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What's your opinion of Shoobans?

Roach-Busters
12-03-2005, 21:46
Please share your thoughts on Shoobans (pronounced "shoe bins").

(Poll coming)
MassPwnage
12-03-2005, 21:47
"They taste kind of like chicken, except with a more fishy tang."-The Great Leader Li.
Roach-Busters
12-03-2005, 21:53
Killing Shoobans is the funnest thing in the world!
Roach-Busters
12-03-2005, 22:02
bump
Malkyer
12-03-2005, 22:07
I voted "What's a Shooban?" because I really have no idea what one is, but the post you and The Parthians have about them are usually pretty funny.
Skinny87
12-03-2005, 22:11
What exactly are Shoobans? Some kind of sub-human race? Whatever they are, you appear to greatly enjoy hunting them down and slaughtering great numbers of them.
Pooh-Bear Can Walk
12-03-2005, 22:22
"I hate all living creatures."

-Dark Lord Winnie the Pooh
The Bloody Reaper
12-03-2005, 22:42
they sound fun to kill
The Merchant Guilds
13-03-2005, 00:04
OOC: I wanna pair of Shooban! :P
The Macabees
13-03-2005, 00:08
[OOC: What the heck is a Shooban?]
The Parthians
13-03-2005, 05:32
A Shooban is a race of people who look like Africans native to a nation known as Shoobooshaaba. Early in their history, a coalition of myself, Generic Empire, Roach-Busters, Borman Empire and Grenval conquered them and reduced them all into slavery. Most have an IQ less than 50 and in Parthia, are hunted by men on horseback armed with bows and arrows in the same manner of hunting animals.
Lemuriania
13-03-2005, 05:47
This is the most deplorible thing I've ever heard. [IC and OOC] The DSL is declare a formal statement as soon as the Foregin Affairs Mistress has her morning coffee.

~ Zhen'Kcef Eht Tehw
Dracun imperium
13-03-2005, 05:47
If I'm not mistaken I own the capital correct? Hmm interesting, I think I will begin my own Shooban Hunt!

EDIT: Was there ever a map of the Shooban Homeland?
The Parthians
13-03-2005, 05:56
I own a slice of the capital and a an island offshore where I conduct slave runs from. The capital is basically a slave market.
The Lightning Star
13-03-2005, 06:46
In TLS we use them to make our principle export:

Cheetos!

That's right! Those crunchy cheese snacks you love to eat are Shooban!
Green Sun
13-03-2005, 06:47
Green SUn points and laughs at everybody involved with Shoobans.
Roach-Busters
14-03-2005, 02:55
bump
Pacitalia
14-03-2005, 03:18
OOC: They didn't evolve as well as humans did, so I voted for the second one.
The Real ALM
16-03-2005, 00:57
Shoobans are stupid beasts, fit only for manual labor. Even then, they're not that good.

They make great hunting targets, though.

Karl von Esling
Wirraway
16-03-2005, 01:33
I'm pretty sure my first contact with you, GE, The Parthians and Borman came while I was trying to protect the Shoobans, kinda funny that now I use them for target practice.
Roach-Busters
16-03-2005, 01:44
I'm pretty sure my first contact with you, GE, The Parthians and Borman came while I was trying to protect the Shoobans, kinda funny that now I use them for target practice.

ROFLMAO, I remember that. We started out as enemies. I'm glad we're not anymore, though! :D
Wirraway
16-03-2005, 04:04
ROFLMAO, I remember that. We started out as enemies. I'm glad we're not anymore, though! :D

Yup, and now I get to liberate you! Yay!
Roach-Busters
16-03-2005, 04:05
Yup, and now I get to liberate you! Yay!

Liberate me? Hooray! Thanks! :p
The Lightning Star
16-03-2005, 04:08
Liberate me? Hooray! Thanks! :p

On the topic of that...

How exactly are we supposed to Liberate j00?

We need a thread, R-B! Only you can make the first strike!

Yarrr!
Roach-Busters
16-03-2005, 16:10
On the topic of that...

How exactly are we supposed to Liberate j00?

We need a thread, R-B! Only you can make the first strike!

Yarrr!

Parthia came up with the idea, and started a thread. I'll dig up the thread.
Noitan Teppup
16-03-2005, 17:05
Most have an IQ less than 50 and in Parthia, are hunted by men on horseback armed with bows and arrows in the same manner of hunting animals.

OOC: Wouldn't such a low IQ make for terrible hunting? Generally when you reach IQs lower the 50 we're talking about moderate mental retardation, the kind which ulimately would mean these people are most liking dying off from the inability to feed themselves properly or learn enough from other short lived Shoobans to survive.

Whats more, who would seriously want to hunt someone with such a low IQ? You could probably walk up to one and kill them with a heavy rock you found on the ground. Most hunters prefer a pray which is a little cunning (but not too cunning as to outsmart the hunter) so that when they finally make the kill they feel the thrill of the kill as they outwitted their pray, I can't imagine there being much thrill from killing people who could barely survive on their own, let alone defend themselves from men on horses with bows and years of training. They would be better of hunting foxes or something... though proper hunters like more and more dangerous, powerful animals. It's all about being able to brag, who would want to brag about killing someone who can barely feed himself?

However, I suppose if we're talking about a very stupid hunter I suppose they could provide enough of a challenge to make a suitable pray, though such a hunter would have to be escorted to his pray as he probably wouldn't be too good at surviving in the wild himself.

That said, perhaps I'm reading too much into the IQ of these people, however I tend to relate IQ with the ability to learn and their prolem sovling skills, not education (afterall, you can be educated but not particularly bright). So personally I feel that a race of humans with low IQs would have been killed off by nature, assuming they are in the wild on their own.

Of course, I'm not going to concider touching the possible implications of them looking like native peoples of Africa, thats a little too flamey to even bother with. For now my main concern is more that such a group of people would likely never have survived... it's my advice in general that Shoobans should probably look more like Neanderthals, that way they are definately not human and they are probably much smarter (but still inferior) allowing for better hunting, though I'm sure you could make them all look kinda African to suit your preferences more I guess.
Muktar
16-03-2005, 17:27
If you ever feel a need to kill a Shooban, feel free just to ship them to Muktar instead.
Borman Empire
17-03-2005, 20:27
If I'm not mistaken I own the capital correct? Hmm interesting, I think I will begin my own Shooban Hunt!

EDIT: Was there ever a map of the Shooban Homeland?

You are mistaken. The capital is owned by Borman Empire, Parthians, and Generic Empire.
Borman Empire
17-03-2005, 20:36
I'm pretty sure my first contact with you, GE, The Parthians and Borman came while I was trying to protect the Shoobans, kinda funny that now I use them for target practice.

It definetly was. You were defending him and then Parthians, GE, and I raped right through. We came close to the capital and allowed you to leave. We agreed to Shoobooshaaba's surrender terms, and then jsut occupied the entire nation and enslaved everyone and only paid attention to I think one aspect of it. It was also my first war I believe.

Then our next meeting was when we backstabbed TLS.

Ill see if I cna find the link to the Shoobooshaaban war and the imperial occcupation thread.
Borman Empire
23-03-2005, 01:47
Shooban war (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=352179&page=1&pp=15)

Allied occupation (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=352232&page=1&pp=15&highlight=Shoobooshaaba)