Au Revoir!

[Atlas]

With school on its way I probably won't have any spare time, which means no crazy antics with you all any longer (sad, I know). I know I haven't been around much, even now, but with both work and school, I won't even have a portion of time to waste.

I know all of you will miss me so, so very much, but do not fear ... I will be in your hearts ... your cold, cold hearts. :P

Well, it was fun.

Au revoir.

[Less Than Liz]

Oh, darn.

[Phakiel]

Goodbye good man, you always brought joy to this old solicitor's heart. I'll always remember you as the forums Simple Jack.

[Poofy]

Bye.

[Fabs]

Really, everyone has spare time they spend on the net in an utterly useless way. Claiming you don't have any time whatsoever to drop round here is the biggest pile of horse manure around.

[Tenacious P]

Amen to that. I've always thought these threads were stupid.

Anyway, if you're still lurking around Atlas, which you probably will be, I'll be ready at the virtual chess board.

[Mary]

Awww, don't leave Atlas. You make the most new threads and this place needs new threads :( Good luck with school though.

[Karsh]

Calm down, calm down! Don't get a big DICK!!

[Sushi_b]

Best of luck with your future. Please find some time to visit us when you can. Even if it's just for the occasional post, it would be nice to have you around.

[Devil King]

Really, everyone has spare time they spend on the net in an utterly useless way. Claiming you don't have any time whatsoever to drop round here is the biggest pile of horse manure around.

Pretty much.

Seriously dude, stick around. We need more posters.

[Inari]

Don't go, need moar posters:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/Atlasfrenzy/Electric.jpg?t=1213250105


Also, this thread title is so Atlas.

[Data]

Banana atlas, come delete this thread you liar.

Unless an allrpger is moving to a third world country with no internet, "goodbye" threads are silly.

[Atlas]

I had good intention to leave, until these communists brought me back screaming.


True story.

[Baby]

Why didn't you just stick with your first id? This is weird.

[Atlas]

Don't worry about it.

[Baby]

But it keeps me awake at night :(

[Phakiel]

Sometimes I wake up at high hours of the night thinking of WHY and then I cry myself to sleep. Its horrible, I feel I die a bit every night.

[Devil King]

Why didn't you just stick with your first id? This is weird.

Exactly what I thought.

Tell us, Atlas. Why?

[Atlas]

I got banned.

[Inari]

He was trying to escape his reputation as a pretentious poser. It kind of worked a little. Now when I read his posts he just sounds ESL to me. *Shrug*

[Phakiel]

He was trying to escape his reputation as a pretentious poser. It kind of worked a little. Now when I read his posts he just sounds ESL to me. *Shrug*


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA
Thats fucking hilarious right there! Gold!

[Atlas]

Lol.

Actually...

I forgot my password on purpose to avoid coming back (because I wanted more time for myself and school), but I decided to come back the same day.

Took the opportunity to conjure up Bananafish.

Yum.

Oh, and inari, you're kind of a bitch. I say that in the nicest way. :)

[Inari]

I'm just going to assume that bitch is a compliment in your native language.

[Cyrus the virus]

I forgot my password on purpose to avoid coming back

First of all: Durrrrr to this.

Second of all: I didn't know 'moron' had a native language!!!!!!!!! LOLOL HA

[Atlas]

Argh. I just can't win with you people. :p

[Phakiel]

First of all: Durrrrr to this.

Second of all: I didn't know 'moron' had a native language!!!!!!!!! LOLOL HA

Oh snap!

[Baby]

How do you forget something on purpose???

[Atlas]

I just typed a bunch of stuff, like +d32rwefsdfsdf. Then I wrote it down, confirmed it, then threw it away.

Haha.

[Inari]

You can forget your password but you can never forget AllRPG.

[Devil King]

Atlas, when I first saw your new username, I thought it was Electric Banana.

[Inari]

Maybe he wants to stick his banana in her can of tuna.

Gross.

[Inari]

You know what I just realized? If I read Atlas' posts with a robot narration in my head, it sounds alright. Like if a robot wrote what Atlas writes, that would be pretty awesome. But he's not a robot. He's a human.

[Atlas]

No. Bananafish is a character from J.D. Salinger's short story, "Perfect Day For Bananafish."

Gosh, you dumbass.

[Inari]

Hey it's not our fault you're now permanently associated with Electric Banana. Like some sort of homage to her. The two of you did have a special something.

[Phakiel]

You crazy son of a bitch, you cant read J. D. Sallinger, how the fuck would you know that?

[Atlas]

You crazy son of a bitch, you cant read J. D. Sallinger, how the fuck would you know that?

Salinger*

Fuck off, ******.

[Inari]

I thought Electric Bananafish only read sci fi.

[Atlas]

War of the Worlds is the only sci fi I've ever read, JUST FOR THE RECORD> GOSH OK

[Devil King]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Phakiel]

Motherfucker, you cant read with comprehension beyong 3rd grade! You dont fool us, stop saying that you "read books" or "think", its not cool.

[Atlas]

I know we're all joking here (or at least I really hope so), but you guys can totally stop being assholes whenever; now would be awesome, though.

[Inari]

We're assholes. That's what makes us cool.

