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|I don't think you're on my FL Red. If you fancy a game I'll send you an FR.
www.hatchetjob.com - more than games. "Seemingly trivial, surprisingly deep"
www.isawthatyearsago.com - a retro film podcast
@1Dgaf Sorry again for not switching over for a game last night. I was waiting for something to clear on Defiance and fell asleep on the sofa.
Which is not meant to be a criticism of Defiance, frankly.
Sure thing Dgaf. I'd like to try 4 man EG Hard mode.
oo err
|I'll be on soon if anyone fancies some God mOde.
www.hatchetjob.com - more than games. "Seemingly trivial, surprisingly deep"
www.isawthatyearsago.com - a retro film podcast
This weeks deals....
From Dust 480msp, Rock of Ages 320msp, Peggle 320msp, Peggle DLC 160msp, Street Fighter Puzzle Fighter HD 320msp, Catan 320msp, Carcassone 400msp, Plants v Zombies 600msp, Quantum Conundrum 480msp
|You'd all be fools not to pick Catan up!
|I've never played it. Does the trial give me a good enough chunk for me to get a feel for it?
I've no idea what the trial holds as I bought the full fat version straight away.
You probably would want to have people to play online to be honest as that is where the magic is with the game. Even though I've been playing the computer for a while now and still loving it.
|Also get Carcassonne while your there. Although it's been 400 before and I'm kinda surprised that I wasn't that price all the time.
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Once again the discounts are a little bit more hefty than usual. Bodes well for the rest of the year but not for backwards compatibility with the next Xbox!
Dont have it but thought From Dust is the pick of the bunch there? Heard it was pretty good?
Alipan wrote:Don't get this.
Is it not a good idea, if you are planning Backwards Compatibility, to get the most benefit out of it by ensuring your user base have a large library of games they are going to be eager to keep hold of?
Brap, brap, old chap.
|Oooh, I'm up for Catan.
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|I wondered how long it would take before you piped up.
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Forthcoming releases and next week's deals.
Symphony of the Night for 320 is stonking if you don't already have it. Also, Pac-Man CE DX should be on EVERYONE'S list. I am not just saying this because I'm not half bad at it.
|Looking forward to Blood Dragon next week.
Does anyone happen to know if X-Men is worth a punt at 400?
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robthehermit wrote:STOP MOCKING ME!
Only buy Catan if you have a few friends who also play it, the single player isn't worth it
|Are these gold only deals?
|They are, yes.
Bought from dust when it came out at 1200 msp and thought it was one of the most original games i'd played.
Well worth 480msp
andytheadequate wrote:Single player Catan isn't all that bad, but definitely one to be played with others if you can. Never had to wait long to get a game online and the folks still playing mostly seem to be a decent bunch. It's not like they're all masters at the game either, as I've even managed a win occasionally.
Is Rock of Ages worth 320 points?
... looks quite curiously interesting to me.
Tricky one to call, that. I got it for free with Playstation Plus, I thought I'd love it but I found it quite frustrating and gave up pretty quickly. Nice presentation though.
Will definitely get castlevania SOTN next week.
Also, after Minervas Den seemed to be on perpetual sale last year now that I actually want it I bet it'll never be reduced again!
Rock of Ages is alright. It references Goya a lot, which is nice.
But... nah.
Apologies to RedSparrows for ignoring the invite for God Mode last night. The missus was about to drag me off and it didn't seem worth joining and breaking your game for five minutes. Really enjoyed the game we played together and keen for another shot (maybe tonight).
It's become a little more managable now I've realised you can upgrade your gear. Maxed out the starter SMG, which is an utter beast and almost maxed the pump-action shot-gun. Think I've been able to solo all but one of the levels now.
Still not seen that "Death" game changer turn up yet. The "dwarf" one was quite amusing though. Game certainly has its hooks in.
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lucky_jim wrote:Funnily enough, it was the lovely art style, unique visuals and gentle music that lured me into pondering whether to buy it ...
... I only have 320 points left and that is a odd amount seeing as most Xbox Live Arcade games are 400 onwards so, I think I shall take a punt on 'Rock of Ages'.
Hope it is infinitely better than the film that came out last summer!
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> A School for Adventurers (OOC/Recruitment)
Here's the plot: All the characters are going to the M. Dragonclaw School for Adventurers, the most prestigious of all the (and one of the only) adventuring schools in the known Planes of Existance. The school itself is enormous, the size of a small city. That's not counting the dungeon that it was built on top of. It is so large that not even M. Dragonclaw himself (who is the absolute greatest adventurer of all time) explored the whole thing. There are rumors that the dungeon even occupies other planes. The school has also recently started a program for villains and evil adventurers.
Your character sheet should look something like this:
Name: Stan
Race: Human
Character Archetype: Rogue/Thief
Description: Stan wears plain brown leather armor. He has two daggers at his sides, as well as two more in hidden sheaths. He has brown hair and brown eyes, and is a bit on the skinny side.
Personality: Stan is a massive nerd. Let's just say that if glasses existed yet, he would be wearing huge ones. He is neutral in respect to Good and Evil, and will gladly hang out with students aligned with either.
Class Schedule:
1st period: Advanced Arcanobiology
2nd period: World History
3rd period: Cosmology
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Master Dungeoneering
6th period: Master Thief Skills
7th period: Advanced Alchemy
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 4:04 PM]
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:41 PM]
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:20 PM]
As I promised I'm joining up.
Name: Vladamir Blackthorne (Age 16)
Race: Vampire
Character archetype: Warrior/mage
Description: Vlad wears a black and red tunic with a dark red undershirt underneath. He wears a thick chain around his neck. His hair is black and shaggy. His ancestral sword is holstered in its sheath which is attached to his black leather belt. He is rather pale like all vampires and has green eyes. His pants are black, baggy and ripped. He wears steel bracers on his wrists. He is very tall (6'9") and slim
Personality: Vlad usualy keeps to himself but every once in a while he will hang out with someone. He isn't really friends with the weaker kids but he will stick up for them and take up arms along side them if the situation calls for it. He is a skilled warrior, most of his combat classes are advanced. He is also a fairly good mage, he has intermediate magic classes.
Class schedule:
1st period: Magic history
2nd period: Dark magic studies
3rd period: Advanced combat practice
4th period: Advanced hand to hand combat
5th period: Swordsmanship
6th period: Elemental magic studies
7th period: Advanced Vampirism
[Edited by xXRathXx on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 4:11 PM]
You can join. Post whenever you want.
Name: Hana Rocko
Race: Human
Character archetype: White Magi
Description: She is one of the younger students, she's 4"11 with copper hair that falls to her neck, she wears a white dress that ends at her knees and plain white shoes. She has bluey-green eyes and a bit of a pale tarnish to her skin make some this she's a vampire, is isn't how ever and is scared to death of them, her exact words, "Teeth stuck in you," shivers.
