A history of the General

[St George of England]

If Coldplay or Nickelback were local, would you defend them? I do not follow so I can only presume that there's some local special handshake brigade that requires you to act as human shields for the criminally mediocre.

Yes, I would defend them. Well, Nickelback. Can't stand Coldplay.... they're good, tho.

1. You could not. It is difficult to imagine many other rock frontmen wrestling with a yak, while Mr Bellamy doing so is eminently envisageable. Perhaps the yak enjoys the urine-stained environment of Matt's bed. We are all liberals here so I merely point out the oddities of this pervert-zoo living arrangement rather than directly criticise.

And this is indicative of the quality of a band? No.

2. It is sometimes as if Mr Mercury went missing rather than died, fell down a well, and then produced albums worth of material in a new writing partnership with some educationally sub-normal chimpanzees. Then Mr Bellamy found the tapes and, using his renowned fine eye for detail, painstakingly removed all traces of quality.

Sooooo, because a band kinda sounds like Queen, they're ripping them off? Bull.

3. It is a decent song. Now as much as we may say that even the broken clock is right twice a day, the appearance of tolerable material and the rapid subsequent descent back to base standards must raise suspicions in the mind of a healthily skeptical observer.

So, because a band you don't like has a good song, they stole it? Don't be an ass.

[Dumb Ideologies]

If Coldplay or Nickelback were local, would you defend them? I do not follow so I can only presume that there's some local special handshake brigade that requires you to act as human shields for the criminally mediocre.

Yes, I would defend them. Well, Nickelback. Can't stand Coldplay.... they're good, tho.

I see. So in fact you will only defend bands that you like. This clearly contradicts your earlier statement that you were defending the yak-pissers purely because of the close proximity of their location of origin to your own. Such apparent deliberate distortions of the facts are something I find deplorable.

1. You could not. It is difficult to imagine many other rock frontmen wrestling with a yak, while Mr Bellamy doing so is eminently envisageable. Perhaps the yak enjoys the urine-stained environment of Matt's bed. We are all liberals here so I merely point out the oddities of this pervert-zoo living arrangement rather than directly criticise.

And this is indicative of the quality of a band? No.

Quite so. I was, however, addresing your allegation of comparability of the yak-pissers' work with other bands from the genre. If you do not wish me to answer the questions you raise, I would pray that you would not ask them or mark them explicitly as rhetorical.

2. It is sometimes as if Mr Mercury went missing rather than died, fell down a well, and then produced albums worth of material in a new writing partnership with some educationally sub-normal chimpanzees. Then Mr Bellamy found the tapes and, using his renowned fine eye for detail, painstakingly removed all traces of quality.

Sooooo, because a band kinda sounds like Queen, they're ripping them off? Bull.

Certainly not. It's because Mr Bellamy ripped the tapes from the dying hands of a well-trapped AIDS-ridden musical legend and then proceeded to utilise it to further his own agenda of chart domination and eventual release of a Muse-branded range of capes.

3. It is a decent song. Now as much as we may say that even the broken clock is right twice a day, the appearance of tolerable material and the rapid subsequent descent back to base standards must raise suspicions in the mind of a healthily skeptical observer.

So, because a band you don't like has a good song, they stole it? Don't be an ass.

I will continue to strive to find documents to conclusively prove what are, in NSG terms, already well-supported allegations. In terms of your allegation that I am some kind of donkey, my sign is Sagittarius. Represented by Sagittarius the Archer, a centaur. If anything, this might provide some evidence that I may indeed be horsing around, but the unfounded bull allegation does nothing if not undermine your credibility in the noble arena of debatitude.

[Johz]

Hey!

C'mon, let's be honest, their music can be divided up into three categories.

1. Overwrought whining that sounds like a kid crying about wetting the bed while battling a yak.
2. Rejected Queen b-sides.
3. That song from a couple of years ago about a black hole, probably stolen from a band with talent.

Off their latest album, yes, it's mainly whiney nonsense about doing 'as they saaaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaay' and whatnot, but Resistance is quite good. MK Ultra, it's okay until they start whining, and Undisclosed Desires is really good with it's hip-hop style.

[Risottia]

...That's.... just sad.

There's even worse.
Remember how he proudly claimed here on NS that he worked as a "manager" and earned so much he'd bought himself a Porsche?
It's weird that a manager is actually the last in the pecking order of his office. So much the last that he's out in the street handing helium-inflated balloons to kids.

Today at work, for a little added publicity my boss came in with about 40 helium balloons with the Sky logo and phone number on them and wanted somebody to hand them out along the precinct.
Guess who that somebody was. It’s ridiculous. I spent over an hour wandering up and down the high street handing out balloons to children like some kind of a clown.

[St George of England]

Yes, I would defend them. Well, Nickelback. Can't stand Coldplay.... they're good, tho.

