[project1dev] Re: yes virginia, there is a santa claus

  • From: Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:23:08 -0500

I actually just reinstalled Diablo II, pre expansion.  no reason to
buff the sorc though, sorc turns everything into quivering piles of
shit and loot.  Barbarian needs to be buffed--to slay immune to
physical (aside from shitty berserk).

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hey Nick (and Eric), are you guys playing the public test realm for
> 1.13 in diablo 2?  I am thinking of reinstalling just to mess around
> on there, especially since you can set your level and skills at will.
>
> Also they buffed what I think was the best sorc build in the game,
> quite oddly.  (frozen orb + firewall)
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Best part about that letter is that it was in reply to a question by
>> an 8 year old.  I am betting he thought, "man I hope somebody explains
>> what that means to me, for Christmas"
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> You broke my lol barrier.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> shroedinger: is the cat alive or is it dead? there are two concurrent
>>>> realities!
>>>> us: hmm... what the hell are you talking about?  what cat?
>>>> shroedinger: the one in the box, you watched me put it in
>>>> us: no we didn't
>>>> shroedinger: fuck it, lets get a beer
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hehe, by the way, read today's xkcd:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.xkcd.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > oh no, I feel it happening.. it's taking over everything!  Poof!
>>>>> > *becomes a singularity*
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> >> quit trying to make santa disappear in a puff of logic! :)
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> But the real question is, if you observe Santa Claus, does he still
>>>>> >>> exist?
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>> >>> > "DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
>>>>> >>> > "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
>>>>> >>> > "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
>>>>> >>> > "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > "VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
>>>>> >>> > "115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by
>>>>> >>> > the
>>>>> >>> > skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what]
>>>>> >>> > they
>>>>> >>> > see.
>>>>> >>> > They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their
>>>>> >>> > little
>>>>> >>> > minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are
>>>>> >>> > little.
>>>>> >>> > In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his
>>>>> >>> > intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as
>>>>> >>> > measured
>>>>> >>> > by
>>>>> >>> > the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and
>>>>> >>> > knowledge.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as
>>>>> >>> > love
>>>>> >>> > and
>>>>> >>> > generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and
>>>>> >>> > give to
>>>>> >>> > your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the
>>>>> >>> > world if
>>>>> >>> > there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no
>>>>> >>> > VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no
>>>>> >>> > romance
>>>>> >>> > to
>>>>> >>> > make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except
>>>>> >>> > in
>>>>> >>> > sense
>>>>> >>> > and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world
>>>>> >>> > would
>>>>> >>> > be
>>>>> >>> > extinguished.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in
>>>>> >>> > fairies!
>>>>> >>> > You
>>>>> >>> > might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on
>>>>> >>> > Christmas
>>>>> >>> > Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus
>>>>> >>> > coming
>>>>> >>> > down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no
>>>>> >>> > sign
>>>>> >>> > that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are
>>>>> >>> > those
>>>>> >>> > that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies
>>>>> >>> > dancing
>>>>> >>> > on
>>>>> >>> > the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not
>>>>> >>> > there.
>>>>> >>> > Nobody
>>>>> >>> > can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and
>>>>> >>> > unseeable
>>>>> >>> > in
>>>>> >>> > the world.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise
>>>>> >>> > inside,
>>>>> >>> > but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the
>>>>> >>> > strongest
>>>>> >>> > man,
>>>>> >>> > nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever
>>>>> >>> > lived,
>>>>> >>> > could
>>>>> >>> > tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside
>>>>> >>> > that
>>>>> >>> > curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond.
>>>>> >>> > Is it
>>>>> >>> > all
>>>>> >>> > real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and
>>>>> >>> > abiding.
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A
>>>>> >>> > thousand
>>>>> >>> > years
>>>>> >>> > from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he
>>>>> >>> > will
>>>>> >>> > continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
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