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Subakh ul kuhar everyone!

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Greetings. I come from the sietch of FED2k (the name of which does not, incidentally, have anything to do with the Fedaykin). My decision to join you was motivated by the pursuit of interesting discussions (something which has sadly ceased on FED2k some time ago), although I must confess that the part of Jacurutu I visited most frequently while lurking here was the one devoted to the prequel/sequel/whatever-quel bashing :) I learned of your place first when SandChigger and SandRider came to FED2k, and I remember SandRider asked me in private whether I was a member here under a different nickname.

I am from Russia, and currently a post-graduate student struggling with my work in Cognitive Linguistics (mostly with the fact that it is not as much "cognitive" as it could be ;)). My first encounter with Dune was through the miniseries which I watched in my teens (and for inexplicable reason, had for a long time believed it was actually the David Lynch's movie split into three large parts :lol:). Some of my classmates played the Dune-themed games (and I think also watched the movie and read the books), but I was not interested very much back then, and none of my friends were Dune fans. It is only when I came to FED2k (I was interested in the Dune II remake projects hosted there) that I became really interested in the books. By coincidence, one of the forum members quoted the Fremen ritual which contained Slavic elements in his signature, and I asked him about that quote. After that, I decided to read the original hexalogy, (in Russian at first). I was immediately amazed both by the plot and by the deep thoughts Frank planted in the books. Not satisfied with the quality of the translations (only Dune has a fairly decent Russian translation, while all the others are mediocre at best), I proceeded to obtain the originals and never regretted it :)

I've been blissfully ignorant of the prequels and the other new books for quite a while, until there was a huge fuss with the upcoming Dune 7 (I remember a guy came to FED2k and posted a supposedly leaked plot outline of the new book(s) - some plot elements proved to be true, by the way). Out of pure interest, I got myself a prequel book (House Harkonnen, in Russian - House Atreides was sold out, and luckily I did not have enough money to buy House Corrino). I did not anticipate anything particularly good from it, as most of the opinions about the new books I've read at FED2k were explicitly negative, and the book lived up to those quite well :lol: I remember reading through it was quite a chore, and I decided the new books were simply not worth their while :) It was only later, however, that the depravity of the "new Dune" project started to fully unfold, finally manifesting itself in the new midquels, which are all about how all the inconsistencies in the previous installments are the "true story", and the original hexalogy is nothing but falsehood and propaganda. This is, of course, a most unacceptable situation.

I must say that currently I'm pretty occupied with various stuff, but I hope to drop by and put my two cents in every now and then :)
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Welcome home!
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Welcome. Hope you will enjoy it.
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Welcome! :orcs-buttshake:
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Welcome. Twice Welcome.
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Welcome! Out of lurk mode and into the fire! :lol:
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Hi there, say hi to Uncle Arnie's hex vision.
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Welcome, twice welcome!
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welcome welcome
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You made your thread after I made mine, so I suppose that means I'm obligated to welcome you.

So welcome!
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inhuien wrote:Image

Hi there, say hi to Uncle Arnie's hex vision.
RIIIIIIIGHT! :lol:

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone :D
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welcome mate!

as for the bashing thread - it's actually one of my personal favorit timewasting it's a great laugh.
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Welcome. Watch out for Boris.
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Hi.
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TheDukester wrote:Welcome. Watch out for Boris.
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TheDukester wrote:Watch out for Boris.
Who's Boris?
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woops
missed that one!

that means his water has already been claimed doesn't it?

Welcome Welcome² anyway, Mr Fibble,

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MrFlibble wrote:
TheDukester wrote:Watch out for Boris.
Who's Boris?
You had to be there.

Oh, and welcome.
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Welcome!
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That's Boris for me:
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I was Boris during my time in the army. Oh the times that I died – I feel all Duncan-ish
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I like this kid. He's a keeper.
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