Future of Crestfallen...

[Fitz Tayo]

I thought that was because you realised you hated and loathed all of us and The Way was the only reason you stayed on the forums...

[Poenaensis]

Or everyone is dedicating themselve to solving E6

[Strayed Wanderer]

I thought that was because you realised you hated and loathed all of us and The Way was the only reason you stayed on the forums...

I didn't need to realize that... I've known it all along.

[Aegis]

The question still remains: What the hell is Lun going to do next? And is there any chance Fwacho could give some insight to this?

(200th post!)

[Burning_Flame]

I think it would be awsome to have The Way in a novel format. If Impy would ever finish his Fan fic....

[Teenr0cker]

I call dibs on throwing a brick at him after Impy...see, impy gets automatic first dibs.





See, I know the dibs system well...

[Burning_Flame]

But bricks hurt, why cant it ever be a sponge, or a plush toy?

[Jasonflare]

Well I'll say something to the effect of a fangame:
I'm making a fangame. I'm still waiting for Lun to approve it, but I'm probably going to get bashed if I say anymore.

"OMG, YOU"RE MAKING ORIGINAL CHARACTERS"/

But hey, isn't the E6 Discussion board much more active now?

[Fitz Tayo]

But bricks hurt, why cant it ever be a sponge, or a plush toy?

Remember the good ol' days when we used to sling dirt around at each other, then somebody invented the brick? Good times right?

Then somebody invented the Brick-Gun and it went a bit too far...

[Poenaensis]

hmmm, I'm thinking about a game, but not a fangame. I'll probably end up composing some music and then giving up.

[Telephalsion]

give the music a try, strayed seems to be working on a project, if you make some good songs they might be used.

[Fitz Tayo]

Yay for music!

I do believe that at some point in the summer, when my holidays roll around I'll be starting some sort of project. I don't know what yet. It could be music, it could be a game. It could be a story. But that's what I'm doing.


I love Tele's new Avatar also... just look at it!

[Aegis]

I'm almost certainly not going to do a the Way fan thing. As hard as I'd try, I'd end up fucking it up and deviating miles from Lun's original vision. And I can't make music... *sigh*

However, I'm going to write a book (not a The Way book, but my own series), and the story I made up for it is actually turning out pretty damn awesome.

[Belthazar]

wow everyone's got all these plans and here i am sitting with nothing to do...sweet...

[Forerunner]

I feel like that too. Everyone is running round doing stuff in order to keep CS alive, while all I intended to do was hang around (i.e. not leave now that the Way is finished) and keep randomly chatting.

And hell, if worse comes to worst then we can resort to senslessly and nonsequentially flaming one another for no apparent reason. I know I'm ready:

The Twelve Commandments of Flaming


1. Make things up about your opponent: It's important to make your lies
sound true. Preface your argument with the word "clearly." "Clearly,
Fred Flooney is a liar, and a dirtball to boot."

2. Be an armchair psychologist: You're a smart person. You've heard of
Freud. You took a psychology course in college. Clearly, you're
qualified to psychoanalyze your opponent. "Polly Purebread, by using the
word 'zucchini' in her posting, shows she has a bad case of penis envy."


3. Cross-post your flames: Everyone on the net is just waiting for the
next literary masterpiece to leave your terminal! From the Apple II
RoundTable to X-10 Powerhouse RoundTable, they're all holding their
breath until your next flame. Therefore, post everywhere.

4. Conspiracies abound: If everyone's against you, the reason can't
*possibly* be that you're a sh??head. There's obviously a conspiracy
against you, and you will be doing the entire net a favor by exposing
it.

5. Lawsuit threats: This is the reverse of Rule #4 (sort of like the Yin
& Yang of Flaming). Threatening a lawsuit is always considered to be in
good form. "By saying that I've posted to the wrong group, Bertha has
libeled me, slandered me, and sodomized me. See you in court, Bertha."

6. Force them to document their claims: Even if Harry Hoinkus states
outright that he likes tomato sauce on his pasta, you should demand
documentation. If Newsweek hasn't written an article on Harry's pasta
preferences, then Harry's obviously lying.

7. Use foreign phrases: French is good, but Latin is the lingua franca
of flaming. You should use the words "ad hominem" at least three times
per article. Other favorite Latin phrases are "ad nauseum," "veni, vidi,
vici," and "fettuccini alfredo."

8. Tell 'em how smart you are: Why use intelligent arguments to convince
them you're smart when all you have to do is tell them? State that
you're a member of Mensa, or Mega, or Dorks of America. Tell them the
scores you received on every exam since high school. "I got an 800 on my
SATs, LSATs, GREs, MCATs, and I can also spell the word 'premeiotic' ."

9. Accuse your opponent of censorship. It is your right as an American
citizen to post whatever the hell you want to the net (as guaranteed by
the 37th Amendment, I think). Anyone who tries to limit your
cross-posting or move a flame war to email is either a communist, a
fascist, or both.

10. Doubt their existence: You've never actually seen your opponent,
have you? And since you're the center of the universe, you should have
seen them by now, shouldn't you? Therefore, THEY DON'T EXIST! This is
the beauty of flamers' logic.

11. Lie, cheat, steal, leave the toilet seat up.

12. When in doubt, insult: If you forget the other 11 rules, remember
this one. At some point during your wonderful career as a Flamer you
will undoubtedly end up in a flame war with someone who is better than
you. This person will expose your lies, tear apart your arguments, make
you look generally like a bozo. At this point, there's only one thing to
do: INSULT THE DIRTBAG!!! "Oh yeah? Well, your mother does strange
things with vegetables."