XenophiliusLovegood

I knew it! It is the Matrix here! Xeno

Scenes from "Four weddings and a funeral" (1994) Gareth: I've got a new theory about marriage. Two people are in love, they live together, and then suddenly one day, they run out of conversation. Charles: Uh-huh. Gareth: Totally. I mean they can't think of a single thing to say to each other. That's it: panic! Then suddenly it-it occurs to the chap that there is a way out of the deadlock. Charles: Which is? Gareth: He'll ask her to marry him. Charles: Brilliant! Brilliant! Gareth: Suddenly they've got something to talk about for the rest of their lives. Charles: Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation. Gareth: The definitive icebreaker. .... [at second wedding] Mrs. Beaumont: Are you married? Fiona: No. Mrs. Beaumont: Are you a lesbian? Fiona: Good lord! What makes you ask that? Mrs. Beaumont: Well, it is one of the possibilites for unmarried girls nowadays, and it's rather more interesting than saying, "Oh dear, never met the right chap," eh? Fiona: Quite right. Why be dull? Mrs. Beaumont: Thank you. [pause] Fiona: The truth is... well, the truth is, I have met the right person, and he's not in love with me, and until I stop loving him, no one else really has a chance. Mrs. Beaumont: Oh, what a shame. Fiona: Yes, isn't it? [another pause] Fiona: I was a lesbian once at school, but only for about fifteen minutes. .... [Charles comes running after Carrie] Charles: Ehm, look. Sorry, sorry. I just, ehm, well, this is a very stupid question and... , particularly in view of our recent shopping excursion, but I just wondered, by any chance, ehm, eh, I mean obviously not because I guess I've only slept with 9 people, but-but I-I just wondered... ehh. I really feel, ehh, in short, to recap it slightly in a clearer version, eh, the words of David Cassidy in fact, eh, while he was still with the Partridge family, eh, "I think I love you," and eh, I-I just wondered by any chance you wouldn't like to... Eh... Eh... No, no, no of course not... I'm an idiot, he's not... Excellent, excellent, fantastic, eh, I was gonna say lovely to see you, sorry to disturb... Better get on... Carrie: That was very romantic. Charles: Well, I thought it over a lot, you know, I wanted to get it just right. .... Carrie: Just before I go, when were you thinking of announcing the engagement? Charles: Uhh... I'm sorry, whose engagement? Carrie: Ours. I assumed, since we slept together, that we would be getting married. What did you think? Charles: [looks surprised] What? I'm... gosh, you know, that's, umm... It takes a lot of thinking, that kind of thing, I mean, uhh... Obviously, I'm... [chuckles and relaxes] Charles: You're joking. [Carrie chuckles as well] Charles: God... For a moment there, I thought I was in "Fatal Attraction". I though you were... Glenn Close, and I was gonna get home and find my pet rabbit in the stove. Carrie: No... But I think we both missed a great opportunity here. .... Father Gerald: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, & the Holy Spirit, Amen. Let us pray. Father, you have made the bond of marriage a mystery. A symbol of Christ's love for his children. Hear our prayers for Bernard and Lydia through your son Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and wraiths with you and the Holy Ghoat. Eh *Ghost.* One God, forever and ever, Amen. Matthew: This is his first time. He's a friend of the family. Charles: Ahhh, Excellent! Father Gerald: Bernard and Lydia, I shall now ask if you freely undertake the obligations of marriage. Bernard, repeat after me. I do solemnly declare that I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawfully impediment... Bernard: I do solemnly declare that I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawfully impediment... Father Gerald: ...why I, Lydia... Bernard: ...why I, Bernard... Father Gerald: Whoop, sorry! Why I, Bernard Godfrey St. John Delainey... Bernard: Why I, Bernard Geoffrey Sinjin Delainey... Father Gerald: May not be joined in matrimony to Lydia John Herbert. Bernard: May not be joined in matrimony to Lydia Jane Herbert. Father Gerald: Lydia, repeat after me. I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawfully impediment why I, Lydia Jane Herbert... Lydia: I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawfully impediment why I, Lydia Jane Herbert... Father Gerald: May not be Johned in matrimony... Lydia: May not be *joined* in matrimony... Father Gerald: to Bernard Geoffrey Siddle... Siddle Delainey. Lydia: to Bernard Geoffrey *Sinjin* Delainey. Father Gerald: I call upon those persons here present to witness... that I, Bernard... Delainey... Bernard: I call upon those persons here present to witness... that I, Bernard Delainey... Father Gerald: take thee Lydia Jane Herbert... to be my awful wedded wife. Bernard: take thee Lydia Jane Herbert... to be my *lawful* wedded wife. Father Gerald: *That's right*... *That's right*. May Almighty God bless you all in the name of the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spigot... *Spirit*. Congregation: Amen! Gareth: Bravo! Bravo! [Everyone cheers] Enjoy it, Xeno

@OliU The game was tied after 8 minutes and ended with Elfmeter shooting 4:1 for Germany... (it was more like a rehearsed theater play) .. no red and yellow cards ... some fouls ... and tricot exchange sure.. the girls wore sports bra... Regards Xeno

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The team lineups are now announced.

