Welcome to HW!!!!

What is your favorite part about debating?

Welcome to HolyWorlds Fantasy, Sam!

Oh, yah, ditto to the warning about the chat room. XD (hence the, uh, not normal name.)

Thank you, Incorrigably. Or should that be 'Miss Explosive'? I'll try not to get too close. Wouldn't want to catch fire.

I am currently working on a fantasy novel set in an alternate world with approximately mid-19th century technology and a bit of a Weird Western feel, though I don't follow the tropes of the Western genre too closely.

Oh, don't worry. I only blow up misbehaving chat rooms. (and misbehaving admins who make my name something hilarious. XD )

Welcome to Holy Worlds!


Western fantasy is a cool subgenre.

Oh, now I get it. Your comment about your name went right over my thick skull before. Are the admins in the habit of changing people's names unpredictably?

Oh, well, it depends on which admin. Emeth doesn't do it unless he's being very silly. (it was he that did it to me this time) Ines up there greatly enjoys doing it to people, and has been known to do it almost randomly. Hannah, on the other hand, thinks everyone's names should stay the same for the duration of their time on the forum. Hannah's not much fun. The other admins/council members pretty much ignore our fun with names.

* grabs one of her little sister's tacos*

Hello, Sam! Welcome to Holy Worlds!

*Dumps glitter on Sam's head* You have now officially been glitterified.

Thank you, Your Royal Highness. *Deep nod/shallow bow*



There are many aspects. On one level, I enjoy the intellectual challenge. On that level, I guess it's the same phenomenon that leads me to enjoy strategy games. I like matching my wits with others in debate. It's a lot like a mindsport. On another level, I like the way that debate shows me flaws in my reasoning so that I can come to understand my beliefs better. And on yet another level, in the course of a debate I can learn something new and maybe even change my mind about the main subject due to compelling reasoning or new information. So I like it all. And, of course, if I change my opponent's mind, that's best of all.



Sure thing. As for the craziness, hey. Creative people(and smart people) are often a little nuts. My theory is that their(our, hopefully) brains are more complex and thus more prone to eccentricities and this sort of thing. It comes with the territory. If y'all are crazy, I'm sure I'll fit right in.

Welcome to HW.

Western tropes are generally simple. I can give you most of them since I write more Westerns than I do fantasy.

^_^ I enjoy strategy games as well, though I have tried debating already and failed. (It was online with some atheist and pagans)

Pagans? That must have been fun. Do you mean pagans in the sense of non-Abrahmaic religionists, or do you mean pagans in the sense of people who practice tribal or, for lack of a better word, Völkisch religions like Norse or Greek paganism?

More like people claiming to be Christians when their behavior and way of thought claims otherwise and also those who practice Wicca. I dealt with a lot of stress during that time when I was trying to debate. Whatever I said there was always someone going at me. I stopped debating with them. It was not fun, for me anyway...

Welcome, Sam!

@Marshwriter: Why so glum?

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Sam, sir, it is good to have you. I think you will find plenty of God-fearing Christian writers on this forum that would be edified by exchanging thoughts with you. We welcome thought-provoking posts around here. The forum team's philosophy is that "debate" is edifying when undertaken in good spirit, which you seem to have. May God bless your time here.

But, I will warn you - few people on here are serious 100% of the time. Especially in an intro thread!

So have a cupcake, settle in, and I look forward to seeing more of your posts!

Jungles... now there's something we don't have enough of in fantasy! Everyone's stuck on forests.

Jungles... now there's something we don't have enough of in fantasy! Everyone's stuck on forests.

@Sam: Where does she know you from? Should we be worried that the neighborhood really will go? But I like this neighborhood!

eru

Well, before all everything breaks loose, let me welcome you to what's left of Holy Worlds!! *swirls clouds of glitter around*

And I seem to have some hot cocoa in my cloak...somewhere....... *rummages around with strange noises eminating intermittantly* Ah, here. *serves steaming mugs of marshmallow-filled hot cocoa. It's cold outside!*

A little modly insert here...

As anyone who has survived Holy Worlds for more than a week will tell you, we're an encouraging community that welcomes anyone who proclaims the name of Christ in sincerity, regardless of church background, writing skill, political views, etc. It is the goal of the forum team to ensure that Holy Worlds is a place where members can voice their differing opinions - even debating over them - for the edification of others, without malice and hurt feelings. It is amazing how beneficial a contrary opinion can be when presented in good spirit.

Holy Worlds is a place for that, and the forum team spends hours reading every single post to ensure that spirit stays in place. Never would we allow the neighborhood to "go," not even in one thread. If you want to ruin this forum, you will do it over Jay's dead body with his forum team spread around him in glorious array. Until you kill us all, the forum team will do everything to make Holy Worlds a place where every member - every member! - can find home.

Yes, I'm getting dramatic, but I speak the truth. My point is - the neighborhood isn't going anywhere, and neither are our beloved members. While some humor is fine, let's not see the party turn into a rain shower that puts riffs between members or even gives them the wrong impression.

Thanks, guys.

*Throws more glitter and hides the shovel.*

Maybe we should rename this thread "The Glitter Room."

No worries, Philadelphia. "There goes the neighborhood" is just a little self-deprecating humor. In fact, I hope to contribute something edifying more often than not.

A side note: I have a tendency to be rather sarcastic. This is usually taken well in person, but online, it's harder to tell. While I'll do my best to tone it down in light of that, if you do see me say something that causes you at first blush to take offense, please bring it to my attention before you get any hurt feelings. In all probability it was meant in good fun and the grin on my face was lost in the typing.

Brilliant idea, *giggles.*

If we did that, ALL the intro threads would have to be renamed "The Glitter Room" to be fair.

I myself love sarcasm and snark (you should see the blog template Eruheran is making for me - there's snark formatted right into it), and I've been known to humorously depreciate myself. (I just got in trouble with Jonathan for doing it just the other day. )

There are many aspects. On one level, I enjoy the intellectual challenge. On that level, I guess it's the same phenomenon that leads me to enjoy strategy games. I like matching my wits with others in debate. It's a lot like a mindsport. On another level, I like the way that debate shows me flaws in my reasoning so that I can come to understand my beliefs better. And on yet another level, in the course of a debate I can learn something new and maybe even change my mind about the main subject due to compelling reasoning or new information. So I like it all. And, of course, if I change my opponent's mind, that's best of all.

Only when we feel like doing it!

And regarding the glitter: If any more gets thrown in here, we're going to have to start removing it with a shovel.

As a side note, I did not like the “over Jay’s dead body” remark. Because that implies I was killed off too, which we all know would not happen.

See? I was making a case in point, Jonathan.

That's what I thought.

Didn't you read the whole sentence, Airianna? It said "over Jay's dead body with all his forum team spread gloriously around him." That includes you.

Now I feel like going off and writing Alaidia, my kind-of-dark-and-serious fantasy...


See? I was making a case in point, Jonathan.