Away Team Mission: Principia Discordia Forum

As an homage to the Internet Safari that recently visited us, I thought we should return the favor, and pay our good neighbors a visit.

First, go to their site and register. don't post.

2nd, prepare your Star Trek character. Decide what species/race/rank you want to be..... if you need help PSing your pic into a star trek uniform, let me know. I see Zippy as a Klingon.....working on that.....

3rd, await your orders. We'll let you know when we beam down to the surface of their site and begin our mission.


post in this thread if you're into it, and let us know what your name will be.... ie: Lt. Cicero.......Ensign Razz Amatazz etc

they have avatars, so the pic is key for continuity.

We'll beam down into a thread once we have assembled a proper away team.

kthxbai

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STAR DATE: 62557.9

Ohh Ohh Ohh Me Me Me.......

Can I be a horta? Please???

of course....

what;s a horta?

how does this look?

This is motivation for me to get photoshop working again.. the picture I will be using:

Apparently I've been nominated to be Admiral Dallas. I will sit around on my ass at Starfleet command, get 5 minutes of screen time in which I act all stick-up-my-ass-by-the-book-military, and then disappear while Captain Whoever goes off, defies my orders, nails some hot alien chick, and just generally saves the universe as we know it.

I could potentially serve as T'Pringles, a Vulcan who has a fetish for snack foods ...

There's nothing that drives a Discordian battier than logic.

Can I get to be the guy that gets to work the transporter beam? I always noticed that the transporter operator moves the sliders s-l-o-w-l-y. I always wondered what would happen if somebody sneezed or was just in a big damn hurry and just slammed them up... or is it down.

OK, maybe somebody else should work the transporter. Just don't screw up the coordinates and send us over to AG, please. I don't think my phaser goes up high enough for that. :3_eyes:

Hmmmm.... maybe we can forge an alliance and send a joint strike force to ....

This could get interesting.

Not Horta....Vorta

(If you're talking about the high rank dominion race from DS9 that ruled over the jem hadar, but were beneath the founders? Unless Horta is something from the original ST...in which case I apologise...)


I'll see if I have some time later today to go set something up...

This sounds like a lot of fun but I have just hit my holyshtstudentseverywherewhatbloodyroomamIinetcetc phase. What kind of participation do you have in mind, captain?

The Horta are silicone based creatures in the original ST. They tunnel through rock and look something like what a dog throws up after eating a small animal.

Ahhhh. I getcha. Fraid I only watched some of the original Star Trek. I came into it through ST:TNG :P

i woke up with several good ideas for this.....stay tuned to this thread today.

Seaman Toad reporting in for this excellent and important mission

I can host yer image file if you don't have somewhere else to put em

Lumberjim, you should be a Vulcan called Mr Cock.

Excellent Dana.
Isn't there a Dana on Star Trek already? It would be an easy fit.

I'm at a loss for who I should be. Zippy suggested Ensign Toes.

DanaC;529975 wrote:

Lumberjim, you should be a Vulcan called Mr Cock.

I LOLLED AT MY DESK

i'm going to make a spaceship in that gif thing,...... i think the premise will be that .....well...just wait.

giving it a coat of thinking/psing. Do we have to have huge flashy signatures too? are we registering without avatars for now in case it spoils the suprise?

I would like to participate, but my online time outside of work is pretty much nil, and my online time at work is very limited right now. I'll be a good sport any play whatever small part you want me to, if someone wants to make me the required accessories :)

I loved the original Star Treks. My dad worked 2nd shift, and I would watch reruns with my mom while waiting for him to get home. We had total crushes on William Shatner... --um, my mom and I.

Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa is awaiting approval

Okay - I had to give a username when I registered. That wasn't supposed to be my Star Trek name was it? Because that was in Step 2...?

Like Dani, I wasn't a fan of the original series at all!
But I would be very grateful if someone would shop me a uniform - there should be plenty of pictures here to play with if you have the time?

Othwise I guess I'll use the one of me from the photo manipulator, so's I can be black - a little racial diversity in our invasion. I'd prefer a uniform though :)

I'd like to be the ship's doctor (a la Crusher) so I can get to look at all the dinkles.

oh well then i fucked up, I just took my cue from the other recent reg.

S'okay - just had my approval, saying I can change it after I register.
You'll just stick with yours I guess.

I went and registered, now what? Oh mighty one.

DanaC;529975 wrote:

Lumberjim, you should be a Vulcan called Mr Cock.

Captain James T Cock ;)

I will be Dr Cherry Picar MD, Chief Medical Officer.
Although I won't have all that as my username of course :)

So, wait. We are or we aren't registering with our Star Trek Names?

I haz no fotoshop skilz.

I also, I have realized, no photos of me looking even relatively serious.

Will have to rectify.

I'll be a ferengi. I expect this voyage will be very profitable.
Just waiting for approval of my registration.

C'mon guys, I need a name.
help me out.

I dunno,

Lt. Commander Yard?

Maybe I can be three of nine?
I am three of nine.

Uhhh, was this supposed to be old school star trek?

For Discordians, they have a shitload of very precise rules to get registered ...

you can change your screen name in the profile settings....so register as whatever, to to profile, acct related settings and change it when we land

footfootfoot;530036 wrote:

C'mon guys, I need a name.
help me out.

footfootfoot;530048 wrote:

Maybe I can be three of nine?
I am three of nine.

footz3pO

I'm interested.
I even volunteer for the red shirt position

classicman;530051 wrote:

footz3pO

It's TREK not WARS, are you mocking me? [/lightyear]

oh noze! the LMAO-ROFL drive of the USS Rent A Prize has breached! we'll have to send an away team down to this planet and get suplize!

Can you wait til someone has been kind enough to shop me?
If not, I'll tag along later. In a runabout.
I've got to start cooking dinner in about 30 mins anyway.

OK, i gotta do some work

Sundae Girl;530057 wrote:

Can you wait til someone has been kind enough to shop me?
If not, I'll tag along later. In a runabout.
I've got to start cooking dinner in about 30 mins anyway.

oh definitely....i'm thinking this will take a day or two to prepare

Good news!
I might even try to make a gif in that place.
Maybe shakin' my ass :)

I have made multiple attempts to take my own picture, with little success.

I have, however, made a meez.

Big Sarge;529966 wrote:

The Horta are silicone based creatures in the original ST. They tunnel through rock and look something like what a dog throws up after eating a small animal.

Which they manage to injure, Kirk calls on McCoy to attend to it allowing him to bust out the immortal line "Dammit Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a bricklayer"
Horta wiki page

I'm totally in, no Scottie yet, bagsy.

I'm seeing SG as Nurse Chapel crossed with a Hattie Jakes matron from a Carry On or Doctor film

I think this is going to cramp our style abit.

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented,

F3 maybe you can be Lt Sulululu ;)

PAH

doctor cherry crusher:

I think I will be Nurse Chippie [Chapel- Christine]

3/9

excellent foot! er 3 of 9

captain James T Cock:

No laughing at my lack of photoshop skills!

I see I will be working under Sundae ;)

I want to reserve 1st Officer William Piker for Cicero, if I may

LMAO - Ok guys/gals - I'm in - as I said, I have volunteered to be the "Red Shirt" (guy that gets killed) gimme a name - I got a suggestion of
Ensign Dickjoy.

