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Post by Seneschal on Oct 16, 2009 7:15:02 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
I’ve been a long time reader of/lurker on the boards, and thought I should finally get round to posting. So, greetings!
I got into the Lone Wolf series in the mid-late 1980's. Lone Wolf 4, Chasm of Doom, was in fact the first thing I ever bought myself; I was about six, and had money I’d been given for my birthday. I saw it in the bookshop, skimmed through it, and thought it was the greatest thing in the history of the world.
I soon obtained and read the rest of the books, and Lone Wolf remains one of my favourite settings & series.
Although I’m from the UK, these days I live in Japan, where I work as an editor and writer.
At some point I’ll try to get round to filling in the questionnaire.
Nice to meet you all!
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Post by Doomy on Oct 16, 2009 7:25:56 GMT -5
Welcome! Always nice to see a new member around.
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Post by eviltb on Oct 16, 2009 7:33:24 GMT -5
Wow someone new! Welcome along ;D
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Post by Beowuuf on Oct 16, 2009 7:34:45 GMT -5
Indeed, nice to have a lurker join in actively! Welcome  IT's amazing how LW grabbed us when we are young, yet we never did outgrow it in any way. Testiment ot a great series! Look forward to your questionaire to find out what you edit/write. |
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Post by jan on Oct 16, 2009 11:32:59 GMT -5
Oh, welcome to the forums!
Japan... I'll probably go to Japan on January of February to meet some colleagues. Or my boss will go... and this is a bit more likely... ;D
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Post by Black Cat on Oct 17, 2009 12:44:54 GMT -5
Wow! Welcome!
It's a great timing for you to start posting: we have learned that a Japanese company, Red Entertainment, is making the LW video game. Their website is in Japanese, of course, so we don't understand a thing. But with you living in Japan, perhaps you know how to read this language? Maybe you could get us some great information about the company and the game?
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Post by Roark on Oct 17, 2009 15:04:20 GMT -5
Welcome Seneschal!  |
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Post by Seneschal on Oct 18, 2009 0:13:49 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I'll see what I can find out about Red Entertainment (no promises though... I don't want to be deported for stalking video game designers...)  Jan - What part of Japan might you be visiting? That time of year is actually pretty good for most of the country (generally, summer is uncomfortably hot for Europeans). |
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Post by Simey on Oct 18, 2009 6:41:39 GMT -5
Welcome, Seneschal!
It is indeed terrific to see a new face around here!
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Post by Aguila Saber on Oct 18, 2009 7:56:11 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forums.
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Post by Seneschal on Oct 19, 2009 10:23:44 GMT -5
Thanks Simey, Aguila.
Beowuuf, in answer to what I edit/write, primarily I edit textbooks & academic materials, and, this being Japan, business English language textbooks make up most of my work. Actually, most of my time these days is spent helping/training other editors who are working on the aforementioned textbooks.
I also work freelance on a variety of other stuff; much of it dull, some of it cool. In the "cool stuff" category, and relevant to here, I wrote the bonus adventures for books 4 & 11 of the Mongoose LW releases (and also for the upcoming book 13) (So everything you disliked in those, that was my fault (everything you liked was Joe's awesome editing)).
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Post by Beowuuf on Oct 19, 2009 13:20:41 GMT -5
Ooooooooooooh! Three bonus adventures? Well done!
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Post by jan on Oct 19, 2009 13:46:47 GMT -5
Jan - What part of Japan might you be visiting? Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Well, as I wrote - there is a chance that my boss will go instead of me...  I should probably inform him that "that time of year is actually pretty BAD for most of the country" (in a reference to you). |
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Post by Aguila Saber on Oct 19, 2009 15:18:23 GMT -5
Thanks Simey, Aguila. Beowuuf, in answer to what I edit/write, primarily I edit textbooks & academic materials, and, this being Japan, business English language textbooks make up most of my work. Actually, most of my time these days is spent helping/training other editors who are working on the aforementioned textbooks. I also work freelance on a variety of other stuff; much of it dull, some of it cool. In the "cool stuff" category, and relevant to here, I wrote the bonus adventures for books 4 & 11 of the Mongoose LW releases (and also for the upcoming book 13) (So everything you disliked in those, that was my fault (everything you liked was Joe's awesome editing)). Hmm book 4 was well written, one of the better. Only one plot thing seemed pointless in book 4. It is likely D'Val will never get a new melee weapon for the rest of the adventure after he loses his regular sword. Surely D'Val would have gotten a spare weapon from his troops or killed enemies. This is an issue if his other weapon is a Bow. Book 11. Looks good. Nothing to complain about in the narrative. Also one of the better. Except possibly the stats of the end-enemies are the same even if you have combatted one of them for 3(?) rounds prior to engaging both of them. You have done a good work on them! |
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Post by Seneschal on Oct 21, 2009 22:02:58 GMT -5
Jan - Actually, Asahikawa is one of the places where the weather really will be bad. I've never been there myself, but from experience of other places in Hokkaido I wouldn't be surprised if Asahikawa is under a couple of feet of snow at that time of year.
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I should probably inform him that "that time of year is actually pretty BAD for most of the country" (in a reference to you).