Personality: Haná is a loner the main reason being she has no idea with people as hasn't had the chance to build them. She hates Combat Practice as if it was just an excuse to have her living daylights beaten out of her, meaning she's always late to lunch having to spend the first 10 minuets trying to heal herself. She's aligned to Good as she is taught to be against Evil and tries her best but finds it hard to tell sometimes
Class Schedule:
1st period: Magic History
2nd period: World History
3rd period: Cosmology
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Meditaion/Healing magic
6th period: Elemental Magic Studies
7th period: White arts
I may or may not stick around, but why not, I'm game...
Name: Sallizaar Ferenczy
Race: Nova (human that became something else)
Character archetype: Assassin
Description: Sal is a first year student at the school, but has been training all his life. When standing he is roughly 6'5" but he prefers to crouch for the most part. His skin is Jet black with runic symbols burned into the flesh and self inflicted scars along the wrists. He has a head of long, white, straight hair with a hint of black in the very tips. He has only three large fingers and toes(one toe is on the back side of his foot like a bird) and a set of large taloned wings that are useless for flight, but allow him to glide and wear them like a cloak around himself.
Personality: Sal hates humans, and is very predjudiced due to his upringing in a place where everyone hated him. His only joys are his powers and combat training. It is hard to tell whether or not he is particularly evil, but hate is is strong point for sure.
1st period: Quantum mechanics
2nd period: relocation/transwarp studies
3rd period: Advanced combat practice
4th period: Advanced hand to hand combat
5th period: Tactical exercises
6th period: Advanced daggercraft
7th period: Advanced Quantum history
Darknightrei and LunaMaria, you can both play. And by the way, feel free to change your character's schedule if you think of something better.
Name: Elle (for some reason, pronunced Ella)
Race: Unknown (could be described as an Air elemental )
Character archetype: Villian who takes over the world. Kind of.
Description: Ageless. She's been alive so long that she has forgotten most of her own life, and thus constantly restarts over. She looks to be in her early twenties, with extremely pale skin that is stretched over delicate and exotic features. Her hair hangs in raggedly cut (think someone took a weed whacker to her hair) waves, it's the color of spun silver. Her eyes, extremely slanted with almost no pupil to them, are a silver gray color so light as to blend in with the white parts of her eyes. She stands at a whopping 6'3, with slim limbs that remind most people too much of a panthers. She herself is pretty in one of those wildfire ways, beautiful to look at, lethal to touch.
Personality: Pretty much isnane. She has delusions that she's some kind of demi goddess, really really insnae. Perfectly okay with screwing up peoples lives, just as likely to kill someone as she is to kiss them. Laughs at her own pain, laughs at others...does whatever she wants and believes she can get away with it. Probably can. The only thing she seems to truly care about is nature, and even that she would destory on a whim, if she could figure a way to do so.
Class Schedule:
1st period: Advanced World History
2nd period: Advanced Elemental Magic Studies (Air.)
3rd period: Advanced Torture Techniques
4th period: Poisons
5th period: Advanced Illusionary Magic
6th period: Healing Arts
7th period: Advanced Animal Care
Name: SparrowHawk
Race: Human
Character Archetype: Warlock
Description: SparrowHawk has red hair and usally wheres a black robe with a pink tree on front. Under his cloak he keeps his favorite potions and a rapier. He has eyes that change color with his mood. He is not fat but not skinny and is a very fast swimmer.
Personality: SparrowHawk is very odd he dosen't have many friends and after classes he goes to the alchemy room and does extra work. He acts like he is on the evil side but is fairly evenly balanced.
Class Schedule
1st Master Alchemy
2nd Magical History
3rd Magic Beastery
4th Dungeon Maping
5th Dark Arts
6th Light Arts
7th Short Blade Combat
[Edited by SparrowHawk on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 5:21 PM]
[Edited by SparrowHawk on Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:46 PM]
Sure, you can post. Just try not to rp other people's characters this time.
Ok don't worry I won't!
Name: Tristram
Race: Changeling
Character Archetype: Enchanter/Fighter
Description: Tristram has hair that is unnaturally black with streaks of silver running through it, and eyes that look like silver rings. His skin color has human skin tones with a faint silver tinge, but the color varies depending on how much light is hitting it. Indoors, he is pale. Outside, if there is enough light, he will be almost black (not literally; he has only human skin tones). He stands about 6'0", and yet still manages to get described as stumpy. He possesses the armor of a knight (will describe it later), but does not wear it at all times; just when he needs it. His clothes appear normal, but are infused with whatever magic he puts into them (something that can change on a daily basis, nothing major yet).
Personality: Tristram does not care about people. He cares about things. Most notably, finely made things. He is not greedy; he loses interest in things once he has figured out how to make them, but new stuff is basically at the top of his priorities. He loves to make things. It is not that he dislikes people; he is just ambivalent about their existence. He has learned to fight only because he likes to be able to use some of the stuff he makes.
This caused the woman whose cradle he appeared in no end of grief. His adoptive father was not exactly pleased either, because he was the first male to enter the family, and the man was a duke. As soon as his wife bore him another son, Tristram was off to school. Hopefully forever.
Class Schedule:
1st period: Arcanobiology (he is slightly curious as to what he is)
2nd period: Armorsmithing
3rd period: Equipment maintenance
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Enchanting (he can sort of do this already, but learning more is never bad)
6th period: Advanced Dungeoneering (Where better to find unique items?)
7th period: Weaponmaking
[Edited by Benjmn on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 11:58 AM]
Nice characters, people! Benjmn, you can join.
(edit) By the way, everyone, when your character is in a class, just rp the entire period with a post or two. No need to waste time. And also, feel free to start your own sub-plots like me and Vlad have.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:39 PM]
I was wondering, could Sal's posts be kept outside of his classes except for those he shares with others? He tends to skip classes and go off to practice and drink. is it ok?
Also, sorry I haven't posted lately.
Sure, if you think it makes sense for your character.
(edit) For those of you with Dungeoneering classes, remember the dungeon under the school.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:19 PM]
Hey murloc_hugger um Dash ran into me in the hall!
Yeah, but you weren't around when he talked about the plan.
And also, for those of you who didn't get the "Gray Fox" reference, it's from the Elder Scrolls series.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Thursday, March 8, 2007 6:49 PM]
Yea I noticed that. Good one. Also the note said to meet the secret admirer in the fightball feil tommorow but no big deal.
[Edited by xXRathXx on Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:00 PM]
Uh....one post said first period started in an hour, next post said he had slept through 1st and 2nd period. What time is it?
Vlad and Stan were in Vlad's room discussing the stuff that happened the night before, so in truth he only slept through first period. Stan took all that time to try and wake him up.
