The Race to Insanity and Beyond!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

That was PART of the Question To The Ultimate Answer. Then the scrabble tiles ran out.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Why didn't they just buy another board?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Erm... perhaps because it was 2000000 BC and the tiles were made out of stone? Geez, you've never read the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy? (or more accurately the second in the series, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.)



The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, and the other four books that make up this "trilogy" are hilarious, provided you like dry, british humor. I have read all five novels, as well as the scripts from the original radio broadcast. It is easy reading, and it is very silly. It can also be a profound experience, if you let it...

If you have not read these, you need to, if only so that you can understand why all of your friends associate the number 42 with the meaning of life.

# Reasons to Read: Everyone else has read it.
# You probably need a good laugh.




Taken from "Howard's Sci-Fi Library" at Schlock Mercenary.

And you're not going to tell me you don't read Schlock Mercenary? Please?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

StrategiaInUltima said:
Erm... perhaps because it was 2000000 BC and the tiles were made out of stone? Geez, you've never read the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy? (or more accurately the second in the series, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.)



The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, and the other four books that make up this "trilogy" are hilarious, provided you like dry, british humor. I have read all five novels, as well as the scripts from the original radio broadcast. It is easy reading, and it is very silly. It can also be a profound experience, if you let it...

If you have not read these, you need to, if only so that you can understand why all of your friends associate the number 42 with the meaning of life.

# Reasons to Read: Everyone else has read it.
# You probably need a good laugh.




Taken from "Howard's Sci-Fi Library" at Schlock Mercenary.

And you're not going to tell me you don't read Schlock Mercenary? Please?



I have, in fact, read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That, however, was years ago. I don't read Schlock Mercenary.

[NullAshton]

Why does the trilogy have 5 books in it?

[NullAshton]

Ooo, sergeant... I got promoted somewhere in the last 22 posts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Bow before me you underlings!

[Renegade 13]

Underling!?!? Since when does a Major bow to a lowly Sergeant?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[NullAshton]

Feh, I'll get up there some day. But I can order corporals around!

[Slick]

What the hell. I'll pad my post count to make Lt. Colonel.

[bearclaw]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

Go post padding!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Down with post padding!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

No pointless posts!

[bearclaw]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[TerranC]

Hijack! Well, not really.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/336224-TheQuestion.png

[douglas]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
No pointless posts!


...said the pointless post. Really, there was no need for that post, not with another post about the same thing from the same poster immediately before it.

[kerensky]

But I thought that pointless post and post padding is what this thread was for....

[kerensky]

Yet my other self tells me that post padding is a very bad things. I confuse myself...

[NullAshton]

Like my avatar? I may get it animated http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[kerensky]

I like it. How would you animate it? Perhaps a swirling effect?

[bearclaw]

Post Padding Poses the Problem of Providing Pointless and Perpetual Posts from People Passing Pre-judgment on People's Passion for Padding Posts.

Please Pass the Purple Peanuts.

[TerranC]

Nah Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Only two 'hey's.

[TerranC]

I am quite sure that it entails three heys.

[Kamog]

I think I'll stop buying lottery tickets. I must have wasted a few hundred of dollars over the years, and really the odds of winning are so small. All I have won is $10 two or three times in the last 10 years. It doesn't make sense mathematically.

[Renegade 13]

There is indeed 3 "hey's".

Kamog, your odds of winning a 50 number lottery where you have to match even just 5 numbers is 1/254,251,200. Put that another way, you have a 0.0000003933% chance of winning the jackpot. Not what I call good odds. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nope. Two. Unless you happen to be listening to the song?

[NullAshton]

Swirling, yup.

[geoschmo]

I recently started putting in the lottery pool at work. Even though I know that even with the 20-30 tickets our combined money buys the odds of hitting the jackpot in my lifetime are infenitesimally small. And probably a case could be made that a lottery pool is actually worse than playing alone since it doesn't significantly improve your chances of winning, but does significantly decrease your share of the jackpot if you do win.

I have no expectation of winning. I do have what I believe is a perfectly rational reason for playing though. Instead of greed, it's fear. I don't want to be the poor schlob that get's interviewed by the TV station the day after our group wins... "Sooo, betcha feel stupid now for not playing, right?" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[NullAshton]

So swirling is kinda hard... Let's just have this pretty black one.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I thought you were gonna animate it?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Great ships, TerranC.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

PADPADPADPADPADPADPADPADPAD.....

[NullAshton]

Tried to animate it, but couldn't figure out how.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I've no experience whatsoever, but I could perhaps suggest rotating the picture only very slightly and saving that pic to place after the starting pic. Go on like this and it will rotate. Once you're done, you could add other effects, but at least it'll rotate.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

TerranC please post more pics like those ships. They rock.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

And what do we do when we have 1k posts? Rename the thread "the race to 2k posts"? I mean, the SEV wishlist has around 2100 posts. We could also rename it the "Race To Surpass The SEV Wish List In Number Of Posts!" as that will get us going for quite some time.

[NullAshton]

How about the race to break the fourm with so many posts that the server crashes?

[NullAshton]

By the way, you can't post more than 2 times in a row.

[Gandalf Parker]

NullAshton said:
How about the race to break the fourm with so many posts that the server crashes?



Or the race to increase the database to the point that they have to upgrade the server. Its not like we want anything else from them.

