posted March 23, 2000 05:54 PM               

1) You send more emails which pertain to the Vast Empire than any other subject.
2) After you get ops, you feel invincible both on the net and in real life.
3) Upon joining any mIRC channel, you salute out of reflex.
4) You have every Star Wars game made in the last five years.
5) When a new recruit enters the channel, you mutter, "Fresh meat."
6) You have 50+ club emails in your inbox everyday.
7) If you cannot access the www.guston.com or www.hotmail.com or www.vastempire.com you begin to panic as if you cannot access the entire internet.
8) When trying to do your homework and some noise is bothering you, you mutter something about channel moderation.
9) Any vulgar subjects remind you of discussions in #Vast_Empire.
10) You curse when you hear the words, "Imperial Order."
11) You side with the Yankees on Civil War issues merely because the other side are 'Rebels'.
12) You are always talking at the dinner table in real life about the good ol' days when Raptor was Prefect.
13) You begin to actually cry when you loose your fictional paycheck at the Vast Empire Casino.
14) When you read about Baron Fel, you instantly think of Donitz.
15) You think it odd when any person you know does not have a hotmail account.
16) You waste ten hours a day in #Vast_Empire without ever saying a word.
17) Everyone on your ICQ list is either in or related to the Vast Empire in some way.
18) You go through joysticks and computer upgrades every month.
19) You know more people intimately in the Vast Empire than you do in real life.
20) You recite the Code of Conduct when you are dreaming at night.
21) Your eyes instantly hurt at any Word Document that contains colors.
22) You bicker daily on the Vast Empire message board.
23) You access your VE bank account more than you do your real life one.
24) Upon meeting a person in real life, you accidentily state your rank and callsign.
25) When your History Teacher asks where you learned so much about WWII and military tactics, you respond with pride, "From Vice Admiral Donitz."
26) Whenever you receive a personal email from Majere, your friends notice you are very egotistical for the rest of the day.
27) Your esteem for drunkards, drug-users and drug-dealers has risen considerably.
28) Your parents get in a car-wreck and to make them feel better you begin to recount to them one of Cabbel's automobile accidents.
29) You suddenly discover that you like drinking schnapps when you disliked it before.
30) You judge happiness by the ammount of rank promotions or medals you have received during the last couple of months.
31) You do not have a clue who the United States is bombing or invading at the moment, but know all the territories and systems by heart that Vast Empire is currently fighting in.
32) When your History Teacher asks who held the rank of Field Marshal in WWII, you only can think of Majere.
33) You heard most of your news about the Monica Lewinsky Scandal in #Vast_Empire.
31) When your parents suggest any activity for you, your mind thinks of manual or roster updating.
34) You do not really care if Clinton lowers the minimum wage, but you are distressed when Majere lowers the ammount of Imperial credits you receive a month.
35) In a real life argument with anyone, you threaten to "kick" them.
36) You freak when anyone mentions the word 'reprimand'.
37) When scolded by your parents, you retort --- "Go ahead and ban me!"

posted March 23, 2000 09:41 PM               

that was well worth your time...
my personal favorite was #12...

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General Crysus
Army Prefect
*Vast Empire Army*
PRF/General Crysus/HCA-1/Erewhon/VEA

posted March 24, 2000 11:50 AM               

hehe

My personal favorites are 7 and 27

posted March 25, 2000 09:08 AM              

I think the best one is #10. And you don't want to know what I say when I hear the word Larsen .

Viper

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General Ramses Viper
Executice Officer of the Vast Empire Army
Scourge of the Erewhon System
Keeper of the sword Gamdring
Servant to the dragon Smaug

XO/SM Ramses Viper/HCA-2/ISD Nemesis

posted March 25, 2000 06:03 PM               

I'm impressed that you made the entire list up!

-Christiana
Ambassador on 4Lorn etc etc etc

posted March 27, 2000 06:45 PM               

Hehe, how many do ya hafta qualif for to be considered in to long? hehe, j/k

posted March 27, 2000 09:15 PM               

1,2,4,5,6,7,10,12 (not good, but definately ol' days),14,16,17,19 (sad but true),25,26 (cause he's so cool =)),28,30,31 (the first one),33

=) show how long i've been in the VE =)

posted March 29, 2000 11:43 AM               

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Admiral Atrus 'Nix' Hexum
Vast Empire Navy Starfighter Corps Commander
SCCOM/RA(L) Atrus 'Nix' Hexum/HCN-2/VEN, =A=
LoS/SG Atrus/Sith Order/Griffen Sect/VEDJ