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Re: Books

 May 05, 2008, 10:31:40 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Books (Started by Sepp September 06, 2004, 07:17:29 pm
 Board: Entertainment
Ah thanks.

When I just reread that passage (surprisingly I was able to find my copy fast; thought it would be buried under a pile of other books) I think I remember partly blaming Neville's actions for being shot down. For retreating into darkness, getting his guns (well, who would act different?), and I think I stopped sympathizing with him when he didn't go with the girl. Or even before that. Can't remember. Would have to reread the whole book to be able to recount my former opinions, if that would be at all possible.

But you're right. And I won't try to argue about anything related to Dracula since I don't have enough knowledge concerning that.
    

Re: Books

 May 05, 2008, 08:46:31 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Books (Started by Sepp September 06, 2004, 07:17:29 pm
 Board: Entertainment
For them he might have been a monster, comparable to Dracula. They, unlike the reader didn't know his motivations. Only the girl might have learned about them (please excuse my nebulous remembering of details...). But still, there was, I think, no way they could have let him live.
The general opinion of the changed might have been that he is a threat to their new race, new civilization, not a person anymore, because they defined themselves as persons now, so he became a monster whose motives they didn't know but who went around and killed them without mercy. I doubt most even bothered to learn about his motives.
Also, in this new society, if it was anything like the last, Neville must have been considered a murderer, as he killed citizens of this new society, seemingly without reason. Add to them that he was like a mythical beast...we also must not forget that this new state also must have had some kind of propaganda...but I think I'm drifting off into the realm of mere speculation.

And for the scene where they came for him; they shot down the vampires in front of his house and, I think, tried to call him out, and he knew, he should go out, surrender but then, on an impulse stormed back deeper into the house, letting them count down and come after him. Well, even if he had come out of his own, I doubt they could have let him live, for reasons mentioned above.

Both factions only knew the monstrous side of the other. Cut that. Neville tried to at least get behind the reason for the monstrosity the others had become. And he met the girl, always doubting her being a genuine human.
    

Re: Books

 May 04, 2008, 07:16:19 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Books (Started by Sepp September 06, 2004, 07:17:29 pm
 Board: Entertainment
Baiken said, May 03, 2008, 03:28:24 pm
It's mainly because the behaviour of the "new" group is total bullshit. If they were humans before, they should know it was useless to do all this and much better to go at him and point out "HEY LOOK WE CAN LIVE NORMALLY A LITTLE". Hunting the guy who is killing them during the day has nothing in common with hunting Dracula who is biting humans during the night, because they actually know they can live together. Comparing fear of him to fear of Dracula, my ass.

It may be some time, since I've read it, so correct me, if I'm mistaken, but weren't there different stages of infection? It might be that I'm mistaking it with other post-apocalyptic, post-global-infection books. That means that the changed, after first coming to their new senses might have been quite disoriented before they, after the infection progressed some time, gained some if not all of their former knowledge as human beings. Weren't the infected just on the verge of redeveloping some kind of society by the end of the book? The organized even killed off some of their own kind (those in front of main characters house) because they didn't return to a more civilized self, even after so many of them did that the necessity for a new society emerged.
Again, I might be mistaken and remember it wrong.

Now then, should I try to mention some books I've read and enjoyed?

Dan Simmons: The Hyperion as well as the Endymion books. A great read all in all that makes the (in my eyes) few bad scenes all the more stupid.
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Mervyn Peake: The books that go as the Gormenghast trilogy. Memorable characters, strange setting, descent into madness for some characters, with others already seeming to be mad...Gormenghast is a madhouse. Unique, very readable, never boring. For me.

Mark Z. Danielewski: House of Leaves. One might say it wants to be or look like something it is not, but I found it quite entertaining. Mainly got interested because of the technique, the story was not really my biggest interest, was well executed in the end. But it really is something different, if there's just some writing in the top corner of the page. In the end I enjoyed it.

Harlan Ellison: What I've read by him was always good.

Gene Wolfe: Not much read by him, yet. Only some short stories, but he is, despite that quite prominent on my to read list. And yes, I know I promised to only mention books I've already read. I lied.

Scott Westerfeld: The Risen Empire. Space opera. Nice characters, nice setting, the story develops at a good pace, there are several hotspots with likeable protagonists. I got it, because I was interested and I was not let down.

Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Despite the length and wordiness I never found the book to be tedious or boring.

Alfred Doeblin: Berlin Alexanderplatz. Yes. I enjoyed it. At first only being interested in the technique, the story turned out interesting.

Arno Schmidt: Leviathan. Schwarze Spiegel. Great. One day I have to get my hands on Zettels Traum.

Tom Piccirilli: I liked what I've read, especially November Mourns and Headstone City. Of all the books I've read by him, which accounts to four, they all dealt with some kind of homecoming. And ghosts. And in the last two the main characters returned home from jail, if I'm remembering it correctly.

Gary A. Braunbeck: In Silent Graves. Good book. Not only in the horror genre. Disturbing with good characters. Maybe some problems with one of the last chapters, but the rest was so great, nothing was lost.

Joseph Heller: Catch 22. What to say? First 100 pages were better in my opinion. You had to think more to puzzle everything together. The longer into the book, the longer and more coherent the chapters become.

