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    I've seen his pics on FB, you did a good job there Pike

    Once more, congrats!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aexodus View Post
    Congratulations Pike
    Thank you. Congrats on your citizenship. I regret my absence kept me from voting yes.

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    Congratulations, Pike, I'll have a Cuban on your little one!
    Cheers Friend.

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    Glad to hear, Pike, best wishes with everything!
    Thank you

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    Congrats Pike.
    Thank you

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    I've seen his pics on FB, you did a good job there Pike

    Once more, congrats!!
    Thank you again and added two pictures to my opening posts.


    The difficult part is that he is in Jilin and I am in Shanghai. I will not physically see him until Oct 1

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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔PikeStance♔ View Post


    The difficult part is that he is in Jilin and I am in Shanghai. I will not physically see him until Oct 1
    that sucks
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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔PikeStance♔ View Post
    Hello all,

    I have been incredibly busy.

    My wife and I welcomed a new addition to the family on Aug. 27, 2018. Roman Xu ... (Xu ["Middle name"] is his mother's Family name)
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    Additionally, I started a new position in Shanghai and have been busy setting up a house and all that.
    I am currently recovering from an illness that had me on my back for four days.

    I will most likely deal with issues here sometime this weekend. Apologies for the inconveniences with my current proposal.

    Pike
    Hey. Amazing news buddy. Congrats on everything.
    All the best for your little one.

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    Congratulations, Pike. I hope September passes quickly for you
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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔Greek Strategos♔ View Post
    Hey. Amazing news buddy. Congrats on everything.
    All the best for your little one.
    Thank you. My wife tells me he has quite the personality already.

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    Congratulations, Pike. I hope September passes quickly for you
    Thank you!
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    Console yourself Pike, once you'll have been with her for many years, you'll be missing those weeks of loneliness
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    True. I can play my games to my heart's content and Axis and Allies have been spread out on the dining room table for over a week.

    BTW, I have been binge-watching "The Originals." By far the best vampire series I have seen. Some of the plot lines have been a little corny, though interesting. The acting has been fantastic.

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    I'm not much into Vampire stories, more the kind of Zombie ones.. Murphy, my new avatar, is from Z Nation.. I know a lot of people likes The Walking Dead, which I found interesting but not so addicting; I prefer more splatter stories when it comes to undeads, if I was looking for plot and acting, I wouldn't pick a zombie story

    Pretty much the same : a lot of "action" series start out well, then they got lost into plot or delay the end of the same for too long.. "Heroes" was one of this, but I've seen this happening with a lot of other ones too

    Anyone watching Z Nation? All hail the Murphy, he's a true Dude
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    Yes,

    They say the life of a series is really maxed out after 5 years. Especially if it has a story arch approach as opposed to an episodic. Series that can make it passed that point usually do so because they were able to cycle through new characters and even able to evolve. A perfect example of this is Mash. I am not sure how the Simpsons do it, except it is able to capture a new audience. I no longer watch it (not since the 90s).

    People recommended Walking dead to me as well, but I am not into watching decaying corpses go around killing people. I like survival stuff, like Lost. I do not mind a supernatural angle. I used to like House of Cards, but more and more they get out of a bind by people doing things I do not believe they would do in a real-life situation.

    Another nice series is Kobra Kai. It is years after the end of the First and original karate kid. It is very well written good acting and interesting twists to the plot. There are only 10 episodes in season one and it is only available on YouTube Red. I was lucky that a coworker had downloaded the whole series. You can watch the first two episodes for free.

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    Have you tried the original UK version of House of Cards Pike? It only has three seasons, of 4 episodes each so it is much more compact than the US version.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Commissar Caligula_ View Post
    Have you tried the original UK version of House of Cards Pike? It only has three seasons, of 4 episodes each so it is much more compact than the US version.
    I had no idea there was such a thing. It must not be on Netflix. Netflix is odd. Whenever I choose an overseas country to view the contact, it knows I am using a VPN, but when I choose a US-based city, it is cool with it. (it is blocked in China).

    I wasted a lot of time at work. On managebac (software for teachers), you can assign images for each class. I decided to pick elites units as "inspiration" for my students.
    I ended up with; Flying Tigers, Janissaries, Polish Wing Hussars for grade 9 and Swiss Pikes, Jaguar Warriors, Immortals, and Varangian Guard for grade 10.
    anyway,...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ♔PikeStance♔ View Post
    Thank you. My wife tells me he has quite the personality already.
    I'm happy about you mate!

    Quote Originally Posted by Commissar Caligula_ View Post
    Have you tried the original UK version of House of Cards Pike? It only has three seasons, of 4 episodes each so it is much more compact than the US version.

    Quote Originally Posted by ♔PikeStance♔ View Post
    I had no idea there was such a thing. It must not be on Netflix. Netflix is odd. Whenever I choose an overseas country to view the contact, it knows I am using a VPN, but when I choose a US-based city, it is cool with it. (it is blocked in China).
    Yep, what Caligula said. The UK version is better IMO.

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    Congratulations, Pike!

    I can't compare the TV versions of House of Cards because I've only seen the British one so far. I agree with people recommending the UK version.

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    I'd say Season 1-4 of the US version is better than the UK version just because you can get more backstabbing and politics into 4 seasons of 8 or 10 episodes (can't remember how long they are). Season 5 of the US version doesn't exist in my mind, it was so terrible.
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    Happy new year, lads and ladies. ������


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    Happy New Year to you too; hope 2019 is a better year for you!

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    I don't think there's a greater sign of change than there being no elitist chat for 8 months or so!

    So, I'm back. Or out of retirement. Or whatever. And wow has this place changed since I last logged in. Which may have been quite some time ago.

    Anyone want to catch me up? Who's in charge, what's new? What do citizens do for drama these days?

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    You call this elite and yet the crême of TWC is here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by the Black Prince View Post
    I don't think there's a greater sign of change than there being no elitist chat for 8 months or so!

    So, I'm back. Or out of retirement. Or whatever. And wow has this place changed since I last logged in. Which may have been quite some time ago.

    Anyone want to catch me up? Who's in charge, what's new? What do citizens do for drama these days?
    We had to outlaw drama. Things were getting too dramatic.

    Not sure what you need catching up on. We scrapped the CdeC some years ago, went with a new Triumvirate system which kind of worked okay-ish until we had a succession of meltdowns last year. That resulted in opening up the Proth to all members, recruiting Curia-specific moderators, and some other progressive reforms. That was about six months ago. So ostensibly its a new, fresh era for the Curia, but its been rather quiet as of late.

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