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It is my pleasure to announce that Mr. Max Barry will be participating in a question and answer session, LIVE! That's right, you now have a chance to ask the author of Jennifer Government and NationStates about his current work, upcoming work, and anything else that you may want to know. The chat will be hosted on the regular Nationstates IRC channel (see below), and will also include many of the NS mods, if there is anything that you may wish to know from them. Your task, if you choose to accept it, will be to come up with some good questions! But please, keep them serious! Watch this thread for a final date and time!

OFFICIAL TIME ANNOUNCED
January 29th
1900hrs US Central Standard Time.
See link for more times http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=29&month=1&year=2004&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=64'

Note: You will need to join #nationstates_Q&A as well. This is the channel where you will post questions. The mods in this channel will select people to ask their posted question to Mr. Barry. A full log of the chat will be available after the event takes place.


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-Karma
#nationstates lead operator

Can we ask him if he is [violet]? :D

Can we ask him if he is [violet]? :D

But will he answer honestly?

The great almighty Max doesnt lie....he "protects" us :P

The great almighty Max doesnt lie....he "protects" us :P

Ah, yes of course! Protects us! :wink: :lol:

Do I detect sarcasm there CE?! Good lord I hope not! Wait until [Vio-...I mean Max hears about this :wink:

Do I detect sarcasm there CE?! Good lord I hope not! Wait until [Vio-...I mean Max hears about this :wink:

Sarcasm? Me? Never!

*bows down to a statue of [violet]/Max begging for forgiveness*

:lol:

Do I detect sarcasm there CE?! Good lord I hope not! Wait until [Vio-...I mean Max hears about this :wink:

Sarcasm? Me? Never!

*bows down to a statue of [violet]/Max begging for forgiveness*

:lol:

Lol I bet he's a little scientist or something really, hiding behind a giant scary mask (wizard of Oz anyone?) *is pulled away by several people in black suits wearing dark glasses* ahhhhhh! :shock:

Lol I bet he's a little scientist or something really, hiding behind a giant scary mask (wizard of Oz anyone?) *is pulled away by several people in black suits wearing dark glasses* ahhhhhh! :shock:

*looks from left to right*

*runs of in a panic*

Anyway the name Max Barry kicks arse by its self, he deserves respect just for being called that. :D

I would try to be there, but alas, my exams finish that day and I will probably be out obliterating the horrible horrible memories.

I will tell my sister about it, though. She really liked the book.

I would try to be there, but alas, my exams finish that day and I will probably be out obliterating the horrible horrible memories.

I'm sure you did fine. :D

<--- once again notes that the IRC thing was his idea. 8)

Crap... I slept through it! :cry:

Crap... I slept through it! :cry:
No you haven't. The date has not been announced yet. I'm sure there will be a week's warning when it is.

Lol I bet he's a little scientist or something really, hiding behind a giant scary mask (wizard of Oz anyone?) *is pulled away by several people in black suits wearing dark glasses* ahhhhhh! :shock:

Oz is Slag. ;)

Will this chat be moderated (with us funneling questions through the mods)?

Will this chat be moderated (with us funneling questions through the mods)?

I sure hope so. Just about all of NS will be there, and Mr. Barry is going to be swamped with questions if it's not a Modded channel with everyone but the mods devoiced.

This will definately be an exciting event for all!

Lol I bet he's a little scientist or something really, hiding behind a giant scary mask (wizard of Oz anyone?) *is pulled away by several people in black suits wearing dark glasses* ahhhhhh! :shock:

*looks from left to right*

*runs of in a panic*

...and disappears in a puff of smoke...

You guys amaze me. Really.

Big deal... Max Barry. Ooh... an author. I used to like author's until I started reading Robert Jordan. And kept reading. And kept reading. And kept reading. WHY WON'T YOU END THE SERIES ROBERT!!!! THE DRAGON IS BORN. WORLD GO BOOM! I STOP READING!!! Ahem...

... Anyhow, aside from his political views, there isn't much I'd want to know about from this guy. Nice website dude (even though it's liberally biased). One day I may read your book.

You guys amaze me. Really.

Big deal... Max Barry. Ooh... an author. I used to like author's until I started reading Robert Jordan. And kept reading. And kept reading. And kept reading. WHY WON'T YOU END THE SERIES ROBERT!!!! THE DRAGON IS BORN. WORLD GO BOOM! I STOP READING!!! Ahem...

... Anyhow, aside from his political views, there isn't much I'd want to know about from this guy. Nice website dude (even though it's liberally biased). One day I may read your book.

It's all about money, baby.

BTW, Robert Jordan should change his first name to "Repetitive". That miserable WOT series could have and should have been finished five or six books ago. Either he's paying off the mother of all mortgages or he's getting a tad too greedy.

finnaly, a chance to prove my theories about max barry, and the purple martians

i dont wanna talk to that dude.

i dont wanna talk to that dude.