William Gibson: The Neuromancer books. Nothing much to say. Very interesting.

John Milton: Paradise Lost. Beautiful. Read it while being bored with Robert McCammon's Swan Song.

Dante: The divine comedy. Only translated. Still beautiful.

Clive Barker: What I've read was great, including the Books of Blood, Imajica, Sacrament and others. Fantastic imagery. This mixture of horror and slight fantasy.

Stephen King: The Stand. Even though it could have been longer. There. I said it. Flagg seemed not developed enough.
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Nevil Shute: On the Beach. Everybody dies and it's clear from one of the first chapters, if not the very first. Nuclear aftermath done right. Not like Swan Song...

Thomas Mann: Doktor Faustus. Fantastic prose. Interesting theories and thoughts. Story is more or less a varied form of the Faust myth.

I think, I've mentioned more than enough now. But when I post, I'll make it count. Or not.

tl;dr lots of books without a continuous air about them.

EDIT: added information on the books. At least some.
    

Re: Nakoruru

 December 27, 2007, 10:12:00 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Nakoruru (now patched) (Started by PotS December 25, 2007, 11:15:54 am
 Board: Your Releases, older Mugen
Another thing I found (which might or might not be connected with what gamespy mentioned): she gets stuck in various states/anims when finished with SGS by your Gouki (stays standing, blocking), Ryu (crouching, some kind of gethit animation), Sakura (standing, low hit) and also after Eternal Slumber of your Morrigan (some kind of turn/run thing). Might all be the same thing though.
    

Re: Nakoruru

 December 25, 2007, 07:54:16 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Nakoruru (now patched) (Started by PotS December 25, 2007, 11:15:54 am
 Board: Your Releases, older Mugen
Thank you very much for this character.

Two things I found:

- she gets stuck during Zero Counter (kick version); player loses all control, but she is still very hittable

(next might sound more complicated because I lack the simple terms to express it)
- she disappears after trying to guard in the air (set her dummy to jump and auto-guard, then jab out of range; she'll show her guarding animation, then release it, then her sprites are gone until she lands)
    

Re: Left or Right Brain ?

 November 19, 2007, 04:56:45 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Left or Right Brain ? (Started by Cybaster November 19, 2007, 02:20:39 pm
 Board: All That's Left
First clockwise.

Couldn't change directions at first. Now it is difficult, not to change them. Short focusing on the legs changes them every time.

Funny: had two of them open at once and they turned in different directions.
    

Re: Updates for all my chars (4 at a time)

 October 21, 2007, 01:07:15 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in All Chars Updated (Started by PotS October 20, 2007, 05:00:20 pm
 Board: Your Releases, older Mugen
I really do like your characters, like many others and as I'm not good at praising I'll leave that to them as well.

That aside:
- I don't think, Gouki should be able, to hit with a crouching LK directly after a crouching HK; tested on KFM
- how come Gouki can hit with crouching moves after a Gou Shouryuu Ken? Ok...maybe because one can still juggle after it, but still; when done on KFM I was able to wait for him to hit the floor, then kick him with crouching LK and he would stand again

Also this:


Was present before, is so now; if you do D,DF,F,UF, x/y/z Gouki will throw Zankuu Hadou Ken during the upwards motion and still be able to do Tenma Kuujin Kyaku.
This inputting commands for aerial moves while still on the ground made Gouki fly high with D,DB,B,UB,c before - and currently still does so with Dan. He would fly high over the border of every stage.
    

Re: The "What are listening to?" thread Version 2.

 August 30, 2007, 10:38:44 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in What R U listening to right now? (Started by ( ﾟ oﾟ) It's Urza! August 28, 2007, 04:15:50 pm
 Board: Entertainment
Meshuggah - Nebulous
    

Re: [GERMAN ONLY] Tu mich ma ne doppelte Currywurst Pommes Mayo geben

 August 29, 2007, 07:16:22 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in  [GERMAN ONLY] Tu mich ma ne doppelte Currywurst Pommes Mayo geben (Started by Cenobite 53 August 29, 2007, 01:28:00 am
 Board: International
Stimmt. Deutsches Topic jetzt mit deutschem Titel? Dat war früher aber anders.
    

Re: DIO/REACH FOR THE SKIES!!

 August 29, 2007, 07:13:30 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in DIO/REACH FOR THE SKIES!! (Started by TempesT August 29, 2007, 06:51:51 pm
 Board: Graphics
The Dio one looks a bit empty. All the highlights, all the eye-catching stuff is in the bottom so the rest looks...empty.

Because of colour preferences on my part I think the Ryu one is better. But have you tried to make some kind of shadow instead of the afterimages? I mean, something is moving against the light and you have this nicely cut silhouette?

Nothing more to say. Maybe...except...looks good.
    

Re: fREE XBOX AND PS3??? CLICK HERE

 February 13, 2007, 06:21:39 pm View in topic context
avatar  Posted by Daimyon  in Man stranded on an island eats his own penis to avoid starvation (Started by Titiln September 21, 2003, 03:18:30 am
 Board: Hall of Fame
be you angels?
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