Channler
May 19 2005, 10:54 PM
We got a foreign exchange student from germany and shes like i don't want to go home... Trust us, our schools arern't that great.
EDIT: Must write paper... too tempting.. :shocked:
Wolfie
May 19 2005, 10:55 PM
I took the time to find out what that tiny bit of your sig said. Does that make me crazy?
jonajosa
May 19 2005, 10:57 PM
The new Duke Nukem has been anounced! ITs called Rage or somthing like that. ITs about a Indian who walks around beating monsters with a giant wrench.
They are using the Doom 3 engine with a upgraded(by thier own design) Havok engine. You hit somebody in the face and his face has a wrench imprint in it. I read a interview or somthing in a mag and one of the DEVs said they were using a 9000 polygon count on almost all of thier chacters. Thats real smooth graphics for people.
Ambberfox
May 19 2005, 11:01 PM
talking about games... since I read something about Will Wright's next project (called Spore) I've been totally hooked up to that one, trying to find as much information about it as possible. That one looks like it'll be an awesome game once finished :goodjob:
Channler
May 19 2005, 11:03 PM
[quote=LoneWolf]I took the time to find out what that tiny bit of your sig said. Does that make me crazy?[/quote]
No, but you should have way more important things to do like.. I don't know.. maybe I should make it smaller...
Grr.. stop tearing me away from my work! Btw I got 3 - 6 sentence paragraphs done!
Wolfie
May 19 2005, 11:04 PM
oops, sorry
But i really don't have anything better to do lol
Channler
May 19 2005, 11:09 PM
4th paragraph!
I'm gonna post the first paragraph.. mind you I haven't even looked at it yet.. I jsut type
The narrative works of Night and Life is Beautiful are a vivid yet troubled view of the holocaust. Night opens up to the description of Moshe the Beedle. Moshe is a poor man, humbled but welcomed in the community of Jew in Sighet Transylvania. Elieswer, a boy that only wishes to be a man of God, enlists the man for his religious knowledge. Time past and eventually in 1943 all foreign Jews are expelled from the town, including Moshe. Months past and no one remembers their leave. Eventually Moshe makes his way back to Sighet and starts explaining how the Nazi’s tried to kill them all. He was labeled as a lunatic and ignored, even by his former pupil. A year later all the Jews are forced into ghetto’s and eventually sent to one of the many Nazi concentration camps. The story continues on and shows how Elieswers family, faith, and humanity is lost during those long months. When liberated by the Americans, elieswer finally has a chance to look at the shell that once was him. He was different, fatherless and inhumanly treated he vowed a vow of silence that lasted ten years.
At least 5.. but I'll prob do 7, cause its good luck for me
Wolfie
May 19 2005, 11:13 PM
out of how many?
Soulseeker3.0
May 19 2005, 11:43 PM
[quote=Channler]
BTW do I need to make it even smaller SoulSeeker?

[/quote]
lol na just the words were so small and I was curious
Wolfie
May 19 2005, 11:44 PM
So i wasn't the only one
If i see something that small, i
must know what it says
DoomedOne
May 20 2005, 12:18 AM
I think I took that the wrong way... :shocked:
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 12:20 AM
oh jeez...................i think you did. That's just nasty if you took what i said how i think you took waht i said
Channler
May 20 2005, 12:55 AM
[quote=DoomedOne]I think I took that the wrong way... :shocked:[/quote]
Jeeze... sophmores...

J/K
I know thats why I put it there.. all you need to do is copy it to a word document or something..
EDIT: I'm finished! Well actually I finished a long time ago.. But anyways I have a question.
Are the imperials more europian inspired or roman? Or is it a mix of the two?
Soulseeker3.0
May 20 2005, 03:08 AM
[quote=Channler][quote=DoomedOne]I think I took that the wrong way... :shocked:[/quote]
Jeeze... sophmores...

J/K
I know thats why I put it there.. all you need to do is copy it to a word document or something..
EDIT: I'm finished! Well actually I finished a long time ago.. But anyways I have a question.
[/quote]
god job on your paper and all you need to do is copy the sig and place it in the reply-box-thing and there ya go. night all,
edit never mind
Channler
May 20 2005, 03:36 AM
[quote=Soulseeker3.0][quote=Channler][quote=DoomedOne]I think I took that the wrong way... :shocked:[/quote]
Jeeze... sophmores...

J/K
I know thats why I put it there.. all you need to do is copy it to a word document or something..
EDIT: I'm finished! Well actually I finished a long time ago.. But anyways I have a question.
[/quote]
god job on your paper and all you need to do is copy the sig and place it in the reply-box-thing and there ya go. night all,
edit never mind[/quote]
...

