Welcomes all around!

Hello there! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 03:04:00 UTC Reply

Good day everyone! I stumbled upon this place on TV Tropes about four months ago and since then I've been lurking about, reading missions and whatnot. Do you mind if I hang around here? I may not have that much time on my hands but this place is great!

Greetings! by PoorCynic on 2011-11-20 21:20:00 UTC Reply

Well met, rookie! Please enjoy this jar of Awesome Sauce (guaranteed to contain fresh squeezed Awesome, not from concentrate) as a welcoming gift.

*Butters toast with sauce* by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-20 21:24:00 UTC Reply

Hmm... delicious! Thanks!

Welcome! by JulyFlame on 2011-11-20 18:22:00 UTC Reply

Hi, welcome to the PPC. :D

Please start with reading this and everything it links to if you have not already.

Also, please leave the tropes on TV Tropes, because contrary to what HerrWozzeck said, we're not actually especially fond of TVTropes, Tropers, or tropes.

And feel free to hop into the IRC channel, there's a link up top of the board. :)

Will do! (nm) by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-20 21:05:00 UTC Reply

Oh, hey, a Troper! :D by HerrWozzeck on 2011-11-20 02:14:00 UTC Reply

We love new people, and especially Tropers! :D

Here, have some Luigi Dallapiccola for the road: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lJziJbu97w

Ooh! Classical music! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-20 02:39:00 UTC Reply

My favorite! Thanks!

OMG Seriously? by HerrWozzeck on 2011-11-20 12:25:00 UTC Reply

This is so awesome! Now I'm not the only guy who loves classical music here!

What composers do you like to listen to most?

The most known ones... by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-20 17:58:00 UTC Reply

Such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, etc. To be honest, I don't listen to music that much but when I do, it's usually classical (do I sound like the Dos Equis guy?). I also love the score to the opera "Carmen" even though I've never actually seen it.

Oh, boy... by HerrWozzeck on 2011-11-21 13:05:00 UTC Reply

...we need to work on getting you into some of the lesser known composers. Seriously, there are a TON of classical composers, and a lot of them escape the public eye for many reasons.

So I'll just run you through a primer of a couple of composers whose music you have to hear sometime.

So... let's get started:

Claudio Monteverdi (Italian Renaissance composer, mostly known as the guy who REALLY brought Opera into its own as its own genre):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tJWY2Vaz4

Richard Wagner (German Romantic composer, perhaps best known for the concept of the 'leitmotif'. He wrote "Ride of the Valkries", which always pisses me off because it's far from the best thing Wagner ever wrote.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs_UxPMrekg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6p8bLdaQU

Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian 20th Century composer. Yes, that means he was part of the Soviet Union, but trust me, he had rather frequent spats with his government because of his music.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-pqRMasPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjK2pPqh3cQ

And that's a few I can think of off the top of my head that you'd probably get really into. ;)

Wow! Thanks! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-22 02:20:00 UTC Reply

I'm really disappointed I never found out about them sooner, they're all great! I should start digging around for more of this!
Can't help it- by Tired/Warm on 2011-11-21 20:10:00 UTC Reply

Sorry to jump in, but I've gotta add

Rach Hijack!
(Sergei Rachmaninov)
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVCbnqbwwA
http://youtu.be/A8c8JqGSxwI

Krzysztof Penderecki
http://youtu.be/tOTQ9TVkG98

Jean Sibelius
http://youtu.be/e0Jxi96LDm4
http://youtu.be/OELx84mjQoU

Alexander Borodin
http://youtu.be/Dq4bOmxKVQQ
http://youtu.be/IqjLHbSy6Pg

Mily Balakirev
<a href="http://youtu.be/DFa6df1JBE">http://youtu.be/DFa6df1J_BE

Igor Stravinsky
http://youtu.be/aGFRwKQqbk4

My apologies, but classical music is amazing, and if we are going to discuss it I very much want to share and see what people like. Maybe we shall even discuss the ballet! I'll second HerrWozzeck in that Wagner has done so much that's not Ride of the Valkyries and unfortunately it doesn't get as much air time.

