Post by PJ on Dec 3, 2005 18:13:47 GMT -5
The 667er.
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PJ’s Rant.
First off, I’d like to thank all of you guys for pitching in at the 667er’s darkest hour…and, by hour, I mean edition. So. Back to good ol’ PJ. You had a taste of Snicketface, and now it’s been snatched away from you again. I might actually let other people try ranting, have a sort of weekly rant by a different person each time…
Or not. We’ll see. Now. Stuff to rant about….
First of all, the issue of Swearing has been raised in the Foreboding Feedback section. Now, I, for one, am against censorship. I mean, can a word really be “bad”? I’m sure people would frown if you swore a lot, but, honestly, it’s not like any of the younger users will become corrupted, or anything, because of it. They probably know all the words, anyways.
Second of all, do we really need all the crap that’s currently in Menacing Miscellaneous? Yeah, that’s right, I said crap. Honestly, what is the point of a thread on eye-colours? Is there any merit, at all, for knowing wether someone – who probably lives several thousand kilometres away – has blue or green eyes. It’s like, some completely useless conversation. It serves no purpose. It’s not interesting, or entertaining, or anything at all. All it does is up your post count and annoy PJ.
Another example of such a thread is the “Who uses the Quick Reply box?” thread. Ok, I must admit, this one is slightly more entertaining than the eye colour one, but, really, does it matter? Is it entertaining? No. Well, I don’t think so. To each his own. Which is a translation for: If you disagree, you’re an idiot.
And you know what else is annoying? When some bright, visionary, young, intelligent person thinks up a brilliant idea, like a story project about zombies, and no one replies. I mean, come on. Zombies pwn. How can you NOT write about them? HOW?
Know what else sucks? The Lotr section. It’s basically purely about Legolas, or elves in general. First, there was the “Who thinks Legolas is Hot?” thread. That alone is enough to make me want to beat whomever created it over the head with a sack of door knobs. Heavy doorknobs. But, come on, did we really need the “LEGOLAS APPRECIATION!!!!!!” thread? Made by “legolasgreenleaf” himself? And, since the Lotr section is SO huge, they, of course, needed to make a “Who thinks Legolas is NOT Hot?” thread. Add to this the “Favorite Elf?”, which, of course, Legolas won by a landslide, and we have ourself one annoyed Peej. It’s almost as bad as those “I Luv Liam Aiken!” n00bs, who only joined the forum after watching ONLY the movie, and are generally annoying fangirls all the time.
Well, I’ve squeezed quite a bit out of this one, I must say. Also, feel free to argue with me, via PM, and I’ll post your puny arguments and humiliate you in front of the whole forum, and possibly call you a nazi. So, until next week, dear readers.
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A little something, by A.
Crime Watch
667 has recently been savaged by mobs of vicious, reputation ruining impersonators. The spree began on December 1st, when George or Pandora, this newspaper can’t be sure of which one and is willing to make no guesses, made a new Christmas theme. While many of these impersonators were just around to have a bit of fun with a new theme, the proper authorities are now very worried. Just like some kind of rash, the theme spread throughout the forum to an extent that many believe was too far.
Authorities were unable to act with the pandemonium of confusion caused by all the name switching and many offenders were able to escape.
One Stunned onlooking remarked about Antenora’s sudden bad spelling and Dante’s interest in religion. This reporter was left to wonder whether the good reputations of the civilians of 667 will ever return to normal. This is one case that proves that impersonations is not one of the fondest forms of flattery and so this reporter hopes to set thing right by setting up this hotline for victims of identity fraud, a criminal offence in most countries, on 1800-someone-just-stole-my-identity.
And to think that all of this trouble could have been avoided if someone had just thought to impersonate this reporter.
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Further and Further[/u]
by Sixteen.
As less threads are being made concerning the events in TPP, more are being made about the connection of the book to the overall series plot.
