Fables & Fiends is not Kyrandia 1's sub-title - Page 2

Fum · 10-24-2005, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

I'm about to move this to the "Splitting Hairs" forum. The thread was moved here because it contained site feedback.

You forum moderators and administrators make your job here way harder than it needs to be. I've seen many cases where controversy or just mild headaches could have been avoided just by not moving threads or closing threads or editing people's posts. (See what I did: now this thread does belong in the "Site Feedback" forum!

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*Melanie68* · 10-24-2005, 12:33 PM

Chocolate anyone? (no tinfoil either

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Fum · 10-24-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Melanie68

Chocolate anyone? (no tinfoil either

)

Is that dark chocolate? I don't really like dark chocolate...too bitter.

But, um, yeah. Kyrandia. I got the first one as a reward from my dad because me and my brother dropped our new PC speakers down the stairs and we were honest about it...or something like that. Good way to lern a lesson. You get free video games if you break speak...er, be honset. Remember that children. Pretty fun game, too.

***Jackal*** · 10-24-2005, 01:33 PM

Actually, no, it's people harping on irrelevant crap that makes our job harder. We should probably just ignore it.

Fum · 10-24-2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

Actually, yes, you're right. It's people pointing out the relevant and undeniable truth that makes us mods so testy. We should probably just listen to only you from now on to avoid further embarrassment.

C'mon man, quit hijacking the thread. And get with the program, and stuff. We're talking about Kyrandia now. (And chocolate.)

Orange Brat · 10-24-2005, 05:35 PM

What's a pedantic?

Fairygdmther · 10-24-2005, 05:39 PM

pe·dan·tic (pə-dăn'tĭk)
adj.
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

pe·dan'ti·cal·ly adv.
SYNONYMS pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic. These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning.

***Jackal*** · 10-24-2005, 05:40 PM

Nope, sorry. Keep talking about chocolate and I'll have to move this puppy to Chit Chat.

*Melanie68* · 10-24-2005, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Orange Brat

What's a pedantic?

ped·ant n.

1. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
2. One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously.
3. Obsolete. A schoolmaster

pe·dan·tic adj.

Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

Courtesy of Dictionary.com

Edit: Whoops! FGM beat me to it!

squarejawhero · 10-25-2005, 03:52 AM

Only bad dark chocolate is bitter. Good dark chocolate is really smooth. Try some Torinese Bicerin and come back in the morning.

RLacey · 10-25-2005, 10:29 AM

I can't stand dark chocolate. Which is a shame, because I genuinely wish that I liked it

...

Aurebesh · 10-26-2005, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Scoville

Actually, Fables and Fiends was originally intended as a blanket title for a larger lineup of games. Around 1992, Westwood anounced a Super Nintendo action-RPG entitled simply Fables and Fiends. It made it pretty far along in development, as previews and screens appeared in various magazines, but it was never released.

Ah, now that's interesting. It seems to fit my first guess, which was:

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Originally Posted by Aurebesh

I never really understood why this "super-title" is necessary, I always presumed it's the name of the universe or something in which the Kyrandia stories take place.

It's nice to finally know the origin of this title.

Kolorabi · 10-26-2005, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

Actually, no, it's people harping on irrelevant crap that makes our job harder. We should probably just ignore it.

Very nice attitude you've got there. Nobody said this thing about the Kyrandia title was a big deal, but as long as it's actually wrong on the site, I can't believe you're slamming people for pointing that out.

Ok. Go back to discussing chocolate or whatever now.

***tabacco*** · 10-26-2005, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kolorabi

Very nice attitude you've got there. Nobody said this thing about the Kyrandia title was a big deal, but as long as it's actually wrong on the site, I can't believe you're slamming people for pointing that out.

Ok. Go back to discussing chocolate or whatever now.

He wasn't slamming anyone for pointing it out, he was slamming everyone for NOT LETTING IT GO.

***Jackal*** · 10-26-2005, 06:52 AM

What Doug said is 100% right, but if you pay attention to context, I was specifically slamming people for harping on a thread move that was done for perfectly valid reasons.

Some people need to give their heads a shake.

***tabacco*** · 10-26-2005, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jackal

What Doug said is 100% right, but if you pay attention to context, I was specifically slamming people for harping on a thread move that was done for perfectly valid reasons.

Some people need to give their heads a shake.

Yeah, that too.

*Melanie68* · 10-26-2005, 07:14 AM

The chocolate was working for a bit. I'll try milk chocolate next time.

Ninth · 10-26-2005, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

What Doug said is 100% right, but if you pay attention to context, I was specifically slamming people for harping on a thread move that was done for perfectly valid reasons.

Some people need to give their heads a shake.

Aw, c'mon, what's a forum without a fair amount of hair-splitting?

***Jackal*** · 10-26-2005, 07:53 AM

Sure, for you guys it's hair splitting. For me it's hair pulling. I can't afford much more hair loss.

Ninth · 10-26-2005, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jackal

Sure, for you guys it's hair splitting. For me it's hair pulling. I can't afford much more hair loss.

But that's because you're taking it as a feedback on the site when it was just a piece of trivia, so you shouldn't...

*notice the stares*

...uh oh...

*run*

10-24-2005, 12:33 PM	#22
Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Chocolate anyone? (no tinfoil either ) Share Share this post on Twitter

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*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	Actually, no, it's people harping on irrelevant crap that makes our job harder. We should probably just ignore it. Share Share this post on Twitter

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10-24-2005, 05:39 PM	#27
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	pe·dan·tic (pə-dăn'tĭk) adj. Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. pe·dan'ti·cal·ly adv. SYNONYMS pedantic, academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic. These adjectives mean marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects: a pedantic writing style; an academic insistence on precision; a bookish vocabulary; donnish refinement of speech; scholastic and excessively subtle reasoning. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

10-24-2005, 05:40 PM	#28
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	Nope, sorry. Keep talking about chocolate and I'll have to move this puppy to Chit Chat. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-25-2005, 03:52 AM	#30
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10-26-2005, 06:52 AM	#35
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	What Doug said is 100% right, but if you pay attention to context, I was specifically slamming people for harping on a thread move that was done for perfectly valid reasons. Some people need to give their heads a shake. Share Share this post on Twitter

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