I liked the idea some proposed yesterday of calling it riffing, but this
doesn't really role off the tongue :p
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
Master Brewer of Societus Argenti
Amerginn - Test server
>From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: "'eqbards@onelist.com'" <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] New term for twisting
>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:47:14 -0500
>
>From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
>
>What about simply "playing" ??
>´┐¢
>"There´┐¢I was in lower guk.... playing Chant and Chords when the <insert big
>monster name here> spawns so I target him and hit attack!´┐¢ Sylly punches <a
>big monster> for 1 point of damage!´┐¢ Oh no I have forgotten to equip a wep
>yet again!!!"´┐¢
>´┐¢
>LOADING, PLEASE WAIT
>´┐¢
>For some reason, we think we need a special term that connotes using 2 or
>more songs at the same time -- yet the connotaion´┐¢would be redundant since
>we always say which ones we are combining.´┐¢ So "playing" followed by which
>ones they are are says it all.´┐¢ For variety, any of the other words are
>nice
>synonyms.´┐¢ But none of them add any more meaning that simply "playing."
>´┐¢
>Sylly
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel P. Sniderman [mailto:slide@...]
>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 7:21 PM
>To: EQ Bards
>Subject: [eqbards] New term for twisting
>
>
>´┐¢´┐¢´┐¢ Come on people - we should be more creative that just coming up with
>two
>ideas!
>´┐¢
>´┐¢´┐¢´┐¢ My apologies if anyone takes this personally, but, I think "Juggling"
>and "Weaving" are just as bad (well maybe slightly less so) than
>"Twisting".´┐¢ I'm not a clown; I'm not a textile worker as well as not being
>a gymnast.´┐¢ I'm a musician.
>´┐¢
>´┐¢´┐¢´┐¢ The term I like: "Riffing"...´┐¢ It seems to me - that we are playing
>five
>or six seconds of a song - so it would basically just be a riff...´┐¢
>Musically speaking, of course, "riffs" are associated more with
>instrumental
>music than vocal music - but I think it fits a hell of a lot better than
>twisting, juggling, weaving, or heaven-forbid "medlying"
>´┐¢
>Slyde of Xegony
>Level 18 Bard
><Army of Virtue>
>
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