Malex and Icepunk Live!

Malex's picture

Don't forget, you can read all of season one at the official home page of The Unlikely Adventures of Malex and Icepunk.

You can also always support Malex and Icepunk - and thus, encourage us to continue the series - by purchasing a copy of the Malex and Icepunk book.

Thanks

--Alex Markley

Lilly's picture

What!

Encourage it! Isn't this generation wierd enough without pink bunnies, Squid poop, people that talk to hamsters, mixed with guns and explosives!

Who am i kidding guys will love it.

If there is no chocolate in heaven, I'm not going.

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“Yeah,” Ilor said, beginning to laugh, “they'd kill us because they're pirates!”

Slushpunk's picture

those arent the weird parts!

squid poop..hehe. thats sooo awesome.

whats weird about talking to hamsters? you cant say youv never done that!

i thought you guys gave up and arent gonna rite anymore?

Slushpunk's words of wisdom:

If someone asks you if youve heard the pink+white joke, smack them and run for all your worth.

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The floor beneath my feet pounds

The air around me fills with sound

I am one with the throbbing bass

and the lights that play on my face

SangMing's picture

TUAOMAI

You guys should write more. TUAOMAI appeals mainly to guys, that's true. But that puts your writing right up their with the likes of Ernest Hemmingway!

Just keep swimming!

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Slushpunk's picture

Just write!

You guys have to start writing again! i love tuaomai!

You said you would a while ago.

Slushpunk's words of wisdom:

Never trust a gerbil with a machine gun.(or ME for that matter...)

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The floor beneath my feet pounds

The air around me fills with sound

I am one with the throbbing bass

and the lights that play on my face

Malex's picture

I would very much like...

I would very much like to bring Malex and Icepunk back in one form or another, although precisely how to do that has thus far eluded me.

One of the problems is time. Writing is a very time-intensive medium to perfect.

Another problem has to do with our target audience. I know that we captured a good number of people who like to read, did read our stuff, and liked it very much. However, what we need to do for a future incarnation is find a medium which will reach a broader number of people without compromising the quality of the characters.

Unfortunately, John has thus far been unable to commit to the kind of work required to make headway on a new incarnation of Malex and Icepunk, and of course, as co-creator of the franchise, we cannot proceed without him.

I still have hope, and verbal support from you guys is very helpful in keeping the issue at the forefront of my problem-solving mind.

ttyl

--Alex Markley

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

SangMing's picture

Target Audience

What if you wrote much, much shorter stories with bigger print and maybe more pictures? You could shoot for a little younger audience. But it wouldn't alienate the readers you already have.

Just keep swimming!

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Malex's picture

Well...

We have trouble with producing illustrations of consistent quality without spending too much time on them.

I do have some specific ideas on what we could do, but it would take some work, committment, and time to implement.

The original incarnation of Malex and Icepunk was launched after little more than an hour of planning, weeks of goofing off, and untold gallons of name-brand caffiene.

Now, unfortunately, we have to approach the whole thing with fear and trepidation. See, not only do we have to keep track of all of the half-baked, near inane things that we wrote down and immediately forgot, but we've also got to avoid alienating our 'fans' or further stifling our own creativity.

The last thing I want to do is run the series into the ground by rushing into something stupid.

Keep us on our toes, and we'll keep working on it.

ttyl

--Alex Markley

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

Malex's picture

You know...

I just revised the title of this article from "Malex and Icepunk Lives!".

You guys really ought to let me know when I'm being extremely stupid, instead of letting it continue and snickering behind my back. :-D

--Alex Markley

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

SangMing's picture

No, really, I never noticed.

You guys really ought to let me know when I'm being extremely stupid, instead of letting it continue and snickering behind my back.

I thought we were trying to be more forgiving of each others' errors in spelling and grammar. Besides, if "Malex and Icepunk" was the title, then "Malex and Icepunk lives" would be correct. If you were referring to them as individuals, then yes, it should read, "Malex and Icepunk live" Try it this way: The Light and the Glory is a good book. The light and the glory are important aspects of heaven.See?

Glad to help. :-D

Just keep swimming!

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Leela's picture

Didn't quite get around to....

I never got a good chance to read the whole book of Malex and Icepunk. @-D

I feel bad about it so I will try to finish reading it. :-J

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Sign:Puzzles would be a lot easier if hammers were involved.:-P

♥♫♪◉☼

The funeral was boring till the Irish dancers came in.

Malex's picture

Well...

You can still read the whole thing at MaI-Adventures.com.

--Alex Markley

Then, suddenly, Agent Dully vanished in a puff of narrative intervention, and was never seen again.

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

SangMing's picture

Characatures

We have trouble with producing illustrations of consistent quality without spending too much time on them.

Okay. I suggest you go back to the original, more cartoony characatures that Quartz drew, and give him more creative control over the illustrations.

