C James

Nope, you said postwhore, your title says you aren't a postaholic, which you most certainly are. (34 posts so far today!!)

Ahh, but in FTL, you forget that Shadowgod has this habit of inserting cliffhangers.. And BTW, were you not aware of the FORUM RULES?

I do try and keep the rules to a minimum, but we do need a few. Rule #1: All bad things are Shadowgod's fault. So are, of course, Cliffhangers. Rule #2: When in doubt, see rule #1. Rule #4: Joe is Evil! Thanks you. CJ

Regrettably, I've never met Shadowgod in person. And converting goat years into human years is bound to cause some confusion.

So was I... Remember, Shadowgod is the anonymous beta reader for FTL, so he could sneak in cliffhangers.

How can Steve certify that?

Ahh, but you are mistaken! LiS is just loaded with cliffhangers, as are Shot of Bourbon and his anthology entries. In LIS, for example, at one point he has Jacob and Matt locked out of their vehicle, naked. Then there is the infamous lemonade cliffhanger, and a host of others.

Nope, sorry, a record is a record, and I've never ended a day with 56 posts...

So you agree with me; Shadowgod created a doozie of a cliffhager in that chapter, right?

Ahh, but I've never done 56 posts in a day!

Or just missing a few digits?

<cough> your user title <cough>

Ahh, well, umm, I suppose that could be a bit tense (Unless Shadowgod made it into a cliffhanger, of course)... though, they were just catching some rays.

Well, far be it from me to challenge his record; Way to go, Snowdog!!! \ He was also the first besides Myr to reach 1000.

Ahhh, but, you see, Shadowgod is sneaky... HAve you ever used Word's edit functions? Normally, the changes and edits show up as colored text, but if one wished, one could always select one of those edits, accept it, and then the author might never notice the change. He's the king of evvil cliffhangers, after all, so he does tend to prefer that every chapter has a cliffhanger.

A thought on Cody... Will we get to see how he and Jacob met and became friends? Perhaps in reminisces?

Ahh, BK, there is no contradiction here... I have often said that Shadowgod has, on occasion, tweaked the wording during the beta to create cliffhangers... he's eeevil like that, ya know. All I've said is that *I* never use cliffhangers.

Well, the 1500's were called the Dark Ages, so we can't really know for sure.

56 posts in one day?? Yipes, now that's a posting spree!

Like any cliche, IMHO the Alarm clock has exceptions. A cliche can be used, especially if a different spin is put on it, but it IMHO must be done with great care. I faced this same issue once, and instead of avoiding it, I made it as cliche as possible. It was a "police blotter description" by the protagonist, gushing over the hot body and looks of... what turned out to be a car. Seriously though, I've seen some cliches done very well, but sadly that proves to be the exception.

Aww, my motives are as pure as the driven snow...

Never trust statistics; they can be so very misleading. As for the posts in a day record, I thought it was Kevin with 43, and Benji passed him recently with 70+ in a day?? When did Snowey do 56?

I have to admit, I've never used a Mac, ever, but I'm thinking of taking a look. Years ago they were known for having less system-level access then PC's, so they were harder to tweak and configure, but Windows has, sadly, with each successive release further dumbed down its interface. For example, there's a heck of a lot I can do with batch files that I can't do with out-of-the-box XP, unless I patch in a different command-line command processor. (I prefer an old version of 4Dos that I have, but it gives XP conniptions on some things) So, I now wonder about MAcs... I'll at least take a look at the newer ones, though I suspect price will keep me away. I also don't like the hardware issues; for one thing, I always build my own desktop systems, and I've heard that you just can't get the parts to customize Macs that easily.

Note to self: we really must kill Wildone for starting this whole "queen" thing. He's eeevil, ya know.. Well, ummm, I do admit to posting occasionally, and things add up over time. As a lurker , I post about once a month, so I just joined GA a little earlier than my date of registration shows... It was sometime in the late January, 1602, as I recall...

8 posts is not lurking, you postaholic! Perhaps I should give lurking lessons?