena,
Welcome to this forum. Don't worry about being new to SMAC, this is, after all, the Non-SMAC related forum.
How long have you been lurking?
Do you prefer to be referred to by our name or nick?
JohnIII isn't being unfriendly. He's just being English.
Or as our Australians friends would say, "He's just being a whingeypommeybastard." :-)
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 05:09 PM ET
And 'Gaian-esque' was SUPPOSED to be quirky! (Is 'anal-retentive' hyphenated? )
DanS posted 06-09-99 05:09 PM ET
What's the difference between a GothGrrl and a Tank Grrl? Just the uniform?
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 05:11 PM ET
John III just hates Goths and Gaians (comes from being English ), and will stop referring to himself in the third-person.
John III
Fjorxc the Maniac posted 06-09-99 05:13 PM ET
Fnord
Fjorxc the Maniac posted 06-09-99 05:15 PM ET
Oh, and, uh, welcome to the forums. Right this way...
Fjorxc leads DesertHyaena to the infamous tort... uh, testing labs of the IIIS.
Valtyr posted 06-09-99 05:16 PM ET
Aaarrrggghhh!!!
Another Gaian-hater! There are enough of those on the Game and Strategies forums.
Gaians rule !
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 05:17 PM ET
Either my name or my nick is fine; if you call me something I don't like, I'll let ya know, believe me!
I've been lurking for a few days now.
JohnIII posted 06-09-99 05:19 PM ET
Hah! You hate Sci-Fi, support Liverpool and are Norwegian, so what do you know?
John III
Valtyr posted 06-09-99 05:20 PM ET
Bolton Wanderers: 'nuf said.

DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 05:28 PM ET
I can't believe there are this many responses to just a delurk! Kind of gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling... oh, wait. That's my cat sitting on my foot!
Valtyr posted 06-09-99 05:32 PM ET
JohnIII: I know enough to win a lot of transcend games with the Gaians.
jsorense posted 06-09-99 05:34 PM ET
DesertHyaena,
We don't see too many women here, so most of us don't know how to act. :-(
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 05:40 PM ET
You're kidding... is it really that unusual to see a female gamer?
ANYway... what is the basic protocol for those who wish to RP? Is there a chat room or is it all done in context of a multiplayer game? (Boy... I *am* newbitic!)
Jay posted 06-09-99 06:02 PM ET
Hello, and welcome to these forums. Don't mind jsorense, he's been too long in Venom's dumpster looking for his desk.
For sample RPing, check the Conquest of Sol thread in the Factions forum. Some of the stuff is just posted there without any background, others are first talked about over ICQ.
And yes, female gamers are uncommon. Female forumers are even rarer. The last one I remember was Maya, but she ain't in here anymore.
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 06:18 PM ET
Geesh. I'm not sure whether I feel like Smurfette or sharkbait now! Tee-hee-hee!!
Stasis Archon posted 06-09-99 06:28 PM ET
Jay: What about Nell_Smith(doesn't post i the Non-related forum though)?
DesertHyaena, what do you think about the 26 dimension superstring theory?
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 06:45 PM ET
26-dimension superstring theory? Does it help grow plants?
CrayonX posted 06-09-99 06:51 PM ET
Welcome DesertHyaena. Yeah, all these guys are apparently getting raging hormones/pheromones whatever because "omigosh, there's a grrrrl here!" and they're thinking of ways to lure you into a chat room or getting some other personal information....unless they're like me who just ended a somewhat disturbing relationship...
As for Goth stuff, it's kind of creepy to me, but maybe it's because I'm not to familiar with all the little nuances (ignorance is not bliss, I guess)
Anyhow, enjoy your stay here. This forum is good to discuss anything about.
CrayonX
Valtyr posted 06-09-99 06:56 PM ET
I think Eris is a woman, too.
Stasis Archon posted 06-09-99 06:58 PM ET
I think Eris is a jerk, too.
Stasis Archon posted 06-09-99 07:00 PM ET
Amazing. This thread was posted only a few hours ago and it already has 30 replies.
