Reply With QuoteIronically, you're the first person I thought of when I was trying to come up with names of people I tend to agree with, and who tend to agree with me.Originally posted by Zkribbler
I may not be the tallest tree in the forest....but I STAND ALONE!
If faction = demogame team, then maybe. Though I still disagree with some people on a few issues...
You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.
Ironically, you're the first person I thought of when I was trying to come up with names of people I tend to agree with, and who tend to agree with me.Originally posted by Zkribbler
I may not be the tallest tree in the forest....but I STAND ALONE!
"I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
Originally posted by VJ
Hybrid forests
"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
I don't think I've ever argued against Zkribbler either. I'm probably in a faction, but I'm not sure exactly who else is in it.
So there is seemingly only one poster who feels they have a consistent shared party line, on at least some issues, with other posters.
Is this the vast right-wing conspiracy that is out to nobble Oerdin? I think we should be told .....
It depends on the issue. There are fairly well established factions on particular issues, but they don't hold together if you change the issue...
-Arrian
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The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
I am certainly not.
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I have a Guild at WoW...if that counts.
Spec.
-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.
No, I wasn't referring to any game-related alliances, teams, or factions.Originally posted by Spec
I have a Guild at WoW...if that counts.
Spec.
As I said.Originally posted by Arrian
It depends on the issue. There are fairly well established factions on particular issues, but they don't hold together if you change the issue...
-Arrian
For instance, the free speech absolutists are pretty well established here, and we'll jump anyone who dares oppose us
i think we have become one big faction in this Forum... truthfully... deny what you will, i know what i see. there may be disagreements, but i know whats going on...
It depends on the issue.
Most of my arguments here are political - either ME or general liberal/conservative political ideas.
Some staunch "enemies" proved to support some very similar ideas on other issues.
VJ is a good example.
Nope - unless someone enrolled me without telling me.
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
I tend to agree with you up to a certain point.Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
Why should I (or anybody else, for that matter) when the responses are so predictable? It makes for dull theater. Don't get me wrong, there are areas that I think the people here could get into and really say something interesting, it's just that most of the posters are so preoccupied playing their characters that they don't really engage.
But how many of us are characters? Perhaps this is who I really am. I was thinking about this the other day. Who am I really? What kind of person am I? Am I like the persona I am here? I am actually really serious in real life. Too serious. I come here to blow off some steam. This is who I really am.
Perhaps our responses have become too predictable. But at least LS isn't saying everything is for hippies now. Now if only the banana thing would go away..
But that is bound to happen when we have been here this long. What you really might be saying is you are tired of us. Can we be and post other than what we really are? As I said before, I can't fake things.
But how many of us are characters?
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GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!
what kind of factions are we talking about here? Apolyton factions or real life factions? political? what?
I can't say I belong to any. Some of you have already figured this out. But I'm a flip flopper.. I try to please everyone, but in the end, end up pleasing no one. I sometimes do things I don't particularly enjoy just to fit in...
the hate work faction
one of the largest and oldest factions out there
anti steam and proud of it
CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
Apolyton factions regarding real-life issues.Originally posted by Dis
what kind of factions are we talking about here? Apolyton factions or real life factions? political? what?
I think we've established that there aren't really factions that hold together over much more than a single issue. For example there is the self-styled CPA, but I don't know whether they actually agree on much more than disagreeing with Bush. Then there is the alleged Oerdin-bashing group, but whether they agree on anything other than their alleged mission-statement I don't know either.
We don't. I hate Kuci with a passion...
KH FOR OWNER!
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Mm. I think a better way to look at it is to look at the percentage of posts that are in character rather than the number of posters who are (usually) in character, since it gives a better impression of the feeling of reading Poly. But in any case, I mean, how many regulars can easily picture posting as another user for a day? Not to the point of being unable to tell them from the original, but in general?Originally posted by Dis
But how many of us are characters?
It takes time to grow into roles...most of the people who I'd consider 'in character' didn't start out that way, they found something that other people responded to and then kept doing it until it became self-caricature. I don't think it's a matter of faking, it's just the way that some groups develop.Perhaps our responses have become too predictable. But at least LS isn't saying everything is for hippies now. Now if only the banana thing would go away.
But that is bound to happen when we have been here this long. What you really might be saying is you are tired of us. Can we be and post other than what we really are? As I said before, I can't fake things.
"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion
QFTOriginally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
It takes time to grow into roles...most of the people who I'd consider 'in character' didn't start out that way, they found something that other people responded to and then kept doing it until it became self-caricature.
'responded to' can mean 'found annoying' as easily as 'found entertaining', I should add.
"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion
In most political arguements I can expect Ming to have similar beliefs. But when discussing our business specialties, no.
A posse of two.
The OT at APOLYTON is like watching the Special Olympics. Certain people try so hard to debate despite their handicaps.
Baron O RIP.
With power, no less.
-Arrian
grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
Koy,
well spoken... and im glad you picked up my innuendo
Are you in a Faction?
Unbeknownst to me but apparently.
Memo to self need to schedule next faction meeting post haste. Its been too long and we need the powerpoints updated.
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Do you run nude through the woods? Damn hippie.Originally posted by Guynemer
I was put in the Gaian faction when the SMAC website first went up.
Lady Deirdre Skye.
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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Well, I hate everybody, so it's kind of hard to be in a faction.
Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.
Originally posted by Mr. President
Well, I hate everybody, so it's kind of hard to be in a faction.
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
I'm in the CPA. I'll generally agree with fellow commies, and occasionally support them in discussions.
If I disagree with them on a separate issue, I will refrain from attacking them.
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