Xions name has been the source of a lot of arguements. Not his real name, the screen name. Xion. This combination of four letters is impossible to pronounce correctly with our current human tongues.
What's worse is, Xion would ask how we all think it's pronounced...and then never tell anyone how it's supposed to be pronounced. More than once, i see a lot of people try their hardest to figure out this monstrosity of literate characters. Here's my take on it:
X can be pronounced 2 ways. 'Sh' or 'Z'. "Ion" is pronounced eye-on. So it's either Zion, or some weird butchery with using SH as a Z. It's much easier to use Z. So i say it Zion.
You could make things simpler and call him kyle sure, but thats too easy. You could also make it easier and use logic. Logic would say "Who cares how its pronounced when we all type? it just needs to be spelled correctly". Once again logic shows up to ruin my fun.
I will say this though, Xions recent Profile revamp is damn sexy. If no one's noticed, Tonberry's dominate most of human existence. Xion was also classy enough to get a tonberry with a crown. Worthy of my hetero man-love even though he has a crazy name? Indeed. Don't ever question that!
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For anyone curious of the foreign land the Tribunal is at war in, here's a hint of their mods, pink = Mystre the admin:
Originally Posted by Agony
I wasn't making a joke, just pointing out that Mystre doesn't know what one is.
I've always enjoyed reading a good piece of literature. When I was younger I would look up words I wasn't to sure off. Now you must have been looking at an old dictionary because there is one more set definition of joke and that is your face. Well, from what I hear it least. As I sit here waiting giddy with anticipation. This new book it looks to good to be true it's given me goose bumps. Now I start my new endeavor my new book entitled, "Agony: My Foot up Your Ass". Ohh and one more thing, my dear friend you are…this word it's slipping from my grasp. What is that word I am looking for? Ahh yes I remember now…
---banned---
That was from an ADMIN. There was a thread saying that the admin cant handle a joke, and then the original poster (Agony, who seems to be on our side in the forum we fight in) was banned immediately after, if you read this.
A couple posts done by God and myself got the nice young man unbanned within 30 minutes. Go team.
Side note: New members are told to watch this before posting on this site. Proof of elitism? Potentially so.
http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php
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Most of you guys who follow my stuff have seen me go off on love plenty of times. You knew of my desire and mission to find love, to see if it was all that it really seems to be. I come to tell you, it is. It's all i thought it was and more. Anyone that tells you different either got brutally crushed, or they dont know what they're talking about. I'm looking at you people who have sigs/avs that say "love only hurts" or something equally lame. Love only hurts when you're a fool about it. It hurts to lose it yea, but thats like somoene focusing on the one negative instead of the tons of positives. That would be like someone saying they wont eat spicey food, no matter how good it is, because it hurts their stomach afterwards. Make some sacrifices for once! So let's enlighten the general public.
Now aside from my love, i've seen multiple people talking of love lately. I'm still the firm supporter of love and romance, even if i dont get into it as much as i used to. I felt it was my duty to come back to it once more to inspire the masses. Hopeless romantics, i myself am one, that's no secret. As much as i would love to talk about me that's not what we're here for this time. I'm hoping there are other hopeless romantics out there. People that believe there is someone for everyone. A lot of us are pessemistic and cynical people, but for hopeless romance to work you need to throw that away for the time. Hopeless romance isnt even a good term. It seems more derogatory to the romantic than anything else. Love and romance in these circles isn't hopeless, it's pretty sad to see it looked down on. Too many people are trying too hard to analyze things. When you analyze everything that takes the fun and suspense out of it. Stop that!
This is something i would assume is highly debated. The human emotion system invented the feelings of love to block out the desire to not be lonely. I dont believe this to be true. I do agree that a lot of people don't like to be alone all the time. I myself do enjoy time alone, but being with someone is just as fun, and better than being alone. You can't entertain yourself all the time. So does that mean we go out and look for love to fill this gap? I doubt it. Humans feel love because we're just able to. No real scientific reason. Attraction is something different, dont get it confused. Some pseudo right there almost went to the reply button to start typing garbage about pheramones and such. Glad that crisis was avoided. Attraction can lead to love sure, there's no denying that. Love at first sight isn't something i believe in though, regardless of my romantic views. Love at first sight is just attraction. Actual love usually develops after you get to know someone. It doesn't have to take long, i just fail to believe it can be done within seconds of seeing someone for the first time, without even talking to them.
