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ONLY NICE THINGS
00:17 / 20.10.02
Right, Maz has reminded me that we were going to build a Barbelith's top trumps set. Now, I figure that between yawn and the rest of our supercollectivised personalities we shoudl be able to do this, so nominations for values, please. And don't try to beat me on monster trucks. I used to play games with a dummy hand, sometimes for three, four hours. I know exactly what cards you have in your hand.

So, starting categories (feel free to extemporise):

Name:

Book-larning:

Obscure interests:

Magickal powers (with a "k"):

Self-importance:

Self-awareness:

Attractiveness:


Values out of 100?
 
 
Tryphena Absent
00:22 / 20.10.02
Are we meant to do other people or ourselves?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
00:26 / 20.10.02
There needs to be a drinking category. Perhaps with special reference to Instantly Drunk?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
00:30 / 20.10.02
Quite true, but you kittens, although smiling cheerfully through all manner of calumnies, seem to get terribly upset when your capacities for lager are impugned. But add categories as you see fit.


And do whom you wish, Neens, but be aware that...well, let's say that the last time something similar happened, some of the people who did themselves would have been marked *wery* low for self-awareness...
 
 
Mazarine
00:33 / 20.10.02
And could some one start us off by providing us with an example? Anyone want to volunteer to be the baseline?
 
 
Tryphena Absent
00:36 / 20.10.02
Good, I don't want to do myself, though I don't know who I'd do!
 
 
Mazarine
00:57 / 20.10.02
Okay, scratch baseline- how about an celebrity example of 100, 50, etc? Just so we have an idea of the scale.

I don't know why the hell I'm asking this, I've never (to my knowledge) met any of you in person, which seems to be a qualifying factor, or is it?
 
 
Jack The Bodiless
01:24 / 20.10.02
And the nerves are showing already... so to show my utter lack of self-awareness...

Name: Jack The Bodiless

Book-learnin': English degree, and useful, but worried, in a fight. So I'll say 60%.

Obscure interests: Marillion fan. Loves The Saint, but only the Leslie Charteris novels/short stories. My favourite writer is G.K. Chesterton. On the slightly more controversial aspects of 'obscure' (as in, "dude, that's not obscure, that's passe" - BD, but not SM ; fetish fashion ; 'the body fictive'/'the death of the author' ; WWE ; vegetarian recipes... I'll go 70%

Magickal powers (with a "k"): None to speak of, unless you count the uncanny ability to kill threads with one post ([Chris Walken]"One shot..."[/Chris Walken]) - 05%

Self-importance: Nominated myself for moderator of two forums. Overinflated opinion of own sexual ability, if there is such a t'ing. Overinflated opinion of own physical toughness caused by watching too much wrestling/overidentifying with too many Michael Marshall Smith characters. And delusions of world-saving a la John Constantine - if I ever kill myself, won't ever need no porky B-list angel to tell me how bad life would have been for my nearest and dearest without me. 85%

Self-awareness: I'd tend to argue that my own listing in the above category puts me in the 85% mark...

Attractiveness: Definitely an acquired taste. Those who've made the effort assure me I'm worth it. But I have a mirror, so 45%
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
09:23 / 21.10.02
Name: potus (x variant)

Book-larning: This has got to be learing right? IQ = 73 so not a lot I'm guessing. I can understand photographic theory including any book by Ansel Adams if that's worth a nugget.

Obscure interests: Infra-red Photographic practices, the social commentary of Jan Saudek and the pre-Hollywood careers of Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan and Tony Leung.

Magickal powers (with a "k"): None, diddly, not even a faintly magical bone in my body. Some so called psychics accuse me of not even having an auras, the others seem very much like charlatans.

Self-importance: 0.000 I may not be able to be proud of my place but at least I can take pride in knowing it.

Self-awareness: 90. at least I'm not a comlete twat (parking reserved for Jamie Oliver)

Attractiveness: For women a maximum of 5, for men then possibly 40 - 50 due to a bizarre quality known as fagnetism.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
11:24 / 21.10.02
Hang on...nobody has ever spewed their ring at the sight of you and for that you get an 80? That has to have an impact on the self-awareness score....
 
 
bio k9
12:00 / 21.10.02
Should I post pictures of my cock?

