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Jan Van Quirm

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#41
No you can put a poll on an existing thread - I did it with the Discworld PLaying card Workshop - but it has to be done by the 1st poster (so Mongo that's you) :laugh:

If not then Tony can do it anyway and he can add in other options too

The Witches - has to include the Tiffany series since she interacts with the Lancre Witches in her sub-series

and finally
Quatermass said:
pooh said:
So on all the other forums you used to be on, did you get booted off for being offensive, or were the members too puny for your enormous intellect?
Uhh, no to both. There is a distinction between a troll and an insufferable, annoying intellectual who doesn't suffer fools gladly. A fine distinction, yes, but a distinction nonetheless.

I know not to cross the line. I prefer to be annoying rather than offensive. You can get away with annoying, as long as you're remotely entertaining and are not malicious.
I don't particularly hate to disillusion you, even though you're still a relative newcomer, but that's being a troll too - only with no excuses if you're aware of what you're doing with some people who aren't so clued up or share your so far indiscriminately vindictive and wholly inappropriate and snidey sense of humour. So far you've had a lot of lifebelts thrown for you 'mate' :devil: but there's a limit to how much longer the people who can be rude and insulting in an amusing and sardonic fashion will put up with your so-called take on intelligent ribbing and sarcasm. If you're doing it to impress and vie with other more established people on this forum it's not working... :rolleyes:

You may be a giant in Who fandom and hugely knowledgeable about other realms of extreme nerd-genredom, but I'm not the only one who's getting pissed off at your constant sniping at other people's perceptions and don't think you're being particularly amusing, let alone funny. Wind your neck back and zip it until you learn how to snipe without wounding and putting other people's backs up or bugger off to WoW or Warhammer or some other community that gets off on posturing like some geek cyber rambo where your pearls of wit and wisdom will be appreciated if not understood.

You have crossed the line - I don't flame like this usually except when I know somebody pretty well (pooh is my witness because we've mutually burnt our respective eyebrows a few times) and I don't do this lightly with you, as a relative newcomer, but this constant attitude is getting old now. Back off and think what you're saying and how other people are not getting your jokes and then apply some discretion and I'll post back to you as I have been doing up until now - I only have so much Yule spirit to spare and you've now had more than your fair share. :rolleyes:
 
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#45
In the Moist and Co, does that include Good Omens, Nation, Truckers (etc), Johnny (etc) and Once More With Footnotes?[/quote]


Moist & Co only includes Moist, Dearheart and the Golems, the Post Office workers and the Bank workers


Some of the characters of Discworld don't belong with any group.

Although Tiffany is a witch (provisional) she and the Feegle don't belong with the Witches group
 

deldaisy

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#46
MongoGutman said:
In the Moist and Co, does that include Good Omens, Nation, Truckers (etc), Johnny (etc) and Once More With Footnotes?

Moist & Co only includes Moist, Dearheart and the Golems, the Post Office workers and the Bank workers


Some of the characters of Discworld don't belong with any group.

Although Tiffany is a witch (provisional) she and the Feegle don't belong with the Witches group
[/quote]Thats true.
 

james.a.vivian

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#47
I'd have to say I favour the Watch.
Its a close race as all the characters have become well known to me and much loved otherwise I couldn't keep turning those pages. Guarding the city along side Vimes and reading as the Watch and himself evolve is thrilling and leaves me hanging for more. :rolleyes:
 

Portia

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#48
I re-read a Watch book and think, 'I definitely like the Watch books best.' Then I re-read a Witches book and, 'Actually I like the Witches best'. So basically the answer depends on what I've just finished re-reading :)
 
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#49
Hmm, tough one.

The Wizards of UU - I love the Rincewind books (bar Colour of Magic, but even that grew on me). But Unseen Academicals just drags the wizards waaaaaaaay down in my book.

The City Guard - Used to be my favourite, but they've become boring to me. Vimes has become everything he's ever hated, Carrot and Angua have lost any sense of humour and Nobby and Colon have been sidelined. Night Watch was just plain depressing.

The Witches - Love 'em. They're the best mix of humour and Terry's philisophical musings. Although I wish Magrat hadn't been sidelined in favour of boring Agnes.

Tiffany and the Nan Mac Feegle - Have only read the first two. Liked Wee Free Men, but thought Hat Full of Sky was only so-so.

Death & Co - Like these ones a lot too. My only real problem is that I find them the most samey (most of them are about Death taking a break from his duties), but hey if it ain't broke.

Moist Von Lipwig & Co - The Moist books strike me as perfectly mediocre. I don't dislike them like I do Night Watch and Unseen Academicals, but I could happily do without another one in the series. Love Small Gods and Pyramids (which is probably the one I've read most). Monstrous Regiment was decent. In the middle of reading Maurice for the first time and liking it so far.

So after a lot of waffle, The Witches win it for me with honourable mentions for Death and Rincewind.
 
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50/50 Wizards and Death.

would have been 33/33/33 with Moist in the mix (sounds wrong o_O ) but Making Money was rather disappointing.
 
Feb 21, 2011
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#53
^ Is Pyramids not considered one of the better ones by most people then? The Epheban philosophers alone make it one of my favourites. :laugh:
 

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