[Phakiel]

Awwwww I am sorry Tiffany, did we hurt your feelings? Thats Ok, I am sorry, I promise I would never make mean and incisive comments about your femimine ways. Oh whats this? Oh they are your balls wrapepd up in a sanitary towel, here you go Emily, its gonna be alright.

[Atlas]

Well, since I obviously can't even hang around here without constantly being badgered by you two, it would seem my time here is up. I really like this place, but you guys constantly being assholes really makes it an unpleasant environment for me.

Peace.

[Phakiel]

Ah come on man, I am just fucking around. Its funny dude.

[Devil King]

Well, since I obviously can't even hang around here without constantly being badgered by you two, it would seem my time here is up. I really like this place, but you guys constantly being assholes really makes it an unpleasant environment for me.

Peace.

Stop being an attention whore and take it. It's all in good fun, Atlas; they're not even being assholes, your just taking it as such because you're sensitive.

Seriously, don't pull an EB on us here.

[Inari]

I see how it is. You can call me an oriental Liz but I call you Electric Bananafish and all of a sudden no means no.

[Atlas]

God damn it.

Fine.

And yes, King, I am sensitive. Woe is me. Mai, I like you, but King is right, I'm sensitive. You're wittier than I am, and I take things personally, like your comments about my "stilted writing style."

I'll take it, though.

[Data]

Come on, Atlas . . . the least you could do is insult them a little. Show some spunk!

[Atlas]

Insulting them would be futile.

[Inari]

Hey don't take it personally. Consider it legit criticism or defend yourself. I told Priest4hire the same thing about his writing style like a year ago. You don't see him bitching.

To be fair, he sounds less like a robot and more like a really self-absorbed and unapproachable teacher, but stilted is stilted.

[Cyrus the virus]

Jesus god just call Mai a *** and move on or something.

[Atlas]

Hey don't take it personally. Consider it legit criticism or defend yourself. I told Priest4hire the same thing about his writing style like a year ago. You don't see him bitching.

To be fair, he sounds less like a robot and more like a really self-absorbed and unapproachable teacher, but stilted is stilted.

If the priority of this message board were to try and analyze stylistic form then I would take it as such. Although, given the circumstance (it's a gaming forum), your motive behind such an accusation is the only thing that interests me. Although, I'll try to have more of an open mind next time. You, on the other hand, might want to re-think your methods, if the case is you even give two shits about reception.

[Inari]

I went to the movies with my friends a couple of weeks ago to see My Bloody Valentine and while we were waiting in line one of the girls whipped out this book she bought called "100 words to make you sound smarter". Aside from the fact that most of the words are at a high school reading comprehension level, it should have been named "100 words to make you sound stupid". Nothing makes you sound more stupid and contrived than trying to use obscure words in every day conversation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKUxkw_kQw

If you really and truly don't see or care that your writing style is beyond stilted, then I just feel bad for you. It would be like if I said that I had an enormous passion for videogames, but then all I did was mash buttons, and didn't know that I was the worst player on the face of the earth. On the bright side your posts are always unintentionally funny.

[Atlas]

You've got to be exaggerating.

Ok, ok... let me give you the benefit of the doubt here. If you would be so kind as to direct me to the path of unstilted writing, it would most appreciated. And yes, I'm asking for informative advice; make it personal.

[Inari]

If the priority of this message board is about idea exchange and not about criticizing writing style, then it should be blatantly obvious when someone's writing in a really self-conscious and overworked way. The hallmark of a great writer is someone who can express an idea, narrative, or dialogue in a way that removes them as the writer from the minds of the people reading their words. That is--all people see and imagine is ideas, situations, settings, conversation, etc. Not the effort that the writer put into it. Writing is an art form, and bad writers punch through the fourth wall and wave their arms around in front of the audience.

I don't even know how to explain how *not* to overwork your own writing. But especially on a forum like this where we're just all casually talking to each other it shouldn't even be an issue. I guess step one would be to try to mimic casual speech as much as possible, unless an obscure phrase or word really makes a point. Phrases like "if you would be so kind as to" or "it would be most appreciated" aren't commonly used anymore except by old women. So by using these phrases, you're conveying that you have the sensibility of an old woman.

Hopefully this makes sense. There's a big difference between being self-conscious about your writing (which leads to overcompensation) and self-awareness (which leads to self-editing). Usually less is more.

[Baby]

This is really getting funny :D

[Atlas]

Blue, you just got Punked! AllRPG isn't even real and we're all robots! :p


Oh, and Mai: That is actually how I talk... =/ Lol... it really isn't being contrived here. I could reverse to my stoner monologue, but fuck that shit. :P

Although, I really did take all of that in. Which you should feel thankful for, because it can be a hassle for me to take advice when it's personal and not some ambiguous, philosophical statement that just makes me feel pretty.

[twerp]

I went to the movies with my friends a couple of weeks ago to see My Bloody Valentine


I had hoped for better from you...

[Atlas]

I wouldn't. No offense, Mai. rofls

[Inari]

Well sorry, I'd rather spend a Friday night watching a 3-d slasher with my friends than at home jerking off to a Fellini film. Personal preference I guess.

[Atlas]

Drools is more like it.