Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong's Head Cantina - After Hours

[Gryphin]

I'm aware of their secondary weapons. In the situation described the standard tactic would be for the Pikemen to interpenetrate the Archers. The Archers are a "Loose Formaiton". This allowed them to "get out of the way" without breaking the formaiton of the advancing troops. They would then fall back and hopfuly "reload".
There are exceptions to this. Since when all was said and done they were "Just Peasants" it is possible they would be wasted as so much fodder.

BTW: What game are you talking about?

[mac5732]

Medeval Total War

[Raging Deadstar]

*Wanders into the cantina to find gryphin sitting there in a suit of armour, Mac was looking like an old aged pensioner robin hood, mumbling something about arrows and growltigga is dressed like a Medeval king complete with septar and crown. They are all huddled round pc's shouting fearsome battle cries... scared raging deadstar bumps into timstone who is trying to travel in time with his gearbox, hmm i think i'll stay away from here for a while...

Lastly he bumps into ragnarok who is drowning his sorrows because gt hasn't punished those who havn't paid their tab

All in a usual day in the cantina

[Ragnarok]

"Lastly he bumps into ragnarok who is drowning his sorrows because gt hasn't punished those who havn't paid their tab"

Man, you better believe it. I was hoping to see some good chases. Oh well, there will be more in the future I'm sure.

Oh, and are Gryphin and Mac and GT wearing tights like they did in Robin Hood, Men in tights? If so that's just scary... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Ragnarok]

Hmmm, Cantina is slow today...

[Taz-in-Space]

...A very tipsy Taz says: absynthe makes the heart grow fonder! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif


Nope. Drunk Taz's don't have to make sense!

[dogscoff]

absynthe makes the heart grow fonder!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Absynthe makes the head grow hurter.

OoOooowwWWwwWwww...

[Growltigga]

Forsooth gang, this new mediaval phase in the cantina is just a foretaste of the massive hunt to come, after all, what could be more amusing than pursuing miscreants in full chivalric regalia
"Cry havoc, and let slips the dogs of war"

I do like debt collection.

Anyhow, I am particularily pleased as I got a spare 20 minutes Last night and finished off the Turks. Their paltry Last ditch defence in Syria of 300 peasants and 61 Ghulam cavalry fell over when assaulted by 800 battle hardened Byzantine and mercenary soldiers. Final score, Turks 12 and Byzantines 358 and the head of Sultan Suleyman I on my lance.

After a breif period of consolidation, I suspect I shall go on a crusade to rescue the Holy Land from those wretched mamelukes

Gadzooks

PS one thing that would improve MTW would be the ability to deploy field fortifications, such as sharpened stakes in front of the archers/arquebusiers or whatever, chevaux de frise, caltrops and all that sort of jazz. It would add to the tactical options available and allow true defensive techniques to flourish. For example, the most effective way at the moment to block a bridge is to place heavy infantry at one end, supported by archers. If you could use chevaux de frise, it would stop cavalry charges just sweeping you away and would mean greater tactical options

[ October 24, 2002, 09:47: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Growltigga]

Gryphin, you are missing the trick a bit, we are trying for a Mediaval theme here, you are meant to be dressed as a knight, or a peasant, or robin hood, or a serving wench, or a fool, or a jannissary or dervish should you so wish.

You are NOT meant to be dressed up as a line dancer!

[Growltigga]

Hey, I have just had a great idea.

How'sa bout theme nights in the cantina. Everybody gets a free drink. The first theme night is 'Famous Historical Figures You Would Like to BE"

Free bar tab to the best contestant.....

Growltigga runs off, takes off his armour and returns dressed as Lord Horatio Nelson

[dogscoff]

Ooh, ooh! Theme night at the Cantina!

*Dogscoff activates his personal theme-o-matic, and immediately disappears, only to reappear a moment later dressed as a medievel serving wench.

*After admiring his ample bosum for a minute, he cranks the theme-o-matic right back round to "male" and then some more. He activates it again and appears in a mean looking armoured dragon suit, complete with snout-mounted flamethrower and powered wings. Attempting to stay in character, he then issues a not-particularly medievel challenge in a very un-dragonish way:
"Right, any knights in here? Outside, now. I'll shove yer bloody lances up yer ramparts..."

[dogscoff]

Damn, missed 'Tig's second post there. Famous historical figures, eh?

*Dogscoff activates the theme-o-matic again and reappears as Genghis Khan. He immediately begins rampaging around the Cantina, chasing the wench-outfitted FBWs and slaying anyone he doesn't like the look of.

[Growltigga]

Growltigga spots Genghis Khan aka Dogscoff rampaging around the cantina and thinks "ha ha, a worthy opponent at Last", he activates his theme-o-matic and turns into Alexus Constantinos, Lord of the Western Realm, Knight Marshall of Constantinople and Slayer of the Turks - arrayed in his glorious plate mail, Growltigga proceeds to chase Genghis round the cantina, swiping at him with his sword and yelling such choice battle cries such as "have at ye you furry hatted rapscallion", "stand still and let me decapitate you" and "Last one in the shower is a poofter"

[dogscoff]

*Pursued by 'Tigga, Dogscoff races to the Cantina's doors and opens them to reveal his Mongol horde. Assorted sea creatures and Barry are wearing furry hats and riding other assorted sea-creatures, who in turn are paired off and dressed up pantomime-style to look like Mongol horses. The chase reverses, and 'Tigga can be seeen howling and fleeing a wet and scaly yet furry host.

[tesco samoa]

UMMMMM... Whats being going on...

[Growltigga]

Tigga, pursued by the venemous mongol horde, runs to the kitchen door of the cantina and throws them wide open, arrayed in all their martial glory and standing on the lino in between the fridge and the aga, are the serried ranks of Byzantine military might ready to back-up the Brave Defender of the Faith....

The Mongol Horde shudders to a complete stop as it see the mailed ranks of Trebizond Archers, Armoured Infantry, Mailed Kataphraktoi and Horse Archers and the Battle Standards held by two armour plated FBW's chanting "cometh and haveth a go if thoust thinkst one is hard enough"..

Barry takes off his mongol hat, puts on a byzantine warhelm, pretends that he was the advance guard and proceeds to sit on the giant squid.

The chase reverts to type with the mongol horde being pursued by a yelling happy Growltigga and the armoured legions of the East Roman Empire

HALLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Note: Growltigga hopes that no-one notices that the martial might of the Byzantine Empire actually comprise legions of killer mongoose dressed up in string vests sprayed with silver paint to look like mail, and that the horse on which the raccoon kataphratoi are mounted are actually bicycles with comedy horse costumes draped over them....

[ October 24, 2002, 17:35: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Gryphin]

"Mailed Kataphraktoi " as apposed to an "un mailed" Kataphraktoi

[Growltigga]

Gryphin, stop being pedantic, they could have been dressed in full field plate (as per the 13th and 14th century cataphracts) or full mail (as per the 11th and 12th century cataphracts)

[Gryphin]

Stop? hey, it is the only thing I'm good at.
(well, not including instigating things)

[Raging Deadstar]

*Raging Deadstar sighs as the 5th table he has sat down on has been trampled on by Growltiggas Byzantine military and dogscoffs mongol hordes. Getting rather worried about his personal safty, also growltiggas mood when he sees the costs of replacing the tables, he won't be pleased. Raging Deadstar pulls out his handy 12 gauge shotgun and fires it into the air, both hordes stop and Raging Deadstar leads them outside the cantina

The parking Lot is now cleared, mainly by barry's tail and at the far corner is a lump of scrap metal, previously most regulars ships, the two armies take their places and begin to charge, raging deadstar dives quickly into the cantina and watches as the battle unfolds*

[Ragnarok]

RN walks into the cantina after nearly losing his life in the parking lot by the battle taking place. He then sees that you're supposed to come up with a "Famous Historical Figures You Would Like to BE" theme. RN thinks long and hard on this one as if he wins he will get a free drink. So he pulls out his pocket-theme-o-matic(PTOM) (these things come in handy) He pushes a few buttons and suddenly he is transformed into a tiger figure.
Then a few regulars of the cantina come up to him and say, "Hey GT, how's it goin man?"
RN looks at the oddly and says, "I'm not GT, it's RN here, this is my entry for the historical figure contest that GT is having. Do stripes look ok on me?"
RN in his new GT outfit sits down along the back wall along with the other contestants waiting on the judging for the night.