Why not?

You guys amaze me. Really.

Big deal... Max Barry. Ooh... an author. I used to like author's until I started reading Robert Jordan. And kept reading. And kept reading. And kept reading. WHY WON'T YOU END THE SERIES ROBERT!!!! THE DRAGON IS BORN. WORLD GO BOOM! I STOP READING!!! Ahem...

... Anyhow, aside from his political views, there isn't much I'd want to know about from this guy. Nice website dude (even though it's liberally biased). One day I may read your book.

uh-oh, you offended the great one, the black suits will be coming for you....just like they did for me :shock: :wink:

Can you access MIRC thru AOL?

It is my pleasure to announce that Mr. Max Barry will be participating in a question and answer session, LIVE! That's right, you now have a chance to ask the author of Jennifer Government and NationStates about his current work, upcoming work, and anything else that you may want to know. The chat will be hosted on the regular Nationstates IRC channel (see below), and will also include many of the NS mods, if there is anything that you may wish to know from them. Your task, if you choose to accept it, will be to come up with some good questions! But please, keep them serious! Watch this thread for a final date and time!



Nationstates IRC

Server: irc.esper.net
channel: #nationstates


To access an irc channel, download an irc client, such as can be found at www.mirc.org, and follow its directions to connect, filling in the appropriete server and channel information as seen above.

Brought to you by the #nationstates ops, at the sufferance of our gracious hosts at EsperNet (www.esper.net)

-Karma
#nationstates lead operator

It's funny that after all that, you still forgot to mention the date of this event.

It is my pleasure to announce that Mr. Max Barry will be participating in a question and answer session, LIVE! That's right, you now have a chance to ask the author of Jennifer Government and NationStates about his current work, upcoming work, and anything else that you may want to know. The chat will be hosted on the regular Nationstates IRC channel (see below), and will also include many of the NS mods, if there is anything that you may wish to know from them. Your task, if you choose to accept it, will be to come up with some good questions! But please, keep them serious! Watch this thread for a final date and time!



Nationstates IRC

Server: irc.esper.net
channel: #nationstates


To access an irc channel, download an irc client, such as can be found at www.mirc.org, and follow its directions to connect, filling in the appropriete server and channel information as seen above.

Brought to you by the #nationstates ops, at the sufferance of our gracious hosts at EsperNet (www.esper.net)

-Karma
#nationstates lead operator

It's funny that after all that, you still forgot to mention the date of this event.

it's funny that after all that, you didn't read the last sentence of the first paragraph.

Can you access MIRC thru AOL?

Yes, but you will be made fun of for using AOHell.

It's all about money, baby.

BTW, Robert Jordan should change his first name to "Repetitive".


You hit the nail on the head with the first sentence and just kept on preaching it with the rest. What really pissed me off is how he will leave characters out of entire books, where the last thing you read was how they were about to die. At least he gets no money from me anymore. The library works just fine.

Note to Max: If you ever write a SciFi/Fantasy series, don't look to Repetitive Jordan or Terry UsedtobeGoodkind for inspiration. Make it a trilogy and keep the romance to a minimum and tactics and planning to the max.

Yeah, but he's not a sci-fi writer. He's a satirist.

By the way, I loved Jennifer Government, and I look forward to reading other Max Barry novels.

#nationstates can't join channel (you're banned!)
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I've missed something?

Yeah, but he's not a sci-fi writer. He's a satirist.

Yes, that is what they need to remember before they criticize him.

So what...
If it would be a Mario Vargas Losa or a really great writer, I would be interested. Mediocricy never was my cup of tea. But nice for the people that are interested. And nice of spending his time on it.

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Where?

Where?

It's on the #nationstates channel. It says in the opening post by Karmabaijan.

We have a time and date... check the (updated) first post for details!

damit. 11 am Friday. im gonna be at school then :(


cmon max, your aussie. cater for your fellow australians :) and have one on thursday night aussie time :P

Big deal... Max Barry. Ooh... an author. I used to like author's until I started reading Robert Jordan. And kept reading. And kept reading. And kept reading. WHY WON'T YOU END THE SERIES ROBERT!!!! THE DRAGON IS BORN. WORLD GO BOOM! I STOP READING!!! Ahem...


Because all authors are exactly like Robert Jordan...

Yo, holding it in #nationstates is kinda inconvenient for me, y'know? What with the ban that Nathi made with the invaluable assistance of my good friend FW? Is that coming down for the duration of the interview, or am I just gonna be excluded? Do you realize that every sentence in this post is interrogative?