Theories about TMWBNH and TWWHBNB (or Sinister duo, if you prefer) are surfacing. They played a significant, if short-lived, part in TPP, disguised as the Justices. They have proven to have friends in high places and that their successes are growing. Whether they are "M" and "N", and/or whether they are Olaf's siblings, nobody knows for sure.
And are they alive? They weren't wearing blindfolds, so they may have escaped from the hotel. Only another thing we are waiting to discover in B13.
And what about their "hors d'oeuvres plan"...
Something a bit... eh... unexpected is in the Is Sir a Woman? thread. At first, I avoided this thread like the Plague. It seemed to be just like one discussing the confusion of Mr. Poe's gender (thanks TNN.com!). Eventually, however, I succumbed. It's quite a well-thought out thread. After reading it, I suspect that there may be a hidden relationship in the series.
"WHY??" is a scream of confusion and frustration from a (perhaps too) devoted fan. And "Which is the most boring book?" seems to have a clear leader. Apparently, sword-tooth fights, death by buzzsaw, hypnotism and transvestites aren't exciting at all.
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Jemima’s Unadvice Column.
Dear Jemima,
I really really want a cat, but my parents won't let me! Do you have any ideas about how I could persuade them or threaten them?
-Deanna.
Dear Deanna,
Hooray! Another cat supporter! Yippie! I'm so happy a cat lover PMed me a problem! Yay!
Anyway...
So you want a cat but your parents won't get you one? I have many solutions. But first I need to fill you in on something.
It depends on what type and breed of cat you want. Do you want a domestic cat, or a wild cat? If you want a domestic one, go for longhaired cats. They shed lots. Everyone likes cat fur, so I'm sure your parents won't mind a bit! If you want a wild cat, I'd suggest a tiger. They're cute, plus you won't have feed them because they'll hunt in your backyard or property.
Now, with persuading the 'rents, butter them up. Buy them a car, or take them on a really really nice vacation, or get them something they really really want.
If you want to be harder on them, threaten them with threatening emails saying you're threatening them unless they get you a cat, and saying that you'll undergo your threatening threat if they don't believe your threat and don't get you a cat. Do this threateningly.
I hope I helped. Get your cat soon!
Or you could always get an e-cat or stuffed animal.
Sincerely loving cats,
Jemmy
P.S. If you want any other wild cat other than a tiger, DON'T get a jaguar. The Aztecs used to release them into a pit and make them eat out their enemies' hearts. Ewww!
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Dear Jemima,
Now, that it's December, everyone is in a festive mood. But every time it snows in this country, the rain comes soon after. So I'm left with either slush or mud.
What can I do to experience the winter feeling?
Signed,
Sixteen.
Dear Sixteen or 16 or 0b10000 (16 in binary),
I don't like slush. Or mud. Neither do you. What's a solution?
Do people eat pie in Ireland during Christmas? If so, make a mudpie and give it to someone. This will help you get in the holiday spirit.
Now, with slush, take a big bucketful of it and freeze it. Then touch it. It'll feel like really cold snow! You could set it outside and then it'll be like snow, only outside!
If you want more realistic snow, get oatmeal grains and make them wet, and then spread them around on your sidewalk. This will be more like snow, and if you want it really realistic, put the frozen slush on it, and then people will slip! This definately sounds like snow!
Happy Holidays,
Jemima
Please send your problems to Jemima!!!!!!!
And this week's Jemima's How To:[/b]
How to SPEAK BINARY!!![/b]
Step 1: Take useless computer classes
Step 2: Drop out
Step 3: Start talking in sophisticated zeros and ones, alternating the pattern of numbers
Step 4: Occasionally put in an "eleven" or "double o one" to confuse people further
Step 5: Try to coax Bill Gates into letting you have a job employed under him by talking in your complex binary
Step 6: If he actually understands what you say, simply tell him that you didn't know what you were saying because you got mixed up with your numbers, and just ask him if you can have a job
Step 7: If Bill says no, keep impressing your friends with your binaric language
Note: Use these directions at your own risk. The 667er takes no responsibility for the results of these actions.
