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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#1: Mar 30th 2012 at 6:31:38 AM

Alright! Here we are. You know, don't be a dick, don't gossip, don't compare the RP to The Hunger Games, etc.

I'll also be linking to the reference lists here.

edited 11th Apr '12 8:25:00 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
Saturn Hurr from On The Rings Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Hurr
#4: Mar 31st 2012 at 10:54:14 AM

I'm hoping there is a gravity power, and that I get it, just because I'm so pumped about Gravity Rush.

FakeCrowley I'm indifferent! Since: Jun, 2010
I'm indifferent!
#5: Mar 31st 2012 at 11:09:23 AM

Is there a list of twenties slang and vocabulary?

I mean, I don't expect people to say things like, "Dude, I've been hanging out with your sister, and she's totally hot, and your 'rents are cool with me hooking up with her later this week and taking her to the movies, so is it a'ight if I go out with her? It is? Sweet, man," but you never know when someone is going to call a man of the homosexual persuasion gay or something. This isn't France, for one thing.

edited 31st Mar '12 11:09:59 AM by FakeCrowley

You know what I hate? Hypocrites. That and obscure self-referential statements.
Taco Since: Jan, 2001
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#7: Mar 31st 2012 at 2:16:53 PM

That's a good idea, but seeing how some expressions can seem jarringly dated when read, we can probably get away with just not using obvious things such as 'like' in the Valley Girl sense, 'dude' as a colloquialism for 'man', and other Surfer Dude usages.

By the way, in 1926, 'dude' had been in use since at least the 1880s as a derogatory term for a fastidious, foppish man, much like how 'macaroni' was used about a hundred years earlier than that in England to describe men who did the same thing.

Anyways... *starts on a short list*

edited 31st Mar '12 2:17:09 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
FakeCrowley I'm indifferent! Since: Jun, 2010
I'm indifferent!
#8: Mar 31st 2012 at 2:24:34 PM

Fair enough. I doubt that any of you will do anything obviously anachronistic—I just think it'd be interesting to include some early 20th century slang. Plus some words change meaning.

Take, for instance, the word, "Redneck." It has existed for a good century, but it's meaning has changed drastically.

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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#9: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:12:03 PM

OKAY! From my post in the Signups:

I'd like to know what timezones y'all are in and what times I can expect you guys to be active, so I can get the OP done and start it at a time that works for everyone. This is so we avoid clusterfuck that leaves everyone in the dust.

edited 1st Apr '12 9:12:43 PM by Motree

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#10: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:13:09 PM

Pacific Standard Time.

I don't really care when it starts as long as I'm not in the middle of class, but that can't really be helped :P

Evenings are preferred.

edited 1st Apr '12 9:15:15 PM by SnowyFoxes

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#11: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:13:48 PM

Central Time

Brief time-frame from 8:05-8:45 AM, 3:30-4:00 PM on Mondays, 4:00-5:30 on other days, 7:00-8:00 PM, 9:00-11:00 PM. Weekends are wild cards.

Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#12: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:15:11 PM

Pacific Standard. I'm only on after 3 and before 10, except on weekends when it's basically all day.

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LostPaladin Creepy Face from Your closet Since: Mar, 2012
Creepy Face
#13: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:16:53 PM

Central Time Zone.

I am available for most of my day, unless something happens. Wont be able to get on until about 4, tomorrow though.

Good God Why?
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#14: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:17:23 PM

According to the prophecy, I am in Mountain Time.

Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#15: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:18:29 PM

Main two I'm worried about are neobullseye and Dealan. I'm pretty sure both of them live somewhere in Europe.

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#16: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:20:43 PM

Dealan lives in Greece. Not sure about Neo.

edited 1st Apr '12 9:20:55 PM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
SnowyFoxes Drummer Boy from Club Room Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I know
Drummer Boy
#17: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:22:37 PM

Neobullseye lives in the Netherlands, I believe.

The last battle's curtains will open on stage!
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#18: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:24:02 PM

I do not live, in the classical sense of the word.

edited 1st Apr '12 9:26:21 PM by deathpigeon

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#19: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:25:53 PM

So, anyone has plans?

Alliances are going to be interesting this time around, although it would be even more interesting if everyone happen to be in the same hotel.

Place your bets, everyone? At which day do you think a fight will break out?

Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#20: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:30:02 PM

Well, we're basically using the same formula as the original A Game Of Chance. Tensions were already starting to arise on the second day, and the first huge fight occurred over days six and seven, which resulted in the infamous hotel destruction scene and Ryu being established as a badass due to falling multiple stories and being able to get up without Life Alert. But at the same time very strong bonds were being made as well. The Engel-Tyke relationship is still my favorite to occur in these games.

edited 1st Apr '12 9:31:54 PM by Motree

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
Chubert highly secure from California Since: Jan, 2010
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#21: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:38:10 PM

pst. spring break. time is not an issue; evening preferred, though.

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Motree Dancing All Night from The Midnight Channel Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Dancing All Night
#22: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:41:27 PM

That's kind of why I said our European compatriots are the only real issue. I figure most of our American compatriots are on spring break, though some still may have work or other family plans going on. Just sort of a courtesy thing. Gives me time to write the OP as well.

“DAMMIT WHEN I HEAR 'SPACE CQC' ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BIG BOSS WITH A FISHBOWL ON HIS HEAD, STRANGLING AN ASTRONAUT OUTSIDE THE ISS."
Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#23: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:41:34 PM

I have that week after next. So does snowy, so if our characters end up close at all we may end up having some over representation.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#24: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:50:36 PM

Hey, so what are the age ranges of the characters this time?

Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#25: Apr 1st 2012 at 9:51:04 PM

10-like 50, 60 range.

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