Im tall and thin but not too skinny. Ive got slightly curly reddish brown hair that turns blonde when I get too much sun. And I realise that looks have very little to do with attractiveness. How should I have answered?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:19 / 21.10.02
What we really need is a limited pool of points, so everyone is basically having to choose how to allocate their strengths. Like....a...role...playing...game.

Shit.

The Greenlanders

Book-larning: 5%. The Greenlanders appear to have read the odd book - David Icke for starters - but seem in general to distrust the printed word, preferring to look for their truths on web sites, bulletin boards, and telepathic communication with liek minds.

Obscure interests: 90%. Let's be real here. The apocalypse, noncery, Grant Morrison, does bread make you gay?, colonic irrigation, shapeshifting lizards....it's them and Grant, basically.

Majickal powers (with a "k". And a "j"): 50% - talented but highly specialised, mainly on precognitive experiences of apocalypitc futures. Still sort of waiting on those, but sound terribly impressive. Can also detect paedophiles by scent.

Self-importance: 95%. The only people out there with the knowledge and the psychic powers to avert the apocalypse. Quite literally among the most important people in the world.

Self-awareness: 10%. The only people out there with the knowledge and the psychic powers to avert the apocalypse. Quite literally among the most important people in the world. Stop giggling at the back.

Attractiveness: 75%. Beautiful bisexual ex-models to a man. Points deducted for potential cabbagy smell.
 
 
bio k9
12:34 / 21.10.02
Right. Strike my first post. Maybe someone else can do mine, its much more fun to see how youre perceived than to bs about yourself anyway.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:55 / 21.10.02
Of course, feeling attractive is, in itself, apparently a very attractive thing,. So as soon as you give somebody a high attractiveness, it starts to climb as they become exponentially more attractive. Brane hurt.
 
 
Papess
12:59 / 21.10.02
Name: May Tricks

Book-larning: 10%
I've read alot of stuff, especially on wholistic therapy and magick related material. Alas, I haven't managed to retain alot of it and it does me very little good. Besides, I haven't even read the Invisibles, yet.

Obscure interests: 10-90%
Obscure to who? Here on Barbelith my interests are mainstream. To the general public, I am a freak.

Magickal powers (with a "k"): 70%
Generally, good results. Experience frequent spontaneous events. To actually pinpoint an ability, netcasting or magickal lasso.

Self-importance: 50%
Thriving ego, but the good sense to know when to beat it back into it's cage.

Self-awareness: 90%
Being somewhat self-centred, I have become very intimate with my own nature.

Attractiveness: 90%
I take very good care of myself. Although I am not perfect, I have never been kicked out of bed, quite the opposite in fact.
 
 
No star here laces
13:15 / 21.10.02
I think these could be more fun...


Name: Lyra Lovelaces

Barbeshagfactor: 0% - you all want me, but none of you have had me...

Barbefightfactor: 20% - multiple beard-hop arguments, but only been ignored once and when arguing with Haus I only run to 2-3 posts before giving up

Barbefuckedfactor: 60% - have helped get many barbeloids into embarassing situations with a variety of intoxicants, but haven't been embarassingly off it in any major way

Barbenerdfactor: 20% - only own four short boxes of comics and a shelf of graphic novels. Don't watch Buffy and did a degree in something vaguely useful.

Special power: Kitten placards


I mean, come on, surely these should be at least vaguely embarassing. Plus I want flyboy to reveal his barbeshag quotient...
 
 
Tom Coates
13:19 / 21.10.02
In order to stop this thing being annoying or potentially insulting to people, could I recommend that there is a set number of points that can be distributed liberally around the attributes, so that someone who's particularly good at one thing isn't at another...

Or alternatively that there are maybe three classes of people - one being 'normal punters', one being 'the great satans' and one being 'the great heroes' - with a slightly different amount of available points for each class. This is just to avoid big fighting nastiness...
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
13:29 / 21.10.02
Wow. This *is* like Dungeons and Dragons. We need Zoom, Reidcourchie and GRIM here to help us out with balancing attributes. STET!