Yo, holding it in #nationstates is kinda inconvenient for me, y'know? What with the ban that Nathi made with the invaluable assistance of my good friend FW? Is that coming down for the duration of the interview, or am I just gonna be excluded? Do you realize that every sentence in this post is interrogative?

Don't worry about it. They're gonna post a transcript for all of us who can't be there.

Yo, holding it in #nationstates is kinda inconvenient for me, y'know? What with the ban that Nathi made with the invaluable assistance of my good friend FW? Is that coming down for the duration of the interview, or am I just gonna be excluded? Do you realize that every sentence in this post is interrogative?

Don't worry about it. They're gonna post a transcript for all of us who can't be there.

But I wanna *be* there. It's very different, y'know? Being there as the Creator passes down figlets of wisdom from on high...it could be the highlight of my week!

But I wanna *be* there. It's very different, y'know? Being there as the Creator passes down figlets of wisdom from on high...it could be the highlight of my week!

Well, if you're not allowed to be there then you are gonna have to accept that and just wait for the transcript to be posted.

But I wanna *be* there. It's very different, y'know? Being there as the Creator passes down figlets of wisdom from on high...it could be the highlight of my week!

Well, if you're not allowed to be there then you are gonna have to accept that and just wait for the transcript to be posted.

I might as well inquire, y'know? I mean, the best case scenario is that they move the Q/A session to a dedicated channel, and worst case is that they get annoyed with me.

I might as well inquire, y'know? I mean, the best case scenario is that they move the Q/A session to a dedicated channel, and worst case is that they get annoyed with me.

Well, good luck with your request but I don't think that the mods will change their minds though.

Join #nationstates_Q&A
You can post your questions there, and then read the transcript of the chat.
Nathi's dictatorial claws can't reach in there, so you're safe.

Join #nationstates_Q&A
You can post your questions there, and then read the transcript of the chat.

Hmm, I didn't realise that you could post questions without having to actually be at the 'meeting'.

Join #nationstates_Q&A
You can post your questions there, and then read the transcript of the chat.
Nathi's dictatorial claws can't reach in there, so you're safe.

Unless the lord came to her in a dream while I've been gone, Nathi doesn't have enough operator competence to make me look once. I'm not really fretting over her :wink:

Hmm, I'm confused. Who is Nathi?

Here is a link to a cleaned up and seperated log of the chat!
http://pages.slu.edu/org/karmazin/MaxChatLog.txt

I'm sorry I missed that.

*vows to always put an "E" in Trousers name from this point forward.*

*thinks Loop may be Max Barry*

*Thinks the badly-appointed mods ran their mouths too much, to the detriment of all those who wanted to ask Mr. Barry questions*

*Thinks the badly-appointed mods ran their mouths too much, to the detriment of all those who wanted to ask Mr. Barry questions*

...and?

Oh, right... I forgot. You're a 2002 nation, you no longer need to actually have a point anymore.

*Thinks the badly-appointed mods ran their mouths too much, to the detriment of all those who wanted to ask Mr. Barry questions*

...and?

Oh, right... I forgot. You're a 2002 nation, you no longer need to actually have a point anymore.

My nation's age has nothing to do with this..in fact, it's a lot more valuable because of its population, so I don't see why you think my words don't have as much value as anyone else's. :?

Oh, right... I forgot. You're a 2002 nation, you no longer need to actually have a point anymore.

Hey! I'm older than Osutriaa (or whatever his name) is. And I resent that!

cool :twisted:

*Thinks the badly-appointed mods ran their mouths too much, to the detriment of all those who wanted to ask Mr. Barry questions*

...and?

Oh, right... I forgot. You're a 2002 nation, you no longer need to actually have a point anymore.

That's an excellent path for the forum to take, seriously, the whole 'new generation' of nations rebelling against the tyranny of the old ones, to some extent. It's societal evolution if ever I saw it.
*thumbs up to the concept, thumbs down to the attitude of the 'new generation'*

if there was a rift between the two (new and old) id join old in a sec!

unless the mods joined old, then i would stay neutral. :wink:

if there was a rift between the two (new and old) id join old in a sec!

unless the mods joined old, then i would stay neutral. :wink:

Well you go ahead and join.

I'll sit here with the popcorn and coke. Drinks anyone? I've got front row seats reserved!

Can't this thread be (re)moved yet?

Can't this thread be (re)moved yet?

Good point, I mean, the interview was ages ago.

Make it go away !!!!

Use it as a chat room instead. :mrgreen:

Use it as a chat room instead. :mrgreen:

That means it will defintely be 'gone'. :D

Dunno, it's on topic after all, isn't it?

Dunno, it's on topic after all, isn't it?

Depends what we talk about, I suppose.

So, uh, yeah.
Can this be removed yet?

Good point, I mean, the interview was ages ago. :lol:

Make it go away!!!

