Richard's Animorphs Forum
RAF Section => Introductions & Departures => Topic started by: dasada122 on August 22, 2009, 09:31:14 PM
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Greetings.
In my tenth year, I picked up a book off a classmate's desk. That was Animorphs #16; I still remember it well. Before then, I read as a gourmand, absorbing anything, regardless of content, level, or inherent value. The Animorphs books acted as a waveguide, attuning me to this the final genre: Speculative Fiction. I then branched out to other things that were shelved next to her in the bookstore, and found most of them to be rubbish. Then, by happy accident, someone mis-shelved Podkayne of Mars. I discovered a whole new style of world, one that wasn't just the present with tailfins, but a world in which problems could be and were solved by thinking at them. This was ten years ago. About half an hour ago, I thought about Animorphs for the first time in a long time, and finding myself at loose ends, I googled. I found this place; appears to be a fine one. I look forward to an interesting time.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
When I found the old TV show in the course of my grep, I almost wept of nostalgia. Just goes to show, you never forget your first franchise.
Also, if Mrs. Applegate frequents this board, I would like to thank her.
<<David
(Speaker-To-Computers)
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Welcome to RAF! I'm Gaz, nice to meet you!
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I note you, Gaz. There needs to be a "Firm handshake" smiley.
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There should be, yeah. ;D
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Welcome!
Check out all that RAF has to offer!
- The Ebooks project: [Help wanted!] Animorphs (E-Book Project), Remnants (Remnants ebooks <= finished) and Everworld (Everworld E-Books main thread); we need somebody to scan the volume #10 of Everworld, and the other Everworld/Animorphs ebooks need to be cleaned a little (mistakes, we don't know where the chapters begin and finish, etc.) so if you wanna be a correcter... call me, I head that projects.
- RAFipedia: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0, an encyclopedia headed up by Estelore, our star (a true star, who make light and burn in space... but she has a body to come on Earth);
- the Audiobooks project: The Animorphs Audiobook Project, a full-cast audio version of Animorphs who need more "actors" and voices, headed by MrGuy, Morfowt and Wildweathel;
- the Translation project: Translations of Applegate's books, a recently started project/mutual support group for translations into other languages; currently only in French (Tocade, Anidragon and myself), Chinese (Morfowt), Indonesian (Nat), Swedish (Mira and Zana), and Esperanto (Wildweathel); we translate only the volumes never edited in our countries/languages, to make the ebooks;
- the Graphic Novel project: Animorphs:The Graphic Novel and Visual References - Animorphs Graphic Novel, a Webcomic headed by Gafrash.
- the RPG project: a role-playing game (on table, with paper, pen and dices...) about the World of Animorphs; I head this project, and it'll be write in French at the beginning, but we need help to find, class and write everything we know about the species, the planets, the powers we see in Animorphs, fix them, see what we keep and what we can't keep (because of the KASU, not clear, exception for the main characters/books, etc.), complete the knowledges about species/planets we know and even create new species/planets...; this project will be on my own website, so if you wanna join, ask me the link ^^ ;
- the Smiley project: smiley suggestions/projects, we make Animated gifs, smileys about Animorphs (Andalites, Hork-Bajirs...);
- the RAFkaraoke: RAFkaraoke, where we make songs and sing them... It's pretty new... But please sing with us!
Are you a Human or from another species? Please add yourself on the list: What is your species?
Have fun!
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Thanks, I've already run off with the full Remnants series. (Never quite got around to finishing that one.)
I am a programmer, with game emphasis. Are my skills of use?
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*swirls his cloak and winds up in the Simpsons universe where he sees Mr. Burns behind the wheel of an ancient car.*
I would really take this guy's license.
*swirls his cloak and appears in the room.
Welcome . . .
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hellooo
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Greetings! I'm DinosaurNothlit, RAF's resident ankylosaurus/tyrannosaurus mixed-morph nothlit. Pleased to meet you.
Thanks, I've already run off with the full Remnants series. (Never quite got around to finishing that one.)
I am a programmer, with game emphasis. Are my skills of use?
Oh, I would bet that they are. A lot of people here would probably kill to see an Animorphs video game that didn't suck. *hint hint* ;)
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Hey there, I'm Ash. Welcome to the forum :)
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Thanks, I've already run off with the full Remnants series. (Never quite got around to finishing that one.)