P.S. For some reason, I'm going simple over the spelling of the word 'characature'. This does not look right and I can't find it in the dictionary. Can anyone help me? @-D

Just keep swimming!

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

SangMing's picture

Caricature

Okay! It's 'caricature'! X-D I feel lots better, now.

Just keep swimming!

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Crazy J's picture

Well, try something new

We could always try a straight-up comic book and/or graphic novel. It would probably grab far more attention that a pure-bred book.

Of course, this is coming from the guy who has six people living in his head and wears a gas-mask with an upper-respiratory infection, so my input is probably influenced by something outside of this reality.

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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...

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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"

"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"

Crazy J's picture

Wowsa

This thing puts comments in weird places...

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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...

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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"

"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"

Quartz's picture

Actually, no it doesn't.

The places it puts comments in are perfectly organized and logical.

It can get extremely confusing, though, if you expect it to place them in chronological order, I know.

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Can you truthfully and conclusively answer anything to this question other than "Yes"?

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Lilly's picture

Stupidity

After i read Malex and Icepunk i lent the book to a friend who will now not shut up about it! Ever since i let her read it i cant get through the day without hearing her make some comment about Gravity sucks or the portal to hell. But i put up with it cuz we are buddys! :-) Still one day without pink bunnies, exploding bunnies, bunnies duct taped to the ceiling. Wow, what is the facination with bunnies?

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If there is no chocolate in heaven, I'm not going.

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“Yeah,” Ilor said, beginning to laugh, “they'd kill us because they're pirates!”

Quartz's picture

"Wow, what is the facination with bunnies?" -Lilly

The word sounds funny. Just listen to it: "Bunny". Disregarding the meaning, it just sounds funny. The style of humor Malex and Icepunk is is just like that.

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Can you truthfully and conclusively answer anything to this question other than "Yes"?

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

LittleRedRidingSquirrel's picture

a friend who will now not

a friend who will now not shut up/i]

And me two, right? She likes me? She's a FAN??!!

Yay! X-D :-J |-) X-| X-D X-D :-? X-D <3 (:) @-D

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LRRS

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LRRS

Slushpunk's picture

Yelling at The Squirrell

First of all, what's wrong with bunnies? Bunnies should be in every story! They're awesome!

And Squirrell,I'm gonna say this in the nicest way possible, I don't beleive YOU have any fans. At least, I personally, do not like you one bit. Even if squirrells ARE very adorable, you just have too many issues.

And the "YAY" thing is mine! I say "YAY"! I'm going to copywrite it! Ha! YAY!!

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"I'd offer a sugestion, but you wouldn't listen, no one ever does."

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The floor beneath my feet pounds

The air around me fills with sound

I am one with the throbbing bass

and the lights that play on my face

Rufas Shinra's picture

New here...so..uhh..yeah...

[Umm...Uhhh...Yeah...I design Websites/Forums...]

I went to techno/thing or whatever and keep getting emails...also know someone who ish a huge fan of your "BOOK" and from what she told me, I'de like to read it.

P.S.: Ice Punk...?

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Malex's picture

Welcome, Rufas Shinra!

Welcome to our little community! It can sometimes get pretty crazy in here, but I hope you enjoy it. :)

You can read the latest chapters of the book here on the site, or on at its original page: http://mai-adventures.com/

It's being reprinted chapter-by-chapter right now, but if you don't want to wait, you can always buy a copy of the ebook. ;)

I see that you're a fan of the Final Fantasy Advent Children movie? (I went to your website...) I liked that one myself... Amazing CG, no doubt. :-D

Oh, and as for "Icepunk". Well... In the final analysis, there wasn't any good reason for that. Ultimately, it was just better than Arsenic. ("Arse" for short, of course.)

Over the years, we've come to terms with Icepunk's name, and it's even grown on us. If you stick around, perhaps it will grow on you too! :-P

Once again, welcome to the site... Feel free to post in the forums, comment on things, etc..

ttyl!

--Alex Markley

And with that, the chubby one became illiterate with excitement.

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

Mariel 7's picture

BUNNIES!!!!!

Yay, that's me!!! I won't shut up!! :-P :-* :-D

me two, right? She likes me? She's a FAN??!! -LRRS

Ahhhh, get back you demon squirrel!!! *borrow's GFG's liguid nitrogen gun* Take this >:-( *fizzzzzzst* whoa ... :-O 0_0 ... COOL!!!

um, GFG, you're not getting this back!!! X-D :-* :-O @-D 0_0 X-| :-P :-)

P.S. The bunnies are AWESOMENESS INCARNATE!!!!!!!

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Insanity only brings people closer

The normal ones are boring. They all run-off screaming toward sanity. We just sit there at laugh at their sad attempts.

Quartz's picture

Liquid Nitrogen Gun

It would strike me as ...unprepared of Go Fly Girl for her to have access to only one liquid nitrogen gun. I doubt you've put even a dent in her arsenal.

