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Hi! I'm ghost!
« on: May 22, 2010, 11:24:22 PM »
Hi! I'm a ghost you know (yep, I go by my alias - I'm more paranoid than Marco from the Animorphs), but feel free to call me ghost.
Here's a little bit about me:
* I'm an IT guy, with computer programming as my strong suit.
* I love math & science, which is probably where my love of computers came from
* My idea of fun is to spend some time programming, thinking of practical ways to implement currently impossible sci-fi ideas (such as morphing), reading a good book, or surfing the Internet.
* I started reading the Animorphs series about a month ago, and instantly got hooked. I was so hooked, in fact, that I read the whole series (including the Andalite Chronicles, the Hork-Bajir Chronicles, and Visser) in about a week.
* Somebody may have blended the Animorphs' DNA and used it to create me (j/k), because I have each one's major trait. Rachel - I'm a warrior too, and I also have a major dark side that I alternately nourish and fight. How far I'm willing to go to win sometimes scares me, too. Jake - I know the pain of being a leader and having to make decisions that will have nasty side effects. The weird part is that I've never had to send somebody to their death (like Jake did in book #54), but I can still identify with his feelings while he did it. Marco - I'm super-paranoid. Good luck finding any personal information about me, including my name, country, or timezone. I also have the ability to be absolutely ruthless on occasion, although that's heavily balanced (see below). Tobias - I'm somewhat of a loner, too. I also get quite depressed on occasion. Ax - I don't yell about "bun-zuh!" but I do go a little crazy around sweets sometimes. Cassie - I have a bit of an itchy conscience, too. I definitely see (and agree with) many of her condemnations of the others' behavior.
* Rachel is my favorite animorph, primarily because I feel exactly like her in most ways. My username was actually inspired by her; she is "the ghost I know"
* I'm definitely on the unusual side. For example, I frequently wish for various powers, especially the ability to morph or blast fire/Shredder beams/(insert something deadly here) from my hands. I also wish I could save the world (don't we all?)


Well, I guess that's about it.
I've already received a couple of welcomes, and my overall impression of this forum is that it's a wonderful place to be. I'm looking forward to a long, pleasant stay with you guys! :D

Cheers!
« Last Edit: May 22, 2010, 11:59:36 PM by A ghost you know... »
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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010, 11:44:43 PM »
hey there, welcome to RAF.
i'm goom, the second admin on the forum (with richard, our namesake).
i found this place via another animorph forum (one i didn't care for nearly as much). how'd you come across it?
wikipedia? Google?

glad you found the series and enjoyed them (in a week?!) .

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that means in the bored board messages will add to your postcount (when typically they don't).



make yourself at home. RAF is your new sanctuary! :goom:
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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010, 11:54:26 PM »
Welcome! :P Mind if I call you AGYK? lol, "Ghost" reminds me of someone else. XD

Anyway. I'm Steph. ^_^ Nice to meet you!

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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010, 11:56:20 PM »
Welcome! :P Mind if I call you AGYK? lol, "Ghost" reminds me of someone else. XD

who? ghost tiger?

i'll stick with ghost, i like the name. ;)

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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010, 11:56:33 PM »
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hey there, welcome to RAF.
i'm goom, the second admin on the forum (with richard, our namesake).
Hi goom, nice to meet you!

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i found this place via another animorph forum (one i didn't care for nearly as much). how'd you come across it?
wikipedia? Google?
Scroogle, actually. (It's essentially anonymized Google - it sends searches to Google, but doesn't do any data gathering like Google does)
I was looking for the Animorphs in e-book format, and this site turned up as the #2 result and mentioned in the #1 result (a Yahoo! Answers question). The rest, as they say, is history.

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glad you found the series and enjoyed them (in a week?!) .
I read quickly, particularly when it's a book (or series) I like. ;D

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as you may notice by the above banner, its RAFparty time!
that means in the bored board messages will add to your postcount (when typically they don't).
Thanks for the info!
Just wondering, does postcount do anything particularly special? (Come to think of it, does postcount explain the two karma points I have that apparently didn't come from any users? One point when I hit 10 posts and one when I hit 20, perhaps?)

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Thank you very much! I already feel completely at home!
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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2010, 11:57:46 PM »
Welcome! :P Mind if I call you AGYK? lol, "Ghost" reminds me of someone else. XD

who? ghost tiger?

i'll stick with ghost, i like the name. ;)

lol, no. XD No one on RAF. RL person.

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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2010, 11:58:12 PM »
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Welcome! :P Mind if I call you AGYK? lol, "Ghost" reminds me of someone else. XD
Sure, no problem!
Just out of curiosity, who does "Ghost" remind you of?

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Anyway. I'm Steph. ^_^ Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you too!
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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2010, 11:59:21 PM »
Just someone I used to know. :P I don't like getting confused. XD

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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2010, 12:00:56 AM »
you get 1 karma from an applaud. -1 for a smite.
1 for making a thread, but 2 for making a RAFparty thread.

post count is good for increasing ranks (and ultimately privileges).

both are mostly for show ;)

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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2010, 12:02:06 AM »
you get 1 karma from an applaud. -1 for a smite.
1 for making a thread, but 2 for making a RAFparty thread.

post count is good for increasing ranks (and ultimately privileges).

both are mostly for show ;)

...WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE JUST FOR SHOW?

...And of course, for some of us, post count is everything. :P

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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2010, 12:06:22 AM »
mostly for show ;)

...WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE JUST FOR SHOW?

...And of course, for some of us, post count is everything. :P

i know, genie. i know. :P

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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2010, 12:07:12 AM »
...Oh. Right. :P I totally saw that. *cough* Sorry.

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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2010, 12:14:08 AM »
Welcome ghost!! My name is weird now.. We have fun with name changes. But you can call me patty or alic. 

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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2010, 12:15:56 AM »
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you get 1 karma from an applaud. -1 for a smite.
1 for making a thread, but 2 for making a RAFparty thread.

post count is good for increasing ranks (and ultimately privileges).

both are mostly for show ;)
Thanks for the information. I knew where some of my karma came from, but not most.

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if you're new to forums, or feel like (possibly) learning something, head over here. http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=3160.0
Thanks!
I'm not new to forums (I've using them for probably a year and a half), but I am new to SMF forums. Fortunately, the tags are like their phpBB3 equivalents.

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post count is good for increasing ranks (and ultimately privileges).

both are mostly for show ;)

...WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE JUST FOR SHOW?

...And of course, for some of us, post count is everything. :P
lol, I know just what you mean. For almost every forum I'm on, I have to remind myself not to post just for the sake of bumping my count. Fortunately that urge seems to have mostly died lately.

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Welcome ghost!! My name is weird now.. We have fun with name changes. But you can call me patty or alic. 
Hi! I'll call you patty, if you don't mind. Nice to meet you!
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Re: Hi! I'm ghost!
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2010, 12:18:20 AM »
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lol, I know just what you mean. For almost every forum I'm on, I have to remind myself not to post just for the sake of bumping my count. Fortunately that urge seems to have mostly died lately.

See, that urge has never gone away with me.  :-X Well, it goes away when a forum becomes inactive. XD So... basically... I hope it never goes away here. ^_^