[mac5732]

Mac comes into the cantina thru the patio door, so as to bypass the blood, butts, mayhem, and obscene profanity coming from the parking lot. He sees the notice of famous persons, hmmmm, he borrows RN's PTOM, and is instantly tranformed into Cassanova, the breaker of hearts, the suave genteelman who sweeps the fair female sex off their feet and into b.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif The dreamed of lover of all women everywhere, the swashbuckling debonair, handsome, gentleman, reknown for his illlustrious escapades with the fair sex,

aaahhhh where are those LH look a likes,... oh ya

Mac walks over to his favorite table, picks up his scientific research journal, tunes out the atrocious screaming, shouting, bloodthristy cries emulating from the parking lot.... orders a brew and lunch while eyeing up the FBW's inside the cantina.... hmmmm,

Several of the FBWs look his way, stare and then swoon in exctasy, Mac just smiles, winks, and thinks to himself, win or lose, tonight could be a veeerrrryyyy interesting time, hohohohoho

Cassanova Mac http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[ October 24, 2002, 20:49: Message edited by: mac5732 ]

[Erax]

Erax slips in while everyone is watching the battle outside. What is this ? A samba band ? Scantily clad waitresses ? A hot, smoky, yellow-lit atmosphere ? Sweaty-looking patrons with their shirts open wearing dark glasses and panama hats ? (OK, maybe the atmosphere is different and the patrons aren't like that, but I'm a newbie and I don't know any better).

There is only one kind of drink a guy can order at a place like this...

Erax goes over to the bar and says to Taz, "Give me a caipirinha".

[Gryphin]

Hm, hysterical figure,
Steps outside, Comes back as General Protection Fault,
The Cantina Stutters, Hangs, Crashes
:: The Gryphin Gryns ::

[TerranC]

Taz, umm, just what ARE you putting into the drinks?

[Gryphin]

Looks at TerranC,
Watches him kick Taz,
Watches as he automaticaly Reboots Taz

[Gryphin]

No Rags,
You see an old man with a mustache and a stetson dressed in grey riding cape. Then you see his lips move follow by a smooth motion of his arms. You never see the bolt of bright light that smash into your face.

[ October 24, 2002, 13:27: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[dogscoff]

*The sound of battle dies down, and eventually Dogscoff enters the Cantina, covered in blood and sweat, his clothes shredded and with an arm hanging off by only a few tendons. He brushes someone's brain-bits off his shoulder as he leans on the bar to order four pints. He downs one pint and starts sipping the second.

Shortly afterwards, 'Tigga enters the room in a similar state of post-battle disarray. He leans on the bar next to 'Scoff, downs the third pint and begins drinking the fourth.

"Good battle."
"Yeah, good. did you have any troops left at the end?"
"No, I'm pretty sure you killed them all. You?"
"None, your archers got the Last of my soldiers just before I clubbed them to death with that dead mongoose."

*pause*

"Call it a draw then?"
"Ok. Rematch next week?"
"Sure, why not. I'll book us a battlefield, say, 2 O clock Tuesday?"
"Can't make 2 O clock, I'm visiting the in-laws. How about half three..?"

'Tigga orders another 4 pints. Outside, the vultures squabble over two mighty armies...

[Growltigga]

Growltigga stretches, drinks his 8th pint, orders another 6 and slaps Dogscoff on the back, which has the slightly offputting effect of knocking Dogscoff's damaged arm off into the dishwasher...

I have got a cracking idea, tell you what, about reenacting that brilliant punch-up out of El Cid, I'll be Charlton Heston, you can be the Almohads

Gryphin can be that hairy moorish chieftain who helps out El Cid, Mac can be Sophia Loren, Ragnarok can be King Alfonso and Raging Deadstar can be Prince Sancho

[ October 25, 2002, 12:04: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Trajan]

Trajan wanders into the cantina with a cohort of his own Roman legioinaires following closely behind, in a mass of spears, shields, helmets and tangled feet.

Locating a clear spot near the dance floor, the legionaires begin setting up camp in preparation for the upcoming battle between Growltigga and Ragnarok.

Trajan takes a seat in the middle of his bivuac area, drinking a robust Brunello.

Cheers!
Trajan

edited for spelling

[ October 25, 2002, 15:22: Message edited by: Trajan ]

[Ragnarok]

Hey, now wait just a cotton pickin' minute here. What on green earth did I do this time to deserve this. If it's for using the PTOM to change into Tigga then dude, I thought you'd be honored that I did that since you said, "Famous Historical Figures" , so that should be a complement that I would think of you as being a Famous and Historical figure, right? If not then...well I'll take my beating like a man... After I run like H-E-double hockey sticks.

RN then takes to flight out into the parking lot where he uses his PTOM to change into a berry look-a-like and when the hords come out he points to the real berry as if saying there he is!

[dogscoff]

*Dogscoff looks at Trajan's assembled Roman Legion, camped out on the dancefloor. In a fit of surreal humour, Dogscoff zaps them with his patented Dance-O-Tron. The Jukebox begins blaring out "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees and laughs hysterically as a hundred or more Roman soldier are irresistibly compelled to do jerky John Travolta impersonations in a mess of clanking armour and weaponry.

Slapping his thigh with laughter, Dogscoff realises he's missing an arm. He goes to fish it out of the Dishwasher and find someone willing to sew it back on...

[ October 25, 2002, 16:40: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Hm, hysterical figure,
Steps outside, Comes back as General Protection Fault,
The Cantina Stutters, Hangs, Crashes
:: The Gryphin Gryns ::<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HEY!!! That was in MY signature!! It's copywrited you know, you'll have to obtain my aproval first!
Lawbreaker! GT, I'm in need of a good lawyer! Get over here (well as soon as the battle is settled)!
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Hmm... never thought I would say that. It is indeed a strange day at the cantina. Or is it all the tinkering on my gearbox to achieve timetravel?

[Ragnarok]

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure it's your gearbox.

[Growltigga]

The camera pans out into the carpark where the Valencian army led by the incomparable Growltigga astride Barrecephalus, his famous war-tyrannosaurus, looks around and cant see Drooltigga anywhere, but there is a large berry lurking in the car park..

"Men" says Growltigga, "that cowardly Drooltigga has been scared off, but let us not waste this opportunity to engage in some target practice, feather yonder berry for me"

Ragnarok screams as a flight of crossbow bolts thuds into his backside

[Ragnarok]

As RN was trying to bend over and pick up trash from the parking lot he gets hit in the rear side by a bunch of crossbow bolts. "HOLY S...! What the hello was that?!" He screams. RN turns around and sees GT and his men playing target practice on his behind. He pulls out the bolts and throws them at GT and then takes off running as fast as a T-rex can go. RN then realizes that he is being out-run. So he turns back into his normal form and continues to run, he is gaining ground on his pursuers but he cannot think of any ideas as to where to hide or anything.
He continues to scream bloody murder as he runs away...

