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theres no reason to have to explain your second question over and over again.

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  • 07.26.2005 11:44 AM PDT

He watches every Hodgetwin video they put up...on ALL their channels. He calls them the Hodge Triplets, and considers himself the 3rd triplet. He's started talking and acting like them now. Every other line out of his mouth "Thaaas some BULLLLLL**** maaayne" or "Gotta make dem gainzzzz". He calls his biceps "gains". When he eats post-workout, he talks to his biceps, "Don't worry gains, I'm feeding you. Daddys gonna feed you, gainz *kisses biceps*".

When's 20 coming out, Mr. Clark?!

  • 07.26.2005 12:10 PM PDT
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Nice chapter man keep up the good workAAAAAAAAA

  • 07.26.2005 3:41 PM PDT
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yes,delta halo was destroyed,did you even read the fanfic?try chapter five.It's on th first page.
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  • 07.26.2005 3:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: OneOneSe7en
yes,delta halo was destroyed,did you even read the fanfic?th arbiter blew it up with cortana's help when they detonated In Amber Clads reactor,and made it out in the nick of time.


oh darn, i forgot about that!, my bad! *hits his head over and over and over again*

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  • 07.26.2005 3:57 PM PDT
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damn straight(I kid,I kid)

  • 07.26.2005 3:59 PM PDT
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What's with this whole pure-blood / half-blood talk? God, see, this is what happens when J.K. Rowling decides to write a book. I love Harry Potter and all, but look what that woman is doing to the world!

Next thing you know you guys are going to be saying that Voldemort is going to kill the Flood. Okay, sorry, I didn't mean any of that. It's late, and I've had a tremendously bad day, I guess I just had to let off some steam.

I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Regarding Humanity's Betrayal... are they going to betray the Covenant? That would just suck. I was looking for a few elite/marine fighting groups fighting the flood. That would be quite fun to read. Or... or maybe humanity is betraying Cpt. Keyes! Okay, that would make no sense whatsoever, but it's a posibility.

I also hope neither the MC nor the Arbiter die. I understand that killing off one of the main characters is essential to plot development in some stories, I just hope this is not one of them. The only time I would like to see the Arbiter die, is in the actual Halo games. I hate playing as him. I mean, I absolutely DESPISE it. I grew so attached to the MC in the first Halo that when I hit the level "The Arbiter" in Halo 2, I literally stopped playing the game for about a week or two. I was that mad.

Anyways, back to the story. Clark, I hope you deliver, as I know you will. And when it comes, I'm sure it will be a fantastic read. I only have one thing to ask. Could you please atleast hint at when it's going to be released for reading? The anticipation is killing me.

Oh one last thing. Good job to everyone for not starting a flame war ;D, it seems there will be no delays on the chapter ^^. Well, delays caused by stupid people anyways. ;D.

Peace out~

  • 07.26.2005 11:54 PM PDT
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Well I suppose hinting wouldn't be too troublesome. Alright here goes:

Chapter 20 will be released sometime within the next....

Okay, moving on.

I've received several 'conspiracy theory' PM's lately, and I found them to be wholly amusing so because of that I'll be responding to them here. They're not about the story per se, but do reflect on my writing habits.

First off, no, contrary to some people's beliefs, I'm not the kind of guy who can just sit down at any time of the day, pull out his laptop and just start hammering away. If I could do that, this story would have been completed back in January.

A lot of the times the last thing I ever want to do is sit around for hours on end and just pound out 10 or so pages of this story. While I wouldn't go so far as to say I actually have ADD, my attention span is very short. This is further accentuated by the fact that while I'm writing, there are about a billion other things literally at my fingertips that I could be doing.

So basically what I do is I set goals for myself. When I first bought a PSP and Lumines, I told myself, "You can't play this game until you write 5 pages." Sometimes this works, other times I get home, open up the Word document, strum my fingers for a few minutes, then shut the laptop off and walk away; pretending that absolutely nothing happened.

That strategy there is kind of how I work myself through a lot of the menial tasks. Like the action elements in this story. I get bored to tears writing them, mostly because I have to try too hard to make them non-repetitive, even when I'm having a repetitive fight scene (Johnson's rematch with Gravemind for example).

