The Race to Insanity and Beyond!

[David E. Gervais]

Thumbs Up, to all you Modders. My hat's off to you for all the hard work you have put into your individual Mods.

Keep having fun, and Thanks.

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

[geoschmo]

David, only you could figure out a way to pad your post count and come out looking like a swell guy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Padding? Moi? hmmm, Guilty as charged,.. but could we call it Quilting my Posts instead? LOL

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

[Timstone]

Hahaha... LOL!!!
David is a filthy padposter! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Combat Wombat]

Oh what a terrible thread we weave http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[bearclaw]

As a modder thanks!
(shamelessly jumping on the count padding band-wagon)

[bearclaw]

Hey! That Last post put me at 400! Yeah, promotion for me! Thanks David!

[David E. Gervais]

See, the road to higher post counts is paved with good intentions. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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

[Nodachi]

I don't believe in post padding.

[Nodachi]

Really, I don't! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Atrocities]

What is Post padding?

[Atrocities]

Oh, I see now. Ya, I too kinda frown upon it. More details in my next post.

[David E. Gervais]

How fast can we get this thread to 1k Posts? This is a community challenge... Only one rule: No more than 2 Posts in a row. Let someone else make a post then make a new post or 2.

You can post nonsense or make an interesting comment or post a pic, or a link etc..

The challenge has begun..

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

[douglas]

Nodachi said:
I don't believe in post padding.


Neither do I.

[douglas]

What, you don't believe me?

[bearclaw]

la lala la

[bearclaw]

Nice threads ya got here.

[Nodachi]

1000 Posts, eh?

[Nodachi]

I 'm not sure how to do that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[tesco samoa]

22

[NarfsCompIsBack]

99 bottles of root beer on the wall,

[NarfsCompIsBack]

99 bottles of root beer,

[Nodachi]

Take one down,

[Nodachi]

And pass it around,

[Shadow1980]

98 bottles of root beer on the wall.

[douglas]

98 bottles of root beer on the wall.

[douglas]

98 bottles of root beer

[Atrocities]

**VIOLATION ALERT**

Any one who Posts in this thread will be subject to a beating performed by two large and very angry Klingons who have had their Batliths taken away in a game of domjot with a fat ferengi.

[David E. Gervais]

..so we're singing songs now eh?..

"Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, la la la,.. or would you rather be a mule?"..

This is fun, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Combat Wombat]

Your cities will burn in our vengeful fire.

[Combat Wombat]

All the beacons of our worlds are lit in celebration.

[Kamog]

Another nonsense thread? Are you going to change the name every so often?

Yup, this is fun! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[bearclaw]

AT, I think your Klingons just drank all the root beer.

[NarfsCompIsBack]

99 bOtTlEs oF LoOpY On tHe wAlL,

[NarfsCompIsBack]

99 bOtTlEs oF LoOpY,

[Nodachi]

Obligatory post while checking the Boards.

[Ragnarok]

Alright! We haven't had a thread like this in along time. Let the fun begin!

[tesco samoa]

take one down.

[David E. Gervais]

"Did you hear the one about the two Lurkers that walked into a post? You think at least one would have had the common sense to avoid it. (Badda Boom!)"

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

[David E. Gervais]

Why is it I always seem to be hanging by a thread in here? (Badda Boom!)

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

[Combat Wombat]

What fo you call 57 guys sitting around a tv watching the NFL Playoffs?

The Green Bay Packers!

[Combat Wombat]

Do you know why the NFL doesnt want to give Madison a professional football team?

Because then they would have to give Green Bay one!

[Ragnarok]

Combat Wombat said:
Do you know why the NFL doesnt want to give Madison a professional football team?

Because then they would have to give Green Bay one!




So you're a viking fan I'm guessing, eh? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[XenoTheMorph]

Oh a sporting thread is it now! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[XenoTheMorph]

I think it is time to start with the singing again.

Maybe 'Old McDonald'? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[kerensky]

Okay, here's something for the good of the thread...

This is my first ship using DoGA. Questions, comments, odd things thrown at me...

[kerensky]

Forgot to attatch picture to above post. Must have slipped my mind... (hehehe) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Interesting design for the ship, I like it. I hope you're having fun.

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

[David E. Gervais]

Oops, I forgot my song... "Consider yourself, at home,.. Consider yourself a part of the family,..."

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

[Caduceus]

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with the letter...

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Neat ship.

Old Macdonald had a farm,

[NarfsCompIsBack]

EIEIO,

[bearclaw]

And on his farm he had a Phong,

[bearclaw]

With a CSM here, and a CSM there, here a CSM, there a CSM, everywhere a CSM...

