oohhh now im thinking about a ferengi warship... i could have stolen it from a ferengi i killed in a bar fight! oooo im thinking up my bio now

Hmm, if it could be a queue load issue, maybe I'd be better off bringing my Ferengi alt in his D'Kora. The line between "pirate" and "shady merchant" is rather blurry anyway because deep down, everyone's a Ferengi. (284th Rule of Acquisition)

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My only toon with Mirror boats is a KDF Romulan. Is cross-faction going to be possible, or no?


_{PS: I had forgotten my Klingon also has one Mirror boat. Obviously the same question applies.}

Sure you can show up as as KDF.. but as I said in the OP.. from last years Reflection day, I noticed we did have some trouble getting the KDF into some queues with us with the bigger 20 player maps we choose so we could all play together, and it caused some things to slow down to fix the problems/find solutions.

Maybe I can send you a fed mirror ship? or have you got a Risa ship.. or an event ship you think would suit a space pirate/bounty hunter.. that you could build up?

But of course its completely up to you, if you want to come as KDF by all means, do so :) but some queues that are planned you may have to sit out if its cool with you.

My only toon with Mirror boats is a KDF Romulan. Is cross-faction going to be possible, or no?


_{PS: I had forgotten my Klingon also has one Mirror boat. Obviously the same question applies.}

Looks awesome! I have to work Saturday but I'll be there for Sunday. :)

Awesome!!! :woohoo: I need to find a mirror ship, once i find out what one is..... maybe mine already is one?

I don't mind it that much, but I truly despise when someone wants to ax me a question. There's no need for such violence.

Yeah sucks only 15 people per fleet on that game. :( glad someones keeping with the naming thing. :p

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I have to admit being guilty of starting sentences with "So". That being said, I use it more in a text message or IM context than I do when writing emails or any business document. I find it more conversational.

Here are a few others:
The trailing "so" in conversation drives me bonkers. For example (and a poor one at that) - "I really have to get to the store and buy groceries...so....." It's as if it's up to the listener to finish the sentence or statement themselves.

Conversationally, starting a sentence with "I mean" when used prior to any other statement being offered that the speaker needs to clarify, also drives me loopy - "I mean, I really have to get to the store and buy groceries...so...".

Not using adverbs correctly. It's not "You need to eat healthy." It's "You need to eat healthily." It's not "I need to drive quick". It's "I need to drive quickly". My SigO and I have taken to yelling "ly" at the t.v. when we're watching shows and the dialogue doesn't use adverbs correct. Heheheheheheheheh...(correctLY).

Lastly, and this is more of a societal issue that I think television and film could be much better at doing - saying please and thank-you. When you next watch t.v. pay attention to how many missed opportunities there are for saying please and thank-you when characters interact. It starts to play an integral part in the way that the rest of society interacts with each other and being polite seems to have fallen off the radar.

Thanks for letting me rant. LOL!

Pet Peevers unite!!! Now all we need is a trademark, servicemark, a logo, and some people to make fun of. :-)

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1) I actually mentioned the overuse of the word "So" when people begin and end their sentences just last week at work. It's a horribly overused thing, especially the people from our corporate office in Pittsburgh. "So I talked to John, and when we were done the takeaway was for me to ask someone else. So..." yeah, so..... what? So then I went and baked a cake, bought a car, quit, ... , what?

This is exactly what I mean! :P
Im hoping that people will notice this now that we've brought it up.

Here are 3 things that have been on my radar:

1) I actually mentioned the overuse of the word "So" when people begin and end their sentences just last week at work. It's a horribly overused thing, especially the people from our corporate office in Pittsburgh. "So I talked to John, and when we were done the takeaway was for me to ask someone else. So..." yeah, so..... what? So then I went and baked a cake, bought a car, quit, ... , what?

2) My personal peeve is the word 'basically'. I detest it. There's no use for it. If you combine it with the word "so" it's even more annoying. "Basically what it means is that you need to paint it with 2 coats and not 1." Ok, do I basically have to do that or do I really need to? It's like the person's trying to do you a favor by making it sound simpler or that there's more info he/she knows but isn't sharing. Just tell me what it is.

3) Not a peeve of mine but I notice it all the time. When a person uses the word "they" to try and convey a singular form of a pronoun instead of using he, she, or he/she. Although it's somewhat grammatically acceptable, it is just stupid. You can google "singular they" and find a lot of stuff about it. It just makes me think the person is lazy. "A person needs to vote their conscience." It just sounds so much better as "A person needs to vote his or her conscience."

3) Anybody named after a country.

Sounds awesome! Looks like a good set of books for when I'm on the road for work.

So, among the many things that I enjoy doing one of them is writing. I actually wrote a fantasy novel with a friend of mine and made it into an ebook. Now, be forewarned, it is two indie authors who just write for fun so there are bound to be some formatting and grammar errors. Try as we might we just can't seem to catch them all. Anyways, its a fantasy series that follows the exploits of a young prince in a made up world called Aldara. We've turned it into a trilogy and the first two books are up on Amazon and Smashwords right now. I'll put the links below. Enjoy!

1st Book in the series: Legends of Aldara: Omens
https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Aldara-Omens-Taryn-Gilliland-ebook/dp/B0175RDF70/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472182752&sr=8-1&keywords=Legends+of+Aldara+Omens

2nd Book in the series: Legends of Aldara: Birthright
https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Aldara-Birthright-Matthew-Burkey-ebook/dp/B01KUIG8MK/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1472182752&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=Legends+of+Aldara+Omens

Awesome! Looking forward to it. :woohoo:

Looks great!

Sadly I will not be able to participate on Saturday due to work :(
But count me in for Sunday! :woohoo:

I LOVED Reflection Day last year, and I'm super excited for it again this year! Unfortunately, I'm working throughout the weekend, but I'm almost considering asking for a day off to join you all!

Gareth, you and your department's events are always so awesome - can't wait to partake in some of the fun!

:woohoo: Yay I can't wait... Now I need to find a mirror ship lol... See you there!

Hey Gareth! It is always very funny what you come up with. Your awareness is great, and I think I can offer a theory for your perception.

Indeed there is a little increase in the use of confirmation words like "so" or "thus" in the last ten years or so. As I am a media business manager, I noticed that news and advertisements changed in the last few years, and I think it comes with a phenomenon called "negativity bias". Which means, in short, that news and media prefer bad news over good ones, because the audiance reacts more to them than otherwise. IMO that process speeded up since 9.11.

If you want to get deeper into this topic, here is a link:
Psychology: Why bad news dominate the headlines (from BBC)
Please note how often the author starts his sentences with "so" to make a conclusion. (lol)

I was trying to play a two player game with one player, simultaneously, it is a fair bit trickier to get the hang of not onky up and down, but rotation and... For lack of a better term, swinging.

Add that to simultaneous self two player and it is not the easiest to wrangle.

Besides, it is a more, short, slightly humorous video because of the nature of it.