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Linda’s Interview Of The Week.[/u]
Member Interview of the Week
Linda: Welcome to interview of the week. This week, I interviewed Dupin. Now, Dupin, what is your real name?
Dupin: My real name is George, which I think most people know anyway...I think a few know my surname too.
Linda: How did you come up with your username?
Dupin: Well, it was originally DetectiveDupin, which got deleted in some alleged proboards glitch, so it's just Dupin now which I prefer anyway. Thank you, terrible old version of proboards!
Linda: How did you become a moderator? Do you enjoy your moderator duties?
Dupin: I think I just begged Tragedy an awful lot, and kept pointing out that the moderator before me, Fancy, hadn't been on in months. I think I posted there the most at that time, and he finally caved on. I enjoy being a moderator, but sometimes it feels I'm too lazy for my duties, but overall it's fun, especially when new members think you're a lot higher in member status or something. I remember someone once going 'OMG a moderator read my fanfiction!', which was pretty funny.
Linda: Where are you from?
Dupin: I live in England, in a small county in the south called Wiltshire...it rains a lot, but Wiltshire has Stonehenge, so there.
Linda: Tell us a bit about yourself. What are some of your interests?
Dupin: Well I love writing, as people probably know but I have little inspiration and mostly stick to fanfiction at the moment...I have friends, so I like to hang around with them when I'm not on the computer, or drawing, or watching my favourite reality shows, or tying my shoelace, or listening to that new Franz Ferdinand album my friend bought me...
Linda: How would you describe yourself, in terms of your appearance? How would you describe yourself, in terms of your personality?
Dupin: In appearence? I'm a midget, I have long brown hair, brown eyes, and very pale skin. A teacher once mistook me for a girl when I had my back turned to her. The problem with pale skin is that my lips get sore and go really red, which looks really weird and then I put on lipsalve, which is in a tube like lipstick, and it all gets very confusing.
Linda: How would you describe yourself, in terms of your personality?
In terms of personality? Pretty much like I am on 667-less mature, and more hyperactive probably, since I generally just type what I think on 667, and I'm guessing my thoughts are pretty mature or less stupid then me. I'm pretty clever, as far as I know, but I only have a few decent friends, so maybe that speaks to my personality, or maybe it speaks to the personality of people I know. I wish I knew more people like 667 members though.
Linda: How did you find out about 667?
Dupin: [groans] I'm sorry, I have absoloutley no recollection. I think I was looking for a place to discuss Lemony Snicket, and found a couple of places I didn't like before coming across 667. The only major recollection of finding 667 was almost joining another ASOUE forum, but you had to send something to an address or sign forms to join, and I just thought 'why bother?'
Linda: Were you ever a lurker?
Dupin: I don't think so-I probably looked around to see if it was a decent forum before joining though.
Linda: About how much time do you spend on 667? How important is it in your life?
Dupin: How much time? A couple of hours every day. I'm sort of always on the computer, logged onto everything all the time, but I leave and go and do other stuff. But it can be assured that 667 Dark Avenue is in a window from when I get home from school to when I get to bed?
How important? Pretty important: I would be bored without it. My computer broke down a while ago, and I realized how I had nothing to do when I wasn't on 667 Dark Avenue. It's the only forum I really go on, except for the Foster's section on TV.COM, but I hate all the members there anyway.
Linda: What sections do you visit the most? What are a few of your favorite threads?
Dupin: What sections? Well, at the moment it's generally I come online, and I check Fearsome Fiction, Chaotic Creativity, and Menacing Micellanious...then I check out the rest of my moderator sections, before reading the latest Lemony Snicket threads.
