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Site Suggestions & Support / Re: Adding a few Moderators?
« on: December 10, 2009, 07:01:23 PM »I just had this image of Jayne moderating...
"Don't hurt, just scare him."
"ButpainPayne is scarey."
Fixed it for you
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Codex Alera Spoilers / Re: A Map (cont'd) Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers
« on: November 18, 2009, 03:49:42 PM »
+1 on the awesomeness of the map. Great job!
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DF Books / Re: dresden trivia
« on: April 14, 2009, 11:11:12 PM »
Wow, that's Pretty good! Did you look at the books or was this off the top of your head?
Here's one or two I think you may have missed:
Here's one or two I think you may have missed:
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DF Reference Collection / Re: Dresden Files: Series Timeline
« on: April 13, 2009, 06:29:47 PM »
You might be able to guesstimate it based off one of the scenes in TC. I'd post it here, but I'm not sure what the rules for spoilers are in this thread.
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DF Books / Re: dresden trivia
« on: April 08, 2009, 12:18:30 AM »
1. On what floor is Harry's office?
2. Name the Carpenter kids:
3. How many times has Harry been put in handcuffs?
4. How many Denarians can you name?
5. How many "Names" do we know (e.g. "Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden", "Chaunzaggoroth", etc.)?
6. How many different cars has Harry driven in?
7. What are the different descriptions Harry gives Mouse ("Woolly Mammoth", etc)?
8. Name the different objects Harry used for finding things ("Windup duck", "Pentacle", etc)?
9. Name all the people we know of who mention Harry's mother.
10. Who fixed "Little Chicago"? (Just checking...)
2. Name the Carpenter kids:
3. How many times has Harry been put in handcuffs?
4. How many Denarians can you name?
5. How many "Names" do we know (e.g. "Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden", "Chaunzaggoroth", etc.)?
6. How many different cars has Harry driven in?
7. What are the different descriptions Harry gives Mouse ("Woolly Mammoth", etc)?
8. Name the different objects Harry used for finding things ("Windup duck", "Pentacle", etc)?
9. Name all the people we know of who mention Harry's mother.
10. Who fixed "Little Chicago"? (Just checking...)
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Author Craft / Re: Magic Measurment Systems that a reader can buy
« on: March 27, 2009, 10:15:01 PM »
Some thoughts:
1. They have this little thing for batteries where you press on it, and it colors depending on how much charge you have left. There are also a very simple pressure gauge for tires. Have the wizard hold a lightbulb in his hand and see how bright he can make it.
2. I'm not a biologist, but I seem to recall that the energy of the body generally comes from burning sugars. There's a very simple way to measure blood-sugar level (people with diabetes do it all the time), so maybe drip a bit of blood on some scale.
3. Look at Calories. Pretty much everything you eat has numbers on the side. There are also guidelines for the amount of calories each type of activity uses up. You can keep track, but there's no real way to know for sure how much you currently have. (Maybe spells have been more carefully measured?)
4. If the wizardry you have is an exact science, then I would expect more than "light spell==1 mp". More likely that at one point the scholars perfected Magic-to-Energy conversion rules (maybe even E=Magic*C^2), in which case, your basic unit of energy would something along of "The amount of Magic to heat up a Liter of water by one degree", or somesuch.
Oh, and the chance that a spell takes an exact whole amount of MP to cast should be the same chance that a human being is *exactly* a whole number of inches tall (close to zero).
5. Units:
Thaum: (as in Thaumaturgy - from discworld)
QuasitPower: (equivalent to horsepower) - The amount of magic a quasit can produce in a second.
Take a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement
1. They have this little thing for batteries where you press on it, and it colors depending on how much charge you have left. There are also a very simple pressure gauge for tires. Have the wizard hold a lightbulb in his hand and see how bright he can make it.
2. I'm not a biologist, but I seem to recall that the energy of the body generally comes from burning sugars. There's a very simple way to measure blood-sugar level (people with diabetes do it all the time), so maybe drip a bit of blood on some scale.
3. Look at Calories. Pretty much everything you eat has numbers on the side. There are also guidelines for the amount of calories each type of activity uses up. You can keep track, but there's no real way to know for sure how much you currently have. (Maybe spells have been more carefully measured?)
4. If the wizardry you have is an exact science, then I would expect more than "light spell==1 mp". More likely that at one point the scholars perfected Magic-to-Energy conversion rules (maybe even E=Magic*C^2), in which case, your basic unit of energy would something along of "The amount of Magic to heat up a Liter of water by one degree", or somesuch.
Oh, and the chance that a spell takes an exact whole amount of MP to cast should be the same chance that a human being is *exactly* a whole number of inches tall (close to zero).
5. Units:
Thaum: (as in Thaumaturgy - from discworld)
QuasitPower: (equivalent to horsepower) - The amount of magic a quasit can produce in a second.
Take a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement
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Author Craft / Re: Origin Stories
« on: March 17, 2009, 05:12:20 PM »
Or you can go the Zelazny route and not tell *anything*. Everyone else takes it for granted, and the hero (and the reader) pick up bits and pieces along the way.
...I think that's why so many of his characters start the story with amnesia
...I think that's why so many of his characters start the story with amnesia
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DF Reference Collection / Re: Dresden Files: Series Timeline
« on: March 16, 2009, 11:33:47 PM »
Hey Tsunami. Really great tool!
Is there any way to zoom in and out? It would be nice to be able to see the whole timeline compressed.
Is there any way to zoom in and out? It would be nice to be able to see the whole timeline compressed.
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Display Case / Re: The Virtual Gallery
« on: March 13, 2009, 05:11:23 PM »
Beautiful pics Brooke! I love the animal shots. Where did you take them?
As a side note, did you see how many people are named "Harry Dresden" on facebook?
As a side note, did you see how many people are named "Harry Dresden" on facebook?
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Author Craft / Re: How not to do.
« on: March 10, 2009, 12:08:38 AM »
I wonder what fantasy series fails on the most points? It certainly seems to be written with R.Jordan in mind (33).
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Calendar Event Discussion / Re: NYCC Dinner
« on: February 09, 2009, 05:52:48 PM »Now all the runes are backwards.
...Like Denarian swear words.
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Calendar Event Discussion / Re: NYCC Dinner
« on: February 09, 2009, 05:44:02 PM »(Psst - 'Cellie, you do know that you're holding the blasting rod in the wrong hand, right?)
Fixed.
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Calendar Event Discussion / Re: NYCC Dinner
« on: February 04, 2009, 07:14:48 PM »
Grrr... Why did I ever move to the other side of the country? 
Could someone post pictures of the event afterward please?
Could someone post pictures of the event afterward please?
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Author Craft / Re: Jim's stand on fic?
« on: January 16, 2009, 04:39:00 PM »
And what's Harry's stand on Fan Fiction? I wonder if he ever composed a Mary Sue story? 
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Author Craft / Re: Derivative Plots?
« on: May 09, 2008, 04:33:18 AM »The ancient Greeks were already saying, "There is nothing new under the sun,"
...and they stole that from King Solomon
"What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
There is nothing new under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9
knnn.