Ok. Categories (select as many as you like)

Book-larnin':

Obscure Interests:

Occult Knowledge:

Tastiness in a Rumble:

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"):

Self-importance:

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...):

Attractiveness:

Barbeshagfactor (how much of a (to quote) Barbelith Sex God):

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids):

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often):

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*)

For each category you choose to include, you get 50 points to spend on this or any other category - likewise for subsequently invented categories. So, you end up distributing 50(x) points, where x is the number of categories you have chosen to include.

Howzat? Bring me my d10 of desire...
 
 
Papess
13:43 / 21.10.02
What would "Tastiness in a Rumble" be? Is that like, if you get eaten?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
13:46 / 21.10.02
No....that would be "tastiness in a crumble".

"Tastiness in a rumble" is an impenetrably English (sorry) slang term for how good you are in a fight.

Although I think we should add general tastiness...

NEW CATEGORIES!

Hugglability (huggles. Giving and receiving):

General flavour:
 
 
Lilith Myth
14:14 / 21.10.02
Haus, who exactly are you quoting when you say "Barbelith Sex God"?

And I'm pretty sure that in these open-source liberal times, that should be Barbelith sex god.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
14:25 / 21.10.02
Lilith: if only I knew...his sex goddiness is a rumour on the wings of an enigma (a flying enigma. Got a problem with that?), wrapped in a whisper.
 
 
Papess
14:42 / 21.10.02
Barbeshagfactor: I have no friggin' idea. Only Rex has actually shagged me, (you know, from here on Barbe), but that may change soon.

Barbefuckedfactor: 40pt
Although, I have merely felt mildly violated by some; my true barbefucking came from Haus. Ironic, isn't it? Apparently, however, he only gave me the tip....of the iceberg, so to speak, and he still managed to tear me a new one. It is rather delightful if you don't struggle too much.

Barbefightfactor: 20pt
One jab at me, I ignore. Two jabs at me, I take notice. Three jabs and I will fight. Can I hold my own in the fight, just barely, but that doesn't seem to stop me.

Barbenerdfactor: 2pt
I am not a nerd, but I don't think that means I am cool either

Hugglability: giving-10pt recieving-10pt
If we are talking IRL, I would have to up it by 25pt at least.

General flavour: Maple Syrup...I do not know how to put that in points or percentages
 
 
000
16:37 / 21.10.02
@Book-larning: 5%. The Greenlanders appear to have read the odd book - David Icke for starters - but seem in general to distrust the printed word, preferring to look for their truths on web sites, bulletin boards, and telepathic communication with liek minds.@

Now, go ahead and write rubbish but if its about me and my others then I feel the need to correct some mistakes. It is pretty accurate the percentage given for book-learning in my case but distrust isn't the reason; rather, it has to do with that I learn far better IRL than with books and if it has to be then give me hidden history and controversies, by reading in a certain way one can learn a lot. But its also quite exhaustive and it inevitably always leads to long periods with sabbaticals off of any media. Live interaction and communication has an immediacy that exceeds printed pages in priority nowadays. And I've never read a book by Icke. And er - we don't look for our truths online, rather we have sought confirmation for some far out stuff, remember, we are not the only ones, we are of many ones - and what better way is there than trying to attract like minds in bulletin boards? 5%.

@Obscure interests: 90%. Let's be real here. The apocalypse, noncery, Grant Morrison, does bread make you gay?, colonic irrigation, shapeshifting lizards....it's them and Grant, basically.@

First, "colonic irrigation"? Is that what you experienced going the Wai way? 8D... Second, it was either you or Ganesh that started the Bread-Gay connection and not us. Third, I only like Morrison-JLA, a reread of DP in 2000 proved to me how dated the whole thing was, and I have never ever followed Invisibles because I found it boring. Fourth, shapeshifters, yes - almost like those in Devils Advocate but not quite - but its about seeing what these fuckers are really about. Lizards, yes - in a want of a better description, I mean what have you, Sirians and such? - and that we have many living underground. Birdy's story was that they can't handle sunlight, it kills them... In Wai's case it sprang out of child abuse and the questions attached to it, and in mine with ill-defined borders between my self and space around it - being hypersensitive to all ills. But I see what you mean, so again, agreed on 90%.

