From: leducblanc@aol.com (LeDucBlanc)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 18:46:28 EDT
Congratulations to our new Overlord. Hopefully we will see a nice, long reign here. I am certain that we shall see an exciting reign. It is good to see the Lord Mithmellon in a position his skill has so richly earned.
As for the actions of the former Overlord, I tend to agree that it was certainly on the sick side to make a public spectacle of her decision to end her life. However, judgement upon her mode of death is far less important than judgement upon her actions in life. Whether one liked or disliked, supported or opposed, or respected her or not was based upon her actions in life.
Frankly, casting stones at a dead woman is pointless. So is belittling her after it is too late for any insult to have any effect.
As a small observation, however, it is very sad that any individual felt that a title in what is, after all, a sport was serious enough to end one's own life over. The sport deserves respect, yes. However, I hardly think that keeping or losing a title should be a matter of life and death. Those who believe in a higher power should very probably pray for the woman's soul.
Duc Percival Marchand de Clermont
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From: aerisa@aol.com (Aerisa)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 18:47:50 EDT
And the DoS Arena slips further into a pit of callousness.
I do not condone the taking of one's life either, but that is a fact in many ancient societies. Why is that the only issue many of you seem to center on? A woman is dead! She was a caring person with friends. Even now that Tay is gone all you can do is find fault with her?
Tay, I hope your spirit finds the peace you were not allowed to have here. I will miss you. Should your shade become restless, there are plenty of heartless arses around here that need kicking.
Sorrowfully,
Aerisa Ven'Tore
Date: 11 Sep 2000 18:47:50 EDT
And the DoS Arena slips further into a pit of callousness.
I do not condone the taking of one's life either, but that is a fact in many ancient societies. Why is that the only issue many of you seem to center on? A woman is dead! She was a caring person with friends. Even now that Tay is gone all you can do is find fault with her?
Tay, I hope your spirit finds the peace you were not allowed to have here. I will miss you. Should your shade become restless, there are plenty of heartless arses around here that need kicking.
Sorrowfully,
Aerisa Ven'Tore
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From: blackdogventore@aol.com (BlackDog Ventore)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 19:07:00 EDT
::Sees the postings on the corkboard and lowers his head in disgust. Then posts a note of his own up for everyone to see: Ladies and Gentlemen of swords. This is for those of you who have decided to drag the dead through the mud. I find it truly repulsive that you can talk so negatively about someone who is no longer with us. Weather it be right or wrong what Tay did it was her choice and hers alone. I am
ashamed to see that people who claim to have honor have stooped to such a low.
Taylara Tyree, you will truly be missed by those of us who called you friend. You will be in our hearts forever
Date: 11 Sep 2000 19:07:00 EDT
::Sees the postings on the corkboard and lowers his head in disgust. Then posts a note of his own up for everyone to see: Ladies and Gentlemen of swords. This is for those of you who have decided to drag the dead through the mud. I find it truly repulsive that you can talk so negatively about someone who is no longer with us. Weather it be right or wrong what Tay did it was her choice and hers alone. I am
ashamed to see that people who claim to have honor have stooped to such a low.
Taylara Tyree, you will truly be missed by those of us who called you friend. You will be in our hearts forever
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From: flavorlessgum@aol.com (Flavorless Gum)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:03:30 EDT
::scribbles out the *anything* in his original post, grumbling::
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:03:30 EDT
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From: flavorlessgum@aol.com (Flavorless Gum)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:09:06 EDT
>
>Someone remove this idiot from the Seventh ring.
>
>Or me!
Usually I ignore anything you write, but I'll answer to this.
How many times have you been challenged when asking for one? It seems that you know you won't get challenged if you ask, and you keep asking because you don't want to get challenged.
As for insulting my intelligence, it only shows how immature and stupid you are. Must you insult other people to make yourself look good? What a moron.
Have a nice day. Or for that matter, have a nice week, considering I'll be ignoring what you write for here on out.
Dustin Manjahcapery
Baron of the Seventh Ring
Holder of the Yellow Opal, Moonberyl.
