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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2006.12.18 22:12:00 -
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This week's chronicle is the first in a series of four that describe torture in the Empires. Its title, fittingly, is "Methods of Torture - The Amarr".
The story is a farce, a pastiche, and a fairly twisted piece altogether. It's obviously part of canon, but more importantly, it's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. I wrote the torture stories so that they could play off one another; thus, the Amarr story is light-hearted and the upcoming Minmatar one dead serious, and the Gallente story will be extremely physical while the Caldari one will be far more cerebral.
And those of you who remember a recent post about a hamster may be distressed when you read the story and find no such animal. Instead, a furrier briefly crops up, much to its own displeasure. Do not be misled. It is a hamster.
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Farrellus Cameron
Sturmgrenadier Inc R i s e
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Posted - 2006.12.18 22:20:00 -
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Yay, favorite time of the week is new chronicle day.
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General Xerxes
GREY COUNCIL Breidablik
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Posted - 2006.12.18 22:42:00 -
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No wonder the servers are screwed, damn Amarrians keep grating the hamsters!
Great Chronicle though, I look forward to the rest of the series. :) -----
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Terghon Tu
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Posted - 2006.12.18 22:55:00 -
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I've thought of writing something like that. I've had bits and pieces floating in my mind, but I've been afraid to put them on paper. I believe law enforcement calls writings like that "evidence" or some such.
Gosh I wish I could get a job like yours.
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The Enslaver
Shinra Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2006.12.19 00:28:00 -
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One of the most twisted things I have ever read.
I love it! --------
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SpaceDrake Taleweaver
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Posted - 2006.12.19 00:51:00 -
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How delightfully Amarrian; I await the Gallente one with breathless anticipation. FYI though, there's currently no link to this in the Backstory-Chrons section of the website, or on the front page. --- What good are actions if there's no one to tell the tale afterward?...
Former player of Andre Ricard (sold). Currently plays a Sekrit CharacterÖ. |
HankMurphy
Pelennor Swarm Eternal Rangers of Terror
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Posted - 2006.12.19 06:28:00 -
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reminds me of those cube movies...
cant wait to see the rest of the set
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Deadman Gutix
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Posted - 2006.12.19 10:23:00 -
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That was one of the most disturbing stories I've ever heard.
Can't wait to get the rest of it!
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Tessa Vaako
Ars Caelestis Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.19 14:51:00 -
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Edited by: Tessa Vaako on 19/12/2006 14:52:04 Broken link (404 error) and I don't see it listed in the Chronicles section? -- Just how awesome are you BoB?
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Gone'Postal
Minmatar LuthorCorp Combat Division
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Posted - 2006.12.19 15:03:00 -
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Yup 404.. But i'm sure it's a good read
The man without a face... Still. The Company without a clue...Still.
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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2006.12.19 15:46:00 -
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Originally by: Terghon Tu I've thought of writing something like that. I've had bits and pieces floating in my mind, but I've been afraid to put them on paper. I believe law enforcement calls writings like that "evidence" or some such.
Gosh I wish I could get a job like yours.
You know those bits and pieces floating in your mind? Write them down. Accept that they won't come to anything near what you want them to be. Repeat this process for as long as it takes. Use half of your remaining spare time to study how others did it and the other half to do anything you like.
If there's a better formula for success than this, I've not found it.
Originally by: SpaceDrake Taleweaver FYI though, there's currently no link to this in the Backstory-Chrons section of the website, or on the front page.
Yeah, the pic got delayed a tad. We're working on it as we speak. Until we have the picture ready, we can't put up a thumbnail for it either.
Believe me, the wait is worth it.
Originally by: Tessa Vaako Broken link (404 error)
The link works fine for me and others, so I'm assuming it was some temporary thing. Anyone still having this problem?
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Elissen
Amarr Feral Tendency
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Posted - 2006.12.19 17:07:00 -
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Only one thing comes to mind. Wicked - and I like it . Too bad we have to wait two weeks for the next part ---- ICSC Jumpplanner tool - Routeplanner for all jumpcapable ships! |
Tessa Vaako
Ars Caelestis Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.12.19 18:50:00 -
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And suddenly it works again. :)
Originally by: Tessa Vaako Edited by: Tessa Vaako on 19/12/2006 14:52:04 Broken link (404 error) and I don't see it listed in the Chronicles section?
-- Just how awesome are you BoB?
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Rosa Rosette
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Posted - 2006.12.19 22:45:00 -
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oh that made me soo much prouder to be an amarr! awesome read! perfectly fits my idea of the amarr. pious yet totally devoid of any human feelings towards the lesser races but the 'need' to 'enlighten' them
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Ethidium Bromide
ZEALOT WARRIORS AGAINST TERRORISTS Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2006.12.19 22:47:00 -
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Edited by: Ethidium Bromide on 19/12/2006 22:48:51 bah! stupid alt up there gonna show her the holy star
edit: i hope that furrier was not the server hamster
Originally by: George Petsch Nochricht: Dei schwarer StroinlSser trifftn Karli[Baatzis] und ruiniert erm so richtig de Dosn, 1343.7 schhodn, oida.
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Amira Silvermist
Yazata Spenta Aegis Militia
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Posted - 2006.12.20 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Ethidium Bromide
edit: i hope that furrier was not the server hamster
Maybe thats the CCP way to get rid of hamsters that fail their quota while "motivating" the rest at the same time.
