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Granos reacted to Ungod in Bard for a day
I present you a 'masterpiece', if I get a challenge, I'll come up with further examples of such 'masterpieces'
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Granos reacted to Fyrd Argentus in How do I win this game?
If you're having a good time - you're winning! You don't want the game to end, do you? Happiness is a state of mind....
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Granos got a reaction from Poppi Chullo in Bard for a day
Given the recent anniversary I have been but in somewhat of a more social mood. To that end it appears the my other half (the player) is reaching their anniversary and I would like to commission some music to celebrate this event. Not just any music will do, no we require a magicduel related parody of songs that already exist.
Example:
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun
Instead:
Granos' got a gun
Granos' got a gun
His whole void's come undone
From lookin' straight at the Mur
Note: This is just an example I am no artist
This will be decided by community vote, but for more effort more points will be awarded.
1 up vote = 1 point
1 heart = 2 points
Written = 1 point
Audio = 2 points
Video = 3 points
The rewards: (note may be increased if there is enough interest)
1st place 5gc
2nd place 2gc
3rd place 1gc
The last day of submission is the 5th of June 2021. Go forth and amuse me.
Multiple entries are allowed
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Granos got a reaction from Fang Archbane in WTS Angiens
Given the new shard system I am willing to part with some angiens lowest age 3945 as of this post.
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Granos reacted to Lazarus in Perspective: Void
Thank you, Fang. Perhaps you should also share with us what the void means to you and why.
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Granos reacted to Fyrd Argentus in Bailiff for Legend Speakers
Wanted to give a nod to Else, the first new member of Legend Speakers since it's rejuvenation at the 16-year Anniversary.
Else is an impressive grinder, and as Bailiff will be using his strength to keep order in the Alliance, and to keep the fighters distracted at storytelling events.
(Hecklers, on the other hand, who seek to become martyrs, will instead still be met with Silver Tongue and/or Toad Speak).
Please offer Else your congratulations and support in this new role.
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Granos reacted to Fyrd Argentus in Perspective: Void
The void is a blank canvas waiting for us to put our psychic impressions upon it.
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Granos reacted to Dracoloth in Perspective: Void
The void is the unknown, darkness waiting for a light.
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Granos reacted to klatdees in Perspective: Void
The screams of my unborn children, wishing they were here.
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Granos reacted to Steno in Perspective: Void
Desire for that which can never be, for the ineffable beyond-ness from our known world.
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Granos reacted to Demonic God in Perspective: Void
The representation of nothing as a concept. An idea that revolutionized the world (invention of zero, mathematical concept). Something that's always there, yet could easily boggles the mind of those unaware of it. The opposite of yet another mind twisting concept: infinity.
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Granos reacted to Tissy in Perspective: Void
Time. The time past left the existence you could never touch. You know everything about it but you just can’t do anything to reach it.
Also the love you accept the fact of fruitless yet cannot stop missing the one ever. It drains all your mindpower, silently.
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Granos reacted to Yoshi in Perspective: Void
The Null and The Void
The Void is calling, whispering silent screams for me. Do I let them be, or do I give in to the falling?
I cannot surely ignore the beckon, for I am afraid that I am weak. Do I only take a peek, for it would merely be a second?
A wonder to stare into its depth, only to be consumed. Would I eventually be exhumed, or left without breath?
Seconds turn to hours, and with time it all grows larger. Would I be able to departure, or be trapped in all the flowers?
Perhaps to master the Void, one must be a Null. But before I try to cull, must I not be undestroyed?
To be a Null would be an achievement, to be something not important. But is something so forgotten, even truly worth attainment?
If in the end the Void cares not for me, I fear I would not care about myself. Is it worth losing sight of yourself, only for a taste of impossibility?
I must learn to preserve myself, especially in darkest times. Can I walk between the lines, and put the fear up on the shelf?
I feel I must remain steadfast, and not be coerced to either side. But how long can I run and hide, from the dead hand of the past?
I will refrain today from looking, for the Void will not be winning. But will tomorrows bringing, make it all again alluring?
