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[13books] Scribes
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shylilembrace
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 		[13books] Scribes
The scribes are:
Orkid
Duckie
Graeme
Six Sided Square
Yann
Mountain Girl
Jackalope
McGyver
Rowan
Samantha
Raeden
Withe and
Toby

Please use this thread to discuss any updates to their pages or meanings their current pages may have. This will help to reduce the growth of the already gargantuan main thread.

(I apoligize about the lack of tag i'm not sure what to put)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:38 am
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 		Fair enough. As always the genius is one step ahead of us all, in working to make things easier for the masses.
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Triskabiblios.Scribe[6] = "Jackalope";

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shylilembrace
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TheJackalope wrote:
Fair enough. As always the genius is one step ahead of us all, in working to make things easier for the masses.
Embarassed I just thought that this might be useful i am planning on linking the names to their pages when i get a chance along with linking the list of books to summarys of each if not reproductions of the whole. (in the case of 1984 i have a link to an online reproduction of the book)

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 		This is just an observation, but it seems to me that some of the scribes are more actively involved than others.
Toby started the thread and is supposedly working for Islington, but he has not really contributed further. Orkid supposedly met Islington at the library and was inspired to start a blog about it that very day, yet she doesn't venture over to any of the forums. All of this has led me (and probably others) to think that Islington=Toby=Orkid.
The other thing that I keep coming back to is the scribe Raeden. I think this is someone who was posting on LL when he first brought up triskabiblios on his site. But as far as I can tell this person has all but vanished. Not to mention that his/her scribe page has never had anything on it other than a name. That just seems strange to me seeing as how there are so many other "players" who are really involved (*cough* Incog Neato) but are not scribes.
Anyway, like I said, just an observation....

P.S. There you go Shylilembrace...I used your thread....happy? Wink
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Coelacanth wrote:
This is just an observation, but it seems to me that some of the scribes are more actively involved than others.
Toby started the thread and is supposedly working for Islington, but he has not really contributed further. Orkid supposedly met Islington at the library and was inspired to start a blog about it that very day, yet she doesn't venture over to any of the forums. All of this has led me (and probably others) to think that Islington=Toby=Orkid.
The other thing that I keep coming back to is the scribe Raeden. I think this is someone who was posting on LL when he first brought up triskabiblios on his site. But as far as I can tell this person has all but vanished. Not to mention that his/her scribe page has never had anything on it other than a name. That just seems strange to me seeing as how there are so many other "players" who are really involved (*cough* Incog Neato) but are not scribes.
Anyway, like I said, just an observation....

P.S. There you go Shylilembrace...I used your thread....happy? Wink
very much so Razz. and yea raeden strikes me as strange as well maybe he sent islington an email?

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 		Everybody contributes in a different way though. Raeden was a starter at LL. I think you can add Graeme to the list of strange scribes. He get's e-mails and posts them, he's too busy to do most of the pondering and exploring. Though I must admit, I wouldn't know beans about this if it wasn't for his site. Which I visit ever M-F.
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Triskabiblios.Scribe[6] = "Jackalope";

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 		I guess this is where this should be placed. The main Triska site has a new addition: http://www.vibration13.com/triskabiblios/bookzero/alphabet.html



Why is it called alphabet? The date with the quote leads to Isaac Newton.
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 		Sir Isaac Newton went to Trinity College. I'm still researching why the new page is called alphabet. Something to do with Pittman?a
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 		Just cause it came up in the main forum, and I think I did find a reasonable answer, The 2066 reference on the Mcgyver scribe page is, I believe taken from the date (6/20/06) that my ISP's lease expires on the email domain.
(An email was all Toby had to go on about me when he built my page.)
Now, that I'm all caught up on reading the posts, I'll see if I still have a page.
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Akujiki
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 		Hmm...this has all be very interesting...I came across this Triskabiblios by accident acually and have now been caught up most of my day here so far. I am also new to ARG however, i am very familiar with how most games run and i have read extensivly on how ARGs work. And indeed, i think i am caught up, i mean here i am posting for starters. But, what i really want to know is where to start, i did decide to sign up on the Triskabiblios webpage..tis mostly curiosity really....but like i said i am intrigued...fill me in more..whats the score here?..... whats next?

