From: xvevan@aol.com (XvEvan)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:09:51 EDT
Evan walks up to the boards, enraged and pissed. Looking the boards over hard and long, he starts tearing down every post that started a verbal fight, excluding a few well done cases on the Overlord/Huma challenge and "good posts" such as wedding dates and challenge dates, etc. After ripping down half the posts on the DoS boards, he sets daggers in the four corners of the large paper which he has already pressed to the boards, making sure it
won't be coming down soon. Then, he *quickly* pens up a little something.
DoS:
"One after another. Following a line of events ... the respected (most) old (old being loosely defined) duelers of this sport leave to go on to other things."
What does that leave for the younger duelers? So what if we aren't 30-60 in human years. This is *YOUR* sport too. You know, all those records that the past duelers have set don't mean jack if there is no one out there to care about them? If DoS goes to hell in a hand basket, do you not care? That is like cutting off your limbs and saying you don't need them. But, I am not going to say
anymore on the issue of duelers leaving this sport because it has gone to hell, they can't handle it, or these aren't the golden years. I will tell you this. We are the only ones who will keep your memories. Remember that well ...
Helix Deverrey Girvin
Huma Dragonbane
Colleen MacLeod Lasher
Avery Shiv Blade
Taylara Locklorn Tyree-Koei
Lupton est Dracoern
Rand al'Tan
Baphelocutis est Lathadoscia
Billy Ray
Kap
Xenograg kathu-Darelir
~The Nameless Dueler~
Need I go on?
-Evan Rush Rynth ::Evan makes sure his name is more than seen then cocks his head to the side bringing a large piece of phloem into his mouth and ejecting it towards the ground. Simply walks away.::
TO: THE OLD THE NEW THE BARONS THE OVERLORD THE RDI'S AND PE
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From: kirahknot@aol.com (Kira Hknot)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:31:45 EDT
The wee little kender returns to town. She stops by the board where lots of papers and other things are tacked up. Her eyes twinkle brightly as she spots four knives holding a piece of paper up. After a quick glance around, noting that no one is watching, Kira's little hands tug the daggers out of the board. Placing each into her pocket as she reaches for the next. As the last dagger is
tugged free, the paper falls to the ground, totally unnoticed by Kira. Giggling madly, she makes her way into the dueling house.
Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:31:45 EDT
The wee little kender returns to town. She stops by the board where lots of papers and other things are tacked up. Her eyes twinkle brightly as she spots four knives holding a piece of paper up. After a quick glance around, noting that no one is watching, Kira's little hands tug the daggers out of the board. Placing each into her pocket as she reaches for the next. As the last dagger is
tugged free, the paper falls to the ground, totally unnoticed by Kira. Giggling madly, she makes her way into the dueling house.
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From: cygnetsera@aol.com (CygnetSera)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:52:39 EDT
As the seraph passes the boards, she notices a large paper on the floor, a very bold signature upon the bottom.
Seeing the obvious marks where it was once tacked to the ancient board, the angel places it back in place with a single feather, but much higher up, near the very top of the board.
Glancing at the words, she blinks.
"My, Evan has a bold pen.", grining as she vanishes in a soft aura of celestial light, hoping a breeze doesn't blow the note off.
Date: 22 Oct 1998 20:52:39 EDT
As the seraph passes the boards, she notices a large paper on the floor, a very bold signature upon the bottom.
Seeing the obvious marks where it was once tacked to the ancient board, the angel places it back in place with a single feather, but much higher up, near the very top of the board.
Glancing at the words, she blinks.
"My, Evan has a bold pen.", grining as she vanishes in a soft aura of celestial light, hoping a breeze doesn't blow the note off.
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From: drakewyni@aol.com (Drakewyn I)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:32:18 EDT
::Picking the paper up from the ground, she replaces it upon the board, a small spell whispered to hold it there... and she pens a few more names below...::
The Bishop
Karen Wilder
Buffy Winters
Tigger
Elijah
Athlstan
Ford Prefect
Adeena Maenax
Falon
Amaltea kathu-Darelir
Brian Girvin
There are others, I know... Who will help me add to this list?
Lady Drake, aka the Gryphon
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:32:18 EDT
::Picking the paper up from the ground, she replaces it upon the board, a small spell whispered to hold it there... and she pens a few more names below...::
The Bishop
Karen Wilder
Buffy Winters
Tigger
Elijah
Athlstan
Ford Prefect
Adeena Maenax
Falon
Amaltea kathu-Darelir
Brian Girvin
There are others, I know... Who will help me add to this list?
Lady Drake, aka the Gryphon
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From: leducblanc@aol.com (LeDucBlanc)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:40:20 EDT
I have a few names.
Suzielle
Binzo
Vernick
Ellisa Morgan
Yasafel
Alkron Goldensword
Percy
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:40:20 EDT
I have a few names.
