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Post by Kainguru on Feb 17, 2014 4:01:19 GMT -8
We in the UK are indeed aware of the "Fresh Prince" My favourite episode is the one where he gets a job advertising shoes, but then robots try to kill him. I admire the jolly Prince Regent - bringing up the youngest other as one of his own, very modern . . . Meanwhile back in 1977 (The same year 2000AD, along with Judge Dredd, was born) While in more contemporary America: Aaron
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Post by D.T. Pints on Feb 17, 2014 8:22:00 GMT -8
Now I just want to have my gnome bard in Pathfinder start spouting Coleridge. (The other players will love it!) It warms my wicked soul to know I've corrupted tyler enough regarding online gaming to give it a go. Now if only there were an upcoming online con in THREE WEEKS! time where he could give it a try... And I already said it on G+ but huzzah to bloodsparrow for pushing a copy of "Murderous Ghosts" into the crew's hands. When fizzy strawberry wino Tyler immediately hollered "You should do an Actual Play!" it was perfect. I really think a LIVE AP is a "third leg" of the Happy Jacks RPG tripod that could be happening. It is already a stand alone unique RPG podcast with its chatroom/QnA app live streaming of RPG discussion. Then its recorded APs actually involve audience participation much to the chagrin (love that word! sounds like it should have 3 hit dice) of a certain bushi archer regarding honor/gain and loss. Now we have the potential for a game like "Murderous Ghosts" which really ends up being more like an interactive radio drama that will allow all us twisted bastards to throw our 2 krupplenicks (what kingdom has JiB been lurking in ?) worth of fear into the game. It could potentially be a great gaming experiment. Put Stu as the narrator with the chat on and Kimi/Gina/? (Non distressed damsel) as our hapless protagonist and GO! Just a very long convoluted thought. I know stu has mentioned the first attempts at podcastery were a "radio drama/variety show/play thing" that just took waaaaay too much editing to be worthwhile. This could be one way to incorporate that idea into RPGs and help keep the powers that be from feeling like the 'cast might be getting "long in the tooth" (to quote jimto). By the way Jackercon now has 20+ games offered and 110 members in the community. Fuck. Yeah. Cheers, Curt. Jackercon III TPK Goodness! "Beware the Dice of March"
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Post by tyler on Feb 17, 2014 11:08:52 GMT -8
It IS a valid Americanism. At 4 years old, the way I understood it was one block was a Lego, more than one block were Legos. No one felt the need to correct me, and not knowing the difference ever changed the amount of entertainment I got from playing with them. When I got older, they were still Legos. My friends all called them Legos, and from discussions with other people in my life, they called them Legos as well. Of course they aren't going to say "Legos" in the video games or movies, because those products are controlled by the company, and they prefer the actual name of the product. TL;DR - EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY "LEGOS", SO DON'T BE SUCH A PEDANT.
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 17, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -8
Dictionary.com says Legos. Nyah.
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Post by Stu Venable on Feb 17, 2014 12:22:47 GMT -8
The Legos controversy is like the Oxford comma B.S.
I have a degree in Journalism, and I was trained to write with no final comma. Do you prefer to use one? I think that's great! Get on with your bad self.
Don't get me wrong -- I admire people who argue useless stuff on the internet. That's what it's for.
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Post by fredrix on Feb 17, 2014 12:48:02 GMT -8
TL;DR - EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY "LEGOS", SO DON'T BE SUCH A PEDANT. Aha! But it wasn't too long was it? Because you did read it, and made a very cogent (though incorrect) argument. (And I NEVER say "Legos"' so the correct construction of your capitalised rant is "Everyone knows what one is talking about when one says ..." Now obviously I might concede the point that it is an Americanism, but I'd be interested to hear from our Australian friends? Anyone care to share whether it's Lego or Legos in the antipodes? (And don't try to tell me you are too busy fighting crocs to play with Lego...)
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Post by fredrix on Feb 17, 2014 12:49:25 GMT -8
Don't get me wrong -- I admire people who argue useless stuff on the internet. That's what it's for. And it's such FUN! Especially when tyler takes the bait.
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Post by Kainguru on Feb 17, 2014 14:24:47 GMT -8
Lego is Lego . . . Though in Oz math is math (or was according to the pedants teachers/masters (yep, they had the honorific 'master' from that great British Public School System*) where I went to school) whereas in the UK it is maths. *Now Public Schools, as they are called in the UK, are what we in Oz would call a Private School given that Oz Public Schools are State Schools which are basically what the British call Comprehensives . . . Confused yet? . . . It gets better. Durex is a brand of condom in the British Isles and brand of Sellotape in Oz which in turn is called scotch tape in the UK . . . A Root is Screw in Oz but to rummage about/through in the UK . . . Tell you what FUCK 'ENGLISH' LETS ALL JUST TALK ESPERANTO INSTEAD . . . Aaron
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 17, 2014 17:42:44 GMT -8
Is the plural Esperantos?
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Post by D.T. Pints on Feb 17, 2014 20:49:03 GMT -8
Los Esperantos y Los Legos tambien.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2014 1:08:51 GMT -8
I had a schoolmate who used to harp on this Lego issue. He was Dutch, and a dick.
The fact seems to be that omni-Lego purists are going against the standard practice when products are named after their manufacturer. The plural of a single can of Coke is Cokes, and a Porsche auto dealer no doubt has a showroom full of Porsches. The way our language is constructed, we need a comfortable way to distinguish between a single Lego block and the dozens of shrapnel pieces our nephew left scattered on the hardwood floor for us to discover on our midnight piss run.
Goddamn, that Dutch guy was a dick.
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Post by maxinstuff on Feb 18, 2014 5:45:53 GMT -8
I had a schoolmate who used to harp on this Lego issue. He was Dutch, and a dick. The fact seems to be that omni-Lego purists are going against the standard practice when products are named after their manufacturer. The plural of a single can of Coke is Cokes, and a Porsche auto dealer no doubt has a showroom full of Porsches. The way our language is constructed, we need a comfortable way to distinguish between a single Lego block and the dozens of shrapnel pieces our nephew left scattered on the hardwood floor for us to discover on our midnight piss run. Goddamn, that Dutch guy was a dick. THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS I HATE IN THIS WORLD
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Post by Kainguru on Feb 18, 2014 5:58:11 GMT -8
I had a schoolmate who used to harp on this Lego issue. He was Dutch, and a dick. The fact seems to be that omni-Lego purists are going against the standard practice when products are named after their manufacturer. The plural of a single can of Coke is Cokes, and a Porsche auto dealer no doubt has a showroom full of Porsches. The way our language is constructed, we need a comfortable way to distinguish between a single Lego block and the dozens of shrapnel pieces our nephew left scattered on the hardwood floor for us to discover on our midnight piss run. Goddamn, that Dutch guy was a dick. THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS I HATE IN THIS WORLD The Dutch, Lego, Porsche, Coke or Dicks? Aaron
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Post by D.T. Pints on Feb 18, 2014 8:11:08 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2014 8:22:56 GMT -8
I wanted to post that vid earlier, but I have a lot of faith in this forum. You guys didn't let me down
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