Fjorxc the Maniac posted 06-09-99 07:18 PM ET
News travels fast, Stasis Archon...
We're like a bunch of filthy sailors that just got back from a two-year circumnavigation of the earth or something, and the first thing we do is head to a bordello.
Wait a minute... that's not the example I was thinking of. But it also kind of gets the point across.

Fjorxc the Maniac
Unwashed Village Idiot,
Wanderer,
CWALer,
8th Canadian Faction of Humanity.
jsorense posted 06-09-99 07:29 PM ET
DesertHyaena,
Role-playing and the SMAC forums.
This is a complicated topic. You can find role-players in just about every forum here accept "Science and Technology."
The most active scenarios are in the "The Factions" forum as Jay mentioned.
There are a couple of long standing stories based on the SMAC details in the "SMAC Fiction" forum: the AFC (Alternative Future Chronicles) and CPUB (Chronicles of Pre-Unity and Beyond.) Both of these stories have lost writers recently and have gone moribund.
Even "The Game" forum will have a creative thread from time to time.
Within the "Non SMAC Related" forum there are also a number of role playing threads of different types. Look for anything with I-Club in the title. The IIIS is always looking for qualified personnel. Threads started by Victor Galis, SnowFire, Dark Nexus, or Fjorxc the Maniac may also have RP components.
I hope that helps.
BTW, don't listen to Jay. I haven't been in a dumpster for weeks. Honest.
DesertHyaena posted 06-09-99 07:41 PM ET
Well... what's the feeling on someone starting an entirely new storyline? And am I correct in thinking the bulk of the roleplaying is done actually in these forums? I'm more used to a chat-based RP situation.
jsorense posted 06-09-99 07:51 PM ET
DesertHyaena,
I would suggest that you go ahead and start your own thread. My only advice is to state up front any settings, rules or parameters you want loosely adhered to.
Sometimes you will see parallel RP threads. One thread carries the story and the second thread hosts the background discussions of the participants.
SnowFire posted 06-09-99 10:53 PM ET
Don't forget Brenda. We now have had a grand total of 3 women who stuck around for more than a few posts.
Welcome, Desert Hyaena. You;ve missed, oh, 35 I Clubs, but that's no big deal. You'll learn plenty of forum history in the IIIS hospitatlity room.
In any case, we gotcha topics here. Topics, topics, all lined up ready to be posted in.
Kefaed posted 06-09-99 11:05 PM ET
Well, we had a distinct lack of goths around here. Don't ask me about role playing, though, I'm a debate guy (check out Sheng-Ji Yang's Atheism thread).
Jay posted 06-10-99 02:59 AM ET
Dang it Stasis Archon, "the last one I remember" and I really have a bad memory.
jsorense hasn't been in a dumpster for weeks? What has happened, did you find your desk?
MikeH II posted 06-10-99 07:52 AM ET
In a recent magazine (well recent enough to still be in a friends bathroom) Reading, where I live, was described as the Goth (Goff) capital of England. I certainly do see a healthy blend of new Maralyn Mansun "this is what we can get away with at school" and older "I can make this hair look neat enough to go to work" as well as the hard core who work in piercing shops and sell pewter spider broaches on market stalls.
I'll always remember the immortal words of my German exchange partner, I want to go to London and see the people with the funny hair.
What the hell am I talking about? Ah yes, the work I have got to do is boring so I'm rambling here instead.
Role-play away! We love it in this forum.
Picker posted 06-10-99 10:16 AM ET
Desert, look in the Civil War: 2023 thread, and read the first post about the story and the rules, then go into the Civil War: 2023, on the brink of war thread, and read the third post that has all the empires to date in it. Then you can claim some unclaimed territory. We are always looking for more.
BTW, My firends call me the Notorious P.I.K. but you can call me his Notoriousness.
Denny "The strangest one of all" Pick
P.S. If you name the band that does that song, I will be really impressed.
jsorense posted 06-10-99 12:00 PM ET
Jay,
Yes, I have a new desk. It is set up in the Firaxis Games Off Topic forum.
BTW, I had Roland stop payment on your IIIS salary checks. It seems that you, Talon and Imran Siddiqui have not been fulfilling your security duties at the IIIS.