The other half of the work is done when I get huge bouts of inspiration. These come literally at completely randomized times. I had been playing a round of Lumines for about two and a half hours (700,000 points or so), and my brain had fallen into this kind of incredibly lucid state. If a neurosurgeon had been monitoring me I'm pretty sure he would have declared me brain dead. As the flashing blocks and wonderful music blared around me, I had an epiphany.

It was that event that helped me nurture and create my main theory for this story, the one that I'm sure will rock everybodies socks off.

When I get super-excited about stuff like that, I completely blow through chapters. Other writers probably understand that.

Nowadays since pretty much 99% of this story is resolved in my head, and there's really nothing left but to write it out, my enthusiasm for doing so dwindles. Forcing myself to write doesn't really work. I might as well handcuff my hands behind my back and try to write a chapter using my tongue. Everything will come out uninspired and tedious, which has happened a lot in this story I readily admit. I've been stopping myself from doing that lately though, we're in the final act of the story. I don't want people to be reading the culmination of so much work and thinking, "Damn that's a cool theory, too bad the writing sucks..."

So yeah. There you have it.

I don't sit around for months at a time, look over at the calender and go, "Crap! Its been a month since I've updated!?", then rush over to the laptop and churn out 30 pages in an hour and post it. I'd be a literary genius if such a thing was possible.

I said Chapter 20 wouldn't have a month long wait this time, and I certainly can see that it's going to take some effort. I've been laid low with a rather tenacious cold lately so I haven't been leaving the house that much, but I am heading out to go to the Klondike Days festival. Should be fun, provided I don't die on any of the rides.

  • 07.27.2005 5:09 AM PDT

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The other half of the work is done when I get huge bouts of inspiration. These come literally at completely randomized times. I had been playing a round of Lumines for about two and a half hours (700,000 points or so), and my brain had fallen into this kind of incredibly lucid state. If a neurosurgeon had been monitoring me I'm pretty sure he would have declared me brain dead. As the flashing blocks and wonderful music blared around me, I had an epiphany.

It was that event that helped me nurture and create my main theory for this story, the one that I'm sure will rock everybodies socks off.

When I get super-excited about stuff like that, I completely blow through chapters. Other writers probably understand that.


HAHA. I like the brilliant ideas I get on my way to work, in my car while observing the normal actions of the people (civilians) wondering or driving around town. Not only can I not update my story (cause I'm driving), I usually forget the key point that made my idea brilliant! *sigh*

Oh well. It's been a while since I last posted in your thread, so I thought I'd drop in at this not-so-random moment.

Been following your story since the beginning and I have to say that every twist and turn you've done so far has been great. My mind remembers the moment you introduced Jan, and I suddenly was inspired to listen to the ILuvBees audio files. How awesome it was that you captured her soul and transported it into your story, giving her more depth and emotion then the audio-saga could have ever done. When Johnson first struggled against the gravemind and proved that, he too, was as much a hero in the Halo Universe as the Master Chief.

The twists you've thrown our way have not only enraged some readers, but given your story an almost epic quality, but those that hated the twists were not angry at you, but at the story's sudden change. This is a natural reaction which means that a reader is so engrossed in the story that they can't believe something so critical could happen to someone(something) they care for. This is actually "one" of the highest praises a writer can recieve.

But I'll end my rant here and simply say: take your time with the story and write at your liesure. Enjoy the festival and your life beyond the forum. We know you won't dissapoint us when chapter 20 comes.

*tips hat, and bows*
-soulguard

  • 07.27.2005 6:19 AM PDT
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keep up the good work and good luck in writing chapter 20

  • 07.27.2005 7:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: Halo3plzzz xP
What's with this whole pure-blood / half-blood talk? God, see, this is what happens when J.K. Rowling decides to write a book. I love Harry Potter and all, but look what that woman is doing to the world!

Next thing you know you guys are going to be saying that Voldemort is going to kill the Flood. Okay, sorry, I didn't mean any of that. It's late, and I've had a tremendously bad day, I guess I just had to let off some steam.