[Kamog]

We're singing songs now?

Let's see, what songs did I learn back in kindergarten and elementary school?

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...
Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are...
All we've 'et a, think of all we've et a...
He's got the whole world in his hand...
Kumbaiya my lord, kumbaiya...
Jerimiah was a bullfrog...
Morning get together together together...
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands...
Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to the ground...
Or would you rather swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar...

Some of these songs were strange and I never figured out what they mean!

[Kamog]

It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all...
If you go down to the woods today, ...
Ten little monkeys jumping on the bed...
This old man, he played one, he played knick knack...
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, you can sing one too...
Bonjour mon ami, how are you my friend...
Comment ca va, qu'est-ce que tu fais...
Chante la ta chanson, la chanson de ta vie...
Under the spreading chestnut tree, in the shade just you and me...

[David E. Gervais]

Just thought I'd rename the thread to be more in line with its current function..

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

[Rasorow]

I like it.. looks cool...

Rasorow

[Rasorow]

Didn't want to get behind on getting post count up so I thought I would just post something to that effect.

(obligatory second post)

Rasorow

[DarkHorse]

Such shameless post-count padding, why I never... hey, I'm close to a promotion too!

[DarkHorse]

It's about time too, I am tired of being a corporal. Anyway, as I was saying, post count padding is a shameful misuse of...

[AMF]

Hey, what's this thread all about anyways?

[Rasorow]

As DarkHorse put it... Its about the "shamefull misuse of...."

or its about the dispicable practice of.....

or post padding to a new .....

Rasorow

[Rasorow]

but most simply its about having fun and singing songs.

B I N G O

B I N G O

B I N G O

And Bingo was his namo


Rasorow

[David E. Gervais]

This thread is about poor little old me being a bit nostalgic and missing the old 'Cantina' Where people would frequently post nonsense and gererally have a fun time.

I figure most of us are a bit out of (posting) shape and therefore started this new cantina-in-disguise thread as a race to see how fast we can get to 1000 Posts. (You can just call it boot-camp)

"Right Post!, Left Post!, right left right left.. March them thar Posts in a straight line recruits! Forward-Post!"

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

[AMF]

Actually,

I

[AMF]

Figured

that

[AMF]

Out...

I

was

Just

being

[AMF]

sarcastic.

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

[AMF]

Yay! 800!

[douglas]

Hey! The rules for this thread specifically state no more than two Posts in a row by one person.

[AMF]

Ruels? I had no idea there were rules. I'm a bad man. Very bad. Two points from Alarikf!

Sorry!

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

[douglas]

David E. Gervais said:
How fast can we get this thread to 1k Posts? This is a community challenge... Only one rule: No more than 2 Posts in a row. Let someone else make a post then make a new post or 2.

You can post nonsense or make an interesting comment or post a pic, or a link etc..

The challenge has begun..

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

Here's the post where that was specified.

[douglas]

It's way back on the first page of this thread.

[kerensky]

but most simply its about having fun and singing songs.

B I N G O

B I N G O

B I N G O

And Bingo was his namo



* I N G O

* I N G O

* I N G O

And Bingo was his namo

[kerensky]

* * N G O

* * N G O

* * N G O

And Bingo was his namo

[tesco samoa]

GO

GO


GO


GO

[kerensky]

O

O

O

And bingo was his namo!

[David E. Gervais]

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no Hair,
So Fuzzy Wuzzy Wasn't Fuzzy Was He?

alarikf for breaking the (one Rule to rule them all) you are hearby ordered to only post in rhym for your next 10 post (max 2 Posts in a row.)

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

[David E. Gervais]

{TootMode On} I finally got a new HD.. 80gig and made it my IDE1 secondary Master. (I use it to basically store stuff and offload the 'storage burden' placed on my primary 30gig.)

It feels good to have all this 'extra' space. My 30gig was down to under 5gig free, so I got it just in time. Also, I placed my purchase on a budget of no more than $100 tax included and although I went $3.46 over budget I can live with that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (especially since I went to two stores and the first store wanted to sell me an 80gig for $129.95 (+tax=$149.48). needless to say the second store's price of $89.95 was much more appealing.)

{/TootMode Off}

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

[Ragnarok]

Attention all post padders...attention all post padders... Please pad your post counts here. Thank you.

[tesco samoa]

post 4444 of my existance here

[bearclaw]

Right Post

[bearclaw]

Left Post

[DarkHorse]

Still quite a ways to go until 1,000...