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:09:06 EDT
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>Someone remove this idiot from the Seventh ring.
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>Or me!
Usually I ignore anything you write, but I'll answer to this.
How many times have you been challenged when asking for one? It seems that you know you won't get challenged if you ask, and you keep asking because you don't want to get challenged.
As for insulting my intelligence, it only shows how immature and stupid you are. Must you insult other people to make yourself look good? What a moron.
Have a nice day. Or for that matter, have a nice week, considering I'll be ignoring what you write for here on out.
Dustin Manjahcapery
Baron of the Seventh Ring
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From: flavorlessgum@aol.com (Flavorless Gum)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:10:58 EDT
>A woman is dead!
As Gnort said, I wouldn't bet on that. I expect to see her again in about a year.
Dustin Manjahcapery
Baron of the Seventh Ring
Holder of the Yellow Opal, Moonberyl.
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:10:58 EDT
>A woman is dead!
As Gnort said, I wouldn't bet on that. I expect to see her again in about a year.
Dustin Manjahcapery
Baron of the Seventh Ring
Holder of the Yellow Opal, Moonberyl.
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From: dreystarke@aol.com (DreyStarke)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:44:42 EDT
>How many times have you been challenged when asking for one? It seems that
>you know you won't get challenged if you ask, and you keep asking because you
>don't want to get challenged.
I've been caught! Well, you really pinned the tail on the donkey there, Dusty. Might as well not challenge me, because that's my whole intent. Reverse psychology! I'll stay Baron forever, and become Senior Baron! Ha! So, anybody wanna lose to me in the ring? Come and get me! Ha!
>As for insulting my intelligence, it only shows how immature and stupid you
>are.
Lowering yourself to hypocrisy, Baron? Why, how becoming of you! Never once have you failed in obtaining the rank of dimwit. I salute you, idiot.
~ Derek
Date: 11 Sep 2000 20:44:42 EDT
>How many times have you been challenged when asking for one? It seems that
>you know you won't get challenged if you ask, and you keep asking because you
>don't want to get challenged.
I've been caught! Well, you really pinned the tail on the donkey there, Dusty. Might as well not challenge me, because that's my whole intent. Reverse psychology! I'll stay Baron forever, and become Senior Baron! Ha! So, anybody wanna lose to me in the ring? Come and get me! Ha!
>As for insulting my intelligence, it only shows how immature and stupid you
>are.
Lowering yourself to hypocrisy, Baron? Why, how becoming of you! Never once have you failed in obtaining the rank of dimwit. I salute you, idiot.
~ Derek
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From: daedragonsblade@aol.com (Dae Dragonsblade)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 21:03:23 EDT
To Whom It May Concern:
Personally, I find no fault with what Taylara did, and all of you should keep your mouths shut now. Everyone knows that I was perhaps her biggest antagonist. However, there is absolutely no point in running your mouths off now, she is dead..let her rest in peace. How hard is that to do?
On the one hand though, it is customary for some cultures to take the lives of their fallen warriors. Personally, in Dragonia it is frowned upon and argued that it upsets the Gods and Fate. A Warrior should not let feelings disrupt their work, a man once said.."So you don't have nightmares, you forget about it and move on.". However, one custom need not override another.
The only thing that upsets me about Taylara killing herself is that she left her children behind..That is truly the saddening part.
~Daelin Dragonsblade
~XXXIX Overlord of the Duel of Swords
~Defender of the Blue Opal, IceDancer
Date: 11 Sep 2000 21:03:23 EDT
To Whom It May Concern:
Personally, I find no fault with what Taylara did, and all of you should keep your mouths shut now. Everyone knows that I was perhaps her biggest antagonist. However, there is absolutely no point in running your mouths off now, she is dead..let her rest in peace. How hard is that to do?
On the one hand though, it is customary for some cultures to take the lives of their fallen warriors. Personally, in Dragonia it is frowned upon and argued that it upsets the Gods and Fate. A Warrior should not let feelings disrupt their work, a man once said.."So you don't have nightmares, you forget about it and move on.". However, one custom need not override another.
