RicOlie_2

An eruption was caused by the earthquake, though, right?

The Athenian Constitution

by Aristotle

darth_ender said:

Bx2f

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January 11:

A.D. 1693: Mt. Etna, Sicily, erupts.

Important because people died and stuff.

A.D. 1787: Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, are discovered by William Herschel.

Not really important, but interesting (for some people).

A.D. 1813: The first pineapple plants are planted in Hawaii.

It's interesting how non-native flora and fauna can so quickly become identifiable with a place.

A.D. 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American woman to earn a medical degree.

See title for details.

The last thing I was reading was a Discover magazine from April, 2009.

EDIT: This was the beginning of a thread which is now merged with the other, more successful thread of this nature, hence the seeming out-of-place-ness of the first bit of this post (and the title).

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darth_ender said:

Thanks.  I don't know why I thought you had a bishop.  Like I said, I'm tired, as I almost always am, and that's only excuse I can come up with.  I've been working a lot lately.  Anyway...

Yeah, it's my favourite excuse too...except that I have little justification for using it most of the time.

N-2e

 P-2f

"Master, sir, sandstorms are the most beautiful things in the universe."

LOL, I still love the alternate motive for killing the kidlings.

darth_ender said:

Aw, did I misread your moves?!  Curses!  Hold on, let me look over it for a minute.

JEDIT: Ah nuts, I'm tired and was misreading my Japanese characters and forgetting what happened.  Sorry again.  Do you mind if I take back my last move?

 No, go for it.

darth_ender said:

Perhaps you mean to drop a Silver to 8b, in which case it is not immediately promoted but must wait till it moves.  Or else you mean to move your promoted bishop to 8b?

 I announced my Silver General drop in post 305. Then I took your knight with it and moved back the next turn. I don't have a promoted Bishop at the moment (the one that was there was eaten by your knight), and my un-promoted Bishop can't move there.

darth_ender said:

G-4a

 +S-8b

darth_ender said:

B*4d

 Sx7c+

I'm going to repeat some things that have been mentioned already, but I have some that haven't been brought up yet.

Anakin should have been a different character altogether. He should have been someone we could respect; a real hero instead of a powerful, out-of-control whiny kid. The whole "chosen one" idea should have been scrapped. Anakin should have been a normal Jedi, corrupted by a desire for power (though this would only have begun as a result of some tragedy in the middle of Episode II--his mother's death could have been part of it). If the Battle of Naboo had still happened, he shouldn't have been involved in it at all and IMO he should have been a background character in Episode I, and become gradually more prominent.

I hated the whole Padmé/Anakin romance. It seemed too forced and it shouldn't have been such a big part of Episodes II and III. If it had been kept fairly background like in the OT, then it wouldn't have been so bad.

Jar Jar. He could have been such a different character, but everything about him was goofy and retarded.

The bad guys were just for looks. If we had explored their characters a bit more, they would have been far more convincing characters.

Lightsabre fights should have had more dialogue. Fast-paced action would have been OK for me, but it should have been interspersed with the Sith taunting his Jedi opponent and trying to make him lose control. If more of the fights had been done along the lines of Anakin vs. Dooku in Episode III, it would have been far better (I think--I haven't seen Episode III for a while).

The prequels should not have been treated like a reboot of Star Wars. PT technology should have looked less advanced than OT technology. The SE should have given us more advanced displays like Adywan did so that they would be able to use slightly more advanced technology, but it should not have been more advanced than the OT's tech.

I think Lucas and ILM forgot about the fact that people loved that the Star Wars universe looked lived in in the OT. Everything in the PT looks new and clean, and if there is dirt it is CG dirt and thus looks fake. Far too much focus was on the visual effects and eye candy in the PT and thus it fell into the trap of other Sci-Fi movies that the OT had avoided (and that's another thing: the PT was too much science fiction whereas the OT was space fantasy).

The PT tried to tie everything together and by doing so effectively shrunk the Star Wars universe to a tenth of the size. C-3PO being built by Darth Vader? That's garbage. Everything also seems to revolve around Tatooine, which is supposedly an insignificant planet no one's ever heard of, way out on the edge of the galaxy. The only Star Wars movie that doesn't feature Tatooine is ESB (unless it does too...). Not only that, but everything happens in the same general area of Tatooine and we even see Jabba in TPM. Boba Fett loses a lot of his mystique and is way too involved in the main story. George apparently lost his ability to invent new characters when he wrote the PT.

