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Thanks, Rayboy, I'll follow your advice.
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| 4/15/2009 8:44 AM |
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The last novel in the "official" Outlanders continuity is also a major flashpoint book--Dark Goddess.
Don't bother with the fill-in garbage by Victor Milan since they're not considered "official".
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Posted By Daniel on 15 Apr 2009 08:44 AM
The last novel in the "official" Outlanders continuity is also a major flashpoint book--Dark Goddess.
Don't bother with the fill-in garbage by Victor Milan since they're not considered "official". Uhh, excuse me, but what do that last four posts have to do with this thread “The Future of Deathlands”)? Absolutely nothing? Ron went a lot of (unpaid) time and trouble to redesign and organize this site for everyone to use for free. He created a section specifically for OL-themed posts. IMHO, we need to be respectful of his considerable effort and not (re)introduce (the same old) chaos into the equation. |
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| 4/15/2009 12:12 PM |
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Posted By AP on 15 Apr 2009 10:59 AM
Uhh, excuse me, but what do that last four posts have to do with this thread “The Future of Deathlands”)? Absolutely nothing?
Well in the context of the 'Axlerverse', Outlanders IS the future of DL.  |
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Posted By Raboy on 15 Apr 2009 12:12 PM
Posted By AP on 15 Apr 2009 10:59 AM
Uhh, excuse me, but what do that last four posts have to do with this thread “The Future of Deathlands”)? Absolutely nothing?
Well in the context of the 'Axlerverse', Outlanders IS the future of DL.
The thread is entitled "The Future of Deathlands," not "the Context of the Axlerverse." I understand that's a challenging concept for you to grasp. As is the concept of respect for someone else's creation/property. I sympathize with your distress. Sometimes my mind works in the tiniest of tiny concentric circles, too. You should move your OL discussion to the proper forum. |
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| 4/15/2009 11:17 PM |
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When you've hung around these boards for a decade like me and some others you'll realize that discussions go where they want to go no matter what the original thread is.
E-ZE asked a question about Outlanders in this thread and thats where he was answered. I don't have the authority to move threads from one section to another...Ron could probably do it if it bothers you so much.
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OutlandersVeteran Member Posts:163 
| 4/16/2009 9:04 AM |
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Oh for the love of GOD!
Mellenial Man, don't try to start a fight.
Raboy, don't rise the the bait.
We've had this same disgusting friggen argument for YEARS here. DL is better than OL, OL is better than DL.
You know something? Let it friggen die and DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PREFER ONE OR THE OTHER!!!
I don't really give a rat's ass about which is better. We all have our personal choices and lets not get back into this same old friggen rut that was one of the reasons that the site became a ghost town for so damned long!
And Al, if there is a question asked about something in a topic like this, it IS only fair that it be answered. Yes, it should be in a different thread, but it isn't.
Chris
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Posted By Raboy on 15 Apr 2009 11:17 PM
When you've hung around these boards for a decade like me and some others you'll realize that discussions go where they want to go no matter what the original thread is.
E-ZE asked a question about Outlanders in this thread and thats where he was answered. I don't have the authority to move threads from one section to another...Ron could probably do it if it bothers you so much. Here’s my beef. I’m liking Ron’s upgraded edition of the site an awful lot. I’m liking the fresh influx of posters who have new and interesting—and funny—things to say, and who can articulate their views without rancor. I’ve liked what I’ve seen well enough to break with long tradition and start posting here, myself. I don’t want the site to revert back to what it had degenerated into before: a tape loop of identical commentary on every thread by a handful of people only talking to themselves. Not just chaos, mind you—Dead Boring Chaos. If the content of the individual threads is kept distinct, and the threads properly placed in the assigned forums that can’t happen again. Ron shouldn’t have to police this; we’re adults and he’s got other, more important things to do. It is fair that someone's question is answered, but if it's in the wrong forum the person doing the answering can tell them to repost it in the right place. Doesn't seem a whole lot to ask, considering what we get for free here. My advice to Ron (which he hasn’t asked for) is this: if posters are unable to understand and follow the site’s organizational structure (which isn’t Rocket Science—every website with a forum uses the same kind of format), give them a warning, then OFF TO THE CORNFIELD. Chris is right about not picking fights. Everyone is deserving of respect. A lot of the friction and problems in the past seemed to come from cross-forum postings JUST LIKE THIS. |
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Posted By Millennial Man on 15 Apr 2009 01:11 PM
That maybe but DL despite its flaws and all is way better than OL.