Sorry, no workie, no checkie. ;-)
Roland posted 06-10-99 12:25 PM ET
Sorry, no workie, no checkie.
Since when is this an IIIS rule ?
Roland
Director of human and other resources, IIIS
(or something like that...)
jsorense posted 06-10-99 12:43 PM ET
To Roland: IIIS Resource Development Director
The "No Workie No Checkie" rule went into effect when worldwide sales of the SuperProSMAC Patches fell through the floor.
I might add that this rule does not apply to essential IIIS executives (wink wink). ;-)
JohnIII posted 06-10-99 01:05 PM ET
"JohnIII: I know enough to win a lot of transcend games with the Gaians."
It's the ideology that's creepy. Now Yang, there's a leader...
John III
Hugo Rune posted 06-10-99 02:56 PM ET
I'm not a woman, but I'm a feminist. Is that OK?
What's so scary about Gaian Ideology? They seem a nice happy bunch to me. They also happen to be one of the best factions to play.
JohnIII posted 06-10-99 03:00 PM ET
The tree-huggers: eurgh.
Hugo (Off-Topic) http://www.imaginaton.org.uk
CGI for free...
John III
Picker posted 06-10-99 03:04 PM ET
you mean imagination.
JohnIII posted 06-10-99 03:08 PM ET
Sorry
John III
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Author	Topic: I guess this is called 'delurking'!
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 04:46 PM ET Um... like 'Hi' n' stuff! I'm Samantha, I'm new to the board and also to SMAC in general... I play weird Gaian-esque factions with alien names, generally, and am very interested in the roleplaying stuff that's going on. If you really HAVE to know anything else about me, ask... I might not answer your question but I'll at least say something entertaining...
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 04:48 PM ET Why is your name spelt wrong? John III
Valtyr	posted 06-09-99 04:49 PM ET What are you doing later ?
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 04:57 PM ET Actually, the name isn't spelled incorrectly; 'hyaena' is an alternate spelling for the word. I spell it that way because I like beauty even in written words, and I think the old form of the word looks nicer. As for what I'm doing later... it could be too damn weird for you to cope with. Are you absolutely sure you want to ASK a GothGrrl what she's doing?!
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 04:59 PM ET Aha! Now "GothGrrl" is a typo. :p BTW, you should add that to the list of "ae" words. John III
JT 3	posted 06-09-99 05:01 PM ET Roleplaying? Check the Factions Forum.
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 05:03 PM ET Actually... do a web search using 'GothGrrl' as a search criterion. You'll be shocked at the number of hits you get. There are punk-grrls, straightedge-grrls and other underground loud/weird/pissed-off types that use that spelling!
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 05:03 PM ET "I play weird Gaian-esque factions" See above. John III
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 05:04 PM ET Check the Oxford English Dictionary- I dare you. John III
jsorense	posted 06-09-99 05:08 PM ET DesertHyaena, Welcome to this forum. Don't worry about being new to SMAC, this is, after all, the Non-SMAC related forum. How long have you been lurking? Do you prefer to be referred to by our name or nick? JohnIII isn't being unfriendly. He's just being English. Or as our Australians friends would say, "He's just being a whingeypommeybastard." :-)
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 05:09 PM ET And 'Gaian-esque' was SUPPOSED to be quirky! (Is 'anal-retentive' hyphenated? )
DanS	posted 06-09-99 05:09 PM ET What's the difference between a GothGrrl and a Tank Grrl? Just the uniform?
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 05:11 PM ET John III just hates Goths and Gaians (comes from being English ), and will stop referring to himself in the third-person. John III
Fjorxc the Maniac	posted 06-09-99 05:13 PM ET Fnord
Fjorxc the Maniac	posted 06-09-99 05:15 PM ET Oh, and, uh, welcome to the forums. Right this way... Fjorxc leads DesertHyaena to the infamous tort... uh, testing labs of the IIIS.
Valtyr	posted 06-09-99 05:16 PM ET Aaarrrggghhh!!! Another Gaian-hater! There are enough of those on the Game and Strategies forums. Gaians rule !