Which threads? I'm loving 'Realtors In The Caves' by Dante, so I'll be checking that regularly. I like all the 'rate me' threads in GG, and all 667 Factor related threads. I don't really like the Random Fact Threads, they bore me a bit, so I stay out of them unless I have something I want to say. I'll always check my new fanfiction first if I posted some the day before, to check out replies and reviews.
Linda: Do you feel like the majority of the members know who you are? What do you feel your level of popularity is?
Dupin: I'm definitely well-known, because I've been here for a while, and I've talked with most active members. I'd like to think I'm popular, but I'm not really an intellect like Antenora or Dante, and I'm not really a random like Pandora and Char. I'm on the fence, but I generally get on with the intellects more (exception: Pandora)
Linda: Do you find the members of 667 to be nice people? Is anyone rude to you?
Dupin: Most of them are nice people, to me anyway, but I've seen some say some rude things about each other, and not generally to their face. I'm not saying who, because I don't like breaking promises, but it's maybe not who'd you expect. No one's rude to me, but I don't know some of them that well. Like Antenora, for example. She seems very cool, but I don't think I've ever talked to her. I think I've sent her a couple of PM's, which I recieved no reply, which I guess could be considered rude, but I'm sure she was just busy or otherwise inconvenienced. I'd like to get to know her better, along with SetnicK, and Kobolos if he's around. They're members everyone raves about, and I want to as well, because they all seem very cool.
Linda: Is there anything you’d like to tell the members of 667?
Dupin: They all rock. Except for maybe that Mr. Poe. I don't much care for that Mr. Poe. And it's my birthday on the 23rd of December, so I'll be angry now, if I have to make my own birthday thread for the third year running (reminding someone to make a thread counts as me making it)
[and with that, Dupin disappears in a puff of smoke]
Linda: Thanks, Dupin. I'll be interviewing Bsam for next week, with three others in line after that. If you would like to be interviewed, remember to contact me.
Da Polls
Ok. So Grace made these polls, right? She’s too lazy to evaluate them herself, so I, the great PJ, is doing it for her. Now, before we continue, I’ll have to ask you to leave all your logic and reasoning by the door, thanks. Here goes:
THE “WHERE DO YOU LIVE” TEST!
Now, I’ll skip all the boring stuff. You can check up the percentages, and such, in the actual thread itself
According to the test, the most people live in Northeast of the US of A. Now, as I don’t care, or know much about America in total, I’ll just skip you people.
Interestingly enough, Australia came second. Which, according to our member count, means that if 20.8% of all members are Australian, we have about 1031.888! Strange, they seem to be hiding…or lurking, or cooking barbecues, or whatnot.
Moving on. England. Only three people live there. Hmm….so either Dante, Dupin, Amber or Ennui are lying about where they live! Damn (non)british people, with their wackY lies and so on.
What came as the biggest surprise, I think, was the two people who voted “Other”. Of all 4961 members in our forum, we only have, seemingly, members from 9 different countries. Somehow, I had imagined it to be a lot more…
Incorrect to 100%.
WHICH SECTION DO YOU POST MOST IN?
Arguably the most boring poll, it has, to make up, the most options.
15.7% post most in the Games section (heaven forbid)
21% post most in the Gloom Looms
and
63.1% post most in Menacing Miscellaneous.
Well. That was unexciting. Tell me…how many people did you think would post most in the announcements section?
FAVORITE TYPE OF SHOW
Ah. A lot better.
Ok, no one voted for Game Shows or Cartoon Network shows. Ok.
25% voted for…*shudder* Reality TV. Let there be no mistake, I will be interviewing these members later, in a private, sound and bullet proof studio. And…oh, who cares, I’ll just sniper them off from this here clock-tower.
33.3% voted for Drama. Ok, I suppose. OC is good enough, and Desperate Housewives pwn, after all.
And, 41.5% voted for “Adult-ish” cartoons, like the Simpsons, and Family. Go you people. Especially since I am one of them.
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Well, that concludes this week’s edition, and the poll section. If there is another poll section, (dear god), I hope that Grace does it, because I’m not going to. *shakes fist*
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PJ’s Rant.
