People, new and old, please introduce yourselves

:lol: Ok, fine. Good luck with the parrot, Kapten. Those things can be stubborn. I hope you get your medal back.

 

Hello

My name is Jaguar (Roundworld name: Michael). I was doing a search about Discworld on the internet and I came accross this site. I thought I might as well join.

 

Welcome, Jaguar. There's some questions for introduction purposes at the start of the topic.

 

Which are not in any way compulsory, but traditionally answered. Integrity is optional.

 

Integrating, not Integrity

 

Hi there again folks. It's been quite a long time hasn't it? I feel like I should just do this thing again just because.

I plan on actually sticking around the board again here. So arm yourselves and break out the beer.



1) what formed the motivational impetus for your name?

It's my nickname

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)

Male

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?

I am a 20 year old with the mentality of a six and half year old who lives in Rochester, Minnesota. That's right folks, I live in a city now. Be afraid.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)

It could be done, but I doubt it will.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?

Friend of mine got a copy of Reaper Man and told me about it so I ended up picking them up.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

"God damn right, it's a beautiful day..." -The Eels

 

He's alive! :shock:

I'm too butch to say I missed you, but good to see you again *cries with joy*

 

andf it keeps goint! I just got back from a partry.l We gankned two empty kegs. New endtables!


Lock up yert daughrters! Nester's back! 8)

 

sorry this is late been out of touch recently
I stay in Johannesburg near Sandton

 

1) Rincewind was taken, lol.
2) Male
3) 14, England
4) *Backs away and slowly puts on a bullet-proof vest* Nope.
5) My dad got me a copy of The Colour of Magic.
6) Just because i dont care dosnt mean i dont understand

 

Hi Twoflower!

 

Hello Jaguar & Twoflower!

 

Welcome Twoflower - I just love your question 6 quote (despite the poor spelling and punctuation - you might want to improve this - see previous references to the number of people on this site who are not native English speakers, for whose benefit we try to keep the use of the English language on this board reasonable - although we understand and accept dyslexia (Rinso for one would set monkeys on us if we didn't!) but I don't think this applies in your case!)

 

Welcome all noobs...

 

Double parentheses, a true sign of a technician's mind. ;-)

Welcome, all!

 

Well, I have been a computer programmer for about 38 years - a certain amount of precision of thought becomes a habit!

 

I also occasionally end up with nested parantheses. Usually they're replaceable with commas.

 

I tend to use hyphens when I'm not using parentheses - maybe we should put this one up to Buzzfloyd - the Grammarmistress!

 

I welcome everyone I missed while I was on vacation in Boston.

 

Tanatie - it's a nickname I've had for quite a while now...I forgot the exact meaning by now but it's in Quenya (the high elven speech from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings) and it's supposed to mean something in the way of "to show the path" or "one who shows the way"...

Male

I'm 22 (08.Dec.1983) and I'm from Slovenia (Europe, between Italy, Hungary, Croatia and Austria)

It's a million to one chance, but it just might work

I played the game (DW2) a long time ago and about a year ago I found out that there were a whole lot of books so I read one (the truth) and after that it took me about 4 months to read about 35 other books by T. Pratchett and now I'm reading them for the second time...there are about 5 book I haven't read yet couse I can't get them here...but I'm getting there...just yesterday I found the dark side of the sun in a library...unfortunately it's in croatian (I hate translated books) but I can just speak it well enough to probably pull it off...

Come to the dark side, we have cookies!



I'd also ask this...there's probably a topic somewhere but since I'm new I haven't had time to check out the forum yet...would anyone tell me these two things: as far as I know Thud! was the last book T.P. wrote, so I wanna know when exatcly it came out and when the next book is supposed to be released (and if it's known, what's it gonna be about and the title)?

Also I've seen some talk about a FAQ but I've only found the FAQ about form rules and none about Terry pratchet and his books, so if there is one, could someone post a link to it? Preferably a link to one with answers to the questions asked above...

thanks

 

Hallo!

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname? Writing applications for a survivor-style roleplaying contest (they're fun -- we've run about eight yet in the Redwall Online Community, and are on a ninth). Kebrado was one of the characters I considered entering but I only rough-wrote her app and didn't submit it. It's a slight mutilation of a Spanish word that I think means "broken."

2) Male or Female? Female

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into? Voting-age, United States.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.) Hmm. I haven't yet been able to see the TV shows, but I know there's got to be somebody out there who would make it not suck. The trouble is, there are some things you just can't get across in a movie adaptation. So, I think it could happen but probably won't.

5) How, or by who, were you turned on to discworld/pratchett? Picked up the Amazing Maurice (and etc.) and the Hogfather one day in the library. Woo!

6) what's your personal quote of the day? It's a partial-quote of a forum post by one of the most fun people I've ever had the pleasure of reading, but:

"I speculate that Tara is an evil squirrel king who doesn't like Bob Dylan, and that the contest is really run by people who type backwards, sleep at night, have comitted every Sherlock Holmes tale to memory, and who can't sing to save their hamsters. These are the same people who run most companies like McDonalds, so just run away while you can. In the meanwhile I'll be sniggering and drawing up pictures for our very own clown guy to frighten small children with.