Though it may seem that way, this is actually another subtle attempt by Bungie to achieve world Domination. As seen in the weekly whats update, there is a particular number in the Harry Potter books that Bungie is rather fond of. Any guesses???
Yep, you gueesed it, it's 7.

Read this post to understand - Spenser asks ,

I see a lot of use of the number 7 in the Harry Potter books. This is obviously another attempt at world domination by Bungie, trying to reach a larger crowd. What did you do to JK Rowling?




Let's just say I'm from Edinburgh, she's from Edinburgh and leave it at that .


As you can see, Frankie has alot of Influence.



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  • 07.27.2005 9:46 AM PDT

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nicely put soulguard. I have been reading this fan fic since the very start, hell i was the first 1 to post . Every time I read a new chapter my exciting lvl just kept increasing. Now its to the point that it has gone so high that there is no number that can describe it in percentage form. This fan fic never ever dissapointed me a bit. Every chapter comes with a surprising twists and turns, always leaving me questioning. Thats a sign of a good writer.

  • 07.27.2005 9:38 PM PDT
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i wonder when chp. 20 will come out next

  • 07.28.2005 7:06 PM PDT

I shall cut into 343 Industries Headquarters, retrieve the Halo Bible and burn any 343 Industries employee that stands in my way.

Grand Hierarch of the Covenant Elite Community!

I'm sorry that i'm a bit late with reading your chapter, but my comp broke down and it took a while to get it fixed.

It's again a very well writen chapter. The part where Admiral Hood says that the crew of Keyes' ship could be very well the last survivors of humanity struck me as something unbelievable. But against an enemy like the Flood anything can happen. Keep it up, Mr_Clark!

  • 07.30.2005 2:21 AM PDT
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Posted by: Mr_Clark
The other half of the work is done when I get huge bouts of inspiration. These come literally at completely randomized times. I had been playing a round of Lumines for about two and a half hours (700,000 points or so), and my brain had fallen into this kind of incredibly lucid state. If a neurosurgeon had been monitoring me I'm pretty sure he would have declared me brain dead. As the flashing blocks and wonderful music blared around me, I had an epiphany.

It was that event that helped me nurture and create my main theory for this story, the one that I'm sure will rock everybodies socks off.

When I get super-excited about stuff like that, I completely blow through chapters. Other writers probably understand that.


Yeah, I can pretty much understand the last of it. But the rest... well, I'm having some serious problems there....
You see, I am Dutch, and I can understand what everybody says here pretty well... except for Prowlaz, maybe....

But you, Mr_Clark, get pretty close to driving me insane as well. My English teacher says: if you can't understand a word, just look at the context. And I've taken a look at the context, and I still don't understand it.

Your writing is marvelous, crystal clear. You combine plot with the right words, emotions, feelings. But I fail to grasp most of the words you type out here on Bungie.net. If that is a bad thing, I do not know. All I understand is something about this game called 'Lumines' and that you were virtually brain dead.

I was actually planning to type out something that would say: 'Chill, go see a movie. We'll wait, I'm sure Chapter 20 will be great.'

And I would have liked to combine that with something you said in that post, you know... to make some kind witty comment.... Well, now I'll just say: "Chill, write when you feel like writing, see a movie when you feel like seeing one."

Of course everything I just typed down was done so while I felt as good as ever. Which sort of tells you something about my state of mind. Just keep it up, Mr_Clark. And keep rambling. It gives me something to think about.

  • 07.30.2005 4:14 AM PDT

I share pies.

Your English is pretty good Scorptank, I don't even know how to say "yes" in Dutch, it's Ja or something....But that's German....
I'm confused now.

  • 07.30.2005 7:30 AM PDT

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haha, this thread has been dead for a while but i agree with what scorptank said. Where is prowlaz??i hvnt seen him in a while. Is he blacklisted again haha. Anyways take ur time Mr_Clark, dont rush make it the best chapter yet but i dont need to tell u that because u always give us ur best chapter. I have never been dissapointed yet. Keep up the awsome work.

