Short descriptions needed

MarkG · November 25, 2002, 10:33

we have a description field for each civgroup that we havent used yet.

if a team wants it, a 100-150 characters description could show up in the civgroups page

team leaders post here if interested.

Donegeal · November 25, 2002, 10:43

Yes, I am interested. Give me a day or so to discuss the description with my team.

Zero · November 25, 2002, 19:00

We are also trying to find a veteran writer within our team to write up something.

Togas · November 25, 2002, 20:53

Members of our team all get to actively take part in history as opposed to just playing a strategy computer game. We're the only civ team that's dedicated to actually playing out our history from the stoneage to the modern age. We are modeling our society and government in the most historical fashion possible, acting out key roles within it while still maintaining enough game "Out of Character" elements to make this team playable and fun for everyone.

MarkG · November 25, 2002, 20:58

that's 455 characters(3 times more than what i asked)

Apocalypse · November 25, 2002, 21:27

Maybe LI's can be "The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth." That pretty much sums it up.

MarkG · November 25, 2002, 21:32

followed with "if you know what the hell this means, you're the kind of people we want in our team"

Jon Shafer · November 25, 2002, 22:01

Beautiful!

notyoueither · November 26, 2002, 16:47

We gather to learn and to explore, to expand and to build, to create friendships and demolish enemies. We are Gathering Storm.

with all credit due to nbarclay.

flash9286 · November 26, 2002, 16:50

you have no friends though

notyoueither · November 26, 2002, 17:00

We shall see...

Meshelic · November 26, 2002, 17:31

Be careful not to burn the bridge flash. You never know, we might start next to you and either be a great ally or be your worst civ nightmare.

up to you.

or

Jon Shafer · November 26, 2002, 17:39

Or even

.

Err... something like that.

pikesfan · November 26, 2002, 17:52

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Originally posted by MarkG
followed with "if you know what the hell this means, you're the kind of people we want in our team"

Does it have something to do with the fact that Apocalypse’s avatar has no mouth?

ixnay · November 26, 2002, 19:48

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Originally posted by pikesfan

Does it have something to do with the fact that Apocalypse’s avatar has no mouth?

What are you talking about?

Theseus · November 26, 2002, 20:29

Trip, is that what I think it is?

(on several levels)

Jon Shafer · November 26, 2002, 20:34

On every level you're thinking of and oh, so much more.

pikesfan · November 26, 2002, 22:22

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What are you talking about?

Well, look at the avatar. It has an eye looking upwards, a lot of hair (presumably covering the other eye), an enormous chin, but no mouth (and no nostrils either). Truly an off-beat and eerie avatar, which must have meaning and significance to those who know animé, but since I don’t know animé, I can’t understand the significance. It’s even a little frightening. How can you draw a character with no mouth and no nostrils?

So I thought Apocalypse’s sentence was much the same thing: something significant for those who are in the know, but puzzling to those who are out of the loop.

Apocalypse · November 26, 2002, 23:57

My avatar isn't the best of quality. Here is a larger picture from that scene:

An explantion of the scene (spoiler).

This was part of the last scene from the movie End of Evangelion. Shinji is the guy and Asuka is my avatar. Shinji awakes up on a desolate beach. Asuka lies motionless next to him. Shinji, at the culmination of his love, hate, stress, frustration, etc. - begins to strangle her, only to stop when he feels the caress of her hand across his face. He breaks down, sobbing on top of her. There is a very legitiment reason for this. Shinji renounced the world where all hearts had melted into one and accepted each other unconditionally. His desire... to live with 'others' -- other hearts that would sometimes reject him, even deny him. That is why the first thing he did after coming to his senses was to place his hands around Asuka's neck. To feel the existence of an 'other'. To confirm rejection and denial. That isn't what he got though, which helps make this scene such a great ending. There is a lot more to this, but I could go on for hours explaining it. I won't. That is the simplist explanation.

pikesfan · November 27, 2002, 00:12

I don’t know anything about animé, in fact the only thing I have seen in animé is the book Learn Japanese Through Animé so I will take your word for it that it is a touching and significant scene.

At least I can make out the mouth and nostrils now

Jon Shafer · November 27, 2002, 00:29

And people still say they're brown...

I wonder what Markos is gonna think next time he wanders through this thread...

Apocalypse · November 27, 2002, 00:46

Well, I'm not really into anime. I just like this series. All my other top ten favorite movies are live action.

I don't know what Markos will think. I can't understand the mind of someone who runs a top-40 site.

alva · November 27, 2002, 04:15

Well, looking at his expression, she deffinately has a mouth

Beta · November 27, 2002, 14:42

Ahem - to redeem myself with Marcos for my earlier indiscretions, I will return this thread to its righful topic - short descriptions.

It is with one voice we offer the bio on Vox Controli.

"V". One Voice. To Victory. The collective will and inspiration of the people are focused through one voice, the controller. Vox Controli.

(silence .... and then quiet chanting, getting louder and louder, building to a crashing cescendo - One Voice! To Victory!)

Zero · November 28, 2002, 13:29

Also, Apoc, He chokes Asuka twice. Once in reality and other time in his mind talking to asuka, which is "part of him as much as he is part of her"

To markos - Can we like add in some subliminal message?

Apocalypse · November 28, 2002, 13:43

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Originally posted by Calc II
Also, Apoc, He chokes Asuka twice. Once in reality and other time in his mind talking to asuka, which is "part of him as much as he is part of her"

Two different chokes, two different meanings.

I had coffee Tuesday morning because I needed to wake up, I had coffee this morning because I needed to warm up.

You realize the coffee pot broke in two different instances, don't you? It broke for two different reasons too.

Thrumble · November 29, 2002, 17:37

All I can tell from Apocalypse's big pic is some guy is bent down with his face in some other guys unmentionables.

Apocalypse · November 29, 2002, 19:05

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Originally posted by Thrumble
All I can tell from Apocalypse's big pic is some guy is bent down with his face in some other guys unmentionables.

The one on the bottom is not a guy.

GhengisFarb™ · November 29, 2002, 21:09

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Originally posted by Thrumble
All I can tell from Apocalypse's big pic is some guy is bent down with his face in some other guys unmentionables.

ROFLMAO

Apocalypse · November 29, 2002, 21:48

Damn it.

Maybe I should post some proof that its a girl. Or maybe just link to it as that apparently isn't a bannable offense.