[Timstone]

Timstone is busy, as always, tinkering with things he shouldn't touch and mess with. But heck that is the thing with those engineers, they wreck stuff in order to understand it and reproduce it, and of course because wrecking stuff is fun.

On the cantina floor besides his favorite patron RD, Timstone is busy with bolting strange devices onto his gearbox. A beeping noise that grows louder and faster, suddenly resounds throughout the cantina. Drops of sweat appear on Timstone's forehead. He must think quickly or else most certainly the whole cantina is going to be blown to smithereens. With a flick of his wirecutter he snaps a few of the wires leading from the mainreactor unit (hey, it needs power, doesn't it?!) to the secondary emergency array of fusionwarheads (Hey, it also needs some thingies to kick alien ***!). The alarming beep abruptly stops. "Phew, another catastrophy avoided.". The whole cantina returns to normal. Timstone can hear some patrons say something like: stupid inventor, idiotic numbskull. Timstone doesn't even listen to them, the ignorant fools! During the short crisis, Timstone thought of a dasterdly good plan, a develish clever paln to make his timetraveling gearbox work. "Hmm... yes." he says "Crazy enough, it might just work! Muahahah!!" He quickly grabs a bottle of absinthe, his Hellraiser DVD box and a dirty magazine, he welds, bolts and sticks them onto his beloved gearbox and turns the key on the dashboard of the vehicle. The engine gives a loud bang and after that the engine runs like a hummingbird. Nice and smooth. When he hears the sound of the engine and sees the original X-Com: Apocalypse style (the game kicks *** big time and the look of the city and vehicles are just gorgeous) exterior of his timetraveling gearbox, he realizes he's after something big (*a old gramaphone starts yelling a grande introduction*), something that will change the world of today, something of immense importance, something that can be uttilized for profit, great profit, hehe...
Timstone sits on his gearbox, with bottle of absinthe, Hellraiser DVD box and dirty magazine attached and pushes the biggest button on the dash. "I have no freaking idea what this button does, but it is big, red and it's flashing, so let's push it!". The obscure machine shoots out a beam of energy a la Independance Day, the beam hits a table flipped over by one of the marching armies in the cantina and makes a small hole in the air. Then a huge discharge of energy the table is smashed to tiny bits and pieces. With a huge crackle the air is being ripped apart with such force and energy that near half of the cantina-patrons are thrown away. With a occasionally crack of lightning and some flashes the hole in front of Timstone grows and grows and finaly reaches a diameter of 10 meters then the hole stabilises. After a second of two Timstone's ingenius machine launches a bolt of energy and the hole simply rips open and the fabric of spacetime gives way to the blackness of the dimension beyond. After the supprising second stage of the hole Timstone looks into the hole and sees nothing. When he is about to get of his apparatus, the hole starts spewing some sort of slime. With the first voley of the slime Timstone, his gearboxvehicle, RD, Mac, GT, Dogscoff, Taz, Gryphin, Rags, FBW's and a host of other visitors are covered in the goo. After a second barrage from the hole, the whole of the cantina is filled with the strange and smelly slime. Everybody is frozen to the spot and is beaten by amazement. Timstone quickly pulles some levers, pushes some puttons and turns some knobs. Then the hole starts sucking everything covered in slime into the hole. The awesome sucking force of the hole (just like a good woman http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) is so great that nobody is able to escape it. No longer fed by energy from Timstone's timetraveller, the hole collapses and stops to be. The Last thing everybody hears is the kaazoooom of the hole closing.

[ October 25, 2002, 18:49: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Trajan]

...Having suffered most mightly during Dogscoff's "induced Travolta dancing" Trajan and his not-quite-dead-yet Legionaires begin tearing off the white polyester pant suits and white leather loafers.

Looking around for a means to get the ringing BeeGee's sng out of their ears, Trajan and gang are suddenly covered in slime and stuck where they stand on the dance floor.

When the "Great sucking" sound begins the legionaires begin falling towards the gaping maw and into the darkness beyond. Trajan, always the politically minded not-so-very-dead roman emperor, notices that the great sucking sound appears to orginiate from a hole which has the apparent shape of Ross Perot's weasely face.

Like all things politcally associated with Ross Perot, the whole scheme (pun intended) collapses upon itself with a loud kaazoooom signalling yet another failure of Ross Perot's political career.

The goo covered patrons of the Cantina begin to scrape the muck and slime from all their crackls and crevices.

Edited to account for Trajan's curious inability to spell.

[ October 25, 2002, 19:07: Message edited by: Trajan ]

[Gryphin]

:: Using the Holographic Projector built into his Travel Computer: Generates an object from earths Egyptian Hieroglyphs. A translation reads:
Who is General Protection Fault and what is he doing on my clay tablet"?

[mac5732]

STOP>>>>> Yells Mac, everything in the cantina freezes... We missed Trajan's birthday, it was this past Wednseday.... we must all tip a salute to his aging process before we continue on with our normal, everyday mayhem, violence, and strange happenings.

To Trajan -Happy belated birthday to you, happy belated birthday to you... sings mac as he wipes off some of the slime covering him and upends a brewski....

FBWs seeing poor Cassanova Mac covered in goo, rush over and proceed to administer to every part of his anatamy covered by slime.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Green covered Cassanova Mac

[Trajan]

Thanks Friends http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Wanders in after washing off timstones goo, hands raganrok a lawsuit with Grolwtigga rubbing his hands in glee.

"I am Raging Deadstar and shortly known as RD, Since i was called it first you must accept the short name rags or anything else, as RN is copyright infringement on my short name!!"

*Pulls out a patent just to prove this*

GT smiles as he gets geared up (by timstones gearbox?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) for a good lawsuit

*RD Pulls out his trusty 12 gauge shotgun and takes aim*
"This is the Prosecution!! Plead not guilty and die!!!"

"Oh and Growltigga gets 20% of all compenstaion i get off Ragnarok! 10% goes to Trajan as it was his birthday"

*Smiles as he orders the FBW's to show Trajan a good time, little does he know about the industrial sized toolboxes the FBW's sneak up with them*

Screams can be heard throughout the Cantina.

Lastly Raging Deadstar walks over to Timstone and Gives him a pile of Temporal technology for calling him his favourite cantina member http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
"This should help your experiments Timstone!" RD smiles then notices a large "do not touch" button on Timstones gearbox, i wonder what thats does
*presses button*

[ October 25, 2002, 19:48: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Ragnarok]

As RN stands tied to the poll with blindfold over his eyes, he pleads not guilty. He then pulls his hands out of the rope, pulls down the blindfold and puts his hands back into the rope. "I hearby demand that you let me go..." he thinks for a minute on what just happened and he pulls out his hands again. He walks behind RD and yells, "FIRE!" at the RD's numbskull firing squad start running around frantically trying to call the fire department.
"You should really teach your firing squad to actually fire when told 'fire' and not to think that there is an actual fire."

He proceeds to argue. "Now, I'll tell you what... I did not come up with RN and thus you cannot file a law suit on me. IIRC it is Tigga that came up with this abbreviation(why is that word so long?) for me. I don't know what post but sometime ago back when I was referring to myself as 'Rags' - I believe it was in the Last chase I was part of - GT called me RN and I accepted that as a new abbreviation to my name. So if you have any problem with RN then you must take it up with GT as he is the one that gave that nickname to me. I rest my case."
Rags then sits down behind the desk that somehow showed up with his papers and so forth in front of him. He looks upon himself and he is all dressed up in a suit and looking like a lawyer. He shrugs his shoulders and waits for a counter argument from RD.

[Raging Deadstar]

Dammmit he's smart!!!!