Suzielle
Binzo
Vernick
Ellisa Morgan
Yasafel
Alkron Goldensword
Percy
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From: cygnetsera@aol.com (CygnetSera)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:50:27 EDT
6 names are added to the list:
FantasyRC
Harkur
Gloin
Siera Redwin
Falire
Phylos
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:50:27 EDT
6 names are added to the list:
FantasyRC
Harkur
Gloin
Siera Redwin
Falire
Phylos
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From: rlupton@aol.com (RLupton)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:59:53 EDT
Procyonn
Falon
Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez
The Doctor
The Keeper
Alec Damron, the Black Knight
Duke Leto of Covington
Hadar Dule
Kairee
Feadur, the Dark Elf
Beka Cavish
Connor MacLeod
Sir Galar
Samleanus
BINZO
Rand Reborn
Ellisa Morgan
Date: 22 Oct 1998 21:59:53 EDT
Procyonn
Falon
Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez
The Doctor
The Keeper
Alec Damron, the Black Knight
Duke Leto of Covington
Hadar Dule
Kairee
Feadur, the Dark Elf
Beka Cavish
Connor MacLeod
Sir Galar
Samleanus
BINZO
Rand Reborn
Ellisa Morgan
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From: sidarthae@aol.com (Sidartha E)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 22:01:58 EDT
And a few more:
Stephano de Fortenza
MadMadMax
JSVR
ME! (just kidding, we all need the humor)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 22:01:58 EDT
And a few more:
Stephano de Fortenza
MadMadMax
JSVR
ME! (just kidding, we all need the humor)
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From: mizliiy@aol.com (Miz LiIy)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 22:31:53 EDT
Percy-
I beg to differ about Monsieur Goldensword. I do believe he lurks in the shadows and will soon make an entrance. But that's just me and my silly assumptions. Buddah knows I miss him.
-Lily
Date: 22 Oct 1998 22:31:53 EDT
Percy-
I beg to differ about Monsieur Goldensword. I do believe he lurks in the shadows and will soon make an entrance. But that's just me and my silly assumptions. Buddah knows I miss him.
-Lily
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From: kenman9696@aol.com (Kenman9696)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:04:47 EDT
Yeah....
I always liked Anthonny....Nova Grey Shadow (poor guy)....I'm not sure if Aja is around, because I saw her not that long ago, but she's waaaay up there on my list of people who deserve respect let's see.... i haven't seen Baphe in a while, if my memory serves me right, he up and left... I guess I need to pay more attention, then I'd be able to think of more.
Hi,
Ken
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:04:47 EDT
Yeah....
I always liked Anthonny....Nova Grey Shadow (poor guy)....I'm not sure if Aja is around, because I saw her not that long ago, but she's waaaay up there on my list of people who deserve respect let's see.... i haven't seen Baphe in a while, if my memory serves me right, he up and left... I guess I need to pay more attention, then I'd be able to think of more.
Hi,
Ken
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From: occurs@aol.com (Occurs)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:28:31 EDT
::Looks up:: Morte, ya help me wi' this note, I want it ta be clear if ya nae mind?
::Morte wanders over and carefully corrects her usual bad grammer::
Evan,
This be a simple note. We are a Community. So what is a Community? It be a group of people who find acceptance with each other. We have all felt left out, as if a group was gathered with their backs turned ta us. But here in ta DoS, we strive ta include each other for we are all branded with the same passion: A love for dueling.
Your list brought back memories, a few smiles, a few tears - alot of laughter. Mayhaps some be angry when they left ta DoS, but I know that most went on ta other matters, other things that brought them more joy. It will be ta way of things for always Evan. It be ta way of the world.
So Evan, methinks ta solution is ta nae mourn those that have passed before us, but ta celebrate them. And in their memory mayhaps we all should open our hearts ta someone we would nae usually even acknowledge. Say hello, offer someone ya nae usually talk ta a chance ta sit and chew ta fat. I think ya find some suprises when ya do. I do.
Furthermore, we should take a bit of time ta enjoy each other. Our differences make us strong, make us think, challenge our strategies.
There be much I miss about ta "old days", (a few young ones declare that I fit ta bill - though I remember clearly when me and ta G and ta Prin and our crowd be considered ta babies) but as much as I miss them, I find much ta celebrate in ta DoS community taday. Ya be one of ta things ta celebrate Evan.
Thank ya Evan an' everra one for reminding us all of ta wonderful people who hae sweated and bled in these rings.
Summer
And some have come back from time ta time. Many missed ta old fire. They found it changed, as ta DoS Community be alive and constantly brewing with new people, new ideas.
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:28:31 EDT
::Looks up:: Morte, ya help me wi' this note, I want it ta be clear if ya nae mind?
::Morte wanders over and carefully corrects her usual bad grammer::
Evan,
This be a simple note. We are a Community. So what is a Community? It be a group of people who find acceptance with each other. We have all felt left out, as if a group was gathered with their backs turned ta us. But here in ta DoS, we strive ta include each other for we are all branded with the same passion: A love for dueling.
Your list brought back memories, a few smiles, a few tears - alot of laughter. Mayhaps some be angry when they left ta DoS, but I know that most went on ta other matters, other things that brought them more joy. It will be ta way of things for always Evan. It be ta way of the world.
