ZOMBIE FORUMS

Is it just me, or does Sarine seem a bit... gleefully evil in her facial expressions (what we see of them) while talking to him.

Also noting that she hasn't sat down yet, I'd say she's prepared to strike when he bolts.

Looks like we got an Errant Hunter on our hands here... (again, this is just my mind rambling)

-BiShouNenKaMi
Sarine... hmmmm...

well what did you expect? some sort of Kawaii piroish face or something?

Please don't say the K-word.

P-M

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She does look a little too happy when talking about a serial killer who's raped and killed several young girls.
Kindof reminds me of what I was looking like after seeing Silence of the Lambs for the first time.
Maybe shes just happy to be ridding the world of another Errant or something.

Actor.

That, or maybe she is somewhat twisted. Some people take enjoyment from other's pain, like me, it's just that it varies in degrees.

Maybe she's just doesn't particularly care for humans any more and enjoys the idea of them being raped and murdered. I'd imagine that those purges and wars and 2000 years have made her less friendly toward the human race.

On another note...must get new avatar...just called home and my 4yr old has shut off my web server. I'm glad there was nothing important on it.
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: FUna on 2002-11-27 11:26 ]</font>

All I know is that fool is dead.

I'm thinkin (as probably everyone else is) she was already on her way to whack this nut, then she heard about the murders and knew it was him, so it's going to be easier on the conscience to put a blade through him. Again, I'm probably stating the obvious.

I'm not sure she's actually the murderer, or prepared to strike - I think she's trying to put pressure on him to admit to something.

Since we are all making wild guesses I will make my own threat evaluation in case a fight brakes out.Now since we know nothing about either of them we can only guess at how good they fight.But since they are elves and have been around for maybe 2000 years they could be very good.Now Sarine looks like she knows how to use a blade and probably has one on her so she has a big advantage over this guy who only has a few empty shot glasses unless he has a hidden dagger.But if this guy did actually rape and murder three girls like what was said this he could be a maniac and pull off some dangerous shit in a fight.

Damn,I forgotten how much I liked making wild guesses.
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Barghest on 2002-11-27 14:18 ]</font>

This is looking good and I love the evil little grin on her face. Someone who jokes like that can't be the kindest person or have been through the best situations.
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Yay! for gory descriptions! ^__^

Still, Sarine has the Cohen the Barbarian effect on her side- you can't stay alive for 2000 years without being very good at staying alive.

Unless you're an elf. That's about the normal lifespan of an elf, as near as I can tell.*

(*Based on her comments about decades and stuff and differing views on time, I'd say elves live at least 2000 years . . .)

-Kitsune
i just reread the comics put up so far . . . the picture they paint is not a pretty one, but it DOES make more sense . . .

At least?
Have you taken a look at her?It's been 2000 years and it looks like she hasn't aged a day!

Kitsune: Depends on the genre of course. It could entirely be that elves are full-out immortal... that was the case in Tolkien, and Sarine's comments seem to suggest that also. Of course, this also dictates the existence of a natural predator to keep the world in balance.

(I always wondered how they prevented overcrowding in the Grey Havens, short of handing out runed lambskin condoms at the door or making all the women wear mithril chastity belts... but you never know, maybe there's a genetically transmitted bondage fetish thing going on there. I once knew the kinkiest sharpear in the world, you wouldn't believe the things she would do with a quarterstave by the fire...)

Perhaps this could be the origin of the purges... a sort of socially enforced population control. Or, perhaps, the elves saw the half-elves as natural predators to be eliminated. Or perhaps they just didn't want any half-humans getting any of that sweet tied-up elven poon. Or maybe between the genetic bondage and the human lack of selfcontrol they ended needing to be put down for the safety of all... please, do it for the nubile elf children.

Frankly, I'm really interested to see what kind of weapons are the norm in this world. We traditionally think of elves as being magical, but I really don't want to see the whole blade-of-infinite-destruction-for-three-easy-installments thing. So many magical weapons end up feeling like the Star Wars lightsaber. Are guns the norm after 2000 years, and if so, to what level? We've seen artwork in the gallery involving old Wild West pistols... but it's pretty rare to see those and swords mixed together, even in a world with elven heritage. Maybe something unreliable like the blunderbuss is the norm. *shrug*

Lifespan is irrelevant - the fact that you live a longer natural lifespan doesn't mean that life-threatening situations will accomodate you by popping up less frequently. If you live twenty times as long as a human, you've probably ended up in twenty times as many sticky situations - and beyond a certain point, no amount of living cautiously is going to change that.

I recall one article I read which said it has been calculated that even if humans never aged beyond the prime of their lives, were immune to all known diseases, had no need for food or water, and recovered instantly from any injury that was not immediately fatal, they'd still have an average lifespan of no longer than nine hundred years - because after that time, the probability of being killed in a natural disaster or freak accident will have exceeded 100%.

- Sir Bob.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: SirBob on 2002-11-27 22:03 ]</font>

That really doesn't make any sense.

Bzzt. Sorry, don't think so. Assuming that technology would completely eliminate aging and diseases, keeping our bodies functional indefinitely, we'll keep going until something kills us. PERIOD. It's simple logic, man. You're not going to hit 100% probability after N years. And no probability can be above 100%, that breaks the very definition of probability... how can something be more than absolutely given?

If you ever take a formal statistics class you'll learn about continuous random variables and probability density functions, where you integrate over a variable (say, time) to get the probability that an event occurs within that interval.

For example, you can say that the random variable X describes the event of $forumer dying. If you indefinitely integrate it (i.e. probability of him dying at ANY time), it's gonna be 100% - fuck yes, they're not immortal. With our present state of technology, if you integrate beyond, say, 200 years, it's gonna be damned close to it because of aging. HOWEVER. If aging is taken out, then the sole source of said event will be external events. In that case, the probability of us dying is dependent only on how often that event can occur and how likely it's to occur within said time frame. You can model this using any number of statistical models - Poisson, Weibull, etc.

Of course, if you take a rectangular probablity function then it is possible to get the result stated. Its a crap model, but it is possible.

You have a probability of X of dying in any one year. Probability of dying in year one or year two is therefore 2X. When you hit 900 years, 900X is 1 so the theory would be that everyone would be dead. Its not incorrect, its just crap.

BLM

Not really. Remember that when indefinitely integrated, a uniform distribution has to sum to one. For that to be true, the distribution has to span a finite time. This implies that it'd be impossible for an event to happen before or after a certain age. I don't know about you, but I don't know of many planes that refuse to crash when carrying passengers over 50 or knives that magically dull when used on an infant.

The probability that you'll be killed in a violent crime in the next five minutes is known; however, that's a Weibull distribution, not a uniform one.

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Uller on 2002-11-28 08:47 ]</font>

Hence why it is a crap model for mortality.

That was my point. Basically whoever came up with that number of 900 years needs to do a basic refresher course on statistical analysis.

BLM