The first Football Worldcup in 3DXChat... Come and get your tickets now, and have a seat in the VIP Lounge of Hogwarts Quidditch Stadium designed by Danery!! Location: Hogwarts Quidditch Stadium Date: Saturday; June, 16th, 2018 Opening: 7:30 PM CEST Heat up of teams beginning: 8:15 PM CEST Kicking off: 8:30 PM CEST Team Germany: Toni Schumacher (manuachtzwei), Andreas Brehme (KarenRose), Lothar Matthäus (MiaShy), Pierre Littbarski (YenneferShy) Team Mexico: Pablos Larios (SamDE), Manuel Negrete Arias (Eriksolo), Fernando Quirate (TonixxxK), Raul Servin (Baerchen), Hugo Sanchez (gerwernde) Join this unique event seeing the teams warm up, line-up for the National anthems, exchange of Team pennants and the kick off for a short but interesting football game without a football. After the game (Duration: 5 - 10 min.) there will be party in front of the large Public Viewing Area Video Screen. Join this event in the Fan Clothing of your Country! Don't miss it! Xeno

First a big thanks to Perimede for your support! I do not understand the excitement in some posts and I will not comment or rate anything that has been said. You are free to express your opinion. Again: No one has to participate in this survey!! It's all on a voluntary basis! And the purpose of this survey is not to change anything in the game either. This survey is not intended to do so. It's just about getting a picture about the answers related to the questions I've asked. Of course, this is not representative for the game for the given reasons, but gives an impression. And .. it is not possible to consider every sex / gender constellation. To make it easy, avatars and players are only distinguished between female and male. I already said that in my second post. In conclusion, I will not send any further comments here. Join the survey or just leave it. Regards Xeno

I changed the poll question to "How is the temporal use of your avatars distributed?" and the text to "This survey is NOT about in which way for which purpose avatars are used!" to make the difference more clear. Edit: And by the way, it is impossible to cover all possibilities in the survey. That would make it even more complicated. And sure, the survey is on a voluntary basis. No one is forced to participated. But as Perimede already said, it's worth a try and maybe the results could give answers on questions which are not already asked.

Dear all, I just want to make a quote here from Albert Einstein, which describes very good the controversy in discussion and the points some of you made, that even if some troublemakers find their way, to do nothing is the wrong way. "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." (Albert Einstein) and... everybody should be allowed to have his own opinion. Respect is everything! Regards, Xeno

Dear friends, after all discussions about avatars, alternates etc. I would like to start a more general survey about the distribution of avatars per account and the gender of operation. The aim is to get an overview about: - How many avatars people usually hold in their account? - How is the gender distribution of avatars per account? - What sex has the account operator? -How is the usage of avatars? (e.g., one main avi etc.) Edit: This survey is NOT about in which way for which purpose avatars are used! It does not matter here. I am just curious about the distribution. Also comments or stories in this thread are welcome. But keep in mind, it is just to get a picture about avatar distribution in the game. Best regards, Xeno

Hi everybody, just a short interjection from me: I am fascinated how the topic lived up again ... It was quiet for a week or so when Niblette started the discussion again, by recognizing what I meant with "common parent nickname". I am really happy, that there is a lively discussion here in progress - I have really problems to read all posts contemporary, because so many posts arrive in such a short a time. But one thing makes me really happy, and Jessica and Perimede stated this before: Although there are controversial opinions, all of those members posting in this thread are respectful with each other, factual and also respect the other opinions. Even if they disagree, they argue with their examples to support their opinions. And this is great! Just want to say a BIG THANK YOU !!! to all of you!!! I really like you, Xeno

There are so many possibilities, like e.g., being married to the same person more than one time. It's difficult to consider every occasion which could happen in the poll and in addition, would make it confusing. So in your case, it would count as "2 - 5 marriages / divorces". Whatever the reasons were, could be discussed in the thread. As I already stated in starting this topic and poll, I would be also interested in accompanying stories and not only the votes in the poll. The votes give an impression, but the posts could deliver the reasons. So I would be happy about any post here. Regards, Xeno

I have added an "Not applicable" option to the last question for those, who were never married. Regards, Xeno

Dear all, I saw that this topic has been discussed long ago in 2015 before marriages for 10.000 XGold and divorces for 5.000 XGold were possible. A lot has changed in the game since then. My experience showed me that marriages are used and discussed very controversial inside the game. In addition, I am very curious, how many players are married, how often they have been married / divorced and the opinion of players about marriages, weddings and divorces. For this reason I added a poll with three questions accompanying the discussion topic. What is your opinion about marriages, weddings and divorces in 3DXChat? Do you like that? Do you find it silly? Do you take that very serious or more the other way round? What are your experiences with married people or with your marriage? Many more questions could arise. These few ones should serve just as a conversation starter. Any opinion is welcome. Best regards, Xeno