Love is still a scary thing. It's an emotion that makes you say, feel and think things you didnt think you were capable of. Some people arent ready to handle emotions like this yet, so its best not to rush. Of course, to love you need 2 willing participants. You can love someone sure, but when they love you back it's truely special. What scares some people the most is the fear of rejection. What if someone you care for doesnt feel the same way? It's definately frightening, but dont get discouraged. This is one of those things where someone has to take a leap of faith. You can't know how another person feels about you until you ask them. This is where a lot of potential love is stopped. Too many people are afraid of getting their feelings rejected. I know it would be an emotional injury like almost nothing else, but it's one of those things you have to do. If you dont ask you may regret it forever. Honestly, heaven forbid you get rejected, it isn't the end of the world. I know it would hurt like hell, but the thing about love is you dont give up and lay there until existence ends just because something failed in it. Love has the pull strong enough to make you get back on your feet, and try again. That's just how love is, it plays with your mind and heart all the time, and sometimes it crushes you mercilessly, but people want it so much that they're willing to endure that hit several times if needed. It's one of the hardest but most rewarding journeys you can make in this life.
Am i saying everyone needs love? Not quite. I cant really see a reason why anyone doesnt want to love someone or be loved ever. I can understand not at this time, because you arent ready for it, but really some people say they never want to experience this? That's too harsh. Life is a period of time where 1 soul can try to have all the experiences that's offered to them that they want to try. Love is by far one of, if not the most, complex, and challenging experience to have. It can be the best thing ever, and within seconds become the worst memory you have. That's still scary, and i still say don't get discouraged. For the sake of repeating to prove a point, share your feelings. People standing around wondering how others feel is a waste of time. Load the gun and shoot, take the chance. Tell someone how much you care about them. It's pointless to sit there thinking that you shouldn't confess yourself because you're afraid of rejection. You're afraid the thing you have will be gone. I won't lie to you guys, this is a gamble here. It can ruin what you have with someone yes, but it can also make it blossom. It can become something truely beautiful that both of you enjoy, that people see how happy you 2 are together, then they want to go out and find it too. That's how this quest works. 2 people achieve it, and the onlookers decide they should try too. When they're successful, they inspire others again. It's a good cycle.
I really don't mean to repeat myself, but some points have to be drilled before they sink in. I encourage anyone that has feelings for another person, to tell them that. Don't randomly blurt it out though, of course use some judgement. Wait for an opportune moment before saying it. You don't want to mess up your chances just because you said it at the first possible time you could. I say take your time, but i still want you to tell the people how you feel. For all you know they could feel the same way as you, but they're too scared to say it. Take the initiative, make things happen. Of course you need to know, that almost all love requires some sort of sacrifices on all the participants parts. You have to decide early if it's really worth it.
I have a friend that lives in texas. He has a girlfriend in florida, and they've been in love for almost 2 years now. They communicate online and by phone constantly. They care about each other more than anyone i've seen before. This is what inspired me to go for love, so i'm hoping it drives my point home with you. For 2 years they've been talking about the sacrifices they're preparing to make. My friend is planning to switch colleges and do many other things so he can move out to georgia with her, and go to college there. His love is going to move to georgia where she owns another house, and fix that up so they can live together in there. What i'm saying is he's about to leave everything he's ever known behind, in the name of love. She is about to leave almost everything behind to make the ends meet for both of them. That's commitment, and they definately felt the reward is worth the effort.
They're indeed correct. The reward is worth it, so get off your asses and try! Confess feelings, love someone. Take the risks. Nothing happens if no one tries. People! Make it easier for each other too. If you think someone has the same feelings for you as you do for them...TELL THEM. It's that simple. It's complex and simple at once. Confessing the feelings and getting it started is the scariest part, but it's probably the easiest once you do it. Keeping it going and deciding that the effort is worth it, that's the tricky part.
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Time for some recent showings of fights in a foreign land, but i only show mine. My thread so meh 
Wow, you guys really can't take anything around here without a crack of the whip to maintain stone-set order, can you?
While these two might be subject to the strain rhetoric like this creates in a civilized conversation I am not. I don't think that the intended humor was lost on him. I think, like anyone else who reads about a comparison between the Nazi's and the staff of FFH, he didn't find it funny. The maintenance of order around here hardly requires genocide (though there are often times I read what people have written and feel that they should be shot.) Like this for example:
We call that a hypothetical question, so you don't answer that, m'kay?
That isn't what 'hypothetical' means. You meant 'rhetorical' question. You come down from on high with this lofty intellectual superiority and you don't know the difference between rhetorical and hypothetical? It makes it hard to take you seriously.
