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Matteo ((Taed))
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Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:00:19 GMT -5

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Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Dec 9, 2010 0:00:19 GMT -5

OH SHIT IT WAS US ALL ALONG!

Gentleman and ladies, behold the latest and greatest thing to emerge from the 17th Admin Collective Brain Gestalt! Marvel at the fantastimagoric interactivity of this latest feat of lexiconic draftsmanship! You are all invited to participate in and enjoy this new work.

So what’s going to happen is this: you’ve all been asking for more adventure anecdotes for a while, and we’re finally ready to deliver. But the excitement doesn’t stop there, oh no! We will not only be delivering a new short sampling of sensational adventure to you every single day; we will also be asking you to decide on how the story will progress

Agro, Kaez, and I are going to take turns writing the adventures. The posts will likely not follow much of a common style. Some of them will be longish and consist of traditional prose, as is the case today, but others may be quite short and take the form of newspaper articles or journal entries or what have you.

Every day, one of us will post a short excerpt along with several options on what will happen in the next post. You, the audience, will then PM your votes to the next admin on the list, and he will then write the next day’s installment.

The writing sequence will be:
Myself
Kaez
Agro

And then it will loop back. So on this, the first day, I posted a story along with three options, and it is now your job to send Kaez your vote (A, B, or C).

NOTE: This thread is for DISCUSSION. You can discuss the story here, you can discuss the votes here, you can even tell people what you’re voting for here, but the vote WILL NOT officially count unless you PM it to the admin.

NOTE 2: I'm actually going to ask that people start putting their vote into the subject line of their PM. A few people have done it so far (*nods at Kwan*) and it just makes the votes a lot easier to count since I don't have to open every PM one at a time.

So make your PM's subject something like 'Vote: A'. Much easier.

So let’s get started and have fun. Start your voting and prepare to enjoy ...

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Last Edit: Dec 10, 2010 15:52:31 GMT -5 by Matteo ((Taed))

"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth."
-Stephen Colbert

"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."
-Ford Prefect

"That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

James Admin Grandpa England I'm out. Bye. Posts: 41,708	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:10:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by James on Dec 9, 2010 0:10:33 GMT -5 Excluding Zovo... we got you guys good.
	don't think you knew you were in this song

Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:11:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Dec 9, 2010 0:11:02 GMT -5 Even Schro started to come around.
	"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth." -Stephen Colbert "My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes." -Ford Prefect "That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

Kaez Admin Posts: 50,651	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:11:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kaez on Dec 9, 2010 0:11:36 GMT -5 Seriously, kudos to Zovo (and semi-kudos to Schro) for resisting. Most of you... most of you got owned. :]
	Better luck next time; don't worry so much.

James Admin Grandpa England I'm out. Bye. Posts: 41,708	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:11:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by James on Dec 9, 2010 0:11:54 GMT -5 And Sensar got completely freaked. ... WHY ARE YOU POINTING GUNS AT US!? OHGOD!
	don't think you knew you were in this song

Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:19:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Dec 9, 2010 0:19:43 GMT -5 There's usually more people here at midnight ... I want praise and admiration.
	"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth." -Stephen Colbert "My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes." -Ford Prefect "That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

James Admin Grandpa England I'm out. Bye. Posts: 41,708	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:22:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by James on Dec 9, 2010 0:22:27 GMT -5 Seriously. I'm disappointed at this lack of reaction. You should have all been awake to adore us. I'm tempted to trigger the virus that was set up in that script in the first place.
	don't think you knew you were in this song

J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) Legendary Wordsmith The Cream Wrong Posts: 20,440	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:24:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) on Dec 9, 2010 0:24:06 GMT -5 You suck at making a countdown timer.
	Jul 4, 2012 14:47:13 GMT -5 Matteo ((Taed)) said: Basically what we're saying is that the Higgs Boson has a corkscrew-shaped penis.

Matteo ((Taed)) Admin Mostly Harmless Oh, I say! Posts: 23,339	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:24:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Matteo ((Taed)) on Dec 9, 2010 0:24:50 GMT -5 Only for Australians.
	"He floated like a butterfly, and stung like a bee. I float like an eagle, and sting like an eagle with a scorpion in its mouth." -Stephen Colbert "My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes." -Ford Prefect "That which holds the image of Graham Norton becomes itself Graham Norton."

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:25:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 0:25:13 GMT -5 What's going on?

James
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Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:28:04 GMT -5

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Post by James on Dec 9, 2010 0:28:04 GMT -5

Dec 9, 2010 0:24:06 GMT -5 J.O.N ((Dragonwing)) said:

You suck at making a countdown timer.

When Zovo quizzed me on it, and I made up the whole wait bit on the basis that by the time Reffy could correct me, the whole thing would be over. Taed then pointed out the Australians.

Now, I wanted to ban you.

But Taed left it to just hoping you wouldn't notice anything, and you got online about a minute after we posted.

Good timing, convict.

don't think you knew you were in this song

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Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:28:07 GMT -5

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Post by Lilam on Dec 9, 2010 0:28:07 GMT -5

I think most of us figured out from the beginning that it was a prank set up by you guys... the lack of concern over this "imminent threat" (as Zovo stated many times) made it kinda' obvious. I thought we were all playing along but was Sensar really freaked?

Your little ruse didn't leave me disappointed though. It was fun! ^_^

"I'm pretty good at inventing phrases–you know, the sort of words that suddenly make you jump, almost as though you'd sat on a pin, they seem so new and exciting even though they're about something hypnopædically obvious. But that doesn't seem enough. It's not enough for the phrases to be good; what you make with them ought to be good too... Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly–they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."

James Admin Grandpa England I'm out. Bye. Posts: 41,708	Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:29:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by James on Dec 9, 2010 0:29:16 GMT -5 Dec 9, 2010 0:28:07 GMT -5 Lilam said: I think most of us figured out from the beginning that it was a prank set up by you guys On the contrary I say 90% took it seriously.
	don't think you knew you were in this song

Lilam
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Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:30:52 GMT -5

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Post by Lilam on Dec 9, 2010 0:30:52 GMT -5

Dec 9, 2010 0:29:16 GMT -5 James said:

On the contrary I say 90% took it seriously.

>_>

<_<

You guys could get away with murder here, apparently.

You should totally try it.

"I'm pretty good at inventing phrases–you know, the sort of words that suddenly make you jump, almost as though you'd sat on a pin, they seem so new and exciting even though they're about something hypnopædically obvious. But that doesn't seem enough. It's not enough for the phrases to be good; what you make with them ought to be good too... Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly–they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."

James
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Blacklisted in Hungary ((Discussion)) Dec 9, 2010 0:31:46 GMT -5

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