@Majickal powers (with a "k". And a "j"): 50% - talented but highly specialised, mainly on precognitive experiences of apocalypitc futures. Still sort of waiting on those, but sound terribly impressive. Can also detect paedophiles by scent.@

We'we never been about your happy future's with your soul mates who were waiting to bumb into you in a street corner and accidentally place their claws on your nipples. What we'we been about has fuck-all to do with magic; actually, one of the better hidden things is that everyone can become psychic by ridding oneself of the food sources which cloud one's perception. Including me, I'd say 55%, excluding me 96%.

@Self-importance: 95%. The only people out there with the knowledge and the psychic powers to avert the apocalypse. Quite literally among the most important people in the world.@

Oh please, don't be willfully daft. It doesn't quite suit you. There are many psychic people and many have been activated in the last few years. Many grown-ups have awoken by having some seemingly inexplicable experiences, but our most important actives are the children and thank god that there are many of them that can make the jump when all the pretences of our current collective mindset have been changed into that of the "4th"; they are our future, you know. But no, in the self-importance department I would rank as low as 3%. That is not to say that I have totally muted my confrontational ways but they arise out of anything that deviates from the view point of the weak.

@Self-awareness: 10%. The only people out there with the knowledge and the psychic powers to avert the apocalypse. Quite literally among the most important people in the world. Stop giggling at the back.@

Nah, I question myself and every thought that occurs too often. See above. 89%.

@Attractiveness: 75%. Beautiful bisexual ex-models to a man. Points deducted for potential cabbagy smell.@

Wai is quite beautiful. 100% Me, depends on the person really, to many I can be ugly, while I can be alluring to others. Fifty-fifty.
 
 
w1rebaby
16:47 / 21.10.02
Whoa. Bread makes you gay?
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
18:59 / 21.10.02
Oh, Haus, how *complicated*. Right - I'll do me just to see if we've got the right end of the stick (and I'm too scared to do anyone else, frankly, don't wish to offend anyone by mistake...)

Book-larnin': Good in parts, like a curate's egg. I have read quite a lot of books on several subjects, but am too lop-sided to be an all-rounder (am very paltry in the scientific knowledge department), so... 65

Obscure Interests: I have some, but they are not very barbegenic (to use a hideous locution). Heraldry, mythological animals, school stories, baroque architecture, costume history. So... I reckon about 50.

Occult Knowledge: Only really interested in the academic study of hermeticism during the seventeenth century, and not especially interested in that, so 5.

Tastiness in a Rumble: Not at all in general, but I once flukily broke someone's tooth, so 25. I did once play a game with my sister called 'spit at you', does that count? (We were 4 and 7 at the time, and I recorded it faithfully in 'what I did at the weekend', complete with illustration).

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): Oh, 0. That one was easy...

Self-importance: Yes, I do have some of that, but try to repress it. Not always sure how successfully... often catch myself sounding very pompous indeed and cringe internally: 40.

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): Lots of this - sometimes almost crippled by it. Frequently stops me posting (this is probably a Good Thing at times). However, still do not see oorsels as ithers see us, so 70.

Attractiveness: I don't bloody know. Guess 40. Maybe 50 on a good day.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): Oh, very. Slightly less frequently that I used to, but that is due to distance rather than inclination. Why, only yesterday I was fucked with lots of Barbeloids. But, since I am no longer a full member of the London Clique, we'll say... 70 again. That still signifies 'dribbling wreck' really, doesn't it? Grrr.

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): Rarely, actually... I am too scared that someone I like will shoot me down in flames, so I tend to sit tight and occasionally make a very safe point in a non-committal manner. Bit crap really. I can't remember the last decent scrap I had, in fact (arguing about Weber with Nick doesn't count because we were both so polite about it...). 15

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): Not about the usual things (Buffy, comics, etc) but I am very very geeky about school stories, children's books, and so on, so I think that merits a 50.

Sooo... 11 categories, 450 points, and I have used... 430. You lot had better add the rest where you see fit...
 
