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Grakelin

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Re: Another game uses a two party faction system?...
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2011, 12:43:21 am »

When I think about it, that makes sense. Just considering the first things that come to mind:

Greek Dramatists - I can tell you about four or five, but Sophocles and Euripedes come to mind immediately, and then it gets harder to remember the names off hand after Aristophanes and Aristotle. But Sophocles and Euripedes I never forget.

Digidestined - I always forget two out of the nine digidestined.

Warcraft 3 - There have been times when I have been unable to name all four races without thinking about it, even though this took up all my preteen years.

Plays - A cast of eight is considered large. Seven or less is quite small.

Firefly - It seems like there are a lot of characters on this ensemble, but if any of them died (lol, two of them did), the cast would suddenly seem incredibly claustrophobic. The same with Star Trek, Star Wars, and things that I have written myself.

Horror Movies - It never seems like they are running out of people to lose until there are only three or four of them left. Same with Survivor, when that was on, I would say.
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« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2011, 12:46:03 am »

Yeah, that's also theoretically why phone numbers are 7 digits long in the US.  You can remember up to 7 pieces of data easily, and then it gets hard.

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« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2011, 12:47:43 am »

It's gotta be higher than that. I can't remember my fucking shoe size after 10 years of buying shoes, but I can rattle off my SS number like a robot.
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« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2011, 12:50:03 am »

Took you several reads of that thing to memorize it, though, didn't it? I can memorize a phone number after hearing it once (if I am lucky). But I was checking my student ID for two months before I was able to memorize my eight digit student number.
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« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2011, 12:54:24 am »

License plates... also 7 digits.

And then there's all that superstition about 7.

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« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2011, 01:04:30 am »

License plates... also 7 digits.

Really? They are six around here.
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« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2011, 01:08:01 am »

Six in Canada, too. Seven seems like too many.
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« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2011, 01:12:57 am »

Wait, I know Grakelin is from Canada, and I think Criptfeind is, too.  Max White, are you stateside, or elsewhere?

I might be wrong, of course.  I seem to remember US in general being 7, though.
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« Reply #24 on: May 10, 2011, 01:18:24 am »

According to wikipedia, your state probably ran out of numbers and adapted another digit.
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« Reply #25 on: May 10, 2011, 01:21:05 am »

According to wikipedia, your state probably ran out of numbers and adapted another digit.

Ahh, okay.  Good to know.


... Other assorted trivia: there's areas of Russia that still use only 5 digits, though it ranges from 5 through 7 in general.
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« Reply #26 on: May 10, 2011, 01:27:39 am »

Wait, I know Grakelin is from Canada, and I think Criptfeind is, too.  Max White, are you stateside, or elsewhere?

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« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2011, 01:31:40 am »

Wait, I know Grakelin is from Canada, and I think Criptfeind is, too.  Max White, are you stateside, or elsewhere?
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Since when did Australians say m'love and have annoying accents?

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« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2011, 01:33:49 am »

It died out after the 1950's, or so I am lead to believe.

And as for the accents, it's fine on the coast, but get's worse as you head further towards Coober Pedy. Get to Alice springs and you won't notice it, because by that point you too are speaking like that.

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« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2011, 02:03:54 am »

I believe that there are 9 Rhode Island issued plates with only one digit.
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