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Coelacanth wrote:
This is just an observation, but it seems to me that some of the scribes are more actively involved than others.
.... ..., yet she doesn't venture over to any of the forums.


You know, you don't have to post on this forum exclusively to be able to play. In fact, if you read through the posts you'll find that most newcomers were either ignored completely or told - quite roughly - that they were rehashing something that was already posted.

1. Searches don't always yeild all respnses. If you don't match the exact keyword, then you don't a search result.

2. What is so hard about saying "hello, welcome" to someone? Maybe take them by the hand and encourage their thought process? I mean, for a group who supposedly wants more new people to join in, you guys have been kind of rude to the nOObs.

3. If the post count in the thread is such a problem, then why doesn't someone ask the Mods to set up a section? Or if the mods don't want to then - and I know this is odd - set up a forum somewhere else and have a link to it from here.

Seriously, people complain about the amount of threads you have to go through so they tell new people to cut down, then they post a buch of things themselves. That's why this game seems elitist.

I'm not playing the game, but I really encourage you guys to actively engage the new people. They post once, get nothing or get asked to be quiet, get embarrassed, then leave.

Example:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12438

I mean, that's just rude.

If you take a moment and look back though the threads, I think you'll see what I mean. Notice how many times someone new was told to politely shut the hell up. You might have seen all of it before, but the new person hasn't. It's your duty as a knowledgable player to be their guides.

So, please...don't stomp on new people simply because the thread has become too enormous to find anything. Besides, they don't know what they're searching for anyway. That's why they asked.

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 		Hi everyone,

This is my first post here, but I've been following closely. I thought it was about time for a contribution.

As I understood, the 7th symbol on the sixsidedsquare scribe page is still unclear.
I found this page while doing a simple google search. Look at the center circle. It looks quite similar except for the "moon" figure in the center. The description claims the symbol collaborates "all other known and unknown religions".

Hope this is of help.

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 		Wow Dem, I think you took what I wrote the wrong way. I was just trying to make an observation about the possibility that some of the scribes may also be in-game characters. And, just for the record, i am also a newcomer to this forum. I did sign up a while ago when I was following another game but this is the first time that I have actively participated here. I have not ever been treated rudely and this is the first time that a snarky comment has been directed at me. I'd like to take this opportunity to say hello to you and welcome, and I invite you to join in the fun whether you decide to post on this forum or not.
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 		Ya know Dem, I respect your opinion. But also respectfully, I disagree with you totally. To basically be called an elitist bastard is one thing, that I can handle, and laugh about. But being told that I have ruined a game for others is simply ludicrous, and is something that I cannot sit back and take.
I feel I have to defend myself and my fellow UF'ers and LL'ers in this rebuttal. (In advance: This is MY opinion, I'm not speaking for everyone else).
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1. Searches don't always yeild all respnses. If you don't match the exact keyword, then you don't a search result.

No they don't, which is true. If you're not sure of something, and cannot find it in a post, say it when you post it, not to mention that everyone should feel free to contact another player by private message if they don't wanna post the fact/whatever in the thread. This is an open invitation from me to whoever. I'll message you back with whatever info I can gather.

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2. What is so hard about saying "hello, welcome" to someone? Maybe take them by the hand and encourage their thought process? I mean, for a group who supposedly wants more new people to join in, you guys have been kind of rude to the nOObs.

I have never seen another UF'er outright refuse to help when someone asked for it. Personally, I (and MANY other members)have tried to take new players by the hand and show them the ropes if they have asked me.

In time we all discover that seperate, we're weak, but together, our huge collective mind of knowledge we all have to offer makes us strong. We're all intelligent beings, and in each and every game/experience we all learn/experience something new about the genre, but there are a few basic rules we all must follow for our tasks to come to fruition. We all have to start somewhere.

Also, if someone has an issue with someone being rude, they should take it up with the person in a private message to resolve the issue, don't publicly bash an entire group of people for the actions of another. This could be compared to the problems some ethnic groups in the United States had after 9/11 (of course, here it is not of the same magnitude, but comparable all the same). There are rude people everywhere, that's a fact of life we must all live with, this is a varied group with a multitude of members from every age, stage, and walks of life.