Name: Aillia
Race: Shape shifter
Character Archetype: female hero >.< (not overly done though like most,she still loses often enough)
Description: The shape shifter wore a cape of black with the symbol of a howling wolf upon its back. a symbol of who she was..well thats what she claimed..really it was just cause it looks cool. a plain black shirt of cotton underneath it with black breaches for horse riding. Sword strapped to her back(for combat in human form). Her eyes a Deep Red contrasting to the white of her complexion.
Personality: Shes the girl who freaks out if shes failing anything. Tends to get picked on a bit, but generally stands up for herself. though is a close friend when you breach the cold wall she sometimes puts up.
Class Schedule:
1st period: Advanced shape shifting
2nd period: World History
3rd period: War tactics
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Master Dungeoneering
6th period: controlling of skills level 5
7th period: Advanced healing
This is bugging me some what sorry if it if make life hard for others but this is just me...
Hana's weekly time table
1st period: Magic History
2nd period: World History
3rd period: Cosmology
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Mediation
6th period: Elemental Magic Studies
7th period: White arts
1st period: Extra credit White arts
2nd period: Extra credit White arts
3rd period:Combat Practice
4th period: White Defence
5th period: Healing magic
6th period: Elemental Magic Studies
7th period: Free
1st period: Free
2nd period: Astral Projection
3rd period: Biology
4th period: Extra credit White arts
5th period: Meditaion
6th period: Combat Practice
7th period: White arts
1st period: Magic History
2nd period: World History
3rd period: White Defence
4th period: God Studies
5th period: Mediation
6th period: Astral Projection
7th period: White arts
1st period: Extra credit White arts
2nd period: Extra credit White arts
3rd period: God Studies
4th period: Free
5th period: Healing magic
6th period: Elemental Magic Studies
7th period: Free
1st God Studies
2nd Elemental Magic Studies
1st White Defence
2nd Astral Projection
3rd Astral Projection
Deaths_Crucifix, you can play. LunaMaria, you can use that schedule if you really want, just don't expect anyone else to keep track of it, it's confusing.
thats fine just I was bugging me for some reason
Name: Tommy Oliver
Race: Human
Character Archetype: Warlock/Swordsman
Description: Tommy wears a black sleeveless shirt, with tan khaki pants and black sandals. He has a bandana wrapped around his head, the symbol of fire upon the front of it, showing his favorite element to use, with long brown hair falling over the back of the bandana and brown eyes. He has three swords, two at his side, such as a samurai would keep them, both just simple katanas, and another on his back, this one being another katana.
Personality: Tommy tends to stay to himself, though he considers himself alligned with the people who do Good. He's very loyal and will defend a friend in need with his life. He tends to be very sarcastic once someone gets to know him, or he's fighting someone and wishes to irritate them. Other than that, he's a very easy going guy but loves to train and spar anytime he can.
Class Schedule:
1st period: Elemental Magic Studies
2nd period: Dark Magic Studies
3rd period: War Tactics
4th period: Combat Practice
5th period: Magic History
6th period: Advanced Swordsmanship
7th period: Tactical Exercises
I don't know if I'm to late to enter, but if I am, just disregard this please, but if not, just say so and I'll post. =D
[Edited by TommySplitzer on Monday, March 12, 2007 2:29 AM]
Feeling slightly Urked here... I've been trying to get Hana into the so far main story line but she keeps being left out just this is the second time and I don't want to keep work on may own story lines by myself so how wants to join up with Hana?
The whole fightball team story will be over shortly as soon as Murloc posts aain I suppose.
Sorry about that, I didn't know it was bugging you, or I would have ended it sooner. I'll try to start the main story soon.
(edit) Yes, you can join, you're not too late. We were just about to get out of this sub-plot.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Monday, March 12, 2007 3:15 PM]
Great, but I'll start posting as soon as we start the main story, and can you find a way to incorporate Tommy in, like a mission or something. something of those sorts?
I think the main plot is about the demons and I just put my person and if you want my guy to be "good" i will make that
Just so you know, you can be evil without siding with the villians. But you CAN side with the villains if you want. I'd just rather you not join them until I reveal more about them.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Friday, March 16, 2007 6:46 PM]
Ok i will join in on the bad guy plot later, I just will leave the plot alone.
Ok i will join in on the bad guy plot later, I just will leave the plot alone.
Would you mind another character?
I'm intrigued, but don't have a fully-fleshed character yet.
I would probably end up on the 'good' side, if you'll allow me to.
Just let me know, and I'll make a character up for your approval.
You can post a character, the main plot has barely started.
M_H, I sent you a PM, but haven't received a reply yet. What technology is available? Can I incorporate modern technology with magic?
If you want, you can incorporate steampunk style technology, but keep in mind that it isn't very widespread.
Also, I was just wondering, what's a PM?
Personal message. Look to the right, you will see in white letters "NOTIFICATIONS" and under that "New RPGC Mail" followed by the number of new messages you have.
Click on that, and you will see my message to you.
Now my turn to ask a question.
What's steampunk style technology?
Steampunk is basically a type of fantasy game where there is technology, but it's all run by steam and gunpowder. You know, stuff like steam armor, cannons, even simple flying machines. Just keep in mind that you will be one of the few people in the school that even knows what it is.
Name: Leo
Race: Half-elf
Character Archetype: Inventor
Description: Leo is a walking contradiction, in terms of appearance. He is lean, but not muscled. He looks rather handsome, when he isn't covered in soot or chemicals, or peering from behind massive goggles. He looks like he would be the type of person who would wield a bow and arrow, a sword, and be an athletic fighter, but he isn't. It seems like he is a stereotypical gnomish inventor trapped in a handsome, could-be athletic body.
Personality: Leo loves to build things, and hence destroys many things trying to figure out how they work, and how to build one for himself. Many see him as crazy. He talks to himself - a lot - and often "spaces out" when contemplating something in his head. He is very intellectual - while many people study, he merely peruses the text once and has it memorized. Thus, he can build most anything, and thanks to his half-elven connection to magic, many times bestows magical properties to his creations, "just to see what it can do."
Class Schedule:
1st period: Advanced Arcanobiology
2nd period: Quantum Mechanics
3rd period: Advanced Engineering
4th period: Advanced Elements
5th period: Arcane Mechanics
6th period: Advanced Elements II: the 'other' elements
7th period: Advanced Alchemy
Is that ok? In explanation of the 6th period class, I took the 3rd period as meaning "Earth, Fire, Wind, Water" and put the 6th period class as meaning "Light, Dark, Metal, Electricity, Wood, etc." In otherwords, elements that aren't considered 'core' elements.
Nice character! I think that would add an interesting flavor to the campaign. You can post now.
(edit) Uhhhh, Sparrowhawk, I thought I told you to wait to join the bad guys.
[Edited by Murloc_Hugger on Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:00 PM]
Sorry I just couldn't wait want me to delete it or something?
Yes, you should change it.
Wait a minute. Wasn't Leo in his lab or something. We went into a classroom.
Well the lab is a classroom...
Sorry, I thought it would be a good place to merge our storylines.
I can change it if you want.