The Jedi should not have been so well known. In the OT, Han has never heard of the Jedi or the Force, yet he was something like 14 when the Republic fell, Luke had never heard of the Force, Imperial officers scoffed at Darth Vader's "sad devotion to that ancient religion" yet one would think they would have heard about the kinds of feats Jedi had been capable of. Also, Jedi should not have been so powerful. In the PT they had way too few limitations.

CGI was over-used.

Dialogue was terrible.

The prequels should have been made so that that Star Wars could be watched in chronological order. Now the surprise of Darth Vader being Luke and Leia's father is ruined in Episode III, Jabba's reveal is ruined, Boba Fett and Slave I are no longer unique to Episodes V and VI, we see Jawas, Tuskens, and Sandcrawlers in Episode II, the Emperor is too prominent in the PT--his appearance should have been a shock in Episode V, etc.

The prequels spoiled a lot of continuity. Padmé should not have died in childbirth, the Force should not have had a scientific explanations, etc.

dan76 said:

The fact that the films were made at all. Prequels are never a good idea, as if a film is successful enough to warrant a sequel it obviously means it doesn't need one.

 By that line of thought, Lucas should never have made ESB.

darth_ender said:

+Rx9i

 S*8b

darth_ender said:

I had meant to post an updated, but maybe I didn't again.  Sometimes that page is confusing.  Anyway, I'll change it and try it again.

And you know, I didn't realize in my hurried moves (I was at work fo 14.5 hours) that I had so effectively trapped your bishop.  Oops, but cool, but sorry, but...okay, well, you had me nervous, but now I'm much more confident.

I realized it once I moved to that spot and knew the game would go downhill from there. You have a lot of good pieces you can drop onto the board, so I don't expect I'll last much longer.

Nxc7

http://wormz.free.fr/kifugen/?kifu=jaaadarajaaaaadfaabbhabbhbbaabaaabalaaaacaaaaaaaaaccaacaaaaaacca2aaaeaeskataaogik00000000000000

 P-9f

darth_ender said:

RicOlie_2 said:

darth_ender said:

S*7c

It's getting tricky now.

N-7c+

(Did I get the promoting thing right this time?)

You're playing very well this game.  It looks like I will come out worse in this little exchange.

I don't know...well, we'll see. :)

JEDIT: link

 Something's wrong with your link. I think it has this thread's url before the one you want.

 Hmmm...I don't even know how I messed that link up.  I don't think I could have easily copied and pasted a mistake like that.  Weird.  In any case, here is the new link, along with my move:

SX7c

 Just to clarify, you posted the same link again, but a fixed version? That's what it looks like, but I just wanted to be sure.

*sigh* Bye bye Bishop.

Bx7c+

darth_ender said:

S*7c

It's getting tricky now.

N-7c+

(Did I get the promoting thing right this time?)

You're playing very well this game.  It looks like I will come out worse in this little exchange.

I don't know...well, we'll see. :)

JEDIT: link

 Something's wrong with your link. I think it has this thread's url before the one you want.

And HotRod has posted about heterosexuality or heterosexual topics a few times.

I think I posted an article about homosexuality and bisexuality by a bisexual somewhere in the thread.

darth_ender said:

+R-8h

 B-6d

January 10:

49 B.C.: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River, beginning a civil war and resulting in his dictatorship over Rome and its possessions.

Treatment for what (if I may ask)?

I'm glad to see you back even though I only know you from old posts. :)

darth_ender said:

+R-7h

stinky

N-8e

I'm sad that twister hasn't been around.  I wanted to see how that game turned out.  If she's willing, we can maybe get that 3 player game going after a bit.  But I guess we'll see.

 Yeah, she hasn't showed up for a while. It's hard to get more than two people in a game when only three people ever look at this thread.

Leonardo said:

^hilarious.

 Is that sarcastic, or did you mean to write "HILARIOUS!!"*?

*Or maybe the watered-down version: "Hilarious!"?