[DarkHorse]

...but finally a promotion for me! Yay me!

[Combat Wombat]

Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

[Bone]

was playing SE today at lunchtime and the Abydon Enclave sends messagae "Your Intel Forums poasting rank matches your IQ!"

doh!

[Combat Wombat]

I've got this error with the new Version of Invasion! im working on, it wont load the components.txt but it doesnt give me a reason why, just an error.

[Atrocities]

You are all aware that by posting in this forum you are violating someone rules? Who's I do not know yet, but let me tell you that once I do, I will laugh at them.

[bearclaw]

Krill = enemy.
Mother-in-law = enemy .
Therefore:
Krill = Mother-in-law!

[Combat Wombat]

When the passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage, tootle him with vigour'' -- On the driver instructions in a Japanese rental car.

[Combat Wombat]

"If you get bitten by a bug, tough luck...the one thing I won't do is feel sorry for you. In fact, I might ask you to do it all over again, just to get more information. I'm a heartless bastard." -- Linus Torvalds (on development kernels)

[TerranC]

Hey, I gotta get in on this posting scheme.

[Nodachi]

Scheme?

I don't know

[Nodachi]

what you're talking about. Scheme... haruph!

[bearclaw]

I'm with Nodachi on this one. There's no scheme at all.

[bearclaw]

(whew! That was close...)

[TerranC]

bearclaw said:
I'm with Nodachi on this one. There's no scheme at all.



No scheme at all?

[TerranC]

TerranC said:

bearclaw said:
I'm with Nodachi on this one. There's no scheme at all.



No scheme at all?



Absolutely none?

[Nodachi]

Absolutely

[Nodachi]

None

[bearclaw]

Anyone know what the ranks are at what number of Posts? Just curious as to how many times I've got to get into this scheme to get another rank.

[bearclaw]

Ooops... uh, I mean, into this very informative and purposeful thread. Not scheme. No scheme here.

(slaps self upside the head)

[Kamog]

bearclaw said:
Anyone know what the ranks are at what number of Posts? Just curious as to how many times I've got to get into this scheme to get another rank.


0 Private
50 Corporal
200 Sergeant
400 Second Lieutenant
600 First Lieutenant
800 Captain
1000 Major
1250 Lieutenant Colonel
1500 Colonel
1750 Brigadier General
2000 Major General
2500 Lieutenant General
3000 General
5000 National Security Advisor
10000 Shrapnel Fanatic

[Baron Munchausen]

David E. Gervais said:
{TootMode On} I finally got a new HD.. 80gig and made it my IDE1 secondary Master. (I use it to basically store stuff and offload the 'storage burden' placed on my primary 30gig.)

It feels good to have all this 'extra' space. My 30gig was down to under 5gig free, so I got it just in time. Also, I placed my purchase on a budget of no more than $100 tax included and although I went $3.46 over budget I can live with that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (especially since I went to two stores and the first store wanted to sell me an 80gig for $129.95 (+tax=$149.48). needless to say the second store's price of $89.95 was much more appealing.)

{/TootMode Off}

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




Not bad, but if you are interested in staying on a minimal budget and buying at the 'trailing edge' instead of the 'leading edge' you could have gotten an even better deal at dumpinggoods.com where lots of vendors dispose of their 'obsolete' stocks.

http://www.dumpinggoods.com/dumpinggoods/index.asp

[Will]

Kamog said:

bearclaw said:
Anyone know what the ranks are at what number of Posts? Just curious as to how many times I've got to get into this scheme to get another rank.


0 Private
50 Corporal
200 Sergeant
400 Second Lieutenant
600 First Lieutenant
800 Captain
1000 Major
1250 Lieutenant Colonel
1500 Colonel
1750 Brigadier General
2000 Major General
2500 Lieutenant General
3000 General
5000 National Security Advisor
10000 Shrapnel Fanatic


So that means I only need around 176 more Posts to be a Major? SWEET!

Well, I knew that already, but it's still cool.

At least I'm combining this all into one post, instead of participating in the more shameless variety of post-padding http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

--edit: And I made two more Posts, and am editing this one to say I need 174 more Posts, instead of posting again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Well, well, well,.. what do you know, sometime during my 'sleep-cycle' we managed to cross the 10% barrier of this race.

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

[David E. Gervais]

FYI: I've been up 2 hours allready, and I have stuffed some 'requested-goodies' into Aaron's e-mail Box. Just like an elf, I prepare my goodies while he sleeps and they are ready for when he gets up.