I am a programmer, with game emphasis. Are my skills of use?
ah, nice. i'm doing that in college. (start on monday!)
and i like your suggestion.
dino and i have made quite a few emoticons for RAF, i'll keep your handshake in mind.
welcome to raf (http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9060/awesomegu4.gif)
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Greetings! I'm DinosaurNothlit, RAF's resident ankylosaurus/tyrannosaurus mixed-morph nothlit. Pleased to meet you.
Thanks, I've already run off with the full Remnants series. (Never quite got around to finishing that one.)
I am a programmer, with game emphasis. Are my skills of use?
Oh, I would bet that they are. A lot of people here would probably kill to see an Animorphs video game that didn't suck. *hint hint* ;)
Sorry, I don't learn 3D till next semester.
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Welcome to RAF, Dasada! Oooh, you like XKCD, I see. Excellent. You'll find that it's rather popular here among some of the older teen members. :D
I'm Este, the resident stellar body. Good to know you!
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Why hello thar.
Anytime someone uses the word grep, that is an excellent sign.
I'm Mr. Guy, founder of the audiobook project. I saw your post there, thanks for the offer.
I look forward to your posts.
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Helloooooo.
Welcome to ze forum! Hope you stay for a while, chill out.
Oh, and there is this whole getting-addicted-to-RAF thing? Yeah, don't worry about that. It's normal. Kind of. :)
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*Teleports and appears in an IHOP.* Oh, pancakes!!!!!!!!!!
*Teleports back to RAF* Welcome. I'm Hiimshort, or shorty, or short. (I'm not short btw.) Welcome to the insanity that is RAF.
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*whacks shorty smartly on the head.*
Bad shorty. My schtick.
;)
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I guess I'm going to be smacked.
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We get schticks? Cool!
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Yeah.
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You gotta put in a little time here first, though. ;)
Yeah, we all have are little quirks -- Shorty, I said "quirks" not "quarks"! Put that down!
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Yes. Schticks. Mine tends to be sarcastic comments.
Cloaky can attest to that.
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You gotta put in a little time here first, though. ;)
Yeah, we all have are little quirks -- Shorty, I said "quirks" not "quarks"! Put that down!
:dull: Huh? What? *Leans tail on Cloaky dangling it in his face.* Calm down cloaky.
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Ooh! I recognize your avatar! Yay!
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You gotta put in a little time here first, though. ;)
Yeah, we all have are little quirks -- Shorty, I said "quirks" not "quarks"! Put that down!
true that.
desada, do you like the forum so far?
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It is certainly one of the most eccentric communities that I have belonged to.
This is a good thing.
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yeah. i've been an active member in two other forums (one of which has died down now), definitely like RAF the most.
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yeah. i've been an active member in two other forums (one of which has died down now), definitely like RAF the most.
I've been in five others, and this is my favorite.
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Glad to hear it, Shorty.
I know most of us can come across as insane a lot of the time, but to be very frank, this place has a high collective IQ. Threads, specially like this one (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3657.0.html) remind me of that at regular intervals.
Hope you're enjoying your journey with us, Dasada.
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;D YAY! I must be your first redneck then. I hope you enjoy the insanity dasada.
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Eh, my neck is often red, but I'm usually thinking about the nature of ionizing radiation at the time.
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Eh, my neck is often red, but I'm usually thinking about the nature of ionizing radiation at the time.
:huh: Is that supposed to be a joke? :huh:
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I engage in outdoor activity, but I think a bit too much.
For instance, I enjoy the Deer Lease, but I mainly observe the habits of the deer.
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Oh, ok. So you get a red neck. That wasen't what I was talking about but ok anyways.
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I engage in outdoor activity, but I think a bit too much.
For instance, I enjoy the Deer Lease, but I mainly observe the habits of the deer.
I do the same type of thing, where someone is thinking of how cool something looks, my mind delves into how it works, why it works, what is supposed to come of it, and the situation that the inventor was in when he decided to create it.
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Aaaaaaaaaah!!! I'm late!!!!!
