"wall Of Lame" - Correct Me If I'm Wrong

MercenaryForHireMercenaryForHire Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1410Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">but I do believe I coined that phrase ..</div> After much searching of the forums for "wall of lame", "wall" and "lame", I do believe I was the first to refer to the stacking of Kharaa chambers as a "Wall of Lame".

They had been previously referred to as "Stacked Chambers", "Chamber Forests", and "Forests of Lame" - but I typed "Wall of Lame" in a post once ... and it stuck.

Can I take credit for this? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

- M4H
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  • ravan46ravan46 Join Date: 2002-09-11 Member: 1309Members
    Sure ya can. Using MLA format, we'll all make sure to credit you every time the phrase is used. For Example:

    "Some gorge built a "Wall of Lame"(Merc) in the Viaduct Hive"

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  • Ben128Ben128 Join Date: 2002-06-21 Member: 808Members, Constellation
    Hes right. I am going to put a copyright sigh © next to it each time its used....you think I am joking...well only partially. No more walls of lame© for me...see, I did it. Oh yes....copyright your phrases while you can ladies and gents.

    I am hereby copyrighting "In the face", as its the best saying ever.

    Such as..I shot him "in the face"©Breitenbach 1997

    Or my personal favorite, man is he/she ugly "in the face"©Breitenbach 1997
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  • MercenaryForHireMercenaryForHire Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1410Members
    edited November 2002
    <!--QuoteBegin--ravan46+Nov 27 2002, 12:43 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ravan46 @ Nov 27 2002, 12:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Sure ya can. Using MLA format, we'll all make sure to credit you every time the phrase is used. For Example:

    "Some gorge built a "Wall of Lame"(Merc) in the Viaduct Hive"

    <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    *troutslap*

    You know what I mean. Sheesh.

    Last thing I want is for other people to get anal-retentive about it. Leave that to me. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    <!--QuoteBegin--Ben128+Nov 27 2002, 12:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ben128 @ Nov 27 2002, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hes right. I am going to put a copyright sigh ? next to it each time its used....you think I am joking...well only partially. No more walls of lame? for me...see, I did it. Oh yes....copyright your phrases while you can ladies and gents.

    I am hereby copyrighting "In the face", as its the best saying ever.

    Such as..I shot him "in the face"?Breitenbach 1997

    Or my personal favorite, man is he/she ugly "in the face"? 1997<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Just so you understand - my name is not "Bill Gates" - I'm not looking to trademark WoL's or collect royalties everytime someone says it, or create an AdminMod package to add a disclaimer.

    I just wondered if I was the first person to name them as such, and why it caught on so fast.

    - M4H
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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ben128+Nov 27 2002, 12:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ben128 @ Nov 27 2002, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hes right. I am going to put a copyright sigh © next to
    Such as..I shot him "in the face"©Breitenbach 1997<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I thought that was a local North Texas thing... I had never heard it, but now everyone around here says it.

    During programming class, whenever we'd get a fatal exception or whatever, our professor would say "Eh, let's just kill this in the face and see what's wrong."
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  • SlycasterSlycaster Limited Edition Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 24Members, NS1 Playtester
    Actually, we've been using that phrase since early testing. So, you didn't coin it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    * glares at Jurrgen *

    Actually, I don't remember if it was Forests of Lame, or Walls of Lame that was used in playtesting. It's still lame either way. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MercenaryForHireMercenaryForHire Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1410Members
    I'd always seen "Forests of Lame". I had to explain "Wall of Lame" when I typed it that one time.

    But I agree. Still lame either way. But bloody effective in the right spots (just around a highly-webbed corner)

    - M4H
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  • ShakerShaker Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9582Members, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Shadow
    Corect me if im wrong, but isnt taking credit for a "saying" pretty damn lame? <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    -LH <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    You ain´t wrong <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->.... why do you bother researching about this anyways... it´s not like you are important after you make a phrase....
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  • MercenaryForHireMercenaryForHire Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1410Members
    *shrugs* Just wondering how a typo of mine became a common phrase. Thas' all. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    - M4H
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  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    You guys, you are playing far too rough here. He was only asking if he was really the first one to use it, he did in no way imply that he wanted everyone to have some sort of copyright syble next to it everytime someone says it. Be nice to the others, please
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  • Ben128Ben128 Join Date: 2002-06-21 Member: 808Members, Constellation
    wooooooah guys......just joking, as I am sure merq is as well.
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  • MercenaryForHireMercenaryForHire Join Date: 2002-10-03 Member: 1410Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ben128+Nov 29 2002, 12:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ben128 @ Nov 29 2002, 12:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->wooooooah guys......just joking, as I am sure merq is as well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    "Merq"? That's a new one. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Yeah, it's all in good fun. Unless they're personal attacks, I don't pay any heed to them <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    And if they are, then get back in OT and we'll have a Flame-Off.

    - M4H
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