The only thing that upsets me about Taylara killing herself is that she left her children behind..That is truly the saddening part.
~Daelin Dragonsblade
~XXXIX Overlord of the Duel of Swords
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From: casmaxim@aol.com (Cas Maxim)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 22:02:50 EDT
Hey, now that we have all the insulting and condemning out of our systems, I wonder if anyone's gonna take note of Daegarth's banishing all Barons to Renegade.
Cassius Gaius Maximius
Date: 11 Sep 2000 22:02:50 EDT
Hey, now that we have all the insulting and condemning out of our systems, I wonder if anyone's gonna take note of Daegarth's banishing all Barons to Renegade.
Cassius Gaius Maximius
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From: ianmackenzie@aol.com (Ian MacKenzie)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:30:45 EDT
"I wonder if anyone's gonna take note of Daegarth's banishing all Barons to Renegade."
Why should we? It's not as though this was a novel concept. Lord Mithmellon clearly prefers that his Barons stand on their own, as he has aptly demonstrated in the past. This should have come as no surprise.
On an only tangentially-related note, should you hear sounds of explosions, gunfire, and/or shattering porcelain from the northwest, it's merely Sidartha and I arguing over the fitness of our new Overlord. Pay it no mind.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:30:45 EDT
"I wonder if anyone's gonna take note of Daegarth's banishing all Barons to Renegade."
Why should we? It's not as though this was a novel concept. Lord Mithmellon clearly prefers that his Barons stand on their own, as he has aptly demonstrated in the past. This should have come as no surprise.
On an only tangentially-related note, should you hear sounds of explosions, gunfire, and/or shattering porcelain from the northwest, it's merely Sidartha and I arguing over the fitness of our new Overlord. Pay it no mind.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
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From: quickvarmg@aol.com (QuickVarMG)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:38:37 EDT
When you ask that your head be chopped off in front of spectators, then that is sick. If you wish to consider my opinion of the act to be a bash at Tay, so be it.
You want to do a ritual suicide, that's your problem. However, don't try to make it our problem by doing it in front of everyone. That is sick to intentionally get people worked up in such a way.
Var Medici-Giovanni
Proud Father, Proud Husband
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:38:37 EDT
When you ask that your head be chopped off in front of spectators, then that is sick. If you wish to consider my opinion of the act to be a bash at Tay, so be it.
You want to do a ritual suicide, that's your problem. However, don't try to make it our problem by doing it in front of everyone. That is sick to intentionally get people worked up in such a way.
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From: ianmackenzie@aol.com (Ian MacKenzie)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:46:27 EDT
"You want to do a ritual suicide, that's your problem. However, don't try to make it our problem by doing it in front of everyone. That is sick to intentionally get people worked up in such a way."
Far be it from me to agree with Var, but the simple truth is that in any conversation I've had on the matter of seppuku with anyone who'd know a damned thing about it, one thing has been patently clear.
It's not something you do for the benefit of spectators, nor is it something which is performed in a hasty manner immediately following dishonor. It's done in private, after meditation and preparation.
Honored Miyamoto-san, I fear I must question why you would take part in such a spectacle, when the manner of its execution flies in the face of what I know of the Code of Bushido.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:46:27 EDT
"You want to do a ritual suicide, that's your problem. However, don't try to make it our problem by doing it in front of everyone. That is sick to intentionally get people worked up in such a way."
Far be it from me to agree with Var, but the simple truth is that in any conversation I've had on the matter of seppuku with anyone who'd know a damned thing about it, one thing has been patently clear.
It's not something you do for the benefit of spectators, nor is it something which is performed in a hasty manner immediately following dishonor. It's done in private, after meditation and preparation.
Honored Miyamoto-san, I fear I must question why you would take part in such a spectacle, when the manner of its execution flies in the face of what I know of the Code of Bushido.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
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From: casmaxim@aol.com (Cas Maxim)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:48:12 EDT
>
>Why should we? It's not as though this was a novel concept. Lord Mithmellon
>clearly prefers that his Barons stand on their own, as he has aptly
>demonstrated in the past. This should have come as no surprise.