So Evan, methinks ta solution is ta nae mourn those that have passed before us, but ta celebrate them. And in their memory mayhaps we all should open our hearts ta someone we would nae usually even acknowledge. Say hello, offer someone ya nae usually talk ta a chance ta sit and chew ta fat. I think ya find some suprises when ya do. I do.
Furthermore, we should take a bit of time ta enjoy each other. Our differences make us strong, make us think, challenge our strategies.
There be much I miss about ta "old days", (a few young ones declare that I fit ta bill - though I remember clearly when me and ta G and ta Prin and our crowd be considered ta babies) but as much as I miss them, I find much ta celebrate in ta DoS community taday. Ya be one of ta things ta celebrate Evan.
Thank ya Evan an' everra one for reminding us all of ta wonderful people who hae sweated and bled in these rings.
Summer
And some have come back from time ta time. Many missed ta old fire. They found it changed, as ta DoS Community be alive and constantly brewing with new people, new ideas.
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From: rixfavre@aol.com (Rix Favre)
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:31:11 EDT
That is quite enough.
You (the generalized sense) all think everyone is leaving because the Duel of Swords is moving in a downward spiral. You all think that because of this, we are only going to continue falling.
Bull--::the remainder of the word, having been penned by an angry hnd, is difficult to read::
Suck it up, dammit. People leave for their own reasons, not necissarily the ones you think they are. I know from experience. Get your heads out of the past.
There are no "good old days". There was no "golden age". The moment you are living in now is what you make of it. If you want to make it a time where you whine and cry about people that have left, go ahead. Myself, I am going to keep doing what I've done for more than a few years. I am going to duel.
I remember most, if not all of the faces associated with the names. Hell, I know more. But I'll be damned if I start getting nostalic and wishing they all came back. They are gone. I am going to live wih that fact.
My point? I don't really know. Honor the past, sure. But don't forget to create a history of your own. Make your own name so down the line, when more weepy and nostalgic people think about the "good ol' days" and liken it to now and start writing names down, you'll be there.
I'll be there. I'll also be rolling my eyes at them as I am at everyone now.
-Rix
I don't need to make sense. I'm old, dammit!
Date: 22 Oct 1998 23:31:11 EDT
That is quite enough.
You (the generalized sense) all think everyone is leaving because the Duel of Swords is moving in a downward spiral. You all think that because of this, we are only going to continue falling.
Bull--::the remainder of the word, having been penned by an angry hnd, is difficult to read::
Suck it up, dammit. People leave for their own reasons, not necissarily the ones you think they are. I know from experience. Get your heads out of the past.
There are no "good old days". There was no "golden age". The moment you are living in now is what you make of it. If you want to make it a time where you whine and cry about people that have left, go ahead. Myself, I am going to keep doing what I've done for more than a few years. I am going to duel.
I remember most, if not all of the faces associated with the names. Hell, I know more. But I'll be damned if I start getting nostalic and wishing they all came back. They are gone. I am going to live wih that fact.
My point? I don't really know. Honor the past, sure. But don't forget to create a history of your own. Make your own name so down the line, when more weepy and nostalgic people think about the "good ol' days" and liken it to now and start writing names down, you'll be there.
I'll be there. I'll also be rolling my eyes at them as I am at everyone now.
-Rix
I don't need to make sense. I'm old, dammit!
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From: khrystawlf@aol.com (KhrystaWlf)
Date: 23 Oct 1998 00:10:16 EDT
::reads Summer's note and remember's being one of the *Babies* of the DoS as well not all that long ago...... Strange, now she's considered one of the *Old Timers* by most::
Date: 23 Oct 1998 00:10:16 EDT
::reads Summer's note and remember's being one of the *Babies* of the DoS as well not all that long ago...... Strange, now she's considered one of the *Old Timers* by most::
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From: gimmzak@aol.com (Gimmzak)
Date: 23 Oct 1998 02:17:20 EDT
Well said Rix
It's about time someone stood up and said something. All we hear about is the past. Like Rix said, honor the past....don't live in it.
How can there be a future if everyone is always thinking of the past..Now is *our* time. The ones that left, the ones from the past, their time is over. Respect and honor them, but guys, don't beat a dead horse.
Gim
Date: 23 Oct 1998 02:17:20 EDT
Well said Rix
It's about time someone stood up and said something. All we hear about is the past. Like Rix said, honor the past....don't live in it.
How can there be a future if everyone is always thinking of the past..Now is *our* time. The ones that left, the ones from the past, their time is over. Respect and honor them, but guys, don't beat a dead horse.
Gim
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From: taylara@aol.com (Taylara)
Date: 23 Oct 1998 02:52:56 EDT
::Reads the note tacked to the board::
Excuse me, but here I stand Evan. I took a break after the loss of my husband, is that not allowed? I have not *run* anywhere, lest you get your facts straight!
Taylara Locklorn Tyree~Koei
Date: 23 Oct 1998 02:52:56 EDT
::Reads the note tacked to the board::
Excuse me, but here I stand Evan. I took a break after the loss of my husband, is that not allowed? I have not *run* anywhere, lest you get your facts straight!
Taylara Locklorn Tyree~Koei