First off, I’d like to thank all of you guys for pitching in at the 667er’s darkest hour…and, by hour, I mean edition. So. Back to good ol’ PJ. You had a taste of Snicketface, and now it’s been snatched away from you again. I might actually let other people try ranting, have a sort of weekly rant by a different person each time…
Or not. We’ll see. Now. Stuff to rant about….
First of all, the issue of Swearing has been raised in the Foreboding Feedback section. Now, I, for one, am against censorship. I mean, can a word really be “bad”? I’m sure people would frown if you swore a lot, but, honestly, it’s not like any of the younger users will become corrupted, or anything, because of it. They probably know all the words, anyways.
Second of all, do we really need all the crap that’s currently in Menacing Miscellaneous? Yeah, that’s right, I said crap. Honestly, what is the point of a thread on eye-colours? Is there any merit, at all, for knowing wether someone – who probably lives several thousand kilometres away – has blue or green eyes. It’s like, some completely useless conversation. It serves no purpose. It’s not interesting, or entertaining, or anything at all. All it does is up your post count and annoy PJ.
Another example of such a thread is the “Who uses the Quick Reply box?” thread. Ok, I must admit, this one is slightly more entertaining than the eye colour one, but, really, does it matter? Is it entertaining? No. Well, I don’t think so. To each his own. Which is a translation for: If you disagree, you’re an idiot.
And you know what else is annoying? When some bright, visionary, young, intelligent person thinks up a brilliant idea, like a story project about zombies, and no one replies. I mean, come on. Zombies pwn. How can you NOT write about them? HOW?
Know what else sucks? The Lotr section. It’s basically purely about Legolas, or elves in general. First, there was the “Who thinks Legolas is Hot?” thread. That alone is enough to make me want to beat whomever created it over the head with a sack of door knobs. Heavy doorknobs. But, come on, did we really need the “LEGOLAS APPRECIATION!!!!!!” thread? Made by “legolasgreenleaf” himself? And, since the Lotr section is SO huge, they, of course, needed to make a “Who thinks Legolas is NOT Hot?” thread. Add to this the “Favorite Elf?”, which, of course, Legolas won by a landslide, and we have ourself one annoyed Peej. It’s almost as bad as those “I Luv Liam Aiken!” n00bs, who only joined the forum after watching ONLY the movie, and are generally annoying fangirls all the time.
Well, I’ve squeezed quite a bit out of this one, I must say. Also, feel free to argue with me, via PM, and I’ll post your puny arguments and humiliate you in front of the whole forum, and possibly call you a nazi. So, until next week, dear readers.
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A little something, by A.
Crime Watch
667 has recently been savaged by mobs of vicious, reputation ruining impersonators. The spree began on December 1st, when George or Pandora, this newspaper can’t be sure of which one and is willing to make no guesses, made a new Christmas theme. While many of these impersonators were just around to have a bit of fun with a new theme, the proper authorities are now very worried. Just like some kind of rash, the theme spread throughout the forum to an extent that many believe was too far.
Authorities were unable to act with the pandemonium of confusion caused by all the name switching and many offenders were able to escape.
One Stunned onlooking remarked about Antenora’s sudden bad spelling and Dante’s interest in religion. This reporter was left to wonder whether the good reputations of the civilians of 667 will ever return to normal. This is one case that proves that impersonations is not one of the fondest forms of flattery and so this reporter hopes to set thing right by setting up this hotline for victims of identity fraud, a criminal offence in most countries, on 1800-someone-just-stole-my-identity.
And to think that all of this trouble could have been avoided if someone had just thought to impersonate this reporter.
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Further and Further[/u]
by Sixteen.
As less threads are being made concerning the events in TPP, more are being made about the connection of the book to the overall series plot.