Ensign Expendable?

Ensign DeadMeat

classicman;530108 wrote:

LMAO - Ok guys/gals - I'm in - as I said, I have volunteered to be the "Red Shirt" (guy that gets killed) gimme a name - I got a suggestion of
Ensign Dickjoy.

Like Kenny, ok?

We'll need you again later.

O wow that is perfect! He can be brain alive, body dead! :cool:

Red Shirt Riley


to put you in the mood

[geek]But Riley was a gold shirt, man ...[/geek]

crap. now I'll be singing "Take Me Home Again, Kathleen" all day.

I downloaded a free photoshop wannabe, and had a go at it, with NO idea what I was doing.
I'll have more practice and see if I can come up with a square image.

Right now it's like learning a whole new language!

JINX as a blue trill?

okay, I have some pics. LJ, would you do the honors for me, I am inept when it comes to stuff like Photoshop, since, well I don't have it (or maybe the disc is in a box somewhere ...)

Sundae you look mahvelous! You are a natural at photoshop.

Who's Weasley?

Can I be Ob/Gynan?
I need to get a better pic to use... There's a lack of chromatically gifted female characters on the damn series.

who's my engineer? beest? is it Bagsy?

wolf;530133 wrote:

okay, I have some pics. LJ, would you do the honors for me, I am inept when it comes to stuff like Photoshop, since, well I don't have it (or maybe the disc is in a box somewhere ...)

email them to me at gmail

Captain’s Log:

Star Date 62562.2

[COLOR=black]We are [/COLOR][COLOR=black]en route to [COLOR=black]Mintaka III[/COLOR] where a three-man Federation [COLOR=black]anthropological[/COLOR] field team has been studying the inhabitants. Our mission is to re-supply the [COLOR=black]outpost[/COLOR] and repair their malfunctioning [COLOR=black]reactor[/COLOR]." [/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]Supplement: Star Date 62562.5.[/COLOR][COLOR=black] Emergency! Our ROFL-LMAO Drive has breached! I have shut down power to the reactor, and we are limping to the nearest system on STFU power alone. The System is uncharted, and lies on the edge of the neutral zone, but long range sensors detect signs of life. Whether sentient or not remains to be seen. I will update this log when a full damage assessment has been completed and we know what repairs can be made with what is on hand.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=black]Supplement: Star Date 62562.8[/COLOR][COLOR=black]. We have arrived in orbit of a small class M planet. Atmosphere is within tolerance, and evidence of rudimentary civilization is evident from the fossil fuel emissions detected by ******, my chief engineer. ***** Informs me that we will do not have the necessary material to repair the ROFL containment fields on board, and needs must procure them. Fortunately, this planet seems rich in both ROFL and LMAO. The critical question is whether we can find the WTF and the NSFW needed to repair the field generator. We have plenty of EAD on board, so repairs will go quickly once we have filled the Engineer’s list of supplies needed. I am taking a rather large team with me, as I am unsure of the hospitality that we are likely to encounter. Ever mindful of the Prime Directive, we will attempt to avoid displays of superior technology as much as possible…
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[/COLOR][COLOR=black] what do you think so far?
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I prefer this one I think (perhaps because I lengthened my face?!)
Haven't mastered colours yet :)

Cheers Nirvana - and may I say it will be a pleasure to have you under me.

LJ - that's great!

[killjoy]I don't wish to be a killjoy but wasn't dystopia the last forum they, er, explored? Rather than their home territory?[/killjoy]

lumberjim;530140 wrote:

who's my engineer? beest? is it Bagsy?

Bagsy - Brit for "I call"

beest wants to be scottie in other words.

*sigh*

limey;530148 wrote:

[killjoy]I don't wish to be a killjoy but wasn't dystopia the last forum they, er, explored? Rather than their home territory?[/killjoy]

the forum i linked is where they staged the cellar safari. they're all regulars there under different names, too. it's principia discordia. a forum that came to be because of the book

I guess it is a little like AG in that respect.

monster;530151 wrote:

Bagsy - Brit for "I call"

beest wants to be scottie in other words.

*sigh*

I assumed he meant the role.....is that the actual name he'll use?


oh, and excellent job SG.

no idea, was just explaining what "Bagsy" meant

Sundae Girl;530144 wrote:

Cheers Nirvana - and may I say it will be a pleasure to have you under me.

I'm pretty sure you speak for most of the cellar there, SG.:blush:

lumberjim;530142 wrote:

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[/COLOR][COLOR=black] what do you think so far?
[/COLOR]

I think CHN has you in the wrong department.

Do me! Do me! :) I am ready to take the assignment sir.


I need to know who am I so I can register. ;)

lumberjim;530102 wrote:

I want to reserve 1st Officer William Piker for Cicero, if I may

Cicero;530168 wrote:

Do me! Do me! :) I am ready to take the assignment sir.


I need to know who am I so I can register. ;)

I wonder how you'll look in a beard
i'm on it.

Screw it, not doing it then.

Cicero;530170 wrote:

Screw it, not doing it then.

what!

i thought you'd like that.

pick your own fucking name then, harpie!

I used to fancy Riker :)
An attempt for Labber. I'm sure someone else can do better.

That's dandy! did you get Paint.net? that's what I'm using.

Lt. Cicero

I liked the meez idea. This meez looks better than I do. :( oh well...It's really as close as I can get here.

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lol! William Piker...I just read that....that's good. lol!

I want to play! Anyone spoken for Uhura?

i cant remember whoopi's character's name....

eta: Guinan!

i will use this pic and some variation of the name Odo

appropriate for a changeling such as my self.

cicero as spock's mom:

Stormieweather;530191 wrote:

I want to play! Anyone spoken for Uhura?

we should make a list. monster has a variation.....http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=530000&postcount=21

but whatever!

this is shaping up quickly.....

fomentor;530194 wrote:

i will use this pic and some variation of the name Odo

appropriate for a changeling such as my self.

if you save the img to your hard drive, and then click 'go advanced' then look for 'manage attachments' you can upload it directly.

i have made a couple posts that are waiting for approval they show up when i hit send then disappear?? it may take a bit till i can post normaly

lumberjim;530142 wrote:

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[/COLOR][COLOR=black] what do you think so far?
[/COLOR]

You should be working for SNL! :)

ahhh there we go posting normal now... well done cellar dwellers this is coming together well, i am looking forward to it, i hope i can remember who am...

OK, I think we're kinda ready to go.....

once we begin, stay in character always, and try to develop the plot line. We're in need of repairs and raw materials for those repairs. Look around for NSFW stuff and WTFs. They have a few quirky sayings of their own like WOMP and SPAG. I don't know what they mean, but maybe someone could interview a native and find out. Remember to Prime Directive, and report back to the communications Officer frequently. Admiral Dallas will be most displeased if we fail to resupply that base on .....Mintaka III.

I'm going to post a thread HERE. Check in, post once in character, and put your profile right.....give it a little time for everyone to reach the surface, or for those staying aboard to comm down to the away team....then lightly and politely, delve their forum. we'll leave when it seems time, or if it gets ugly.

Where's the roster?

I'm unprepared.... I guess I need to find some Starfleet Command graphics...

I'm will join you. It seems logical that I assume the role of Spock.