(I think that might be why they have #5 in the forum rules)

[NullAshton]

Wonder why this entire topic thingie hasn't been deleted yet.

[NullAshton]

Here's some portraits for my race's ships. It's brighter now, yay! Tell me what you think!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Sorry, forgot the two-times rule. I read it before, but I totally forgot.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

It's OK, but the drone could use a little more brightness still... I could barely see it and had to zoom in (though please note that I'm sitting next to a window)

[Alneyan]

We would be in riots if this thread was deleted. There would be demonstrations everywhere, we would make a call to arms, and we would revolt away from our Empire.

[NullAshton]

And make a new empire that's just as bad.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Worse. Think USA and Microsoft COMBINED.

[NullAshton]

AAAAAAAAH! IT BURNS!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

53. Six words: Microsoft, a division of Atrocities Inc.




as taken from 100 Signs that AT is Bored again.

Fear him.

Combine him with Bush (no offence AT... no really! Aaggh! Nooo! Don't do that! Please! Not the Poker Gun! Plea... AAAAAAAGGGH!!!!!) ...ow, that burns.

[NullAshton]

O.o

[NullAshton]

Dancing kirbys!
<(''<)
(>'')>

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

"I hate Kirbys."

Strategia pulls out a WWI-looking rifle, aims and fires. The sound of the shot is enough to make NullAshton drop unconsciously to the ground. One of the two kirbys, the one that got hit, has been splattered all over the forum. Purple drops drip from all over the place. Where the kirby stood, all that remains is a large smoking scorchmark, where the floor is slightly dented. As Strategia cocks back the slide and loads another bullet, the second kirby makes for the door.

Strategia aims carefully and fires again. NA, who has just regained consciousness, drops to the floor again. The second kirby has its tentacle almost on the door handle when the bullet hits. In slow-motion, it can be seen how the bullet creates a crater in the kirby and how it explodes.

"Good riddance."

Purple drops still drip from the walls. Unseen, they crawl to shadowy corners, where they pull together to form more kirbys.

[NullAshton]

Hmmmm... Target practice!

NullAshton takes out his EM laser rifle, and sets it to automatic fire. He then sends a hail of blue rays at the kirbys, vaporizing them.

There, no more kirbies.

[NullAshton]

Or is there?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

"I can do better."

As the kirbys start forming again, Strategia - seemingly out of nowhere - pulls out a large Gatling gun and places it on a tripod mount. The first kirbys start racing for the door just as the bullet belt has been pulled through the chamber.

Strategia open fire. An endless stream of large-caliber bullets slices away at the forum in front of the barrels. The kirbys explode one by one, screaming wildly. Strategia targets the purple drops, so that they too explode into even tinier droplets. Eventually, the room is filled with an aerosol of purple droplets unable to cling together because of the relentless Gatling gun fire. Then, the room starts to clear. The unbelievably sharpened bullets the Gatling gun fires (thay have been ultra-sharpened using an advanced subquantum laser. The very tip of the bullet is a quantum sliced so that it has a sharp tip. The bullets tear at the fabric of spacetime as they pass.) start cutting down the quanta in the atomic nuclei of the kirby drops. Eventually, no more purple haze (Jimi Lives!) is present in the room.

NA; "Wow... how did you do that?"
Strategia: "Practice."
NA: "I mean... where did you get that awesome weapon?"
Strategia: "Ever heard of nanofactories?"
NA: "No."
Strategia: "Read The Cassini Division. Only these babies have a nanominiaturized supply of hypercompressed raw material for sheer endless construction of whatever you need."

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

This will be the 805th post. Going smoothly, people!

[NullAshton]

Stop making me say stuff!

[NullAshton]

And I use nano-precision technology all the time, in creating my carbon nano-tube technology. A carbon nano-tube welded wrong, and my interlaced carbon armor is useless. One energy blast to the area, and the whole thing detonates.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

As NA puts on his armor to demonstrate, Strategia quietly slips in a pulse-grenade.

NA: "...What?"
Strategia: ""Nothing."

The pulse-grenade's low-power charge detonates. The carbon nanotube armor..... well, detonates with it. Bits of NA are splattered all over the forum.

NA: "Damn! There's too much of me to share my Sergeant rank!"

[NullAshton]

SEE? there you go again! And I wasn't putting on my armor to demenstrate... And I wouldn't use that word...

[NullAshton]

And the armor would redirect the energy of that attack to the other side of the armor. Energy blasts would seem to travel through me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

NullAshton said:
Here's some portraits for my race's ships. It's brighter now, yay! Tell me what you think!


Pretty good, drone needs a little more light.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Erm... I slipped it in with your armor NA. It's inside your armor. And you said it yourself: the armor would detonate if just a single buckytube was fixed incorrectly, and I think I may have snapped a few when I slipped in that pulse grenade...

And I'm sorry for the D-word. What word would you use, then?

[Alneyan]

EaX said:
well i don't have pacience to destroy a Juggernaut with my fighter.
The same happened to me the first time i played that mission and with those shivan devices, i was near it when it exploded if my memory don't fails the hull of my ship was on 10% more or less http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif



It is actually quick to bring the Juggernaut down: I think it took me about two hours (so 15 minutes with X8 speed), but reloading is what really takes a lot of time (you could speed up all the way to X64 otherwise). I am not sure if I had one or two banks of Trebuchets though. That was kind of silly to give that much firepower to fighters: if fighters have longer-ranged weapons than capital ships, and are able to lay waste to any vessel from afar, what is the point of using capital ships?