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

P.S. No, I can not say what the goodies are/were. (But I'm betting you can guess what they were for. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif )

[Caduceus]

So David, every click we make in SEV counts as a post on Intel forums?

Heh.

[TerranC]

Making my contribution once more.

[TerranC]

only 21 more Posts to go until my promotion!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Gee, was that per person, or per account?

[NarfsCompIsBack]

MWUHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Rasorow]

**NGO

**NGO

**NGO

And Bingo was his namo

[tesco samoa]

GO

GO

GO

Hey I need to planout my theatre room...

[TerranC]

hm hm hm hm o
hm hm hm hm o
hm hm hm hm o

And bingo was his name-o.

[TerranC]

clap clap clap clap clap
clap clap clap clap clap
clap clap clap clap clap

and bingo was his name-o.

[Caduceus]

One more time... From the balcony only!!

[David E. Gervais]

Why do people yell "Echo" to see if there is a echo? Are they afread if they yell something else, that someone will answer?

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

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Because echo-cho-o-o has a nice reverb.

[NarfsCompIsBack]

erb-erb-rb.

[Will]

Because Echo was the name of the nymph that (IIRC) Hera punished, by allowing her to only repeat what others say. Hera was a rather nasty ***** of a goddess, with a big jealousy trip. I think Echo was one of Zeus' many "conquests", and since Hera can't really get back at hubie directly, she takes her wrath out on the mistresses, their children, and humanity in general.

Echo also had a big crush on Narcissus, who ended up seeing his reflection in a pool of water, fell in love with his own image, and ended up starving to death. Which is why we call people who spend way too much time in front of the mirror "narcissists".

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Eric Flint and David Freer did a hilarious re-take on the greek gods in a book called Pyramid Scheme.

Warning: May be offensive to anyone who worships the greek gods. May cause abdominal pain in others: http://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/067131839X/067131839X.htm

[Combat Wombat]

``I entered the office and tossed my hat at the coat rack. It missed, hit the heater, and instantly burst into flames. That reminded me: I had some work to do in Windows.'' -- Lincoln Spector "The Maltese Penguin"

[Combat Wombat]

``Never put off until tomorrow that which can be done the day after tomorrow'' -- Mark Twain

[Slick]

Combat Wombat said:
``Never put off until tomorrow that which can be done the day after tomorrow'' -- Mark Twain



Really? I put that quote, almost verbatim, under my senior picture in my high school yearbook but I didn't know someone else had said it. Maybe I thought I came up with it but was remembering something I had read long ago. Very interesting.

[Combat Wombat]

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

[Combat Wombat]

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking...

[Aiken]

Heh, hello people in cantina. I hope you don't mind if I'll start my project of the year - 40 more Posts till 17th january.

[Aiken]

Combat Wombat said:
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking...


My favorite one is "Smile - it's so irritating."

[Wizarc]

I am almost there.

[David E. Gervais]

here's one.. "A person who smiles with their eyes has a warm heart. A person who smiles with their teeth has a cold heart, and a person that smiles both ways has a genuine happy heart."

Can't remember where or who said that, but I do remember the phrase.

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

[David E. Gervais]

fyi,.. I installed the Starcraft Battlechest on friday and managed to play a bit yesterday,.. man that was/is a great game. I can't believe that Blizzard have shoved this potential bonanza in the back closet in favor of a slew of warcraft crap. (which has alwasy been basically the same game but given some minor facelifts.)

SC came out in 1998, and is their single biggest selling game title. (yes it has outsold WC2, WC3, Diablo, and D2) So what exactly are these idiots waiting for? I have a good mind to convince Aaron that his next project should be SE:Ground Combat (an RTS to put SC to shame).

Sorry for the rant, but but,.. but.. Oh nevermind.

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

[Nodachi]

Hey, let's throw something different in here!

Here's a race portrait that any of you shipset builders can have.
http://img95.exs.cx/img95/2878/alienbust5gj.png

Zip file contains game images.

[Nodachi]

Obligatory double post! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Caduceus]

That's a good looking racial pic, Nodachi.

[David E. Gervais]

<font color="yellow">Yello?</font> anybody here?

<font color="red">Red Alert</font> Activate Shields!

<font color="green">Green</font> is the color of your crew when infected with toxic gas

<font color="blue">Blue</font> Velvet,.. a horse or a Bobby Vinton Song?

<font color="orange">Orange</font> you glad I made this colorful post?

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

[David E. Gervais]

Oh, and that IS a nice race pic.

