Menolly wrote:Forewarned is forearmed...

True! Or paranoid.

But ~jay is in the US eastern time zone, so April Fool's can stretch from the 31st of March to April 2nd, all depending on where one is located.

Ok, now I'm scared - mental note to block out those dates (but I just know I'll fall for something.... ah well, wait and see)

sgt.null wrote:Congratulations, Jacob...

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you have some work to do.

I think jRsT may give you a run for your money given the frequency of his posts - maybe Matrixman can run some projected statistics...

Thanks for the warning - I think I'm just the person to fall for it.

Thank gods I'm in Australia and might just get away with it with the time zone difference...

(so much to learn.... )

Vain wrote:Yeah I know but we're committed to the truth

Ok, I concede - never let a good story get in the way of the truth...

Vain wrote:We think it was a glitch and it counted a zillion search spider things

Aaahhh, ok. That's not very exciting!

Most users ever online was 191 on Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:42 pm Ok, not exactly a quote :P , just stats at the bottom, but was there any significant occasion to April 2, 2008? That's a lot of users online! (or point me to a thread which explains it) - obviously this is just for my interest, but hopefull...

:lol: Yes, I'm moving right along!! I know - from what I have (carefully - avoiding spoilers) read of this forum, MoI and DG are readers' favourites. That's why it distressed me somewhat that my interest was waning. I think that a contributing factor is that I only read at night, in bed - and someti...

Perhaps the context of the story, which must spring from SRD's own interest in martial arts, takes that "honourable" requirement as given in this world of martial arts practitioners Yes - "Honourable" is the key, IMO. So what deprives the Killing Stroke of its efficacy is the re...

Definitely got to finish Gap. Start over from the beginning, and go through as fast as you can. It will be a hell of a ride. *snip* At the risk of sounding like a lunatic fanatic ;) I wholeheartedly agree with Malik - finish the Gap you fool!! But don't pick it up where you left off. Start again fr...

Thanks again Onos! It's exactly what I need to keep going. I didn't want to come into this fascinating forum and just bad-mouth a book, so hopefully it didn't come across this way. I just needed exactly what I said - a jolt. And your passion for the story has re-ignited my interest, so thanks! I'll ...

I can't help but feeling that one of the great tragedies of this world is that the Killing Stroke does, indeed exist. Not literally, of course, just as there's no such thing as a Vulcan Nerve Pinch. But the fact exists that an amoral person is completely capable of depriving another of their freedo...

I'm on page 378. I suppose about a third of the way through. I enjoy Quick Ben's character, and I'm a bit interested in the Crippled God. It feels significant. I was enjoying Whiskeyjack's character in previous books, but so far he hasn't featured much. And the T'lan Imass are fascinating. I suppose...

Has SRD given any light on this subject? (I might have a browse now....)

But then the nerishi-qa DOES strike an apparent "killing stroke" but it doesn't touch the shin-te warrior. Then the nerishi-qa declares defeat. My understanding was that the nerishi-qa never completed the stroke, recognizing that he would be unable to deprive the shin-te of his choice. I'...

I admit to you all - I rarely lose interest in a book. I'm not a philosopher. I'm not an aspiring writer, although I appreciate a well written story. I'm not overly concerned with plot or pacing (at least I don't think I am) - but I just can't help losing interest in Memories of Ice. I haven't read ...

Was it SRD that said that the best way to deceive is to 'almost' tell the truth? Not quite the full truth, but something close to it. This is the best way to mislead someone... It seems to translate from his stories to the GI! The devious Mr Donaldson... One of the great pleasures I have gained from...

I agree!

If I were walking down the street and hadn't chosen to die (just going to the shop for example), yet you attacked me from behind and killed me, then there has to be a killing stroke.

Perhaps "there is no killing stroke" is only valid amongst "honorable" people?

ok Im totally confused. help a newbie out. I see some members with like 27000 posts 8O so how come the highest member posts is 4763? I'm guessing that it is total posts in the "General Discussion" section, not total of ALL posts in the entire forum. But I'm a 'newbie' too, so you may need...

OK, I've re-read it now - a couple of times. And there are a few little issues that I'm still wondering about. So, according to the story, there is no killing stroke, there is only choice, or despair. Despair is the Killing Stroke. When Isla, the mashu-te master called to the shin-te master that the...