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I need to raise my post-number, so I'd like as many of you to say, what's your REAL opinion about Orson Scott Card? Consequently, why are you in Hatrack?
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[ November 12, 2004, 04:12 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
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I try to never hold a real opinion on somebody I don't personally know, or haven't met. I would guess to say that he is a nice much loud speaking person, and I like his books.
Why are ya trying to raise your post count?
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Your question proves that fact, A Rat Named Dog (I heard you are a Card yourself). Since you ask a question, you expect an answer, thus raising my post count. It's a shame here not to have over 500! But then, I'm new.
Many people here criticise OSC most brutally, and yet they are on his forum, how come?
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[ November 12, 2004, 04:27 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
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After you get to 1000 posts, you get a small gift. At 2000, you start getting checks for every 500 posts made.
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I'm a 14 y.o., that bans me from all privileges, no? After all, I keep my contact information confidential, aside from e-mails (I try to, usually).
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[ November 12, 2004, 05:40 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
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Wait are saying that having a low post count isn't a good thing? Some of us are quite pleased by the low post count we have.
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He pays the members so they'll stay and create an atmosphere that draws newbies.
Post-whoring doesn't work, though. The first gift comes at 1000 posts, but you have to have been here for six months too.
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I am so excited about my first gift! I know it's just a token, but still, it really means something to me. :waitspatiently:
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Shhh..don’t tell him about the initiations that come after the first 1,000 posts. If you’re going to tell him about the fringe benefits of being a member, fine, just leave it at that please.
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It hasn't come yet? I think A Rat Named Dog is in charge of sending those out, and he does it once a quarter.
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What I'm wondering is where OSC got those pictures that he sent me as my gift. Also, should I be flattered that he's that interested in me, or feel threatened by it?
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Actually, the early gifts are much shoddier now than before. Bob and Tom and kat keep requiring ever better gifts due to their high post counts, so the Cards skimp on the low end.
Be glad you aren't me though, ElJay, I joined the forum before the rewards program was instituted... I'm hoping I'll get my first gift (for my 4000th post) some day soon too!
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It's only been a couple of days... I wouldn't expect it yet.
And JH, why would you think your contact info being hiden would matter? You had to provide it when you registered, the board administrators can still see it. But you are too young...
Edit: Cool, Bok! Hope your 4000 gift is nice... and KatBobTom for being greedy.
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I thought Bob was dkw's gift. You know, get a high-ranking forum member for outstanding service to the board.
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I am waiting for the new car. Wasn't that billed for the 25,000 mark?
Bet OSC had no idea that someone would actually get over 10,000 when he made that deal. Back in the day, people would only post a few times a week.
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I hear it's a Yugo with about 100,000 miles on it Sara. He's just giving it away because it's cheaper than paying to have it hauled off. "New", in this case, just means "new to you".
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Belle, that just goes to show you how cheap OSC is. Making two gifts in one transaction. Sheesh.
Then again, should we really be surprised by this? After all, OSC is so cheap he didn't bother to set up separate boards for Books, Films, Food, and American Culture; he just smooshed them all together.
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I love having the boards together. Nobody'd ever make it to even 5,000 on the Food board alone, since we only talk about food when everyone has retreated, bleeding, to their respective partisan corners.
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OSC is a great guy, and I love his books. I don't really follow his political writing, so I'm not too opinionated that way. I really appreciate his generosity in maintaining this forum.
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If my wife and I could have anybody in the world over for dinner, it would be OSC and his wife.
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Now if only he would start handing out gifts for least amount of posts per day joined. Afterall, I'm saving him precious bandwith.
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I'm here because after 7 years of serving him, OSC will set my beloved, whom through his mastery of dark magics he has changed into a jeweled bird and set at the top of the highest mountain, free.
However, after my first thousand posts, I was visited by a wrinkled old man, who for the crust of bread and dipperful of water that makes up my supper, traded me an enchanted slide whistle. After two thousand, he came again and for my meal traded me an especially stinky head of cabbage. I can only hope at three thousand that I can gain the blessed tire swing of St. Tilly of Antioch and thus have the last piece I need to bring OSC's tyranical reign to an end.
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What's especially disturbing is that I've been missing my slide whistle, one of my cabbages, and my tire swing for almost two years now, but keep getting dry bread and half-filled cups of water delivered anonymously to my door. It's like a swap meet run by ancient mystical masters.
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I think OSC is a great writer and, based on hearsay, a darn cool person - and also someone who has a lot of views on things I think are completely wrong.
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quote:Nobody'd ever make it to even 5,000 on the Food board alone
I really do beg to differ. I've been known to bring up food 4 separate times in the same 5-minute conversation. Just ask Hobbes.
"How was your day, Annie?" "Great. I had Chinese food for lunch" "That's nice. How's school?" "It's ok, I suppose. The campus cafeteria is going to be the death of me though." "So what are you doing tonight?" "I think I'll cook something with the weird things I bought in the Mexican aisle. They're really quite fascinating." "Well, I hope you're feeling well." "A bit hungry, but who wouldn't be after that magnificent sandwich I had in Seattle last week? Nothing else is even close to measuring up, I'm afraid, and I've been spoiled for life to regret the sandwich-that-shall-never-be-relived."
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OSC gave candy to all the people at the signing when I went to the signing with a bunch of other Hatrackers. That's makes him like, automatically cool.
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*can identify with the missing-a-specific-sandwich-because-it's-on-the-other-coast feeling* I got addicted to DiBella's while working in Buffalo. Annie, where's that sandwich shop? You may have saved my life. I was sure I'd never find a sandwich as good as DiBella's.
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Some of us would like descriptions of these sandwiches (I'm presuming to speak on saxon's behalf as well as my own).
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Well, I guess I got grandfathered past the initiation thing... that's good. Right? Wait, what if it was something kinky? Oh bother. Now I won't be able to focus in Latin discussion.
Can't we get a gift for five years of being here, too? I mean, some of us do revel in fairly low post counts but have been here for almost... forever. (Actually, I'm feeling a definite lack of presents. Speaking of which, has anyone brought up the Gift Exchange yet? Or are we going to wait until after Thanksgiving? Anyone all organized-like still reading this? )
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Zal, DiBella's has these fab sub sandwiches. I *love* Quiznos, but they can't touch DiBella's. My favorite is turkey on Everything bread. The Everything bread has herbs and spices baked into the top of the bread that adds so much flavor! Then they put an herbed oil on the sandwich that is heavenly. They don't skimp on the meat, but if you're serious about wanting to even out the carbs from the bread with a heavy dose of protein, they will double their already generous portion for a little bit more money. All the ingredients are incredibly fresh. One time I was in there, they had just gotten a shipment of roast beef that was so juicy and tasty looking I was tempted. And I don't like roast beef.
They also have cookies as good as what I can make at home. (This is praise...I am very fond of my own cookies.) If you're ever in Buffalo, NY, you have to try them. They're on Niagara Falls Blvd across from the Mall.
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I've met OSC a few times and he seems to be a great guy. I've read most of his books at least once. I read his columns regularly, and even when I don't agree with his opinions, at least admire the fact that they are usually well though out. His wife is everything nice that everyone has ever said about her and then some. I joined Hatrack b/c its the most interesting online community I've met yet. My cool OSC story:
At a signing I recommended "Ender's Game" to a woman who was looking around for books for her 12-year-old grandson who had never read any OSC before. She bought it and got in line behind me. When we got to the front of the line the lady mentioned that I had recommended the book to her, and OSC got out his change purse and gave us each 35 cents, which totalled up to the royalty he earned on her purchase! That left a smile on my face.
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