Amarr racial trait: Nerfbat damage resistance 0% |
Auri Hella
Anqara Industries Serenus Letum
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Posted - 2006.12.20 18:18:00 -
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Delightful bedtime story
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Kell Atorr
Minmatar Gradient
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Posted - 2006.12.21 06:48:00 -
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There weren't any torture devices described in the story,just a few excessively complicated ways to execute someone, plus the 1,000th joke about Barney the Dinosaur I've encountered. There was no rising tension in the story, nor any particular enigma -- the spy is shown some execution methods, then executed. There's no characterization. There was pretty much no story at all.
If you wanted to describe how the Amarr would torture someone, you'd be better off with a variant of Franz Kafka's <i>The Penal Colony</i>.
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Kala Veijo
Veto.
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Posted - 2006.12.21 12:17:00 -
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Amarr 4tw. Man, i should start making background for Kala. Its just that translating long complicated text into english takes too much time and I usually get bored doing it.
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Majaraw Awalabas
Amarr PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.12.21 22:31:00 -
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Most disappointing. I kept waiting for the Amarr to pick up a white cat, stroke it and say "and here Mr. Bond, we have the table with the laser, mwahaha".
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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2006.12.22 06:36:00 -
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Damn slavers ...
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Feral Karkassia
Minmatar Singularity Trafficers
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Posted - 2006.12.25 12:32:00 -
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Very sick and twisted and well-written too. And rather disturbing that these thoughts roil to life in your mind...
The forest scene reminds me of the "enclosed raptors" bit from Jurassic Park--nice.
So how does one get to write for CCP anyway?
Now there is something I'd love to do!
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Bunny Catch3r
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.12.27 01:27:00 -
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The detached banter(a mask representing civility)and the cruel barbarity at play here are morbidly juxtaposed. This is the most frightening element of the tale because it contains shards of truth. Civilization is a hoax. It's a masquerade which allows us to conceal our thirst for hot blood.
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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2006.12.27 17:56:00 -
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Originally by: Rosa Rosette pious yet totally devoid of any human feelings towards the lesser races but the 'need' to 'enlighten' them
And people say I'm scary.
Originally by: Kell Atorr It makes for good narrative: [...]
What you described was your ideal torture story, which is far from the only type there is. Personally, I dislike the ones that have any sort of clever interplay between the torturer and the victim. It's a situation that's somewhat believable if the interrogation is taking place under legal, controlled circumstances such as at a police station, but the instant that real torture is introduced, all coolness and calculation on the victim's part goes right out the window. A torturer doesn't succeed because of clever misdirection; it would be an utter waste of time for him to play the victim's game. He succeeds because he is a torturer, and will continue to ply his trade until the victim is too broken to resist him.
Originally by: Kell Atorr the 10,000th weak joke about Barney the Dinosaur, then the spy is killed. There's no rising tension, no characterization, no story to speak of.
Note the mention of the word "pastiche" in my first post. It means that for this story characterization is drawn from a different well, as is the story model itself. As for Barney, that's your imagination. The reference is to carebears, and to an old quote by Oveur.
Originally by: Majaraw Awalabas Most disappointing. I kept waiting for the Amarr to pick up a white cat, stroke it and say "and here Mr. Bond, we have the table with the laser, mwahaha".
I was very tempted to give him a Slaver hound. Thank heavens good taste prevailed. *coughs*
Originally by: Feral Karkassia Very sick and twisted and well-written too. And rather disturbing that these thoughts roil to life in your mind...
Yeah, I don't know where this stuff comes from, either...
Originally by: Feral Karkassia The forest scene reminds me of the "enclosed raptors" bit from Jurassic Park--nice.
So how does one get to write for CCP anyway?
Nice catch. As for writing for CCP, same way as I did: Catch our attention through good submissions, and be prepared to be very patient.
Originally by: Bunny Catch3r The detached banter(a mask representing civility)and the cruel barbarity at play here are morbidly juxtaposed. This is the most frightening element of the tale because it contains shards of truth. Civilization is a hoax. It's a masquerade which allows us to conceal our thirst for hot blood.
Something tells me you're going to really enjoy either the Gallente or the Caldari story, depending on which way your twistedness pendulum swings.
And by the way, as this Monday falls on Jan 1 there'll undoubtedly be a couple days' delay in the publication of the next story.
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Matrix Aran
Legio Immortalis
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Posted - 2006.12.29 20:38:00 -
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Definately a nice twisted bit of writing. I kinda feel the first bits of the forest, etc. were a bit weak for torture methods, but it does have a nice build to it. I remember some of the descriptions of caldari torture methods from one of the short stories awhile back, where instead of physical torture, the caldari methods involve exploiting a pod pilot's neurological links, which makes for on the surface a more humain method of torture, but one that I would find all the more unnerving to have someone poking around in my head. ----
Originally by: Oveur on rigs Sure, np, it's only like ... the 6th time I say this here
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Aduna
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Posted - 2006.12.30 17:28:00 -
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I have a feeling I'll be rather enjoying the Caldari one; I've always thought that screwing with someone's head was far better than anything physical. Still a very good read Abraxas, looking forward to the rest.
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Kreul Intentions
Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.01.05 14:18:00 -
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Totally twisted and very well written. Excellent work.
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Dumus
Silver Service
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Posted - 2007.01.10 08:58:00 -
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Very, very nice.
Loved it
-Dumus-
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Lydisa Ekmar
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.01.12 23:49:00 -
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That was so cruel, and twisted. Some parts put knots in my stomach. And yet, I loved it. ---------------------------
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Garret Bataq
Gallente The Aussie Connection Corp
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Posted - 2007.01.16 22:48:00 -
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when I got to the 'holy star' part I was confused for a sec what exactly was happening, but then I got it, its an evil ammaran sieve!
and yea it was pretty twisted, also left me wondering how the hell the previous spy got out of that 'sin eater' machine, which seems to resemble those iron maiden medieval torture devices.
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