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Grammar Lesson to the Masses

NOTE

I'm posting this mostly to make our forums a more legible place to be and have discussion. I do not intend to direct this at any member in particular, or any groups of members.
Should any of you have a bit of grammatical error that bugs you, post it here or P it to me, and I will add it to this post.

there/their/they're
original post from chaosproductions
there (adverb).

1. In or at that place or location.
* there left me and my man, both bound together. â€" Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, V-i
* The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. â€" Genesis 2:8

Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off, in such a manner, that here would include the person using the word, while there would not.

* Darkness there might well seem twilight here. â€" Milton
2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
* The law that threaten'd death becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. â€" Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III-iii
3. To or into that place; thither.
* The rarest that e'er came there. â€" Shakespeare, Tempest, II-i

Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling attention to something, especially to something distant; as, There, there! See there! Look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.

* A knight there was, and that a worthy man. â€" Chaucer
* There is a path which no fowl knoweth. â€" Job 28:7
* Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. â€" Locke
* There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. â€" Suckling

Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See thereabout, thereafter, therefrom, etc.
Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.

* Spend their good there it is reasonable. â€" Chaucer
4. (in conjunction with verb be) In existence or in this world; mention of unspecified location, somewhere.

there is something amiss.


their (pronoun)

1. (possessive) Belonging to them.

They will meet tomorrow at their convenience.
This is probably their cat.

2. (possessive) Belonging to someone of unknown gender.

Everyone must understand their feelings.



they're (contraction)

1. they are


here/hear
original post from chaosproductions
here (uncountable)

1. (abstract) This place; this location.

Come over here.

2. (abstract) This time, situation.

Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.

hear (verb)

(third-person singular simple present hears, present participle hearing, simple past and past participle heard)

1. To perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it.


it's/its
suggested by harmonic.
it's (contraction)

1. It is.
* It's coming right for us!
2. It has.
* It's been a long time since I've had cheesecake.

its (adjective)


Belonging to it (used as a possessive adjective).

The team on this side of the field and that one over there each has a Captain. I am this one's, you are its.

-Usage Notes-


* Its is the possessive form of it: its therefore does not require an apostrophe to indicate possession as it is already a possessive term, similar to his and hers.
* It's is a contraction of "it is" or "it has."

"It's going to rain" is equivalent to "it is going to rain."

* Its can function as a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective. Its form is the same when used in either case.


your/you're
suggested by Little Wing Guy.
your (pronoun)

(The possessive of you)

1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?

2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

you're (contraction)

1. You are.

You're almost as smart as I am.


to/too/two
suggested by suicideangel
to (various)

English (preposition)

1. In the direction of, and arriving at (indicating destination).

We are walking to the shop.

2. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

3. Used to indicate ratios.

one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.

4. Used to indicate the indirect object.

I gave the book to him.

5. (time) Preceding

ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

English (Adverb)

1. Common misspelling of too.
2. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

Please would you push the door to.

Czech (pronoun)

1. it, that

Danish (cardinal number)

1. two

too (adverb)

1. Likewise; also; in addition.
2. Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as too much.

two (cardinal number)

* Arabic numerals: 2
* Chinese numerals: ?, ?
* Roman numerals: II, ii (Unicode: ?, ?)
o Previous: one, 1
o Next: three, 3

1. The cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. This many: ••. Ordinal: second.
2. Describing a set or group with two components.


Thank you for your time. USE THESE DAMMIT!

AutoBattle negates Event Commands/I can't prevent unarmed characters

Small issue - How do I prevent a character from having no weapon in RM2k3? I also wish to be able to disarm the heroes with events, however, and a parallel process will not do, as there are too many as it is.

Large issue - When using Auto-battle, my "When uses " events are ignored - thus, a character can keep firing without ammo, and worse yet, use Innate Skills repearedly in succession (normally a hero must take so many turns to charge up for an Innate Skill).

Help.

Take note of this! (Villains)

DISCLAIMER - I am no storytelling guru, and I am no god of literature either. I claim no ability to instill in you the ability to create a better villain, I merely provide this in the hopes of inspiring one.

I grow weary of the villian searching for ultimate power to destroy the world - thus I propose you use THIS (da na na naaaa!) to flesh your villains out more. THIS WILL BE FOURTY PERCENT OF YOUR GRADE, KIDS.