Didn't think about that
DoomedOne
May 20 2005, 05:59 AM
Quick riddle:
Okay, so a husband is born with it, but his wife usually uses his. The pope was born with one, but doesn't use it the same way a husband and wife would. Nuns don't need them at all. What is it?
give up?
a last name
Channler
May 20 2005, 06:08 AM
Lips...
Husband is born with lips, wify kisses lips, pope has lips, kisses people but not intamitly, nuns aren't supposed to kiss at all
theres my pathetic attempt
DoomedOne
May 20 2005, 06:10 AM
No, that doesn't really fit. A wife is born with lips, she doesn't use her husbands, she uses her own. Also, nuns need lips to speak, lips don't jsut kiss.
Fuzzy Knight
May 20 2005, 08:33 AM
Good Morning Everyone! :lickinglips:
Just heard from my friend today, the surgery went thought its very painful at the moment :ashamed:
So I got whole day off... what should I do...
Soulseeker3.0
May 20 2005, 01:26 PM
Fuzzy, read my post in the planing thread, all 5 of them and my conversation with LoneWolf and see if thats alright.
oH and bye everyone, I wont be back here 'till sunday afternoon, or I hope.
cheers
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 09:46 PM
You should run a mile without taking a break with a 80lb backpack on. And do it uphill. Then rapell down the other side of the hill and run back to your house.
minque
May 20 2005, 10:00 PM
If I did that....no I wouldn´t, not with a backpack anyway........ :eek:
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 10:05 PM
Its not fun. But once you do it you have the ability to beag about it.
"Pain Hill" is what they call it.
minque
May 20 2005, 10:10 PM
Oh yes I understand..and it would be a nice feeling to know you actuallt did itr.....
Like "the women´s mile" a competition here for ladies only..i participate every year....that is when i don´t have a baby....and that´s fini by now
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:11 PM
How old are you Jona? Did they make you do that?
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 10:17 PM
Im 48 now( alomost at the max for soldiers). But when i was first at bootcamp i had to do that... Back in the 70s.
minque
May 20 2005, 10:21 PM
my dad told me he did it...just the same during WW2 but..wearing a gas-masque as well....
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:25 PM
Sounds fun, but hey what can you do in times of war?
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 10:27 PM
[quote=Channler]Sounds fun, but hey what can you do in times of war?[/quote]
Sit and wait for the daily mortaring of our office building. Tell you the truth its about time for that to happen again...
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:39 PM
that sounds fun.
Not really though
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:41 PM
[quote=jonajosa][quote=Channler]Sounds fun, but hey what can you do in times of war?[/quote]
Sit and wait for the daily mortaring of our office building. Tell you the truth its about time for that to happen again...[/quote]
Thats pretty stupid.. Hell I'm 17 years old and IF I defected over to the insugency I could do a lot more damage then those idiots...
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:43 PM
i'm going paintballing on Thursday next
........................what? it's vaguely related to the current topic.......
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:46 PM
Don't mean to brag but I roxxerz at P-Ball... I play about every saturday or whenever I have enugh money to do it sooner.
I got a Icon, want to upgrade to a trilogy, and then for sceanarios(SP) games I want this custom built sniper rifle.. it would pwnt anything
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:48 PM
cool
This is only my second time going, alst time was great fun, even though i got shot in the throat.......that hurt a bit, i was hoarse for about half an hour after that and sore for about 2 days
minque
May 20 2005, 10:49 PM
[quote=jonajosa][quote=Channler]Sounds fun, but hey what can you do in times of war?[/quote]
Sit and wait for the daily mortaring of our office building. Tell you the truth its about time for that to happen again...[/quote]
oh no.....please
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:51 PM
[quote=LoneWolf]cool
This is only my second time going, alst time was great fun, even though i got shot in the throat.......that hurt a bit, i was hoarse for about half an hour after that and sore for about 2 days

