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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:32:00 -
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This week's chronicle is called "The Shrinking Skin" and is about the upcoming invention feature. It's a fairly low-key piece, focusing on the effects that such a new feature will have on the people who have to support it. The story has no horror, no blood and no drug taking, but I'd argue there's just as much desperation and fear as there was in "Saccade".
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Iasha
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:35:00 -
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And there it is! Was wondering whether we'd see it today 
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Eldo Davip
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:37:00 -
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Thanks! Right on time.
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Iasha
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:45:00 -
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An enjoyable read, as always. I can really sympathize with Bob. Well done on the last bit too, I think I get the thing with Bob closing the open door 
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Firequill
Gallente
The Black Ops
Maelstrom Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:54:00 -
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what, no gore?!?!?
good one anyway 
gotta make it up to us next time though, as you no doubt realise, hehe
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Erikel
Cosmic Odyssey
Chorus of Dawn
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:54:00 -
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Nice story again.
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Nate D
Priory of Saints
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Posted - 2006.11.13 17:56:00 -
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I've always found it troublesome to read the chronicles because I have found them to be sooooo confusing... Am I missing something about maybe how to read them or something? IDK... I kinda feel dumb saying that but... it's like a puzzle that you half to solve as you go along and they leave you guessing at the end... I have a feeling that's what you're going for Abraxas so brovo for that!... Yet at the same time I wish they were easier for "light reading"...
I'm sorry this is not a whine or a flame... it's really just me saying how hard it is for me to understand them... that's all.
-NateÖ
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Orophin Ciryatan
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Posted - 2006.11.13 18:17:00 -
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He didn't understand those people who frittered away their time on the job. The workplace was for work. When you were given a job to do, you did it, and if you did it well, you might be given the same job again, and then you knew you could do it in time. Routine and habit. That was the key.
Hmm... reading this at work...
Always love the chronicles!
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Za Po
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.11.13 18:19:00 -
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It's so ... sad. Nice work. I know plenty of people that work like Bob.
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K8 T
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Posted - 2006.11.13 19:19:00 -
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Sounds.. kinky
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Benco97
Gallente
Multiverse Corporation
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Posted - 2006.11.13 19:32:00 -
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Aww man.. Come on Bob, think outside your tiny little office for a second, your job depends on it.
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Gaius Kador
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.11.13 19:45:00 -
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Robert looks like Tony Soprano ;)
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ThaMa Gebir
Gallente
Raddick Explorations
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Posted - 2006.11.13 20:47:00 -
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****, Thats an awesome story to get the invention ball rolling.
Love it!!!
There will be no survivors now that i'm around - Xorus
pwnt - Immy
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Solan
Dreamscape
Serenity Fallen
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Posted - 2006.11.13 20:56:00 -
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I can see a metaphor between Jon/Bob and CCP/Big Business. I think I may use this story as an example for many in the corporate world.
-Solan
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Verone
Veto.
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Posted - 2006.11.13 21:07:00 -
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Great Job... 
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ParMizaN
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.11.13 21:44:00 -
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Interesting read
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Malachi Nefzen
Caldari
Insane Decision
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Posted - 2006.11.13 21:49:00 -
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Bob sighed deeply. He ran his fingers through his hair,
the picture is bald
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Syrann
The Praxis Initiative
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.13 21:50:00 -
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Very good read, and I love the direction you're going with the chronicles.
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St Dragon
Blood Association of Dragons
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Posted - 2006.11.13 22:07:00 -
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Originally by: Malachi Nefzen
Quote:
Bob sighed deeply. He ran his fingers through his hair,
the picture is bald
Pubic hair
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JForce
The Arrow Project
The ARR0W Project
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Posted - 2006.11.13 22:51:00 -
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It says that "the woman who opened the door was blah blah, CEO..."
And then refers to her as "him" and "he" for the rest of the story.
Might be worth correcting?
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.13 23:48:00 -
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Another great story, keep it up!
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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2006.11.14 00:09:00 -
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Originally by: St Dragon
Originally by: Malachi Nefzen
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Bob sighed deeply. He ran his fingers through his hair,
the picture is bald
Pubic hair
As much as I love that particular explanation, no, Bob does in fact have hair on his head; just not very much. You can see faint traces of a comb-over on his pate.
Originally by: JForce
And then refers to her as "him" and "he" for the rest of the story.
Far as I can tell, there's two places where I mistakenly used a masculine pronoun instead of a feminine one, but you're spot on with those. We'll get them fixed.
Originally by: Nate D
I've always found it troublesome to read the chronicles because I have found them to be sooooo confusing... Am I missing something about maybe how to read them or something?
It depends on the chronicle, really. Some demand a bit more of the reader than others do - "The Greatest Joke" is fairly complex, for instance - but on the whole I'd say they're fairly straightforward, this current one included. You mentioned having had problems with the chronicles in the past. Is there anything in general that constantly confuses you when you read them?
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Vendrin
Caldari
APEX Unlimited
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Posted - 2006.11.14 00:20:00 -
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Nice read.
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Kazuma Saruwatari
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Posted - 2006.11.14 01:48:00 -
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That, I believe, is one of the more thought-provoking chronicles yet to come out as of late.
Definite read for anyone in the corporate world too. Puts everything in perspective as an extreme of "work over play".
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Ramblin Man
Empyreum
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Posted - 2006.11.14 03:16:00 -
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*chuckles* Needs to be cross-posted to the "CCP and White Wolf?! Why?!!" threads. (False Disclosure: Not that I live in Atlanta and/or know anything about White Wolf ^_^)
Excellent writing though! The entire piece captured the first person perspective without really resorting to the limited tense. Looking forward to Mondays a lot more now. 
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Beringe
Caldari
Raptus Regaliter
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Posted - 2006.11.14 04:07:00 -
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Edited by: Beringe on 14/11/2006 04:07:49
Very nice story.
I sort of like references to in-game mechanics (such as improving material efficiency of blueprints), but I'm sure this could easily be overdone. Probably a fine balance between increasing immersion and breaking it, if you know what I mean. "Tech 1 BP" as technical shorthand was laying it on a bit thick.
The characters were great. I felt I got to know a lot about them in just a few paragraphs.
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zeKzn
Empire of Destiny
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Posted - 2006.11.14 06:22:00 -
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I'm not quite sure why, but I liked it the least of your stories so far. I think it probably had to do with the fact there was no horror, blood, or drug taking
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Victor Valka
Caldari
Archon Industries
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Posted - 2006.11.14 07:38:00 -
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I found a typo. Can I keep it?
Originally by: "The Shrinking Skin"
...have my digital signature, just to be sure that I've finished with hem.
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Kanuo Ashkeron
Eve Defence Force
Ascendant Frontier
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Posted - 2006.11.14 07:49:00 -
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Originally by: Orophin Ciryatan
Hmm... reading this at work...
... and being a researcher too 
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Victor Valka
Caldari
Archon Industries
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Posted - 2006.11.14 09:16:00 -
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Originally by: Ethidium Bromide
...you and some of the other great writers in and associated with CCP will get a chance to bless us with works that will keep us reading for hundreds of pages.
Aren't you a bright ray of sunshine? 
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