But your argument is flawed

1. I am not using my firing squad, i wouldn't trust them with anything more lethal than a baguette, i was the one holding the 12 gauge shotgun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

2. I'm suing you for copyright infringements, since you have openly admitted your use of the abbreiviation RN in your post (don't bother editing it either http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ) It doesn't matter who gave you the shorter name, as you have used it to describe yourself. Thusly it makes logical sense that you are infringing the copyright of the short name that has been patented by cartoon phsyics

Squirm outta that, i should be a laywer, any openings GT?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I will happily let you refer to yourself as rags as lesser intelligent/short sighted people (both like myself) will have trouble comprehending the difference between us, and then we will be sued for being anti-disabled people http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[ October 25, 2002, 22:32: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
I will happily let you refer to yourself as rags as lesser intelligent/short sighted people (both like myself) will have trouble comprehending the difference between us<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Are you indicating that the patrons here at the Cantina are "lesser intelligent/short sighted people"? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif Now if you ask me that is rather rude. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif I don't think any of the patron here enjoy being call short sighted or less intelligent. You might as well call them stupid while you're at it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

To be a good sport I will detain from calling myself RN, not to the fact that it's copywrite infringement(which it isn't since your name is RD and not RN), but to the fact that it could be confusing for the patrons while reading a post with our names on them. RD and RN do look alike, but not to be confused.(As RN is obviously the better of the two http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif )

I hereby declair that from now on I will call myself Rags untill a better abbreviation comes about. Unless of course the great GT would be ever so kind as to allow me to be called RN.

Regards

[Erax]

So now we know what lies beyond the edge of the universe... green, gooey, smelly slime ! Erax pulls out a jar of scented extra strength oxygenated hexafluoride-based slime remover and pours it over himself. He waits for the remover to take effect, but the slime becomes even gooeier and smellier. Realizing he has just poured his drink over himself (and hoping no one saw this), he finds the real remover and uses it. The slime (and the smell) are gone in seconds. He walks over to Taz, uses the rest of the remover on him, and asks for another drink.

[Growltigga]

Whilst enjoying his beer and slightly hazed from the violence and the bloodfest of the Byzantine military might holding off the mongol horde, Growltigga spies his evil twin brother standing in the shadows

Growltigga leans over to Dogscoff and whispers "change of plan old mate, marshal your hordes of bedouin camel warriors, arabic heavu infanty and nubian spearmen, I spy my evil twin Drooltigga in the corner and he needs a damn good thrashing and no mistake". Growltigga pulls out his theme-o-matic and proceeds to change into the persona of El Cid.

He sneaks to the kitchen where a new Valencian army is assembled. The fridge light shimmers off the tips of the heavy infantry, off the points of
the lances of the serried ranks of Knights of Santiago and Jinetes, off the mercenary crossbowman who have come along for the party and also off the helmets of the ballista crews.

"Right amigos" says Growltigga mounting his beautifully caparisoned war-tyrannosaurus, "the plan is to hit that evil twin with everything we have, no quarter is to be given, give him cold steel and remember that these evil tigers dont like it up them, and by the way, the Almohad army that will assaulting on the left flank are our allies so no taking sneaky pot shots at them"

With a flurry of trumpets and wardrums, the battle host charges out to give Ragnarok, sorry, Drooltigga, a damn good thrashing

[Raging Deadstar]

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
Are you indicating that the patrons here at the Cantina are "lesser intelligent/short sighted people"? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif Now if you ask me that is rather rude. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif I don't think any of the patron here enjoy being call short sighted or less intelligent. You might as well call them stupid while you're at it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

To be a good sport I will detain from calling myself RN, not to the fact that it's copywrite infringement(which it isn't since your name is RD and not RN), but to the fact that it could be confusing for the patrons while reading a post with our names on them. RD and RN do look alike, but not to be confused.(As RN is obviously the better of the two http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif )

I hereby declair that from now on I will call myself Rags untill a better abbreviation comes about. Unless of course the great GT would be ever so kind as to allow me to be called RN.

Regards<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually i was referring to myself http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Until i get my glasses fixed i'm pretty much as blind as a stripey mole from pluto

Ah thanx for the good argument, as required by the Deadstar Continuum i must rate you a full 5 stars for being such a good sport

Also, Grolwtigga hasn't punished anyone for the tabs yet, maybe that chase with dogscoff depleted his armies or something

[Taz-in-Space]

He walks over to Taz, uses the rest of the remover on him, and asks for another drink.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks, Erax! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Here's an extra potent brew - It will put hair on your chest. (Just ask that angry FBW with the depilitator over in the corner!) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Man am I beat...all those army's seem to march on their belly's alright - belly's full of beer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Let's see when my next vacation day is scheduled... Hmmmm, seems I have a choice of one day - November 31. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif
Strange Calendar...Feb 30 & 31, April 31,June 31,
Sept 31, and Nov 31 are all marked as days off! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

*Wanders in and sits at the bar, taz is talking to some new guy and seems to be giving him free drinks.*

Hmm all this obsession on that malfador dictionary thing, maybe we should make a cantina one. Dogscoff did suggest FBW's http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Growltigga aka GT/Furry Feline: Approach with caution, when in natural habitat of the cantina or local law rooms it can be very cunning, keep wallet in sight at all times.

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
:: Using the Holographic Projector built into his Travel Computer: Generates an object from earths Egyptian Hieroglyphs. A translation reads:
Who is General Protection Fault and what is he doing on my clay tablet"?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hahaha... I like that! Good job Gryphin.

RD: Hey, how could I forget the first person who rated me? You may be younger than me, but you're still one of the most funny people of this cantina and of course you're a regular customer. Thumbs up for you mister! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
Oh yeah, thanks for the pile of temporal research.

Erax got it right. We're all trapped beyond the furthest reaches of civilisation and the only man who can save the entire load of cantina visitors is a dude with a gearbox suplemented with a dirty magazine, a bottle of absinthe and the Hellraiser DVD box.
Timstone crushes his brain on how to get himself and the rest back to the cantina. Timstone first asks Erax how he got so clean. Erax shows him the small vile with fluid. He uses some and is clean in no time. "Damn, how do we get back again?!" Timstone mumbles to himself. He hears many of the goo covered patrons cursing and swearing.
Time is getting a luxury comodity for our hero with the timetraveling gearbox.

Tomorrow we continue the short story. Due to a writers block of the author.

To be continued...

[Raging Deadstar]

Raging Deadstar walks in to find timstone sitting there with Genghis Kahn, Tutkanhamun and Captain Jean-Luc Picard http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif . That time travelling gearbox certainly has some strange glitches. Genghis is currently talking like a disgruntled barbarian shouting caveman logic at the captain who is looking for his crew.
"Me want food, Me Bop you on head!"
"Wheres Mr Spok at times like this?"

Timstone shrugs his shoulders and hands each of them some absinthe and waits for the havoc to unfold.

[Timstone]

A perfectly normal sundaymorning in the cantina. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Asks ol' taz for a drink and wanders off to watch Jean luc Picard and genghis kahn settling their differences in the most time tested method of them all...pillow fight!!!
Yep that absinthe really effected them

Wanders over to timstone, our very own time travelling hero, who is now trying to get a line of people back to their time. The line includes the beatles who are brawling in a back corner against bill gates engineering department after a little dispute, a viking is having a conversation with rolo and they seem to be singing old norweigen songs together and taz seems to be arguing with Marvin the Martian over who's the better loony toon...

