War of the Worlds They stood on the steps of the Palace de Chaillot, looking down at the Eiffel Tower. A number of Yor, as well as members of other races, were scattered through the human crowd. "Now what?" said Wild Wombat. "Watch carefully." observed Hurley. "It all looks like random tourism, but the Yor are all definately moving in the same general direction." Indeed they were; the four followed the slow but definite migration of Yor along the Avenue Rapp, across the
Really interesting comments, guys. I'm not close enough to know about corruption in MLB - although I am aware of the feelings about Bud Selig and basically share them - the guy seems a complete dork. Last year's All Star game proved that. Salary cap issues are common all over - in Australian Rules football, we have a hard salary cap and some fledgling franchises that get financial concessions (much to the annoyance of other clubs when those new guys end up winning the premiership). It certainly
[quote]Flattered I am to be included by the mighty Wombat in his prose epic.[/quote] A genuine pleasure, Obi! I shall, in future references, try and be more specific - I was a little the worse for wear at the time myself....
And lets give a BIG WARM GROSS WELCOME TO JAWS!!! Great stuff! (I also love the music that follows you - beautiful touch!) Hurls - the 'Jawa' was especially for you and Cypher; I actually have a Javascript textbook on my shelf at home - it dates from the days I thought I might put up a website (boy, was that a short-lived idea!). Killa - stop TORTURING yourself, my friend. I made my thoughts on the Altarian awards clear and reckoned it would lead to this. Everyone who has launc
Kit - snap OUT OF IT! You are a GROSS writing LEGEND without doubt. Love the GROSS backstory too...flavour to the whole EBZ - Altarian thing, made yummier by Cypher's story.Killa - you know you are more skilled at this game than me - by a country mile. This 'pity' stuff is just you fishing for a back rub - and if it keeps up, you'll get one, by crikey....
Killa - DEFINATELY worth trying that one out. Made a BIG difference to my CTD frequency. Kit - you definately have TOO much time on your hands (thank God, say we your audience!). Are you a fan of the Goons? I seem to recall one of their famous programs entitled: "The Phantom Head-Shaver of Brighton" - inspiration for you?
[quote]I think Killa would actually be just a little more heroic. Perhaps even a bit more front and centre[/quote] Just you wait, 'illa 'oala! Your wish is my command... And Animal House? Priceless! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Ahh...I know Pontius - The Big Unit and Schilling both suffering big injuries earlier in the season. Our two big horses out - hence 12 games down on the Giants. I discovered baseball watching the 2001 World Series Yankees vs D'backs - seriously, it BLEW MY MIND. D'back fan since then. A great game, baseball - a story unfolding over nine innings every time. :)
[quote]I would agree, on gigantic, often after playing for a while sudden crash to desktop. Reboot & reload, no problem[/quote] I get it on small maps too, Hurls. I noted the bug report a while back that makes out if no civ (including yours) is doing any research, the game CTDs (I think EBZ picked this up). I would expand that to all catagories - so I never set mil, soc or res sliders to 0% - I always leave them at 1% during the game if I need to 'switch them off'. Frequency of CTDs dec
War of the Worlds The sentient ship Pegasus glided through the void, two days away from Earth insertion orbit. The crew had just finished watching footage of the newest GROSS recruit, in an sleek shark-shaped ship, carve through a Yor battle cruiser. "Glad Jaws Wayfarer's on our side," exclaimed Killa, with feeling. "Still, we should turn out attention to these puzzle pieces extracted from Nadreck's subconscious. Who is Judy, and why is she a problem? What does this have to do wi
I love this stuff! This is the game where the pansies wear helmets and all that armour, right? ;) I love watching it, and baseball, too! Any Diamondback fans out there?
Kit - sorry mate! I'm on annual leave but will TRY and open hailing frequencies. Been concentrating on that Top 10 (now it seems a very long way to Top 5). Killa - can't wait for that Cotal story.... ;)
Er...Cotal? That's a little out of context. It's like an essay question: "Discuss this sentence." And yes, Hurley, 10 wombat nippers with eight on the way DOES lend itself to the development of certain Zen states of consciousness (or lack thereof) - one fails to be aware of the wife's 'plans', for instance....
Dontcha' love that Yahoo name? It just makes me feel all goose-bumpy! Good to see pirate mates forming some links...Hurls, you'll have to work hard now that I'm under the tutelage of the Crankmaster, mate....
[quote]Does anyone wanna give a newby a (brief) breakdown on the ANZAC/GROSS nexus?[/quote] There is no GROSS/ANZAC nexus, Steve, despite what others are alluding to here. It's certainly a bit rich of Cotal to spout off given she herself has left ANZAC to the Fellowship. A month of so back, ANZAC looked dead in the water with virtually no active players. A small group of us saw no future in that and broke off to form the short-lived Freedom Force empire which in turn folded aft
[quote]You guys have turns?? At our house it's whoever smelled it... [/quote] LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL That's me too - like children with selective deafness, I suddenly develop olfactory paralysis.....
Man - this thread's turned into an absolute riot!! Great stories...and can someone send me a copy of Arwen Does Rivendell (she's my very favourite)? Hurley: come get me, penguin.... ;p Kit - yep, looks and reads great. Your shark pic is definately better than the one I mailed you. Theoden - sorry for the math; but it's only a matter of time... ;) Not sure about the Canadian porn...little too close to necrophilia for me.....
Sensei: Forgot to officially prostrate myself at your feet for 100 games and 100K [bows deeply] :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT: I have also sent some comments to your hotmail box - hope these are helpful.
ajm - hang in mate, keep pushing the s*** uphill, you'll get there in the end. I was the one who found the pic of the thorny devil - I was really pleased with it! (if I do say so myself) Kit writes the words on the site - the poor Yank probably has no idea what a thorney is and I forgot to enlighten him! Kit - if you're reading - a snappy comment about tough lizards, please! Wayfarer - a shark!! EXXEEELLLLEEENNNNTTTTT! (in Monty Burns voice) Marine creature in outer space, eh? This will
You lot with the wookie stuff are just scary....consider my mind thoroughly poisoned... Thanks for the cheers guys - and Wayfarer - I'd love to write you in, mate; just give us some clues, you know, maybe favourite animal shape, or the superpower you've always wished for...anything to work with would be great. Quack's booze cruiser was his idea, not mine - but I absolutely love it! I do have a few reds, whites, ports, basically anything with an alcohol rating on it.... Can I al
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