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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2011, 06:48:57 PM »
Someone already asked this - quick, new question!
Oh crap uh...

What specific aspects of Kisume are most alluring! :V

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2011, 08:19:39 PM »
Any tips on improv?  Because if there's one thing to say about you, you're never caught without something to say.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2011, 08:40:46 PM »
If you have SA, which shot type do you prefer and why?
How many languages do you know?  Are there any that you want to learn?
What are your favorite genres of books, music, and video games?
You go out to get ice cream and all they have are mint chocolate chip, rainbow sherbert, and chocolate chip cookie dough.  Which do you choose?

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Re: Ask a Staffer: Episode 6 - Purvis
« Reply #33 on: March 23, 2011, 10:01:58 PM »
Why is Kisume your favorite Touhou character?
Oh crap uh...

What specific aspects of Kisume are most alluring! :V


In truth, I have no real favorite. My last touhou sort have a 14 way tie for first place. But, let's talk Kisume. Firstly, she has the advantage of being overlooked and background. This means I can have a field day with her without it being too much of fighting the tide of fanon. As well, it's kinda implied that she's something of a hermit crab, and thus homeless/a drifter in the traditional sense, which lets me give her a hobo mystique. Also, she's not very powerful, so power doesn't define her character like it does with a lot of others, and means she has to be clever or sneaky to get by.


Will there ever be a Turkish release of the Z-Machines?

When they admit to the old ultraviolence they dropped on the Armenians, oh my droog.

Are you going to keep running Z-Machine after Iku Quest? If so can it be Yuuka Slaughters the Z-Machine Quest?

  Oh, I'm always thinking 2-5 or more game ahead. They're be a few more Z-Machines yet. And no, none may know the Z-Machine secret.

Why do people think you're the old spice guy?

I'll take this one. Hello, Shadoweh. How are you? I'm fine. Excellent! Judging from your profile, you are a lady-type, and thus I feel doubly obligated to answer your question while I juggle these bouquets and ponder which one I will give to you today. This began a year or so ago, when Purvis pondered what Lord Tenma would be like. Quickly, he realized that Lord Tenma would have a powerful yet soothing voice, such as the one that is massaging your ear drums right now! Once this was realized, it quickly became apparent that Lord Tenma is in fact a ridiculously handsome black man, and he revealed his discovery to his friends. His friends, overwhelmed by this deduction of canon, quickly rewarded him with an avatar bearing my likeness. Ladytypes such as yourself have been confused since, it is perfectly understandable. Now, Shadoweh, please accept this Bouquet of Chocolate Roses, and we shall ride my jetski pteranodon into the sunset, where we shall proceed to have a lovely picnic.



Why the hell is your thread at 3 pages even though it was posted today?

  That wasn't me, neezhnies!


Can you buy me a new computer so pesco will stop holding that DoTS game over my head?

You don't know what a hobo is, do you?

If you cant do the thing I just asked, Can I at least have a shotgun? It's totally not related to pesco or anything... :V

You don't know what a hobo is. Do you?



So did we EVER make it out of the Tomb of Horrors?

You're asking me if you survived a game of Paranoia.


Anyway.
What do you have against yellow UFO theme parks?

More like, I have a thing for ultraviolence on Stuffman

Also, how/why did you start the whole text adventure thing here?

The true origin began when Trance posted a thread in CPMC that was entitled "Guide Me Down This Barren Path", I jumped in and started parsing it. Things took off, and Part 0 was born. Then died.

Why?

I like big butts, and I cannot lie.

Always one thing I have been wondering about you is: Why do you type on IRC all your lines between *  *  ? ? ?

A mystery which must be solved!

It is part of a pact I've been involved in for quite a long time now.


How exactly DID Jeff K. Anon get to Gensokyo?

A shady new Yukari shrine conspiracy.

What is the origin of your Hobolovin'?

I'm not really sure. I think it's tremendously interesting that wandering uneducated vagrants, in the modern era, built up their own subculture, with art styles, a form of writing in hobo glyphs, slang, and were generally recognized. It's an interesting side effect of extreme poverty and misfortune.