BigV;530219 wrote:

Where's the roster?

throughout this thread

could everyone that has registered for the discordian forum list their handle there and the rank/postition they'll be playing?

like this:

Captain James T Cock: Captain

Cicero;530170 wrote:

Screw it, not doing it then.

What? c'mon I'm stacked like four decades of newspapers in an old woman's apartment. I've got a balcony you could do shakespeare from.
You don't see me whining.
OK I did crop the photo and add a couple of inches to my neck, but I'm hawt!

lumberjim;530233 wrote:

throughout this thread

could everyone that has registered for the discordian forum list their handle there and the rank/postition they'll be playing?

like this:

Captain James T Cock: Captain

Shit fuck piss. I need to get ready. Unlike some of you, I don't have a job; I work during the day.

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I'm Silik. Gotta get a graphic tho. Silik is one ugly bastard.

beest is Nobby, but he plans to change it to Scotchie: Chief Engineer

Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa: Communications Officer (I think)

monster;530260 wrote:

beest is Nobby, but he plans to change it to Scotchie: Chief Engineer

Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa: Communications Officer (I think)

Well I guess I won't be Uhuru after all :eyebrow: .

I am instead registered as T pot:science officer with a rebellious streak- (modeled after T'Pol-Vulcan science officer)

I'm there, and enjoying.

monster;530000 wrote:

Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa is awaiting approval

Stormieweather;530191 wrote:

I want to play! Anyone spoken for Uhura?

lumberjim;530200 wrote:

we should make a list. monster has a variation.....http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=530000&postcount=21

but whatever!

this is shaping up quickly.....

Stormieweather;530265 wrote:

Well I guess I won't be Uhuru after all :eyebrow: .

I am instead registered as T pot:science officer with a rebellious streak- (modeled after T'Pol-Vulcan science officer)

you're just toooo slow -don't raise that eyebrow at me again or you'll find yourself on a planet in a redshirt with no signal.....

Ensign Red Shirt Riley awaiting approval for duty sir cockleberry

Ah well, I like T'pot/T'pol better. BF suggested it, said something about....hot, drool, badass...:blush:

My meez:

you need to check in, they are apparently low on the chick front -seems like the only one they had defected to us! :lol:

monster;530279 wrote:

you need to check in, they are apparently low on the chick front -seems like the only one they had defected to us! :lol:

BWAHAHAHAH!!! :lol2:

monster;530279 wrote:

you need to check in, they are apparently low on the chick front -seems like the only one they had defected to us! :lol:

Oh dear, no, I haven't defected... they've plenty of women... we're just not all obvious. In fact, I'm not sure than any of us are, except for me right now. And I'm usually not apparently female at all.

Check out the "Spagbook" thread and you'll get a better taste for the demographics over there.

roger offends easily, huh?

Roger IS offense.

ok...don't make any more jokes about them being gay.....one of them has serious issues with that. and he posts like every other post

Admiral Shamwow...uh...am I late for the party?

yes

Tiki... it was a joke re wimmens.... (you know I am one, right?)

btw, Roger in Brit slang means fuck. Just so's you know ;)

remember the part about being polite?

monster;530305 wrote:

Tiki... it was a joke re wimmens.... (you know I am one, right?)

Naw, I don't usually assume. :)

lumberjim;530310 wrote:

remember the part about being polite?

It may be too late, Jim.

monster. you;re upsetting roger.

[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR]

There's no "upsetting" Roger. Roger was born upset.

Huh. Well, this'll really suck for me if you continue aggravating them, because I actually like this place.

I mean, really, did we do that shitty of a job on Safari? I didn't think we were huge, insulting jerks, were we?

lumberjim;530310 wrote:

remember the part about being polite?

no

(i'm done, so don't worry about it no more....)

I'm out too.
They reacted VERY differently there than we did here. I'm blamin them.
Hang around Tiki - you're a keeper.

yeah....that realy kicked up a notch....

I guess we should abandon the project.


sorry for those of you that slept through the hilarity.

classicman;530323 wrote:

I'm out too.
They reacted VERY differently there than we did here. I'm blamin them.
Hand around Tiki - you're a keeper.

Every forum and every individual reacts differently... you can't know how ANYONE's going to react.

Just as there were dozens of people here who didn't join this expedition to PD.com, there are dozens of people THERE who don't Safari. You happened to encounter some of them.

You guys said some disparaging things in our Safari thread here that we could have used as excuses to act disgusted, escalate hostilities, or insult you for not having a sense of humor. Instead, we feel that it is our responsibility to try to get a sense for the local culture and the local jokes, and not come out swinging and ruin the expedition.

You completely missed our jokes, and then called us stupid and humorless for not getting yours.

If you guys ever try to Safari again, I sincerely hope you will brush up on the idea of diplomacy, or you're not on Safari - you're just plain old-fashioned trolling.

Tiki;530326 wrote:

You guys said some disparaging things in our Safari thread here that we could have used as excuses to act disgusted, escalate hostilities, or insult you for not having a sense of humor. Instead, we feel that it is our responsibility to try to get a sense for the local culture and the local jokes, and not come out swinging and ruin the expedition.

You completely missed our jokes, and then called us stupid and humorless for not getting yours.

If you guys ever try to Safari again, I sincerely hope you will brush up on the idea of diplomacy, or you're not on Safari - you're just plain old-fashioned trolling.

ummm...
BULLSHIT

(did that cover it?)

we didn't get your jokes, you didn't get ours... equal, no?

(I think you're just pissed that we had more fun than you did, 'cause we're llike a COMMUNITY and all....)

ok.....
stop!

let's try this again in the morning. NO INSULTING THE LOCALS. that is the prime directive.

if they insult you....rise above it. remember how capn howdy was acting...

we're doing this on THEIR FORUM. so be accommodating.

if you cant, stay on the fucking ship.

this CANNOT result in a forum war. I won't have it.

am I clear!?

oh yeah.....

sir yes sir - ya cock!

report to the brig. you're on report

Again????????
(shuffles off to the brig wearing his "red shirt")

monster;530331 wrote:

(I think you're just pissed that we had more fun than you did, 'cause we're llike a COMMUNITY and all....)

We had a lot of fun, and our trip lasted several days without incident. Are you trying to say that we're not a "community" over there? :headshake
Our goals were to NOT pick fights, and we know from experience that it's not easy to board a strange forum without raising hackles and unintentionally offending people, so that's our goal... it's easy to pick fights, not so easy to show up en masse and get along.

monster;530330 wrote:

ummm...
BULLSHIT

(did that cover it?)

we didn't get your jokes, you didn't get ours... equal, no?

I think that, again, you're missing the point. You got butthurt because nobody thought you were funny, but that's part of the challenge of a Safari... plain trolling is EASY, and when you start trying to bait a forum to get a negative response, it's just trolling, is all I'm saying. You went to PD and started trolling, and you got the desired response... raised hackles. Fun? Sure, trolling can be fun. It's not the point of a Safari, though. :D

Okay, there's clearly something I'm not getting here.

I had a crappy night at work, and was unable to check in on either Cellar or on the discordian site.

I'm an R.A. Wilson fan, and pretty much know what's the game is on the Discordian side ... but as I was reading through the away team thread, it seemed as if the Natives were quite hostile out of the gate.