There is also a load of modern classical music that I am not as familiar with yet, despite my best attempts to become acquainted with it when I am back west. So many pieces, so little time...! Maybe we should start a music thread? Okay, vanishing back into the ether~

Many thanks! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-22 02:23:00 UTC Reply

Gotta listen to them all! Thank you!

Fandoms by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-20 02:13:00 UTC Reply

Completely forgot to list them in my introduction post!

As an avid gamer, I'm very familiar with the Zelda, Metroid, Portal, and Starcraft 'verses. I am also a fan of anything Orwell wrote as well as Redwall and Discworld (though it's been ages since I last read the books, so I'm slightly rusty).

Also, it seems I've scattered (nm)(nm)s all over. *Scuttles around, scooping them up*
Welcome, Sir Turtle! by Matthew72 on 2011-11-19 18:19:00 UTC Reply

Welcome! Take this slightly defective portal gun. I would not suggest going through any portals it may make.

But I must... by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 21:25:00 UTC Reply

For Science! *Shoots a portal and jumps through*
Thanks for the welcome!

Hi there! by Tomash on 2011-11-19 15:42:00 UTC Reply

Here, have some line noise and a bottle of Bleepka.

Thank you! (nm) (nm) by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 17:54:00 UTC Reply

Good to have you a-Board! by doctorlit on 2011-11-19 15:36:00 UTC Reply

Greetings, new friend! Have a plastic bag. Just remember, it is NOT a jellyfish. Do NOT eat the plastic bag, Mr. Turtle.

*or Mrs. Turtle. (nm) by doctorlit on 2011-11-19 15:37:00 UTC Reply

*Carefully puts bag away* by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 17:57:00 UTC Reply

Thanks a lot! I'm a Mr. Turtle, just so you know :)

Hello Fellow Troper! by OpinionedAngel on 2011-11-19 14:01:00 UTC Reply

Welcome to the Board! Here have some chocolate and enjoy your stay!

Many thanks! (nm) (nm) by Anonymous on 2011-11-19 17:58:00 UTC Reply

! A fellow troper! by Tired/Warm on 2011-11-19 09:29:00 UTC Reply

... although I don't have an account and don't edit stuff, so I guess that makes me a demitroper. Being in the similar situation of having nebulous amounts of time, proficiency in the long-lost art of lurking, and general admiration for everything PPC does, it seems only natural that I give you a long-distance high five and welcome!

Thanks for the welcome! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 21:28:00 UTC Reply

Looks like we're very much alike. Welcome to the Board to you too!

Welcomes all around! by Tired/Warm on 2011-11-21 06:44:00 UTC Reply

Anytime, and thanks! :D

'allo allo! by Techno-Dann on 2011-11-19 05:29:00 UTC Reply

*gives SeaTurtle a PPC bumper sticker*

Welcome aboard!

(And our apologies for the troll.)

*Slaps sticker onto shirt* by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 05:42:00 UTC Reply

Thanks!
I've noticed that the troll's IP was identical to the one in Tired/Warm's thread. Looks like we have a tenacious specimen here.

Re: Hello there! by Mister Shoebox on 2011-11-19 05:28:00 UTC Reply

Hello, Turtle-of-the-Sea!

Have a Holy Hand Grenade (Do not use near rabbits. Or do, but only evil ones.)

One... Two... Fi- by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 05:46:00 UTC Reply

Oh right. Thanks a lot!

Hail, fellow Troper by desdendelle on 2011-11-19 03:30:00 UTC Reply

Here, have a sentient shield. No, I don't know how it came to be that way.

Thank you! by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 03:41:00 UTC Reply

Is it normal if it wobbles slightly and whispers in Ominous Latin?

You'll do well :) (nm) by LunarHuntress on 2011-11-19 04:27:00 UTC Reply

Re: Hello there! by Antigone68104 on 2011-11-19 03:05:00 UTC Reply

Hi, have some fudge!

Om Nom Nom... by SeaTurtle on 2011-11-19 03:42:00 UTC Reply

Thanks!