Question about CHIM : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:14 am

All lies! Everyone knows that every piece of text ever created was derived from the stone work of R'yleh!

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:06 pm

All lies! Everyone knows that every piece of text ever created was derived from the stone work of R'yleh!

...Got me there.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:59 pm

I failed a Lore check, lost 2 sanity, and got lost in time and space

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:28 pm

All lies! Everyone knows that every piece of text ever created was derived from the stone work of R'yleh!

Balderdash! The stone work of R'yleh was a misconstrued rip off of the paravant tablets adorning the yellow Ziggurats of Yuggoth!

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:48 pm

Balderdash! The stone work of R'yleh was a misconstrued rip off of the paravant tablets adorning the yellow Ziggurats of Yuggoth!

Chicanery! Skullduggery! Lies upon lies! These so called "paravant tablets" were plagarised from the first draft spec-script of 1997's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119214/.

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:28 pm

Chicanery! Skullduggery! Lies upon lies! These so called "paravant tablets" were plagarised from the first draft spec-script of 1997's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119214/.

Horse apples! The first draft spec-script of 1997's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119214/ is obviously a poorly done photoshop job of "The Red Letter of 1784"

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:55 pm

Horse apples! The first draft spec-script of 1997's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119214/ is obviously a poorly done photoshop job of "The Red Letter of 1784"

Hindenburgian lunacy! The Red Letter of 1784 was but a poor copy of a dreamsleeve transmission from MK to Thomas Jefferson about the dangers of alien nano-polymers.

» Tue May 08, 2012 4:16 am

Hindenburgian lunacy! The Red Letter of 1784 was but a poor copy of a dreamsleeve transmission from MK to Thomas Jefferson about the dangers of alien nano-polymers.

Utopian dreams! The dreamsleave transmission from MK to Thomas Jefferson is obviously a forgery of the Lusty Argonian Maid Act IX Scene VII!

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:43 am

The trolling in this thread has reached levels I never thought possible

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:51 pm

What trolling? This is just normal Lore banter.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:26 pm

Utopian dreams! The dreamsleave transmission from MK to Thomas Jefferson is obviously a forgery of the Lusty Argonian Maid Act IX Scene VII!

Fallacial wind-blowing! The Lusty Argonian Maid act IX Scene vii is clearly derived from King Hlaalu Helseth's Loredas grocery list!

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:09 am

Fallacial wind-blowing! The Lusty Argonian Maid act IX Scene vii is clearly derived from King Hlaalu Helseth's Loredas grocery list!

Impossibly low-bargains! King Hlaalu Helseth's Loredas grocery list was a mistranslated fragment of Good Night Moon!

@"Tri-Weld breaks and reversing the bilge pumps, that's destroying the gray plague virus ship from Deus Ex!"

» Tue May 08, 2012 12:27 am

Okay, you've beaten the joke into an unrecognizable puddle of goo. Can we take this thread out back and put it down now?

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:09 am

I have a few questions about CHIM.

1) Where, in official canon, is CHIM corroborated explicitly?
2) If such a primary source does not exist, has anybody currently employed by Bethesda (preferably a writer) confirmed the veracity of the CHIM theory as it currently exists in lore discussions?
3) Why the name CHIM? Why is it almost always capitalized?

I have read a few long threads on CHIM but none that have answered these questions. Thanks in advance.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:37 am

CHIM is mentioned by word in Mankar's Commentaries.

Not sure if this counts, but CHIM was also a major focus in the Trial of Vivec, which was forum RP between several devs (some of which still work for Bethesda), ex-devs, and forum goers. Some of the stuff in the Loveletter also end up appearing in The Infernal City.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:20 pm

Has anyone from Bethesda confirmed the forum RP as official canon?

» Tue May 08, 2012 7:33 am

Has anyone from Bethesda confirmed the forum RP as official canon?

No. It would have been had they not run out of space in the Pocket Guide, Third Edition. However, it's also simply proof that Vivec has it., rather than an explanation of what CHIM is.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:47 pm

Impossibly low-bargains! King Hlaalu Helseth's Loredas grocery list was a mistranslated fragment of Good Night Moon!

@"Tri-Weld breaks and reversing the bilge pumps, that's destroying the gray plague virus ship from Deus Ex!"

Horrendous Crab-Rabble! Good Night Moon is nothing more than the lowest, basest thought-echo of the adaphysis known as San-Gunō, the Akaviri aspect of Sanguine who's dominion is spicy mustard and elaborate tattoos.

Okay, you've beaten the joke into an unrecognizable puddle of goo. Can we take this thread out back and put it down now?

Never! I'd sooner die than surrender my beloved goo-puddle! CHIMsters, to battle!

3) Why the name CHIM? Why is it almost always capitalized?

If I understand MK's thought process, it derives from the Chimera beast of Greek myth. Capitalization is just a stylistic choice.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:34 pm

It's an Old Elhnofex word, and those are generally denoted by capitalization.

» Tue May 08, 2012 5:46 am

Horrendous Crab-Rabble! Good Night Moon is nothing more than the lowest, basest thought-echo of the adaphysis known as San-Gunō, the Akaviri aspect of Sanguine who's dominion is spicy mustard and elaborate tattoos.

Hegemonic Elf-Brits! San-Guno is nothing more than a trans-dimensional recollection of a debauched Toreador party!

CHIM is mentioned by word in Mankar's Commentaries.

It also gets a mention in the sermons.

With these magic words, the King of [censored] added another: 'CHIM,' which is the secret syllable of royalty.

» Tue May 08, 2012 3:09 am

Hegemonic Elf-Brits! San-Guno is nothing more than a trans-dimensional recollection of a debauched Toreador party!

Slander! Everyone and their mudcrab knows the Toreador party is nothing more that than a pathetic copy paste of the Alessian Heressy! Think man!

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:26 pm

Chicanery! Skullduggery! Lies upon lies! These so called "paravant tablets" were plagarised from the first draft spec-script of 1997's http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119214/.

Horsefeathers! Pishposh! Insult upon insults! The film masterpiece, Gone Fishing was a word for word direct copy of Orson Welles' 1952 magnum opus, Police Academy 9!

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:57 pm

Orson Welles' 1952 magnum opus, Police Academy 9!

More than anything else, the thought of Orson Welles and Police Academy in the same sentence makes me want to cry.

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:45 pm

Slander! Everyone and their mudcrab knows the Toreador party is nothing more that than a pathetic copy paste of the Alessian Heressy! Think man!

Horsefeathers! Pishposh! Insult upon insults! The film masterpiece, Gone Fishing was a word for word direct copy of Orson Welles' 1952 magnum opus, Police Academy 9!

Gah! Multiple rhetori-streams! Noespore contamination imminent! Intersleeve tendrils attempting evasive maneuvers...

...and Vekh said onto Krokrokaaneesp'llani, the comely dreugh princess of the great eastern reef, "Show me thine oyster-face, and I will show thee my own".

That's better. Anyway, you're all wrong. The answer is calipers.

More than anything else, the thought of Orson Welles and Police Academy in the same sentence makes me want to cry.

Then what if I told you those last few High School Musical TV-movies were actually directed by Fellini's ghost?

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:23 pm

I can finally see now. The answer is always Dreugh