Tad Williams' Message Board

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'
-    Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

Welcome to the message board for tadwilliams.com. All comments are welcome, whether kudos or brickbats. However, please bear in mind that Tad would like this to be a friendly, civil message board, at least in the relations between users. We reserve the right to remove postings, or even ban postings, from anyone who crosses the boundary of reasonable taste. Basically, you can argue vigorously with someone, but watch your language, okay? We have a lot of young readers as well as grown-ups, so please show them some respect.

But the main requirement here is: have fun.

You are not logged in.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 … 12

 

#26 2006-04-25 20:41:00

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12428
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

ahh, the good times...

-X

Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#27 2006-04-25 20:43:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Yes... I, too, miss the days of rampant jellybeanese...  *sighs*

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#28 2006-04-25 20:45:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

*stretches cyan*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#29 2006-04-25 20:51:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

*grapes garnetly at the stretches*

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#30 2006-04-25 20:56:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9196
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

That was a year ago?!

 

#31 2006-04-25 20:57:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Firsfron of Ronchester wrote:

That was a year ago?!

*looks confuzzled*

what was a year ago?

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#32 2006-04-25 20:59:00

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12428
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

I've had a brief perusal of the history and its good!

Of course I wasn't actually there for most of it...

but hey.

And I think Cyan's got it on the head about the founding of the most holy language of all, Jellybeanese.

-X

Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#33 2006-04-25 21:00:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9196
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

ceywren the drunken ghost wrote:



*looks confuzzled*

what was a year ago?

It was only a few posts back, Ceywren!

Em, the day after yesterday wrote:

Okay, here's my story (and I'm sticking too it).

'twas about a year ago, I staggered into the Mint, a Mint on steriods...

 

#34 2006-04-25 21:01:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Firsfron of Ronchester wrote:

That was a year ago?!

No, not that long ago... iirc, it started 'round last September or October... I tried to peruse the Mint room earlier today but haven't found the event yet.

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#35 2006-04-25 21:03:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Oh, Em's story started about a year ago... that's about when she and I found each other in the Mint.

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#36 2006-04-25 21:04:00

Genisis X
Pilgrim
From: Canberra
Registered: 2005-05-08
Posts: 12428
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Yea I tried to find 'the event' just then.

And failed.

Blast!

-X

Cyan on the merits of Dubstep: "That's not music. That's a patchwork quilt made by a blind iron worker."

My new webcomic of sarcasm and profanity!

 

#37 2006-04-25 21:04:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Originally posted by Firsfron of Ronchester:
[QB][/QB]

ooooh! sorry! all the jellybean talk had me silvered ;)

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#38 2006-04-25 21:05:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

cyan wrote:



No, not that long ago... iirc, it started 'round last September or October... I tried to peruse the Mint room earlier today but haven't found the event yet.

wasn't it in "gripe of the day"?

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#39 2006-04-25 21:05:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9196
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

I guess ingesting jellybeans ends up frying your brains. You can't rightly remember when something happened... You start asking yourself things like "Was it a year ago, or just a half a year?" Time starts getting muddled. Events become vague and confused. Then, pretty soon, you can't remember what someone said a few posts earlier. ;)

 

#40 2006-04-25 21:05:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Genisis X wrote:

And I think Cyan's got it on the head about the founding of the most holy language of all, Jellybeanese.

The Jellybeanese thing was truly amazing because it was entirely spontaneous!  Once we had the first definitive list done and posted in it's own thread, we all just suddenly started speaking it.... it was strange and wonderful!  *remembers very fondly*

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#41 2006-04-25 21:06:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

ceywren the drunken ghost wrote:

wasn't it in "gripe of the day"?

That's possible, I've griped about EPC plenty!

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#42 2006-04-25 21:08:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Firsfron of Ronchester wrote:

I guess ingesting jellybeans ends up frying your brains. You can't rightly remember when something happened... You start asking yourself things like "Was it a year ago, or just a half a year?" Time starts getting muddled. Events become vague and confused. Then, pretty soon, you can't remember what someone said a few posts earlier. ;)

You can't rightly blame Jellybeans for that... I think that's a general quality of S'march.

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#43 2006-04-25 21:14:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9196
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Sure, don't put any blame on the substance. Blame the neighborhood. ;)

 

#44 2006-04-25 21:14:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

ha! see? i'm not completely crazy!

or at least, i'm not the only one.  ;)

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#45 2006-04-25 21:15:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

*blames firs*

BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#46 2006-04-25 21:16:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Firsfron of Ronchester wrote:

Sure, don't put any blame on the substance. Blame the neighborhood. ;)

I blame it on the influence of the people in the neighborhood.  *nods*

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#47 2006-04-25 21:28:00

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22780

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

Firsfron of Ronchester wrote:

Oh. The "Fourness". I wasn't there, but it was muchly impresive. Four mints in one night. Gotta be a record, at least in Smarch's later years.

So... what can we say about this?

"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

Proud Member of the Log Brigade

Photos of My Works

 

#48 2006-04-25 21:30:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

*sits there looking useful*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#49 2006-04-25 21:32:00

ceywren
Pilgrim
From: hole in the bottom of the sea
Registered: 2004-02-28
Posts: 18790
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

i dun know there's anything really to say. it just sort of happened.

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#50 2006-04-25 21:34:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9196
Website

Re: The history of Shadowmarch

That ya'll went thru 4 mints with 4 Smarchers called the "Fourness". And it happened on 4-4-2004 and took four hours. Sure, that last sentence is made up, but will people really check? Plus, it sounds good. ;)

 

 

Pages: 1 2 3 4 … 12

Board footer

Powered by PunBB


© 2008 - 2011 Tad Williams. All rights reserved. tadwilliams.com Email: deborah.shazam@batnet.com.