On the one hand, I'm sorry I missed it, but on the other, well, I'm not.

I thought that the Safari from P-D was a pretty cool thing, and as initially planned, playing back also seemed like fun.

P-D obviously had other ideas. Although the situation devolved pretty rapidly, the first shots were by them across our bow.

And people wonder why the Israelis keep shooting back at Hamas ...

When I say "you", I am being quite specific... there were only a couple of posters who went in on this trip and got insulting. Things escalated when some folks didn't get the response they were looking for, so they turned from visiting to baiting. I'm just pointing this out in case you want to try again at some point... I'm not being pissy.

If you're interested in seeing the PD.com development of the Safari concept so far, just search "Safari", and there are a few threads where we discussed where we went wrong on some of the earlier ones, and when we started hitting on a formula that worked, how we refined our approach for the desired result... NOT pissing off the natives, smoothing over cultural misunderstandings (one time I got banned for mentioning taking pictures! Who knew?) and leaving the forums with our objectives intact: entertaining ourselves, learning a bit of the culture on other boards, and hopefully enticing a few new people to join us on the next Safari.

One thing to keep in mind is that only a few people from PD venture out on Safari, so the bulk of the people you were talking to on that thread had not participated in the expedition here. Another thing to keep in mind is that the existing culture of any given board is going to have in-jokes that may not sound welcoming from the outsider perspective, and reacting to those as hostility is simply going to escalate the situation.

And some people you just can't take anywhere nice. ;)
After the grumbling here I went to take a look at the battlefield, but couldn't find anything except a couple of LJ's solo threads.

Also, I must say 20 minutes poking around the site fucking near gave me a headache with the avatars, signatures, and extraneous bullshit. My god, they're lucky to get 10 lines of actual posts on a page.

wolf;530342 wrote:

Okay, there's clearly something I'm not getting here.

I had a crappy night at work, and was unable to check in on either Cellar or on the discordian site.

I'm an R.A. Wilson fan, and pretty much know what's the game is on the Discordian side ... but as I was reading through the away team thread, it seemed as if the Natives were quite hostile out of the gate.

On the one hand, I'm sorry I missed it, but on the other, well, I'm not.

I thought that the Safari from P-D was a pretty cool thing, and as initially planned, playing back also seemed like fun.

P-D obviously had other ideas. Although the situation devolved pretty rapidly, the first shots were by them across our bow.

And people wonder why the Israelis keep shooting back at Hamas ...

Wolf, did you read the thread over there?

Of those of us who responded on the first five pages, Badges was skeptical right out of the gate. Obecalp decided it was annoying. Roger, Fomenter, Mormons, and Cramulus were enthusiastic, excited, and ready to play. Rosenstock and Fuquad made skeptical comments, but then Fuquad decided to play. Rosenstock abstained. Cainad joined in and signalled his friendliness by posting kittens. So far, that's three skeptics and six players. None of the skeptics had been to the Cellar, and only three of the six players had.

Then on page five, this:
[quote author=three of nine link=topic=19576.msg653111#msg653111 date=1233720046]
Captain, sensors do not detect any female life forms on this forum. It is possible that the entire forum has been infected with teh ghey but I am not detecting any unusual show tune activity...
[/quote]
was deemed unamusing. It got one WTF, one midget, and Roger declared the thread fail. We were not, however, at endgame, only at skepticism. No one was pissy. The natives were questioning the intent of the invading party.

One native declared the game over, but everyone else was still playing. However, the expedition decided to declare the natives "prickly".

Comments like:
[quote author=Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa link=topic=19576.msg653134#msg653134 date=1233720748]
I believe we need to penetrate more deeply to satisfy our needs
[/quote]
[quote author=Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa link=topic=19576.msg653131#msg653131 date=1233720685]
Initial communications indicate the Rogering reverand is the local equivalent of a redshirt
[/quote]
[quote author=Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa link=topic=19576.msg653147#msg653147 date=1233721028]
Captain, communications are primitive... responses are delayed by interruptions to the point of them not making any sense by th time they are completed. oh wait....
[/quote]

Were not received well.

Fomenter and Mormons were still playing. Everyone else but Roger had dropped out.

Then more baiting:
[quote author=Nurse Chippie link=topic=19576.msg653176#msg653176 date=1233721925]
< takes out tricorder to anal-yze the religious leader<
[/quote]

Obecalp jabbed back a bit:

[quote author=Obecalp link=topic=19576.msg653178#msg653178 date=1233721962]
Hahhaha I GET IT THEY CHANGED THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS AND MADE IT REFER TO THE INTERNET
What do you want
A gold star

[/quote]

Hoo-Haa escalates:

[quote author=Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa link=topic=19576.msg653185#msg653185 date=1233722245]
captain! We have complee interpretation of a message! text follows:

I shout because my penis is so small that even if I wasn't a nerd the chicks would laugh at me....
[/quote]

... OK, as you can probably see at this point, the situation was lost. Another of the invading crew joined in the baiting, more natives retaliated, more of the invading crew escalated, and the whole boarding went to hell.

It was really just the baited comments of two of the boarding crew members that made the whole thing go to shit, and IME it would have happened anywhere... negotiating an expedition without incident takes diplomacy.

xoxoxoBruce;530350 wrote:

And some people you just can't take anywhere nice. ;)
After the grumbling here I went to take a look at the battlefield, but couldn't find anything except a couple of LJ's solo threads.

Also, I must say 20 minutes poking around the site fucking near gave me a headache with the avatars, signatures, and extraneous bullshit. My god, they're lucky to get 10 lines of actual posts on a page.

IME this forum has far too much extraneous bullshit. Try one that's really stripped-down: http://anteaterbathtubs.org/

xoxo you need a membership to see the section your space voyagers base thread is in.

to the rest of the away team, we are exited you guys took up the challenge and started a safari on our site, your mission can continue if you want it to, as tiki said we have worked on making our safaris better with each outing and pd is a great place to give it a work out. there were mistakes but there always will be, some times its tough to not slide into a troll but that is a part of the mission.

we don't have any hard rules but the general idea is yuck it up in your base thread and any humor threads you find on sites you visit and keep posts in serious threads intelligent on topic and in character, this and the suggestions made by tiki will help keep you on good terms with the natives.
i hope you all come back and give it another try tomorrow or at least spend some time looking around our site

no hard feelings.
fomenter aka sir john

Tiki;530353 wrote:

IME this forum has far too much extraneous bullshit. Try one that's really stripped-down: http://anteaterbathtubs.org/

No thanks, I'd have to register to see that site.

Tiki, I'm not dissing your forum but look, here's what I'm talking about. Three lines of post on a whole screen.


And of course Roger can use a whole 19 inch screen with one line of post.


I've seen a lot of forums that look the same way, probably more that do than don't. I suppose you get used to it, although the other forum I frequently visit is like that and I still find it annoying when my scrolling finger starts to cramp up just trying to follow along. :haha:

[quote author=Lt. Uh-Hoo-Haa link=topic=19576.msg653185#msg653185 date=1233722245]
captain! We have complee interpretation of a message! text follows:

I shout because my penis is so small that even if I wasn't a nerd the chicks would laugh at me....

*chuckles* I'm sorry. I thought that was really funny.