If you merely want the credit without doing any hard work, just fire a couple of missiles at the Juggernaut in High Noon. If no other ship damages the Juggernaut, you will be credited with killing that Juggernaut. It does look nice in your kill roster too.

[NullAshton]

The carbon nano-tubes in their final form will not affect the armor if a few are broken after the machining process.I also always wear that armor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif It's low profile http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Also, machining errors would not be as noticable on personel armor, but rather on ship armor, where the nano-tubes redirect the energy into redirection chambers which slowly bleed off the energy into the shields and weapons systems.

[NullAshton]

And its best if you let the other people control their own actions, instead of you controlling it for them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

NullAshton said:
And I use nano-precision technology all the time, in creating my carbon nano-tube technology. A carbon nano-tube welded wrong, and my interlaced carbon armor is useless. One energy blast to the area, and the whole thing detonates.



And you expect people to write one sentence at a time, spoken by themselves only?



I rest my case, Your Honor.

[NullAshton]

Yes, I do. Its noobish to make other people say stuff that they would never say. That gattling gun wasn't really all that amazing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Oh whatever. I give up.

[NullAshton]

Just do something, let other people respond. Don't do something, and make other people's responses http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[kerensky]

<font color="orange"> This forum is really jumping fast. It gained 40 whole posts since I was on yesterday! </font>

[kerensky]

Obligatory second post....

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Extremly funny thing from the Baen forums:


Subject: H2G2 Entry - Australia
Author: Robert Cox
Date: 04 Mar 2005 08:29 AM
Credit goes to Orinoco at the BBC's H2G2 site.
****

/Australia/

Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the
bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many
unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite
taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep
into the surrounding sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an
accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it
the 'Great Australian Bight' proving that not only are they covering up
a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.

The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the
place. Where other land masses and sovereign lands are classified as
either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three.
Typically, it is unique in this.

/Wildlife/

The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be
divided into three categories: poisonous, odd, and sheep. It is true
that of the ten most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has
nine of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the
nine most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. However, there
are curiously few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them
all. But even the spiders won't go near the sea (see below). Any
visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them
on) under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere
else. A stick is very useful for this task.

Strangely, it tends to be the second class of animals (the odd) that are
more dangerous. The creature that injures the most people each year is
the common wombat. It is nearly as ridiculous as its name, and spends
its life digging holes in the ground, in which it hides. During the
night it comes out to eat worms and grubs.

The wombat injures people in two ways: first, the animal is
indestructible. Digging holes in the hard Australian clay builds muscles
that outclass Olympic weightlifters. At night, they often wander the
roads. Semi-trailers (road trains) have hit them at high speed, with all
nine wheels on one side, and this merely makes them very annoyed. They
express this by snorting, glaring, and walking away. Alas, to smaller
cars, the wombat becomes an asymmetrical high-speed launching pad, with
results that can be imagined, but not adequately described.

The second way the wombat injures people relates to its burrowing
behaviour. If a person happens to put their hand down a wombat hole, the
wombat will feel the disturbance and think 'Ho! My hole is collapsing!'
at which it will brace its muscled legs and push up against the roof of
its burrow with incredible force, to prevent its collapse. Any
unfortunate hand will be crushed, and attempts to withdraw will cause
the wombat to simply bear down harder. The unfortunate will then bleed
to death through their crushed hand as the wombat prevents him from
seeking assistance. This is considered the third most embarrassing known
way to die, and Australians don't talk about it much.

At this point, we would like to mention the platypus, estranged relative
of the mammal, which has a duck-bill, otter's tail, webbed feet, lays
eggs, detects its aquatic prey in the same way as the electric eel, and
has venemous barbs attached to its hind legs, thus combining all
'typical' Australian attributes into a single improbable creature.

/History/

The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants. First, a
short history: some time around 40,000 years ago, some people arrived in
boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and a lot of them
died. The ones that survived learned respect for the balance of nature,
man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled
in, and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories.

Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north.
More accurately, European convicts were sent over, with a few deranged
and stupid people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in Autumn
(failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons when moving from
the top half of the planet to the bottom), ate all their food, and a lot
of them died. About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever
since.

It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider
themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter, since they
can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilized culture, they
say) - whereas all the Aboriginals can do is happily survive being left
in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.

Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on an extended
holiday and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused
by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a
person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the
core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of
checking inside your boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also
picked up the most finely-tuned sense of irony in the world, and the
Aboriginal gift for making up stories. Be warned.

And then...

There is also the matter of the beaches.

Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the entire world.
Although anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend
with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the
bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock, and has venomous barbs
sticking out of its back that will kill you just from the pain) and
surfboarders. However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk of all
of these.

/Aussies/

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would
expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly,
cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger,
unless they are an American. Faced with insurmountable odds and
impossible problems, they smile disarmingly, and reach for a stick.
Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrugated
iron, string, and mud.

Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is
greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim
that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the
land 'Oz', 'Godzone' (a verbal contraction of 'God's Own Country') and
'Best bloody place on earth, bar none, strewth'. The irritating thing
about this is they may be right.