 
The Falcon
22:11 / 21.10.02
Book-larnin': 35, I'd say - got me a degree in that thar book-larnin', but I'm not Alan Moore.
Obscure Interests: 20. I know lots about flags and stamps (or used to as a lonesome child. Not really, but I did know an awful lot about flags in particular.) Football trivia. Comics trivia. '90s-'00s underground rock, hip-hop trivia.
Occult Knowledge: 10. Rough working knowledge. I've read Foucault's Pendulum, with its' mighty disappointing ending, and the old Dictionary of the Occult, cover to cover. I know how to do sigils, I've read a bit of Phil Hine.
Tastiness in a Rumble: 60. Pretty good actually, not had one for ages, and I couldn't scrap with a rugby player, say, but I'm fairly handy.
Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): 5. As I say, I know how to do sigils, but they often turn out wrong.
Self-importance: 80. Despite all evidence to the contrary. And I still think, and I'm allus gonna think I'm right and you're wrong.
Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): 50. I know I'm a prick. I like it. But how does this come across? Hmmm.
Attractiveness: 30-70. Wildly variable.
Barbeshagfactor: 0. I've never met you, I'm pretty sure. I'm almost certain, then, that I've nae shagged you.
Barbefuckedfactor: 0. See above. I have other friends, though. They might like it here.
Barbefightfactor: 40. One fight, which Jack Fear (Fanboy thread in comics) ran away from. I'm still after his blood. I could, would, and have turned sections of sites unreadable (well, I sometimes like reading other folks fights in forums, but I'm sure most don't) in my bullish refusal to give.
Barbenerdfactor: 75. I know more about, say, the Kree than one ever ought to. I can name 3 Green Goblins by civilian identity. When guest stars appear in New X-Men, I know who they are immediately. And all because I have a large set of Marvel Universe binder cards.

Do you want me to continue? I think not.
 
 
Ganesh
23:00 / 21.10.02
The gay bread was me, Haus, impersonating someone impersonating me. I did lift it from a genuine query on 'Gay Times's letters page, though.
 
 
Mazarine
00:47 / 22.10.02
I tried to resist, but I just can't, now that I know what it is, I want to play.

Name: Mazarine (with variations)
Book-larnin': 35- Specialized but thorough; solid knowledge of trivia, abyssmally loose grip on most practical book larnin’. (Auditory skills, however, chalk up to about a 65 in lecture/just heard it someplace learning)
Obscure Interests: 50- Nay so obscure as some, way obscure in terms of the general populace.
Occult Knowledge: 60- A good, broad base of a variety of occult subtopics, with expanded knowledges in specific areas.
Tastiness in a Rumble: 4- And that only because I’m squirmy and I bite.
Mahjickal Powers: About a 35 now, but expanding with practice. Mediocre control, sorry about that drought.
Self-importance: 30- A tendency towards being thin skinned, but generally not too pompous. Though I am egotistical enough to think I caused a drought.
Self-awareness: 35. And I can’t really tell you why, which is part of the reason, I guess.
Attractiveness: 75, but with modifiers:
+10 for glasses-philes
+20 for hour glass-figure fans or people with ‘anime chick fetish’
-50 for those aggravated by ‘cute’ ‘short’ or ‘pale’
With the exception of one white hair in one eyebrow, has not aged in around five or six years.
Barbeshagfactor: 1 Only one, (to the best of my knowledge) and I brought him to the fold quite recently, and he almost never posts. I guess it could be higher, but if it is, no one's said anything, sooo... shruggle.
Barbefuckedfactor: 0
I haven’t drank anything frisky recently, and to my sorrow, I have never met most of you in person.
Barbefightfactor: 10
I tend not to fight. I tend to log off and sulk if my fragile little ego has been wounded, then avoid the thread in question.
Barbenerdfactor: 40. And only five of those are for my fixation on black squirrels.

And doomo arigato to his Hausliness.
 
 
Rev. Orr
09:04 / 22.10.02
Because you always need the filler cards to make up the full pack...