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

[Aiken]

What? This tread is in the middle of tread list? No way. Always on top!

[TerranC]

Aye, on top is where it should be, on top, for sure, on top, aye, tis a good idea, aye.

[TerranC]

15 more Posts to go... I don't suppose anybody's got spam to lend?

[Caduceus]

I'll think of something.

[Caduceus]

Then again, maybe not.

[Kamog]

Hey, fun colors! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

<font color="purple">Lilac </font>
<font color="brown">Burgundy </font>
<font color="purple">Amethyst</font>
<font color="purple">Lavender</font>
<font color="purple">Mauve </font>
<font color="blue">Cyan </font>
<font color="purple">Magenta</font>
<font color="purple">Azure</font>

[tesco samoa]

11

[Kamog]

12

[TurinTurambar]

Thinking of starting a full shipset for a new Nomadic Race. I think that Portrait would be perfect. It's even the same color!

Sample of Nomad starship attached. It's not finished, so constructive criticism is always appreciated.

Turin

[Aiken]

Yawn!!!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif
Oh, so sleepy.

Guys, don't forget to woke me up at 5 AM, ok?

[Nodachi]

Being as it's not finished makes it harder to crit! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif So far, I like it, especially the "openess" of the design.

[TerranC]

TurinTurambar said:
Thinking of starting a full shipset for a new Nomadic Race. I think that Portrait would be perfect. It's even the same color!

Sample of Nomad starship attached. It's not finished, so constructive criticism is always appreciated.

Turin



Turin, I think this is the best advice I can give you concerning anything DoGA; ditch DoGA level 1 and 2 and install 3. That ship looks good, but it will, not would or could, will look better in DoGA lvl 3.

Umm, and spam and stuff.

[bearclaw]

Years ago, during winter, I got out my Lego collections as I was inspired to build something. That, and it has snowed 4' over night and I couldn't have gone anywhere if I wanted to.

Attached is the result. This was several years before Lego released the same as a kit.

[bearclaw]

And from the back..

[TerranC]

Holy crud. You, sir, are a genius.

[Combat Wombat]

I made a really big pirate ship out of legos once, it had 10 cannons, then my little sister fell over on it...

[bearclaw]

A friend of mine is certain that I must be autisic or something when it comes to Lego. In her words, "How else could someone who keeps messing up everything else in their life be able to create such things out of Lego?"

She took to calling me Rain Man after that comment...

[bearclaw]

I've got pics of Notre Dame cathedral out of lego too, somewhere... I'll find them and post those too!!

[Combat Wombat]

&lt;Xintis&gt; Yet another Fyron project. Like oh, I'm the magic bot... do you like my flying carpet engine?

[Nodachi]

@CW: LOL http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kamog]

Bearclaw, that's a great looking Star Destroyer you built! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Now all we need is a huge Lego Death Star to go with it....

[Joachim]

I was always building space ships with guns during my childhood, and it always annoyed me that they kept bringing out better and better sets after I had "grown up"... But luckily I now have two little lads to re-new my aquantice with lego again. We currently play with this set of lego called duplo explore which is a cross between duplo and technic type stuff that you have a screw driver to put it all together with. I cant wait till they grow up a bit and we can buy all the castle lego and have huge medieval wars......

[Atrocities]

Ok, stop post spamming immediatly! I mean it. [insert]Angry humorious look[/inset]

How large was the original death star in Star Wars. Man could you image if a game like SEIV could have such things..... OMG.

50,000kt and 100,000kt death stars. Imagine how long it would take to build. And destroy. (You would have to have some large space consuming components like really large crew quarters and support systems.

[TerranC]

Atrocities said:
50,000kt and 100,000kt death stars. Imagine how long it would take to build. And destroy.



All it would need is a couple of proton lego blocks.

[Atrocities]

Don't forget the Captain Power super semi-thermocuple anti spammming TFC R-11 hull plating.

And a bunch of anti fighter cannons to prevent the Rebels from blowing it up after all the resources and time we spent making it.

[Suicide Junkie]

Atrocities said:
Ok, stop post spamming immediatly! I mean it. [insert]Angry humorious look[/inset]

How large was the original death star in Star Wars. Man could you image if a game like SEIV could have such things..... OMG.

50,000kt and 100,000kt death stars. Imagine how long it would take to build. And destroy. (You would have to have some large space consuming components like really large crew quarters and support systems.

Nah, what we really need is control-click to add 100 life support at a time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Atrocities]

I actually have a semi scematic of the death star. It is mostly reactors and power generation equiipment, but has something like 3,000 decks. I will see if I can find the book and list the specs. Very interesting stuff.