Considering all this timstones right, nothing much different here

[Taz-in-Space]

Captain Jean-Luc Picard <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And..
"Wheres Mr Spok at times like this?" <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">RD, You mean Mr. Riker?! Let's get those Star Trek facts right...Ask Atrocities - Don't mess with canon (cannon?) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

As to where the Cantina is... well, it's kinda hard to pinpoint it... Ahhh how about: an Extra-Dimensional Space in a Parallal Dimension on the Edge of Cartoonland? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Just a guess from an overworked, slightly tippsy, Tasmanian Devil...

P.S. I'm much more loony than that Marvin fellow... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[ October 27, 2002, 16:24: Message edited by: Taz-in-Space ]

[Timstone]

Take a rest Taz good man. After it you'll be feeling muuuch better.

My writers block is coming to an end now. I think it will be completely dissolved coming monday. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Sorry taz, not really a star trek fan i'm afraid so my puny mind does not know much about star trek cannon, i thought that was some kind of super weapon for a star trek mod at first http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Good to hear your much more loony than marvin, your working here, but that dog he has is sooooo cool

Maybe Growltigga can use some of taz's friends as cleaning staff, or is one of dogscoffs squids doing that?

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
Jean luc Picard and genghis kahn settling their differences in the most time tested method of them all...pillow fight!!!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">With oil and feather pillows right?

[Growltigga]

RD, you must always remember that Growltiggas are dangerous in any terrain or circumstance, and lawyers are just plain expensive.... but then what you are really paying for is MY TIME.. and time is money

Rags, sorry about the crossbow bolts, those genoese mercenarys really are a little trigger happy, actually, some of my lads have a new toy, could you hold this target like sign and go and stand in the carpark, many thanks..

Rags stands in the carpark looking nervously for Barry and fails to spot the dead cow, fired upon a ballistic trajectory from the trebuchet installed by the back door of the cantina, hurtling toward him until it is too late...

SPLAT

Growltigga pulls out his boys book of history and decides that he needs to have a word with Dogscoff about a potential reinactment of the Battle of Manzikert, but this time with the added twist of flamethrowers, sub-machineguns and comedy clown shoes to really make it a giggle

[Raging Deadstar]

Layers are cunning? Estate Agents are the worst!!!

RD Smiles as the newly arranged boxing ring sits in the games room. Complete with announcer and corner staff.

"In the red corner, leader of the deadstar continuum, Raging Deadstar!" *Applause*

"And in the Blue corner we have timstone" *silence*

Our two brave fighters grab their pillows and stumble across the oil covered ring. Raging Deadstar goes for a left, and then a right and uppercuts timstone with his fluffy weapon. Timstone stumbles back into the ropes, Raging Deadstars ready to deliver the knockout blow when Timstone swings his pillow....

Theres an alimighty clang and RD drops to the canvas, unconcious and out. Timstones arm is raised in victory, in the other hand he lifts his gearbox out of his pillow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Trajan]

Trajan sits idley by with the remains of his legionaires. Noticing the oily pillow fight between Raging and Timstone, Trajan immediately sends a runner with message to Mr. Tigga.

----The note reads----
"Dear Sir,

Two men pillow fighting in an oil covered boxing ring is a bit "out of the ordinary". Might it be possible to get FBW's inside the ring instead of two men? I know that legionaires were infamous for their "diVersions" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif but I think we'd all prefer to see FBW's http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif rather than Deadstar and Timstone.

Anyhow...Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Trajan"

[Timstone]

Yeah, it seems that I've won my first boxing game ever! Jeehaa!
Thanks for the victory RD, you're quite the sport.

Now, I really have to get some inspiration for a closing part of my story. Afterall we're still trapped in another dimension in an other time.

RD: Any luck with the file you requested?

[ October 28, 2002, 20:29: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Raging Deadstar]

*Raging Deadstars eyes light up and he motions to timstone to clean and then fill the ring with beer. Timstone puzzled carries out this request. RD Runs out of the room and pulls out a mini blackhole that he throws against the wall and jumps through, soon returning with a couple of the finest women from the deadstar continuum.*

GT doesn't own them yet so let the fun begin!

*The women so begin attacking each other with pillows, Mac's heart keeps stalling and trajan gets so excited he jumps in between the fighting Women who i might add are in lingerie just for the patrons of this good cantina, Trajan gets dragged to the corner and is given a good stern talking about harassing the soon to be FBW's, which includes a large sledgehammer, and anvil and Trajans lower anatomy!*

The pillow fighting women are now under GT's ownership, after all, i did waste his time with the lawsuit against rags, heres my apology and i give him permission to get involved http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Timstone]

Yeah, more pillow fights! More beuatifull women from the Deadstar Continuum!

[Trajan]

Trajan -- ever mindful of Mrs. Trajan's "Rules" immediately produces the following:

APPLICATION FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS

Name of Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:

I request permission for a leave of absence from the highest authority in my life for the following period:
Date:
Time of departure:
Time of return NOT to exceed:

Should permission be granted, I do solemnly swear to only visit the locations stated below, at the stated times. I agree to refrain from hitting on or flirting with other women. I shall not even speak to another female, except as expressly permitted in writing below. I will not turn off my mobile after two pints, nor shall I consume above the allowed volume of alcohol without first phoning for a taxi AND calling you for a verbal waiver of said alcohol allowance. I understand that even if permission is granted to go out, my girlfriend/fiancé/wife retains the right to be pissed off with me the following week for no valid reason whatsoever.

Amount of alcohol allowed (units)
Beer:
Wine:
Liquor:
Total:

Locations to be visited
Location: From: To:
Location: From: To:
Location: From: To:

Females with whom conversation
is permitted:________________________________________ __________________________________________________

IMPORTANT – STRIPPER CLAUSE: Notwithstanding the female contact permitted above, I promise to refrain from coming within one hundred (100) feet of a stripper or exotic dancer. Violation of this Stripper Clause shall be grounds for immediate termination of the relationship.

I acknowledge my position in life. I know who wears the troUsers in our relationship, and I agree it’s not me. I promise to abide by your rules & regulations. I understand that this is going to cost me a fortune in chocolates & flowers. You reserve the right to obtain and use my credit cards whenever you wish to do so. I hereby promise to take you to a Michael Bolton concert, should I not return home by the approved time. On my way home, I will not pick a fight with any stranger, nor shall I conduct in depth discussions with the said entity. Upon my return home, I promise not to urinate anywhere other than in the toilet. In addition, I will refrain from waking you up, breathing my vile breath in your face, and attempting to breed like a (drunken) rabbit.

I declare that to the best of my knowledge (of which I have none compared to my BETTER half), the above information is correct.
Signed - Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:__________________


Request is: APPROVED______________ DENIED______________

This decision is not negotiable. If approved, cut permission slip below and carry at all times.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission for my boyfriend/fiancé/husband to be away for the following period of time:
Date:___________
Time of departure:__________
Time of return:__________

Signed – Girlfriend/Fiancé/Wife:_________________________________

Realizing that he has NOT had his permission slip fillied out in advance, Trajan hobbles (due to having been recently slammed in the "jewels" by a sledgehammer) to the bar for a pain soothing Scotch.

[Ruatha]

Showed below text for my wife, she doesn't get it.
I can't stop laughing, it's so true!

(I understand that even if permission is granted to go out, my girlfriend/fiancé/wife retains the right to be pissed off with me the following week for no valid reason whatsoever.)

[ October 28, 2002, 21:45: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Growltigga]

You amateurs need to learn the gentle art of wifely negotiation

[Gryphin]

Dissaperring acts, One of my favorite chapters.
I didn't know that Hardware stores had TVs that showed sport games.

[Timstone]

HAhahaha... LOL!!!
Trajan, this a great form. I'll keep it on my HD for the time I'll going to need it. I hope that time is soon. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Trajan]

Yeah, I was using the disappearing act maneuver once in a while. The "I need to go to Home Depot to get a thing-a-majig, dear." always used to work.