The Void is calling, whispering silent screams for me. Do I let them be, or do I give in to the falling? -
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Granos reacted to Else in Perspective: Void
For me the void is an intangible space where the soul of a dead goes before the place it is supposed to go. It is dark by the lack of light...
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Granos reacted to Lazarus in Perspective: Void
The classic understanding of the void have always been the representation of nothingness, emptiness, zero, void, and this is often associated with darkness.
Since personal perspective is being asked of, I will define it based on my subjective experience of the concept of the void.
The void is not darkness, emptiness, nothingness or any other similar concept people often associate it with, for one to recognize that it is empty or dark is to recognize that no-thing is making it evident, it acts as a container of the existence of the perceived "nothingness." This is very difficult to explain with just words since it is bordering on both philosophy and metaphysics, so I'm going to give an oversimplified example that may or may not be alien to most people:
In Dzogchen teaching, there is a concept of groundness, a pristine awareness known as "Rigpa" - which is of no origin and primordially existent, the purest most fundamental form of consciousness. It transcends the boundaries of the mind and the perceived sense of self. It encapsulates everything in our own subjective experiences generated by our own senses.
When our stream of consciousness stops for a brief moment, we are present and we truly become free, we call this our "flow state" where there is nothing else in our minds but the present moment, which gives birth to creativity and new ideas. While this only last from milliseconds to a few seconds, it's significant enough to make a difference. The mind rests on the consciousness and consciousness is recognized by the Rigpa.
The Big Bang theory says the same thing about the void. Billions of years of chain reaction from no-thing guided by a deterministic universe have lead us to where we are now. Everything that we see, hear, care about, our history - all are offsprings of this concept.
Emptiness, darkness, nothingness - sits on the very same ground and is contained in the void. The void itself is both the substrate (containment) and the observer (Rigpa). The void can contain nothing and something simultaneously. It can create and destroy things that can arise from its nothingness, for the void is of no origin and we humans are its creations.
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Granos got a reaction from Aelis in Perspective: Void
As many of you know, this is a subject I am quite fond of. I share similar views with many of you and some will differ. Given I am The Seeker of The Void I figure I should at least leave some input on this.
To me the void is both tangible yet intangible. It is what the beginning and the end will and are. Some will claim that the void is associated with darkness, like a great blackness that just engulfs all things. While this may not be wrong, I see it more in line with a great whiteness(the potential for all colors). When you break things down into very basic ideas, there are two colour pathways. On one path you can see that black pigment is an amalgamation of all the colors while absorbing everything, and you have white which is the absence of color. Then on the other path you have the opposite. You can see that white light is an amalgamation of all the colors while absorbing everything, and you have black which is the absence of color. Statements such as 'white is the absence of color' is both true and false but it comes down to our perspective, knowledge, and how we attempt to perceive that which is supposedly imperceivable. To me the void is limitless but also finite at the same time, such as the infinity sign, each side has limited space but still continues on forever. It is all that we cannot comprehend. Thus when we attempt to understand or quantify it, our perceptions are tainted by that which we cannot possibly understand. Our minds simply are not equipped for it.
A small example now:
Imagine a giant circle. That circle is then surrounded by numerous other smaller circles. Let us call the giant circle MD(Magicduel), and the smaller ones the players. Each smaller circle has a line connecting itself to the larger one, connected to other lines and smaller circles within, which we can call our avatars. The space outside these circles can be called the void. Eventually over time these circles erode and crack, and through these cracks we catch glimpses of the void, but our minds cannot understand this. These cracks show up in many ways, one of the most common is with mental illness, that is my Taint. They become tainted by something they cannot understand. So we begin to fill the gaps that we cannot comprehend with information, and things we know from our own realties. These can be called numerous things from hallucinations to visions, or even that sense of deju vu(ghosts, demons or even aliens). Our minds know something is not as it should be, thus they replace these glimpses of the void which we will never comprehend, with what we have of our own memories.
I can go on about ideas and thoughts on the void but for now this will have to suffice. Feel free to come speak with me on this or other topics...