@Niblette Yes, that was the original I had. All alts have the same ID number for one account .. this is how "Pandora" gets all Alts belonging to one account. If there would be an account nickname which all Alts share in addition with their character name, everybody could make the connections without using the "Pandora" system. The disadvantages of this system were also already discussed above in this topic thread. Regards, Xeno

Scenes from "Back to the Future" (1985) Marty McFly: [looks through F7 “personal view” in 3DXChat] This is heavy-duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on a regular Windows system? Dr. Emmett Brown: Unfortunately, not. It requires something with a little more kick: Windows 10 Super Creators Update with 64 bit, the new I14 processor and the Super Plasma GPU. Marty McFly: Um, Windows 10 Super Creators Update with…. Wait a minute. Are... [sits down with his Avatar] Marty McFly: Are you telling me that this sucker is only running on DirectX 13.4? Dr. Emmett Brown: Hey, hey, hey! Keep going. Keep going there. [Marty raises his avatar] Dr. Emmett Brown: No, no, no, no, no, this sucker's a normal Windows program, but I need the Super Plasma Graphics GPU to generate the 1.21 gigapixels for creation of my new Dancing Arena I will open on Saturday. Marty McFly: Doc, you don't just walk into a store and-and buy a Super Plasma GPU! Did you rip that off? Dr. Emmett Brown: Of course. From a group of players here. They wanted me to build them a Glory Hole and Cold room, so I took their Super Plasma GPU and, in turn, gave them a room casing full of used condoms. Come on! Let's get outta here. We must prepare to reload the room. … [Dr. Emmett Brown is doubting Marty McFly's story about that he is from the future] Dr. Emmett Brown: Then tell me, future boy, who's Administrator of 3DXChat in 2018? Marty McFly: gizmo! Dr. Emmett Brown: Gizmo? The mogwai from Gremlins? [chuckles in disbelief] Dr. Emmett Brown: Then who's developer? Billy Peltzer? (character from Gremlins) [rushing out and down a hill toward his laboratory] Dr. Emmett Brown: I suppose Kate Beringer aka Phoebe Cates is the First Lady! Marty McFly: [following Doc] Whoa. Wait, Doc! Dr. Emmett Brown: And TANYAx is owner of the DIRTY SLUTS N PUBLIC RESTROOMS? Marty McFly: [outside the lab door] Doc, you gotta listen to me. Dr. Emmett Brown: [opens the door to the lab] I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, future boy! [closes the door leaving Marty outside] Marty McFly: No, wait, Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise on your head, I know how that happened. You told me the whole story. You were standing on the toilet in Dirty Sluts and you were wanking, and you fell and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the flux capacitor, [somberly] Marty McFly: which is what makes time travel possible. [Doc opens the door and looks at Marty with a stunned look on his face] … Marty McFly: Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me? Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely. Marty McFly: Whoa. This is heavy. Dr. Emmett Brown: There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull? ... Marty McFly: Bad boy? Why... Why do you keep calling me bad boy? Lorraine Baines: Well, that is your name, isn't it? Bad boy? It's written all over your underwear. Enjoy it, Xeno

Dear Awry, you have to find a way to call up his profile. This could be done when the person is telling something in the world, local or group chat by right click on the name. Another way to call up his profile is to look at the gifts list of the friends you have, if that person has sent a gift to him / her and then click there to see the profile of the person you want to sent a pm. These are all possibilities including those you already enumerated. Regards, Xeno

@ Sage Stoner I must disagree here and I think you got me wrong in my last post: The topic of the poll was “Should avatars belonging to an account have a common parent nickname?”. It turned out that this it not the best tool to stop misuse by cheating, lying, sowing distrust. The positive aspects an alternate character has would be lost by using a common parent name. The negative aspects could not be turned down completely. I agree, that a parent name is not the solution. But “trust” is still a very important principle and the poll said nothing about that it’s not. I have edited the post and added what I mean with "important principle" . Regards, Xeno

@ExHaran I mean "Trust".. Regards, Xeno

Dear all, about two months ago I started this topic. A lot of interesting posts were sent... and I as I can see it although the topic was if Alts should be marked in some way to be recognized the main message sifting out is "How can trust between players be restored?" Distrust kills everything, the fun and chase players out of the game. And it's a big problem for newbies ..(thanks to Twiggy) to find new friends.. because the first thought is .. it's an alt of an existing player. In conclusion, the approach should be to find any tools which bring trust back into the game and kick those players out of the game who are not willing to obey this most important principle Edit: (= trust). ..and by the way ... sometimes I am really all out of bubble gum. Thanks for your posts, Xeno