However, my wife has become very interested in all home projects, from my wine cellar, to the creation of the vinyard and building of the arbor, to the cutting of new gardens, to the installation of a new garbage disposal. I cannot get her to let me have a project of my own. I guess that is at once the best and worst part of being married.

Although, as girlyfriends/fiance's/wives go this one is the perfect. She gave me the Roomba (a robotic vaccum cleaner) and a big round chopping block/cutting board (identical to the one you see on the Iron Chef TV show) for my recent B-Day.

All-in-all I think I can handle the permission slip, if she keeps on letting me build out my wine collection. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

It is all about trade-offs.

[Growltigga]

Trajan, I know what you mean. My wife took an interest in sailing when I used to go out on a lake near us in a laser or topper and gently wend my away across said lake for an hour or two of gentle contemplation. She got interested so I then had to take up blue-water catamaran sailing which she didnt like as I would deliberately capsize once or twice a session and she said it played murder with her hair......

I used to be the gardener in the household and now she is professing major interest!

IS NOTHING SACROSANCT IN THIS LIFE ANYMORE, NEXT THING I KNOW SHE WILL BE WANTING TO PLAY MEDIAVAL TOTAL WAR OR SEIV?!

[Timstone]

So marriage IS the end. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Hehe... you married men are doomed, doomed I say!!

[ October 29, 2002, 15:33: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Trajan:
I hereby promise to take you to a Michael Bolton concert, should I not return home by the approved time.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Another tactic is to take the wife/fiancee/girlfriend to a Barry Manilow concert ahead of time, thus building up goodwill (aka "brown-nose points") http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

BTW - all you single, 30-50 year old males here, one of the best ways to meet lots of women your age is to attend said Barry Manilow concert. High female:male ratio, and they'll all be impressed that you showed up. Of course, you'd have to listen to Barry sing... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif (so what's Barry the T-Rex's Last name again? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif )

[Gryphin]

If you want to meet more women, find a girlfriend who likes women as much as you do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Wardad]

Do you really think women would be interested in a sensitive guy who shows up alone at a Barely Manenough concert?

[Wardad]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
If you want to meet more women, find a girlfriend who likes women as much as you do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yea, but her girlfriends were always sexier than mine. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

RD wanders in holding the wifely permission slip and slips his in to growltiggas hands. Me and my gf have been dating a month so we're pretty much safe for now, GT its gonna be harder to escape cos You'll have to escape with gt junior in the future...

Imagine it, A WIFE playing SEIV, forcing you off the computer to submit her PBW turn, you spend countless hours pacing and stalking the sitting room as she hogs the pc, the horror, the horror!!!

Then whenever GT gets his time on space empires he'll have to teach GT Junior to never trust an omnipotent stock AI Race and always get on good relations with empires bigger than your own.

Ahhh the joys of being young, order me and timstone a brewski taz, we're safe for years muhahahahahaha

[ October 29, 2002, 18:33: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Gryphin]

Wardad, You have to find one that shares.

[Erax]

OK, I guess I'm the lucky one here. My wife is a workaholic, so I have my afternoons pretty much to myself (before Erax Junior comes along, anyway). And she's a gamer, so I can usually get the 'slip' for a night of boardgaming with the guys (sometimes she goes too, sometimes she doesn't).

And she doesn't like Barry Manilow... the Last show I took her to was the Leningrad Cowboys. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

There is a downside... she does spend quite a bit of 'our' money...

[ October 29, 2002, 21:16: Message edited by: Erax ]

[Gryphin]

Exrax, you are indeed lucky. I considermyself as lucky. (see below)

[Baron Grazic]

Imagine it, A WIFE playing SEIV, forcing you off the computer to submit her PBW turn, you spend countless hours pacing and stalking the sitting room as she hogs the pc, the horror, the horror!!! <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well from your quote Raging Deadstar I think you have been spying on me and my wife. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I'll have to double check that their are no cameras in the Bedroom. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

We have stopped playing hotseat together because I just couldn't handly the waits. PBW is a bit better, but only because I do my turn at Work and she does hers at home when I'm at Work and the kiddies are napping. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Gryphin]

"wifely negotiation"?
I don't negotiat.
I'm the man in our relationship and what I say goes...... right down the toilett.

[ October 29, 2002, 12:10: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Growltigga]

Exactly, the wifely art of negotiation is managing to persuade her that you can go out and get bladdered with your mates as a preferable alternative to staying in with her...

I use something on the lines of "Darling, Mike and gang have invited me out for a couple of cheeky beers at the pub, I said no however as I would much rather stay in with you and your two friends and watch their breasts. Why dont I get that really nasty werewolf movie out on video so we can watch that, you know, the one where intestines gets splattered all over the screen, oh, you want me to go out? OK then, if you insist, we might end up at that new bar called Spearmint Rhino or something, OK with you? goodo, see you later"

[Gryphin]

GrowlTigga, I know that. I call it
"The Secrete Art of Letting the Other Person Have it Your Way"
It is the book I wrote "Passive Agressive 101"
That is a sequel to, "Tactics of Mistake the Gryphin Way"

[Growltigga]

maybe, I also find that "hiding" and "disappearing" are two key abilities a married chap must master.. the 'I am off to fix that leak on the garage roof and may have to pop down to the DIY shop" is a must especially when England are playing at lunchtime

[Val]

Either of the wives have a cute sister in the NE US region http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Best I've managed is some GFs that enjoy Play Station and Role Playing.

Y'all are lucky indeed!

[Fyron]

I made a post in here a few hours ago, but it disappeared. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Puke]

Puke wanders into the cantina, slapping down a few hard-earned minerals and ordering a pint for himself.

Its always good to come in here for distraction. I would be here more, but the new lady is taking all my time. So whats the conversation on today? Its.. oh.. oh, no.

One for the road, then.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Puke:
ordering a pint for himself.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They have it in pints? *walks off to get one*
(One of my favorite lines from FOTR.

[Timstone]

Rags: It's LOTR, not FOTR. Buyt that's okay. LOTT is also right (Lord Of The Things), hehe...

RD: Thanks for the pint buddy! As you stated, we're safe for the coming years. Hehehe... we're two lucky devils.

Baron Grazic: Man, you're downright lucky! You bastard! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Gryphin]

Baron Grazic
The solution is to buy another computer.

My sweetheart plays but not often enough. At the moment she is still dealling with the outrage of the Romulans attacking her home world.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Timstone:
Rags: It's LOTR, not FOTR. Buyt that's okay. LOTT is also right (Lord Of The Things), hehe...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually Timstone, I was correct. It's FOTR, Fellowship Of The Rings.
LOTR is the first part, so it's actually LOTR: FOTR.

So if you want to get technical, we are both correct, but I meant what I said. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ October 30, 2002, 17:25: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Timstone]

Okay, we call it a draw.

Brewski? It's on my tab.

*Timstone only pays for Rags this time, no other patron is allowed to get anything on Timstone's tab*

P.S. there is an exeption. RD is allowed to take a brewski or whatever he like on my tab. As long as I can get drinks on his tab. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Timstone:
Rags: It's LOTR, not FOTR. Buyt that's okay. LOTT is also right (Lord Of The Things), hehe...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually Timstone, I was correct. It's FOTR, Fellowship Of The Rings.
LOTR is the first part, so it's actually LOTR: FOTR.

So if you want to get technical, we are both correct, but I meant what I said. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You guys better be careful. Your nerd is showing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragnarok:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Timstone:
Rags: It's LOTR, not FOTR. Buyt that's okay. LOTT is also right (Lord Of The Things), hehe...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually Timstone, I was correct. It's FOTR, Fellowship Of The Rings.
LOTR is the first part, so it's actually LOTR: FOTR.