I see. So in fact you will only defend bands that you like. This clearly contradicts your earlier statement that you were defending the yak-pissers purely because of the close proximity of their location of origin to your own. Such apparent deliberate distortions of the facts are something I find deplorable.

No, I don't particularly like Muse, nor Nickelback, but I would defend the latter if they were local to me, as I have done with Muse. The exceptions are Coldplay and Oasis, mainly for the reasons that their frontmen are/were dicks.

[The Archregimancy]

<mod gently points out that this a thread about the history of General, not a thread about the relative merits of Muse and Queen (or Nickelback or Coldplay)>

[Murgoth]

(A => B) =/=> (B => A)

I don't understand your point, but since you've demonstrated a knowledge of maths I must concede.

the math means:
a man that is wise is mocked in his own time does not mean that a mocked man is wise.

also, since this is about history, the may day war happened and got HUGENOURMOUS to the point that i stopped following it. i think it ended after six months, though.

[Dumb Ideologies]

I don't understand your point, but since you've demonstrated a knowledge of maths I must concede.

the math means:
a man that is wise is mocked in his own time does not mean that a mocked man is wise.

But does it mean that a flocked sheep can be considered expert in her field?

[The Blaatschapen]

the math means:
a man that is wise is mocked in his own time does not mean that a mocked man is wise.

But does it mean that a flocked sheep can be considered expert in her field?

I'm an expert

[Fnordgasm 5]

You know who I miss? That guy whose name I can't remember. You know, the one who showed us that Republican Senator Mark Foley was not some pervy old queer who hit on teen pages but rather an hounourable man who campaigned tirelessly for the rights of teenagers and as such deserved to recieve the same recognition and respect as Rosa Parks. Whatever happened to him?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

In the Beginning, Max created the Book and had a Need.

And the Need was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the Need. And the Max moved upon the face of the Internet.

And Max said Let there be something created to get my book sold; and there was the Forum.

And Max saw the Forum, that it was good: and Max divided the General Discussion from the Role Playing.

And Max called the General Discussion General and he called the Role Playing International Incidents. And the Nationstates and the Forum was the first day.

You forgot Max separating this into F7 and Arts&Fiction.

[The Blaatschapen]

In the Beginning, Max created the Book and had a Need.

And the Need was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the Need. And the Max moved upon the face of the Internet.

And Max said Let there be something created to get my book sold; and there was the Forum.

And Max saw the Forum, that it was good: and Max divided the General Discussion from the Role Playing.

And Max called the General Discussion General and he called the Role Playing International Incidents. And the Nationstates and the Forum was the first day.

You forgot Max separating this into F7 and Arts&Fiction.

No, he did not forget. He was mostly referring to how the forums were in the beginning with the help of Genesis (the book). You don't see Genesis talking about how earth was then split in various countries and how the USA rebelled against the British¿

[Johz]

You forgot Max separating this into F7 and Arts&Fiction.

No, he did not forget. He was mostly referring to how the forums were in the beginning with the help of Genesis (the book). You don't see Genesis talking about how earth was then split in various countries and how the USA rebelled against the British¿

Tower of Babel?

[The Blaatschapen]

No, he did not forget. He was mostly referring to how the forums were in the beginning with the help of Genesis (the book). You don't see Genesis talking about how earth was then split in various countries and how the USA rebelled against the British¿

Tower of Babel?

Sorry, I should have been more specific and used the Genesis creation narrative instead of the whole book of Genesis. Then my point stands.

[Geniasis]

In the Beginning, Max created the Book and had a Need.

And the Need was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the Need. And the Max moved upon the face of the Internet.

And Max said Let there be something created to get my book sold; and there was the Forum.

And Max saw the Forum, that it was good: and Max divided the General Discussion from the Role Playing.

And Max called the General Discussion General and he called the Role Playing International Incidents. And the Nationstates and the Forum was the first day.

You forgot Max separating this into F7 and Arts&Fiction.

And lo did the beast take shape, and its shape was called Jolt.

And Max did struggle with Jolt until He subdued it.

Then Max's voice rang out, and was General sundered thrice (these three realms that are now known as General, Arts&Fiction, and F7.)

And Max did say unto Jolt, "I cast thee into the depths that thou mayest slumber for all time"

And as the Jolt fell to the abyss he cried to Max: "I claim the land of F7 as my dominion, and through them I shall return one day to pillage thy bandwidth."

And thus today the men and women of F7 are looked upon with scorn, for they carry the taint of the Beast from the moment of birth.

[Johz]

Tower of Babel?

Sorry, I should have been more specific and used the Genesis creation narrative instead of the whole book of Genesis. Then my point stands.

There were still, I suppose, various lands mentioned in the creation story... But yeah, you've probably trumped me.

[The Great Watchers]

Hmm, I'm suprised this is still open to comment on.

[NERVUN]

I would recomend NOT gravedigging to comment on how you can gravedig.