[bearclaw]

www.stardestroyer.net (http://www.stardestroyer.net)

This site is a wealth of information relating to real phsyics and Star Wars (also some Star Trek stuff too). Somewhere on the site (sorry, couldn't find it again) he goes into a detailed essay on the size, power requirements and output of star destroyers and Death Stars.

Very cool stuff.

[Kamog]

What I've been wondering about is how does the Death Star move around? You never see it fly away together with the fleet of star destroyers, but somehow, after destroying one planet, it shows up light-years away at another planet. There must be some hidden engines on it?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

TurinTurambar said:
Thinking of starting a full shipset for a new Nomadic Race. I think that Portrait would be perfect. It's even the same color!

Sample of Nomad starship attached. It's not finished, so constructive criticism is always appreciated.

Turin


Nice. Has a nice 'steampunk airship' look.

[David E. Gervais]

Just droping in to make my daily post. It is 'obligatory' right?

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

[Nodachi]

Yup!

[Daynarr]

So what happens when this thread reaches 1000 Posts?

[Daynarr]

Will chez give us all a cookie? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Caduceus]

I'm not sure what our prize would be if Narf is passing them out. That's somewhat concerning to ponder...

[Suicide Junkie]

And what about 1024 Posts?

[sachmo]

Kamog said:
What I've been wondering about is how does the Death Star move around? You never see it fly away together with the fleet of star destroyers, but somehow, after destroying one planet, it shows up light-years away at another planet. There must be some hidden engines on it?



Runs on pure evil, bud.

[David E. Gervais]

Suicide Junkie said:
And what about 1024 Posts?



Gee, I was wondering when someone was going to make this observation.. 1k=1024 Yup, it sure does in my book http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (But that's only becayse I'm 'Bitwise' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

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

[David E. Gervais]

Oh, and the reason for the 1k post thing is because I want a good foundation to build the new Cantina on. "David's Outer Rim Cantina Bar and Grill" hmmm, I like the sound of that.

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

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

[Caduceus]

Does that mean we're not posting here any more?

[Will]

Well, unless someone beats me to it, this is the 180th post in the thread. Which means that soon, there are going to be a lot of people waiting to pounce on post number 200. Which is far less than the original goal of 10^3, or 2^10 Posts, depending on who you ask what the original goal happened to be. Actually, I think most of the people you ask about the goal to this thread will respond something like:

Goal? there was a goal to this thread?

[Caduceus]

I guess I would rather be the 180th RESPONSE rather than the 179th POSTER http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Kamog]

19 more Posts until the Century Post! Who's going to get it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[bearclaw]

Almost there....

[bearclaw]

Seems that the posting rate is slowing down... Hmmm.

[Combat Wombat]

Invasion! 0.41 has been released you can get it here:
www.spaceempires.net/cw/Invasion.rar (http://www.spaceempires.net/cw/Invasion.rar)

also you can post in the Invasion! thread which is probaly somewhere below this one.

[David E. Gervais]

Thanks for the link CW, I might have missed seeing the 'other' thread. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Any other 'Modders' want to shamelessly plug their mods? How about some 'links' to se4 websites?

Advertizing is as good a way as any to pad this thread http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[David E. Gervais]

Oh, and I forgot to say something,... hmmm,.. it seems I have forgoten what I forgot. (oh the perrils of getting old http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif )

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

[bearclaw]

Ooo, Ooo! Shameless Plugs!

Dark Nova 4 Mod. Truely a work of art. Makes relativly little alterations to the basic gameplay but does radically increase the diversity available in ship designs, unit, and colonies.

Here's a Review!
http://www.spaceempires.net/home/modules.php?name=Reviews

And the mod is available through Fyron's torrent Tracker:
http://kazharii.no-ip.com:6969/

[bearclaw]

And if you don't do torrents, it's also available on PBW downloads section here:

http://seiv.pbw.cc/Download/filelib/1104/DN4+4.13.zip

Did I do that in a seperate post? Silly me...

[Caduceus]

Reprehensible bearclaw.

[Caduceus]

Simply reprehensible.

[Thermodyne]

Lets, I don't have a clue how many Posts I have, so I'll make a post and see what it says.

[Thermodyne]

Well it says I have 876 so now I need 124 more to make a thou.

[tesco samoa]

652

[Thermodyne]

652 WHAT?

[Daynarr]

652 post views i guess. Still long way to 1000. Or 1024

[kerensky]

Okay must make my contribution here....

