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Okay, here we go:

All time Favorites:
Debbie Harry (1980s)
Michelle Pfiffer (early nineties)
Actress:
Marisa Tomei
Model:
Naomi Campbell
Music:
Norah Jones

Sure I have forgotten someone important, but ..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Long time Favorites:
Agent 99 - (Barbara Feldon) Granted that was an early pubesent crush)
Emily Peal - clad in Leather
Current
Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Carter from SG1.
Oh, and Pooh Star (hey, I don't like sleeping on the floor)

The thing they all have in common is a role that portrays an inttelgent charater with a sence of humor. Well except for Peal and Carter. They are seldom given the punch line.

I would include Genie from I Dream of Genie but she was well, almost a bimbo. I want a woamn with brains.

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(a) SE4 and PBW have been around a lot longer than KOTH or the Ratings system... many years, in fact. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I have played many PBW games over the years... I have seen many players execute good strategies, as well as poor strategies.

I do indeed favor roleplaying... though roleplaying the annihiliation of entire empires is always fun. What I do not enjoy, however, is being ranked. I do not care if I am better or worse than others. I just play to have fun. This is (partially) why I dropped out of KOTH and never joined the Ratings system.

The reason you have not seen me in PBW games is probably because I have hardly joined any new ones in... 8 months? Something like that... got burned out on PBW... they get repetitive after a while.

Oh, and modding the game causes you to learn a lot more about it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

(b) No, that is my real birthday. It was set to that in the forum profile long before the twin towers fell. Ask some oldbies that read those things. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I am not sure whether to be flattered or offended that you do not believe that is my real birth date... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

1984 is a good book, however. Pure coincidence that I was born in 1984.

(c) Forum Ratings are, quite frankly, absurd. They tell you nothing meaningful.

(d) I joke enough over instant messaging and in real life. I've actually contributed (for my part) to the Ruatha thread, though many of those Posts were lost when it lost some 1000 Posts... century posting anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Nonsense just gets tiring after a while...

(e) Debating is fun, and the people here are quite enjoyable. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Too young to be married... (in any sort of meaningful marriage, of course)

[ January 05, 2004, 01:47: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Can't argue much there...I posted a poll but it is based on assuming people are only into the younger women. I LOVE Marisa (of all the ones you mentioned) and I could watch her in "My Cousin Vinnie" and "Untamed Heart" over and over. I love her accent and cute looks!

Michelle has classic (though a bit odd) looks. Of course, I favor, how shall I say it, "a-cupped" women.

Debbie oozed sex in her time...Who can forget Blondie's singer, right?

Can NOT stand Nora Jones' music, so I have no idea what she even looks like. If she is like her music, you can have her.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's funny you mentioned Allison Hannigan. I've long thought she was something special. I didn't include her on my poll 'cause I didn't figure people would even know who she was. I'd like to see if her hair is really that color.

Same as me...of course, we are the same age, practically, but when I was 17, I thought Barbara was the "cat's meow". Just like you said.

Ms Peal was nice, too. I just didn't get into the show that much but I remember all the leather.

And, not to neglect, Pooh, as far as I know, she occupies the "I can be anything you need" Category...( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ).

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Well, Fyron, I have no way of proving it but you seem to too "grown up" to be 19 or 20. IF you are that age, then you are much too serious.

But...

How do the games get repititious? You mean like chess? Same "ships", same "systems" same "settings"? Each game is a challenge to try to make work for you. My guess is that you like to give help and display your knowledge but are afraid to "put it on the line". That's a brash statement and I don't mean it in a bad way (there I go again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ). I can understand the RP aspect of the game some (God knows I spent too many sleepless nights conned into GM'ing yet another D&D game!) but since it is a game of testing your skill against another, I can't understand why the reluctance to "measure" it. Of course, that's just me and my outlook on gaming. And, I might say, the outlook of gamers who compete against each other the world over.

Forum Ratings? Yes, maybe meaningless. But, I think, it keeps me in "tow". Not that keeping me in tow is a big problem but maybe for others, it is. People, IMO, who allow themselves to be rated, lay their conduct, actions, assistance, (and whatever) on the line for others to comment upon. Pi$$ someone off and you're likely to get a bad "mark". Do something nice and you're likely to get a good "mark". To me, anyone who has it turned off has something to be afraid of. But, again, that's just me. It's a foreign item to me to think it doesn't matter what other people think of me in any forum I participate in. So, I'm not saying you are wrong for that choice...I just don't understand it...which is one of the reasons I said you are an enigma.