I am sure if I started an account and could see the whole thread I'd be able to see the problem; but the segments you've posted don't explain anything to me. There's nothing there that's so awful as to suggest trolling rather than playing.

In character or not, we take our culture with us.

I'm still trying to work out whether it's worth it or not.
One thing we didn't do here was stomp on their thread.
We didn't tell them they were lame, tell them to fuck off, tell them they had no sense of humour or that they had failed.

I think I'll stay here. When people contain themselves to one thread here we are polite. We only get arsey when they spam the board.

And I hate it, hate it, hate it when people lie.
Claiming that seeing what you wrote in chat proves it was a hostile act?
Cunt.

I'm glad I chose not to participate. Although I doubt LJ would have allowed it.

Obviously I was the only one who misbehaved during their invasion. If I had done this, Georgia would be the blame again.
Seems to me they will ALLOW you on their forum as long as you kiss their asses, an act of which I am inept.
I think they were treated nicely considering they all reeked of trolldom.
And don't look now, but PD has a spy among us that is pming your every move. I retract that. Not a spy....an INSIDER.

True control freaks would have just banned everybody.

I'm going back in. The idea is to ignore unfriendly/indirect statements completely and stay in character.

Do not be baited in any way.

right!

bruce, avatars and signatures can be disabled in each users profile prefs. its a lot cleaner that way and more SFW

Jim, am I still alive or have I attended my last mission?

i cant tell anyone what to do, but i would ask that you do as T suggests. keep it light, dont take the bait

I missed the away Mission ??!!!
Dudes WTF !!!!!

I missed this whole deal.

Is anyone a tribble? That would be the only thing I would know to be...I could just roll around and chortle a lot.

Sundae Girl;530177 wrote:

I used to fancy Riker :)
An attempt for Labber. I'm sure someone else can do better.

Thanks ma'am. I am going to register now. :D

Then more baiting:
[quote author=Nurse Chippie link=topic=19576.msg653176#msg653176 date=1233721925]
< takes out tricorder to anal-yze the religious leader<
[/quote]
Srsly how is this baiting? It is a real word with a hyphen, it was supposed to be funny. I never said anything personal or insulting and I was not baiting anyone. I know how to flame and bait and I am good at it but I have not done that on a forum in years. Time for a humor check to see if that culture even has a sense of humor.:eyebrow:

well. let's have another go, but read this first:

tiki wrote:

There is ALWAYS someone "starting it" when you Safari. Someone who will take offense at something you say, and then PART OF THE CHALLENGE is trying to smooth it over. Because from the regulars' perspective, YOU'RE the ones on the offense, and YOU'RE the ones not getting the jokes. Trust me, we've been mass-banned from plenty of forums, and it's EASY to have a Safari degenerate into insults... after all, you're invading another place, with regulars who will quip and wisecrack at you, and it seems like they're attacking but if you do it RIGHT you can stay in character, smooth it over, start picking up on their humor, and stick around... maybe even make friends.

It's the Safari, as an invasion, who has to play it cool. That's what makes the whole concept fun.

You want to troll? Troll. But if you're going to miss the whole point of the Safari concept, why even bother?

Your registration request at Principia Discordia has been received, Captain Ratter.

The username you registered with was Captain Ratter and the password was ....

Before you can login and start using the forum, your request will be reviewed and approved. When this happens, you will receive another email from this address.

Regards,
The Principia Discordia Team

.

I am William T. Ratter: Captain


Damn peeps. Don't fuck it up before I have a chance to play!!!1 ;)

Tiki;530351 wrote:

....Another of the invading crew joined in the baiting, more natives retaliated, more of the invading crew escalated, and the whole boarding went to hell.

It was really just the baited comments of two of the boarding crew members that made the whole thing go to shit, and IME it would have happened anywhere... negotiating an expedition without incident takes diplomacy.

Sounds very much like a ST TOS to me, we come in peace, shoot to kill.

I was going to be Scotty esque, but apparently there isn't a Spock, so if I ever get chance to work up a character I'll do that.

Nirvana;530423 wrote:

Srsly how is this baiting? It is a real word with a hyphen, it was supposed to be funny. I never said anything personal or insulting and I was not baiting anyone. I know how to flame and bait and I am good at it but I have not done that on a forum in years. Time for a humor check to see if that culture even has a sense of humor.:eyebrow:

The posts that they're most pissed off about seem to be some of the funniest ones, by our standards ...

They also seem to curse a lot more than we do here.

Is this how Brits feel when they come to America for a visit?

Beest;530446 wrote:

I was going to be Scotty esque, but apparently there isn't a Spock, so if I ever get chance to work up a character I'll do that.

Well, not precisely ... I have breasteseses.

I'm T'Pringle, Vulcan Science Officer, with a fetish for snack foods.

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Welcome, Captain Ratter!

Your account has been activated manually by the admin and you can now login and post. Your username is: Captain Ratter

You may change it after you login by going to the profile page, or by visiting this page after you login:
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I'm in.

I'm not sorry ur finger is ghey.

lumberjim;530404 wrote:

bruce, avatars and signatures can be disabled in each users profile prefs. its a lot cleaner that way and more SFW

Yeah, that would be a most excellent option.

When they came here... make that when some of them came here... I read each post carefully because an email address of "@spamcorptastic.com" made me wonder what they were up to. It was clear they were going out of their way to avoid confrontation, and carefully sidestepping remarks from us that would have prompted several smartass replies had it been the other way round. I'm sure they are just as suspicious and some may not even be aware some of their group have been here.

Keep in mind, not everyone is into star trek, also. Play nice.

I don't have a name :(

(and I know nothing about star trek...so no I can't come up with one on my own)

wolf;530449 wrote:

The posts that they're most pissed off about seem to be some of the funniest ones, by our standards ...

They also seem to curse a lot more than we do here.

Is this how Brits feel when they come to America for a visit?

We swear up a blue streak, and yeah, by PD standards, jokes about underendowed nerds, being gay, and not having any women fall under the "sixth grade stupid-ass humor" category. Fart jokes are generally considered funnier than "UR a ghey nrd and U has no gurrrrlz!" type "jokes".

Every place has their own senses of humor. What Cellar guys think is funny is based on a culture that has grown here.

Some of the PD humor will probably be baffling or unrecognizable to you. The legislator's office, prolapse, furbies, Arial, and starting a pention may all be mentioned and may not even seem like jokes. If you read something that appears to make no sense at all, it's probably a joke.

The new team seems to be off to a good start... hopefully it'll go well today!

Those of you who hate the avatar and sig images, you can simply turn them off in Preferences. I like the avatars because they help me keep track of people, but I usually turn off sig images.

Keeping track of people can be a challenge because users can change their handles at will in their user CP.

Someone mentioned knowing about Discordianism because of being a RAW fan. RAW was also a fan of Discordianism, but he's a somewhat controversial figure in Discordia because a lot of people... OK wait, I'm not going to try to explain this. Uncle Bob is mostly liked, but also mostly not considered representative of Discordia.

Last but not least, Mole? Explain pls.

Beest;530446 wrote:

Sounds very much like a ST TOS to me, we come in peace, shoot to kill.

I was going to be Scotty esque, but apparently there isn't a Spock, so if I ever get chance to work up a character I'll do that.

There is a Spock its V he just has not posted yet.

Undertoad;530401 wrote:

True control freaks would have just banned everybody.

