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| Makondo99
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|  "The Land of Wine, Mountains and Sea"
, posted Wed 27 Nov 09:10
Well, I'll try to give you some insight on Chile. Just remember that what I'm going to say it's totally biased and can't actually be proved. It's just MY opinion on how we (Chileans) are like.
To begin with, there's this love/hate relationship with alcohol that you might know about from the posts made by Toxico. It is said that we have very high-quality wine in here, and we are proud of that.
The bad part of this, it's that we enjoy partying and getting drunk A LOT. The average Chilean goes for a drink or two with his/her friends about 3 times a week. Regardless of hour, day, etc. Say it's Tuesday at 11:00 AM and you come across a friend in the street and a conversation like this starts:
Chilean A: Hi! How're you?
Chilean B: Hi! How're you?
Chilean A: Fine! Shall we go for a drink?
Chilean B: Sure!
As simple as that. You don't need excuses. You go for a drink but not only that, you know you'll get drunk.
The big problem of this situation are the high levels of alcoholism, specially in teenagers. A tourist once told me that in Chile we have the alcohol, but we don't have the "drinking culture" that should come with it. Hence, sometimes this is lovely, sometimes it is not.
I have to leave now (I'm using a public PC and my time is over). Later I'll tell you about the Mountains.
Tell me if this is useful so far or if you're interested in a specific topic of sorts.
See you later.
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| ZamIAm 781th Post
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| "Re(1):The Land of Wine, Mountains and Sea" , posted Wed 27 Nov 23:06
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Well, I'll try to give you some insight on Chile. Just remember that what I'm going to say it's totally biased and can't actually be proved. It's just MY opinion on how we (Chileans) are like.
To begin with, there's this love/hate relationship with alcohol that you might know about from the posts made by Toxico. It is said that we have very high-quality wine in here, and we are proud of that.
The bad part of this, it's that we enjoy partying and getting drunk A LOT. The average Chilean goes for a drink or two with his/her friends about 3 times a week. Regardless of hour, day, etc. Say it's Tuesday at 11:00 AM and you come across a friend in the street and a conversation like this starts:
Chilean A: Hi! How're you?
Chilean B: Hi! How're you?
Chilean A: Fine! Shall we go for a drink?
Chilean B: Sure!
As simple as that. You don't need excuses. You go for a drink but not only that, you know you'll get drunk.
The big problem of this situation are the high levels of alcoholism, specially in teenagers. A tourist once told me that in Chile we have the alcohol, but we don't have the "drinking culture" that should come with it. Hence, sometimes this is lovely, sometimes it is not.
I have to leave now (I'm using a public PC and my time is over). Later I'll tell you about the Mountains.
Tell me if this is useful so far or if you're interested in a specific topic of sorts.
See you later.
That could be usable.
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OK. I'll think about what could be useful on the basis of that description you gave. For some strange reason my mind pictured the image of Marcelo "Chino" Rios who happens to be a Chilean tennis player. Then again, I'm quite tired and my mind might be playing tricks on me...
Well, the character is sort of a fusion of Vegeta and K' as far as appearances go.
As winter approaches...
BEWARE THE FAT MAN!
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| ZamIAm 784th Post
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| "Re(1):The southern most country:" , posted Thu 28 Nov 21:29
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It's Chile, if you haven't noticed...
Alcohol issue:
Indeed, our country is fond to the joys that alcohol can bring; for example 1000cc of whine are a LOT cheaper than 1000cc of milk.... That explains my actitude.
About the personaloty issue:
... Aside for the alcohol matter our population is very hard to describe; if you high light the character's aims or the situation he is facing we might have an idea of what to show...
For example he could be traumatized by the militar take over that happened from 1973 'till 199x (as I am), that would result on a youth full of hunger for freedom.
