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Should we change to past tense?

Poll ended at Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:28 pm

Change to Past: more western and easier to understand in the English language
4
67%
Leave at Present: current style, most common of eastern novels and closer to author's style
2
33%
 
Total votes: 6

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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by Zyzzyva165 »

Hey Nerevarine, Akirasav. I've come to join you all. :D Kinda tired of the Haruhi ratings already.
"Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle."
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by ShadowZeroHeart »

Haruhi ratings? what do you mean?
God!!
You need not forgive me.
For those I love,
The violence brought about by sinful men
Shall now be used once more.
If you were created to save this world,
If there is a single shred of hope left for the future of mankind,
I am very sorry, but, please begone!
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by Zyzzyva165 »

Erm... you know, the 'name' you have under your name. Like Reader, Fish Miner... [Wow...how did you do that? 900 posts? Yuki Elf? I bet you must have been the fastest skyrocketing B-T user ever had. XD]
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Post by TheGiftedMonkey »

I hit 500 posts 1 month after I joined B-T. :wink:
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TheGiftedMonkey wrote:I hit 500 posts 1 month after I joined B-T. :wink:
:shock: :shock: Makes sense though. It should account for your 3000+ posts.
Zyzzyva165 wrote:Wow...how did you do that? 900 posts? Yuki Elf? I bet you must have been the fastest skyrocketing B-T user ever had. XD
Sorry. It should be '*One of* the fastest skyrocketing B-T users' then. XD
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by Akirasav »

Welcome to the club Zyzzyva165. I'm going to have to call you 'Z' or something :mrgreen:

Also, SZH can change his name at will to anything he wants...
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Akirasav wrote:Welcome to the club Zyzzyva165.

Also, SZH can change his name to anything he wants at will...
Thanks, thanks. First welcome I received in Baka-Tsuki. T.T (Touched...)

SZH? Name?
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Post by Akirasav »

Short for ShadowZeroHeart :D
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by ShadowZeroHeart »

Zyzzyva165 wrote:
Akirasav wrote:Welcome to the club Zyzzyva165.

Also, SZH can change his name to anything he wants at will...
Thanks, thanks. First welcome I received in Baka-Tsuki. T.T (Touched...)

SZH? Name?
Lolz, I guess I never gave a warm enough welcome?

But to think... Zyzzyva165 to not even know me at all... And i thought we were friends!! I feel so hurt...

*weeps at some dark corner*
God!!
You need not forgive me.
For those I love,
The violence brought about by sinful men
Shall now be used once more.
If you were created to save this world,
If there is a single shred of hope left for the future of mankind,
I am very sorry, but, please begone!
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by Zyzzyva165 »

(Laughs out loud...)

Yes. We were friends. That's why. (Cracks his whip to stop someone from crying...)
ShadowZeroHeart wrote:Lolz, I guess I never gave a warm enough welcome?
Nah, it's alright. Life's like that. You can't go around saying to everyone "Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me..." and things like that. You have to pat your shoulder yourself. Criticism, indifference... just learn to accept it. [I'm not complaining about a warm welcome though. It still makes one feel......welcome :) ]

(Edit: I Usually refer to you as Shadow, that's why I was lost when it comes to SZH)
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by ShadowZeroHeart »

Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me...
Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me...
Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me...
Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me...
Poor me, poor me, no one welcomed me...

Okay, I lied, someone welcomed me, afterall, i volunteered to take on a stalled project... how can they not? =X

It doesnt matter really, whether they welcomed us or not. We came here not to be welcomed(not primarily at least?) but to do what we want to. So it is pretty much fine to just join in without people noticing really...
(Though I must admit, a welcome as you said... makes one feel... welcome. :D )
God!!
You need not forgive me.
For those I love,
The violence brought about by sinful men
Shall now be used once more.
If you were created to save this world,
If there is a single shred of hope left for the future of mankind,
I am very sorry, but, please begone!
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by Akirasav »

I'm sensing some Crona (from Soul Eater) vibes...
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Post by ShadowZeroHeart »

Crona... you mean those waves that make people mad? Sorry, I read soul eater the manga in chinese, so I do not know the english terms.
But, if I can give out those waves, I dont mind being a shinigami scythe or maybe Black Star, his partner is nice+cute+almost perfect!! ^^ =X
God!!
You need not forgive me.
For those I love,
The violence brought about by sinful men
Shall now be used once more.
If you were created to save this world,
If there is a single shred of hope left for the future of mankind,
I am very sorry, but, please begone!
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Post by Akirasav »

Crona is the name of the girl with no confidence. I'm also too lazy to go to wikipedia to give a better description...
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Re: Poll: Should we change to past tense?

Post by ShadowZeroHeart »

I always though Crona is male... LOLz? I think it is a he...?

Edit:
P.S. I really would love to learn to write compositions or poems like him/her... It goes so deeply into peoples hearts LOLz!
God!!
You need not forgive me.
For those I love,
The violence brought about by sinful men
Shall now be used once more.
If you were created to save this world,
If there is a single shred of hope left for the future of mankind,
I am very sorry, but, please begone!
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