Eh....whatever. It's cool.
The vials I threw at Hathnuk were a flammatory acid, which simultaneously corrode whatever it hits and ignites when it is contacted by oxygen.
It's up to you how many hit, although I would prefer at least one hit. :-D
Okay, I have a serious issue with the way this thread is going...
Everyone is too "Oh, I slash him, and he dies," and "I wade through the zombies, slicing them to pieces as I make my way down the corridor," and that's if it's a good post.
Also, the totally out of place, inane posts, and the fact that people post for other characters is just a -little- (and by little, I mean a lot), aggravating.
So to be honest, I liked the idea, and I liked my character, and there were some interesting characters that had potential to make an interesting story. There was potential for this thread, but the farther it goes, the worse it gets.
So I'm going to read for a few more days, but to be honest unless the quality begins to improve I'm going to just kill my character off.
p.s. I'm sorry I have to be like this, but enough is enough. This was ricockulous.
Well I have a few issues with your issues.
Everyone is like "Oh, I slash him, and he dies," and "I wade through the zombies slicing them to peices as a make my way down the corridor", for the following reasons
1.Taking 6 or seven posts just to kill one unimportant enemy is annoying and a waste of time
2. Running through the corridor and slicing them to peices is alot like the first reason, because they're unimportant basic and weak enemies and our characters are experienced enough to be able to do that
I'm not quite sure what you meant by out of place, maybe when other characters aren't in the same room as the characters that are following the plot? If so then I have to tell you that is standard for roleplaying
The same goes with posting for other characters, that is standard as well. Almost all the roleplayers on this site will do a small bit of roleplaying another character. Moving them or whatever isn't that harmful to the story or anything.
Well I hope that clears everything up for you so that you come back tomorrow a little less annoyed.
I didn't mind for the little guys. A little more detail would have been nice, but it was fine.
"In the blink of an eye he dashed at Hathnik and his sword cut through the yellow crystal and straight through one of Hathniks arms."
This is what you wrote when you killed the head of the undead army. Who the fuck ever heard of a 'boss' going down that easy? It's ludicrous! One would think that the final battle would be a little more interesting than that.
Tossing a character out of the way of a cleaver is one thing, but doing something to a character that completely contradicts the player's previous post is something else entirely.
When I said out of place, I meant in regards to the RP itself. i.e. Stan's dancing and trying to be a "bigger nerd." That was...I don't have words to describe what that was.
I was just trying to be funny with that "bigger nerd" comment. And Hathnak wasn't really that important.
The OOC comment was funny. The dance was out of place, in my mind.
But this is your thread, so you have full reign to blast me as wrong and ban me from the thread.
Allow me to explain.
1.That was never meant to be a fatal attack and it only occured because Vlad was in Blood Rage, which is a vampire power that occurs when the vampire is enraged or just really damn hungry. It gives the vampire increased strength and agility. Also it increases the power of the senses and thus awareness of the environment
2.Hathnak is not technically the "boss", if you scroll through some of Murloc's posts then you would know about Hathnaks master.
3.Now that you have explained it a bit further I suppose I get the whole "messing with someones character thing".
4.He's got you there Murloc, the dancing thing didn't seem to fit the current storyline.
However all the inventing and not being afraid even though you are in the presence of a terrible creature seems to fit into that category.
5.Banning him from the thread would be a bullshit idea because he's a great roleplayer and it would kill the story to just rip him out like that.
1. I understand the Blood Rage, but I still have problems with it. I will drop it for now, though, with a general undertone of 'it could have been played better.'
2. Hathnak was the one who made all fo the zombies, so while he may not be the biggest threat in the entire story, he is the biggest threat in this fight, therefore he is a 'boss'
3. I apologize for not explaining it correctly the first time.
4. Actually, it is in-character. As with many 'gifted' minds, it is also a curse - a failure to recognize crucial real-world concepts while off in invention-land. If it is a bit too much, I will work on it...I'm trying to make him almost-autistic like in his detachment from the world, but capable of communication. If you recall my character sheet, he is like the stereotypical gnomish inventor in mediocre fantasy novels.
5. I thank you for the compliment.
Killing the thread was not my intention, so I've posted, and hopefully we can continue. I just ask that you keep the things I've posted into consideration.
Also, I think one thing that may help to understand my character: He is almost schizophrenic. Most of the times he is totally absorbed into his work, and would easily fall into the textbook definition of a 'Mad Scientist,' but he has few and random moments of of humane-ness.
I just have one thing to say about remembering the things you posted. I'm going to think about them and remember that it turns you into a whiner if I commit such acts (That is a joke), but as for actualy carrying them out we shouldn't have to bend our posts just to make you happy. I admit that one or two things were wrong but others are things you were just being picky about. I tried controlling all the posts in an RPG of mine before. I would bitch at people too if they did something I didn't like or thought that it didn't fit. It made the whole thing suck alot. I learned my lesson and I don't do that anymore. Everyone has different writing styles, you can't change people to fit your ideas. There is no right or wrong way to roleplay. There are certain rules set that just give it form and govern the way it should be so things don't fall into chaos. With that in mind we should all follow the rules and stick to our styles but try to keep in mind the few things he mentioned.
"I wade through the zombies, slicing them to pieces as I make my way down the corridor,"
Sorry to bring this back up, as it seems to have been resolved, but I feel the need to defend myself. I had my character wearing full plate and gave him what is pretty much a sword of disruption. Lots of slow moving unarmed zombies over however long it would take to get through corridors of dormitories to the classrooms where your characters were could not be briefly or interestingly described in detail, at least in my opinion. So I described how the first one died, and then figured that ya'll would get the idea and did not describe the others. Maybe I scrimped a little too much, but the post felt long by the point that I actually went into the hallway, so I posted like I did.
gave him what is pretty much a sword of disruption
I don't recall reading that fact, but I may be mistaken.
Lots of slow moving unarmed zombies
They weren't slow moving, they were magically enhanced to have extra strength and speed and other stuff (I reallly don't know, as different people have put different stuff)
I think that may be part of the problem, because people are posting things that are conflicting with previous posts. For instance, I have no idea what Hathnak's body looks like, because first the arm was cut off, and the body burst into flames from Vlad's sword, and then in another post the crystal melted off in goo, and he twitched and fell, so I don't know which one is right.
I don't recall reading that fact, but I may be mistaken.
Meh. The big "ability" that my character has is that he enchants stuff. A lot, and instinctually. Which to be honest is seeming a bit overpowered right now, but no one has complained about that, and I can always handicap that by making it exhaust him or something. I think the exact words I used were "he wove an enchant on the blade that should disrupt the magic that kept these meat-puppets walking."
They weren't slow moving, they were magically enhanced to have extra strength and speed and other stuff (I reallly don't know, as different people have put different stuff)
I think that was posted after I posted. I was just assuming they were typical zombies; slow, overcoming opponents through sheer force of numbers.