Hmm don't know what to talk about...

[kerensky]

Does anyone know a good song???

EDIT:

Yeah my 100th post!!!!

[David E. Gervais]

..aren't promotions wonderfull? Congratulations to all who manage to gain a promotion while posting here. Personally I got a ways to go before my next promotion, But I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

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

[geoschmo]

Would you like to get PAID to play Space Empires IV???


Well, here's how you can.
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Load it on your pc at work and play when your boss isn't watching. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[douglas]

200th reply!

[bearclaw]

geoschmo said:
Would you like to get PAID to play Space Empires IV???


Well, here's how you can.

Load it on your pc at work and play when your boss isn't watching. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Hmmm, I wonder how many of us DON'T already do this http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Thermodyne]

geoschmo said:
Would you like to get PAID to play Space Empires IV???


Well, here's how you can.
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Load it on your pc at work and play when your boss isn't watching. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif




Many a turn has been played before the 9am pita's show up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

Thermodyne said:

geoschmo said:
Would you like to get PAID to play Space Empires IV???


Well, here's how you can.
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Load it on your pc at work and play when your boss isn't watching. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif




Many a turn has been played before the 9am pita's show up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



You work with flat bread??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Kamog]

That's what I thought, too. It took me a few minutes to get it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[geoschmo]

Yeah, Thermo works at a greek deli. The supply truck doesn't show up till 9 so he has time to play till then. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[TurinTurambar]

Spam, spam, spam, spam,
spam, spam, spam, spam...

&lt;Male Chorus&gt; SPAM'TY SPAAAAAAAAAAAAM, WONDERFUL SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM....!
SPAM'TY SPAAAAAAAAAAAAM, WONDERFUL SPAM'-

&lt;Arpegios&gt;Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am
Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-SPAMMITY SPAAAAAAM!
&lt;spam'ty spam!&gt;
SPAMMITY SPAAAAAAM!
&lt;spam'ty spam!&gt;
SPAM - SPAM - SPAM - SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

(Thank you, thank you very much, thank you...)

[TurinTurambar]

I think I'm going to sit around tonight and just generally be annoying and get myself to 200 Posts....

[douglas]

TurinTurambar said:
Spam, spam, spam, spam,
spam, spam, spam, spam...

&lt;Male Chorus&gt; SPAM'TY SPAAAAAAAAAAAAM, WONDERFUL SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM....!
SPAM'TY SPAAAAAAAAAAAAM, WONDERFUL SPAM'-

&lt;Arpegios&gt;Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am
Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-SPAMMITY SPAAAAAAM!
&lt;spam'ty spam!&gt;
SPAMMITY SPAAAAAAM!
&lt;spam'ty spam!&gt;
SPAM - SPAM - SPAM - SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

(Thank you, thank you very much, thank you...)

That just isn't quite complete without a picture such as this one:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~mphelps/images/spam.JPG

[TurinTurambar]

Hey! thanks for the Special Effects shot!

Huh... Kasey Kahne is going to drive a SPAM car this year?

Hmmm... no... must be ARCA or Busch...

Turin

[TurinTurambar]

Y'know what? I'm too friggin TIRED to get to 200 Posts!

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz!
Turin

[narf poit chez BOOM]

bearclaw said:
And if you don't do torrents, it's also available on PBW downloads section here:

http://seiv.pbw.cc/Download/filelib/1104/DN4+4.13.zip

Did I do that in a seperate post? Silly me...


I got a page does not exist error.

Also, I've heard that spam takes more calories to digest than you gain from eating it.

And, having tasted spam, I can say that I don't want to eat it anyway.

On the other hand, I'm finding honey nut cherios increasingly gross and I ate some of those tonight so I could think for a while.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

*Pointless post*

But is it truely pointless? After all, I am trying to get the thread to 1000/1024 Posts, as well as satisfy the custom of this thread.

And did I not just add a point to this thread?

And reiterate it?

And now I am indirectly reiterating the reiteration.

[Nodachi]

The next thing I post will be the absolute truth.

[Nodachi]

That was a lie.

[Kamog]

Also, I've heard that spam takes more calories to digest than you gain from eating it.



Then spam will be perfect if you want to lose weight! Just eat as much spam as you can!

[geoschmo]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Also, I've heard that spam takes more calories to digest than you gain from eating it.


That's only true if you eat the can too.

But on the plus side that does improve the flavor somewhat.

[Combat Wombat]

Nice to see youve got your account back Narf.