I'm going back in. The idea is to ignore unfriendly/indirect statements completely and stay in character.

Do not be baited in any way.

You're right on mark.

It's almost impossible to get banned there. The admins are completely ignoring you... I don't think ANY of them have posted in your thread. There are only three rules.

Also, if the folks here can avoid viewing the folks there as a hivemind, and keep in mind that 90% of the time we don't agree with each other, it will make for a smoother mission. I assume it's pretty much the same way here? There's no real power hierarchy, and nobody represents anyone. It's pretty much unmodded.

* Spock V

I went with Ensign Amatazz, per jim's first post

photoshopping now

Tiki;530488 wrote:

.. by PD standards, jokes about underendowed nerds, being gay, and not having any women fall under the "sixth grade stupid-ass humor" category. Fart jokes are generally considered funnier than "UR a ghey nrd and U has no gurrrrlz!" type "jokes".

Lot's of jokes aren't that funny to some people.... getting all rabid crazy pissed off by something that's obviously meant to be humorous is funny... in a we're-laughing-at-you-not-with-you kind of way. That's what happened there...

Giving yourselves style point for how you visit another site en mass, and telling other people ur doin it rong.... also funny.

Stomping around our chat room like drunken assholes... funny the first time.

wolf;530451 wrote:

Well, not precisely ... I have breasteseses.

I'm T'Pringle, Vulcan Science Officer, with a fetish for snack foods.

Sorry missed it, i'll go back to my Saurian Brandy.

It was the chat thing that pissed me off. coming in there and telling us how it should be, fuck right off. And Tiki, FWIW you're busy doing exactly what you're preaching about - like the COMMUNITY thing -a joke, hon. A poor one maybe, but like you said if it seems out of context.....

and Roger just needs to get over himself. you all act like he's a god or a lumberjim or something ;)

However, believe it or not, I'm not all about peeing on anyone's parade, so hope that my crapness at being unable to ignore the natives is overcome already.

I just read the whole thread,
In the words of the enlightened Keanu Reeves "whoa".

hysterical, huh?

i think it's going MUCH better now.

Can I get a tribble pic with some big giant titties on it? kthx.

Seriously, this comp has no paint.

I am impressed at how you guys turned this thing around. I should like to join you!

i cant speak for everyone at pd but i think there are "no hard feelings"
tiki and i felt welcomed over here and we offer help/suggestions for your safari because we think we have found like minded individuals an we are impressed with your taking the idea and running with it.

what you do with it is entirely up to you, if our "help" came off as "your doing it wrong" sorry.

the point for us on our trips is to have fun and be creative
we have "done it wrong" a few times ourselves and in my opinion having fun and being creative is a better outcome....

loving day two so far..
fomenter aka sir john

monster;530514 wrote:

It was the chat thing that pissed me off. coming in there and telling us how it should be, fuck right off. And Tiki, FWIW you're busy doing exactly what you're preaching about - like the COMMUNITY thing -a joke, hon. A poor one maybe, but like you said if it seems out of context.....

and Roger just needs to get over himself. you all act like he's a god or a lumberjim or something ;)

However, believe it or not, I'm not all about peeing on anyone's parade, so hope that my crapness at being unable to ignore the natives is overcome already.

I'm a member here now. I'm here as a member. I'm not here as an emissary anymore. When you GO to a FOREIGN community, respecting the natives is how you avoid turning it into a clusterfuck. Just giving you some pointers on where it went wrong the first time. It seems to be well under control now. You want to troll, troll. I'm just making observations on how trolling differs from a safari, and what the PD spags learned about making safaris work.

Roger is my friend. I mean, my for-real, man-has-my-back, fucking calls to make sure I'm OK when I'm having hard times friend. You don't like him? I could give a crap. As far as I'm concerned, the man is solid gold. Do I act like he's a god? A Mexica Rain God, perhaps? :lulz:

Your jokes do not ping my funnay.

Here's a tip; if you don't like the native culture at PD.com, DON'T GO THERE. I mean, that's a no-brainer.

jinx;530509 wrote:

Lot's of jokes aren't that funny to some people.... getting all rabid crazy pissed off by something that's obviously meant to be humorous is funny... in a we're-laughing-at-you-not-with-you kind of way. That's what happened there...

Giving yourselves style point for how you visit another site en mass, and telling other people ur doin it rong.... also funny.

Stomping around our chat room like drunken assholes... funny the first time.

Rabid crazy pissed-off? :lol: where did you see that? You want rabid crazy pissed-off, you'll have to look in some other threads. Nobody was more than bored and/or mildly irritated in that thread.

As for whether ur doing it rong... depends on whether, as the first post in this thread says, you were actually basing your return visit on our safari model. If you were just trolling, you were TOTALLY doing it right. Well, two or three of you were. The rest were doing the Safari right, which is what they are continuing to do now, without the outright trolling.

Tiki;530532 wrote:

I'm a member here now. I'm here as a member. I'm not here as an emissary anymore. When you GO to a FOREIGN community, respecting the natives is how you avoid turning it into a clusterfuck. Just giving you some pointers on where it went wrong the first time. It seems to be well under control now. You want to troll, troll. I'm just making observations on how trolling differs from a safari, and what the PD spags learned about making safaris work.

Roger is my friend. I mean, my for-real, man-has-my-back, fucking calls to make sure I'm OK when I'm having hard times friend. You don't like him? I could give a crap. As far as I'm concerned, the man is solid gold. Do I act like he's a god? A Mexica Rain God, perhaps? :lulz:

Your jokes do not ping my funnay. You come off like some high-school twit, honestly.

Here's a tip; if you don't like the native culture at PD.com, DON'T GO THERE. I mean, that's a no-brainer.

that joke was here, that's the point. yet you got all bent out of shape.

here's a tip for you: ;) = j/k. If you need that spelling out, you really should just go back to where you came from. I don't give two hoots about roger -you could be buttfucking him in the mouth for all I care... I was noting a similarity in the two communities in a subtle and joking manner. One that has been the topic of much discussion here. it was not a personal attack, it ain't all about you, honey.

HS-twit? ow my feelings. Go boil your bottom. :p

monster;530539 wrote:

that joke was here, that's the point. yet you got all bent out of shape.

here's a tip for you: ;) = j/k. If you need that spelling out, you really should just go back to where you came from. I don't give two hoots about roger -you could be buttfucking him in the mouth for all I care... I was noting a similarity in the two communities in a subtle and joking manner. One that has been the topic of much discussion here. it was not a personal attack, it ain't all about you, honey.

HS-twit? ow my feelings. Go boil your bottom. :p

Hey honey, I'm not bent out of shape. This is my business-casual look.

Ok I rofl'd :D

lol!!!
That one's a keeper.

They never define business casual very well in the manual. I usually take it to mean flip-flops and jeans are okay. ;)

I remember the first time I saw that on a travel schedule.
I asked my boss and he asid, "Pretty much what you wear to the office!"
I was still the most dressed down person there... then again, we did have a pretty casual office.