There are some traps for the unsuspecting traveller, though. Do not
under any circumstances suggest that the beer is imperfect, unless you
are comparing it to another kind of Australian beer. Do not wear a
Hawaiian shirt. Religion and politics are safe topics of conversation
(Australians don't care too much about either) but sport is a minefield.
The only correct answer to 'So, howdya' like our country, eh?' is 'Best
[insert your own regional swear word here] country in the world!'.

It is very likely that, on arriving, some cheerful Australians will
'adopt' you, and on your first night will take you to a pub where
Australian beer is served. Despite the obvious danger, do not refuse. It
is a form of initiation rite. You will wake up late the next day with an
astonishing hangover, a foul taste in your mouth, and wearing strange
clothes. Your hosts will usually make sure you get home, and wave off
any legal difficulties with 'It's his first time in Australia, so we
took him to the pub', to which the policeman will sagely nod and close
his notebook. Be sure to tell the story of these events to every other
Australian you encounter, adding new embellishments at every stage, and
noting how strong the beer was. Thus you will be accepted into this
unique culture.

Most Australians are now urban dewllers, having discovered the primary
use of electricity, which is air-conditioning and refrigerators.

/Typical Australian Sayings/

G'Day!

It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

She'll be right.

And down from Kosiosco, where the pine clad ridges raise their torn and
rugged battlements on high, where the air is clear is crystal, and the
white stars fairly blaze at midnight in the cold and frosty sky. And
where, around the overflow, the reed beds sweep and sway to the breezes,
and the rolling plains are wide. The Man from Snowy River is a household
word today, and the stockmen tell the story of his ride.

/Tips to Surviving Australia/

Don't ever put your hand down a hole for any reason whatsoever.

We mean it.

The beer is stronger than you think, regardless of how strong you think
it is.

Always carry a stick.

Air-conditioning.

Do not attempt to use any Australian slang, unless you are a trained
linguist and good in a fistfight.

Thick socks.

Take good maps. Stopping to ask directions only works when there are
people nearby.

If you leave the urban areas, carry several litres of water with you at
all times, or you will die.

Even in the most embellished stories told by Australians, there is
always a core of truth that it is unwise to ignore.

/See also: Deserts: How to die in them, The Stick - second most useful
thing ever and Poisonous and Venomous arachnids, insects, animals,
trees, shrubs, fish and sheep of Australia, volumes 1 - 42./

--
Robert Cox
smeghead_76@dodo.com.au
"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up
with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician
was the Man; he had the Vote."
-- Discworld politics explained (Terry Pratchett, Mort)

[NullAshton]

Is that supposed to be a joke or something?

[RudyHuxtable]

I move to strike all funniness from this thread. I think this should be turned into a serious discussion about the actual race that is currently underway to reach 1000 posts.

[NullAshton]

I second this proposal. All in favor say aye.

[NullAshton]

Anyone in support?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nay.

[RudyHuxtable]

Anyone other than Narf?

[TerranC]

Nay.

[TerranC]

Say... nah, still nay.

[NullAshton]

I see we're tied.

[Atrocities]

What do you think the next big discovery of humanity will be?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

SEV.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I Vote Nay.

[RudyHuxtable]

The next big discovery in humanity will be the Titanic. That ship has haunted us for years. It would be great if someone, like Dr. Robert Ballard for example, could find the ship so we could see it, and then make movies about it.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Erm... the Titanic has been found already. Several ROVs have already brought back footage of the wreck.

[NullAshton]

Next big discovery is the invention of devices to place advertisments on the moon.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Simple: just rig a few missiles to blow a pattern of craters in the Moon. Where appropriate apply a toxic-waste missile with appropriately-colored toxic waste. That way you get nice colors, and if it's radioactive, a nice glow-in-the-dark effect too. People will be able to see your ad even during a lunar eclipse!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I stick with my previous proposition: that Man's next greates invention will be SEV.

Or extraterrestrial intelligent life forms that can give us interstellar FTL travel... but that's not NEARLY as important.

[NullAshton]

Get a bright light, and shine it on the moon. That way you can change advertisments!

[EaX]

Alneyan said:

EaX said:
well i don't have pacience to destroy a Juggernaut with my fighter.
The same happened to me the first time i played that mission and with those shivan devices, i was near it when it exploded if my memory don't fails the hull of my ship was on 10% more or less http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif



It is actually quick to bring the Juggernaut down: I think it took me about two hours (so 15 minutes with X8 speed), but reloading is what really takes a lot of time (you could speed up all the way to X64 otherwise). I am not sure if I had one or two banks of Trebuchets though. That was kind of silly to give that much firepower to fighters: if fighters have longer-ranged weapons than capital ships, and are able to lay waste to any vessel from afar, what is the point of using capital ships?

If you merely want the credit without doing any hard work, just fire a couple of missiles at the Juggernaut in High Noon. If no other ship damages the Juggernaut, you will be credited with killing that Juggernaut. It does look nice in your kill roster too.



Ohh i always wondered why my rooster showed i killed a Juggernaut, now i know.

By the way a time ago i made a map for SE4 with the Freespace2 systems, even with the same names (except for 1 one system i never figured out it), if you want it tell me and i post it.