Meh. The big "ability" that my character has is that he enchants stuff. A lot, and instinctually. Which to be honest is seeming a bit overpowered right now, but no one has complained about that, and I can always handicap that by making it exhaust him or something. I think the exact words I used were "he wove an enchant on the blade that should disrupt the magic that kept these meat-puppets walking."
I liked your character, actually. The fact that it was so easy for him was it's own handicap, because he always changes it. So when it may actually be useful, he might have changed it already, because it was boring...
It's just knowing how to handicap yourself, and you've done pretty well, just that one part that I used for an example that wasn't a huge deal, it was just perfect for an example.
Ben, if I may call you that (I don't really care if I can't, I'm going to anyway :P) I edited my post so you might want to edit your post, Vlad didn't hide the head in my edit he stashed it in a sack and tied it to his belt, also he went down the hallway (with the other supposedly following him) and outside the door of a classroom. Just wanted to give you a heads up.
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KINGSVILLE -- Chandace Tryon took the baton from Novella Thomas, turned the corner, broke away from a bunched pack and raced straight toward the finish line and Austin.
Tryon, Thomas and the West Oso 4x200 girls relay team raced out of the Class 3A Region IV meet at Kingsville Saturday and to the state meet, held in Austin in two weeks. The Bears' gold-medal finish in the relay propelled them to the team region title with 66 points overall.
"We've never done this before," said Tryon, who qualified individually Friday with a win in the triple jump. "We've never won the region as a team. It feels good to do something for the first time."
Going along for the ride are some area athletes as, with the top two regional finishers earning a state bid, 12 Coastal Bend individuals qualified in 14 events during the two-day meet.
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"I thought I was going to break my ankle because, at the second curve, all the girls were on me," Tracey said. "It was very scary. I thought my team brought us through this much, so I had to pull it together to get us to state."
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Yesterday was the press view of Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age at the Barbican Art Gallery. I eagerly go to those journalist tours because i'm allowed to take photos to my heart's content. The day after it's often strictly verboten.
Constructing Worlds looks at how photographers have documented key moments in the history of 20th and 21st century architecture: the skyscrapers rising up in New York, the remains of an industrial Europe well past its glory days, the glamorous Californian lifestyle of the 1940s, the unstoppable urbanisation of China, the traces of colonization in Africa, the aftermath of the war on Afghanistan, India's enthusiasm for modernity as built in Chandigarh by Le Corbusier, etc.
I was particularly seduced by the photos from the 1930s to 1970s. Their authors looked for beauty and evidences of social changes where most people would have only registered dust and mortar.
Constructing Worlds exhibits the work of 18 photographers only. But that's good enough for me as i'm no fan of those Barbican shows that asphyxiate you by their discouragingly high amount of images and information. I'm therefore going to follow suit and keep my comments short.
Ed Ruscha's views of Thirty-four Parking Lots in Los Angeles were taken from a helicopter. The series followed his iconic "Every Building on the Sunset Strip". Probably my favourite room in the show.
In 1929, Berenice Abbott traveled to New York City after having spent eight years in Europe. In her absence, countless 19th-century buildings had been razed to make way for skyscrapers. She decided to stay in the country and document the changing face of the city. By 1940, the photographer had completed "Changing New York," an invaluable historical testimony of a life in Manhattan that has disappeared.
Walker Evans is famous for the work he did for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. I've seen these images several times before but i doubt i'll ever get tired of them. The photos were taken at the same time as Berenice Abbott's.
Guy Tillim's work examines modern history in Africa against the backdrop of its colonial and post-colonial architectural heritage.
The exhibition is curated by Alona Pardo and Elias Redstone and designed by architecture firm, Office KGDVS, led by Kersten Geers and David Van Severen.
Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age is at the Barbican Art Gallery until 11 January 2015.
Previously: Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba and Burke + Norfolk: Photographs From The War In Afghanistan.
Over the years, Burnham-on-Sea, a seaside resort in Somerset has been regularly affected by tidal flooding. As a response, a high wall was erected along the coastline, returning waves back to the sea. The 1.6 kilometres long and 3.2 metres high sea wall regulates access to the sea by a series of raised steps and vehicle access points which can be closed during storms.
As part of her BA Design course at Goldsmiths, designer Hannah Fasching decided to make use of that gigantic wall and reacquaint the inhabitants of the town with the intertidal zone, the space between the high and low tide. She organized a screening along the sea wall, using footage shot in the 1930s, before the wall was built. The films shows how people used to ride bicycles and do sport on the beach and how in the past, the seafront functioned as a vibrant cultural hub.
The project, called the Intertidal Cinema, established a conversation with this architecture of control and neutralization. It also looked at how new relationships can be established between humans and the temporary spaces provided by nature.
Can we continue to exist within an infrastructure that seeks to not only resist, but nullify natural forces? How might we approach increasingly fragile sites in a way that challenges the inherited attitude of conquering nature as though it were an opponent? Can the temporary spaces that occur naturally in the environment provide us with a new way in which design can operate?
Hannah has recently exported the project to London. For three nights, she turned the tidal beach of Deptford creek into a social space. I caught up with Hannah to have her talk about the project in general and about the film she projected in Deptford.
Hi Hannah! Could you first tell me again the story of that beautiful vintage cinema sign we see emerging from the water in Burnham-on-Sea?
The first Intertidal Cinema took place in Burnham-on-Sea's intertidal zone, between high and low tide. We stood the sign in the mudflats on the beach at low tide. What we didn't realise at the time was that the speed of the tide coming in depends mainly on the bank of the beach and that the flats being 'flat' submerge within minutes. Thinking we had time to play the film and collect it afterwards, at sunset, just as the film began playing we turned around just in time to see a wave sweep away the bottom rung of letters. And a few minutes later the whole sign was submerged; an unexpected but appropriate demise.
What made you chose Deptford Creek for the second edition of the IC, rather than any other area by the river bank?
Deptford is at a pivotal point in its history, the waterfront that I remember less than a year ago is now unrecognisable. As a former royal dock, it has evolved from an area defined by its natural topography into an area characterised by rapid urbanisation and gentrification.
In Deptford, much like in Burnham, there is an abrupt contrast between the natural and artificial landscape though the artificial is much more dominant here. The tidal river, Ravensbourne runs from the Thames through Deptford and creates an intertidal zone fluctuating 7m in the heart of Deptford.
As a project that explores this relationship by creating social spaces in temporary environments, taking the project to Deptford meant it developing in a new way.
I've never been there but i had a look on google image. It seems to be a radically different from Burnham. How is the tidal creek of Deptford used now? Is there any social activity there?
Things do happen here, but many are not specifically tied to the river. There is a big community of artists along this part of the river, with studio spaces and galleries as well The Laban Dance Centre, which was built 11 years ago.
