Knights of Stonewall Moto?
What should the moto be for Knights of Stonewall? Should we stick with Strength in Diversity or go with something different for the new guild?
ChessyMC
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
For Sci-Fi
Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card. Both excellent, but for different reasons.
Startide Rising/Uplift War - David Brin. Probability Drive FTW. Also try Sundiver as the prequel to Startide.
Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion. Have not read Endymion yet.
A Fire Upon the Deep (don't remember author)
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke. Awesome for dated sci-fi. Has some excellent ideas in it.
Galapagos - Kurt Vonegut
For Fantasy
Talisman - Steven King and Peter Straub. I want a werewolf best friend. Loved that book as a kid.
Imagica by Clive Barker was ok, but Weaveworld ROCKED! I think it was his best.
The only "normal" book I have read is Prince of Tides, and it was awesome. I lived in Charleston, SC for a few years and it really took me back.
Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card. Both excellent, but for different reasons.
Startide Rising/Uplift War - David Brin. Probability Drive FTW. Also try Sundiver as the prequel to Startide.
Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion. Have not read Endymion yet.
A Fire Upon the Deep (don't remember author)
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke. Awesome for dated sci-fi. Has some excellent ideas in it.
Galapagos - Kurt Vonegut
For Fantasy
Talisman - Steven King and Peter Straub. I want a werewolf best friend. Loved that book as a kid.
Imagica by Clive Barker was ok, but Weaveworld ROCKED! I think it was his best.
The only "normal" book I have read is Prince of Tides, and it was awesome. I lived in Charleston, SC for a few years and it really took me back.
robbwinger
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Under the 'Oddities' category, I just finished Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. For anyone who is into Jane Austen, it's a hilarious retake on the story with a great zombie twist.
minosb
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Has anybody read the entire Reality Disfunction series by Anderson? If so would you recommend it? I am about 1/2 through the first book and am not sure about it yet. Mostly it's good, and I liked Fallen Dragon, but I'm not too sure on the whole "other dimensional beings take over Satan worshiping kid and make him super powerful" thing. Kinda cheesy.
minosb
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
I love both Terry Pratchett and Hitchiker too, I should have included them in the original list. Gotta love the Britcom.
I'm loving the suggestions guys, already building a summer reading list...
I'm loving the suggestions guys, already building a summer reading list...
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
I would definately recommend the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy series to everyone. It's a hilarious read. There were times I could just not stop laughing.
I also love Dean Koontz. Phantoms is my favorite of his so far.
I also love Dean Koontz. Phantoms is my favorite of his so far.
Zepari
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Thanks for starting this thread, great idea!
When it comes to pure fantasy, I'm a huge fan of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Every book put a mirror up to the real world and puts a hilarious twist on it.
For Sci-fi, my fave book is Intervention by Julian May. It's the prequel of a series (The Galactic Milieu Trilogy) about the mental evolution of humans and their first contact and relationship with the wider galactic community. It's a cross between Heroes and the X-files.
When it comes to pure fantasy, I'm a huge fan of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Every book put a mirror up to the real world and puts a hilarious twist on it.
For Sci-fi, my fave book is Intervention by Julian May. It's the prequel of a series (The Galactic Milieu Trilogy) about the mental evolution of humans and their first contact and relationship with the wider galactic community. It's a cross between Heroes and the X-files.
minosb
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Thirteen books! Holy ***t.
What do you like about the series? Is it high fantasy or urban fantasy or some other flavor?
What do you like about the series? Is it high fantasy or urban fantasy or some other flavor?
Protostar
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Great thread! I would recommend to any fantasy lover the Thomas Covenant Series by Stephen R. Donaldson. The first in the series of what will eventually be 13 books (I think) is Lord Foul's Bane.
minosb
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Thanks bfelczer :-)
I remember seeing that book and picking it up, but then setting it back down, mostly because I'm not a huge antiestablishment/paranoia fan. But of course it's always hard to tell from the quick summary read and seeing what the pic looks like (it gets points for having a bike on the cover heh). What was it that you liked about the series?
I remember seeing that book and picking it up, but then setting it back down, mostly because I'm not a huge antiestablishment/paranoia fan. But of course it's always hard to tell from the quick summary read and seeing what the pic looks like (it gets points for having a bike on the cover heh). What was it that you liked about the series?
CapnBranFlakes
Re:Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Great thread! This is one of my favorite sci-fi books:
The Traveler
it is a apart of a Trilogy and they are going to turn it into a movie :)
The Traveler
it is a apart of a Trilogy and they are going to turn it into a movie :)
Yanek
Re:Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassa
Good idea, ill be in game today afternoon - i mean mine afternoon, i have to check what time zone you actually are to me :)).
Me handle is @yanek in the game.
Me handle is @yanek in the game.
minosb
Re:Quick notes about DPS
Thanks for the clear writeup!
