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Been waiting to start this for a bit. Decided to go ahead and do it and get it running.
Ball to you, "Adem."
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If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: I don't want to touch your balls. Keep 'em to yourself.
AND PUT SOME PANTS ON!
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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Lykopis is ready. 
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"I'm stupid! I'm stupid!"
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Excellent stuff, so far. I'll be posting Gaunt's arrival a bit later.
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I wrote my character's introduction, but a fucking glitch ate my post. I'm pissed now so I'll type it again later.
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OK, I'm not sure if my use of Edmund Gaunt in this post is correct, so don't please don't make any assumptions about his personality based on my post until Grimm says something.
I'm also not sure if the little detail about accents with Adem is appropiatte either, now that I think about it, so, Doc, if there's any problem I can edit it out.
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Dude, your avatar is gay.
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OK, I'm not sure if my use of Edmund Gaunt in this post is correct, so don't please don't make any assumptions about his personality based on my post until Grimm says something.
I'm also not sure if the little detail about accents with Adem is appropiatte either, now that I think about it, so, Doc, if there's any problem I can edit it out.
Minor inconsistencies are no problem.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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I'm not gonna worry about it too much at the moment since we're just getting set up and establishing the group. I am going to set up a secret files and origins thread to give us something to refer back to though. and your avatar is gay.
Let me tell you something, just because something is in a graphic format doesn't mean it needs to be apologized for. And just because a novel is serious, doesn't mean it's serious fiction. The only thing comics should worry about is telling a good story. You do that and people will find it.
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Vanguard Europe SF&O Okay, kids, maybe this will help a bit. Please post when you get a chance.
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Good stuff, everyone. I'm very pleased with this so far.
Our head count on the field team is:
Drake
Adem
Lykopis
Gaunt
Link
Icarus
I think that's a good number for us to get started with. Looks like a good team. I'll post later today with Paragon addressing the group as a whole.
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Just as a clarification about Icarus after that last post: he doesn't necessarily lack confidence in the abilities of his teammates so much as he is extremely over-confident in his own. He's also not the typical two-faced pretty boy who's all talk and no follow-through. However, he is a typical young hotshot who's so convinced of his own superiority that he doesn't realize why another person might be needed. Hence, his outburst in the briefing room. Basically, he's an oblivious asshole who is so engrossed in himself that he doesn't even realize he's offended anyone. Just a little FYI...
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And that appears to be Ozzy sliding in off the injured reserve.  Good. I have a little game I'm going to set up in the morning for those interested. A little training session for the team, as it were. 
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This is all very gay. I want in!  (That one was for free, Doc ) Now, you realize, Baxter hasn't made a recovery....yet. Just thought I'd get the ball rolling for him a bit...
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whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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"What would you have me do?" Ian finally asked in a reasonable tone. Reasonable in relation to the ratio of government agents within this room that possessed firearms, as opposed to the doctors that did not.
"Us, Doctor? There is no 'us'. We are not, nor have we ever been, officially here." Gudheim responded.
"Us"?! 
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This is all very gay.
I want in!
(That one was for free, Doc )
You love the cock.
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Now, you realize, Baxter hasn't made a recovery....yet. Just thought I'd get the ball rolling for him a bit...
So he's made a full recovery and is current banging several Japanese midget tranny hookers, is that what you're saying?
Let me tell you something, just because something is in a graphic format doesn't mean it needs to be apologized for. And just because a novel is serious, doesn't mean it's serious fiction. The only thing comics should worry about is telling a good story. You do that and people will find it.
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So he's made a full recovery and is current banging several Japanese midget tranny hookers, is that what you're saying?
It's in the subtext...
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speaking of subtext, training time! Let's have some fun with this, as the group tries to learn to work together. heh. Let's not one post wonder this, or bitch any characters out. Pick up the ball, carry it a bit, then hand off, leaving something so somebody else can come in do something.
Let me tell you something, just because something is in a graphic format doesn't mean it needs to be apologized for. And just because a novel is serious, doesn't mean it's serious fiction. The only thing comics should worry about is telling a good story. You do that and people will find it.
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"What would you have me do?" Ian finally asked in a reasonable tone. Reasonable in relation to the ratio of government agents within this room that possessed firearms, as opposed to the doctors that did not.
"Us, Doctor? There is no 'us'. We are not, nor have we ever been, officially here." Gudheim responded.
"Us"?!
First of all, yes and no to all of the above questions. Place them in whatever order you wish.
Second, Chewy, try reading the dialogue in a flow as opposed to grammatical accuracy, or, literary value. It's just conversation, and the agent was speaking for both of them, not just himself.
Still, if it makes you feel better:
"What would you have me do?"
[ADD REST OF PARAGRAPH]
"Me, Doctor? There is no 'me'. In fact, there is no 'us', at all..." he replied, indicating the other agent sitting next to him.
There.
All in all, if I am to write in this thing, and on this board at all, expect me to try different writing styles and new approaches to convention, If you like, love it. If you hate it, get out of the way...
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 Must........... resist............ Dirk............... carnage....................... chaos................. destruction..............
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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If we're dealing in mass mayhem - especially if heavy firepower is in order - I want in on this beeyotch!!! Especially since you guys didn't let me into VE.
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Let me tell you something, just because something is in a graphic format doesn't mean it needs to be apologized for. And just because a novel is serious, doesn't mean it's serious fiction. The only thing comics should worry about is telling a good story. You do that and people will find it.
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I think he's confusing this with the Evil MBL talk thread. Poor Sammitch... Grimm's refusal scrambled his brain...
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Apparently there wasn't much to scramble. . .  
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just checking. Posts to come later today, hopefully.
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My post kinda contradicts the brief conversation between Link and Doc in the control booth Grimm posted before, but I just came up with Link's excuse for not revealing his power.
In case you haven't noticed my posts are often very short because I'm not very good with description, specially during dialogue. Chewy could have made the same conversation last six pages if he wanted. Any tips on that, anyone?
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Bullshit. Bullshit dialogue as much as you can.
What the fuck do you expect here? I'm drunk!
I can barely see the screen.
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Since there is no Siege talk thread, I am putting it here: Grimm, GREAT rendition of Nadia. Now I'm curious to see what she wants from Euro.
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Bullshit. Bullshit dialogue as much as you can.
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Since there is no Siege talk thread, I am putting it here: Grimm, GREAT rendition of Nadia. Now I'm curious to see what she wants from Euro.
Cool. Thanks. I kind of want to do a talk thread for it, but at the same time I don't. Heh.
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My post kinda contradicts the brief conversation between Link and Doc in the control booth Grimm posted before, but I just came up with Link's excuse for not revealing his power.
In case you haven't noticed my posts are often very short because I'm not very good with description, specially during dialogue. Chewy could have made the same conversation last six pages if he wanted. Any tips on that, anyone?
Are you asking for help with improving your dialogue?
Some really good ways for doing so are to study works of writers (across various media) that are generally acclaimed for their dialogue. Tarantino, Bendis, etc. I'm sure somebody here can come up with more examples.
Also, a good way is to listen to the way real people actually talk. Go out in public somewhere and just listen to the people around you. Try to catch the rhythm and flows of their conversations. Without eavesdropping, of course. (Unless they're talking about something really juicy. )
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What I meant... I mean, what I think that Link fella meant, is that I--he's not very good for descriptions, and it's even harder during dialogue.
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