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  • published the article Mafia Stats
    Wins/Losses: 9/9 (9/8/1 IMO, as my first game I consider a draw and always will)

    Town Stats:
    Games -- 15
    Endgames -- 5
    Nightkills -- 7
    Lynches -- 2
    Day:rolleyes:kills -- 1

    Mafia Stats:
    Games -- 3
    Endgames -- 2
    Nightkills -- 0
    Lynches -- 1

    Completed:
    [Basic #39] Smilies - Perfect Town Victory! [Mentor: MandersHex]
    [Normal] Neon Genesis Evangelion - NK'd N2 Town (Long Day 1 and Day 2 due to Modkills) Loss in LyLo
    (I consider this^^ game to be a draw, and I don't really care if anyone likes it.)
    [Basic #42] Iji - NK N1 Town loss. Shrugs
    [PCQ] WoW Town Win! (Dragon! :cool2:)
    [Basic #40] Stick It NK N4 Town Win!
    [Basic #44] Super Mario World NK2 Town loss due to double implosion
    [Basic #47] Power9 "Perfect" Town win. (Time Walk :cool2:)
    [Basic #48] 300, The Movie Scum win. (Dilios, the one-eyed narrator.)
    [Basic #52] Supernatural Town win in 413 posts! NK1 (Old wheelchair dude Cool heh)
    [Basic #49] Avatar:TLA Town win in 3 player lylo! (my choice)
    [Specialty] Star Trek Myriad Universes II DK1 Town win. :rolleyes::thumbsup:
    [CCMV] Planeswalkers vs. Phyrexia L2 Town loss. Slant
    [Mini] Ender's Game L5 last scum, Agonizing Scum loss.
    [Normal] Flame Warriors Perfect Scum Victory! Cool
    [Normal] StarCraft Town loss in a broken set-up.
    [Mini] Jobie's Random 4 NK N2 Town loss in a 2 scum team game (Cult and Mafia).
    [Mini] Quantum NK N2 Town(eventually) loss. Weird, but fun game. Cool
    [Mini] Star Trek: Voyager L2 by mostly scum; Town loss to the slightly overpowered Cult.

    Ongoing:
    [Specialty] zindabad's Seasons Town Motivator
    [Basic #61] Ghost Story Town Vanilla
    [Mini] Avatar: The Legend of Aang


    Moderator:
    [Basic #54] Monster Island (Scum won this game.)


    Performances I'm happy with: 9 Grin
    Performances I felt ok with: 3 Shrugs
    Performances I loathe: 2 Slant


    /Spectates: Hetalia, Neon Genesis, Twilight, Amnesia, CCMV: PWvsPh

    /Replaces: WoW, Stick It, Star Trek MU II, Avatar:TLA, Supernatural

    /mentorships: Magic Schoolbus (Void), The Office (Prophylaxis)
    Posted in: Mafia Stats
  • published the article In honor of Joel Rosenberg:
    Presented for your approval, some of my favorite words to live by -- Slovotski's Laws:

