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 The 'hawk, A useful question for prospective players |
 Aug 9 2011, 04:10 PM
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The ShadowComedian  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,526 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525  |
QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Aug 9 2011, 05:40 PM)  Der Nacht NO! WRONG! NO COOKIE FOR YOU! |
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Aug 9 2011, 04:37 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Aug 9 2011, 12:10 PM) NO! WRONG! NO COOKIE FOR YOU! Hey, Der is more appropriate than Die or Das for a male PC. Unless I'm missing something and my 4 years of german in college and highschool were wasted. Hey maybe he is swiss..... |
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Aug 9 2011, 04:38 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,526 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
NACHT is german for NIGHT.
And NACHT is ALLWAYS female. Sorry ^^ DIE Nacht would have been better. But a MAN calling himself Nacht/Night is a bit strange anyway (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) If you have Questions, ask Grinder, Hermit, me or some other german dude ^^ Das Bier Die Flasche Der Öffner. Die Bierflasche Der Bierflaschenöffner. It's a bit more complicated than using THE for everything i'm afraid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Aug 9 2011, 05:18 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
Warlordtheft is partially right "der " is usually male.....,but ....
Even "in der Nacht" (at night)is Female although there is a"der" it doesn't matter its still female but it would be Der Nachtmacher (the Nightmaker) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) or Der Schatten (the Shadow) both are Male with a Dance at Night Medicineman |
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Aug 9 2011, 07:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Aug 9 2011, 12:38 PM) It's a bit more complicated than using THE for everything i'm afraid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Well-we english speaking types have it easy in that regard. Mein duetsche werdet sehr besser fur es. I think I just mangled a language. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 9 2011, 07:39 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,526 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
*twitch twitch*
that's . . very wrong . . using engrish grammatics for german sentences does not work i am afraid <.< also, the times are not consistent and of course, you have problems with our umlaut-letters. |
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Aug 9 2011, 07:57 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
Hey, I'm visiting germany late next year (2012)....I'm thinking I should brush up on my german.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 18-August 08 From: Dear lord help me, Maryland Member No.: 16,254 |
QUOTE (Medicineman @ Aug 9 2011, 12:18 PM) Warlordtheft is partially right "der " is usually male.....,but .... Even "in der Nacht" (at night)is Female although there is a"der" it doesn't matter its still female but it would be Der Nachtmacher (the Nightmaker) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) or Der Schatten (the Shadow) both are Male with a Dance at Night Medicineman EDIT: NM, the table format is FUBAR'd and I don't have time to fix it. See http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm EDIT 2:About the only thing I remember from 3 semesters of German 20 years ago "Meine bleischtift ist blau" and "Wo ist ein bahnhof, bitte?" |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:04 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
I am remembering the reactions when I posted the Blinkenlights paragraph.
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Aug 9 2011, 08:19 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Aug 9 2011, 01:39 PM) *twitch twitch* that's . . very wrong . . using engrish grammatics for german sentences does not work i am afraid <.< also, the times are not consistent and of course, you have problems with our umlaut-letters. But was it understandable at all? I don't know, because I do not know what was said. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) EDIT: Heh... Just ran it through a Translator... Funny... |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:19 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Aug 9 2011, 02:04 PM) I am remembering the reactions when I posted the Blinkenlights paragraph. -k But that one was entertaining... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:34 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Aug 9 2011, 11:38 AM) NACHT is german for NIGHT. How about "Schwarzwald" as a good German name? (The "Black Forest Troll Kingdom" had me thinking, and I pulled out a translation program to see if I remembered it right, and for the spelling.).And NACHT is ALLWAYS female. Anyhow, the female bit reminds me of a mistranslation that happened with the Discworld Novels. See, "Death" ("Mort") in French is female, so they have a female character walking around being quite masculine otherwise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Apparently they've figured out how to correct the issue eventually. Speaking of, Death from Discworld: I AM A FIVE. |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:36 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Aug 9 2011, 04:19 PM) But that one was entertaining... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Yes it was. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) As for characters, lessee... Jack appears to be Tom Cruise. Right down to the manic ever-present grin and the inability to merely sit down anywhere, instead flopping into chairs like a sack of potatoes. In reality Jack is a female pixie in a mimic-modified anthroform drone. She's more or less a Face and a Gunbunny with primary dicepools in the 18-26 range, and does a little spellcasting, conjuring, and hacking on the side. Solidly a 10 on the scale. She does in fact have a pink mohawk. Old Man Jones is old. In the year 2011 he was in grade school. He was in the US Army around the time of the Great Ghost Dance and had advanced to special ops command by the time of the first Crash. He lost his right arm not too long after that and was shuffled off to a desk job. Ares recruited him, gave him a new arm, and he was with them up until around the 2050s when an incident forced him to fake his death and go into the shadows. By the 2070s he'd retired to a little bar in Manhattan and was pretty content. Then it blew up. He's kinda grumpy about that. Jones is more or less mercenary hardcase burned-out mage archetype, and hovers around a 1-3 on the scale. -k |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:37 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,325 Joined: 2-April 07 From: The Center of the Universe Member No.: 11,360 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Aug 9 2011, 04:19 PM) But was it understandable at all? I don't know, because I do not know what was said. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) EDIT: Heh... Just ran it through a Translator... Funny... Note not having an umlaut to use this is what came up on Babel fish: My duetsche become very better fur it |