I liked it better when I had company logo-wear. A polo shirt with the company logo and khakis were the usual dress code. Only thought in the mornings was black? grey? white? blue? Which is cleaner? :lol:

I need to post a photo to link

Nirvana stole my haircut. :)

Oh well you can have it back after the mission! ;)

I have been lurking over there some today, and those people are sick and twisted, and I like it . I may be forced to stay there for awhile.
When does the mission start I can't wait to go and mix with the locals.

last night - well sorta

Shawnee123;530529 wrote:

Can I get a tribble pic with some big giant titties on it? kthx.

Seriously, this comp has no paint.

Will this work?

Nirvana;530693 wrote:

Will this work?

lol!

I don't think I'm going to go though, but that's awesome!

the captain is high on shrooms thanks to vanna

That's Nurse Chippie to you sir!:p Besides if you have not forgotten I work under Dr Crusher she gave the shroom collection order!

They are in trouble for their safari here now...It seems like a bannable offense. Oopsy.

Internet safaris! lmao

I haven't seen such a fun novel idea on the internet in like.....never!:D

I am too busy sleeping to participate but I'll check the progress now and again.

cheers guys

Beest;530446 wrote:

Sounds very much like a ST TOS to me, we come in peace, shoot to kill.

I was going to be Scotty esque, but apparently there isn't a Spock, so if I ever get chance to work up a character I'll do that.

That would be me, Spork.

Cicero;530768 wrote:

They are in trouble for their safari here now...It seems like a bannable offense. Oopsy.

not going on safari its "ratting out" our arrival ahead of time or our presence when on sites under cover that is bannable

I think I'm done.
It was sorta fun, pretending to be someone else, but I couldn't get away from the original hostile reaction. The first night, when you all descended, I was in bed (time difference) and I was thinking of all sorts of storylines and idea and situations I could bring up thinking they were funny. Then, reading all the criticism and the fact that only 2 or 3 people even responded, I got cold feet.

Now it seems like we're mostly amusing ourselves. Which is okay of course, but I'd rather do it here.

PD is interesting of course, but its level of criticism is set far too high for me. I like a gentler, more conversational type of board. Where mostly people are as you find them (sock puppets excepted - but even those are obvious) and posts generally relate to real life.

I can think of some Dwellars that would probably suit that environment better than here, but I'm not one of them. Not criticising the board at all. Itls the same as when a noob whines about not feeling welcome here, not thinking they fit in - my first reaction is, "Go somewhere else then! We are what we are!" I like to be liked.

I'll dip in for recipes and drink suggestions though. Prison Hooch! Who'da thunk it!

Sundae Girl;530807 wrote:

I think I'm done.......
PD is interesting of course, but its level of criticism is set far too high for me. I like a gentler, more conversational type of board. Where mostly people are as you find them (sock puppets excepted - but even those are obvious) and posts generally relate to real life.

I can think of some Dwellars that would probably suit that environment better than here, but I'm not one of them. Not criticising the board at all. Itls the same as when a noob whines about not feeling welcome here, not thinking they fit in - my first reaction is, "Go somewhere else then! We are what we are!" I like to be liked.

My feelings too, an interesting place to visit, but I woudln't want to dwell there, which is all good, horses for courses.

Beest;530827 wrote:

horses for courses.

Is that like "different strokes for different folks" or does it mean something else?

So, I just looked up Principia Discordia via WIKI, and am all WTF. It sound like an early version of thisisnotporn. I need to go return some stuff to the library. I'll see if they have a copy.

its available in pdf here http://www.scribd.com/doc/5966308/Principia-Discordia

keep in mind its a fifty year old joke/religion created by a couple philosophical hippies, and most pd forum goers treat it with the appropriate level of disrespect.
for new discordian stuff see the black iron prison intermittens and other ongoing projects at pd

don't click that link in LMNO's post. it's a guy shitting in i little glass jar, i think.

i closed it as soon as it became apparent that that was what was happening.

It's winding down over there, it would seem. I've hinted at an exit.....and gone off for a nap.


EDIT....oh no.....it's that thing elspode was telling about.....the glass jar up the but that breaks....oh damn him.

Uuuugh. Well I am outta there. I waste too much time on the internet as it is.........I don't need to add yet, another site to the list.

It wasn't even amusing me. Except for some cellarite's posts that were pretty funny. lol!

Somebody kill me please!

ok....i'll be by on my way home.....

I've been sick this week--there's a Star Trek thread and I MISSED it!

CAP'n Shittard

well.

it seems we received a 1 star out of 5 rating. so...it kind of blew up.

still and all......i thank them for teaching us that game. if we do it again....we'll do it better.

and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb.


flint.....can we do it to AG?

Also, Fuck You Kai

The Safari concept was entertaining.

I'm not into the board culture over at PD, but they seem overall to be an interesting bunch of folks.

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Hey hey, Payne here, from PD.

Just wanted to post a few thoughts on your safari.

I wasn't involved in the safari from PD to here, or in yours back to PD (except for posting a couple times about my WOMP work, with naturally inflated ego regarding my abilities. I'm not really THAT conceited*).

Overall, I think you guys achieved what you wanted out of it which is what's really important. The first phase reminded me terribly of our own first safari. Back then I was very much involved with them. We boarded some Canadian general discussion board as colonial-era explorers complete with pith hats and were looking for "Dr. Livingstoned". When the admin showed up, we were banned en masse.

While you weren't banned, your safari was received in much the same way as our very first.

With some hints and tips from Tiki, I think you were much more successful with your second attempt. You seemed to have fun anyway, which is the first priority. Some people refused to play along even for the second go, but that's more from a sense of 'once bitten, twice shy'. As you may have noticed if you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.

The only thing I noticed was you seemed to be interacting with yourselves far more than with the regulars (fair enough, really. It was interacting with the natives that got you burned in phase one). Seeing as people are throwing around 'out of 5's' I'd give this overall attempt 3/5 and the second phase 4/5.

Internet Safaris can be hella fun, but the fun comes from the challenge. If you are trying to lead a bunch of people with 'authority issues' through a situation which you're trying to avoid becoming a mass boarding/trolling exercise, it can be difficult. Getting it right can pay off big time though.

Also, to give you a little background information here, there has been a bunch of paranoia and bad blood floating around PD lately. There has been at least one person sabotaging some of our projects which is totally NOT cool. If it wasn't for the slightly defensive nature generally adopted by PDers, you'd see we're normally down for any program. Not to say everyone would play along, but you'd have more people who were willing to.

I may stick around for a while to see if I actually like you guys or not, but on first impressions, I have to say you're not ALL bad.

Goodbye, and good luck!



*Okay, I am usually that conceited. I sign my name "THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MESSIAH!" after all...

P.S. I'mma post this on your thread on PD too, just cause it's a general announcement type thing.

fomentor;530890 wrote:

keep in mind its a fifty year old joke/religion created by a couple philosophical hippies, and most pd forum goers treat it with the appropriate level of disrespect.
for new discordian stuff see the black iron prison intermittens and other ongoing projects at pd

Cellar roving reporter at your service once again...

So, I 'read' about 1/3 of PD last night. That's all I could stand. Remember the bi-polar grad student we had in the lab years ago? It was like trying to read her lab notebook when she was ramping up to full blown mania.

Some things were interesting...some funny-ish. Pretty much a collection of a bunch of inside jokes, like if we tried to write a book about the Church of the Whale Penis while high on 'shrooms. :3eye:

Meh.

You stay here babba.
We appreciate you here.