We had our free will, we were making and linking our good conversations, and in from left field comes the nazi-mod who bears the rules like an iron fist of law.
Well, well, it's the William Wallace of the internet, here to fight off the oppressive, conversation-annihilating (left field) moderators, whose only goals seem to be the implementation and regulation of senseless freedom-hoarding rules.
Don't flatter yourself. This isn't "V for Vendetta" and just because we have rules doesn't mean that the people who come here are under some kind of oppressive regime and are in need of a savior. (That's what Mystre is good for around here.)
Mecha is hardly a Nazi-moderator and, if anything, has been instrumental in fueling this senseless Kefka-inspired discussion. So, before you slap on the war paint and cry "Freedom" through the valley of cyberspace, keep in mind who you're talking to (You just called a 16 year old Canadian Manitoban a Nazi… twice.)
It never ceases to amaze me that people, the very people we're trying to attract, show up and immediately have a problem with the staff. In the past six months this happening has led me to take a close look at the staff (myself included) and how we do things around here.
And in looking you know what I found? I found a group of people who (for the most part) get along and do the best they can. We've all been friends (in one respect or another) for a very long time and do what we can to make topics interesting, to keep people posting, to keep spam to a minimum and to give members activities (aside posting in the forums) to do while they're here.
And in turn we get these clowns "from a land far away" who waltz in, call some of our best people nazi's, make accusations, and then proceed to lecture us on how/what we're doing wrong.
Thanks, but if anyone gets to judge the staff, it isn't a couple of Johnny-come-lately's from the land of Narnia (or whatever traveling comedy troop the two of you come from.)
Proxy
This was a mod or an admin, i cant remember. That is what he said to us on the forum, and yes he does post like this. Not in pink though, i did that for easy viewing. Here was my response:
That isn't what 'hypothetical' means. You meant 'rhetorical' question. You come down from on high with this lofty intellectual superiority and you don't know the difference between rhetorical and hypothetical? It makes it hard to take you seriously.
I pray to a divine power you aren't serious. Everyone knew what he meant, even if he used the wrong word. If you were indeed serious, then that's still pretty lame to flame someone on grammar. I've posted it before on mog though, so go do some searching of my mighty less than 20 posts. What kind of elitist has nothing better to do than to attack someone because they used the wrong word? Someone very, very bored i think.
As for the rest of your "post", let's just take a bigger view of it as a whole. Apparently you think you're quite the comedian. What with making all the witty comments and --astounding-- hollywood comparisons. Sadly, you won't be taken as seriously as your mod counterparts, because you weren't able to address anything that remotely resembled an issue. Your big pseudo smart self, walks in and calls us a braveheart gang that plays in the land of V for vendetta as well as other hollywood movies.
The only thing that assembled an issue is you bringing up the word nazi. No your staff comments are irrelevant, sorry to tell you. Just like Final, no one directly said anything to you. See, you all seem to keep saying we insulted the staff as a unit. Not true, if you read the posts carefully and try not to overthink the context, those comments did indeed sound general, but they were aimed only at the mods in the thread. You can thank us later though, because i know all of this commotion is making the place slightly, slightly more active.
Of course you wouldn't know what an issue is if it kicked you in the balls would you. Your posting style takes more effort than anyone's style i have ever seen. You center everything, you make 3-5 line paragraphs, and then you sign your name at the bottom. What kind of arrogant, self absorbed, pseudo intellect needs to make himself feel that high and mighty by using all the posting options, that you have to center and sign your name? Someone asked you that once, i read back in time. You said it was your signature. I'm going to have to shatter your fantasy world here. That isn't your signature buddy. That is you writing your name at the end. You have to manually type the letters "p-r-o-x-y" when you complete every post, then shake the hands of whoever helped you write the post and cheer for a job well done. Do you guys go out to celebrate after every post? Drinks on the house! See, your signature in a forum is the place where people only have to type it once, then save it. It's there until you take it off who knew! Most people put pretty pictures in their signatures, and i was too mezmerized by your animation avatar to notice yours though.
Let me save you the trouble of going through your sacred ritual of centering before you make a post regarding what i said. Yes, you are correct, i didn't address any issues in this post either. Does that make me a hypocrit? Not at all. Look up what the word means before you start tossing it around. The reason i didnt address any issues in my post, is because i try to play at everyone else's level. You seemed to have more fun making weird connections between the real world and movie world, and making witty comments about people and how they act, instead of what they say. So that's the reason i made a post like this, because this is what your posts sound like to everyone else. If you can actually understand that, then i'll give you a cookie before nap time.