So if you want to get technical, we are both correct, but I meant what I said. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You guys better be careful. Your nerd is showing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, what about it?!? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Erax]

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
[QUOTE]Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't mean to nitpick (yeah, sure http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ), but shouldn't the ranks in the forum be Navy ranks instead of Army ? It is a space-navy game, after all.

[Gryphin]

Are they going to include those acronyms in the list?

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Erax:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragnarok:
[QUOTE]Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't mean to nitpick (yeah, sure http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ), but shouldn't the ranks in the forum be Navy ranks instead of Army ? It is a space-navy game, after all.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't ask me. I have no idea what they should be. I'm just going along with them...

[Val]

and here I thought LoTR was Legends of the Rangers...

[Wardad]

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Erax:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragnarok:
[QUOTE]Edit: This was my 600 post, First Lieutenant baby!!! Oh yeah! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't mean to nitpick (yeah, sure http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ), but shouldn't the ranks in the forum be Navy ranks instead of Army ? It is a space-navy game, after all.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't ask me. I have no idea what they should be. I'm just going along with them...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, you could become a Rear Admiral Lower Half.

[Timstone]

Then I would change my name to Rear Admiral Floyd.

For those who don't know it, that's from Cow & Chicken.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Timstone:

For those who don't know it, that's from Cow & Chicken.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cow & Chicken are hilarious! I loved it when Cow tried to put out the building on fire with rapid utter squirts, that was great..

[Taz-in-Space]

...Taz, who is now back behind the bar after a close escape from another thread, is heard to mutter: "cow and chicken" and "crudely drawn upstarts" in the same sentence. He goes on to mutter: "Might as well watch that Ren & Stimpy crap!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Hey, look across the street! Is that the Cantina?
Wait a sec... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
If that's the Cantina http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif ... But I'm in the Cantina!
Hmmmm, time to put away the breakables before the boss hears about this. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[dogscoff]

I don't mean to nitpick (yeah, sure ), but shouldn't the ranks in the forum be Navy ranks instead of Army ? It is a space-navy game, after all.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, but the shrapnel forums aren't just for SEIV - your rank would apply on any of the other Shrapnel wargames forums, many of which are more traditional historical wargames.

[ October 31, 2002, 08:51: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[Growltigga]

Growltigga strides into the real cantina.

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears. I have come to ask for your support in the greatest battle of them all. A crime has occurred, a crime so heinous that it makes all of Dogscoff's predilections look positively tame. The future of your beloved cantina is at stake. A foe so foul is trying to cast confusion on you all, is trying to steal our way of life and relaxation, and is trying to usurp the FBWs.

We must take up arms to defend our right to enjoy this cantina. I ask each and every one of you to join me in this crusade, to defend the free world against plagiarism, to hold back the forces of chaos and dishonesty which threaten our very existence.

Why should you fight? I hear you ask. But think friends and comrades. Think of your lives and think of the future. This is the crux, the moment, the fulcrum. This is the time where you have the ability to change the future, to influence the way things will come to pass. Think of yourselves in the future, would you be proud knowing that at this critical moment, you chose to keep out of the fight and not defend that which we love, I ask you, can you hold yourself up to be men knowing that when the call came, you chose to submit to slavery by evil forces rather than defend your freedom?

The call to arms has come, my legions are marshalled in the car park, Barry is thirsting for blood, the enemy is across the road, will you join me this fight or cower craven behind the cantina bar? PS every warrior will get a free 10,000 mineral tab....

Growltigga pulls out his claymore, checks his blue and white warpaint and hoists up his kilt

FREEEEEDDDDDOOOOOMMMMMMMMM

[Fyron]

Actually GT, you are proving that there is no freedom. As soon as someone tries to make some competition, you set out to destroy him. If there truly were freedom here, he would be allowed to live in peace. But alas, GT is a power-mongering, tyrannical dictator. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

Got it in one Imperator Fyron and remind me to make a note that when the revolution comes, you will be the first candidate to try out the scorpion pit

Actually, and to quote the phrase, there can be only one cantina, other bars can open where they like BUT there is only one Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill and Phongs HEad Cantina. The other one is pure plagiarism.. if it wants to call itself the Brewski Bar or whatever, then no problem but IT IS NOT YE NEW GALACTIC BAR AND GRILL & PHONGS HEAD CANTINA

In the real world, that would be called infringement of IP rights, passing off and a whole host of other legal points that get me quite excited and reaching for my calculator. As I cannot do that in the SEIV forum world, I must resort to marshalling my military might and laying siege to the place

[ October 31, 2002, 09:30: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Fyron]

I like scorpions.

More evidence of the oppression of freedom in this here place. Someone voices their opinion, and they get threatened with death. Very nice. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Ah, but you see, that is the Clone, and this is the After Hours.

And I know full well about copyright infringement, but you don't have a copyright of the Cantina. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ October 31, 2002, 09:33: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Growltigga]

and therefore it is a direct copy and therefore an infringement of the inherent intellectual property rights Gryphin and I have in the cantina. We will have moral copyright. It is also technically passing off under various European Directives and I can think of another couple of international regulations that apply. As I cannot prosecute in SEIV land, I resort to type and order my legions to destroy it.

As you like scorpions, I will ensure that when the revolution comes, you are the first to be tortured on the Rectal Wire Brush Reaming Machine.

And please dont come out of the closet by saying that you like that happening to you either!!

[ October 31, 2002, 09:37: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Growltigga pulls out his claymore, checks his blue and white warpaint and hoists up his kilt

FREEEEEDDDDDOOOOOMMMMMMMMM<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They can take our lands, but they can never take our make-up!!

That's one of my favorite lines from Eek! The Cat.
Thunderlizards RULE!!

[Fyron]

Could have tried asking him, you know. Wait, that would never even occur to a tyrranical dictator such as yourself.

[Growltigga]

Asking who? shouldn't he have asked me? but as he didn't I revert to tyrannical evil (dont forget the evil) dictator type and attack.

Tommorrow night Pinky, we will take over the world

You should also realise that one of the pre-requisites for a career as a lawyer is being an evil dictatorial megalomaniac

[Fyron]

Yes, that is true. Lawyers are evil.

Basically, both sides are wrong here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

Both sides might be wrong but that doesnt mean I cannot marshall my legions and lay siege to the fake cantina.

Shouldn't you be in bed?

and let us explore this further, why are lawyers evil? when you buy your first house Fyron, why is the lawyer acting for you on that purchase evil? let us also extend this to other professionals who basically charge for their expertise and knowledge, are accountants evil? are surveyors evil? please put your argument forward

[ October 31, 2002, 10:36: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Fyron]

Two wrongs do not make a right.

Me? No. I am a vampire. I don't sleep at night.

[Growltigga]

"Two wrongs do not make a right" is a bit of a generalisation dont you think? I suspect you need to analyse each and every situation on a case by case basis.

Vampires do not exist. I suspect you are either a teenager or an insomniac or someone who hasn't done their homework when they should and are rushing it

[ZeroAdunn]

I have steared clear of this thread thus far because I have seen no need to say anything, but I cannot let this rampant and blatent missinformation continue to go unnoticed.