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 05:17 PM ET Either my name or my nick is fine; if you call me something I don't like, I'll let ya know, believe me! I've been lurking for a few days now.
JohnIII	posted 06-09-99 05:19 PM ET Hah! You hate Sci-Fi, support Liverpool and are Norwegian, so what do you know? John III
Valtyr	posted 06-09-99 05:20 PM ET Bolton Wanderers: 'nuf said.
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 05:28 PM ET I can't believe there are this many responses to just a delurk! Kind of gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling... oh, wait. That's my cat sitting on my foot!
Valtyr	posted 06-09-99 05:32 PM ET JohnIII: I know enough to win a lot of transcend games with the Gaians.
jsorense	posted 06-09-99 05:34 PM ET DesertHyaena, We don't see too many women here, so most of us don't know how to act. :-(
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 05:40 PM ET You're kidding... is it really that unusual to see a female gamer? ANYway... what is the basic protocol for those who wish to RP? Is there a chat room or is it all done in context of a multiplayer game? (Boy... I am newbitic!)
Jay	posted 06-09-99 06:02 PM ET Hello, and welcome to these forums. Don't mind jsorense, he's been too long in Venom's dumpster looking for his desk. For sample RPing, check the Conquest of Sol thread in the Factions forum. Some of the stuff is just posted there without any background, others are first talked about over ICQ. And yes, female gamers are uncommon. Female forumers are even rarer. The last one I remember was Maya, but she ain't in here anymore.
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 06:18 PM ET Geesh. I'm not sure whether I feel like Smurfette or sharkbait now! Tee-hee-hee!!
Stasis Archon	posted 06-09-99 06:28 PM ET Jay: What about Nell_Smith(doesn't post i the Non-related forum though)? DesertHyaena, what do you think about the 26 dimension superstring theory?
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 06:45 PM ET 26-dimension superstring theory? Does it help grow plants?
CrayonX	posted 06-09-99 06:51 PM ET Welcome DesertHyaena. Yeah, all these guys are apparently getting raging hormones/pheromones whatever because "omigosh, there's a grrrrl here!" and they're thinking of ways to lure you into a chat room or getting some other personal information....unless they're like me who just ended a somewhat disturbing relationship... As for Goth stuff, it's kind of creepy to me, but maybe it's because I'm not to familiar with all the little nuances (ignorance is not bliss, I guess) Anyhow, enjoy your stay here. This forum is good to discuss anything about. CrayonX
Valtyr	posted 06-09-99 06:56 PM ET I think Eris is a woman, too.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-09-99 06:58 PM ET I think Eris is a jerk, too.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-09-99 07:00 PM ET Amazing. This thread was posted only a few hours ago and it already has 30 replies.
Fjorxc the Maniac	posted 06-09-99 07:18 PM ET News travels fast, Stasis Archon... We're like a bunch of filthy sailors that just got back from a two-year circumnavigation of the earth or something, and the first thing we do is head to a bordello. Wait a minute... that's not the example I was thinking of. But it also kind of gets the point across. Fjorxc the Maniac Unwashed Village Idiot, Wanderer, CWALer, 8th Canadian Faction of Humanity.
jsorense	posted 06-09-99 07:29 PM ET DesertHyaena, Role-playing and the SMAC forums. This is a complicated topic. You can find role-players in just about every forum here accept "Science and Technology." The most active scenarios are in the "The Factions" forum as Jay mentioned. There are a couple of long standing stories based on the SMAC details in the "SMAC Fiction" forum: the AFC (Alternative Future Chronicles) and CPUB (Chronicles of Pre-Unity and Beyond.) Both of these stories have lost writers recently and have gone moribund. Even "The Game" forum will have a creative thread from time to time. Within the "Non SMAC Related" forum there are also a number of role playing threads of different types. Look for anything with I-Club in the title. The IIIS is always looking for qualified personnel. Threads started by Victor Galis, SnowFire, Dark Nexus, or Fjorxc the Maniac may also have RP components. I hope that helps. BTW, don't listen to Jay. I haven't been in a dumpster for weeks. Honest.