Hope it helps:

* Archenemy â€" The principal enemy of the hero. The reason why the particular villain stands out more than the rest varies; they may be the hero's strongest enemy, be the complete antithesis to the hero, have strong connections with their hero's past, pose the greatest threat, have caused the hero a great deal of suffering or loss, or may be the most recurring villain. Examples of Archenemy:
o The Bad One
o Bowser from Mario
o Jamie Berry (True Badman comics) from Gets it out on cam for Lauren

* Dark Lord â€" a villain of near-omnipotence in his realm, who seeks to utterly dominate the world; he is often depicted as a diabolical force, and may, indeed, be more a force than a personality, and often personifies evil itself. The effects of his rule often assert malign effects on the land as well as his subjects. Besides his usual magical abilities, he often controls great armies. Most Dark Lords are male, except in parody. Example of popular Dark Lords:
o Darth Vader
o Sauron
o Lord Voldemort
o Chaos (Warhammer)
o Emperor Palpatine
o Jadis, the White Witch
o The Source of All Evil
o Arawn - Death Lord
o Arthas Menethil, AKA The Lich King
o Myotismon from Digimon
o Badside
o Xehanort
o Ozai
o Bad One
o The Vizier from Prince of Persia Trilogy
o Ganon from the Legend of Zelda
o Anubis from Stargate SG-1

* Evil twin â€" a character which is identical or almost identical to the hero, but is evil instead of good. Examples of Evil Twin:
o Venom
o Wario
o Liquid Snake from the Metal Gear (series)
o Lore
o Shadow the Hedgehog
o Reverse Flash
o Kaine
o Justice Lords

* Femme fatale â€" a beautiful, seductive but ultimately villainous woman who uses the malign power of her sexuality in order to ensnare the hapless hero into danger. Examples of femme fatale:
o Sarah Kerrigan
o Catwoman
o Delilah
o Poison Ivy
o Brides of Dracula
o Xenia Onatopp (GoldenEye)
o The Seer
o Black Widow
o Enchantress
o Queen La-From The Return of Tarzan

* Mad scientist â€" a scientist-villain or villain-scientist, a figure who represents the dangers of science in the wrong hands or abused for harmful purposes. Can easily be confused with Evil Genius. Examples of Mad scientists:
o Julius No
o Davros
o Doctor Octopus
o Professor Hojo
o Professor Ivo
o Lizard

* Supervillain â€" a villain who displays special powers, skills or equipment powerful enough to be a typically serious challenge to a superhero. Like the superhero, the supervillain will often utilize colorful costumes and gimmicks that make them easily recognizable to readers. Example of supervillain:
o Green Goblin
o Sylar
o Mysterio
o Vlad Plasmius
o Ernst Stavro Blofeld from the James Bond books and films

* Tragic villain â€" a character who, although acting for primarily "evil" or selfish goals, is either not in full control of their actions or emotions, therefore the reader or viewer can sympathize for them. These villains can face a crisis of conscience in which they submit to doing evil. These villains often have confused morals believing that they are doing good when in fact they are doing evil. Examples of these include:
o Gollum in The Lord of the Rings
o Mr. Freeze
o Norman Bates in the movie Psycho
o Jericho in the comic book series The New Teen Titans
o Anakin Skywalker in the movie Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
o Doctor Doom
o Big Boss in the Metal Gear Solid series
o Davy Jones
o Illidan Stormrage
o Murtagh from the Inheritance Cycle
o Mr. Glass from Unbreakable
o Mithos Yggdrasil from Tales of Symphonia
o Dhaos from Tales of Phantasia

* Trickster â€" often more of an annoying nuisance than a fearsome or dangerous enemy, a trickster may take many forms, from a con man to a mischievous imp. Adventures with trickster type villains tend to be light and comedic and the hero typically finds a way to defeat them non-violently. Sometimes there may be a lesson learned from the trickster, even if unintentional. Examples include:
o The Joker (can range from nuisance to deadly from time to time).
o Mister Mxyzptlk
o The Trickster from Supernatural
o Peeves the Poltergeist from Harry Potter
o Loki
o Q from Star Trek the Next Generation.

* Lackey, henchman, minion, or toady â€" a minor villain who takes orders. Examples include:
o Oddjob
o Crabbe and Goyle
o Bill O'reilly
o Rush Limbaugh
o Toad
o Harley Quinn
o Pain and Panic

* Secondary Villain â€" Often not very evil or competent. They are usually not as smart as they think they are and often are not ruthless enough to harm or murder. They are typically motivated by greed or vanity and are often not taken very seriously as a threat. They are not always criminals and sometimes may be guilty of nothing more than trying to win by cheating. They may serve as placeholders until the true villain appears. They may also reform and join the hero as comic relief characters. Examples include:
o Team Rocket in Pokémon
o Harry Mudd and most of the Ferengi villains from Star Trek
o Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter canon
o Meddling Monk from Doctor Who
o Funky Flashman from DC comics
o Dick Dastardly and Muttley
o Eric Cartman

* Alternately, secondary villains may be the 'right hand man' for a powerful villain. Evil being what it is, loyalty is often in question and the character will likely attempt to take power for themself if the opportunity arises. Examples include:
o Starscream from Transformers
o Redcloak from Order of the Stick
o Count Dooku and Darth Maul from Star Wars
o Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
o Dimentio from Super Paper Mario

* Evil Nature sometimes villains are forces of nature whose instinct is evil. Examples would be:
o Galactus
o Godzilla
o Abomination
o Virus
o Kerchak-From Tarzan of the Apes

Also copy pasted this to wikipedia.

Bold is for badass.

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Oh, scheiße, it's utter chaos in here.