He could have been shaped for the "crisis" that southamerica has been through though the ages (post- industrial revolution crisis (before that we where amongs the 10 most powerful countries on the world)... Of course he probably didn't lived it; but he could be enfuriated by the mistakes of our antecesors (instead of investments they spent the country fortunes in crap, thus our economy went DOWN).
He could be proud of being from Chile (Chile has proben to have one of the most steady economies in sudamerica + almost no hunger (in fact chile has MANY over weight problems) + plus being the continent biggest port)...
He could be proud to be related to the indian population that inhabits our country (they are called Mapuches; they have been fighting for their rights for over 200 years; and they still don't give up)
.... These are some examples, as I said; we need more info to figure it out
OK. The game itself is a puzzle game and storywise he is one of the two best players in the world. The game doesn't have much of a story beyond that but there is a talk option (ala MOTM: SvC) that allows you to talk to him and his partner. He's loud and likes hardhitting action. He despises people who think that he cheated since a loud person shouldn't be so intelligent. He believes that a constant offense is the best defense. Stats...
Name: Fuego Calido
Country: Chile
Age: 26
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 159 lbs
Hobbies: Playing the saxophone, Riding his motorcycle and snowmobile, Playing card games
Dislikes: Cold, Silence, Needles
Sorry I can't find my calculator to convert to metric. His fire powers are under his full control, though he has a habit of letting his hair ignite constantly.
As winter approaches...
BEWARE THE FAT MAN!
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| Toxico 2627th Post
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|  "Re(1):Name?"
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Name: Fuego Calido
Please, tell me this is only his nickname.
Toxico! Me llegò tu mail con la historia, mil gracias ^_^!
Si te pones en perspectiva el nombre es bien normal; por ejemplo tenemos nombres como Guile, Guy, Ken, Setsuna, Sho, Kibikiri Basara; todos ellos tienen significados como palabras, pero eso no hace que sean malos nombres...
Claro que para nosotros, los vividores del día a día nos parece bien extraño.
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| Makondo99
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| "Re(2):Name?" , posted Fri 29 Nov 16:02:
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Si te pones en perspectiva el nombre es bien normal; por ejemplo tenemos nombres como Guile, Guy, Ken, Setsuna, Sho, Kibikiri Basara; todos ellos tienen significados como palabras, pero eso no hace que sean malos nombres...
Claro que para nosotros, los vividores del día a día nos parece bien extraño.
Toxico
Mmm, bueno, desde un punto de vista, tienes razón...pero igual suena raro.
No se, la palabra "Cálido" la asocio como una cosa media tiernucha, como "Este lugar es tan cálido", o "La Eli es taaan cálida" ^_~
Aunque ahora que lo leo tambien parece medio calentón @_@
ZamIam
May I suggest "Fuego Abrasador" ("Blazing Fire") instead of "Fuego Cálido" ("Warm/Cozy Fire")? ^_^
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| Makondo99
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| "The Mountains" , posted Fri 6 Dec 09:53:
Well, I'll continue this sort of introduction to my country.
THE MOUNTAINS
The mountain range known as Cordillera de Los Andes finally fades away in the South of Chile. Now, this is interesting: Due to the particular shape of our country we usually refer to places located in it either "In the South of <insert place here>" or "In the North of <insert place here>". No East or West. Well, that makes things somewhat easier to find (hopefully).
Back on topic, the image of the mountains is ENGRAVED to the soul of most Chileans. You see, most of us live in the valley that is located between the Cordillera de los Andes and the Cordillera de la Costa (another mountain range). So you wake up every day and there they are, enormous, silent and cold watching over us. It is said that the Cordillera somehow makes Chile a sort of "Island-like" country, in the sense that somehow the mountains keep us isolated from the rest of our closest "cousins" (countries). And don't forget that opposite to the mountains you have the sea, so maybe this is somehow true. Toxico lives near the sea, I think, so he might want to tell you about it first-hand.
Here you can view some pictures of our countryside.
Hope this might prove useful.
EDIT: All the mountain pics were taken from this site
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