[NullAshton]

X2 rules!

[NullAshton]

The 300th post I've made!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Do you also have the appropriate mod? With the Apollo fighters (or you can make them ships, as they can jump) and the Orff-class capships? (Or is that class called differently? I don't know, I've only played the demo - real shame)

[NullAshton]

Stop talking about freespace! I know nothing of it! Talk about Space Empires V instead, and how awsome it's going to be!

[NullAshton]

I think it's going to be very awsome, with the 3D semi-realtime combat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

Ashtray, love the sig picture http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

... Please don't call me ashtray...

[Combat Wombat]

Stop complaining Babblecan and take your Invasion! turn already.

[TerranC]

850th Post!

[NullAshton]

...
NullAshton blasts CW into pieces.

[Caduceus]

Pointless post

[Combat Wombat]

Pointless post with copy

[Combat Wombat]

Pointless post with copy2

[Suicide Junkie]

Blatant double posting is bad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

You should also try to make your posts at least as long as your sig before you include the sig...

We want to encourage post content over sigs and banners http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Jack Simth]

Suicide Junkie said:
We want to encourage post content over sigs and banners http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


In this thread? Are you sure?

[RudyHuxtable]

StrategiaInUltima said:
Erm... the Titanic has been found already. Several ROVs have already brought back footage of the wreck.




Nonono, Robert Ballard and James Cameron have joined forces to create the second biggest hoax in history (following the death of Elvis or landing on the moon), and the Titanic is still lost. I know. I've been there.

[RudyHuxtable]

Suicide Junkie said:
Blatant double posting is bad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

You should also try to make your posts at least as long as your sig before you include the sig...

We want to encourage post content over sigs and banners http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



What if I were to double post OVER a sig inside a banner with a copied post from another double post that was used as a banner for someone's sig?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Come again?

[Combat Wombat]

Were gonna give David the 1000th post since he started this right?

[NullAshton]

Why should we?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Cuz he works over at Malfador, for one, and he might step up speed on creating graphics for SEV and he might provide us with another image.....

[David E. Gervais]

Are we there yet?

LoL, sorry I just couldn't resist.. and the 1000th post should go to whomever makes it.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

Lets do something special for the 1000th post.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Nope, yours is the 863rd post.

And btw, the SEV wishlist has already surpassed the 2000th post, so why bother? I suggest making this a race to surpass the SEV wishlist in number of posts.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Would keep us going for ages http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Atrocities]

No more pointless posts with copies please. Post something of value or be arrested and shot! Here in Shrapnel Land we have a motto: BOOOOM - "Freeze Police".

[NullAshton]

Pointless post! Woohoo!

[NullAshton]

Don't hurt me!

[Nodachi]

Feeling bad about forgetting to load population on that colony ship? Check out what JPL does! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif link (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7078)

[David E. Gervais]

I'll post this here instead of starting a new thread...

Aaron is very busy right now as we are in the final stages of alpha getting ready for the beta. I/We aprieciate your requests for new 'pics' but you need to understand that we want to give you actual screenshots next and that means getting to the beta. I know it sucks that we haven't posted new stuff in awhile, but we have been busy, honest.

Oh, and even if I made a hundred new pics it's up to Aaron weather or not to post them. I for one know how busy he is and am not going to pester him to post. Be just a little more patient and you will all get what you want, and perhaps more.

anyway, I'll still make some new wallpapers but cannot guarantee they will be posted any time before the beta.

Thanks for your continued interest and stay tuned.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[TurinTurambar]

holy crap! I'm away for a week or so and there are 230+ posts in this thread I haven't read!

Err... no one's gonna think less of me for not going back and reading them right? I mean, what's the point of reading 230 pointless posts.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gifTurin

[TerranC]

IT'S A POLL and SPAM at THE SAME TIME LOLsers http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/337393-Untitled-1.png

[Combat Wombat]

6

[RudyHuxtable]

7 for its slightly weathered appearance.

[Nodachi]

13, the colors give it more depth.

[Renegade 13]

13

[Atrocities]

MODERATOR MOD *ON*

Guys, please keep in mind that this thread is not about personal post counts, but rather about reaching a specific post objective. So please help keep it alive by posting more than one or two word replies. If the powers at be begin to feel that this thread has gone astray, they will shut it down and rightfully so. So again, please make "your" posts about substance rather than about quantity. The rest will tend to itself. Thanks.

*OFF*

[Atrocities]

TerranC, I would have to say that I like number 8 and 11 best. And thank you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif You made good use of this thread in a grand way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

If it's meant to be a cannon, 4. Number 13 is also cool looking. It reminds me of several 3d games released in the past two or three years. Looks good, please post more pics like this.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

13

[Atrocities]

NARF READ PLEASE!


Atrocities said:
MODERATOR MOD *ON*

Guys, please keep in mind that this thread is not about personal post counts, but rather about reaching a specific post objective. So please help keep it alive by posting more than one or two word replies. If the powers at be begin to feel that this thread has gone astray, they will shut it down and rightfully so. So again, please make "your" posts about substance rather than about quantity. The rest will tend to itself. Thanks.

