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Post by johnbrawn1972 on Mar 30, 2022 15:35:17 GMT
Possibly I am thinking of the old Buffy board where Michelle Trachtenberg replied to me and was given some sort of official status so it was not some sort of guessing game.
If one of the moderators is aware this is legitimate it is wonderful. I am a sceptic and it is a non-sequitur to say that is insulting. Dana Scully insulting?
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kieran
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Post by kieran on Mar 30, 2022 16:37:14 GMT
Probably safe to assume all those claiming to be FF authors are telling the truth right up to the point they try to get you to invest in their pyramid scheme.
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 30, 2022 16:41:42 GMT
Probably safe to assume all those claiming to be FF authors are telling the truth right up to the point they try to get you to invest in their pyramid scheme. Very much so, I half-expected "Jon Green" (who seems to have turned out to be the real deal) to send a message on the pretext he would like a Kickstarter for his next FF book.
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 30, 2022 19:48:36 GMT
Possibly I am thinking of the old Buffy board where Michelle Trachtenberg replied to me and was given some sort of official status so it was not some sort of guessing game. If one of the moderators is aware this is legitimate it is wonderful. I am a sceptic and it is a non-sequitur to say that is insulting. Dana Scully insulting? It was wonderful, until The Count's altercation with him 5 minutes later led Jon to sever all contact with us for God knows how long, if not ever. As you say, he is the alien who visited us before finding out we weren't material for him.
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Post by schlendrian on Mar 30, 2022 20:12:45 GMT
The next ACE Gamebook, after RONIN 47, is likely to be a Weird Western. What kind of weird are we talking? Clockwork cowboy weird or creatures from Indian myth appearing weird or something else?
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Post by The Count on Mar 31, 2022 1:02:57 GMT
Possibly I am thinking of the old Buffy board where Michelle Trachtenberg replied to me and was given some sort of official status so it was not some sort of guessing game. If one of the moderators is aware this is legitimate it is wonderful. I am a sceptic and it is a non-sequitur to say that is insulting. Dana Scully insulting? It was wonderful, until The Count's altercation with him 5 minutes later led Jon to sever all contact with us for God knows how long, if not ever. As you say, he is the alien who visited us before finding out we weren't material for him. I am nothing to do with him* deciding to participate in the forum or not, and if someone not liking him* ripping off other peoples books for his* latest gamebooks is a problem for him*, he* should not ever be on the internet lest he* see anything that isn't fawning sycophancy... *I am assuming the identification of he / him as does everyone else. If this is incorrect, this is a forum issue...
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Post by philsadler on Mar 31, 2022 6:11:18 GMT
Whatever about another poll in the 'other gamebook' thread where we put EVERY gamebook of his in? I'd be interested where Dracula and Alice came in, for instance.
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 31, 2022 6:34:16 GMT
Whatever about another poll in the 'other gamebook' thread where we put EVERY gamebook of his in? I'd be interested where Dracula and Alice came in, for instance. He's a prolific gamebook author, I wonder just how long that would be? I don't recall reading his Dracula, but his Alice isn't his best gamebook imo. Yes, it's well-written and good fan service. It's broken in several respects, a big one being the tray you can use as a shield, which makes combat way too easy. The chess puzzle is too hard, curiouser and curiouser doesn't work particularly well. I'm not into his Oz either, it isn't exciting or thrilling.
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Post by terrysalt on Mar 31, 2022 9:14:12 GMT
I wonder if Curiouser and Curiouser was put in as a deliberate trap, I don't recall it ever working in the player's favour. I'll admit I only read through it once so I may have just missed the times it was beneficial but any time I used it, it got me into an unnecessary fight.
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Post by a moderator on Mar 31, 2022 18:42:52 GMT
It was wonderful, until The Count's altercation with him 5 minutes later led Jon to sever all contact with us for God knows how long, if not ever. As you say, he is the alien who visited us before finding out we weren't material for him. I am nothing to do with him* deciding to participate in the forum or not, and if someone not liking him* ripping off other peoples books for his* latest gamebooks is a problem for him*, he* should not ever be on the internet lest he* see anything that isn't fawning sycophancy... *I am assuming the identification of he / him as does everyone else. If this is incorrect, this is a forum issue... For continuing to disregard the rules on treating other users with respect, you have been banned from the forum for a fortnight.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Mar 31, 2022 20:52:05 GMT
Is this the first ban this forum has had? (Outside of getting rid of spamming accounts I can't remember anyone getting a ban before, even a temporary one). I don't recall reading his Dracula, It has come out relatively recently Charles X, and it's well worth a read.
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Post by petch on Apr 1, 2022 8:53:36 GMT
Probably safe to assume all those claiming to be FF authors are telling the truth right up to the point they try to get you to invest in their pyramid scheme. Wh...what? You mean those magic beans I've been buying from sleepyscholar won't grow into money trees?!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Apr 1, 2022 19:02:34 GMT
Is this the first ban this forum has had? (Outside of getting rid of spamming accounts I can't remember anyone getting a ban before, even a temporary one). I believe so, yes. It’s not like we want to do such things but abusing other individuals is not on.
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Post by CharlesX on Apr 1, 2022 20:01:40 GMT
I wonder if Curiouser and Curiouser was put in as a deliberate trap, I don't recall it ever working in the player's favour. I'll admit I only read through it once so I may have just missed the times it was beneficial but any time I used it, it got me into an unnecessary fight. JG does a similar thing with the Over The Rainbow ability in Wicked Wizard of Oz - every applicable use tends to make things worse. In either adventure - all the time - the character says to themsleves something like "ooh, what a nightmare! I can only imagine something that's worse", and that tends to be what happens (at least, unless you're wayy off the true path).
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Post by sleepyscholar on Apr 2, 2022 13:13:10 GMT
Probably safe to assume all those claiming to be FF authors are telling the truth right up to the point they try to get you to invest in their pyramid scheme. Wh...what? You mean those magic beans I've been buying from sleepyscholar won't grow into money trees?! They only grow into money trees if you grow them in a pyramid-shaped greenhouse. Always read the small print.
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