Not agreeing with or debating the wisdom of it, Ian. Just merely giving the people a new topic instead of fixating on the Taylara suicide. Yes, it was cowardice, but it's done now and there's no reason to kick the dead.
Cassius Gaius Maximius
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:48:12 EDT
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>Why should we? It's not as though this was a novel concept. Lord Mithmellon
>clearly prefers that his Barons stand on their own, as he has aptly
>demonstrated in the past. This should have come as no surprise.
Not agreeing with or debating the wisdom of it, Ian. Just merely giving the people a new topic instead of fixating on the Taylara suicide. Yes, it was cowardice, but it's done now and there's no reason to kick the dead.
Cassius Gaius Maximius
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From: ianmackenzie@aol.com (Ian MacKenzie)
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:54:31 EDT
"Yes, it was cowardice, but it's done now and there's no reason to kick the dead."
Again... why? It certainly never stopped people from spitting on graves when far more worthwhile beings have been slain.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:54:31 EDT
"Yes, it was cowardice, but it's done now and there's no reason to kick the dead."
Again... why? It certainly never stopped people from spitting on graves when far more worthwhile beings have been slain.
Regards,
Ian Rex.
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From: jakvaltrds@aol.com (Jakvaltrds)
Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:56:20 EDT
::reads the pile with his usual indifference. A nod here, a grunt there, seeing the lack of repspect shown as is the norm, he strokes the grey streaked red beard a moment then jots a line or two::
Garth,
a fine win and finer first act!
Sid, there is but one I know of that has given their life in the ring( perhaps before I came there was another? ), and it wasn't Ar Daumon.
If I recall correctly, he was wisked away and died elsewhere.
The one of which I speak is the lass, Prudence. She sacrificed her all to assure the asses braying upon this cork a continuation of Gondar's Ward through her duel,and the Cleric's sacrifice.
I would not put the self serving actions of your former lover in the same league as Pru, (not that you did) As for the lady Taylara Locklorn Tyree, she is was one of five females to achieve such a distinct title, and I believe there is much jealousy being emmitted from those whose aspiriations for the crown fell short.
These hateful attacks upon a dead woman, are as senseless as the cheap snipes, made within the confines of the arena, when she was not there to defend herself. Perhaps a greater act of cowardice than ending ones own life?
As for the 7th's holder and his bleeting, seven has a pleasant ring to it, I believe I might have to send a private message to its bearer this eve.
Simply,
Seamus
::a quick perusal of the letter before tacking it to the stack then he slips out to make arrangements for the ladies remains and property::
Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:56:20 EDT
::reads the pile with his usual indifference. A nod here, a grunt there, seeing the lack of repspect shown as is the norm, he strokes the grey streaked red beard a moment then jots a line or two::
Garth,
a fine win and finer first act!
Sid, there is but one I know of that has given their life in the ring( perhaps before I came there was another? ), and it wasn't Ar Daumon.
If I recall correctly, he was wisked away and died elsewhere.
The one of which I speak is the lass, Prudence. She sacrificed her all to assure the asses braying upon this cork a continuation of Gondar's Ward through her duel,and the Cleric's sacrifice.
I would not put the self serving actions of your former lover in the same league as Pru, (not that you did) As for the lady Taylara Locklorn Tyree, she is was one of five females to achieve such a distinct title, and I believe there is much jealousy being emmitted from those whose aspiriations for the crown fell short.
These hateful attacks upon a dead woman, are as senseless as the cheap snipes, made within the confines of the arena, when she was not there to defend herself. Perhaps a greater act of cowardice than ending ones own life?
As for the 7th's holder and his bleeting, seven has a pleasant ring to it, I believe I might have to send a private message to its bearer this eve.
Simply,
Seamus
::a quick perusal of the letter before tacking it to the stack then he slips out to make arrangements for the ladies remains and property::