Something I drew up for 1873:


On an unrelated note, does anyone know a good upload site for music, similar to imageshack or equivalent?

RMN = Awesome, but...

Couldst I humbly ask thee for direction towards the IRC channel or podcast? I have no clue how to access either.

Epic Monster Transition

I'm in need of three field-to-battle transition codes for MR 2k3. I need them in this format:

1 (one) Common Event callable in-battle to return the screen to normal
1 (one) Common Event to flash/scroll/whatever the hell you do for the following types of fights:
Normal Boss: I want just a general whoosh we're in a battle! kind of transition for this, but it has to be more impressive than the norm.
Milestone Boss: This needs to be really slow and drawn-out, to go with the length of the actual battle.
Epic Boss: This are for those that give you a true ass-whoopin'. It should be extremly active, but almost as long as the Milestone Boss transition.

I'll do my own final boss transition, as I have something specific in mind.

Many thank yous and 72 virgins in advance.

YuGiOh Online League LV1 Has gone down the tube.

Myself and NoblemanNick will be hosting an online Yu-Gi-Oh league utilizing "Kaiba Corp. Virtual Dueling System" and are looking for participants.

Download the software here.

Tutorial for KCVDS here.

Hamachi IP Networking software here.

Sign-ups Insofar:
Chaosproductions - 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws.
NoblemanNick - 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws.
demondestiny - 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws.
Quiversee - 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws.
Yellow Magic - 0 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws.
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I am willing to keep track of up to twelve players this time around, and I will try to re-post this list every new page. Matches will be one duel each, and a points system will be used to determine the winner:

Win = 5 points.
Lose/Draw = 2 points.


Winner will get bragging rights and that's it.

Post to sign up.

To Avoid confusion, the Password for each duel must be (you'll love this WIP) will be "RMN3RULES".

ONCE TWELVE PLAYERS HAVE SIGNED UP, THE LEAGUE BEGINS. ONCE LEAGUE BEGINS, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO POST A SCREENSHOT OF A) YOUR OPPONENT AT ZERO LIFE POINTS OR B) A MESSAGE IN THE CHAT BOX DECLARING FORFEIT BY YOUR OPPONENT.

POST YOUR LOSSES EVERY POINT COUNTS.

Pokémon online mmo.

I've actually found an mmo with the same functionality as the GBA games.

Home Page

I've found a few errors with the shops, gym, etc., but overall it seems pretty solid.

Discuss.

International LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL

Despite it being an English acronym, it is often used by non-English speakers as-is, even in other scripts (e.g. Hebrew: ???, Cyrillic: ???, Arabic: ???).

Translations in widespread use

Most of these variants are usually found in lowercase.

* lal or lawl: can refer to either a pseudo-pronunciation of LOL, or the German translation (although most German speakers use LOL). Saying "lawl" is sometimes meant in mockery of those who use the term LOL, and not meant as serious usage.
* ?: used commonly in 2channel, a Japanese equivalent of the acronym. '?' stands for ?? (???, warau), which means "to laugh" in Japanese.
* lolz: occasionally used in place of LOL.
* lulz: "lulz" is a corruption of LOL. lulz is often used as a noun â€" e.g. "for the lulz" ("for laughs"). Especially used to denote laughter at another's expense.
* Lqtms: Because often when behind a computer screen, one will find something funny, but not actually laugh out loud, lqtms or simply lqtm can be used, which stands for "laughing quietly to myself."
* mdr: French version of the expression LOL, from the initials of "mort de rire" that roughly translated means "dying of laughter".
* ?????: Hebrew version of 'LOL'. The letter ? is pronounced 'kh', and it is common to put a group of them together (the longer the group, the greater the amusement) to transcribe 'khkhkhkhkh' (a sound of chuckling). The word 'LOL' is sometimes transliterated, but its usage is not very common.
* 555: The Thai variation of LOL. "5" in Thai is pronounced "ha", three of them being "hahaha".
* asg: Swedish abbreviation of the term Asgarv, meaning intensive laughter.
* g: Danish abbreviation of the word "griner", which means "laughing" in Danish.
* kek: Cross-faction rendering of lol in the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Though most words are not translated directly across factions, lol is always faithfully rendered as "kek". When a member of the Horde says the word lol, nearby members of the Alliance see the word as "kek". Kek is derived from the Korean ???, or kekeke, which is used to express laughter.
* bur: Another cross-faction rendering of lol in World of Warcraft seen by members of the Horde.
* rs: in Brazil "rs" (being an abbreviation of "risos", the plural of "laugh") is often used in text based communications in situations where in English lol would be used, repeating it ("rsrsrsrsrs") is often done to express longer laughter or laughing harder.
* mkm: in Afghanistan "mkm" (being an abbreviation of the phrase "ma khanda mikonom"). This is a Dari phrase that means "I am laughing".
* kik: An easily-made misspelling of lol that is still widely understood to have the same meaning. On a keyboard, the "O" key is directly above the "L" key, which makes it relatively easy to type "kik" or even ";p;" by accident (as they are the adjacent keys).