FC nerfs Christmas

**jimskam** · Dec 17th, 2002, 20:35:38

A December event that lasts one or two days nerfs everyone with a life, friends, family, anything and everyone - except for the small group of uber-MMORPG AO obsessed fanatics.

Don't nerf Christmas - make the santa leets and bronto reindeer hu8nting take the rest of the month of Decmber. Give everyone a chance to get in on the fun.

FC is like the bartender and Ao is like beer. Serve Hapopy Hour all December long - dont just have free beer on Christmas day for the drunks who live upstairs of the bar.

**Thyrra** · Dec 17th, 2002, 20:52:20

it would be really great if these special event thigns took place over longer periods of time; but if you have a happy life outside AO then who cares, it's just a game.

**Jynne** · Dec 17th, 2002, 21:09:15

Ah... but what about people with unhappy lives?

Or... really boring relatives?

**jimskam** · Dec 17th, 2002, 21:11:01

Originally posted by Jynne
Or... really boring relatives?

Playing AO while really boring relatives aaround you is dangerous, as they may leach on, go by the game and suprice you with a /tell HEY HEY guess who!!

**___________Evilspork** · Dec 17th, 2002, 21:52:13

I just want my arrow.

**locomdenom** · Dec 17th, 2002, 22:16:41

Fine by me.

But, then again, I'm not a Christian, and neither is my family, so no boring Christmas events for me!

**___________Evilspork** · Dec 17th, 2002, 23:42:38

Lucky heathen.

**locomdenom** · Dec 18th, 2002, 00:51:16

I'm no heathen!

**Bystander** · Dec 18th, 2002, 01:03:31

Surely running christmas events on christmas day entails FC staff being around on christmas day to run them?

Quite frankly if FC can muster enough staff to come in on christmas day to entertain a small handful of die hard social insomniacs then Norway must have one hell of a work ethic.

**Thyrra** · Dec 18th, 2002, 01:40:10

or a bunch of heathen

**locomdenom** · Dec 18th, 2002, 01:52:54

They could be Jewish. I mean, Hanukah's over already, and Purim isn't for months.

For that matter, where were my Maccabee Leets!?!?!

Heh. Jews in Norway. For some reason, that just makes me laugh.

(for all of you inevitable flamers... I'm Jewish. Don't go picking this fight, because I *will* make you regret it.)

**______________Orchid** · Dec 18th, 2002, 02:15:24

Originally posted by Kiryat-Dharin
They could be Jewish. I mean, Hanukah's over already, and Purim isn't for months.

For that matter, where were my Maccabee Leets!?!?!

Heh. Jews in Norway. For some reason, that just makes me laugh.

(for all of you inevitable flamers... I'm Jewish. Don't go picking this fight, because I *will* make you regret it.)

correctly spelled Chanukah

**locomdenom** · Dec 18th, 2002, 02:30:37

Correctly spelling it would require support for a Hebrew typeface.

There's no such thing as a proper English transliteration. Chanuka, Chanukah, Hanukah, Hanuka are all acceptable, as are double-K variants. There are probably some I haven't seen, for that matter.

Rest assured, I can write it in Hebrew.

chet-nun-vav-kaf-hey

Man, it's been YEARS since I took Hebrew classes.

edit: Obviously, vav in its vowel form as the oo sound.

**___________Evilspork** · Dec 18th, 2002, 03:15:42

We agnostic/atheist hybrids with Christian parents might as well be considered Christians around Giftmas time.

**________________Seid** · Dec 18th, 2002, 11:49:41

I'm heathen, but I enjoy christmas with my family all the same

And I'd like to see the christmas stuff in AO last until the 31st
/me want to see a Santa Leet !

**______________Vanity** · Dec 18th, 2002, 12:05:04

I'm not sure about anywhere else, but in England we traditionally celebrate twelve days of Christmas. Christmas Eve through to Twelfth Night (January 5).

12 days should be long enough for everyone to get into the spirit of Christmas and kill a Santa Leet

**Warlock** · Dec 18th, 2002, 12:40:20

Originally posted by Kiryat-Dharin
Man, it's been YEARS since I took Hebrew classes.

and there I was thinking Hebrew was when the man had to make the tea and coffee!

**Nephi** · Dec 18th, 2002, 17:00:41

Originally posted by Kiryat-Dharin

Heh. Jews in Norway. For some reason, that just makes me laugh.

Well, we got them here too. Luckily, the Third Reich didn't manage to wipe them all out.

**______________Orchid** · Dec 18th, 2002, 17:12:29

Originally posted by Kiryat-Dharin
Correctly spelling it would require support for a Hebrew typeface.

There's no such thing as a proper English transliteration. Chanuka, Chanukah, Hanukah, Hanuka are all acceptable, as are double-K variants. There are probably some I haven't seen, for that matter.

Rest assured, I can write it in Hebrew. chet-nun-vav-kaf-hey

Man, it's been YEARS since I took Hebrew classes.

edit: Obviously, vav in its vowel form as the oo sound.

hehe, here's something you might find interesting

[Witztum: ] I will describe here a brief experiment that was carried out on the topic of "Chanukah." This topic can be spelled in one of two ways in Hebrew: "XNKH" or "XNWKH". Furthermore, each of these spellings can be written with or without the prefix "H" (the definite article): "HXNKH" and "HXNWKH".

Oh dear, a Halachic source used as a spelling authority. Most people use a dictionary. Of course, he is not really using the Mishna Brurah for the spelling. Almost any book written without nikud (vowel marks) would have done as well. The edition of Mishna Brurah printed with nikud uses the short spelling XNKH, but this time he has to suppress his usual preference for vowel-reduced spelling and hope that nobody notices.

it just gets more interesting.. if you'd like to read it -> http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/dilugim/witzum/Judah.html

I found it very fascinating

**Warlock** · Dec 18th, 2002, 17:47:54

Originally posted by Emiko
"XNKH" or "XNWKH". "HXNKH" and "HXNWKH".

Looks like a load of car number [licence] plates :-)

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