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| kommy wrote: | *Chuckles, remembering* Yeah... They always seemed kind of sad and desperate. And often seemed to act very oddly.  |
sounds familiar...
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| Mystic wrote: | | *Comes bursting through a closed door with a whip and chair, clothing slightly torn in places. Then turns to whip and fend off some rather nasty looking tentacles coming through the door way* It has its ups and down like everything else. |
*raises an eyebrow* Mystic, how did you get in my refrigerator? 
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| Xebulon wrote: | | Mystic wrote: | | *Comes bursting through a closed door with a whip and chair, clothing slightly torn in places. Then turns to whip and fend off some rather nasty looking tentacles coming through the door way* It has its ups and down like everything else. |
*raises an eyebrow* Mystic, how did you get in my refrigerator? |
Your fridge? Xebulon, how did you get in my lab? And how did you mistake it for a grocer's?
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| kommy wrote: | | Xebulon wrote: | | Mystic wrote: | | *Comes bursting through a closed door with a whip and chair, clothing slightly torn in places. Then turns to whip and fend off some rather nasty looking tentacles coming through the door way* It has its ups and down like everything else. |
*raises an eyebrow* Mystic, how did you get in my refrigerator? |
Your fridge? Xebulon, how did you get in my lab? And how did you mistake it for a grocer's? |
Well, I had great idea for a mushroom and calamari quiche...
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Definitely good points, Symphony and Johnny. It's remarkable how dedication towards something can lead one to... *trails off after spotting Mystic fending off the tendrils*
*pulls out a knife and jumps into the fray* A gentleman always puts a lady's safety first. Besides, I'm curious to see if they really do taste like calamari. |
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Thank you gentlemen. *Takes a step back and adjusts her clothing a bit, trying to recover from the mess.* My stars. Perhaps we're seeing the forerunners of those Mr. Lovecraft came across. Give me a moment to search my jewelry. I think I have a cerulean charm.
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I told Cthulu this was going to happen when he stopped by, but would he listen? NOOOOOO! He is always so damn stubborn!
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...ok now i am confused whats going on here and why is Cthulu at your house Ashton..shouldn't he be at work or something....
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A: I'm saying Cthulu is what Mystic was fighting off. Or at least, I'm fairly confident it's him.
B: Cthulu and I play poker on Sundays, and yesterday was Sunday for me. (F.Y.I. He has the worst poker face)
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ok now i get it and i knew that he has a very bad poker face...i have played many rounds with him... but i tend to find the 7 gods of chaos a lot better to play with.. they have a very weird way of aning up....
now that that's cleared up whats all this forerunner stuff??? and who are the Old Ones??? they sound familiar but i cant place where
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I leave that to those who remember Mr. Lovecraft's works better than I.
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Created by Howard Phillip Lovecraft and his cadre of literary friends back in the early 1900's, the Old Ones or Great Old Ones were cosmic alien horrors that lay beyond time and space. These eldritch monsters drove certain unfortunate seekers (victims) mad with dark, whispered secrets and blaphemous visions.
The protagonists of these stories rarely (if ever) came out victorious. Often they were killed, maimed or institutionalized as the Old Ones were nearly unbeatable and too horrific for mortal minds to comprehend.
Some of the more famous beaties include Mighty Cthulhu, Azathoth, and my personal favorite... Yog Sothoth.
Lovecraft influenced such writers as Steven King and Neil Gaimon amongst many, MANY others.
Cthulhu Fthagn!! Ia Ia Yog Sothoth!!! 
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| Chaosengine wrote: | Created by Howard Phillip Lovecraft and his cadre of literary friends back in the early 1900's, the Old Ones or Great Old Ones were cosmic alien horrors that lay beyond time and space. These eldritch monsters drove certain unfortunate seekers (victims) mad with dark, whispered secrets and blaphemous visions.
The protagonists of these stories rarely (if ever) came out victorious. Often they were killed, maimed or institutionalized as the Old Ones were nearly unbeatable and too horrific for mortal minds to comprehend.
Some of the more famous beaties include Mighty Cthulhu, Azathoth, and my personal favorite... Yog Sothoth.
Lovecraft influenced such writers as Steven King and Neil Gaimon amongst many, MANY others.
Cthulhu Fthagn!! Ia Ia Yog Sothoth!!! |
Aren't Azathoth and Yog Sothoth some of the Outer Gods rather than Great Old Ones? If I remember right (it's been a while since I last read the stories, I'll have to do that again), Azathoth, Yog Sothoth, Shub Niggurath and Nyarlathotep were the major Outer Gods while Cthulu, Hastur, Yig, Ithaqua (just to name a few) were Great Old Ones.
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I had no knowledge of what was to come. Nor did I care. How the knowledge changed me, it will also change you. You, too, will come to learn fear as I have. You, too, will come to understand. Or you will perish.
I am a fan of the literary style. And the quiet horror, whispering softly in your ear as you study it, poring over many a forgotten volume of lore, appeals to me far more than gore and slasher stuff.
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((Xeb:
It really depends... a lot of Lovecraft's stuff is derivative, and his names based off dieties / demi-gods / and the like of mid-eastern lore... which, at the time, was the gauche thing to study / emulate... not to mention that old Howie does tend to blur his own lines a bit too... as if he started to believe the stuff he wrote wasn't fiction much longer.
I would have to say my favorite would be the old "Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath".)) |
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| kommy wrote: | | I had no knowledge of what was to come. Nor did I care. How the knowledge changed me, it will also change you. You, too, will come to learn fear as I have. You, too, will come to understand. Or you will perish. |
Isn't that from Eternal Darkness? I love that game!
| kommy wrote: | | I am a fan of the literary style. And the quiet horror, whispering softly in your ear as you study it, poring over many a forgotten volume of lore, appeals to me far more than gore and slasher stuff. |
The true essence of horror, rather than shock and surprise. I was actually surprised to learn how much Dan O'Bannon, the main author of Alien, had studied the nature of horror for the writing of the script.
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*chuckles* You are correct in your citation. Much of the text in that game has been burned into my mind. Pious had such a way with words. I envy him.
Horror isn't about what is, but rather about what can be. It is like the dark sibling of hope. A person can terrify themselves extrapolating an abject lesson into an infinite number of increasingly grim and hopeless scenarios.
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That's right, Xeb, although the distinction seemed to be more widely used in the Chaosium RPG than in the stories. That's not including August Derleth, who tried to classify them as elementals... that didn't go over so well.
My two favorite stories are At The Mountains of Madness and The Dream Quest of the Unknown Kadath.
Epic.
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| kommy wrote: | | *chuckles* You are correct in your citation. Much of the text in that game has been burned into my mind. Pious had such a way with words. I envy him. |
Pious, and Ulyaoth.
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*Grips his battle axe handle tightly, muscles taught, waiting for the right moment*
....as long it's not the lord of chaos, that is going to be one dead squidy....
(and it doesn't help that I'm listening to Manowar's 'Gods of War right now  )
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| kommy wrote: | | Horror isn't about what is, but rather about what can be. It is like the dark sibling of hope. |
I like that, that's going into my quote file. 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I'm just excited to find that once again, we all seem to have a good idea or some knowledge on what others consider "What the hell are you talking about?"
Everyone in the forums seems to have so much in common.
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Well, several of you do, Mystic. I, however, am in that latter category.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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*Comes running in with his copy of Arkham Horror the board game* Alright everyone, pick your detective!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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*shakes his head at Labrn* Labrn, I'm disapointed in you. No Dunwich Horror and/or King in Yellow expansion boxes?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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How 'bout Munchkin Cthulhu??
I draw Monster Whacker!!
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