*OFF*

[David E. Gervais]

Nice try AT, but trying to put a 'sock' in Narf is a loosing battle. Besides his tiny posts are like crumbs that we all feed on. (only problem is we are all getting fat due to the sheer volume of crumbs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ) LOL

As to the Gun Mount choice,.. I'm stuck between #5 and #13 (leaning just a tad towards #5.) It's a nice design, keep up the fun work. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Oh, and just in case people have forgotten, it is legal to make a second post in here, but not more.

With that in mind, I have another observation about your "Moderator On" post AT,.. Chances are Narf fell asleep half way through it. He does after all have the attention span of a ,.. well, Mouse. LOL

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Atrocities]

The warning has been provided as an informational advisory. The forum rules are clear and if abuse continues, this thread could be shut down before it reaches its goal. I would hate to see that occur so I ask everyone to keep the forum rules in mind when posting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

I like 2.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I think 4 looks like an actual warship turret from "today's" (i.e. approx. 1900-2005) era. That's why I like it.

[Gandalf Parker]

I was quite taken by 6 and 13, then gratified to see others saying the same. I have a personal preferance for dark but have learned that it can make it hard to play the game. I think 6 and 13 should be it with the "winner" decided by which overall feel you want for the race in question.

OR do both! Ive majorly enjoyed the races which did 2 versions of the same race. I like to play as an "ally" and in solo games I like to play 2 races at once. One defensive and researching, and the other more aggressive. Then I can iron out the best ways to be cross-supportive between the two for any MP games I might get into. Races with a "split from the home planet" version work really well for me.

[NullAshton]

I think 6 is the winner!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I vote for number 13. It has my preference, and already my second choice.

[NullAshton]

Poll over, tally up the results.

[TerranC]

I say when the poll is over, and it is not over.

[NullAshton]

IT IS OVER! Face reality!

[TerranC]

NullAshton said:
IT IS OVER! Face reality!



IT IS NEVER OVER! I WILL KEEP ON POLLING UNTIL I CAN POLL NO MORE LOLsers!

That said:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/337511-Untitled-2.png

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I vote for ship 8. It looks coherent to me. The cannon on there looks like it belongs there, like a missing fender on a Citroen 2CV.

[NullAshton]

I like number 2 better.

[TerranC]

Just a bit of fun: My pleasure yacht.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/337521-myyacht.PNG

6 turrets mounted on an overpowered destroyer chassis and hull: complete with a jacuzzi to boot!

[NullAshton]

Hehe... BLAM! on the side http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[TerranC]

We're nearing the finish...

[TerranC]

900TH POST!

ONLY a 100 MORE to go!

Post thy spamme or ELSE!

[NullAshton]

901th post!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

902nd post!

Lookin' good... but how about MY pleasure yacht? Converted COMCA. Has only some space devoted to weapons, but can easily outgun a Capship Battlecruiser. Its shield generators crank out hundreds of thousands of kiloNewtons of impact force. Its regenerators make it nearly invincible. Its armor is utterly impenetrable. And it has a jacuzzi. AND a shooting range for me and my WWI single-shot rifle.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

903rd post!

Oh, and I believe I forgot the kitchen..... 1000kT worth of food preparation devices. If I were to use the total kitchen for 24 hours, c.q. if I maxed out food production for 24 hours, the resulting day's output could feed a full Capship Dyson Sphere for millennia.

(note: Capship Dyson Spheres can carry 100 billion population)

[NullAshton]

That's a little much. But thats only 1 organic farm worth of stuff http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

What? The maximum processing capability for the 1MT kitchens? Pah! The evil ruler laughs at his conversation partner's small mind. His kitchens can process an amount of food worth 500TT of organics. The evil ruler'd like to see 100 billion people eat that within an eon - being 15 billion years, as it is officially. This should be easy, as the evil ruler's people not only have no need to eat organics - no, if the people aksed for it the evil ruler would simply let them starve. He means, who's more important than him? And he needs to be well fed..... *buuuuurp* *loud, wet fart*

Now, to bring the advanced gravitational devices that will bend gravity enough for the evil ruler to get up.....

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

906th post!

TerranC, plz keep up the good work on the shipsets and such! Love them!

[David E. Gervais]

Here's something interesting.. About the "Views" and "Replies" columns for the forum threads.. Which is a better indication of popularity? Views or Replies? The reason I noticed this is that for some reason my Avatar thread seems to be an odd-ball in that it has far fewer 'views' then 'replies' (I didn't think that was possible since you need to view a thread before you can reply to it.)

What do you people think?

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Aiken]

I'd say that Replies is better popularity index for older threads (older than 6 months) and Views for newer threads.

From the other hand, best popularity indicator is a thread author's name. Guru's name draws attention automat(g)icaly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

You can stay on a thread for a while and reply multiple times, as I always do, and then if many people do that and make lots of replies, voila, more replies than views.

[Aiken]

No. "Views" function was implemented during last forum upgrade - summer '04. David's thread is simply much much older.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

David E. Gervais said:
Oh, and just in case people have forgotten, it is legal to make a second post in here, but not more.

With that in mind, I have another observation about your "Moderator On" post AT,.. Chances are Narf fell asleep half way through it. He does after all have the attention span of a ,.. well, Mouse. LOL

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


/me proceeds to pound David into the pavement for fifteen...Ooh, cheese!

