Away Team Mission: Principia Discordia Forum - Page 15

Cicero · 02-05-2009, 02:16 PM

Uuuugh. Well I am outta there. I waste too much time on the internet as it is.........I don't need to add yet, another site to the list.

It wasn't even amusing me. Except for some cellarite's posts that were pretty funny. lol!

classicman · 02-05-2009, 07:38 PM

Somebody kill me please!

lumberjim · 02-05-2009, 07:45 PM

ok....i'll be by on my way home.....

Cloud · 02-05-2009, 07:48 PM

I've been sick this week--there's a Star Trek thread and I MISSED it!

Flint · 02-05-2009, 09:11 PM

CAP'n Shittard

lumberjim · 02-05-2009, 11:17 PM

well.

it seems we received a 1 star out of 5 rating. so...it kind of blew up.

still and all......i thank them for teaching us that game. if we do it again....we'll do it better.

and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb.

flint.....can we do it to AG?

Reckoner · 02-06-2009, 01:43 AM

Also, Fuck You Kai

wolf · 02-06-2009, 03:04 AM

The Safari concept was entertaining.

I'm not into the board culture over at PD, but they seem overall to be an interesting bunch of folks.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2009, 05:14 AM

Click Click There's no place like home. Click Click

Payne · 02-06-2009, 05:58 AM

Hey hey, Payne here, from PD.

Just wanted to post a few thoughts on your safari.

I wasn't involved in the safari from PD to here, or in yours back to PD (except for posting a couple times about my WOMP work, with naturally inflated ego regarding my abilities. I'm not really THAT conceited*).

Overall, I think you guys achieved what you wanted out of it which is what's really important. The first phase reminded me terribly of our own first safari. Back then I was very much involved with them. We boarded some Canadian general discussion board as colonial-era explorers complete with pith hats and were looking for "Dr. Livingstoned". When the admin showed up, we were banned en masse.

While you weren't banned, your safari was received in much the same way as our very first.

With some hints and tips from Tiki, I think you were much more successful with your second attempt. You seemed to have fun anyway, which is the first priority. Some people refused to play along even for the second go, but that's more from a sense of 'once bitten, twice shy'. As you may have noticed if you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone.

The only thing I noticed was you seemed to be interacting with yourselves far more than with the regulars (fair enough, really. It was interacting with the natives that got you burned in phase one). Seeing as people are throwing around 'out of 5's' I'd give this overall attempt 3/5 and the second phase 4/5.

Internet Safaris can be hella fun, but the fun comes from the challenge. If you are trying to lead a bunch of people with 'authority issues' through a situation which you're trying to avoid becoming a mass boarding/trolling exercise, it can be difficult. Getting it right can pay off big time though.

Also, to give you a little background information here, there has been a bunch of paranoia and bad blood floating around PD lately. There has been at least one person sabotaging some of our projects which is totally NOT cool. If it wasn't for the slightly defensive nature generally adopted by PDers, you'd see we're normally down for any program. Not to say everyone would play along, but you'd have more people who were willing to.

I may stick around for a while to see if I actually like you guys or not, but on first impressions, I have to say you're not ALL bad.

Goodbye, and good luck!

*Okay, I am usually that conceited. I sign my name "THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MESSIAH!" after all...

P.S. I'mma post this on your thread on PD too, just cause it's a general announcement type thing.

LabRat · 02-06-2009, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fomentor

keep in mind its a fifty year old joke/religion created by a couple philosophical hippies, and most pd forum goers treat it with the appropriate level of disrespect.
for new discordian stuff see the black iron prison intermittens and other ongoing projects at pd

Cellar roving reporter at your service once again...

So, I 'read' about 1/3 of PD last night. That's all I could stand. Remember the bi-polar grad student we had in the lab years ago? It was like trying to read her lab notebook when she was ramping up to full blown mania.

Some things were interesting...some funny-ish. Pretty much a collection of a bunch of inside jokes, like if we tried to write a book about the Church of the Whale Penis while high on 'shrooms.

Meh.

Sundae · 02-06-2009, 08:06 AM

You stay here babba.
We appreciate you here.

