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Posted July 18, 2011
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Ebon-Hawk: Definitely appreciate the sentiment…

Though I have a feeling that the Witcher world gives them much more design freedom than White Wolf would…
After all it’s not like the Witcher novels are still being written…

I suppose this was a reason why BioWare (before they sold themselves out) stated they want to play with their own IPs.
Even though I am sure they would have been given a lot of leeway in Star Wars after KotOR and FR after Baldur’s Gate.
I was on the meeting with Sapkovsky one year ago, he told us that he planning to return
to Witcher universe
Posted July 18, 2011
Well the games have certainly raised the status of the IP considerably...
So I can imagine an author wishing to return to the universe.
And given it is possible that CDPR and Sapkowski are secretly working together :)
Posted July 18, 2011
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BiggusD1: I was on the meeting with Sapkovsky one year ago, he told us that he planning to return
to Witcher universe
Sweet, in the future we'll have more untranslated books lol
Posted July 18, 2011
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BiggusD1: I was on the meeting with Sapkovsky one year ago, he told us that he planning to return
to Witcher universe
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vAddicatedGamer: Sweet, in the future we'll have more untranslated books lol
I have no idea what you are talking about :)
Learn Polish :)
Posted July 18, 2011
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Ebon-Hawk: I have no idea what you are talking about :)
Learn Polish :)
It would be infinitely easier to just kidnap someone fluent in both English and Polish and force them to read the stories to us in English.

If only we knew of such a person... :)
Posted July 18, 2011
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Ebon-Hawk: I have no idea what you are talking about :)
Learn Polish :)
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227: It would be infinitely easier to just kidnap someone fluent in both English and Polish and force them to read the stories to us in English.

If only we knew of such a person... :)
"I know nothing! Nothing! Colonel Hogan!"
Posted July 18, 2011
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Ebon-Hawk: "I know nothing! Nothing! Colonel Hogan!"
Nothing will come out of nothing...



... wait, what?
Posted July 19, 2011
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digby69: yes looks good BUT looks vary wraithy/ghosty
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VoodooEconomist: In the days before Stoker, Rice, Lugosi and Bowie the stories of vampires were the stories of ghosts and wraiths. It was not until the horror of the crimes of Elizabeth Batory that vampirism was in any way connected to a creature of flesh, and those stories inspired the well known gothic novel which gave us the vampire of today.
Ghosts and wraiths are part of the northern/central European tradition while classical vampires originate from the Balkans. This was probably the first case of officially recorded vampirism in history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jure_Grando
And he didn't have fangs nor couldn't turn into a bat, he was just walking corpse causing mischief and sucking life energy from people.
Btw, the word "štrigon" doesn't really mean vampire but derives from the latin "strigo" which means witch (male), warlock, and by extension witcher, lol. (In italian Witcher is translated as "strigo").
Anyways, the first recorded cases of vampirism come from the Balkan peninsula, Serbia mainly and in Grando's case, the region where I live, Istria.
Post edited July 19, 2011 by yayodeanno
Posted July 19, 2011
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yayodeanno: Anyways, the first recorded cases of vampirism come from the Balkan peninsula, Serbia mainly and in Grando's case, the region where I live, Istria.
*Looks suspiciously*

Pray tell us Sir, do you drink... wine?

*Tries to hide wooden stake behind his back*

Yeah, you're absolutely right when it comes to Balkan vampiers they were the main source of inspiration to the modern post-victorian pop-culture vampire. But there have been stories of unnatural beings living or dead, that feast on the lifeforce of those with a pulse in almost every culture there is. And in case of Western Slavs (on whose lore many of master Sapkowski's creatures are based) those were more ephemeral ghosts than walking hungry beings. But yes, th honour of creating most of the modern vampire goes to the Balkan people :-)
Posted July 19, 2011
Interestingly enough Striga, apart from being a plant… is also a mythical vampire like creature from Roman mythology :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi
Posted July 19, 2011
not directly on topic but you might find it interesting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krsnik (think Witcher lol)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benandanti
folk traditions and beliefs linked to the region where I live (northeast Italy, Slovenia, Croatia)
Posted July 19, 2011
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yayodeanno: Anyways, the first recorded cases of vampirism come from the Balkan peninsula, Serbia mainly and in Grando's case, the region where I live, Istria.
Mhm. Petar Blagojević is the first recorded vampire in history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Plogojowitz
Posted July 19, 2011
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yayodeanno: Anyways, the first recorded cases of vampirism come from the Balkan peninsula, Serbia mainly and in Grando's case, the region where I live, Istria.
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dnna: Mhm. Petar Blagojević is the first recorded vampire in history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Plogojowitz
Blagojević and the similar case of Arnold Paole have the distinction of being the first vampire cases "confirmed" by physicians.

Grando was nearly 70 years earlier (1656-1672) and was still the first documented in print (1689), though by a travel writer from Slovenia rather than by a medical "authority".
Posted July 20, 2011
Not to forget possible scientific explanation of vampiric symptoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampires#Decomposition
Posted July 20, 2011
i was really hoping for Sexy Ladies of the Night to appear. The could have been as beautiful as the Succubus.
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