Messages

706

Writer's Guild / Re: Swarmy

« on: March 04, 2009, 09:42:43 PM »

PS. If a word does not appear in my electronic dictionary from 1995, then it does NOT exist. Therefore, it gets looked up on some OTHER dictionary. ....Yeah, that's what happened there. So that's fine. There's a famous XKCD comic about words that I ALWAYS try to keep in mind while writing my stories...http://xkcd.com/483/

While "squee" might not be in your dictionary, Traxer hasn't actually made up many words for this story. Apart from the noun 'Swarmy', I wouldn't actually consider anything else "made up".

It's just a sign of the times , or maybe that you should consider ditching your old dictionary and using google's "define:(insert word here)" search command.

And also the XKCD mouse over comment, actually gives a good counter point, you wouldn't consider Tolken or Lewis Carrol writings to be bad works, considering the former made up whole languages and the latters most famous works were nearly pure nonsense...

707

Writer's Guild / Re: Swarmy

« on: March 03, 2009, 09:30:51 PM »

(I might as well make a new post for this stuff)

Lopez, maybe your overthinking the whole thing (or maybe I'm underthinking the whole thing)...

I'm not quite sure Traxer is trying to make any point about Knowledge Vs. Smartness (Wisdom perhaps would have been a better thing to compare knowledge too), though of course it can be interpreted in such a way. Maybe the swarmies....

Ehhh scratch that... yea not even at one parargarph I've run out of intellectual steam ,

Maybe It's just meant to be a quick feel good story. The raccoon avoided any trouble and is going back to what he loves to do: avoiding trouble, the Swarmy just got an opportunity of a lifetime and the human got a new friend .

708

Writer's Guild / Re: Swarmy

« on: March 03, 2009, 08:54:51 PM »

Uh, I have yet to read the story, (and the most of this thread actually) but Urban dictionary isn't the best place to find serious definitions....

As virmir said, 'squeed' is the past tense of 'squee' which itself is an onomatopoeic word that represents the sounds made by an 'overexcited fangirl' (Urban Dictionary ironically enough) or to express an overload of cuteness (wikipedia )

I'd say any Urban Dictionary entry with less than a page of definitions should be treated as suspect...

709

Random Topics / Re: A Book You Should(?) Read.

« on: March 02, 2009, 11:54:45 PM »

Lopez, since you had recommended 'The last question' I though you might be interested in this story
'The machine stops' , and possibly its Wikipedia article as well.

710

Random Topics / Re: Emoticon test

« on: March 01, 2009, 11:07:20 PM »

Heh, this thread has quickly become the most posted to, in the Random Topics section...

711

Random Topics / Re: TopWebcomics Ranking

« on: March 01, 2009, 03:11:23 AM »

@.@ we've jumped up from 326 to 63 and then to 27....

I know it wont last, but one can hope!

And yup not even a minute later and were 43.... 

712

Random Topics / TopWebcomics Ranking

« on: March 01, 2009, 02:13:07 AM »

Nooooo......! I forgot that the ranking reset today (curse you Febuary! with your 28/29 days!  )

Welp anyway I was hoping to get to 150ish in the rankings, but I remember out highest this month to be 172!, which is pretty good for a webcomic, with about 22 confirmed forum members, and about 5 really active ones! (at least on the shoutbox).

(I suppose that only the really active ones vote everyday?, the rest once a week with the comic update?)

TL;DR: VOte! Vote! Vote! Vote!.....

713

Random Topics / Re: Emoticon test

« on: February 28, 2009, 02:25:54 PM »

Agh! *is buried under the avalanche of new emoticons*

From underneath the pile: Sorry Virmir, but I shall pledge my allegiance to the new feline order! 

Edit: from the looks of it, Dessert is using it as his personal emoticon type thing. Dessertfox maybe you should make a whole set?

714

Crimson Flag Comic / Re: Comic 24

« on: February 25, 2009, 09:32:00 PM »

I suspect Emiline is part of Lord Urocyon's plan, especially with the lords reluctance to let Lucian touch her.

BTW, what is Lord Urocyons first name? I sort of remember someone saying it either here or in the shout box, but I couldn't remember where it was mentioned...

Edit: Found it, Julian! (thank goodness for the forum search) 

715

Writer's Guild / Re: "Abysses"

« on: February 22, 2009, 11:32:05 PM »

Oh Yea I loved "The last question" made me cry the  first time I read it.... 

716

Random Topics / Re: Random Animal Transformation

« on: February 17, 2009, 02:36:35 AM »

So if your already a fox, what do you learn in foxology?? 

717

Random Topics / Re: Emoticon test

« on: February 11, 2009, 10:02:28 PM »

You'll just have to replace it with a fox one eventually!

718

Random Topics / Re: Emoticon test

« on: February 08, 2009, 02:23:45 PM »

 

Awww....

719

Crimson Flag Comic / Comic 24

« on: January 31, 2009, 03:13:22 AM »

Poor Lucian, I can see why the poor boy dislikes his father so much...

Oh and the voting incentives are pretty cool too.

720

Writer's Guild / Re: "Reyan Saga" (unfinished)

« on: December 09, 2008, 02:26:42 AM »

I'm not much of a proofreader, but I have to say this is an interesting take on the kitsune story.

Can't wait for the next parts.