Make it go away!!!

Perhaps we should start a petition? :lol:

Sign the mystical petition to remove this thread

*anchors pen to the Earth itself*

Sign the mystical petition to remove this thread

*anchors pen to the Earth itself*

*also signs the petition* :D

I put a post in moderation about it. Go and sign there. :wink:

I put a post in moderation about it. Go and sign there. :wink:

Okay, will do. :P

Looks like this thread has a purpose afterall. Don't know which though. Perhaps we should start to collect Bush threads here? Gives us something to do until we know what it's all about.

If Bush lied about WMD's how do libs explain this? (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&p=2835850)

*spams*

Maybe we haven't gotten rid of this thread because its purpose has not yet been fulfilled? :wink:

http://rpstudios.ian-justman.com/junk/CGgoods/RepProdtheModsig2.JPG
~Evil Empress Rep Prod the Ninja Mod
~Master of the mighty moderation no-dachi Kiritateru Teikoku

Maybe we haven't gotten rid of this thread because its purpose has not yet been fulfilled? :wink:
:shock:

http://www.garnersclassics.com/pics/2001/monolith.jpg

Still waiting on MB to set a date for a Europe-friendly chat, eh?

What is that pciture supposed to be?

What is that pciture supposed to be?
It's a NationStates / 2001: A Space Odyssey crossover in-joke. I don't expect everyone to get it. It is the punchline to what I quoted Rep as saying. It would take a while to explain.

It's a NationStates / 2001: A Space Odyssey crossover in-joke. I don't expect everyone to get it. It is the punchline to what I quoted Rep as saying. It would take a while to explain.

Oh, okay....

*feels rejected* :wink:

*scratches self against monolith*

When is this?

When is this?

When is what?

What is that pciture supposed to be?
It's a NationStates / 2001: A Space Odyssey crossover in-joke. I don't expect everyone to get it. It is the punchline to what I quoted Rep as saying. It would take a while to explain.

I got the red cross... a bit hard to relate to 2001. :lol:

I think the mods are going to use this thread as an internment camp for MichealJackson666....

I think the mods are going to use this thread as an internment camp for MichealJackson666....
Huh?!

Why'd ya think that?

I think the mods are going to use this thread as an internment camp for MichealJackson666....
Huh?!

Why'd ya think that?

it was mentioned earlier on in this thread that the mods may not be dome with it.

it was mentioned earlier on in this thread that the mods may not be dome with it.

Or perhaps Max will just be having another one.

it was mentioned earlier on in this thread that the mods may not be dome with it.

Or perhaps Max will just be having another one.

Could be, I would love the chance to talk to him about his influences.

Could be, I would love the chance to talk to him about his influences.

How comes you didn't do it at the last one?

it was mentioned earlier on in this thread that the mods may not be dome with it.

Or perhaps Max will just be having another one.

[20:33] <vonKarma> queshon:
[20:33] <Terse> I mean when the friggin Site itself is down or slow. you know its overloaded
[20:34] <vonKarma> are you peoples interested in another MaxChat?
[20:34] <Poltergeist> MaxChat?
[20:34] <Ainulindalion> YES!
[20:34] <Goobergunch> AYE!
[20:34] <Poltergeist> What is MaxChat?
[20:34] <Goobergunch> Chat with Max Barry.
[20:34] <Goobergunch> A.K.A. God.
[20:34] <Poltergeist> oh
[20:34] <Terse> Max Chat? a Discussion online with the author of Jennifer Government?
[20:34] <Poltergeist> Sure why not
[20:34] <Terse> What on earth are you talkling about?
[20:34] * Melkor has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
[20:35] <Terse> JK, uyeah I missed the last one
[20:35] <Terse> I would be ecstatic too have the opputunity again
[20:35] <Poltergeist> Yep
[20:36] <Poltergeist> When will it be? lol
[20:36] * Zero_X is now known as ZX|MakinDinner
[20:36] * omz222 has joined #nationstates
[20:36] <Goobergunch> Hey Omz
[20:36] <omz222> 'ello
[20:37] <Nathicana> Yo Poltergeist ... might get taken a bit more seriously if you spell the center of the system 'sun' rather than 'son'. Unless you're getting at something altogether different.
[20:37] <Poltergeist> huh?
[20:37] <Nathicana> post in the forum?
[20:37] <Nathicana> to quote: The Planet is the 10th planet in the solar system and is the farthest from the Son.
[20:38] <Poltergeist> oh
[20:38] <Poltergeist> typo.....
[20:38] <Poltergeist> sorry
[20:38] <Nathicana> figured y'all might want a heads up on that - know the forums have been tweaky.
[20:38] <Poltergeist> Thanks

I take it that that is a yes then Goober. :wink: :D