Yes, debating is fun. Actually, I find it more fun to spend time gaming but each to his own. I'm surrounded by very smart people at work and I get a good portion of my daily requirement there. And I get it at home, from my wife http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif . I could hop on lots of threads and spend a lot of time giving my thoughts on things but to be honest, it's pretty much like the game of SE4 except there is no clear winner...a display of ability for which no one declares a winner. (much like I am doing with you now).

I'm reminded of an Ambrose Bierce definition of Conversation which says, "A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observed those of his neighbor." Though you might not agree, debates in forums over "world isues" (or other important subjects) are largely adherrant to the definition I have mentioned. Now, a HS or college debating team may offer more rewards as someone is delcared a winner. But, from what I have seen, hardly anyone in a forum (this one or any other) wants to say, "You are right and I am wrong." They "get" to do that 'cause of the dis-association (if that's a word) of the Internet connection and not actually having the discussion face-to-face. Which is why I won't comment any further in this discussion.

Suffice it to say, in my first remark, you are a bit bewildering to me. I understand a lot of people here because they are like me in thought in gaming. I don't really mean that is a bad thing that I don't understand you...it's just that when I was making my initial post, I thought of your name (among all the others that came to my mind) and associtated that thought with it. That you were a "question mark" to me.

(pardon any typos)

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Have you ever read the quote in my sig? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif It is not a joke (in regards to game playing, anyways). [edit]Damn it... stupid habit of disabling sig.[/edit]

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Forum posting is not a very good representation of a person... All that it tells you is how they post on that forum.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Because when you play enough of them, there is little left to surprise you. It is the same old routine every time.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">For a time...

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That would be a wrong guess. I have no such fear, I simply do not wish to compete. I have nothing to prove, I have no ego to break or inflate, I have no need to know that I am better or worse than anyone at playing SE4. I have no reason to "compete" in SE4.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is such a game, to you. This is because you have made it such a game. To me, it is a game to build an interstellar empire, no more, no less. You do not have to have the biggest, baddest empire around, or come out on top.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And what about the majority that do not turn games into competitions?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I personally have no use for silly stars to "keep me in tow." I am perfectly capable of regulating my own behavior without the artificial "penalty" of a low rating. You can quite easily comment on someones behavior without an anonymous rating. Now, if Ratings had a name and message attached to them, they _might_ have some use. I will continue to judge people by what they post, rather than how many stars they have. If you could change your rating of someone, they might be more useful. But as it is, once you rate someone, that rating is stuck. What if they apologize for offending you and amend their ways? They are forever stuck with that blemish. That serves no purpose. Everyone makes mistakes. Or what if you give someone a 5 because they made a great mod, but then you find out that they are a jackass and might rather deserve a 1? No way to change that. Also, how do you say just what a rating means? Is someone with a 5 somehow better than someone with a 4? No, they are the same person, regardless of their rating. These reasons are essentially why I turned my rating off, and I no longer rate people (except to give newbies a 5 that some arse kept giving ones for a few months... noone needs that). There are a lot of people that have disabled their rating, and I would bet that most of them feel similarly to how I do about them, not that they are afraid of being rated low or anything like that. I urge everyone reading this post to do the same.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not to be offensive, but you seem to have some ego issues IMO... everything comes down to fear in the end with you.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Refusing to participate in a Ratings system is in no way indicative of whether you care about what people think of you or not. There are plenty of people that participate in the Ratings system that obviously do not care.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">So do I. It does not take much time to write most Posts. I do not have any desire to play SE4 in single player mode, so playing it is entirely dependant on when PBW turns are available. And yes, I do play other games.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Glad I could confuse you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ January 05, 2004, 04:32: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

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Fyron was born in 1984? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif Ok, I now officially feel old. I need to start hanging out more with people my own age. Anyone have a link for an Online bingo parlor... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Geo, I think Yahoo has Bingo and they are getting ready to setup Shuffle Board.

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Geo, you're not old, you're experienced, refined, wise, knowledgable, and probably 'pass wind' more often than you care to admit. But you're not that old. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif (laughing too much does that to people.) Oh, the real sign of age is when you find yourself farting at the same time that you cough, or fart while you walk in rythm to your step. LOL (Now that's funny)

Gee, when I was Fyron's age I had a full head of hair. (Yes it's true, 'Believe it or not!') http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

As for me, I'm at the age where I 'know' more than I remember. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Edit: Gryphin Yahoo has a dog? And you can play with him? hmmm.

[ January 05, 2004, 15:23: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]