The creek creates a unique wildlife area which the local authorities are keen to preserve. The creekside centre, an educational facility, provide tidal walks once a month on the creek. The ahoy centre, a charity in Deptford based on the waterfront, encourage water activities and sports on the river. The Ha'Penny hatch bridge, which can open to allow boats to pass, is a public walkway with many commuters passing over every day. The creek runs underneath this bridge.
How did you make the space more comfortable and enjoyable for people?
Holding a cinema in an area where it doesn't normally function instantly transforms it. Using the bridge as a watching platform, we projected onto structures which faced out onto the creek. One of the projections leaned out over the bridge, projecting vertically onto the water. The cinema took place as the tide was going out, as the water emptied from the creek the projection became clearer, until it eventually hit the rocks below the surface. The tide became the factor which focused the image.
Could you talk to us about the Deep Ford film? It seems to be very different from the film you showed in Burnham.
The film in Burnham consisted of archive footage, a window into the history of the seafront before the wall.
In Deptford it's more of a contemporary take on gentrification and how the area has developed relating back to the history of the dock.
The Deep Ford is a reference to the ford on which Deptford developed. The film shows historical architectures and landmarks around Deptford, many of which played an important part in the shipping industry. Voices of people who were interviewed as part of the project are used to animate these architectures, each voice representing a different place, as though the places are talking to you. These people are people who live, grew up and work in Deptford, but also people involved with how it's changing such as redevelopers. The physical space starts to take on the voice of the social.
Why do you think that it is important that humans (re)connect with natural forces?
To use a quote from Wendell Berry, a poet, environmental activist and cultural critic:
"The cities have forgot the earth and will rot at heart till they remember it again."
Wendell Berry, 1969
In its broadest context the project is about climate change, though it addresses in a different way than a project that might involve weather robots and cloud seeding. I think what is required is an increased understanding of the natural environment, but it seems to me that the well documented expansion of cities is fundamentally incompatible with this. A city is essentially a hardscape.
Using an extreme example; Tokyo as a city sitting on a tectonic boundary, is in permanent conflict with it's natural surroundings. The strict building codes in Tokyo mean that the architecture responds the the natural surroundings. Building foundations are built to move with seismic activity. If our natural environment is to be increasingly volatile, a failure to understand and act in relation to it will only ever cause problems.
The Intertidal cinema that took place in Deptford works in direction relation to the tide, using this force to focus the image of the projection.
Your project explores ways for people to "experience the extremes of the environmental conditions'. Is that out of concern for the future of a country threatened by sea rising?
It can't not be. The project began by documenting an area of land artificially lower than sea level, and suffers from flooding as a result (Somerset).
If the sea is rising what will our relationship with it be?
I think this is already happening, this relationship is being configured through sea wall's and flood defences. Whether it's on the coast in Burnham or in the city of London. They both dissolve the relationship with the water and are also potentially apocalyptic because of the risk of them failing.
What's next for the Intertidal Cinema?
Following on from the last answer, I see the project developing towards larger scale responses to the temporary spaces in the natural environment.
Thanks Hannah!
The Media Space at the London's Science Museum has recently opened a retrospective of photographer Joan Fontcuberta's work. The series on show explore constellations, geography, natural history and many more science-related topics. Each of the body of works exhibited would deserve its own blog post but i'm going to focus on the Fauna series because it brings to the attention of the broader public the long-lost archives of a German zoologist called Professor Peter Ameisenhaufen.
Fontcuberta discovered the archives by chance during a trip to Stockholm with his friend writer and photographer Pere Formiguera. Ameisenhaufen gained fame in the first half of the 20th century for his controversial research on rare animals. Many of his colleagues refused to believe these creatures were real but Ameisenhaufen spent decades collecting evidences of their existence. The archives uncovered in the late 1980s by Fontcuberta were surprisingly rich and well detailed: photos, field notes, dissections drawing, audio clips documenting the calls and other sounds of these truly exceptional animals. Several specimens were even remarkably preserved by taxidermy.
Here are a few examples of the creatures the professor discovered over the course of his career:
Alopex Stultus- An herbivorous animal, completely inoffensive and very timid. When it senses the proximity of an enemy, it finds a shrub of the species Antrolepsis Reticulospinosus and digs a hole in the earth, into which it sticks its head, leaving the rest of the body suspended in a vertical posture in an attempt to mimic the shrub. Unfortunately, the outcome is not particularly satisfactory and both men and predators usually capture it at this point.
Solenoglypha Polipodida- Extremely aggressive and venomous, it hunts for food and also for the pleasure of killing. It is quite rapid and moves forward in a curious and very rapid run, thanks to the strong musculature of its 12 paws and the supplementary impulse which it obtains by undulating all of its body in a strange aerial reptation. When facing its prey it becomes completely immobile and emits a very sharp whistle which paralyzes its enemy. It maintains this immobility for as long as the predator needs to secrete the gastric juices required to digest its prey, which can vary between two minutes and three hours, as determined by the size of the victim. At the end of the whistling phase, Solenoglypha launches itself rapidly at its immobile prey and bites the nape of its neck, causing instantaneous death.
Cercopithecus Icarocornu- the sacred animal of the indigenous Nygala-Tebo tribes, for whom it represents the reincarnation of Ahzran (he who came from heaven). The females give birth inside a large cabin in the village to which only the great shaman has access. The baby animals remain inside the cabin until they have completely developed their ability to fly, at which point the tribe celebrates a lavish ceremony during which Cercopithecus undergoes an operation in which it is grafted with the skin of the silver fish of the Amazon, which covers all of the pectoral and abdominal zone. Once this has been done, the animal is set free, although it never strays very far away from the village, and participates by its presence in all of the sacred festivals of the NygalaTebo. During these festivals the animal is given a spirituous beverage which it drinks eagerly, sinking into a state of complete inebriety, at which point it begins to flap its wings so madly that it hovers in mid-air with its body immobile, singing like one possessed.
Of course none of these animals have ever existed and i knew of the hoax before i entered the show. Yet, i wasn't sure. Fontcuberta is such a master in deception and seduction that i needed to remind myself that this wasn't 'documentation'.
In fact, when Fauna was shown at the Barcelona Museum of Natural Science in 1989, 30% of university-educated visitors aged 20 to 30 believed some of the imaginary animals Fontcuberta devised could have existed.
I didn't know at the time what Fontcuberta looked like, otherwise i might have detected that Hans von Kubert, the assistant of Professor Ameisenhaufen bears an uncanny resemblance to Fontcuberta himself:
More evidences of the existence of the creatures, i just can't resist:
Joan Fontcuberta grew up in Spain under the dictatorship of General Franco, at a time when propaganda shaped what people should believe and trust. Like many other members of his family, Fontcuberta worked in advertising until the late Seventies, when he decided to learn photography by himself and investigate how the medium constructs truth and untruth.