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The twists you've thrown our way have not only enraged some readers, but given your story an almost epic quality, but those that hated the twists were not angry at you, but at the story's sudden change. This is a natural reaction which means that a reader is so engrossed in the story that they can't believe something so critical could happen to someone(something) they care for. This is actually "one" of the highest praises a writer can recieve.

Ah, yes I agee with that, though I'd say my story is more a reflection of how someone can take a few widely accepted beliefs and then completely alter them. Having the 'mighty' Spartan 2.0's killed as they lay incapacitated is a good example of that. Everyone likes there to be these big heroic pitched battles when our favorite characters have to die, and my going against the grain was pretty big. I wasn't necessarily going for shock value with that decision. There were a lot of psychological factors I was trying to work in.

I'm not being 'down' on my story again, so don't worry about that.

But you, Mr_Clark, get pretty close to driving me insane as well. My English teacher says: if you can't understand a word, just look at the context. And I've taken a look at the context, and I still don't understand it.

Your writing is marvelous, crystal clear. You combine plot with the right words, emotions, feelings. But I fail to grasp most of the words you type out here on Bungie.net. If that is a bad thing, I do not know. All I understand is something about this game called 'Lumines' and that you were virtually brain dead.


Heh heh, yeah that's mainly my own fault. Sometimes I like to throw my vocabulary at people, which is sort of accidental on my own part. Typically I do try and keep myself from completely alienating people, cause I know there is a pretty big array of people that read this story, and I think that gets reflected in the story as well.

Moments where I find myself either hurried or, absent-minded, that's usually when I slip into this kind of profound sense of mind that usually makes my writing slowly turn into a fair example of an essay or something. This is of course odd, seeing as how when I am of a clear mind my writing tends to dip down a few levels.

Guuuu, unfortunately while I did have fun at the Klondike Festival, there was a rather violent storm near the end. I had just gotten onto the ferris wheel, and while I do enjoy being suspended 40-50 feet in the air, the mood is dampened just slightly when you are the highest point in the entire fair, surrounded in a metal tomb during a lightning storm.

Well, obviously I escaped with my life, though I must admit there were several points where I was beginning to wonder if it would be possible to leap from the metal booth and land on one of the many tents down below.

I'm still getting over my cold, which was aggravated by my antics the other day. No real estimate on Chapter 20 as of yet, so stay tuned. I might have a better idea later on this week.

  • 07.31.2005 9:11 PM PDT
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when do you think chapter 20 will be comming out?

  • 07.31.2005 9:14 PM PDT
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hey Mr Clark how come I haven't been getting pms for ur new cha[ters. U always used to send them to me and then u stopped.

  • 07.31.2005 9:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: lexy_1849
Your English is pretty good Scorptank, I don't even know how to say "yes" in Dutch, it's Ja or something....But that's German....
I'm confused now.


Thanks.

Yeah, 'yes' in English is 'Ja' in Dutch. And yes, it is the same in German. Unfortunately, the Dutch language looks a lot (too much, in my opinion) like German. It is one of the things I hate about being Dutch. What I hate as well, is that I have to drive only 40 miles, before I cross the German border.

Poor me... English gives me more joy in life than Dutch does. There are so many ways to express yourself in English, which is why I prefer writing in English, rather than Dutch.

I think it has something to do with WWII. Dutchies dislike Germans. Dutchies dislike Belgians. Germans like everyone. Belgians like fries but dislike Dutchies, and so on...

It's all rather confusing here in Europe. [sarcasm] But at least we can find strength in our great Prime Minister... Jan-Peter Balkenende, who has visited George W. Bush. [/sarcasm]

  • 08.01.2005 4:04 AM PDT

I share pies.

I always thought English related to Latin, but English is actually closer to the German lanuage, when you think about it the german and English language is sharper than maybe French. - The words are slurred if you get what i mean.

  • 08.01.2005 5:10 AM PDT
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I don't know about that. The consonances (did I use that word correctly?) in English are very much different from German ones. For example, if you say 'straße' (street) in German, the way you pronounce the first 'S' is very different from anything you might hear in English.

  • 08.01.2005 5:29 AM PDT

Pure bloods, Half breeds, what the !@!#! This is like Harry Potter, With GUNS!!!

  • 08.01.2005 7:24 AM PDT