Favorite game that we have never heard about?

That's a toughie; I so rarely have favorites. So...Xenogears, The Guardian Legend, Willow (NES)

What's your main job as an Acolyte around?

Largely I am participating in discussions on what to do about various problems that come up in the forum, and offering opinions on future developments when I have one worth sharing.

Snowdens of ye(ry

Yarbles!

You've logged more hours on this site than anyone else for this incarnation of the forums.  What's a typical day like for you?

Really, I just never close the tabs ever. I wonder if I get double credit for having two tabs open at once?

I can never seem to decide between waffles or crepes for breakfast. How should I remedy this?

Pancakes. Or flapjacks if you have the right stuff. There are the hobo-approved flying food of the gods!


An alien from another planet lands on Earth. He shows up at your bedroom door. The first thing he says to you is, "Bring me the funk." What is the first album you recommend?

Ohio Players' Greatest Hits. It's hard to suggest any one starting point, really.

Why do you call it "Neohio"? What's "neo" about it?

Neohio formed after the apocalypse. Now its residents scratch for food and employment, embittered against all and sundry. And to the northeast the Amish flourish, for they were always ready for the world to become post-apocalyptic.

Why do you hate punk rock?

I find it, at best, extremely repetitive and boring. It's not really, to my ears, designed to be listened to so much as it's made to be played at people. Work into this a penchant for whiny whitey vocals (in tone, not message) that are virtually never pleasant, and it's really just an audio disaster. Even with bands that could sing, like Death back when the sound was being invented, the end result isn't moving so much as just kinda boring.


Who is your favorite Beatle, and why?

Lennon because he's dead. Not really sure. The beatles stood together, it seems rather like picking out your favorite part of a gattai robot to me.


Polar Star, Spur, Snake, or Machine Gun?

Machine Gun. I loves that hoverin'.

Which Z-Machine did you enjoy running most, and why?

All of them. Each had their own fun parts; whether it was Patchouli meeting the Angry Sun, Reisen breaking into the Lunarian Base, Utsuho finding the SCP objects, Maribel discovering Renko, or Iku dealing with the Brocken Spectre, each part has had things that have made me grin and I've waited to drop on the players with much anticipation.

Any news about the Orb of Zot lately?

I've been taking a break. Crawl has been very frustratingly fuck you in it's early mid game, and the realization I'm winning by raw luck rather than any applicable skill has drained my will to play, especially in light that the designers want to enhance this effect in v0.8. That and Radiant Historia and Dragon Quest 3 SNES has been keeping me busy.


You are appointed commander in chief of the entire world. This means you have total control over all of it's armies and countries. What do you do?

You know how right wing extremists crow about how there's a huge socialist conspiracy that'll socialize medicine, install a better social safety net, legalize gay abortions, kill the free market, and all that? That's me. I'm that guy.

Name a superpower you would want to have and why you would want it.

I would want the power to transmute substances into other substances, so I could turn gravel into gold and not have to worry about money.

What is your preferred weapon in a zombie apocalypse?

Shotgun for range, axe for melee.

Who is your least favorite Touhou?

Mima. No question.


Any tips on improv?  Because if there's one thing to say about you, you're never caught without something to say.

Study the masters, play monkey island, inundate yourself with people very skilled with your momma jokes and other insults.


If you have SA, which shot type do you prefer and why?

I like Reimu A, because she hits like a speeding dumptruck.

How many languages do you know?  Are there any that you want to learn?

I barely know my native tongue. I'd be happy learning Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, or pretty much any other major language used over large geographic regions or in highly influential nations.

What are your favorite genres of books, music, and video games?

For books, fantasy and comedy are favorites. So obviously I am a hueg Pratchett fan. When it comes to music, I like funk, rock, the more melodic kinds of metal, 80s hair rock, blues, soul, reggae, vidja game musics of all sorts, some electronica, prog rock, various forms of classical I am too dumb to identify, and so on. With video games, I like RPGs by heart, have a liking toward Roguelikes, and enjoy bullet hells when they aren't walling me in. I can play a lot of things outside of that and enjoy them, though.