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Heh.

Yeah, here is my latest creation. *pulls out LNG/Flamethrower combo*

It's still experimental so....

*fires*

*backfires*

*lights hair on fire*

SWEET.

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Staring into nothing, forgotten as a human being, reduced to a number...

This is... m3ch@n1c 3n51av3m3n7.

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Gone

Quartz's picture

LNFTG

But, wouldn't the fire make the nitrogen turn back into gas? Or can it shoot both at the same time at all?

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

No.

It has two tanks and two triggers.

One for LN and one for flames...

You _could_ fire at the same time but I _think_ it would be unsuccessful.

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Staring into nothing, forgotten as a human being, reduced to a number...

This is... m3ch@n1c 3n51av3m3n7.

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Gone

Quartz's picture

...

Does it have two barrels/nozzles? If so, it might stand a chance of remaining separate (and thus also affective), but if they're both coming through the same outlet, I don't think either would survive the other the whole way through.

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Aisling's picture

Yay! Someone new!

Welcome into our little community, Rufas Shinra. Awesome name by-the-way.

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"And tell Graham - tell him: see. ... Tell him to see. And tell Merrill to swing away." - Signs

You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.

SangMing's picture

Semantic humor

The word sounds funny. Just listen to it: "Bunny"

It even rhymes with funny.

It's even funnier when prefaced with the adjective chubby. Chubby bunnies. Especially when said said with a mouthful of marshmallows. (Which in turn also provide decent laugh fodder.) X-D

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No more compromise, no more room for lies.

No more giving in to a world of sin.

-"No More Compromise" by Rubicon 7

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

SangMing's picture

WELCOME!

Hi Rufus. Cool name. I have a bat named Rufus. At least, I did. I think he's still alive. But I digress. Welcome. It's good to have you around. Hope to hear from you often. :-)

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No more compromise, no more room for lies.

No more giving in to a world of sin.

-"No More Compromise" by Rubicon 7

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Mariel 7's picture

Yay, new person!!!!

Welcome to MMN, Rufas Shinra!!! It's a blast, especially now that we're gonna have a new person to take out our insanity on :-D !!!

Seriously though, good to have ya here and don't touch GoFlyGirl's arsenal of Liquid Nitrogen ... enjoy X-D X-D X-D

... wait a sec ... I think I know who you are :-? Am I the one who told you about this ... cause' I think I am ... am I ... I'm confused @-D ?

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Insanity only brings people closer

The normal ones are boring. They all run-off screaming toward sanity. We just sit there at laugh at their sad attempts.

Heh

Yeah PH3AR M3...

Anyways..

Welcome. You'll find out everyone is awesome here.

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Staring into nothing, forgotten as a human being, reduced to a number...

This is... m3ch@n1c 3n51av3m3n7.

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Gone

Rufas Shinra's picture

...

Maybe...Emily(from teh vinyard) brought me here.

a little bit about myself...Well, I design websites of many kinds..(sig)..and Enjoy Role Playing.

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Umm...Uhhh...Yeah...I design Websites/Forums...

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Aisling's picture

Well...

Just glad you're here, however you found us. Hope you stick around.

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"And tell Graham - tell him: see. ... Tell him to see. And tell Merrill to swing away." - Signs

You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.

Malex's picture

Quite; quite.

^v^

--Alex Markley

And with that, the chubby one became illiterate with excitement.

Alex Markley

“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”

Mariel 7's picture

yay

cool, you came!!! :-* :-D ;-)

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Insanity only brings people closer

The normal ones are boring. They all run-off screaming toward sanity. We just sit there at laugh at their sad attempts.

madamelibrarian's picture

welcome!

welcome to the randomness, Rufus Shinra! X-D

"...Though I may be forced to faint if my imagination gets the better of me."

-- Anne Shirley

I hope and pray that none may kill me,

Nor I kill any, with woundings grim,

But if ever any should think to kill me,

I pray Thee, God, let me kill him.

Rufas Shinra's picture

Hi EM!! and I liked that

Hi EM!! :-D and I liked that book, although it could have been better

-Anne Of Green Gables-

P.S. :

Oh, and I am THE randomness...especaily On Gaia...I currently have 3,258 Emenies on there...

EDITL:: My Forum Has very few members...especaily concidering all the other forums I Admin ..>.>.. I could use more members, preferably

insane; random ones. X-D

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Leela's picture

Welcome!

'Ello. Glad to meet you!

Any friend of Aisling's is a friend of mine!=(Lilly)..So any friend of Lilly's is a friend of mine!=(Mariel7)..So any friend of Mariel7's is a friend of mine!=(Rufus Shinra).......So... welcome on, "friend!" X-D

BTW=(By The Way)= I LOVED THOSE BOOKS TOO!!!!! :-* I Also LOVED the movies! Those were awesome!

