53 minutes ago, Mirith said:

You are fired, you will be escorted from the building.

So you're PUNishing me then?

#couldnthelpmyself #cwutididthere #dontgetmestarted

42 minutes ago, Ishi Tonu said:

So you're PUNishing me then?

#couldnthelpmyself #cwutididthere #dontgetmestarted

#pleasegetstarted

2 hours ago, Joelist said:

Wait till the game officially recognizes punning with some new Character or card that specifically rewards the player with the best/worst puns. Say the player recognized by a neutral party as making the best pun gets a bonus in political combat that turn

YES. I've wanted an L5R 'Unglued' set for YEARSSS

Shoutouts to my fellow lurkers who only have egg puns.

Shout out to people wondering what the opposite of in is!

I like the puns.

59 minutes ago, Daigotsu Steve said:

Shoutouts to my fellow lurkers who only have egg puns.

A smart egg never cracks wise....

Eggs make bad lovers because it takes them 3 mins to get hard

Stop me now before I get on an egg-roll

2 hours ago, Joelist said:

Wait till the game officially recognizes punning with some new Character or card that specifically rewards the player with the best/worst puns. Say the player recognized by a neutral party as making the best pun gets a bonus in political combat that turn

New role cards leaked: Seeker of Puns and Keeper of Puns. One or the other is required to play the role - specific province, Wonderland. It has province strength 3, and its ability reads:

Reaction: After defenders are declared for a conflict at this province, select one attacker and one defender - switch control of the selected characters until the end of the conflict.

Flavor text: "We're all a little mad here. "

- Unknown Samurai

4 hours ago, Mirumoto Saito said:

comes in response and opposition to "what if we stop being @ssholes to other people?"

Are you arguing the banzai chat constitutes "being @ssholes to other people"?

4 hours ago, Mirumoto Saito said:

Or by people wanting only THEIR politics in the [fiction/game] in question, not everybody else's.

And what politics do you think L5R players are inserting into the game with the banzai chant?

Eggstatic.

(Soft ball right over the plate)

What's red, hangs from the ceiling, and sings?

An egg!!!

An egg painted red, tapped to the ceiling, with a speaker that plays my new hit single, order now just $5.99!

1 hour ago, shosuko said:

What's red, hangs from the ceiling, and sings?

An egg!!!

An egg painted red, tapped to the ceiling, with a speaker that plays my new hit single, order now just $5.99!

Is this a reference to something? I'm afraid I'm missing the yolk.

2 hours ago, Manchu said:

Are you arguing the banzai chat constitutes "being @ssholes to other people"?

No.

The witch-hunting happening in this topic regarding the original blog post, however...

2 hours ago, Manchu said:

And what politics do you think L5R players are inserting into the game with the banzai chant?

Being OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD during an event that is already loud enough as it is.

But then, I hate loudness.

On 9/14/2017 at 1:43 PM, Gaffa said:

Everything involving interacting with human behavior is inherently political, because politics is the action of moderating our behavior.

You have no idea how destructive that sentiment is. It rips identity from the individual and permits any atrocity against them because you're no longer dealing with a person, you're dealing with an ideology; a collection of beliefs and goals.

And ideologies aren't human and don't deserve the effort of what moderating our behavior actually is.

Civility.

And civility forces us to look past the ideology, past the politics, and see the person once again.

What we need now are Rokugan themed puns!

23 minutes ago, selderane said:

You have no idea how destructive that sentiment is. It rips identity from the individual and permits any atrocity against them because you're no longer dealing with a person, you're dealing with an ideology; a collection of beliefs and goals.

And ideologies aren't human and don't deserve the effort of what moderating our behavior actually is.

Civility.

And civility forces us to look past the ideology, past the politics, and see the person once again.

It's the internet: easy anonymity, electronic separation, and the glorification of convenience . Civility is extremely difficult to achieve with those hurdles.

1 hour ago, selderane said:

You have no idea how destructive that sentiment is. It rips identity from the individual and permits any atrocity against them because you're no longer dealing with a person, you're dealing with an ideology; a collection of beliefs and goals.

And ideologies aren't human and don't deserve the effort of what moderating our behavior actually is.

Civility.

And civility forces us to look past the ideology, past the politics, and see the person once again.

Actually civility, and manners , is what keeps us from killing each other. Social rules are great, not so we can see each other's inner being, but so we can function as a group.

Human interaction is a negotiation. I guess political is a way to put it.

Ah perhaps the best pun gets the storyline prize to determine what was in the Egg of P'un Ku.

I would like to thank SU&SD for ruining the Banazai! chant ... now let's all enjoy the even more awkward and cringy generic chant in Enligsh .... yupey ...

11 hours ago, Dydra said:

I would like to thank SU&SD for ruining the Banazai! chant ... now let's all enjoy the even more awkward and cringy generic chant in Enligsh .... yupey ...

You're implying people are going to stop yelling banzai. They probably aren't. Itl be nice fuel for the offended on behalf of others who weren't going to play the game anyway crowd though.

I'd just like to point out that Banzai originates from Chinese, Korean and Japanese etymology. It has been used for well over 2,000 years to celebrate joyous events. Originally meaning "10,000 years of life" but becoming generally accepted and used in multiple cultures as a joyous chant similar to "hip hip hurrah" or "Huzzah." In 1889 Japan made "Banzai" the official national shout. During World War II Japanese soldiers would shout “Temo Heika banzai” meaning ”Long Live the Emperor!” Or sometimes in short just "Banzai" but carrying the full meaning. Banzai is not meant to nor does it even mean anything derogatory in even the slightest. I can understand certain groups of people, with national and family history deeply impacted by the events of WW2 and specifically the Imperial Japanese military would have and still hold harsh feeling towards that culture. Banzai was not created by Imperial Japan during WW2, it was created and deeply in bedded in culture around the Asian continent for well over 2,000 years. It is an exclamation of joy, still used today in parts of the world.

10 hours ago, McDermott said:

You're implying people are going to stop yelling banzai. They probably aren't. Itl be nice fuel for the offended on behalf of others who weren't going to play the game anyway crowd though.

Banzai!

I think instead of the compete pandering, it should have been changed to the Bonsai Chant.

3 minutes ago, Shosuro Onigatsu said:

I think instead of the compete pandering, it should have been changed to the Bonsai Chant.

You could always bring your bonsai plant and raise it high during the chant.