Tom Larcombe > Quotes

“English Major: It seems that in every nation there is a person who cannot stand to see their language butchered. The English Major is one such who has been enough of a pest that the System has reacted. In exchange for the use of a small partition of their mind they have received the unique class English Major.”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“For the past 6237.3 Sol-3 years you developed under alternate natural laws, showing that even with harsher conditions humanity still develops planet destroying weapons, given enough time. We have removed weapon after it was successfully constructed and you now return normal natural laws. In three days, Sol-3 time, the alternate natural law beta test will terminate and original natural law conditions will return in conjunction with the System.”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“You're a good sort Michael. You've been right all this time. The Board doesn't give a shit about you. One of the more powerful wizards, guy called Merle, told them he was going to hold them accountable if anything happened to you. It was just blind luck that you could handle the crystals easily. Don't trust the Board. They aren't what they claim to be.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“People can explain anything away if they really want to. They doubt their senses or think they were hallucinating. They set themselves against believing what they've seen with their own eyes. Over time their memories get fuzzy and it's even easier to explain things away.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“Oh screw that, you kids are nuts. Trying to get us eaten by giant chickens? I'm calling foul on this one.”
― Tom Larcombe, Control System

“System Message: A dedicated viewer has sent you a gift. Message attached to gift is as follows: I like your plans, Marc. Perhaps this will help with them. No signature has been included.”
― Tom Larcombe, Control System

“It's called normalcy bias. If something doesn't fit into someone's worldview, if it isn't normal to them, then they can be utterly unable to believe it. Sometimes they can't even see it.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“That's the best kind of hero. Brave enough, or stupid enough, to do what needs to be done when he sees it, but scared enough that he's not gonna go out of his way to try it again,” Dan said.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“There were a few jerks and one almost stall before she got a feel for the car.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“Looting! You're stealing from the schools? I'm going to report you to the authorities!” the Karen practically screamed. Jayden rolled his eyes. “A Karen?”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“Supermarkets don't worry about taste, just whether or not something looks good and how long it will look good for. That tends to lead to less taste and nutrition in their stuff.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Beach

“You know how English got its vocabulary, right? Luring other languages down dark alleys, mugging them, then rummaging through their pockets for loose grammar and vocabulary.”
― Tom Larcombe, System End

“That one,” Ferox said, pointing at Johann with a claw. “I can see he’s communicated like that before and I think I can speak to his mind. Let me see.”

“After a moment, Johann broke from the line and approached the dragon.

“You did ask me to come closer, didn’t you?” he asked.

“Yes, I can speak to this one. He can be my rider.”
― Tom Larcombe, Merlin's Travels

“Did that son of a bitch somehow manage to learn Stealth skills already? he wondered.”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“You know how English got its vocabulary, right? Luring other languages down dark alleys, mugging them, then rummaging through their pockets for loose grammar and vocabulary. Just because it's from a foreign language, doesn't mean it isn't English also.”
― Tom Larcombe, System End

“Eh,” Rob said. “Try being a linebacker sometime. Get hit hard enough to see stars a few times and you learn to tell the difference between what's actually there and what's not.”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“That's fine by me. I could feel his eyes crawling all over me ever since he showed up.” “You're an attractive woman Rynn, I'd think you'd be used to that.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Cache

“Screw the System,” Jeff replied. “It's the System's fault that I've got to go back to high school.”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“You can be sure that he knew what would happen when he ran out towards the truck, but he also knew that it needed to be done, and did it. When you blame yourself for his death, it diminishes what he did. That's not the man he knew talking, it's not the son I raised either.”
― Tom Larcombe, Crystal Cache

“It's the old story about incremental changes,” he said. When her confusion didn't clear, he continued. “If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will hop right out,” he said. “But if you put it in a pot of cold water and slowly heat it, it will eventually boil to death, not having noticed the incremental temperature changes. It's supposed to represent things like how a dictator might slowly make things worse in a country, bit by bit so no-one really registers a major change because they don't look at where they started and where they ended, they just compare one day to the next over and over.”
― Tom Larcombe, System Return

“That one,” Ferox said, pointing at Johann with a claw. “I can see he’s communicated like that before and I think I can speak to his mind. Let me see.”

After a moment, Johann broke from the line and approached the dragon.

“You did ask me to come closer, didn’t you?” he asked.

“Yes, I can speak to this one. He can be my rider.”
― Tom Larcombe, Merlin's Travels

“About time! What took you people?” one of the prisoners yelled. “What are you? Cops, military? I want to know who to complain to.” “Oh god, a Karen,” Jeff whispered in Marc's ear. “Can we just leave her here and bar it back up?”
― Tom Larcombe, Enter System

“Murphy is our shepherd, and he wants us to grow stronger. You tempt him like that and he'll almost always respond.”
― Tom Larcombe, System Escape

“Is there anyone nearby you can speak to without words?”

“I don’t know. I only know that there are those whose minds I can speak with that, when I show them how, speak back to my mind as well.”
― Tom Larcombe, Merlin's Travels

“Intended Safe Zone for mining. Voted name: Safey McSafe Zone. “Oh, Hell no!” Marc said. “You'd better believe I'll be using veto power on some of these names.”
― Tom Larcombe, System Function

“I refuse to not talk about something that leaves me looking like a fool if I don't address it.”
― Tom Larcombe, Farmer

“bet the 'as of yet' has people thinking the developers intend to work more here, but what if they intended it for player development?”
― Tom Larcombe, Farmer

“respect”
― Tom Larcombe, Ruler