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3. If the post count in the thread is such a problem, then why doesn't someone ask the Mods to set up a section? Or if the mods don't want to then - and I know this is odd - set up a forum somewhere else and have a link to it from here.


We have 54 pages in our original 13books thread, and a literal ton of info at LazyLaces. There's extremely valuable information there, but, here, there are 54 pages that would take an entire day to sift through and get a full grasp of the experience we have had thus far. Most new followers don't have the time to sift through all this massive information. We had an early summary that was suspended when things went a bit wacky near the full moon, but now we have a summary that shylilembrace is working on, with a lot of us contributing to it, also Mountain Girl has important links we have run across on her blog.
*Here*
and Here: www.thinkingwomanslife.blogspot.com (Sorry guys, couldn't get the tags to work on this one.)

If someone has important info or speculation to add to the thread, we don't have an issue with it, and welcome it with open arms. The problem everyone is having mostly happens to be offtopic conversation, which balloons the threadcount to huge proportions, and gets it out of control, and makes it harder to read... (I have been guilty of this, in fact this post is OT, and nobody is perfect. ) We have tried to correct this by creating additional threads that are more organized, pertaining to each section in question (This thread just so happens to be one of those newer threads.) so that it is easier to read, and therefore less daunting to follow.

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Seriously, people complain about the amount of threads you have to go through so they tell new people to cut down, then they post a buch of things themselves. That's why this game seems elitist.

I think the only thing we have told anyone to cut down on is offtopic conversation, and for example, ten different people posting a link on ten different pages that was covered in the beginning (and these links come up in a search for the link or link name 98% of the time, and if they don't know about searching for the topic, that's okay, we all have to learn sometime, that's why some of the more experienced players say search before you post---to let the newer posters know that is one of the ways we can keep a logical timeline, moving forward instead of backtracking the progression.) Also in a thread, speculation is welcome, as sometimes we tend to hit the nail on the head from a seemingly random thought/connection, that's not what I'm talking about.
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I'm not playing the game, but I really encourage you guys to actively engage the new people. They post once, get nothing or get asked to be quiet, get embarrassed, then leave.

If you're not playing the game, then why attack us? You're welcome to join any time. And as far as actively engaging the new people, we have a chat room where everyone (registered or not, involved or not) that are more than welcome to come in, talk about the game, don't talk about the game, ask questions, and speculate to no end. You can find the link here: www.unfiction.com/chat. (Couldn't get this tag working either) Just accept the java popup, type in a nick, and for the channel name, type in 13books, connect, and there are usually people there who are more than happy to talk with you. I for one have met several extremely nice people in there who are just like me who are willing to welcome the newcomers with open arms, no questions asked.

Comraderie and collaboration is so very important to this experience, but not everyone is going to have something to say to every post that someone writes. And to our new members: Don't let that discourage you, keep thinking, keep trying, keep speculating. That's the most fun about this experience, and we need your mind and perspective as much as you need ours.


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Example:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12438

I mean, that's just rude.



Maybe so, but just like snowflakes, everyone is different. Don't call a group of two thousand people pink if 1,500 of that group are varying shades of magenta.

I take personal offense to being clumped. I am sure that is not what you set out to do, but when you take up a crusade, you have to accept the good with the bad.

Why can't we all welcome the true nature of this experience? Islington has reiterated many many times that we are one, and that we should all work together for one communal goal. How is it that an experience that has strived to inspire so much hope and brother/sisterhood bring out hard feelings in some people? Why? Because some of us choose to live inside a box. Why? Because some of us cannot be objective.

I apologize to anyone if I've offended. If I have, take it up with me personally, that's an open invite to all of you. Miscommunication sometimes happens, and that's why we should strive for a common ground. I don't want any person in this collective collaboration feel alienated because they took offense to something I or anyone else for that matter, have said.

I say we all lay down our swords and try to see this to the end.

ETfix: Quirky wording. =)

Edited a million times to fix url tags... Laughing Embarassed Laughing Thanx Abraxas...
Tee hee, nobody's perfect... Laughing
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 		Morphium, that's a pretty awesome find! It looks exactly like it to me and may possibly be what Islington was trying to say with that image, using it to include all the unlisted less populous religions as well. Great job, and welcome to the fold.
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