DesertHyaena	posted 06-09-99 07:41 PM ET Well... what's the feeling on someone starting an entirely new storyline? And am I correct in thinking the bulk of the roleplaying is done actually in these forums? I'm more used to a chat-based RP situation.
jsorense	posted 06-09-99 07:51 PM ET DesertHyaena, I would suggest that you go ahead and start your own thread. My only advice is to state up front any settings, rules or parameters you want loosely adhered to. Sometimes you will see parallel RP threads. One thread carries the story and the second thread hosts the background discussions of the participants.
SnowFire	posted 06-09-99 10:53 PM ET Don't forget Brenda. We now have had a grand total of 3 women who stuck around for more than a few posts. Welcome, Desert Hyaena. You;ve missed, oh, 35 I Clubs, but that's no big deal. You'll learn plenty of forum history in the IIIS hospitatlity room. In any case, we gotcha topics here. Topics, topics, all lined up ready to be posted in.
Kefaed	posted 06-09-99 11:05 PM ET Well, we had a distinct lack of goths around here. Don't ask me about role playing, though, I'm a debate guy (check out Sheng-Ji Yang's Atheism thread).
Jay	posted 06-10-99 02:59 AM ET Dang it Stasis Archon, "the last one I remember" and I really have a bad memory. jsorense hasn't been in a dumpster for weeks? What has happened, did you find your desk?
MikeH II	posted 06-10-99 07:52 AM ET In a recent magazine (well recent enough to still be in a friends bathroom) Reading, where I live, was described as the Goth (Goff) capital of England. I certainly do see a healthy blend of new Maralyn Mansun "this is what we can get away with at school" and older "I can make this hair look neat enough to go to work" as well as the hard core who work in piercing shops and sell pewter spider broaches on market stalls. I'll always remember the immortal words of my German exchange partner, I want to go to London and see the people with the funny hair. What the hell am I talking about? Ah yes, the work I have got to do is boring so I'm rambling here instead. Role-play away! We love it in this forum.
Picker	posted 06-10-99 10:16 AM ET Desert, look in the Civil War: 2023 thread, and read the first post about the story and the rules, then go into the Civil War: 2023, on the brink of war thread, and read the third post that has all the empires to date in it. Then you can claim some unclaimed territory. We are always looking for more. BTW, My firends call me the Notorious P.I.K. but you can call me his Notoriousness. Denny "The strangest one of all" Pick P.S. If you name the band that does that song, I will be really impressed.
jsorense	posted 06-10-99 12:00 PM ET Jay, Yes, I have a new desk. It is set up in the Firaxis Games Off Topic forum. BTW, I had Roland stop payment on your IIIS salary checks. It seems that you, Talon and Imran Siddiqui have not been fulfilling your security duties at the IIIS. Sorry, no workie, no checkie. ;-)
Roland	posted 06-10-99 12:25 PM ET Sorry, no workie, no checkie. Since when is this an IIIS rule ? Roland Director of human and other resources, IIIS (or something like that...)
jsorense	posted 06-10-99 12:43 PM ET To Roland: IIIS Resource Development Director The "No Workie No Checkie" rule went into effect when worldwide sales of the SuperProSMAC Patches fell through the floor. I might add that this rule does not apply to essential IIIS executives (wink wink). ;-)
JohnIII	posted 06-10-99 01:05 PM ET "JohnIII: I know enough to win a lot of transcend games with the Gaians." It's the ideology that's creepy. Now Yang, there's a leader... John III
Hugo Rune	posted 06-10-99 02:56 PM ET I'm not a woman, but I'm a feminist. Is that OK? What's so scary about Gaian Ideology? They seem a nice happy bunch to me. They also happen to be one of the best factions to play.
JohnIII	posted 06-10-99 03:00 PM ET The tree-huggers: eurgh. Hugo (Off-Topic) http://www.imaginaton.org.uk CGI for free... John III
Picker	posted 06-10-99 03:04 PM ET you mean imagination.
JohnIII	posted 06-10-99 03:08 PM ET Sorry John III