Theories about TMWBNH and TWWHBNB (or Sinister duo, if you prefer) are surfacing. They played a significant, if short-lived, part in TPP, disguised as the Justices. They have proven to have friends in high places and that their successes are growing. Whether they are "M" and "N", and/or whether they are Olaf's siblings, nobody knows for sure.
And are they alive? They weren't wearing blindfolds, so they may have escaped from the hotel. Only another thing we are waiting to discover in B13.
And what about their "hors d'oeuvres plan"...
Something a bit... eh... unexpected is in the Is Sir a Woman? thread. At first, I avoided this thread like the Plague. It seemed to be just like one discussing the confusion of Mr. Poe's gender (thanks TNN.com!). Eventually, however, I succumbed. It's quite a well-thought out thread. After reading it, I suspect that there may be a hidden relationship in the series.
"WHY??" is a scream of confusion and frustration from a (perhaps too) devoted fan. And "Which is the most boring book?" seems to have a clear leader. Apparently, sword-tooth fights, death by buzzsaw, hypnotism and transvestites aren't exciting at all.
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Jemima’s Unadvice Column.
Dear Jemima,
I really really want a cat, but my parents won't let me! Do you have any ideas about how I could persuade them or threaten them?
-Deanna.
Dear Deanna,
Hooray! Another cat supporter! Yippie! I'm so happy a cat lover PMed me a problem! Yay!
Anyway...
So you want a cat but your parents won't get you one? I have many solutions. But first I need to fill you in on something.
It depends on what type and breed of cat you want. Do you want a domestic cat, or a wild cat? If you want a domestic one, go for longhaired cats. They shed lots. Everyone likes cat fur, so I'm sure your parents won't mind a bit! If you want a wild cat, I'd suggest a tiger. They're cute, plus you won't have feed them because they'll hunt in your backyard or property.
Now, with persuading the 'rents, butter them up. Buy them a car, or take them on a really really nice vacation, or get them something they really really want.
If you want to be harder on them, threaten them with threatening emails saying you're threatening them unless they get you a cat, and saying that you'll undergo your threatening threat if they don't believe your threat and don't get you a cat. Do this threateningly.
I hope I helped. Get your cat soon!
Or you could always get an e-cat or stuffed animal.
Sincerely loving cats,
Jemmy
P.S. If you want any other wild cat other than a tiger, DON'T get a jaguar. The Aztecs used to release them into a pit and make them eat out their enemies' hearts. Ewww!
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Dear Jemima,
Now, that it's December, everyone is in a festive mood. But every time it snows in this country, the rain comes soon after. So I'm left with either slush or mud.
What can I do to experience the winter feeling?
Signed,
Sixteen.
Dear Sixteen or 16 or 0b10000 (16 in binary),
I don't like slush. Or mud. Neither do you. What's a solution?
Do people eat pie in Ireland during Christmas? If so, make a mudpie and give it to someone. This will help you get in the holiday spirit.
Now, with slush, take a big bucketful of it and freeze it. Then touch it. It'll feel like really cold snow! You could set it outside and then it'll be like snow, only outside!
If you want more realistic snow, get oatmeal grains and make them wet, and then spread them around on your sidewalk. This will be more like snow, and if you want it really realistic, put the frozen slush on it, and then people will slip! This definately sounds like snow!
Happy Holidays,
Jemima
Please send your problems to Jemima!!!!!!!
And this week's Jemima's How To:[/b]
How to SPEAK BINARY!!![/b]
Step 1: Take useless computer classes
Step 2: Drop out
Step 3: Start talking in sophisticated zeros and ones, alternating the pattern of numbers
Step 4: Occasionally put in an "eleven" or "double o one" to confuse people further
Step 5: Try to coax Bill Gates into letting you have a job employed under him by talking in your complex binary
Step 6: If he actually understands what you say, simply tell him that you didn't know what you were saying because you got mixed up with your numbers, and just ask him if you can have a job
Step 7: If Bill says no, keep impressing your friends with your binaric language
Note: Use these directions at your own risk. The 667er takes no responsibility for the results of these actions.