[Aiken]

Thanks Narf, your post allowed me to earn my "1k degree" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Seriously, I'm not very good at being wordy. There was a poll, TC wanted to know what gun looked best, so I told him. My reply contained everything he needed to know. I could say I liked the military look of it and that it looked dangerous, but that seemed obvious to me.

[Atrocities]

When this thread hits the big 1k, I hope that I am the one who gets to lock it for posterities sakes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif If not then I hope one of the other moderators does. I mean how can you surpass the marvle that is this post padding thread? You cannot, so its best to lock it and preserve it for all to read and be amazed by.

[NullAshton]

Why stop at 1k?

[Nodachi]

No, it shouldn't be locked. We need to keep a nonsense thread open, it helps to keep the board uncluttered and the other threads on topic (and it's a great place to post a rant or two! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ). My suggestion would be to rename the thread once it hits 1k.

[Nodachi]

For example, I like to use this thread to post odd news bits I come across.

Reading this article ( link (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7101) ) makes me wonder if using carbon armor on my ships would make them immune to APB's. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Aiken]

You're absolutely wrong, Nodachi. Only anti-carbon armor will save you of anti-proton beams. But since such anti-armor would interact with normal matter, your ships should be built of anti-matter and have anti-crew.

[NullAshton]

Awsome, I changed the topic thingie...

[Renegade 13]

I bet we hit 1000 by tomorrow afternoon, 5PM. What are the rest of your predictions for when we hit the big 1K??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Nodachi]

aiken said:
You're absolutely wrong, Nodachi. Only anti-carbon armor will save you of anti-proton beams. But since such anti-armor would interact with normal matter, your ships should be built of anti-matter and have anti-crew.



That's a very good point... ramming escorts anyone? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Maybe that's what the whole GUTB uber-escort strategy was based on.

[Atrocities]

NullAshton said:
Why stop at 1k?



Because that is the stated objective of the thread.

[Joachim]

Renegade 13 said:
I bet we hit 1000 by tomorrow afternoon, 5PM. What are the rest of your predictions for when we hit the big 1K??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif



13 hours, 10 minutes 47 seconds from this post time.
Tick... Tick.... Tick.... /threads/images/Graemlins/Hourglass.gif

[bearclaw]

You know what would be great for the 1000 post. A pic from SEV. Yeah, or even something about SEV.

I vote that the 1000th post be from Aaron himself!! Unless, of course that would take him away from his work on SEV. And that would be bad.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I'm not wise enough! I can't see it! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=8174950485)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Subject: The bunny and the blonde
Author: Josh Hocieniec
Date: 08 Mar 2005 01:56 AM
A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the
middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the
rabbit jumps right in front of the car.

The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets
out to see what has become of the rabbit.

Much to his dismay, the rabbit is dead.

The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry.

A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway sees a man crying on the
side of the road and pulls over.

She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explains, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed
it."

The blonde says, "Don't worry."

She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can.

She walks over to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents
onto the rabbit.

The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the
road.

Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down
the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and
waves, and repeats this again and again and again, until he hops out of
sight.

The man is astonished.

He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you
spray on that rabbit?"

The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label.


It says...

(Are you ready for this?)


&lt;&gt;(Are you sure?)

&lt;&gt;(This is bad!)

&lt;&gt;(It's definitely a Blonde Joke!)

&lt;&gt;(You know you could just click off and not read the punch line....) &lt;&gt;

(You can still delete it)

&lt;&gt;(You know you're gonna be sorry)

&lt;&gt;(Last chance)

&lt;&gt;(OK, here it is)

It says,

"Hair Spray -
Restores life to dead hair,

adds permanent wave."

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I say we don't stop at 1k.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I say we go on forever.

As said, a nonsense padding thread is just what we need to cool down a bit, it adds a sense of warmth and togetherness, of deep feeling and an underlying goal to this forum.

Am I making sense or are the stars in my eyes bigger than my retinas already?



No, but really. Go on forever!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

We had one of those. It exceeded the B5 thread. Then it died.

I tried necromancy, but to no avail.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Where is it? Perhaps then we can necromance it some more. Try to reboot it.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Well? How's that for a name?

edit: Whoopee! LEss than seventy posts to go!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Search for 'the name changing thread'. Don't remember what it was last called.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

"name changing" thread?

And I now have doubts about the necromancing. I think we should continue with this thread.

And how is that for a name?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

That was it's semi-official name, because Ruatha (Or was it Geoschmo?) kept changing the name.

It's a very funny read.

[NullAshton]

Topic changing is fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

It IS fun..... but I think my version is better. "To post to infinity" is OK, but not special. It's just a sentence. "The Race To Post-Infinity" is NOT merely a sentence. Post-Infinity can mean "beyond inifinity", or it can mean "to post infinitely". No offence NA, but I still like my version better.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

And this also raises another question..... why is the Message Title bar so rarely used? I mean, I've only seen a few occurrences where posts had different titles than "Re:[%ThreadTopic]".

edit: And why does nobody post here anymore? Just post something that replies to something said earlier, start something new or just post something nonsense.

edit 2: Oops, referred to something in another thread here..... corrected now

[Renegade 13]

Come on, post some more people or else my 5PM prediction will be proven wrong http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[NullAshton]

Feh, why should we?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

1. For fun.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

2. For post count. (PADPADPADPADPAD)

[NullAshton]

1. Fun is relative.

[NullAshton]

2. Post padding is overrated(ignore the fact that I'm doing it...)

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

1. My relatives are fun.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

2. You don't want to be seen in padded armor nowadays. I've made the jump to Chainmail and later Platemail long ago.

[NullAshton]

1. Why are we placing numbers before the post?

[Alneyan]

And why are you using sensible numbers before your posts? I say, go with random numbers!