[bearclaw]

narf poit chez BOOM said:

bearclaw said:
And if you don't do torrents, it's also available on PBW downloads section here:

http://seiv.pbw.cc/Download/filelib/1104/DN4+4.13.zip



I got a page does not exist error.




Strange, so did I. But PBW doesn't seem to be working right now either, so I would assume that's why. I got the link directly from there when it was working....

[bearclaw]

This is the first non-sensical thread I've ever participated in. And it's generated more post counts for me than any other! Nice.

[tesco samoa]

220(2)

[Ragnarok]

narf poit chez BOOM said:

But is it truely pointless?



That sir, is the right question.

[Daynarr]

Combat Wombat said:
Nice to see youve got your account back Narf.



Why did he lose his account?

Old age? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Narf lost his account login info (temporarily) when he did one of the following..

1) He Lost a food fight in the cantina and as a result his short term memory was fried.

2) He thought he was clever and hid his password in the cheeze sandwich beside his computer, then absent-mindly ate the sandwich.

3) His computer crashed horribly and took all that precious info with it. (little did he know that he could simply type in his name and password from any computer to browse these forums)

4) All of the above, but in no particular order.

I vote for #4 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[Nodachi]

I vote for #2!

[Combat Wombat]

I vote for a 2&amp;3 combo

[Nodachi]

Little bit of spam:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Number=325583&amp;page=0&amp;view=collap sed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=1

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

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nodachi said:
That was a lie.


The solution is that you did not, in fact, provide any fact to verify. Each statement simply references the other; however, each provides no facts to verify. Hence, the entire non-paradox is nonsensical and therefore null and void.

In other words, 'babble babble babble', in any semantic form, has no meaning. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

I did's a Fyron!

[Kamog]

Recognize where this is from? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


- Everything Harry tells you is a lie.

- Listen to this carefully, Norman.

- I am lying.

-You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie, then you are telling the truth, but ... you cannot tell the truth because everything you say is a lie. You lie -- You tell the truth -- But you cannot -- Illogical! Illogical! Please explain. Only humans can explain their behavior. Please explain.

- I am not programmed to respond in that area.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Original Star Trek. A group of robots have imprisoned Kirk &amp; co. and Harry Mudd for the sole purpose of making them happy. I forget the name.

[Nodachi]

First time I came across that one was Doctor Who. Third doctor against some giant computer.

[Nodachi]

And now for something completely different...

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/3792/Jorgensen1.jpg

This is a real picture not a painting. More like it at http://www.spaceweather.com (http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01jan05_page2.htm)

Cool stuff!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Personally, if I was an evil, sentient computer, I think I would include an abort function for infinite loops, including calculating the value of pi.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Pretty beyond words.

[Nodachi]

Tell me about it! I live too far south to ever see them but that is one hell of a reason to visit up north.

[Nodachi]

My 500th post!

[David E. Gervais]

Congrats on the promotion, Nodachi.

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

[Nodachi]

Well it wasn't a promotion, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif , just a milestone. Thank you anyways! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Atrocities]

My 9900 post.

[Nodachi]

Reply #239! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Will]

Well, if AT wasn't a mod, we would soon have our SECOND Shrapnel Fanatic! I say we start a pool saying when he'll reach 10,000.

I got February 2, at 10 PM Pacific Standard.

[Ragnarok]

I just thought I'd post my post for this thread that has alot of posters in it posting to pad their post counts and also to get to 100 Posts in this posting thread.

[David E. Gervais]

I think AT will hit 10,000 Posts on Jan. 29th at 1:23 am.

The real question on my mind regarding AT's post count is weather his library of ship parts is bigger than his post count? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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

[kerensky]

Obligatory post....

Thinking about something to start...

[kerensky]

Here's a game to play.

This game is officialy titled.... umm... well wnyways it starts like this......


I'm going on vacation and I'm going to bring an Anti-Poton Beam.

Just don't list more than two items so as to give everyone a chance to play. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[David E. Gervais]

BTW, the "BYOP" in the title of this thread is "Bring your own Post" kind of clever don't you think?

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

[Instar]

Wow, my post count is really low. Im a pathetic lurker http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[tesco samoa]

hey how do you figure out how many Posts are in this thread... mind you it will be lost in this thread so perhaps just change the title with the answer

[Will]

Total Posts is the number in the "Replies" column on the index page, plus one. Since the original post isn't a reply, but all the others are http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[tesco samoa]

i knew that... but did you know that i did not know that after working on a problem at work for 20 hours now ( I am hungry please send food... )