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Linda’s Interview Of The Week.[/u]
Member Interview of the Week
Linda: Welcome to interview of the week. This week, I interviewed Dupin. Now, Dupin, what is your real name?
Dupin: My real name is George, which I think most people know anyway...I think a few know my surname too.
Linda: How did you come up with your username?
Dupin: Well, it was originally DetectiveDupin, which got deleted in some alleged proboards glitch, so it's just Dupin now which I prefer anyway. Thank you, terrible old version of proboards!
Linda: How did you become a moderator? Do you enjoy your moderator duties?
Dupin: I think I just begged Tragedy an awful lot, and kept pointing out that the moderator before me, Fancy, hadn't been on in months. I think I posted there the most at that time, and he finally caved on. I enjoy being a moderator, but sometimes it feels I'm too lazy for my duties, but overall it's fun, especially when new members think you're a lot higher in member status or something. I remember someone once going 'OMG a moderator read my fanfiction!', which was pretty funny.
Linda: Where are you from?
Dupin: I live in England, in a small county in the south called Wiltshire...it rains a lot, but Wiltshire has Stonehenge, so there.
Linda: Tell us a bit about yourself. What are some of your interests?
Dupin: Well I love writing, as people probably know but I have little inspiration and mostly stick to fanfiction at the moment...I have friends, so I like to hang around with them when I'm not on the computer, or drawing, or watching my favourite reality shows, or tying my shoelace, or listening to that new Franz Ferdinand album my friend bought me...
Linda: How would you describe yourself, in terms of your appearance? How would you describe yourself, in terms of your personality?
Dupin: In appearence? I'm a midget, I have long brown hair, brown eyes, and very pale skin. A teacher once mistook me for a girl when I had my back turned to her. The problem with pale skin is that my lips get sore and go really red, which looks really weird and then I put on lipsalve, which is in a tube like lipstick, and it all gets very confusing.
Linda: How would you describe yourself, in terms of your personality?
In terms of personality? Pretty much like I am on 667-less mature, and more hyperactive probably, since I generally just type what I think on 667, and I'm guessing my thoughts are pretty mature or less stupid then me. I'm pretty clever, as far as I know, but I only have a few decent friends, so maybe that speaks to my personality, or maybe it speaks to the personality of people I know. I wish I knew more people like 667 members though.
Linda: How did you find out about 667?
Dupin: [groans] I'm sorry, I have absoloutley no recollection. I think I was looking for a place to discuss Lemony Snicket, and found a couple of places I didn't like before coming across 667. The only major recollection of finding 667 was almost joining another ASOUE forum, but you had to send something to an address or sign forms to join, and I just thought 'why bother?'
Linda: Were you ever a lurker?
Dupin: I don't think so-I probably looked around to see if it was a decent forum before joining though.
Linda: About how much time do you spend on 667? How important is it in your life?
Dupin: How much time? A couple of hours every day. I'm sort of always on the computer, logged onto everything all the time, but I leave and go and do other stuff. But it can be assured that 667 Dark Avenue is in a window from when I get home from school to when I get to bed?
How important? Pretty important: I would be bored without it. My computer broke down a while ago, and I realized how I had nothing to do when I wasn't on 667 Dark Avenue. It's the only forum I really go on, except for the Foster's section on TV.COM, but I hate all the members there anyway.
Linda: What sections do you visit the most? What are a few of your favorite threads?
Dupin: What sections? Well, at the moment it's generally I come online, and I check Fearsome Fiction, Chaotic Creativity, and Menacing Micellanious...then I check out the rest of my moderator sections, before reading the latest Lemony Snicket threads.
Which threads? I'm loving 'Realtors In The Caves' by Dante, so I'll be checking that regularly. I like all the 'rate me' threads in GG, and all 667 Factor related threads. I don't really like the Random Fact Threads, they bore me a bit, so I stay out of them unless I have something I want to say. I'll always check my new fanfiction first if I posted some the day before, to check out replies and reviews.