The other photo series shown in the exhibition Stranger than Fiction are as amusing and deluding as Fauna. The show closes on the hilarious Miracles & Co series which shows Fontcuberta in the guise of a monk living in a Finnish monastery school specialized in teaching how to perform all kinds of wonders. By the time i exited the show, there really remained no doubt in me that photography shouldn't be trusted unreservedly.
"Photography is a tool to negotiate our idea of reality. Thus it is the responsibility of photographers to not contribute with anaesthetic images but rather to provide images that shake consciousness."
Views of the exhibition space:
Stranger than Fiction is at Media Space Gallery, the Science Museum in London until 9 November 2014.
A few weeks ago, i discovered the existence of the Barts Pathology Museum. And then i visited it so you don't have to.
The museum was opened in 1879 and its collections of organs and tissues were used to train medical students. The museum is located in a charming wood, steel and white shelves space with three mezzanine levels and a spiral staircase. The 5,000 specimen collection, however, is even more gruesome than i had suspected.
The jars are filled with all kinds of deformed and diseased body parts: a gout-swollen hand, an inguinal hernia from around 1750, the bound foot of a Chinese woman, the skeletons of conjoined twins, a liver dented by years of wearing tight corsets, a brain perforated with an ice pick during a frontal lobotomy, a rat that died of tuberculosis, a cabinet of surprisingly voluminous objects that people inserted into their bodies (more about that one in the video below), etc.
I loved the place and i hope it will be open to the public more often in the future. Even though that museum will haunt my nightmares for years to come. Photos were not allowed on my visit. I've therefore stolen as many images as i could online (with due credit wherever i could find it, of course.)
Here's a quick presentation of some of the specimens. Some with comments, others with only the shortest description:
On the afternoon of 11 May, 1812, John Bellingham, a bankrupt businessman, walked into the lobby of the Palace of Westminster and shot prime minister Spencer Perceval, making him the only UK prime minister to be assassinated. Bellingham was sentenced sentenced to death by hanging. As was customary for the time, his body was donated to hospitals to be dissected and anatomized. His skull is preserved at Barts Pathology Museum.
These vertebrae were damaged following a method of judicial hanging called The Long Drop or "Measured Drop" which takes the person's height and weight into consideration. It meant that the rope was the right length to ensure an instantaneous death caused by 'a broken neck' but didn't result in the decapitation of the victim which did occur frequently.
This pot contains a large portion of the liver of a 52 year old female. It is supposedly exhibiting the deformities caused by prolonged 'tight-lacing' of corsets and is dated 1907. The liver is on its side in the glass pot, and the deformity can clearly be seen in the form of a cleft splitting the right lobe of the liver in two.
"A fracture of the mandible. The jaw is broken between the canine and the first bicuspid teeth on either side. This is the common seat of fracture. It was wired during life. (1886)
I'll close this post with a little gem. Carla Valentine, Assistant Technical Curator at the museum takes us through some of the dangers of inserting foreign objects into orifices:
The Barts Pathology Museum is located at the St Bartholomew's Hospital in Smithfield in the City of London. The museum is usually closed to the public. Except for a few afternoons in August and for special events and taxidermy classes. Unfortunately, The Gordon Museum of Pathology which seems to be bigger and fascinating is not open to the public either.
Related stories: Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men + The Hunterian Museum + Brains: The Mind as Matter.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has recently opened an exhibition that "examines the powerful role of objects in movements for social change." It is called Disobedient Objects. That's the kind of title that chic and cheerful designers would use to describe how their work is 'subversive' but, thankfully, this is probably the most un-designy show the V&A has ever organised (except for the whole communication and setting which was orchestrated by the studio of Jonathan Barnbrook.) Disobedient Objects is not one of those fashionable activist art exhibitions either. This is a show about activism with a capital A, a show inhabited by artefacts that had never graced the venerable rooms of a museum or art gallery until now.
Many of the items exhibited are often mundane objects that were either given a new purpose or modified in haste in answer to an emergency situation. As modest as they might seem, these artifacts show the resourcefulness and ingenuity of people. They testify of their courage as well. Confronted with the sophisticated (except maybe in London where our good Mayor favours cut-price water cannons that are being phased out in Germany amid concerns about their safety) and potentially harmful equipment used by security forces, these artefacts look almost pitiful. But that doesn't make them less efficient.
Disobedient Objects focuses on the period from the late 1970s to now, a time that has brought new technologies and political challenges. The items displayed range from the very rudimentary to the sophisticated, from a slingshot made from a Palestinian child's shoe to mobile phone-powered drones for filming demonstrations or the police, from textiles sewn by women to communicate the atrocities they have experienced under the Pinochet regime in Chile, in particular the 'disappearance of their children to a robot that spray paint slogans on the pavement.
I entered the show ready to sneer at V&A's grand attempts to glamourize popular protests and turn evidences of genuine and at times violent dissent into food for cool hunters. My fighting mood quickly vanished. Disobedient Objects is a show that invites visitors to get out and raise their heads, to be inspired and fight for their rights. And that's what matters to me.
As the curators wrote: "Peaceful disobedience only works when protesters have cultural visibility and the government acknowledges their right to protest. Without this, struggles for freedom can sometimes take other forms."
Here's a very small overview of the stories you can discover in this ridiculously crammed with visitors but invigorating exhibition:
As usual, I bow (me saco el sombrero?) to Spanish wittiness. No one does protests as eloquently and astutely as they do these days. TAF! and Enmedio worked with Plataforma de Artefactos por la Hipoteca (a platform for mortgage debt victims) against dehumanizing media representations of people affected by Spain's mortgage crisis. The group pasted portraits of evicted homeowners on the facades of banks responsible, showing evicted people, not statistics.
The inflatable cobblestones were rolled across the streets in Berlin and Barcelona to confuse police and generate sympathetic media attention.
When many people run the program FloodNet (1998) together, they can target and overload websites. The Java applet was created in response to the massacre of 45 peaceful supporters of the Zapatistas in Mexico. Ten thousand protestors disturbed the website of the Mexican presidency and the Pentagon. FloodNet has since been adopted by many groups and movements.
The first Bike Bloc was part of the mass civil disobedience organised during the 2009 Climate Summit in Copenhagen. Moving in swarms, bikes helped protesters breach the summit's security cordon and hold an alternative People's Assembly. The leading bike carried a sound system and pirate radio antennae. It broadcasted via other bikes around it with independent speakers, each on a separate channel. The sound could jump between bikes inside the crowd, and change in tone to respond to different situations.
The banner was made for the 2009 Climate Camp at Blackheath, London. It identified capitalism as the source of climate chaos and as an ongoing crisis of inequality and injustice.
One of the banners hanging over the exhibition space was designed and hand-stitched by Ed Hall (whose name appears in almost every single post i've written about Jeremy Deller's work.) Hall has been making banners used by union groups for over 30 years. This one was used in a protest march in support of the NHS in Manchester in 2013. It features the Thatcher quote 'Still the enemy within', which is surrounded by iconography referencing the miners' strike, poll tax rebellion and welfare cuts.