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Come now children what's wrong? You should be panting with delight!

♥♫♪◉☼

The funeral was boring till the Irish dancers came in.

madamelibrarian's picture

Anne of Green Gables

I love the movies too!!!

except I would have fallen to my knees in wonder if they'd actually had a movie per book and not try to cram and stuff three books into one movie... :-((

"...Though I may be forced to faint if my imagination gets the better of me."

-- Anne Shirley

I hope and pray that none may kill me,

Nor I kill any, with woundings grim,

But if ever any should think to kill me,

I pray Thee, God, let me kill him.

Rufas Shinra's picture

Yes, I Agree...

They should have made a movie per book...and that was probably my favorite quote Madame L. (sig)

((@ Leela-sp?-))

Also, I Understand chat-speak, Even though I AM a writer(not of a book yet, But I RP) I also Design Websites and Speacialize in forums. I know many diferent forms of code,and speak very fluently in 1337. Yes, SPEAK. I sometimes use chat-speak in the real world also, too my parents' dismay. X-D

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Ohh!

I speak 1337 IRL....YEAH!

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Staring into nothing, forgotten as a human being, reduced to a number...

This is... m3ch@n1c 3n51av3m3n7.

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Gone

Rufas Shinra's picture

`/ /\ `/! 4 1337

`/ /\ `/! 4 1337 5934|<3|2!!

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Icepunk's picture

1337!

5\/\/337! j00 5934|< 1337 700! 137 u5 c0|\|v3r53 i|\| d4 n47i\/3 70|\|gu3!

"Mein Nesthakchen a Kartoffel!" (My baby is a potato!)

I life my life by ONE rule: break EVERY rule!

Rufas Shinra's picture

5|-|\/\/337|\|355!!

`/35! b|237|-||2e|\| 0f 1||173|24(`/, 4|2153!!

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Rufas Shinra's picture

0095, [)0(_)|313 90573[).4621|\|..50..(_)|-| `/34|-|...

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Quartz's picture

x_o

...

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Rufas Shinra's picture

\/\/|-|47? |-|4\/1|\|6 7|20(_)b13 (_)|\|[)3574|\|[)1|\|6 (_)5?

[no1337]I am getting annoyed by the double posting thing...it post twice half of the time..[/no1337]

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Quartz's picture

No.

<Rufas Shinra> Yay! A leet speaker!

<Icepunk> Leet! Sweet! You speak leet too! Let us converse in the native tongue!

<Rufas Shinra> Shweetness! Yay! Bretheren of illiteracy, alright!

<Rufas Shinra> Oops, double posted again... uh, yeah.

<Quartz> x_o ...

<Rufas Shinra> What? Having trouble understanding us?

...

And no, I had no help or reference at all translating this. I'm just annoyed by it. :D

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

SangMing's picture

Leet - how tiresome

When I was a kid, it was all this cool groovy slang. Before that, it was pig latin. I guess cool is in the mind of the beholder. So is annoying.

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No more compromise, no more room for lies.

No more giving in to a world of sin.

-"No More Compromise" by Rubicon 7

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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel

Aisling's picture

Double Posts

"I am getting annoyed by the double posting"

If no one replies to a double post, I can clean it up. But if it gets replied to and I delete it the replies get deleted as well. And that's a no-no.

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"And tell Graham - tell him: see. ... Tell him to see. And tell Merrill to swing away." - Signs

You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.

Leela's picture

I hate 1337 speak.

1337 drives me crazy. :P

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Come now children what's wrong? You should be panting with delight!

♥♫♪◉☼

The funeral was boring till the Irish dancers came in.

Rufas Shinra's picture

<Quarts>

<Quarts>Bretheren Of Illiteracy, Alright!*

ARISE! not ALRIGHT! :-P

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Quartz's picture

...

One. :P

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Rufas Shinra's picture

()|\|3?

[]|\|3 15 3|\|0(_)6|-|! |v|\/\/(_)(_)|-|4|-|4|-||-|4|-|4!

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Quartz's picture

Not again...

"One? One is enough! Mwuuhahahhaha!" -Rufas Shinra

As Malex once put it, "There. Don't let it happen again. :P"

Enough for what, anyway?

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’” –Matthew 24:35 (ESV)

Rufas Shinra's picture

Ahahhahaha...ahhahaha...oh. ENOUGH!

ENOUGH TO TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND 1337 FULLY! MWWUUUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAA! *twitch*

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Quartz's picture

Leet?

There's nothing about leet to "understand fully". It's just a mangling of English.

And it wasn't a "misunderstanding" on my part, either, it was just lazy translating. Do you see the time stamp on it?

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Photorealistic Surreality: the mimicry of what one supposes the visual conditions of an impossible scenerio would be like in real life

“[Jesus said,] ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pas