If that's not scary enough, tell your teacher I just ended with a preposition."

Hmm, maybe you have to know him to find that funny.

Anyway: Hello to all! Just finished reading Night Watch for the first time and have started again on Guards! Guards!

 

Welcome Kebrado!

In Portuguese "Quebrado" does mean broken. Don't know about Spanish.

You already made a good impression. Offering to help me with my CSS the minute you signed up..

Like I said, I might take you up on that later.

 

Welcome to all.

Thud! is infact the most recent book by mr. Pratchett. As far as I know, the title/subject/releace date of his next novel is yet to be anounced.

 

'Sgonna be Wintersmith, in the Tiffany Aching books. Sometime this summer, I think.

But I could just be talking out of my arse.

 

Thanks, Tephlon (just confirmed with my Spanish dictionary -- the same definition) and Quoth.

Ahah, so that's what Wintersmith is. I saw it on a forum description and wondered what I'd missed. Awesome.

EDIT: Ah, the Ultimate Guide thread in Boardania lists Wintersmith as coming out Sept 28, 2006.

 

THAT'S SUMMER! THAT'S STILL SUMMER! I WASN'T WRONG!

 

I like that.

Welcome to you both !

 

Yes, that made me smile too. Welcome Tanatie and Kebrado.

 

I think I saw that too somewhere...they're not bad (especially the parts with granny weatherwax) but I was kinda hoping it would be a true discworld novel...possibly one with death trying to be funny

p.s.
thanks for welcoming me, I guess

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
my name is ed so you just +ster as in star
2) Are you male or female?
male
3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
12 and I live in Australia vic
4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
Going postal might work so its about 50-50
5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
I listened to the Truth on audio
6) what's your personal quote of the day?
"Rincwind woke up with his daily scream"

 

Welcome to all new people.

 

G'day mate!

 

Australia has moved to Sweden ?

Hiya edster, welcome !

 

Hello Edster...


Oh BTW I just read on the Paul Kidby site that the next novel after Wintersmith will be called 'Making Money'

 

Copied over from new topic 'cos I should have sussed the protocols first . . .well if you're going to do something at least try and do it properly.


Hi - Introduction as requested.

1) Surely one of Pratchett's best character names - How could I resist?

2) Male

3) Mid-Forties. Derby, England.

4) I have no faith whatsoever that anyone could faithfully reproduce the pictures in my head. How could they possibly capture the imagery, the philosophy, the humour, the full depth of humanity. How can you film what noise yellow makes, or the smell of tin. How would technicolor reproduce Octarine?

5) A good friend lent me The Colour of Magic, around 1987 ( I haven't given it back yet).

6) Well met by moonlight.

 

Many Thanks. feels good to be here.

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
- I usually sign off as 'Arte'-- A nick that allows for an alarmingly large number of bad puns, which is a reason that speaks for itself I think.

2) Are you male or female?
- Female

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
- 18; I'm in New York, NY during the school term and Seattle, WA during the summers.

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
- I would gouge my eyes out to avoid letting someone ruin Octarine for me. Well, actually I like my eyes. But I would definitely mope about it to all my friends until they got fed up and made lame excuses to leave.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
- I found the first three books while trolling a bookstore in Portland, OR with a friend. That girl later pushed me into a river with my clothes still on. Of the two, Discword felt like the relationship worth pursuing.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
- 90% of the time I answer this question with that 'punctuation, grammar, and spelling' quote by Pratchett...I'll refrain.

 

Welcome, Solid Jackson and Artephius. Solid, I realize this is going to put my reading rep down a notch, but I can't remember which book your name is from. Enlighten me, please.

 

Happy to oblige, Human.

Check out the opening paragraph of Jingo . . .enjoy.

 

I'd like to welcome all newbies who have arrived since I last posted on this site which was months and months ago. Most of you I am welcoming probably have more posts than I do so really you should be welcoming me, but your not. Ignorant bastards!

 

Thankyou hsing, it's nice to be back.

 

I have heard so much about you Kenny.....not all good but thats Doors for you!

Welcome home honey.

 

Yay ! the return of the prodigal nun ! (ok, vicar, but it doesn't rhyme) Welcome back, Kenny, good to see you back again...

 

With Moist!! Yay!!

Also: Helloooo. Just a general Helloooo to all and sundry.

 

Thanks for the kind return greetings folks.

Miss Whiplash please don't believe everything Doors says, he's Scottish remember.

PS: Doors, the bird off the new energy Iron Bru drink reminds me of you....... :cooler:

 

moisture's such a good word (where's the smiley with it's tongue lolling out?)

 

It's left to become Kenny's new boyfriend (do smileys have a gender ?) and household slave...

 

Hey

Can you be a new newbie? If so, I am.

Hello to the newbie's older than me and to the oldie's (is that what they are?) and the older oldie's.

I need to lie down now as I have a headache.

a bientot!

 

Welcome Saskia! I like your avatar, and I like your name (Rembrandt was once married to a girl named Saskia, and I remembered it from reading his biography).

 

Welcome Saskia.

And while I am at it, I might as well welcome kenny. (Better late than never)

 

Bienvenue Saskia, hope your headache's better by now...