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Why am i showing this? I'm giving people examples of street justice. I am far too lazy to quote tim, xion, and yes devils, marvelous, very hot and sexy work, and mines easier to go into detail on.
So read it over, you will notice some things about my style:
-I use lots, and lots of opinions. Why? Harder to argue off than facts. Facts can be overturned by other facts, but opinions dont have the limitations of facts. Opinions can change, they're cool like that.
-Step ahead obviously. Think about how someone can respond to you, then close that out. Make them work to get to you.
-Play your game. Sounds cliche or something, i know, but you have to establish firm control. I do this by playing by their rules. Sounds like a contradictary, but it isn't. I'm able to play by almost any set of rules, and i find it easier to use someone's own things against them than to really do anything myself. It's tons, tons easier.
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Obviously i didnt hit him hard enough. He stumbled, that's easily clear, but he didn't go down from it.
I pray to a divine power you aren't serious. Everyone knew what he meant, even if he used the wrong word. If you were indeed serious, then that's still pretty lame to flame someone on grammar. I've posted it before on mog though, so go do some searching of my mighty less than 20 posts. What kind of elitist has nothing better to do than to attack someone because they used the wrong word? Someone very, very bored i think.
You two show up, touting your intelligence as the reason your voice should be lent credence, and then screw up on semantics. I'd be a fool not to point that out. If you're going to boast about how much smarter you are than everyone else then avoid blatant and obvious mistakes like in the future. Also, if I'd wanted to flame him, I would have. What I did was point out a clear mistake in the midst of an overtly sassy post.
Also, I'm an administrator here. I can comment on whatever I like whenever it pleases me in whatever fashion I deem fit. The two of you come off like prophets from the East and then seem confounded by the idea that people make fun of you for it. You say I didn't address any 'issues' in my last post and I'd say you're right; there aren't any 'issues' here. Global warming is an issue. Over population is an issue. You two are entertainment, not so unlike the freaks in said shows back in the 1920's.
I'm sure you'd like nothing more than for me to defend my posting style and frankly, it's Sunday, I could indulge you. I, however, don't have to explain myself to you or anyone else. I will say, however, centering and writing my screen name at the bottom of the page takes all of 10 seconds. You make it seem like I craft a proclamation every time I post. And while I agree, the style and detail of my posts outshines the casual moron off the street, you hardly have to send off to NASA to know how to do it.
Hypocrite? Maybe before you tell me to look it up (to know the meaning) you should look it up and learn the spelling. You two are such clowns, you especially. You flaunt your intelligence as the reason you have the right to say the things you do when you so obviously lack any kind of understanding of the population here. You hide behind circular logic and recycled statements while you fail entirely to grasp one very simple idea;
We use people like you as long as we can. And then we get rid of them. So keep dancing monkey. If your novelty wears off we'll have no choice but to add you to the list of beheaded jesters.
Proxy
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My response, the killing blow. I'll add in who said what, to make things easier. Agony is some random forumite who seems to agree with us. Proxy is the admin, and i am myself.
You need to read a bit better from now on, and i'll tell you why.
(Agony)
Wow. Despite this thread being entirely TL;DR, it still made me lol a little that the staff members are falling into every trap in the book. You're proving exactly what these new members are saying. Wether they're all sock-puppets or a gang of friends is irrelevent, they're still right. Now, we can all sit here and make ad hominems all day, or you can actually realise that this would just play right into your opponents perception of you. I really want to make an automated crapflooding script that would repeat the words "SERIOUS f**kING BUSINESS" infinately, because none of you seem capable of understanding the meaning of that statement. And you can ban people all you like, just because you silence someone doesn't suddenly make them wrong.
Agony had that one quite nicely, and you just played right into it yourself.
(Me)
What kind of elitist has nothing better to do than to attack someone because they used the wrong word? Someone very, very bored i think.
(Proxy)
Hypocrite? Maybe before you tell me to look it up (to know the meaning) you should look it up and learn the spelling.
OMG I FORGOT AN E ON PURPOSE APOCALYPSE NOW! Baited you twice in the same post. As i said, you obviously understood what i said, and what i meant, so attacking spelling because i forgot a letter is really stupid. Honestly, i'm certain you are the only person that read that word and said "He mispelled something what an idiot". If i butchered the word, by all means attack, but i made a real common mistake that 90% of normal people would make. If i spelled "through" as "thru" you would be up my ass so far i'm your hat. You really don't have anything else to work with, so you flame my spelling and grammar.