You go out to get ice cream and all they have are mint chocolate chip, rainbow sherbert, and chocolate chip cookie dough.  Which do you choose?

Mint or cookie dough, depending on my mood. They are two of my favorites.
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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2011, 10:09:02 PM »
What is your highest level of education, and how much does it mean to you that you got exactly that far?
When you last went to Otakon, where did you live, and how did you get to the convention?
Why have you used three personages and none of them have been the Neuromancer?
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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2011, 10:12:24 PM »
Lennon because he's dead. Not really sure. The beatles stood together, it seems rather like picking out your favorite part of a gattai robot to me.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LION IN VOLTRON AND/OR FAVORITE GAO IN GAOGAIGAR

Radiant Historia

To whom would you recommend this game and why?  It has caught my eye on more than one occasion but I know squat about it.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #36 on: March 23, 2011, 10:50:13 PM »
What is your highest level of education, and how much does it mean to you that you got exactly that far?

Let's just say my degree isn't worth the paper it's printed on and leave it at that. That said, I'm still happy I got it, for personal reasons.

When you last went to Otakon, where did you live, and how did you get to the convention?

Same place as I do now; I hitched a ride with some friends.

Why have you used three personages and none of them have been the Neuromancer?

There is a time and a place for Case.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LION IN VOLTRON AND/OR FAVORITE GAO IN GAOGAIGAR



To whom would you recommend this game and why?  It has caught my eye on more than one occasion but I know squat about it.

I expect you'd enjoy it, if you really got pretty much every PS2 RPG there was. It's interesting so much as there's kinda neat plot about time travel, with graphic-novel-esque YOU FUCKED UP endings all over the place; sadly this means history doesn't successfully branch as often as I'd like. Also, it manages to have a fairly well done apathetic main character, as he has a sense of perspective about things and doesn't really make a huge show of his disaffectation. Random encounters are interesting insomuch as enemy position in important, and you get a lot of moves to force them into the positions that you want. They can take a lot longer than you'd want, though. But overall, I'm enjoying it.

Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #37 on: March 24, 2011, 12:19:12 AM »
What would you say was the proudest moment of your life?

You are in the hospital with a terminal illness. Do you ask your doctor for euthanasia? Why or why not?

Favorite NetHack class?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #38 on: March 24, 2011, 12:57:18 AM »
What would you say was the proudest moment of your life?

Not quite sure, to be honest.

You are in the hospital with a terminal illness. Do you ask your doctor for euthanasia? Why or why not?

Probably not. I'd be wanting to do things with that time. But this is me now. Were I in a lot of pain, I might think differently. Might think differently if it were not terminal and I was slated to make a full recovery, too.

Favorite NetHack class?

Caveman, followed by archeologist. Healer and Priest are fun if you get gifted with a good killy weapon.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #39 on: March 24, 2011, 12:59:25 AM »
Have you ever read Catch-22?

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #40 on: March 24, 2011, 01:12:03 AM »
Have you ever read Catch-22?

Goodness, no. Whatever gave you that-

You just got shived by a soomka dressed up like a millicent with a nozh!

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

More or less where I am now. My roots are here, and it would be severing a part of myself, and disrespectful to the place I call home to leave it without a very good reason.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #41 on: March 24, 2011, 01:16:14 AM »
No one appreciates cool funk music or old school rap in the MixApp room! What would you recommend I use to save myself?

Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #42 on: March 24, 2011, 02:10:33 AM »
Are you disappointed in me that I was never able to finish the X-COM LP from about half a year ago?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #43 on: March 24, 2011, 02:28:24 AM »
If you have a choice of an ability/power, what would it be, and why?

What do you feel about the world's recent events?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #44 on: March 24, 2011, 02:57:47 AM »
How many other states have you visited?
What's your favorite place you've visited thus far?
How could you live with dial-up?  How much did you actually do on the internet with dial-up?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #45 on: March 24, 2011, 05:25:00 AM »
Right about now, the funk soul brother?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #46 on: March 24, 2011, 06:59:21 AM »
Ahh Purvis!

How does one jump back into text adventures? After two months I fear my text adventure answering skills have gone rusty and now I can only watch in RPG as others achieve success! What should this wayward traveler do?