[pulls up chair and offers choclate biscuits]

lumberjim;531046 wrote:

and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb.

Why was that dumb? Did they make fun of our foreheads?

Sorry everyone - you're stuck with me. That place was just....
not right.

Be fair - not right for us.
I'm sure they'd find this place too slow and twee for them...

Me? It's my home and I love it.

...say goodbye and fuck you, kai

Payne - can't understand how I missed your post 1st time round.
But thanks much for your input. Really.

What I find puzzling is that on such a harsh forum (my opinion, ymmv) there are such decent people.
Not sarcasm - you and Fomenter and Tiki (their names here at least) have made an effort to contact us, to give tips and hints and generally include us, despite the fact it was your board we descended on. Okay, it was because you safari'd, but the majority of posters in each case were not involved.

From my point of view we were successful. Why? Because a number of us got together, had fun making pictures, names and histories. We're a community and we were a community on vacation. And we discovered why we love the Cellar.

And I got some recipes for home made alcofrolics.
And realised that even on harsh boards there are gentle people.
Okay, I LOd a bit too :)

LabRat;531139 wrote:

Cellar roving reporter at your service once again...

So, I 'read' about 1/3 of PD last night.

Golly, talk about taking one for the team!

LabRat;531139 wrote:

That's all I could stand. Remember the bi-polar grad student we had in the lab years ago? It was like trying to read her lab notebook

Ya'll keep "lab notebooks"? Oooh. I never thought of that. Maybe that explains why I didn't do so well in Chemistry.

lumberjim;531046 wrote:

and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb.

footfootfoot;531148 wrote:

Why was that dumb? Did they make fun of our foreheads?

They photoshopped LJ's face onto some homoerotic photoshop of Kirk and Spock.

*sniggers* Kirk + Spock = kock

lol @ Dana

Welcome to the Cellar Payne. :D
And thanks.

its been a lot of fun having you guys visit us at pd all in all a great first safari well done .
i hope the space men strike out and explore other corners of the Internet universe, and when you do go ahead and interact with the locals in their topics of discussion , our safari here was messed up a bit by events at home, so we didn't do that as much as we normally do when we were here, but we like to try to make intelligent on topic posts in the threads of the forums we visit, you have a good diverse group here and when your areas of expertise overlap with the topics being discussed go ahead and participate.

thanks for the fun and the laffs


on Pd's harsh and weird forum culture , i can try to explain why it is the way it is, but i wont trouble you with it unless you are interested..

fomentor;531261 wrote:

its been a lot of fun having you guys visit us at pd all in all a great first safari well done .

Thanks fomentor, I hope you stick around these parts a bit too.

Fomentor?
:biggrinlo

You're lovely.

fomentor;531261 wrote:

on Pd's harsh and weird forum culture , i can try to explain why it is the way it is, but i wont trouble you with it unless you are interested..

It is what it is, they're all different... just like people. :D

so are you sundae girl

i will drop in now and then, i like your chats and have dug reading some of your threads so, "so sorry" you may be stuck with me a while

[SIZE="3"]BLOGS[/SIZE] i almost forgot please write up a safari blog entry for your travels and submit it to cainad at pd....

our blog project has fallen way behind due to the large number of other projects being worked on, so if you want to write a blog from the natives point of view for our visit here as well, it would be a cool, different perspective on the game and would go over well ...

To whoever it was that said they missed my post, that's cause of the weird moderation thing required for first posts. Fucking weird if you ask me. I prefer to jump right in.

Also, PD really is like any other collection of people. We hacve higher ideals sure, but if you look you can see a lot of us also know that we really are just like any other collection of upright hairless apes.

Lastly, Like I said in my last post, I'm not sure if I actually like you guys yet. I just thought I'd do you the courtesy of an objective review and a proper "handshake". That may be just me, but I like to actually meet new people and shit.

We had to go to first post moderation when we were flooded with (8 or 10 a day) spammers.

Also, to whoever played Scotchie:

If you're actually Scottish, you should check in with us come August. We do a meat and beet then in Edinburgh, and you sound Scottish enough to make the grade.

We won't humiliate you TOO much.

The first post moderation really cuts down on the spammers, which are occasionally a huge problem. They seem to come in clusters.

There are certain aspects of PD that are quite impressive.

xoxoxoBruce;531298 wrote:

We had to go to first post moderation when we were flooded with (8 or 10 a day) spammers.

i think there are other ways to accomplish that but I'm not tec guy so don't ask me what they are

its just confusing to have your first post vanish then appear later and your second and third post disappear and then pop up out of order in a
random place, hard for those of us used to a forum where posts pile up almost as fast as a chat room..


edit to add- you do what you got to do, spammers suck

The second and third should not, only the first. That's a tech problem.
When they reappear they should be where you posted them, in the right chronological order.

it didn't work that way for me but there are always glitches ....

Payne;531299 wrote:

Also, to whoever played Scotchie:

If you're actually Scottish, you should check in with us come August. We do a meat and beet then in Edinburgh, and you sound Scottish enough to make the grade.

We won't humiliate you TOO much.

I'm planning on going, presuming I can still afford a plane ticket and Syn will let me crash on his couch!

Payne;531294 wrote:

I like to actually meet new people and shit.

Personally I just shake hands, but whatever floats your boat.

Payne;531299 wrote:

Also, to whoever played Scotchie:

If you're actually Scottish, you should check in with us come August. We do a meat and beet then in Edinburgh, and you sound Scottish enough to make the grade.

We won't humiliate you TOO much.

I'm an expat sassanach, haven't been back across the pond in years. One of my best friends dads who lived three doors away was from glasgow, I knew him for 18 years, never understood a word he said.

Thanks for the offer though.

Beest;531483 wrote:

Personally I just shake hands, but whatever floats your boat.

Now that is good. Very good.:)

Beest;531485 wrote:

I knew him for 18 years, never understood a word he said.

I had a hell of a time trying to understand my grandparents... Port Dundas.

I'm Scots as well, but from clan Cunningham, central highlands. My birth parents emigrated to the US before I was born, making me an American, first generation. Yes, I was an anchor baby. Sorta, they had green cards before I was born and after mom was pregnant.

I want to go to Scotland before I'm old and gray(er).

My SIL's mother is from Dundee.
Years and years and years (ad infinitum) ago

Still pretty much unintelligible.

I missed all this...weird

1/4 Glaswegian here. Granddad.

Yeah, I missed it too. I was all ready to sign up as T'Paucuracao, but nevermind.

BrianR;531650 wrote:

I'm Scots as well, but from clan Cunningham, central highlands. My birth parents emigrated to the US before I was born, making me an American, first generation. Yes, I was an anchor baby. Sorta, they had green cards before I was born and after mom was pregnant.

I want to go to Scotland before I'm old and gray(er).

Me too. One side of my family is from a small island off Skye.

So, do anyone of you talk like Craig Ferguson? Well do ya? I'll swoon, I swear. :yum:

:lol:

Someone over there fell for Shawnee right away.....interesting.

"lol, instabuzz 4 shawnee123."

DAMMIT! I can't believe I missed out on this one!

Frick!

Shawnee, I have a good burr when I'm around anyone else who does.

Missed it, and from reading this thread, kinda glad I missed it.

*snuggles in with a book and a hot chocolate* I like it here.