[/quote]
Wear a bandana or something around your throat

it really helps.. Are you going with a group? If so
F
ind - Find your enemy,
Flank - Get on his side,
Fire - Light him up,
Follow - Follow up and leave no stragglers
Kinda took that from Brothers in Arms, but it works EXTREMELY well. And keep your team from being intimadated..
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:53 PM
Yeah we did that last time. It was a capture the flag type thing, my team flanked them, and then completely obliterated their team and decided we may as well take the flag
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:54 PM
Grr.. now I wish I had money to go play paintball... darn you.. :<
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:54 PM
lol i'm going with my school
Channler
May 20 2005, 10:55 PM
lol, our school would never support such a dangerous sport.. its to liberal...
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 10:58 PM
well i'm in Transition year, they don't really give a crap lol
Channler
May 20 2005, 11:36 PM
Without further adu, here is the comparison paper I was slaving over last night
[quote] Night and Life is Beautful Comparison Paper
The narrative works of Night and Life is Beautiful are a vivid yet troubled view of the Holocaust. Night opens with the description of Moshe the Beadle. Moshe is a poor man, humbled but welcomed in the community of Jews in Sighet, Transylvania. Elie, a boy that only wishes to be a man of God, befriended the man for his religious knowledge. Time passed and eventually in 1943 all foreign Jews were expelled from the town, including Moshe. Months past and everyone forgot about their leaving. Eventually, Moshe makes his way back to Sighet and began describing the Nazi tyranny, and how they will kill all the Jews. He was labeled as a lunatic and ignored, even by his former pupil. A year later, all the Jews were forced into ghettos and eventually sent to one of the many Nazi concentration camps. The story continues on and shows how Elie’s family, faith, and humanity are lost during those long months. When liberated by the Americans, Elie finally had a chance to look upon the shell that once was himself. He was changed. Fatherless and inhumanly treated, he vowed silence for the next ten years.
Life is Beautiful starts off in a fairly happy mood given it’s a holocaust movie. Guido meets this wonderful women who he constantly refers to as Princess. Later both of them get married and have a son. It is my understanding that Guido and his son are taken aboard a train to leave for a concentration camp in the year 1945. Princess (His Wife) decided not to leave her husband and son and went to the camp as well. During the train ride to the concentration camp, Guido disguises the experience that they are about to go through with his son, as a game, and the prize is a tank. Throughout the story Guido hides the truth from his son and yet still keeps him happy and unknowing. Near the end of the movie the Americans are moving the front closer and closer to the camp so that the Nazi’s decide to abandon it, but not before taking the women out and trying to kill them. Guido hides his son and makes him swear not to come out unless there is no one out there, then disguises himself as a women and travels among them to find his wife. He was unsuccessful, and on his way back to his son, he is caught and executed. The next day the camp was vacant and the boy emerged from his hiding place, only to find an American tank outside. He won the game, but had no idea his father died. Later he and his mother are reunited.
Elie, the main character of Night, is a religious young man, that wants to study the Calabash and is deeply convicted in his beliefs. He cries when he prays, and cries when he asks for forgiveness, but he wasn’t even sure why he did these things. I think that is why his faith was swayed. When Elie witnessed the hanging of the child, he gave up on his God. Throughout the book, Elie still constantly looks toward God unknowingly, and asks for help in the situations he encounters. Elie allowed his circumstances to determine his outlook in a negative way.
However, despite his similar circumstances, Guido remained a light hearted and joyous man. His personality was charismatic and his brain thought of elaborate schemes and ideas. His love of a woman known to us as Princess caused him problems yet made him want to overcome his burdens. When traveling to the concentration camp his ability to keep his son oblivious to what was going on proved that he was a extremely persuasive man, though he did it out of love for his son. Guido was also very daring, for many times he “communicated” with his wife by means that could have earned him either death or very severe consequences. In the end though, his devotion to his family got him killed.
Both Night and Life is Beautiful are set during the trying and traumatic times of World War II. By comparing both stories, it shows that the evil of the holocaust affected many different locales and many different nationalities. In Night though, the time goes from roughly 1942-1945. The author is always referring to something dark, and unsought, things that make you cringe, and things that make a bad taste on your tongue. It paints the picture of a Nazi concentration camp well. All too well. In Life is Beautiful, the time period is never stated, but it must start sometime around 1937 and end somewhere in 1945, because the story is about one man‘s journey through life with its mountains and valleys. Unlike Night, Life is Beautiful is first a love story, then a story of sadness. The camp doesn’t seem near as bad as in Night, yet the pictures and the fact of why Guido hides the monstrosities of the Nazis from his son is enough to explain its evils.
In conclusion, I believe that Night had a more realistic portrayal of the horror of the Nazis’ ways, yet Life is Beautiful was a more moving piece because of the love that the family shared during their time at the camp. Night made me wonder how people could commit such acts, and still have a conscience that governed them. Life is Beautiful pointed out to me that family could persevere in the face of adversity, and that love is a powerful thing that can even lead one to death. I think that the world was forever changed by what the Nazis had done in World War II, and I think that these literary pieces are great reminders that we shouldn’t let it happen again.[/quote]
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 11:37 PM
looooooooooooooooooong
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 11:44 PM
so now were writing stories in the Coffee shop huh?
minque
May 20 2005, 11:46 PM
actually not......it´s just something he quoted from himself i suppose
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 11:48 PM
EDIT: scratch that
Anywho, what's everyone up to for the weekend?
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 11:48 PM
ohhhhh. Might want to put some quotation marks up there then Channler.
I call dibs on making the next Coffee Shop!!!
Channler
May 20 2005, 11:58 PM
Well that was the paper I was writing for my english class, I just wanted to post it here and see what you all thought of it.. I didn''t think it woul quite fit into the Oblivion Fan Fic section...
Wolfie
May 20 2005, 11:58 PM
lol no it would have been a
bit out of place lol
jonajosa
May 20 2005, 11:59 PM
We need a area for just stories... Here in the General area. I have other stories that are good but they have nothing to do with morrowind.
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