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    Posted: October 22 2008 at 03:37
To the users of this forum,

Hello! This is Dianne Markopolis of Internet Character Solutions, Inc. We were contacted a year ago by the administration of this forum regarding our services as a supplier of paid actors to play characters on Internet message-boards to spice things up, if you will.

Things didn't go so well as the happy-go-lucky prog fan "Avantgardehead" didn't attract much attention and no significant increase in traffic was measured. So we met with the actor to discuss some new directions and we decided on changing "Avantgardehead"'s musical tastes to create some shock and conflict. That didn't work either, but there was a contingency...

We were notified that the heavy metal band "Metallica" was going to be added to the database here and saw the perfect opportunity for an angle for "Avantgardehead" and couldn't pass it up. While the new direction worked for a while, the actor and administration here expressed disappointment in the lack of any palpable results. Rather than exploding with fury or giving-in to insults, people simply ignored the character.

So the actor has been reassigned to one of our other clients and the character "Avantgardehead" will not disturb this forum again. Your security deposit will be returned in at least 30 days and we wish you well in your endeavors as an Internet forum manager!

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Dianne Markopolis
- Customer Relations Manager, ICS Inc.


Edited by Avantgardehead - October 22 2008 at 03:38
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 03:59
What?

Well, I always thought Avantgardehead was an annoying idiot, if that's any comfort. 
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 04:15
^Well hopefully he/she will come back. A quirky sense of humour indeed and a great taste for the alternative sounds too.....
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Points: 67407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 04:32
I've never even heard of Avantgardehead (maybe he or she didn't hang around in the Just for Fun -section?) but I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that I'm a paid actor as well. To tell you the truth I haven't heard any of the albums listed on this site. So, even if I may appear to be a prog fan, the truth is that I mainly listen to Art Garfunkel's solo albums.

Unlike Avantgardehead, however, I will keep appearing again on this forum.

Insincerely,


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Points: 19183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 04:59
^^and I have to say that his 'antics' have completely passed me by, because his presence on this forum has scarcely even registered in my consciousness...Confused
 
all I will say is that if anyone decides to leave this forum, thereby severing ties with friends made, and access to an accumulated wealth of progressive knowledge and inspiration, purely on the strength of the addition of one band into 'prog-related', then they clearly have their priorities askew...Disapprove
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 05:04
Ha-ha. This is fun. Finally this Avantgardehead character's having some success here.

I've managed to insult and create more conflict than this actor here, for free! I (and several others, now known as guest) must have a natural gift for these things.
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Points: 65236 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 05:31
well if it's confession time, perhaps this would be a good opportunity to mention I'm an Aboriginal woman living in western Australia
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Points: 4702 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 05:39
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

well if it's confession time, perhaps this would be a good opportunity to mention I'm an Aboriginal woman living in western Australia


Kinda hard to believe given the chilling reality of your post at the end of this page:http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52554&PN=5




Edited by Visitor13 - October 22 2008 at 05:40
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This is a wind-up. The whole thing has a surreal aura.
 
And if it was real, the posts of  this Avantgardehead character were a piss-poor job. Whatever he/she was paid, it was too much.


Edited by npjnpj - October 22 2008 at 05:52
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Originally posted by Visitor13 Visitor13 wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

well if it's confession time, perhaps this would be a good opportunity to mention I'm an Aboriginal woman living in western Australia


Kinda hard to believe given the chilling reality of your post at the end of this page:http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52554&PN=5


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Points: 17626 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 06:12
LOL

now is there somebody else who wants to lift his coat?


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This is a ruse.

I'll wager that there is no such company as 'Internet Character Solutions Inc.'

If there is I'll eat my head-dress.

Respectfully yours

'HRH The King of Tonga.'

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Points: 21106 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 06:31
^ of course there isn't. Even if there was, this forum is already full of so many "spiceful" characters, why would anyone even think about hiring paid characters?Big smile
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Points: 20029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 08:35
Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

This is a ruse.

I'll wager that there is no such company as 'Internet Character Solutions Inc.'

If there is I'll eat my head-dress.

Respectfully yours

'HRH The King of Tonga.'
Blimey Lee, I never realised you were royalty.
 
No you're right, a quick Google of the name reveals no such organisation.
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Hi, I'm TotallySick of Troublemakers.
Gonna round me up a hanging party....
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I`m Perry Como.
 
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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

I`m Perry Como.


What did Delaware, Perry?

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2008 at 12:26
Pardon my French, but.... WTF?!?Confused
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