Sorry! Welcome to RAF! I'm Horsefan! Call me Horsie, or Horse. Or seal. Because I am a seal. Deal with it. Hope you have a great time!
But...I need your sanity. Protocol. So, may I have it please, and thank you!
Once again, welcome! :)
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Sorry, I'm fresh out of sanity. The guy in the cloak beat you to it.
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There's another guy in a cloak here?
You can't mean me, as I don't have it. I leave that stuff to the seal and the faerie.
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I hope your no talking about me because i don't have a cloak.
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And I leave it to Horsie because responsibility is boring :)
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I leave it to....uh....me?
Whatever. But, you did, dasada? I don't remember seeing that when I was reading through...
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Perhaps he's trying to keep his sanity by shirking you off.
Sneaky monkey.
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Wait -- his species is a simian?
;)
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hahaha, did he vote one yet?
Or is he still "finding himself"?
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He's a smart one.
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Perhaps he's trying to keep his sanity by shirking you off.
Sneaky monkey.
And this is about where I lost the thread of conversation.
hahaha, did he vote one yet?
Or is he still "finding himself"?
And it only got weirder.
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It's RAF! Things can only get weirder.
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Be prepared for the weirdness that is RAF.
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You must broaden your mind, allow inuendoes to flow through your consciousness and laugh with us all.
Perhaps he's trying to keep his sanity by shirking you off.
Sneaky monkey.
We were talking about whether or not you had surrounded your sanity to Horsie, you claimed you gave it to a second cloaked individual, then the chaos of trying to figure out who you meant ensued.
I then theorized that you merely created a cloaked man to try and hoodwink our cute little sanity burner in an attempt to keep your sanities.
I then called you a "Sneaky Monkey". It's a variant on the british term "Cheeky monkey".
Wait -- his species is a simian?
;)
hahaha, did he vote one yet?
Or is he still "finding himself"?
our http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html) thread. You figure out your RAFpersona, then post what your species is in this thread.
I didn't settle on being a Spartan-II until I had 200+ posts.
See? Under the madness, true meaning can be found. You only need surrender your sanity to Horsie so that it may be dropped in the incenerator, and you can join us in the blissful madness. ;D
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With the links:
- The Ebooks project: [Help wanted!] Animorphs (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=14.0 (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=14.0)), Remnants (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,157.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,157.0.html) <= finished) and Everworld (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,331.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,331.0.html)); we need somebody to scan the volume #10 of Everworld, and the other Everworld/Animorphs ebooks need to be cleaned a little (mistakes, we don't know where the chapters begin and finish, etc.) so if you wanna be a correcter... call me, I head that projects.
- RAFipedia: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0 (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=22.0), an encyclopedia headed up by Estelore, our star (a true star, who make light and burn in space... but she has a body to come on Earth);
- the Audiobooks project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=15.0 (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?board=15.0), a full-cast audio version of Animorphs who need more "actors" and voices, headed by MrGuy, Morfowt and Wildweathel;
- the Translation project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1907.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1907.0.html), a recently started project/mutual support group for translations into other languages; currently only in French (Tocade, Anidragon and myself), Chinese (Morfowt), Indonesian (Nat), Swedish (Mira and Zana), and Esperanto (Wildweathel); we translate only the volumes never edited in our countries/languages, to make the ebooks;
- the Graphic Novel project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,416.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,416.0.html) and http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2276.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2276.0.html), a Webcomic headed by Gafrash.
- the RPG project: a role-playing game (on table, with paper, pen and dices...) about the World of Animorphs; I head this project, and it'll be write in French at the beginning, but we need help to find, class and write everything we know about the species, the planets, the powers we see in Animorphs, fix them, see what we keep and what we can't keep (because of the KASU, not clear, exception for the main characters/books, etc.), complete the knowledges about species/planets we know and even create new species/planets...; this project will be on my own website, so if you wanna join, ask me the link ^^ ;
- the Smiley project: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1691.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,1691.0.html), we make Animated gifs, smileys about Animorphs (Andalites, Hork-Bajirs...);
- the RAFkaraoke: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3150.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,3150.0.html), where we make songs and sing them... It's pretty new... But please sing with us!
Are you a Human or from another species? Please add yourself on the list: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html (http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html)
Have fun!