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Important Announcements => The Welcome Center => Topic started by: Topaz on November 10, 2011, 06:22:21 PM
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Hi fellow Land Before Time lovers! My name is Topaz. I got it because, well, I'm schizophrenic and I've been dating Ruby. Yes, the Ruby from the TV series. Well, I picked a sort of blue gemstone to make a nice opposite. I also would like to say that I have loved these movies since I was a little kid, and I have recently fallen in love with them again.
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Hello & welcome to the forum. Are there certain movies you like better then others, besides the first one, since I'm sure we all like the 1st one best of all the 13.
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Welcome to the Forum! :wave :smile
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Welcome, Topaz! But tell me, what does schizophrenic have to do with Topaz? An introductory post mentioning "schizophrenia" isn't something that we see often. I'm not judging you, I'm just curious.
Anyway, I hope you have a great time here. :yes
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Welcome to the GoF. Hope you enjoy your stay! :DD
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Hey there! Welcome to the GOF!
Just a question, what does schizophrenic
mean? :huh:
Hope you enjoy your stay! :wave
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Schizophrenia (the real deal that is) is a medical condition in which the senses of the body don't work right. People who suffer from this see, hear, taste, feel, and smell things that aren't really there. For instance, a schizophrenic person can think everyone around them is bleeding through their skin, they can think that they're talking to someone who isn't really there, and they might think that there are voices taunting them in their heads.
Those are just examples of what could happen. I'm pretty sure each schizophrenic is different, suffering from different illusions. The thing that remains the same is that their sensory abilities have gone haywire. I believe they can take medications to calm their nerves down.
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Welcome to the forum Topaz :) I like how you picked a different Gemstone to show your affection towards Ruby. I'm Iris :wave
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My favorite movie is actually the 5th one, which is ironic, because I fear nothing more than large bodies of water or being stranded on an island in a large body of water.
As for people asking about schizophrenia - DarkHououmon is right. I see things that don't exist. And it does vary from person to person. I have lately been seeing the pink oviraptor Ruby, who is a wonderful... er, person... to be around.
And as for the name Topaz, I thought it would be neat to compare myself to Ruby that way, since she's the reason I'm here. Another funny thing about schizophrenia is that - in the mirror - I see myself as a blue oviraptor. For the sake of a new name, I picked Topaz, a blue gemstone/mineral.
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Ooohhh...that's it. Anyway, glad you're happy around Ruby and I do hope you have a good time here! :)
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Oh, and Mr. Mumbling? Are you the one involved the the RPG? I'd like to know, 'cause I just started playing and I don't wanna feel alone... Plus I really want the oviraptor character!
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Welcome to the GOF, Topaz! :DD Nice choice of screen name. I like the idea of fast runners having names themed on precious or semiprecious stones as well.
Oh, and Mr. Mumbling? Are you the one involved the the RPG? I'd like to know, 'cause I just started playing and I don't wanna feel alone... Plus I really want the oviraptor character!
That would be Ms. Mumbling (or Iris), actually. :p I don't think she has much involvement in the RPG section. Which specific RP are you talking about?
By the way, if you're still wondering about where to post in the GOF, there was a thread started by another new member who wanted to know about how the GOF works, in which I posted a little guide to the GOF (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=10310&view=findpost&p=9260655) of sorts. Maybe that would be helpful to you. :)
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Oh, and Mr. Mumbling? Are you the one involved the the RPG? I'd like to know, 'cause I just started playing and I don't wanna feel alone... Plus I really want the oviraptor character!
Yes, I'm a girl as Pangaea stated... But you can't make that up from the username, I know ;) And sadly, I'm not so active in the RP section (I personally think it takes too much time to post there), but I'm sure there are many members here willing to help you out with RPing.
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There are two RPG section, one for strictly LBT relsted stories, and a Random RP section where you can start rps about any tv show or movie you want..
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Hello:
And welcome to GoF :DD .
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Oviraptors are allways welcome here. Have a nice Time around Topaz.
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Welcome Topaz :D I hope you have a great time here!
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I thank you all for your welcomes, and I apologize for the gender confusion, Ms. Mumbling (no, I'm not going to drop the Ms.) - I won't make that mistake again until I make it again.
And you guys mistake me. I said RPG, not RP. I found this website by going to thelandbeforetimewd dot com, and while there I noticed that somebody made a video game online for LBT. One of the main people working on it was named Mumbling, and I just thought it may have been the one here. Perhaps I am wrong. And yes, I will make sure to keep Ruby in good spirits.
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Hiya Topaz, and welcome to the GOF :wave!
That's interesting about your case. I have never known a schizophrenic who not only loves someone other than a human romantically but also sees their reflection as other than what they really look like. I've pretty much only known the paranoid or the grandoise kind, though I understand that, like autism, there are different levels of severity. But, you seem like a nice guy and you're not hurting anyone so I see nothing wrong with it ;). Glad you found us, and feel free to jump in and come adventuring with us :yes.
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I thank you all for your welcomes, and I apologize for the gender confusion, Ms. Mumbling (no, I'm not going to drop the Ms.) - I won't make that mistake again until I make it again.
And you guys mistake me. I said RPG, not RP. I found this website by going to thelandbeforetimewd dot com, and while there I noticed that somebody made a video game online for LBT. One of the main people working on it was named Mumbling, and I just thought it may have been the one here. Perhaps I am wrong. And yes, I will make sure to keep Ruby in good spirits.
:oops
In that case, yes. Me and Action9000. Over here on this forum, roleplays are actually called roleplay games, but I guess you were actually talking about the computer game. The game creation got cancelled because Action and I broke up, and it was pretty much a team effort.
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...Oh. That is slightly disappointing, but I kinda figured because it hadn't been updated in over a year.
As it were, I am techincally paranoid schizophrenic, but my mind(s) act more on the grandiose half. Paranoid and grandiose scz. are actually two sides of the same coin. I don't have too many paranoid hallucinations or delusions, but I get plenty of grandiose ones, like Ruby. And I have heard it as odd - even for a schizo - that I see myself as something else in the mirror. Which is funny, because I can only ever see myself as a human in photographs or while heavily medicated.
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Remember, talk about the Land Before Time and only that
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No Petria we can talk about other things on here as well. we ae not limited in what we can discuss,
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It's L-I-F-E
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no petria, one should not be so narrow as to focus on one or a few things, to the exclusion of all others.
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No!
This is our movie, our life, our eternity!
And that's that!
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petria do you really have anything else to say? what are your interests? What other movies do you like? things like that. You shouldn't post about LBT in a thread about the Lord of the Rings movies it diesn't fit and will be removed.
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people need to do it and noww
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Petria, you obviously don't understand the way things work around here. The Gang of Five is not a strictly LBT forum. There has always been the ability to talk about other things on there and that is not going to change.
Don't try to tell us what we can and can't talk about. You are not the one in charge here. If you like LBT, that's fine. You're allowed to talk about it in the LBT section of this forum. There's many many topics to go through.
But please, in the future, try to actually add to a topic; don't keep posting the same stuff you had been in previous topics about how LBT is life and how all we should talk about is LBT. First off, that isn't fair for us to be restricted to talk about only LBT, and second saying that LBT is life adds nothing to any topic you posted in.
You are coming off as more of a spammer than a user, Petria. Sorry, but that's the way I see it.
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Petria, that's messed up, seeing you've done it on multiple articles as well....
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Petria has been suspended and it is currently debated in the staff room whether or not there will be a second chance.
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I'm noting a loophole in what she was saying. I actually hallucinate an LBT character, so... technically, it's relevant. :smile
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About a month late, but whatever...Welcome to GoF