    Slovotsky's Laws
    A hero's work is never done. Which is one of the minor reasons I don't recommend the profession.
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    When it comes to throwing a fit, it's better to give than to receive -- and much better to avoid the whole thing entirely.
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    It's easier to get forgiveness than to get permission.
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    Boldness is like a condom. If you depend on it all the time, no matter how good it is, and no matter how good you are, eventually it will break.
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    I always have a fallback position whenever I take a risk. If all else fails, I'll die horribly, at great length, and in great pain. Mind you, it's not a good fallback position...
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    Relax, the universe is out to get you.
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    When it comes to dealing with the law of averages, it's best to be a habitual offender.
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    God, give me the strength to change the things that can be changed, the strength to change the things that probably can't be changed, and the strength to change that which can't possibly be changed. Hey, if You can't work miracles, what the hell good are You?
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    9: Sometimes, you can't do anything about something that sucks.
    9 (revised): Sometimes, you can't do anything about something that sucks -- until later.
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    Doing the best thing right away is much better than doing the second-best thing after much hesitation. I didn't say it's easier, mind, just better.
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    Give me a place to stand, and I'll probably move along anyway.
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    While it doesn't get the good press that hard work and industry get, laziness is a talent to be cultivated, like any other.
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    The hot bath is an art form, and one I wish I had the time to practice assiduously.
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    Wanting it doesn't make it so. If it did, we'd all learn to want harder. I can already want quite vigorously, thank you very much.
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    Nothing is more annoying than someone who has a keen eye for the obvious.
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    16: When the universe doesn't give a ****, don't be mad: it's being as friendly as it ever gets.
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    17: Thou shalt always cover thy ass.
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    ...if you choose how to do it at random, you will screw it up...if you're careful about how you do it, you'll probably screw it up. Still, "probably" is better than "will."
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    19: When telling a story, effect trumps truth.
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    Audacity is a virtue that should always be practiced with caution.
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    The most important lesson in karate is running. The first thing you do in a fight, is to turn and run away. Run for at least a mile, preferably two or three. If he's still chasing you, he's probably out of breath by then. If it's still worth fighting about, you turn around and beat him up.
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    22: Never date a woman with a brother named Nunzio.
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    23: Trouble with [some] girls is that their desire to do is in inverse proportion to their willingness to talk about it. (Artifice's note: You can Google what "[some]" is supposed to be, I don't need a mod infraction based on a word that could be taken out of context and used against me as though I meant it as a slur. Suffice it to say its not a word that starts with N.)
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    Sometimes, it's good to be wrong.
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    Just once, I'd like to have an enemy against whom nonviolence would be a workable option -- workable in the sense of me not ending up dancing on the end of a spear or cut into tiny, bite-sized pieces.
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    Involve yourself with the world. Reach out. Touch. Taste. Live. Trust me on this one, if nothing else.
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    When you say goodbye to a friend, assume that one of you is going to die before you ever get to see one another again. If you want to leave something unsaid, fine... but be prepared to leave it unsaid forever.
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    Travel, it seems to me, has always done more for flattening the arches, callussing the feet, and irritating the hemorhoids than broadening the mind.
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    29: It ain't over 'til it's over, and maybe not then, either.
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    Never come home unexpectedly. It's a break-even proposition, at best.
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    31: Get scared right away; avoid the rush.
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    I've always figured that talking beats fighting. And talking is only about my third favorite thing.
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    Guy I used to know once said, "The government isn't best which governs least -- it's the best government that needs to govern least." I'd swipe it as one of Slovotsky's laws, but it's just a bit too serious, and maybe a smidgen too true.
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    The difference between being a trusted friend and a devoted vassal is non-trivial. Me, I'd rather be the first; vassals tend to go the well too often.
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    Miscellaneous is always the largest category.
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    Fundamentally, every bar is the same as every other one, if it's the kind you're drinking in, to end a sentence with a preposition, which I haven't.
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    37: Some people need less attention than others.
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    Arguing is one of life's great pleasures, even if you have to argue with yourself. Course, I could enjoy the other side of that argument, too.
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    Probably the most difficult decision real humans have to make is whether something is necessarily brutal or unnecessarily brutal. I wish there was something funny about that, but there you have it.
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    Nicolló Machiavelli was an *******.
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    I find that we all get more legendary as time goes by. "Legend" basically means "bull****."
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    When the Black Camel comes for me, I'm not going to go kicking and screaming -- I am, however, going to try to talk him out of it, "No, no, you want the other Walter Slovotsky."
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    43: Thou shalt put thy money where thy mouth is.
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    Being right all the time is a real expensive habit.
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    There isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.
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    A little gentleness goes only a short way. Ladle it out generously, and often, when you can.
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    Health hint for the traveler: Don't throw rocks at guys with guns.
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    That glowing red ball hanging over the horizon had better be the setting sun, bucko.
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    Grab what comfort you can, however you can, whenever you can. The ride gets rocky 'way too often.
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    Lying, like eating, can be overdone.
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    Tell me again why it's a good idea to take a lot of chances.
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    Whatever you want too much, you can't have, so when you really want something, try wanting it a little less.
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    When you know not whereof you speak, your mouth is best used for chewing.
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    Not getting cut up into bloody little slices is the key to a sound plan.
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    If you insist on juggling knives, you're going to get cut.
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    If you're not sitting at the poker table, you can't draw a good hand.
    Posted in: In honor of Joel Rosenberg:
  • published the article Blog for images.
    A place for banners, sigs, images and whatnot. I've been lazy about this.
    Posted in: Blog for images.