Millennial Man, Chris is right. This site has been there, done that. It's great that people like either series well enough to register and post. Comparisons between the two go nowhere constructive ... or fun. |
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skullspliterNew Member Posts:63 
| 4/16/2009 10:38 AM |
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I'm going to pull the thread back on topic  . I think in the near future. 1. Dean comes back a little older 2.trader still missing/dead 3.Mutie war 4.And I'm going on a limb here less things like pre-dark items. I know pretty wide but thats my .02 |
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Posted By skullspliter on 16 Apr 2009 10:38 AM
I'm going to pull the thread back on topic.
I think in the near future.
1. Dean comes back a little older
2.trader still missing/dead
3.Mutie war
4.And I'm going on a limb here less things like pre-dark items.
I know pretty wide but thats my .02 Re: #3. A second mutie war in DL would definitely be cool. Something much bigger in scale than what I did in Skydark with the Lord of the Stickies. All the muties vs. all the norms for control of the hellscape. It could span a wide arc of books. But I can't really see GE commiting to something like that. It would require too much coordination and effort. And then there is the backstory problem: most of DL's muties are not bright enough to see the Big Picture (understatement ) and unite against the norms. For example, it took the mindmeld power of Kaa and his third eye to turn stickies into an army in Skydark. And even then they were like a mob of wildass zombies. Actually, (not to insert an off-thread comment or anything  ) that's what the SR series arc is about: global, century-long, (mutated human) species war, and its aftermath. |
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OutlandersVeteran Member Posts:163
| 4/16/2009 7:11 PM |
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Alan -
Thanks for backing me up with this situation. I do appriciate it.
Chris
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| 4/16/2009 9:35 PM |
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Don't want to derail, just popping in to say watch the General forum for a post from me shortly about my thoughts on, um, thread derails.....
"Sadly then I knew the answer. All her life she was a dancer, but no one ever played the song she knew." - The Residents
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Posted By Outlanders on 16 Apr 2009 07:11 PM
Alan -
Thanks for backing me up with this situation. I do appriciate it.
Chris My pleasure. United we stand, divided we fall. |
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Posted By skullspliter on 16 Apr 2009 10:38 AM
I'm going to pull the thread back on topic.
I think in the near future.
1. Dean comes back a little older
2.trader still missing/dead
3.Mutie war
4.And I'm going on a limb here less things like pre-dark items.
I know pretty wide but thats my .02 Skullspliter, A potential #5 to your list: Krysty gets pregnant.  Forget the blasters and no change of underwear--she and Ryan have been going at it like weasels for twenty years (real world time). Never a mention of birth control. Doc and Mildred could deliver the baby while J.B. carved a little SIG P-226-shaped rattle for it to play with.  |
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JettaManDan Basic Member Posts:252 
| 4/17/2009 10:13 AM |
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and Jack could teach it how to kill someone with a throwing knife by the time it is 6 months old  |
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Posted By JettaManDan on 17 Apr 2009 10:13 AM
and Jack could teach it how to kill someone with a throwing knife by the time it is 6 months old While wearing matching Rambo jungle camouflage headband, facepaint, and diaper. We need a name for him/her ... |
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| 4/17/2009 10:50 AM |
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Well he has one brat named Dean so I would say it would have to be Sammy, Joey or Frank...maybe all of those names and more if Ryan decides to turn Christy into OctoMom...lol
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Posted By JettaManDan on 17 Apr 2009 10:13 AM
and Jack could teach it how to kill someone with a throwing knife by the time it is 6 months old To proud parents, Ryan and Krysty, Jak says: "Baby kill good." |
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