This post was number 2.54^3. Please roll 2d4+2, and look up the results on the following table:
2: You cannot roll 2. Please enlist in the "I flunked maths at kindergarten" special course.
3: How unlucky you are. You will fail your next action, no matter what.
4: You have been barred from posting for the next 24 hours.
5: You are to delete the next post you planned to make, before actually posting it.
6: You have been smacked down by Narf's Hammers of Doom.
7: You have been smacked by Growltigger. Such things are bound to happen in this crazy universe of ours.
8: You have been cast into the most insane bureaucrary the world has ever produce; motive of the punishment unknown.
9: Roll as many times as needed to get a 6 or a 7.
10: Bah, you cheated! You are hereby condemned to stay within the confines of this thread, ne'er to go away.

I would make a fine DM, wouldn't I? I learnt everything about DMing on Narf's laps! Now Narf, will you please lend me your hammer? Pretty please?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Enumeration. Reasons 1 and 2. NA posted rebuttal on both subject, and I posted rebuttal rebuttal (the ultimate mooning experience!).

[NullAshton]

NullAshton smacks everyone

Do I win?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Strategia subsequently bombs everyone
"No. I win."

[NullAshton]

NullAshton blasts everyone else into subatomic particles.

No you don't.

[TerranC]

Fah la la la laaaa la la la laaaaa

[Renegade 13]

Only 29 minutes!

[Renegade 13]

Uh, TerranC, what is that??

[Combat Wombat]

Thats TC's idea for the SEV box cover. I love it personally http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Caduceus]

Encourage him as much as you can. Hitler failed out of art school.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Strategia blows the subatomic particles out of existance.

"No. I win."

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

It looks OK TerranC, but I suggest remodeling it with the same program you use to create your (excellent) graphucs for ships and gun turrets.

[NullAshton]

NullAshton blows existance away.

Losers!

[geoschmo]

I guess if exsistance is gone now we no longer have a need for this thread. I'll lock it down then... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[NullAshton]

It pops back after having a coffee break. Its been working non-stop for millions of years, I just gave it a break.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Strategia erases the coffee break

Heeheeheeheehee.....

[NullAshton]

Existence promptly removes StrategiaInUltima from itself, for erasing the coffee break.

[Atrocities]

I guess that post count really means nothing now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

And why is that?

[David E. Gervais]

The post counts will only stop having meaning when Narf posts 24 posts in a row without any interuptions. (no this is not a challenge) But I know how that feels when I go to #spaceempires and sit chatting to myself with a room full of lurkers LOL

Yes, I'm strange, but in a healthy kind of way http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Muahahahaha, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

Great job, now Narf will try to do that.

[David E. Gervais]

I said it was/is NOT a challenge. Narf would not risk being banned from these forums. and he's a good mouse with a good sense of humor, although sometimes it might feel like he has a sense of tumor. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Ooh Ooh Ooh I know a joke about that.....

only it's in Dutch and not really translatable

[NullAshton]

Riiiiiiiight... WOOHOO we're almost to our goal!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Are we?

[NullAshton]

BOOYA! PROMOTION FOR ME!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Congrats. Y'know, I passed that long ago..... it's not really that hard to post over 600 times within approx. 2 months.

[NullAshton]

And yes, we are almost to our goal.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Woohoo! Less than 25 to go! Boys, if we get 1k posts within 1 hour, you'll get a round at the Won-Ton on me!

And we will continue posting won't we?

[NullAshton]

Yes we will. We'll post until the servers run out of space.

[NullAshton]

POSTS! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[David E. Gervais]

Post count note... 1k posts will be 1024, not 1000! Got it?

Carry on people, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

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[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Why aren't we there yet?

[NullAshton]

You're no longer in existance, so be quiet. That's what you get for erasing coffee breaks.

[NullAshton]

You people are slowing down!

[Will]

Hey, it's a lot closer since the last time I checked.

So, DEG... if 1k posts will == 1024 for this thread, are we going for reply #1023 (post #1024), or reply #1024 (post #1025)?

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[NullAshton]

Good question.

[David E. Gervais]

Will, you're a silly goose, there is no Reply #0 so it has to be 1024. (it's the 'replies' that count.)

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[NullAshton]

Hehe...

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Hey, I only erased the coffee break for EXISTENCE. Not coffee breaks in general http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

And we ARE slowing down. I guess my offer of a round at the Hut is forfeit.

[NullAshton]

Still, existance got payback on you for it. He tossed you out http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Ragnarok]

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[NullAshton]

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[Ragnarok]

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[douglas]

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Remember, we're going for 1024, not 1000 posts.

[douglas]

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[Ragnarok]

douglas said:
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Remember, we're going for 1024, not 1000 posts.



Oh, rats. I was hoping to stick with 1000 and get this madness overwith. Ahh well... 28...

[Combat Wombat]

Oh man are we getting close

[Ragnarok]

Indeed we are. 26.

[Combat Wombat]

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