Dear all, thanks for all the posts and suggestions. I do not really understand why developers mainly focus their efforts on building etc. in software updates... Clothing in general is an important thing and it could enhance the fun you have with game and thus make it attractive for players already in the game and attract new players. People could always wear the adequate clothes depending on the occasion like roleplays, weddings, .. etc. I often give motto parties.. If I want to make e.g, a Wild West party with country music.. there is no outfit at all that fits.. I could give many other examples. If one of the problems would be the money to develop things, a model could be that you can buy clothes you like with your XGold (I often wonder for which purchases Xgold is really helpful... you can buy beer, make gifts, marry and divorce or create a new ava.. that's all ... my XGold amount is increasing every day and I have no idea for what things I should spend it!). I know similar games who contain a lot of clothes for men and women, but you have to buy them with the ingame currency. Best regards, Xeno

Scenes from "Gone with the wind (1939)" Scarlett: What are you doing? Rhett Butler: I'm leaving you, my dear. All you need now is a divorce and your dreams of Ashley can come true. You just have to press the “Divorce” button, pay 5000 XGold and you are free. Scarlett: Oh, no! No, you're wrong, terribly wrong! I don't want a divorce. Oh Rhett, but I knew tonight, when I... when I knew I loved you, I ran to the SIN CLUB to tell you, oh darling, darling! (Scarlett knows that she has not enough XGold.) Rhett Butler: Please don't go on with this, Leave us some dignity to remember out of our marriage. Spare us this last. Scarlett: This last? Oh Rhett, do listen to me, I must have loved you for years, only I was such a stupid fool, I didn't know it. Please believe me, you must care! Who will send me now one, two or more gifts every day? Rhett Butler: I believe you. What about Ashley Wilkes? Scarlett: I... I never really loved Ashley. Rhett Butler: You certainly gave a good imitation of it, up till this morning. You got four gifts from him every day. No Scarlett, I tried everything. If you'd only met me half way, even when I came back from the SIN CLUB. Scarlett: I was so glad to see you. I was, Rhett, but you were so nasty. Rhett Butler: And then when you had this game bug, where you were kicked off the server every four minutes, it was all my fault... I hoped against hope that you'd call for me, but you didn't. Scarlett: I wanted you. I wanted you desperately but I didn't think you wanted me. Rhett Butler: It seems we've been at cross purposes, doesn't it? But it's no use now. As long as there was our common room we created together, there was a chance that we might be happy. I liked to think that our room had so much of you. But when our room was destroyed by you, it took everything. Scarlett: Oh, Rhett, Rhett please don't say that. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry for everything. Rhett Butler: My darling, you're such a child. You think that by saying, "I'm sorry," all the past can be corrected. Here, take my handkerchief. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief. Scarlett: Rhett! Rhett, where are you going? Rhett Butler: I'm going back to SIN CLUB, back where I belong. Scarlett: Please, please take me with you! Rhett Butler: No, I'm through with everything here. I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace. Do you know what I'm talking about? Scarlett: No! I only know that I love you. Rhett Butler: That's your misfortune. [Rhett turns to walk down the stairs] Scarlett: Oh, Rhett! [scarlett watches Rhett walk to the door] Scarlett: Rhett! [runs down the stairs after Rhett] Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett! [catches him as he's walking out the front door] Scarlett: Rhett... if you go, where shall I go, what shall I do? Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. [Rhett logs off] Enjoy, Xeno

I think .. very often it is like this ... Regards, Xeno

Hi everybody, a thing which really bothers me often in the game is the clothing for men. We have so little to change .. I have usually not much choice to alter my outfit. I want to look nice and would like that my clothing should fit to the occasion. I have five sorts of sport shoes and just one pair leather shoes where I can alter the colour. I have one suit and one fly to wear - no ties .. My opinion is: I want like to be dressed nice when I meat a woman here .. it is important to me that I am a sight for a woman's eye as much as I like it if she is one for me. So how do males or females (so you) think about that: -Do most males not care about it, because their goal is to get naked as soon as possible and to have sex? -Are there men feeling like me who want to attract women not only by words but also by their outfit and make them feel comfortable? -And how do women think about better looking men? Is that something they miss? Hope for a lot of opinions and suggestions! Regards, Xeno PS: Why are there only high healed shoes for women and no sport shoes?

My suggestion: The first four entries in the ranking list are reserved for X-gold promoted rooms. If you promote your room with 300 X-gold you push your room on the first entry as long as another player does the same with his room. He gets then on the first entry and you drop to the second and so on .. if you reach the fourth entry and another player promotes his room with X-gold, you drop back into the "normal" list. This would give you time to accumulate players and you are not only listed for seconds on the top. Regards, Xeno