Oh, don't do that Draug. You won't be as easy to wind up if you tone things down.
I'll be sad. *bambi eyes*

Thanks Parallel. :-)

You haven't slammed me yet Draug!
I'm waiting....

Oh my God! I overlooked OMGNSO! Hmmm... Maybe that WAS the slam. I only tend to provoke the people I like. <big grin> Hehehehehe...

I think you called me a fucking retard or something equivalent once. I thought it was funny but nothing you've ever said has offended me.

can't really remember any really offensive posts from you.

the only thing I faintly remember was your silly misconception that deaf people can steal your secrets from the opposite corner of the room by lipreading

haha, who am I to get angry at every misconception I come across ?

@Akroma - The person the with knowledge and ability to inform them ^_^

Hey, Akroma I intend on starting a community VLOG within a couple weeks utilizing youtube for Deaf/Hearing people to form discussions similar to forums except more accessible to both types of people. I will be signing/talking aka sim com which is how I grew up but will have subtitles so hearing/Deaf individual can catch the things I didn't portray well to one or the other. If you have any dynamics input I'd be happy to hear it.

I don't have much experience with video blog (if a VLOG is what I think it is), but from what I have learned, you should do the signing first, and put the speech over it later.

the grammer of both languages is too different, and trying to do both at the same time is probably not easy, like saying two different things at the same time.


subtitles are useful too


though, if you just want to blog, I'd say there is no need to make such an effort. Just write. Deaf people who don't bother learning written languages are just lazy and uneducated, I hate the excuse "but I think in a different language".



(on a different note, why blog anyway ? Aren't diaries supposed to be private?)

in fact, since you will be signing on ASL, I insist on subtitles

There are 58 references to "Ghost" in your posts Draugnar, and I'm shocked and insulted by the fact that you have always been a perfect gentlemen to me, even when up to your eyeballs in medication.

Your a Mod, Ghostie, and manage the Leagues (and now the Masters Tourney). Ofending you could make my "career" as an armchair general very short-lived. :-)

@Akroma - not all blogs are "diary" type journals. Some are there to provide assistance should someone else come across a similar problem. I get some of my best solutions to tricky problems working around inherent issues in .Net off of blogs.

But even pre-dating that your civil!

his civil?

:)

LOL, hibikiss. Always the pedant. (So am I, so no offense intended).

Thanks Ghost. So, I guess I haven't totally offended everyone and only a little more than 50% of y'all hate me. :-)

I'm offended by your obession of dingleberry. If you are gay, it's ok - but don't live a lie on the forum. That is offensive.

Well, every superhero has an obsession for/against his nemesis. Superman has Lex Luthor, Batman has the Joker, Professor X has Magneto, I have Dingleberry Jones. :-P

I'm offended that I have not yet been offended by you. Granted, I've yet to play in a game w/ you, but that is irrelevant to my offense.

@Akroma - I believe you missed the point and I'll disregard your ignorance regarding a Deaf individual's ability to read or write.
It isn't a "diary" I hope that it will becomes a community discussion medium where we can do things such as debate that statement I'm disregarding :P

Secondly I'm well aware that it is two languages and becomes a pidgin when done at once like Cajun and other types. That is why I'm adding subtitles, like I said, for the things I miss in either or both languages. Somethings are better explained via one or the other so I will have focus on one or the other. Yes I will have spurts of ASL, it is mostly SIM com because that is the most natural method of communication for me.

are you calling yourself a superhero Draugnar because thats fucking arrogant

Poor Draugner thinks he's a super hero.......

You're only a superhero? I'm a freaking god man. Get in line.

Should I create a similar topic as well? :P

You don't offend me hellalt, despite what you might think. I actually think you're pretty funny and cute at times. But you hate me with a flaming passion, so I don't think there's much chance of us being friends. :-(

Would You like to be my girlfriend rlumley?

Draug Queen yes, superhero....not.

I've never played against Draugnar either, another error that I hope to correct relatively soon.
Nor have I been offended by him:p

ugh Draugnar...

*reaches for the rum bottle*

Yes hellalt. Will you pay for my sex change surgery?

Ahh, Draug. I forget:

Have we tangled?

I'm pretty sure you have. Aren't you diplofool?

Or maybe I'm remembering incorrectly... Wasn't there a scandal about that?

Nope. I'm not remembering wrong.

http://www.webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=437317

I have yet to play in a game with Draugnar. I wonder how that will turn out. But seriously, you guys are being very harsh with him, my opinion not being influenced by the fact that he hasn't offended me. I'm just saying.

I was Turkey, Draugnar was Italy - he delivered one of the smoothest and swiftest executed Stabs against me ever - worthy of a top class bull-fighter!
In view of that, I am amazed why by now he only has so few points behind his name? By rights I expected him to have had a couple of thousand already.... He, he!!! LOL :-))

Thanks Pantalone. I had several hundred at one point and played a huge WTA (and lost) so started back at 100. Since then, I've stuck with small pots and I tend to draw a lot.

@Sayo

please don't misunderstand me. I am not saying anything about the Deaf not being able to read and write (I mean, would I play diplomacy if I couldn't?)

what I am saying that I dislike the excuse "different language, don't think like that, etc" coming from everyone the very moment they have a hard time understanding or formulating a sentence.
I've seen you use that excuse on the forum before, and really, what's the point of that ?

take a look at deaf forums. some of the people there have the most horrid written english in existance (and from what I have seen, they are nothing compared to german forums, where the grammar is even worse).

I work hard to write in proper english and proper german, and dislike excuses like that.
On forums, you have more than enough time to double-check what you have written, or to re-read what someone else wrote.

You say that signing and talking at the same time makes it more accessible to both sides, but I think it's no good.
The more often and the more casualy your work with english, the better it gets.
In school, my english was bad. Then I discovered the internet and started chatting with people on english, and here you go, my grammer is ( most of the time) easily understandable and I only make few mistakes.


but whatever, it's just my opinion, and I know well enough that most don't share it

I can tell you are German, though, Akroma. No capiltalization at the beginning of sentences (english rules require it) most of the time. Your nouns are always capitalized (only proper nouns and the singular pronoun "I" in english), and there are a few misspellings that aren't just apparent typos (grammar, not grammer and existence, not existance, for example).

But your english is better than my german. I can barely order a meal or talk to a desk clerk at a hotel. I read it OK, but spoken/written... That's an entirely different story. Thankfully, most of Germany's travel-related and tourism industries (including the touristy restaurants) speak english as well, but I always try to read the german menu and order it in the native tongue so that I can order a meal when I'm in a smaller restaurant the locals frequent.

Just be yourself & true to yourself Draugnar, although i suspect that "you are not the messiah, just a naughty boy" i got in plenty of strife & wiped out in a game for critcising a duplicitous pommy in a forum, but went out and surf'd a perfect day at one of my favourite breaks. I suppose the notion that i was enjoyin' something most poor pommies stuck in the grime & squalor of their daily existence rarely experience & can only dream about put things in a better perspective for me, & "her indoors" came around & slay'd me with a spectacular performance, and then i had a dream featurin' an idyllic vision of Countess Tilly & a tea set, but i digress. Time for me to get back to the, i was going to say bush, but to avoid a double entendre, the outback & some work.