Have you figured out yet as to why my doorbell scares the living cripe out of me?

A question toward the master himself, how doeth one increase thy speaketh abilities when it comes to that of the chats that relay through the internet? Sadly I fear I have not seen thy abilities at work within the last labeled time period thus EXAMPLE ALONE CANNOT INFLUENCE THIS MIND WHICH IS READY AND WILLING FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABSORBED.

Suddenly in a flash, THINGS START GETTING DOWN. The wall to your left breaks off and explosions happen slowly BUT SURELY. They are caused by SHIRLEY. However SHIRLEY does not have any pigtails. Nay, she contains hair that is made not out of biological material but by that of an unknown source. Her current location is far above that of a mere bullet to reach but close enough for a swing from that of a melee weaponry to bring wrath of the wielder into her neck swiftly and with relative ease. Now one may wonder how that can be the case, but one has to take in account that the name of this surely slow explosions causer is named Shirley, thus these type of things apply. However you hold neither a gun nor a sword, but a live raptor within your right hand. It currently holds no name as any man prior to you who has seen such a beast has not been able to utter a word of description of this raptor as their doom followed quickly. You hold the raptor by it's two feet and its head is currently hitting against the floor. The floor is made of COCONUT SHAVINGS. After all, so many cakes contain this yet no one wants to eat them, what better use of them than carpeting? If the raptor were to be pulled away from the coconut shavings, it may quickly realize that its head is not in a ROOF of coconut shavings but in fact a FLOOR of coconut shavings which will quickly cause it to become enraged because that means he isn't as tall as he thought he was. The raptor in its time of growing was short and not tall thus it began to grow jealous of things that are taller than it. The coconut shavings in fact has caused it to think it had a sudden growth burst.

Raptor aside, in your left hand is contained an ordinary towel. But this is no ordinary towel, it says in the very right of it, owned by "Donovan J. Smith." But it's not the name that makes the difference. The J is in fact a cane taped with DUCT TAPE in between the two letters. The cane in fact has a jet booster inside of it that can allow you to fly off to great depths, but if you remove the cane from the towel, the duct tape would in result become UNSTICKY and unusable, thus you must remember that you might have to lose it unless you can figure out how to properly remove the tape. But hey, sacrifices must be made for progress to be achieved no? These are your two tools that you must use to bring about success in your ventures. In your inventory you have with you a blunt object of some sort you took during one of your rummaging tours, your business card, after all you never know when you need to be professional, a darker, after all, there's light coming from the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, why in bloody hell would you need a lighter when there's so much of it? That's where the darker comes in. And finally you hold a key that opens up something somewhere in some alternate dimension which has a 7.43% chance of containing dark chocolate pie.

Oh yes, and you're inside an incredibly huge octagon shaped box. Twice the corners, twice the swag eh? Now, with all these things in mind, how do you go about delivering the bank note to your cousin's brother-in-law? You are to deliver this to him by 3 AM in the morning of the next day, and it is now 3 PM in the afternoon.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #47 on: March 24, 2011, 07:12:39 AM »
Oh, and try not to get too close to my nurse. She has a problem with not shanking people.
Are you Graham Chapman, and is your nurse Carol Cleveland?

Edit:
I wonder if I get double credit for having two tabs open at once?
Went and tested this just now. Even with 20 tabs open, waiting one minute gave me 1 minute of Total Time Spent Online.
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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #48 on: March 24, 2011, 09:30:34 AM »
How "wise" is your beard, or do you normally shave?
Favorite choice of military vehicle?  Consider sea, land, and air.
"Your Mother" quips at work have become bland, what would be a good segue?
What is your least favorite non-tuberous vegetable?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #49 on: March 24, 2011, 10:30:46 AM »
Would you go so far as to say 9/11 was a false flag attack?

Ever get to enjoy the company of a significant other?

If you could live with any three Touhou, who would they be?

"I don't have anything against you, but I hope you're ready to die a dog's death!
Oh, don't worry, that cat will carry off your body, so you'll be able to live in our place!"

Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #50 on: March 24, 2011, 11:05:03 AM »
Oh god that was a long string of pictures.

Safespot or dodge?

You play Borderlands?

Purvis is awesome?

Every single staff member is awesome?


Thanks to GreenVirus for the Siggy.
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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #51 on: March 24, 2011, 12:50:59 PM »
No one appreciates cool funk music or old school rap in the MixApp room! What would you recommend I use to save myself?

Welcome to being fully disappointed in a generation raised on lousy music. The best you can do is find other things you both like.

Are you disappointed in me that I was never able to finish the X-COM LP from about half a year ago?

Somewhat, but given I was on dials-up, it's not like I could actually follow it.


What do you feel about the world's recent events?

World events tend to make me feel depressed and powerless. I've kinda fallen into the coping method that Tom Kreider recommended about the time that one guy tried to assassinate Representative Gifford, which is to assume that the worst possible outcome will happen. That way if it does, you have the grim satisfaction of being right, and if it doesn't you have the pleasant moment where you can regain a bit of faith in the world.

How many other states have you visited?

Let's see. Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Maryland. So five. Oh, and probably Virgina, too. Don't really recall how that one route back from Maryland worked.

What's your favorite place you've visited thus far?

Probably Tennessee or Maryland. In general, I'm not impressed with places for what they have, but rather for who is there. In the former case, my maternal grandparents lived there, and I would visit in the summer when I was a kid, and we'd caravan up there every Thanksgiving (and sometimes in the spring). It was a thing I enjoyed greatly. Maryland I've been to twice for Otakon. Those were both huge forum meet-ups with a lot of good friends.

How could you live with dial-up?  How much did you actually do on the internet with dial-up?

IMs generally worked just fine. Forums didn't load that slowly, except for when we're giving poor Triela a beating and such. Image boards were difficult, especially when I switched to Chrome. Danbooru and the like generally meant I was going to be working in some other tab or messing with an emulator or handheld for a few minutes while stuff loaded. Pixiv was a nightmare, a lot of times a page just couldn't be coaxed into fully loading. Youtubes were a rare thing; nothing was quite so annoying as my hipster friend insisting I watch a certain youtube to find out it's just stupid as hell, and he insisted it was hilarious. Downloading stuff took patience, especially when I switched to chrome and connections dropped a lot. But by and large, I got by in day to day things alright. Having a RW DVD and friends with a better connection helped for larger downloads. The real pain was updating antivirus stuff.

Right about now, the funk soul brother?

You can go with us.

Ahh Purvis!

How does one jump back into text adventures? After two months I fear my text adventure answering skills have gone rusty and now I can only watch in RPG as others achieve success! What should this wayward traveler do?

I find it's best to reread over what's happened, and see if you can note any little things the other players have missed or forgotten in the days and weeks. Also, planning ahead is usually welcomed.

Have you figured out yet as to why my doorbell scares the living cripe out of me?

I presume it is uncomfortably loud, like my Grans' doorbell (one has tinnitus, the other refuses to wear a hearing aid). Perhaps you should disable it and replace it with a real bell?

A question toward the master himself, how doeth one increase thy speaketh abilities when it comes to that of the chats that relay through the internet? Sadly I fear I have not seen thy abilities at work within the last labeled time period thus EXAMPLE ALONE CANNOT INFLUENCE THIS MIND WHICH IS READY AND WILLING FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABSORBED.

When it comes to communicating through text? Just speak as you always do. No one's grading it. If you want to learn how to be more precise and pretty-sounding with your language, read some good books and absorb the wisdom.