I bumped across this incredibly detailed and clear post on comparing various cruiser weapon loadouts and dps results....complete with charts and everything. Highly recommended reading. After reading this I switched up my cruiser to have a couple of dual beam banks and an additional turret, and adjusted playstyle to more of a forward-focused pew pew instead of broadsiding. It's made a huge difference in my dps although my shields take much more beating now.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=121862&highlight=energy
I bumped across this incredibly detailed and clear post on comparing various cruiser weapon loadouts and dps results....complete with charts and everything. Highly recommended reading. After reading this I switched up my cruiser to have a couple of dual beam banks and an additional turret, and adjusted playstyle to more of a forward-focused pew pew instead of broadsiding. It's made a huge difference in my dps although my shields take much more beating now.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=121862&highlight=energy
minosb
Books Books Books, We Love 'Em!
Hi all...I'd love to get a thread going on people's recommended books. God knows I'm always on the lookout for some hidden gem to read, and now that summer is almost here it's definitely time to break out the sun chair and the good books...
So I'll start it off. It'd be helpful to categorize your recommendations so people who are into one subgenre or another can tell what might be interesting.
Here's some of my faves. I could comment on each but this is already a big post :O If anyone wants to chat about any of these or suggest some back, the let's hear it!
ODDITIES
I like reading really unexpected books in the scifi/fantasy genres, here's a couple of faves out of left field:
Ceres Storm by David Herter
Appleseed by John Clute
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
The Stranger by Max Frei
SPACE OPERA
Hyperion/Endymion series by Dan Simmons
So I'll start it off. It'd be helpful to categorize your recommendations so people who are into one subgenre or another can tell what might be interesting.
Here's some of my faves. I could comment on each but this is already a big post :O If anyone wants to chat about any of these or suggest some back, the let's hear it!
ODDITIES
I like reading really unexpected books in the scifi/fantasy genres, here's a couple of faves out of left field:
Ceres Storm by David Herter
Appleseed by John Clute
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
The Stranger by Max Frei
SPACE OPERA
Hyperion/Endymion series by Dan Simmons
bradley1701
Re:Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassa
Yanek wrote:
Greetings Yanek,
Thank you for contacting me this morning. I will request you as a friend in-game as well. My @handle is @bradley1701 and my character names are Kaaleb and T'Laris. Right now I am playing a lot as T'Laris. Let's get together in game and chat about our fleets and the relationship we between them.
Talk to you soon...peace and long life.
Admiral Kaaleb
Stonewall Fleet Ambassador
Talkie talkie!
Guys thank you for the feedback, thank you for moving my post to the right zone. And thank you that you want to talk to me (us).
Where is the best place to get in touch with yous?
Greetings Yanek,
Thank you for contacting me this morning. I will request you as a friend in-game as well. My @handle is @bradley1701 and my character names are Kaaleb and T'Laris. Right now I am playing a lot as T'Laris. Let's get together in game and chat about our fleets and the relationship we between them.
Talk to you soon...peace and long life.
Admiral Kaaleb
Stonewall Fleet Ambassador
Yanek
Re:Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassa
Talkie talkie!
Guys thank you for the feedback, thank you for moving my post to the right zone. And thank you that you want to talk to me (us).
Where is the best place to get in touch with yous?
Guys thank you for the feedback, thank you for moving my post to the right zone. And thank you that you want to talk to me (us).
Where is the best place to get in touch with yous?
Re:Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassador
You can go ahead Kaaleb. I haven't spoke to him yet. He registered recently on our site if you'd like to talk to him directly on here.
bradley1701
Re:Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassador
Yanek contacted me through PM this morning. Nick do you want me to go forward with 12th Fleet or have you already initiated something?
Peace and long life,
Admiral Kaaleb
Peace and long life,
Admiral Kaaleb
Re: Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassador
Thanks for reposting this. I hadn't looked at the recruitment thread in a bit. I'll get in touch with Yanek shortly.
BrianKM
Request for an Alliance from 12th Fleet Ambassador
Reposted from FTO>Starbase One forum:
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2594005
(I'm not sure if there is a process/procedure for such requests. If this isn't it, please let me know.)
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2594005
Hey guys! Well you are big. I mean BIIIG. So i was wondering how would react from little Ambassador of 12th to form some alieance.
Not rushing into anything but since i am mingling around the forums and other fleet i realized that our player base (cca 40) needs some cool guys (cca 400 ) just to play. You know some pvp, chat, checking up avatars and do the other things that we can do in STO.
Please anyone, go ahead and get in touch with me so we could make friends and some fun. You can either talk to me here or in game, where i can be found as @yanek.
I am very cute and very nice person representing other guys (i don't know actually who is what gender in our fleet) that will welcome anyone of yous who would like to join in any kind of playing.
With open greetings
Yanek
12th fleet Ambassador
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(I'm not sure if there is a process/procedure for such requests. If this isn't it, please let me know.)