It's obvious i have you pretty flustered, so let's keep going.
(Proxy)
You say I didn't address any 'issues' in my last post and I'd say you're right
You agreed with me, i win again.
(Proxy)
Global warming is an issue. Over population is an issue.
Irrelevant. An example of pseudo smarts at work. Global warming is AN issue. Over population is AN issue. They are not THE current issues we're discussing. You lose again.
(Proxy)
And while I agree, the style and detail of my posts outshines the casual moron off the street
You know you just called 99% of the people that use internet forums morons right? Including your fellow staff members. Making sure everyone see's this example of elitism at work. Also, you can't agree with something i didn't say. I didn't say "Proxy's post style is the sexiest thing since breast implants", i said your post style is way too unnecessary for every single post you make. I win again.
(Proxy, and i actually wished i said hiding behind mod powers somewhere in there, but i think it's implied)
Also, I'm an administrator here.
I was waiting for this. Another bait. You're easier than drunk chicks to take home. I don't really remember breaking any rules. I didn't post anything vulgar where vulgar wasn't allowed (i posted about masturbation in the rld oh noes!). I haven't spammed, and you may say i insulted staff. That isn't true either. I shared my opinions about the staff. Granted they were blunt and harsh, but they are still opinions. Am i to be banned for sharing my thoughts? That defeats the purpose of the forum.
Your move sweetums 
(i used a different smiley, but its vbulletin not pboards, so we cant see it 
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Normally i am not one to taunt, and i think taunts are lame. I knew he hates to lose, so i made sure he knew i was superior. Rare example of me using a lame, stupid and retarded kid taunt
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Class session once more. From what we learned, read carefully on this one. In my post, i quoted as usual. Quoting is good because then someone cant alter a post, like they would anyway, but it's more official. Also (learned it from Ric, go figure) i quoted him denying things, then quoted him saying things that made him say he does things he says he doesn't do. In short, hypocritE. Quoting again, while using other, more credible (i'm credible enough you ass clowns >_>) members to debunk the opponent. It works well.
Still on quoting, notice the selective quoting i did. Compare the original to the one i did. I used a lot of messages, but i used half of them. I used the half that's incriminating to himself, if he didn't have the other half. What this does, is make him TECHNICALLY say things, when he didn't mean them. Most people are too stupid to even say the simplest, and easiest way to brush all of that off, which is "next time quote the entire thing, not just part". This is a huge tip i'm giving you, write it down.
Also, the quote style is indeed a magical way to fight. It allows you to attack someone, without offering any weakspots on your defense. It's like standing their with a shield up, then waiting for the opponent to attack, and then counter attacking before they can do anything about it. You next to never initiate the attack on the quoting stance. I'm a little more advanced than average players, so i'm able to mix multiple styles that you are not yet aware of grasshopper. Examples of the quoting style can be seen in the above post, obviously. Again, notice how, i'll use this one as an example:
Proxy: And while I agree, the style and detail of my posts outshines the casual moron off the street
There was another half to that message, but i only used this part. Why? So i can say this without fear of retaliation:
Me: You know you just called 99% of the people that use internet forums morons right? Including your fellow staff members. Making sure everyone see's this example of elitism at work.
This was an attempt to turn public interest against him, as well as piss him off. I think i succeeded.
Some smaller tips, but highly important. If someone actually does hit you solidly on something, play it off. Exaggeration works best. The hypocrite line? I honestly didn't know how to spell the word. I made it seem like i could afterwords though, and yes i did plan on him nailing me for it if i was wrong. Don't fool yourselves, that was indeed a trap with bait, even though it was unnecessary, and potentially not needed, i made sure i had it ready IN CASE. I can't stress the importance enough, you MUST cover your back. It's tedious, but it can save you.
You have to establish control early, and fast. If you launch the initial attack (such is my style, i prefer ambushing someone since it makes it harder for them to counter me) make sure you don't include anything that can hurt you. Hit them on what they said or did, and that only. Give them as little to work with as possible. Experienced fighters, such as myself, are able to counteract this of course. It becomes a fight of who can make the most technicallities and establish a foothold on the other. If you attack first, close them out. Do not give them the chance to fight back. If someone ambushes you, keep your cool. You have to be able to survive the first hit and keep your wits about you. On your counterattack to the ambush, you must, it's imperative, you MUST cripple them, and force them to play by your rules.
A thread: Pseudo Blog
Originally Posted by LeaderMarina