Suddenly in a flash, THINGS START GETTING DOWN. The wall to your left breaks off and explosions happen slowly BUT SURELY. They are caused by SHIRLEY. However SHIRLEY does not have any pigtails. Nay, she contains hair that is made not out of biological material but by that of an unknown source. Her current location is far above that of a mere bullet to reach but close enough for a swing from that of a melee weaponry to bring wrath of the wielder into her neck swiftly and with relative ease. Now one may wonder how that can be the case, but one has to take in account that the name of this surely slow explosions causer is named Shirley, thus these type of things apply. However you hold neither a gun nor a sword, but a live raptor within your right hand. It currently holds no name as any man prior to you who has seen such a beast has not been able to utter a word of description of this raptor as their doom followed quickly. You hold the raptor by it's two feet and its head is currently hitting against the floor. The floor is made of COCONUT SHAVINGS. After all, so many cakes contain this yet no one wants to eat them, what better use of them than carpeting? If the raptor were to be pulled away from the coconut shavings, it may quickly realize that its head is not in a ROOF of coconut shavings but in fact a FLOOR of coconut shavings which will quickly cause it to become enraged because that means he isn't as tall as he thought he was. The raptor in its time of growing was short and not tall thus it began to grow jealous of things that are taller than it. The coconut shavings in fact has caused it to think it had a sudden growth burst.

Raptor aside, in your left hand is contained an ordinary towel. But this is no ordinary towel, it says in the very right of it, owned by "Donovan J. Smith." But it's not the name that makes the difference. The J is in fact a cane taped with DUCT TAPE in between the two letters. The cane in fact has a jet booster inside of it that can allow you to fly off to great depths, but if you remove the cane from the towel, the duct tape would in result become UNSTICKY and unusable, thus you must remember that you might have to lose it unless you can figure out how to properly remove the tape. But hey, sacrifices must be made for progress to be achieved no? These are your two tools that you must use to bring about success in your ventures. In your inventory you have with you a blunt object of some sort you took during one of your rummaging tours, your business card, after all you never know when you need to be professional, a darker, after all, there's light coming from the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, why in bloody hell would you need a lighter when there's so much of it? That's where the darker comes in. And finally you hold a key that opens up something somewhere in some alternate dimension which has a 7.43% chance of containing dark chocolate pie.

Oh yes, and you're inside an incredibly huge octagon shaped box. Twice the corners, twice the swag eh? Now, with all these things in mind, how do you go about delivering the bank note to your cousin's brother-in-law? You are to deliver this to him by 3 AM in the morning of the next day, and it is now 3 PM in the afternoon.

First, we deal with the most important matter, that of Shirley. I would introduce myself to her with a "Hello, Shirley." Then I would demonstrate my Jet Cane to her, while composing a set of rhyming couplets to describe the interestingness of her hair. During this time, I would use the darker to create better mood lighting, and invite her to compose sweet nothings to whisper into my ear while marveling at my strong muscle body. When the situation had calmed down, I would ask her for direction for the closest way to where my cousin's brother-in-law keeps his domicile. Sadly, it would not work out between us, nor could we share my cousin's brother-in-law's martini-glass shaped hot tub, as Shadoweh is the only one for me. I would feel badly for Shirley, but I would hope that things will go for well for her, as certainly someone with such interesting hair will have few problems with the guytypes or ladytypes of her choice.  Using the rocket cane, I would blast off through the hole that Shirley helpfully created. Along the way to aforementioned domicile, I would try to reassure my raptor friend although he is indeed short, he also has the potential to hold the scientific world in the palm of his betaloned hands with his not being extinct. Then I would offer him a high five and deliver the bank-note. Afterward, I would plant a forest, using only the finest sequoia seeds, which upon sprouting I would then climb and build a monument to Shirley, in hopes that she will not feel too bad. Then I would build one to Shadoweh, so she doesn't feel left out.


Are you Graham Chapman, and is your nurse Carol Cleveland?

Shhhhhh...

How "wise" is your beard, or do you normally shave?

Left to my own designs, I will not shave. I very much despise razors across my soft neck.

Favorite choice of military vehicle?  Consider sea, land, and air.

I am not very fond of military vehicles, as departing words of President Eisenhower remain strongly with me, and remind me they represent a very real lose of resources that could be used to help and elevate others. This said, I like the Aircraft Carriers, as they are practically floating cities.

"Your Mother" quips at work have become bland, what would be a good segue?

Arson.

What is your least favorite non-tuberous vegetable?

There's so many I do not care for. But likely onions. Onion chunks and slices have a way of ending up in many meals I do not want them to have any part of.


Would you go so far as to say 9/11 was a false flag attack?

