War War is the closest thing to Hell mankind can imagine. So therefore Iwrite a poem on the wonderful perpetual motion machine we've madeourselves into. War ruins life it causes strife But all we can do is cause more it never changes, for it is war but can we change it without making ourselves be hit It seems like we have the ablity to change but we always seem to flange And become the doppleganger and the final destroyer destroy more and mor...
Lex Romanorum Introduction Lex Romanorum is a series of stories I will be writing in pseudo-Latin(It means "Law of the Romans"). It will be set in ~40 BC Rome,following a messenger in the Roman Army. It's a pseudo-historicalfiction. It'll be written realistically, but will throw out someaccuracy for plot reasons. It's gonna be written in English, withasides in Latin. One will not need to know Latin to read it. It willhelp with some of the understanding of th...
On Magic In Fiction Now, I know this isn't the most controversial topic. I also know Iprobably have adressed it before, but I can't remember exactly where orwhen. I believe that all magic in real life comes from Satanic sources,not nature or God (for there will be more prophesies met before Godrestores power to His followers). I do believe, however, that infantastical works of literature, magic is a permissible inclusion. Forinstance, in Shadowrun or Lion...
Now, I know Stardock has the blacklist feature for a reason, but seriously, when will you guys learn? If I don't blacklist you, why do you blacklist me? Do I have a tendendcy to spam comments? Do I have a tendency to be vulgar, profane, or crude? What is it about me that you really hate that actually warrants blacklisting me from your articles? Can you not stand my opinions? If so, tell me, argue with me. Heck, slander me for all I care, but blacklisting is a plain piece of cr...
Swearing is not a sin. It is, however, an annoyance to some of us who learn more than five adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs. If you don't know a word to use, use a dictionary. Swearing also devalues your opinion. When I find that someone swears, I view it as a negative mark on their maturity, as they have no real self-control. It's one thing in conversation, but it's entirely different when you can write stuff down. You cannot convince me that you ca...
Ok. Gonna try to keep it clean. There is nothing in having many articles written that hurts you. If the articles have a point, regardless of how strong, state a fact or opinion, tell a story, do not plagarize, are not spam, and are not mandatory reading, you do not suffer at all from some people posting ten thousand articles a day. So what if it gets pushed out of the recent articles list? Some of us actually put links up at different places to advertise....
Yo, Stardock! Did you do something to fix the UI to work in FF3? For the first time in a long time, the buttons are all in the correct places. Either way, you did something right!
I have a number of projects going for this Fall. Two are short stories, another, well, I'll just hint at it and say "daily". That's your clue. The short stories are both planned to be my Shadowrun fare, so don't expect too much. One of the Shadowrun stories is going to be called "Screams of the Undead" (yes, I'm stealing song titles, imitation=flattery). This is also a hint at the plot of this story, since you can guess it will have at least one of the mentioned items in...
I do not believe that personal attacks have a place on JoeUser. I feel that it is detrimental for the service of everyone if people cannot work past their differences, or take it elsewhere, assuming that the other party agrees. I have a place to go to attack me, so it's not necessary to ruin other people's days by making them read attacks here. If they care, they can go there. When you attack somebody on JU, not only do you violate the Terms of Service (which you did read, didn't you?), you a...
In my opinion, being closed-minded is forcing that other people don't shove their opinions on oneself. However, I have been told by others that this is not, in fact, the case. Apparently, being closed-minded is not converting to any idea that is tossed out in front of you. To tell you the truth, as somebody perfectly happy right now, I'd rather not agree with everything. First, I don't believe that everything somebody else says is correct (though, granted, I'll respect t...
I'm gonna cut back on writing articles, and only write when I feel like it. This means Daily Features will be rare, but normal articles will be rarer. I've got about 150 articles, so I'm definitely averaging at least one a day for a long time, so I'm gonna rest up. Hopefully my writing will improve while I'm slow.
Politics or Popularity? I've got complaints about the2008 election. I haven't heard the slightest on any of the candidate'spolitics. The only candidate I can root for is John McCain, and moredue to the fact that Republicans would be more conservative than theDemocrats, as a general rule (he's surely more conservative than Obamaor Hillary). The problem is that instead of having political debate,we're getting more of an American Idol style popularity contestd...
Dive The world keeps getting smaller and smaller. The Dreamers compete, eachforming their own patches of paradise, coming and going at will. I am aGreater Dreamer. This is my world, they are only in here as long as Iinvite them. Soon, I will send some away, they're messing up the placewith their bickering. At least one of them is having nightmares,because the city doesn't normally have a huge crater teeming withgoblins. I'll have to hunt them down. I hate it...
Darn Fatigue For some reason, I've been getting really slow and lethargic for thelast few days. It's probably because I haven't been eating right, but,then again, it could be anything. It means that I'll probably beputting up more filler articles than I used to, for example, this one. Game Review- Archlord Yeah, I just started playing it today, but here's what I'll say aboutArchlord. It's. Awesome. It's pretty much a ...
Short Story- Shadowrun: Desecration It all started two months ago. I'd met a mage by the name of ArkadiLev. He seemed like a nice enough guy, for a runner, that is. Maybe inhis thirties, clean shaven, short black hair worn in a simple,attention-defering style, thin, pale. The perfect counterpart to me, aneight-foot-two troll street samurai. I get the attention, he takesadvantage of not having it. Or so I thought. I've learned my lesson a...