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Aug 9 2011, 08:41 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Warlordtheft @ Aug 9 2011, 02:37 PM) Note not having an umlaut to use this is what came up on Babel fish: My duetsche become very better fur it Indeed... I love Babel Fish, even with my deficiencies in languages... |
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Aug 9 2011, 09:16 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,526 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Aug 9 2011, 10:19 PM) But was it understandable at all? I don't know, because I do not know what was said. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) EDIT: Heh... Just ran it through a Translator... Funny... It was, to me. But then, my english is probably above average even for some people using people as their native language . . QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Aug 9 2011, 10:19 PM) But that one was entertaining... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Oh god yes it was x.x QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 9 2011, 10:34 PM) How about "Schwarzwald" as a good German name? (The "Black Forest Troll Kingdom" had me thinking, and I pulled out a translation program to see if I remembered it right, and for the spelling.). Anyhow, the female bit reminds me of a mistranslation that happened with the Discworld Novels. See, "Death" ("Mort") in French is female, so they have a female character walking around being quite masculine otherwise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Apparently they've figured out how to correct the issue eventually. Speaking of, Death from Discworld: I AM A FIVE. Schwarzwald as the name for a male german Troll is absolutely justified . . Well, if you want to be a Troll being named after a forrest, at least . . |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:16 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,018 Joined: 3-July 10 Member No.: 18,786 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 9 2011, 10:34 PM) Speaking of, Death from Discworld: I AM A FIVE. Going down into the negatives if he feels like it. |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:33 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Nah, I mean, hell, haven't you seen him rock the Guitar?
Or when he showed up on a Blue Oyster Cult album? (Not that one, the other one, in the wheat field.). |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:43 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,018 Joined: 3-July 10 Member No.: 18,786 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 10 2011, 01:33 AM) Nah, I mean, hell, haven't you seen him rock the Guitar? Or when he showed up on a Blue Oyster Cult album? (Not that one, the other one, in the wheat field.). Oh, he can definitely go towards the 'hawk side, but professionally, he can do some serious stealth work. |
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Aug 9 2011, 11:45 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Thus, the perfect five.
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Aug 10 2011, 12:08 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
I try to be good, I really do but I tend to go hawk pretty hard. My lowest is a 5.
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Aug 10 2011, 01:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 608 Joined: 7-June 11 From: Virginia Beach, VA Member No.: 31,052 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 9 2011, 07:33 PM) Nah, I mean, hell, haven't you seen him rock the Guitar? Or when he showed up on a Blue Oyster Cult album? (Not that one, the other one, in the wheat field.). The problem being that he can only play the hollow chord. |
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Aug 10 2011, 02:00 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
"NO! You must play something else!" I CANNOT.
Honestly, who else can turn an inability to do something into something totally badass? EDIT: Other than the inability to give up, of course. |
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Aug 10 2011, 06:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 5-May 08 From: Matt, GA Member No.: 15,959 |
Hm, since I have been GMing for the last few years instead of playing, I have to go all the way back to the late 90s for Overkill: an Ork Street Sam from Pueblo Corporate Council. In my group, we decided that we would all play one session before coming up with nicknames, and the nickname came from the group, not from the player. I earned the name Overkill with pride. He carried a Medium Machine Gun around as a personal side arm (in a suitcase).
Yeah, definitely at least an 8... In my defense, normally I like to play mirror shades, but the GM we reluctantly allowed to run was a total wanker (and a cheat as a player), so the Troll player (previous SR3 GM) and I instinctively decided we would run his plots off the rails for laughs. Two trog street sams with a penchant for violent chaos was disruptive, to say the least! Don't know why we agreed to let him run... We all detested the guy, but at least the Troll and I had a blast! |
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Aug 10 2011, 07:42 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Dreadlord @ Aug 10 2011, 11:53 AM) Hm, since I have been GMing for the last few years instead of playing, I have to go all the way back to the late 90s for Overkill: an Ork Street Sam from Pueblo Corporate Council. In my group, we decided that we would all play one session before coming up with nicknames, and the nickname came from the group, not from the player. I earned the name Overkill with pride. He carried a Medium Machine Gun around as a personal side arm (in a suitcase). Yeah, definitely at least an 8... In my defense, normally I like to play mirror shades, but the GM we reluctantly allowed to run was a total wanker (and a cheat as a player), so the Troll player (previous SR3 GM) and I instinctively decided we would run his plots off the rails for laughs. Two trog street sams with a penchant for violent chaos was disruptive, to say the least! Don't know why we agreed to let him run... We all detested the guy, but at least the Troll and I had a blast! Sometimes, those are the most fun GM's... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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