Name: Orr
Book-larnin': 75. I dig out my Oxbridge Academy 2nd XI tie for job interviews. I sometimes wish I'd studied something useful rather than interesting.
Obscure Interests: 35. The complete Bod on dvd and a fixation on Reformation Political Thought and Theology.
Occult Knowledge: 0. I've tried, but the sky just ain't the same colour in their world. I don't get it. I don't like it that I don't get it, but I've got over it. Got it?
Tastiness in a Rumble: 89. Chewbacca with man-tits. I used to throw hammers around - just 'cause I'm old and run to seed don't mean I can't do it to you. Points removed because I'm blind as a bat without my glasses and don't believe in violence and so am the least likely to start a fight.
Mahjickal Powers: 0. Critically hampered by a solid grasp of the concepts of cause and effect and post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Self-importance: 90. My ego is on Dubya's list of rogue states.
Self-awareness: 50. I think I'm on the mark, but that's probably self-delusion.
Attractiveness: 5. Despite regular sexual harrasment from Haus there's not much call for a sub, straight bear.
Barbeshagfactor: 1. One swallow does not a swinger make.
Barbefuckedfactor: 60. Capacious gut and alcohol tolerance hampered by lack of funds and a tendancy to leave barbemeets early on the rare occasions I delurk.
Barbefightfactor: 60. Occasionally toss my toys out of the pram with bursts of invective that get mercifully ignored.
Barbenerdfactor: 20. Extensive Marillion collection, but almost exclusively from the Fish era so that doesn't count. Scrapes home with a Buffy fixation and having once read Flyboys copy of 'Kill your Boyfriend'.

Just to check, 50 is the average, right? Neither positive nor negative?
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
10:06 / 22.10.02
Gah, just when you think you've got it sorted all the rule change.

Okilly, let's try this again.


Book-larnin': Still pretty low, maybe a ten here. (10)

Obscure Interests: Few but strong, good for a 15 max. (15)

Occult Knowledge: many years of watching Discovery Channel, TLC and Nat G have left me with a medium score. (23)

Tastiness in a Rumble: Not really that good. Fat untrained smoker with low pain threshold. (5)

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): Precisely Squat (0)

Self-importance: Not in my lexicon sonny (0)

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): Definitely spend many a vacation in selfawaria, got to be good for a ton. (100)

Attractiveness: Past year's score - hit on by women = 0. Hit on by men = 5. Hit on by others = not that I'm aware of but please correct me if I'm wrong. Thus I award myself a grand total of (10) I should take some off for keeping count but I won't.

Barbeshagfactor (how much of a (to quote) Barbelith Sex God): (0) and falling.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): Not really. Quite a lightweight. (5)

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): probably too much (80)

Barbenerdfactor: Don't think so. However I will say this, despite Haus claim that this is like D&D or even AD&D the whole scoring system is much more like Call of Cthulu. (12)

I seem to have a surplus of 340 which I quickly need to distribute and thus I use the following scores.

Ill conceived fuckwittery: (140)

Pure waste of your precious reading time: (150)

Correctly identified self-deprication: (50)

That should do it.
 
 
deja_vroom
12:24 / 22.10.02
Book-larnin': 40. I have read a lot in the past, but mostly fiction. And I don't seem to retain information as much as I used to when I was younger.

Obscure Interests: They're not obscure here, but here are some: HP Lovecraft, history/genealogy of morals and mass propaganda. 15, perhaps?

Occult Knowledge: I know a little about different stuff, but is a generic, not really deep knowledge, since I'm too lazy to research anything properly: Enochian magick, chaos magick, Cabalah... you know, the standard set. So, 20.

Tastiness in a Rumble: 90. I did mean stuff in my time, kids.

Moojickal Powers: 0.

Self-importance: That comes and goes, I'm usually in one extreme or other, so I'd say I go from 1 to 99 several times a day.

Self-awareness: In real life: 200. On Barbelith: -40

Attractiveness: I fool people into thinking I'm attractive. Once they know me better, and have the chance to see other angles of me in better lighting, they notice the mistake they just made. So I have a ghost attractiveness value of 70. The real value is around 20, I'd guess.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): 0.