No, I am quite convinced that ultraradical islamist terrorists most definitely wanted to do it. But it's kinda hard to call a false flag when the people doing it aren't really under any flag that exists.


Ever get to enjoy the company of a significant other?

Yes.


If you could live with any three Touhou, who would they be?


Hmmm. Kaguya seems like she'd be interesting to live with, as I have no doubt she could cover all funding issues, and seems to be omega chill. Nitori would probably be fun to be around. I have no doubt she'd keep greasy engine parts on the countertops, but she could fix anything. And for the last one, I'll say Shizuha, because every house needs a live-in deity, and the Shiz seems like she's be pretty nice.


Oh god that was a long string of pictures.

Yes!


Safespot or dodge?

Depends. Safe spots tend not to be safe for long, so dodging will have to happen soon. Permanent safe spots tend to be really fiddly, and I can never get into them.


You play Borderlands?

FPS gives me such a gigantic headache after a short time. So no. Otherwise I might have looked into it.


Purvis is awesome?

Don't you try to butter me up, Dan.


Every single staff member is awesome?

Ah, I see you've forgotten that TheShim, Helepolis, and Nobu are on the staff.

Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #52 on: March 24, 2011, 02:21:07 PM »
Dan? I'm not Dan. Or are you just generalizing all the males in the whole world?

Like I said, every single staff member is awesome.

And what is that picture anyways?


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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #53 on: March 24, 2011, 02:57:36 PM »
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Ah, I see you've forgotten that TheShim, Helepolis, and Nobu are on the staff.
Ouch!

How do you keep consistency?  How do you never get bored of endless updating for Z-Machines, and how can someone get back into them if they do?

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #54 on: March 24, 2011, 03:12:12 PM »
Turning back to exploding yellow themeparks, and kidnapping rabbits, why do you sometimes take so long to take your turn when you are such an omnipresent force in this forum? :V

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #55 on: March 24, 2011, 06:38:52 PM »
How did you end up to be the resident mod of CPMC?
Oh, by the way. I've found some new tea.

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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #56 on: March 24, 2011, 07:23:39 PM »
Dan? I'm not Dan. Or are you just generalizing all the males in the whole world?

Look again!

Like I said, every single staff member is awesome.

Flattery will get you many places, but it won't get you out of me sending you my bill.

And what is that picture anyways?

Which? This is the Doctor. Not the timelord, the other one.


How do you keep consistency?  How do you never get bored of endless updating for Z-Machines, and how can someone get back into them if they do?

I'm consistent? As for not being bored, well, if things are especially slow, I typically have knowledge of the future good parts to impel me on, but typically it's not a problem. Not to mention there's an obligation of not leaving people hanging. As for reigniting the spark, planning ahead helps. The more plans you have, generally the more eager you are to enact them.


Turning back to exploding yellow themeparks, and kidnapping rabbits, why do you sometimes take so long to take your turn when you are such an omnipresent force in this forum? :V

Waiting for flavor text => forgetting about it for a day or more. And sometimes I click the thread, click out for some reason, then forget that I had read it and not posted. The latter happens in Shikieiki Quest a lot.

How did you end up to be the resident mod of CPMC?

Cunning linguistics. And I was kinda voted in in that poll in the fake mod forum, which suggested people wouldn't flee in droves if given the position.


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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #57 on: March 24, 2011, 08:03:47 PM »
What is some advice you would give to players of the text adventures?
Has anyone ever done something in your Z-Machines that you would consider banning them from playing over?


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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #58 on: March 24, 2011, 08:18:52 PM »
How did you end up to be the resident mod of CPMC?
It's because I hated him so much I wanted to make him suffer by making him staff.

And we needed a sacrifice.
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Re: Ask a Staffer Ep. 6 - Purvis
« Reply #59 on: March 24, 2011, 08:42:38 PM »
What is your opinion on Germany?

Do you hate the PC-98 or just the vocal fanboys? If the former, why?

Do you think you will ever do a second volume of Day Planners?

What is the best way to reach the level of awesomeness closest to yours that is still realistically achievable by us regular folks?

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