Linda: Do you feel like the majority of the members know who you are? What do you feel your level of popularity is?
Dupin: I'm definitely well-known, because I've been here for a while, and I've talked with most active members. I'd like to think I'm popular, but I'm not really an intellect like Antenora or Dante, and I'm not really a random like Pandora and Char. I'm on the fence, but I generally get on with the intellects more (exception: Pandora)
Linda: Do you find the members of 667 to be nice people? Is anyone rude to you?
Dupin: Most of them are nice people, to me anyway, but I've seen some say some rude things about each other, and not generally to their face. I'm not saying who, because I don't like breaking promises, but it's maybe not who'd you expect. No one's rude to me, but I don't know some of them that well. Like Antenora, for example. She seems very cool, but I don't think I've ever talked to her. I think I've sent her a couple of PM's, which I recieved no reply, which I guess could be considered rude, but I'm sure she was just busy or otherwise inconvenienced. I'd like to get to know her better, along with SetnicK, and Kobolos if he's around. They're members everyone raves about, and I want to as well, because they all seem very cool.
Linda: Is there anything you’d like to tell the members of 667?
Dupin: They all rock. Except for maybe that Mr. Poe. I don't much care for that Mr. Poe. And it's my birthday on the 23rd of December, so I'll be angry now, if I have to make my own birthday thread for the third year running (reminding someone to make a thread counts as me making it)
[and with that, Dupin disappears in a puff of smoke]
Linda: Thanks, Dupin. I'll be interviewing Bsam for next week, with three others in line after that. If you would like to be interviewed, remember to contact me.
Da Polls
Ok. So Grace made these polls, right? She’s too lazy to evaluate them herself, so I, the great PJ, is doing it for her. Now, before we continue, I’ll have to ask you to leave all your logic and reasoning by the door, thanks. Here goes:
THE “WHERE DO YOU LIVE” TEST!
Now, I’ll skip all the boring stuff. You can check up the percentages, and such, in the actual thread itself
According to the test, the most people live in Northeast of the US of A. Now, as I don’t care, or know much about America in total, I’ll just skip you people.
Interestingly enough, Australia came second. Which, according to our member count, means that if 20.8% of all members are Australian, we have about 1031.888! Strange, they seem to be hiding…or lurking, or cooking barbecues, or whatnot.
Moving on. England. Only three people live there. Hmm….so either Dante, Dupin, Amber or Ennui are lying about where they live! Damn (non)british people, with their wackY lies and so on.
What came as the biggest surprise, I think, was the two people who voted “Other”. Of all 4961 members in our forum, we only have, seemingly, members from 9 different countries. Somehow, I had imagined it to be a lot more…
Incorrect to 100%.
WHICH SECTION DO YOU POST MOST IN?
Arguably the most boring poll, it has, to make up, the most options.
15.7% post most in the Games section (heaven forbid)
21% post most in the Gloom Looms
and
63.1% post most in Menacing Miscellaneous.
Well. That was unexciting. Tell me…how many people did you think would post most in the announcements section?
FAVORITE TYPE OF SHOW
Ah. A lot better.
Ok, no one voted for Game Shows or Cartoon Network shows. Ok.
25% voted for…*shudder* Reality TV. Let there be no mistake, I will be interviewing these members later, in a private, sound and bullet proof studio. And…oh, who cares, I’ll just sniper them off from this here clock-tower.
33.3% voted for Drama. Ok, I suppose. OC is good enough, and Desperate Housewives pwn, after all.
And, 41.5% voted for “Adult-ish” cartoons, like the Simpsons, and Family. Go you people. Especially since I am one of them.
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Well, that concludes this week’s edition, and the poll section. If there is another poll section, (dear god), I hope that Grace does it, because I’m not going to. *shakes fist*
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