Subject: [FORM] What is your ASVS persona? Date: 21 Aug 2001 17:04:09 -0700 From: fenix_burns@yahoo.com (Eleas) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.vs.starwars What is your ASVS persona? 1 Who was Shammie? a) Dunno, who cares? b) I think it was an immigrant from another forum, but that was before my time. c) Fuck Shammie! d) A newbie who didn't have the thick skin necessary to survive in ASVS. 2 What is your weapon of choice? a) A sword as sharp as my wit! b) The sharpened backbone of the last newbie to come by. c) An inky-black lightsaber. d) The Mallet of Doom. 3 What is your main interest? a) Getting through to these lame fanboys that Fed shields can't be hurt by lasers. b) Toying with the newbies. c) Cranking out calcs so complex, viewing them causes your screen to short out. d) There is nothing more important than guarding the sacred FAQ. 4 Which of the Great Events do you remember? a) Last year anniversary of TOWNMNBS' last post, the Sheppard defection. b) The invasion of Spacebattles and the deployment of the Eclipse thread. c) The Final Solution and the death of Cronan Thompson. d) The forming of ASVS, the creation of the FAQ and the beginning of the TGODs. 5 Which club are you part of? a) The Disciples of Wong. b) NATO. c) The Lump Club. d) The Council. 6 Who is your favourite debater? a) Kennedy. b) Kynes. c) Edam. d) Chuck. 7 What is your favourite topic? a) [TECH] Warp Strafing ends the debate. b) [OT] Jews are taking over our government! c) [FANFIC] Past Imperfect. d) [TGOD] Darkness comes to all. 8 If invited over to a party sponsoring disabled people, you would: a) Attend, try to have as fun a time as possible, then go home. b) Attend wearing an ice-hockey mask, bringing a moderate-sized bomb, which you then detonate. c) Eat the invitation and spend the evening posting on ASVS. d) Mercifully help them relocate their party, on the off chance that the rest of ASVS chose to show up. 9 What do you do in your spare time? a) Explore a meaningful relationship with plastic toys. b) Posting takes up all my time. c) Practice martial arts and drink alcohol, usually at the same time. d) I hack the IRS D-base. 10 What will you be in the future? a) "Would you like fries with that?" b) A marine. c) Science officer on a starship. d) Always in motion is the future. 11 What is your most common statement on the NG? a) "NERDS!" b) "Concession Accepted." c) "Shut the fuck up, scum." d) "You'd best read the FAQ." 12 What is your most notable achievment? a) I've been greeted by Dalton. b) I've written fanfic and participated in TGODs. c) I've starred as a main character in fanfics. d) I wrote the R&R / ASVS FAQ. =Answers= If you answered (a majority of time): a) You are new to ASVS. This place is an unfamiliar place; dangerous, yet strangely comforting. Its inhabitants are mysterious and their skills arcane, but you sometimes dare hope that you, eventually, will be considered one of them. You use many stock arguments that, up until ASVS, were mostly unopposed. The helpful souls of the group have already given you directions to the simpler knowledge that form the basic framework of this place. You do not understand all of it. But someday, you will. You will. b) You are one of the ASVS hardliners - tough, no-nonsense, and slightly insane. ASVS is kinda like your memories of Vietnam; it's a chaotic place where, very often, brutality reigns. This fits you more than you would like to admit. You know the laws of ASVS instinctively and feel uncomfortable in other places. It's harsh climate reminds you of boot camp. Already, without you knowing it, your soul belongs to ASVS. c) You are unquestionably a regular, and every one on the group knows your name. You can effortlessly deal with any lesser opponents, and when you leave ASVS you can dominate entire forums with your prescence and deep wisdom. Your memories range far back, back unto the days of Cronan and TOWNMNBS. You recall those days with fond nostalgia, but you know that it is important to make the best of every generation. On those instances when circumstances call for a fight, you are merciless and terrifying, punishing your opponents with semantics and logic. The only weapon still proof against you is the dreaded being known as the Moderator. Those are, luckily, banished to the darkest halls of the net, and will never plague the land. d) You are one of the Great Old Ones. Though you rarely choose to reveal it, your power is immense and potent, capable of smashing even regulars into the ground. Your eyes have seen the very beginning of the newsgroup, without flinching, and survived flamewars that made lesser men mad. You are part of ASVS, and one of the pillars upon who the group itself rest. None can oppose you. Knowing that violence solves nothing, you try to instruct the newcomers in the Ways. You have patience with them, for they remind you of a time when you were younger. You no longer take part in the discussions as actively as you used to. Still, you are penetrating when you so choose. -- Björn