Andy Dao and Ivan Cash circulated dollar bills stamped with fact-based infographics that communicate the widening economic disparity in the U.S.A. The designs were also released on the Internet enabling anyone to participate.
The artists/advertising experts were commissioned by the museum to design stamps about the UK's wealth disparity on the £5 note: in 2011, 1% of the UK population earned £922,433 while 90% earned £12,933. Any visitor can use the stamp to make their money a bit more riotous.
There is a long, long tradition of bank notes used for protest. The show also reminded that in 1990, a Burmese currency designer very subtly painted the face of Aung San Suu Kyi onto a new note after she had been democratically elected then placed under house arrest by the military junta. The designer softened the features of Gen. Aung San (the father of Aung San Suu Kyi) so that his face resembles the one of his daughter. People could thus hold up their bank notes to the light and see a hidden portrait of the opposition leader.
In 2013, the Turkish government used record amounts of tear gas against people protesting against the redevelopment of the Gezi Park in Istanbul. Protesters devised their own makeshift gas mask using plastic bottle, surgical face mask, foam and rubber bands.
Greek protesters adopted an equally cunning strategy. People resisting government austerity discovered that a solution of antacid and water sprayed onto the face offered relief from the burn of tear gas. However, it left a white residue that market protesters out.
The protest shields painted to look like books were first made in Italy, in November 2010. Students were protesting against the drastic cuts to the public university system. The oversize books were held up at the front of demonstrations so that when the police hit the students with sticks, it looked as if they were attacking literature.
Students in London produced their own book shields after they saw videos of the actions online. The tactic quickly spread to other parts of the world.
A couple of artworks did sneak into the exhibition. I guess that the Graffiti Writer doesn't need any introduction....
The gallery also featured Molleindustria's Phone Story, a free game app that players win by forcing children to mine coltan in the Congo, preventing worker protest-suicide in China, managing rabid consumers in the West and disposing of electronic waste unsafely in Pakistan. The game was banned from Apple's iTunes store four days after its release.
The Guerrilla Girls was formed in 1985 to protest against the ridiculously low number of works by female artists in the most prestigious galleries and museums of New York. Their fight is as relevant as ever today (and not just in NYc obviously.)
More images from the show:
The museum has PDF guides to DIY some of the objects exhibited.
Disobedient Objects was curated by Gavin Grindon and Catherine Flood. The show is at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, until 1 February 2015.
I'm one day late (how lame!) for my wrap-up of the exhibitions i enjoyed in London in July.
Starting obviously with the favourite one. Men y Men by TrujilloPaumier at New Art Projects. Joaquin Trujillo and Brian Paumier went to Oxaca to portray two communities who communicate radically different ideas of masculinity. Paumier's Moros are cowboys standing next to their horses, while Trujillo's Muxes shows a community of mixed gender people living in the indigenous Zapotec culture of Oaxaca.
Trujillo Paumier: Men y Men closed on 20 July.
British Folk Art at Tate Britain is bizarre, quirky but thankfully never condescending. Instead of wasting time speculating on is it art/is it not art?, the exhibition celebrates people's creativity and resourcefulness. Expect gigantic boots that served as tradesmen's signs, a cockerel made by prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars out of mutton bones, imposing ship figureheads, embroidered remakes of classic paintings, etc. I'd be more enthusiastic if folks didn't have to pay £13.10 to enter.
The show is up until 31 August 2014. Happy Famous Artists has a great flickr set.
Still at Tate Britain, there's a couple of rooms hosting Chris Killip's photos. Love the work, not so much the sponsor of the exhibition.
One of the most interesting galleries in London, Calvert22, is showing the work of photographers and video artists who explore identity and place in early 21st century Russia alongside the pre-revolutionary works of Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky.
I liked the work of Alexander Gronsky a lot. Especially the series Pastoral, which looks at the desolate spaces where the urban and the rural meet.
Close and Far: Russian Photography Now is at Calvert22 until 17 August.
I also went to the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, London. The building and botanical gardens opened in 1901 to host the collection of a business man who traveled the world to gather objects related to world culture, natural history and music. Among the 350,000 objects, there are lots of stuffed animals, a Spanish Inquisition torture chair and a charming little Merman (the husband of the mermaid?)
I never found the merman, alas! But i discovered doublepreps: half the animal is shown as taxidermy, the other half is stripped to its skeleton.
One of the Horniman galleries has a fascinating photo exhibition that documents the lives of indigenous peoples in the Russian Arctic. The photos were taken by British photographer Bryan Alexander who has been travelling to the Arctic since 1971.
Whisper of the Stars: Traditional Life in Arctic Siberia is at the Horniman Museum until 07 September 2014. Interview with the photographer. More photos in The Guardian.
I'll end with An Idiosyncratic A to Z of the Human Condition at the Wellcome Collection. The exhibition offers a selection of some of Henry Wellcome's objects, medical artefacts, paintings, photographs and sculptures, along with a couple of contemporary artworks.
I wasn't as impressed as every single journalist who published glowing reviews of the show in their newspapers but i did enjoy some of the artefacts. Such as this photo of rubber beauty masks that removed wrinkles and blemishes.
Or this fetching corrective ear-cap, patented by Adelaide Claxton in 1945 to wear at night in order to 'correct and prevent the disfigurement of outstanding ears'.
The exhibition is up until 12 October 2014.


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Primo Maggio fest starts on the day
BARRE Primo Maggio is Wednesday in Barre, and while this years celebration will include a pair of weekend events, the kickoff will fittingly be held May 1 at the Old Labor Hall on Granite Street.
The original Primo Maggio celebration was organized by Barre granite workers shortly after the Socialist Labor Hall opened in 1901. Members of the Barre Historical Society revived the tradition in 2004, and it has become a signature annual event.
Wednesdays celebration will begin with a cash bar at 5 p.m., followed by a brick-oven pizza dinner at 6 p.m. and the 7 p.m. readings of five local authors and two city officials.
Before the readings Ben Koenig will sing the classic labor anthem The Internationale and, joined by his Anything Goes partner, Mark Greenberg, a 1950s song about Barre.
Award-winning childrens author Katherine Paterson will be joined by fellow local authors Patricia Belding, Tom Davis, Ed Granai and Roberta Harold.
Mayor Thomas Lauzon and City Clerk Carol Dawes are also scheduled to read.
Lauzon will read an excerpt from Hidden History of Barre, a book by Beldings son, Russell, and Dawes will read from Paul Hellers Granite City Tales.
Ilene Gillander, a retired Spaulding High School English teacher and drama coach, will read an excerpt from Like Lesser Gods, Mari Tomasis tribute to Barres granite workers.
Admission to Celebrate Barre is by donation, and proceeds will benefit the Labor Hall.
For more information call 456-7456 or go to www.oldlaborhall.com.
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