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): I will not shut my bloody mouth: 80

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): a healthy 50, distributed among comics and the Call Of Cthulhu rpg, but since it's been three years since I last played a scenario I don't think it counts as a geeky obsession. So, only comics (but not the spandex filth type of comics)
 
 
that
15:11 / 22.10.02
Name: Cholister
Book-larnin': I have a decent BA degree. But I've read fuck-all. Say 30.
Obscure interests: Not exactly obscure in Barbe-terms. Slash, SM, stuff like that. 40?
Occult Knowledge: I know some stuff about the tarot. And that's about it. 5.
Tastiness in a rumble: As an adult, in situations where physical violence has been employed against my person, I've always just stood there waiting to be killed. But I'm still alive. Do I get extra points for indestructibility? Say, 10.
Magical powers (sorry, I don't do the 'k'): Minimal. I get on well with the tarot, I make pretty rune sets, I design the odd sigil but won't charge them in the accepted fashion. Another 10?
Self-importance: Wildly variable. Thus, we'll go for a nice middling 50.
Self-awareness: Pretty good. Not that I don't *do* stupid shit, I just usually know *why* I'm doing stupid shit. 80.
Attractiveness: 2. No, that's not missing a zero. 2.
Barbefuckedfactor: a nice round 0. I can't drink, you see. And the only drugs I take are prescription ones.
Barbefightfactor: I get pissed off. I post precipitously. I end up out of my depth. And eventually I get so frustrated I have to leave the thread entirely. I've upset people unnecessarily on here before, and for that I am sorry. 50? 60? Summat like that.
Barbenerdfactor: I don't do comics. I used to love Star Wars and Kevin Smith, contentious areas on the 'lith. And I've read all the Dune novels. Probably about 20-30, all in all.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
15:21 / 22.10.02
Book-larnin': Not too much. Have had only two and a half years of college. Was working towards a philosophy degree, but am now thinking of some kind of Religious Studies. I plan to go to school for most of my life, though. Don't know what this would be, so I'll just say 50

Obscure Interests: Somewhere in the area of 65-75. Much less if compared to Barbelith only.

Occult Knowledge: Same as above.

Tastiness in a Rumble: I don't fight often, but when I do it's reeeeally dirty. I'm six feet tall and not even 150lbs. I'm not going to win fighting fairly, so I go for the one hit knock down and then it's a boot party from then on. I'm not afraid to hit someone in the throat, or to kick them in the kidney when their back is turned (which I suppose is the only time to do it, really). The groin is considered fair play. Also the eyes. I'm a quick little bastard, too. 70 In a fair fight, 45

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): Is charm considered a mahjickal power? It's pretty much how I keep from being fired. Also, I'm not bad with chaos stuff. 50

Self-importance: Not sure what this means. I hold myself in pretty high regard, though. Most of the time.

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): This either.

Attractiveness: I'll tell you the truth, kids: I've recently noticed that I am freakin' hot. Not quite gorgeous, but pretty hot. Kinda weird that it's only started about three or four months ago.75

Barbeshagfactor (how much of a (to quote) Barbelith Sex God): 0. I've never met any of you outside of Barbelith. But if I ever did, you'd be impressed.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): Also 0, for same reasons as above.

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): Eh...I'm not sure. I got into a scrap in the Bathroom Etiquette thread, and I think I did okay. I really don't argue often. 50

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*) Um. 70. Harry Potter, anyone? And that's not the worst of it.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
16:53 / 22.10.02
Name : Flux = (variable)

Book-larnin': 60 BFA, concentration in photography/film

Obscure Interests: 99 Obsessive interest in a wide range of music, sometimes veering off into anal retentive obsession with small details like setlists, concert statistics, and discography data. My obsession with Pavement can be considered somewhat unhealthy. Strong interest in radio, preferably non-music radio. Especially old radio. Rapidly developing interest in found sound recordings, objects, and documents. This dovetails nicely into a healthy interest in exploration of old and abandoned areas and buildings. Also interested in comics, most especially the works of Grant Morrison and Daniel Clowes, and a lifelong interest in the X-Men. I really, really, really like Gilmore Girls and The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Best Show on WFMU, and This American Life. I'm rapidly developing an obsession with the Sopranos. Etc, etc.

Occult Knowledge: 0

Tastiness in a Rumble: N/A

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): 0

Self-importance: 80

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): 60

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): 10, possibly lower

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): 90

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): 99. see above.
 
  

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