[pulls up chair and offers choclate biscuits]

footfootfoot · 02-06-2009, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb.

Why was that dumb? Did they make fun of our foreheads?

classicman · 02-06-2009, 08:40 AM

Sorry everyone - you're stuck with me. That place was just....
not right.

Sundae · 02-06-2009, 08:43 AM

Be fair - not right for us.
I'm sure they'd find this place too slow and twee for them...

Me? It's my home and I love it.

02-05-2009, 02:16 PM	#211
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Uuuugh. Well I am outta there. I waste too much time on the internet as it is.........I don't need to add yet, another site to the list. It wasn't even amusing me. Except for some cellarite's posts that were pretty funny. lol! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

02-05-2009, 07:38 PM	#212
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Somebody kill me please! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-05-2009, 07:45 PM	#213
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ok....i'll be by on my way home..... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-05-2009, 07:48 PM	#214
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I've been sick this week--there's a Star Trek thread and I MISSED it! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-05-2009, 09:11 PM	#215
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	coming soon... CAP'n Shittard Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 02-05-2009 at 09:16 PM.

02-05-2009, 11:17 PM	#216
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	well. it seems we received a 1 star out of 5 rating. so...it kind of blew up. still and all......i thank them for teaching us that game. if we do it again....we'll do it better. and we wont use real pics of our faces....that was dumb. flint.....can we do it to AG? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-06-2009, 01:43 AM	#217
Reckoner Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6	Also, Fuck You Kai

02-06-2009, 03:04 AM	#218
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Safari concept was entertaining. I'm not into the board culture over at PD, but they seem overall to be an interesting bunch of folks. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-06-2009, 05:14 AM	#219
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Click Click There's no place like home. Click Click __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2009, 05:58 AM	#220
Payne Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3	Hey hey, Payne here, from PD. Just wanted to post a few thoughts on your safari. I wasn't involved in the safari from PD to here, or in yours back to PD (except for posting a couple times about my WOMP work, with naturally inflated ego regarding my abilities. I'm not really THAT conceited). Overall, I think you guys achieved what you wanted out of it which is what's really important. The first phase reminded me terribly of our own first safari. Back then I was very much involved with them. We boarded some Canadian general discussion board as colonial-era explorers complete with pith hats and were looking for "Dr. Livingstoned". When the admin showed up, we were banned en masse. While you weren't banned, your safari was received in much the same way as our very first. With some hints and tips from Tiki, I think you were much more successful with your second attempt. You seemed to have fun anyway, which is the first priority. Some people refused to play along even for the second go, but that's more from a sense of 'once bitten, twice shy'. As you may have noticed if you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. The only thing I noticed was you seemed to be interacting with yourselves far more than with the regulars (fair enough, really. It was interacting with the natives that got you burned in phase one). Seeing as people are throwing around 'out of 5's' I'd give this overall attempt 3/5 and the second phase 4/5. Internet Safaris can be hella fun, but the fun comes from the challenge. If you are trying to lead a bunch of people with 'authority issues' through a situation which you're trying to avoid becoming a mass boarding/trolling exercise, it can be difficult. Getting it right can pay off big time though. Also, to give you a little background information here, there has been a bunch of paranoia and bad blood floating around PD lately. There has been at least one person sabotaging some of our projects which is totally NOT cool. If it wasn't for the slightly defensive nature generally adopted by PDers, you'd see we're normally down for any program. Not to say everyone would play along, but you'd have more people who were willing to. I may stick around for a while to see if I actually like you guys or not, but on first impressions, I have to say you're not ALL bad. Goodbye, and good luck! Okay, I am usually that conceited. I sign my name "THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MESSIAH!" after all... P.S. I'mma post this on your thread on PD too, just cause it's a general announcement type thing.

02-06-2009, 08:06 AM	#222
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You stay here babba. We appreciate you here. [pulls up chair and offers choclate biscuits]

02-06-2009, 08:40 AM	#224
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sorry everyone - you're stuck with me. That place was just.... not right. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-06-2009, 08:43 AM	#225
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Be fair - not right for us. I'm sure they'd find this place too slow and twee for them... Me? It's my home and I love it. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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