Lawyers are not EVIL because of their knowledge or expertise, lawyers are EVIL because they in league with the lawn gnomes, which as we all know, run starbucks and work in Microsoft's mailroom. Ultimately, as all people who took kindergarten advanced political science and its effects on legos know, the upper class of gnome society is primarily not lawn gnomes at all, but ducks in silly masks. And of course as anyone who has spent any time studying Pokemon and sixties B-movies knows, the ducks are attempting to control our minds through the use of tin foil and cheese, which is why you should never have these two products in your house, especially not while the hair dryer is running, because as we all know the hair dryers are beaming Marx's manufesto (groucho's, not karl's [that bastard stole my watch!]) into our toes when we sleep. And if you people would just take the time to read a little, maybe pick up a copy of How to make Grandma Murth's Five Alarm Chilli you would know that the toaster is just an innocent bystander in this whole affair and you would stop hitting the poor toaster with a golf club because that is just mean!

So in conclusion, buy new eye toner, it may make you blind, but damn will your eyes look good!

[Growltigga]

ZeroAdunn, please post to the cantina more often. That is exactly the sort of deranged rambling that we just love in this cantina.

I think most of the cantina patrons would be hard pressed to match your demented logic without the aid of several gallons of strong ale and the aid of illicit pharmaceuticals.

ZeroAdunn, I salute you

[Timstone]

Zero: As we in Holland would say: slijmbal!
You're licking GT's heels, what are you trying to do, get a eternaly free tab?!

But your rant was quite cool. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

Ooh, I am not sure I like the idea of ZeroAdunn licking my heels, after all, I know where they have been.

Slijmbal to you Timstone, please feel free to join the crusade or the "lawyers are the spawn of satan" debate at any time

[Timstone]

Wow! Hold it GT!! You're no spawn of Satan, you're just a plain and simple tyrannic dicator. Nothing special.
Sorry, what I meant was that to be a LAWYERS is evil. They are the spawn of something far worse than Satan (who's not such a bad guy as everybody thinks he is), lawyers are the brainchild of economics. I HATE ECONOMY!! Alas, it's necessary evil. You can't live with it, but you can't live without it.

[Growltigga]

Timstone, I may be missing something in the Dutch/English transalatiuon but why do you hate ECONOMY, do you mean you hate capitalism?

You have to remember that lawyers are one of the oldest professions. In Ancient Greece/Ancient Rome, they were employed as arbiters on behalf of the common people to counterbalance the authority of the state, and to aid the democratic process by ensuring that anybody had access to a appropriate advice.

That is what happens now, say you are caught doing something nefarious in Kleigat Pampercity, who is going to stop the police doing what the hell they want with you and breaking all sorts of laws. The answer is your inaliable right to appoint a lawyer, their purpose is to speak for you and to ensure that your constitutional rights are not abused.

It is all about balance.

The real reason why people dont like lawyers is becasue they have to use them when something bad is happening. People are already in a poor situation and having to pay for advice is just something else that adds to their woes (it is strange how many people DONT MIND paying their lawyers' fees when they get the result they want)..

I am a corporate lawyer so I get a bad name as people think I am responsible for all the woes on teh global stock markets etc. They actually seem to forget that I act for banks that are lending money to companies to acquire other companies. Generally, this means that the workforce keep their jobs and dont get laid off, that the company has the funds to prosper and grow and that more people get jobs. It is capitalism and certain elements of capitalism are despicable, but at the end of the day it is one of the few economic systems that ACTUALLY WORKS...

Feudalism didn't, communism didn't, you may not like it but capitalism generally does work

[dogscoff]

*Dogscoff is standing by the bar, when he sees a big lever labelled "narrator".

Never saw that before, I wonder what it does...

He pulls the lever. I deep, disembodied voice rolls across the room, and everyone stops to listen, wondering just where it's coming from.

"...and so began the Cantina Wars. The battle lines were drawn, and forces rallied to each side. Brother was pitted against brother, Bill Gates clone against Bill Gates clone, mongoose against mongoose and Taz against a cardboard cut-out of Taz in one of the most brutal, vicious, bloody and downright wierd campaigns ever fought..."

[Growltigga]

Dogscoff, sorry me old muckajee but the FBW's and mongoose are all on our side.

The battle lines are drawn, the dreaded silence before the clash has occurred, and I am disturbed to see that my call to arms has not resulted in any mass enrollment to the cause, but simply triggered Fyron to spark a daft argument when he should be doing his homework, ZeroAdunn to start gibbering insanely about bad hair and lawn gnomes and Gryphin to start contemplating if he can find a virgin the Massachussetts area (faint hope)..

I am disturbed at this lack of support for homocidal dictators

[Ragnarok]

Ooo, Ooo, pick me, pick me!! I'll fight!

[Growltigga]

Great, so far it is Growltigga in his Braveheart costume, 1 tyrannosaurus, 69 FBW's, 18,532 mongooses, 27,945 assorted other creatures, 12 siege engines and Ragnarok, holding a piece of wood with a six inch nail driven through it and wearig an old colander on his head and with a string vest sprayed silver on it by way of armour...

This is going to be a tough fight

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
You have to remember that lawyers are one of the oldest professions.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The oldest profession, and the second oldest have a lot in common. With both you pay through the nose, with both you end up getting screwed. But only with one do you get to enjoy it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
It is capitalism and certain elements of capitalism are despicable, but at the end of the day it is one of the few economic systems that ACTUALLY WORKS...

Feudalism didn't, communism didn't, you may not like it but capitalism generally does work<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, this is what I mean. Capitalism works. It's also going to work for me when I get a decent job. And I like that a lot. But I simply don't like that way lawyers and economics are always abused. A very small group of people are getting all the wealth and the prosperity and the rest buckles under the presure to deliver more wealth and prosperity.
I wholeheartedly agree with you about the few good sides of capitalism, but it also has it's flaws. I know no system ever is going to be perfect, there will always be flaws and imperfections and unfair rules etc, etc, etc...
I'm going to be an egineer. You should see how much everything is coupled to money/costs/economy. When I design something I must obey all kinds of ****ty rules to comply with all the various economic regulations and requirements. All this neverending BS is not worth it to alter your designs so many times you don't even know if it's going to work. And all that in the name of ECONOMY!
I'm not a reactionaire, but that's why I HATE lawyers and ECONOMY. It al represents our unending desire for more and cheaper products that don't Last very long and are very ugly.

I hope you understand this GT. I really didn't try to piss you of or making an angry mod to burn down your house and throw you and your family into the fire or even worse, put you all in a room full with crying infants, I just gave you people (??) my vision on the whole matter.

P.S. I'm with you in the siege of the fake cantina! Death to the clone cantina!!

[ October 31, 2002, 14:48: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Growltigga]

Timstone, have a slight reality check, lawyers are not wealthy, the real fat cats are the business and entrepeneurs (but you cannt generally moan at the latter, after all they take the risks).

The real professional fat cats are the accountants, generally, accountants earn far more than lawyers, far far more indeed

[geoschmo]

It appears the clone can't be a tina has wisely chosen to accept your demands and end the charade GT.

[Growltigga]

Hurrah, stand down the troops, recall the legions and put the fires out in the flame cannon....

Another victory for the forces of all that is right and evilly despotic and tyrannical in the world

This calls for a party, free booze for everyone all day...especially Ragnarok who was the only one willing to aid me in my battle to fight plagiarism whether it may be found

Hmmmm, maybe I should destroy that other thread just so they dont think I have gone soft

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
...Taz, who is now back behind the bar after a close escape from another thread, is heard to mutter: "cow and chicken" and "crudely drawn upstarts" in the same sentence. He goes on to mutter: "Might as well watch that Ren & Stimpy crap!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">THANK YOU TAZ!!!!!

Seriously, I thought I was the only person who hated those two "cartoons". Good to know I'm not the Last remaining example of good taste. Then again, I _do_ like South Park... hmmmm... now I have to decide why South Park is fine, but R&S and C&C aren't...

[dogscoff]

Well, that's that then.

*Dogscoff pushes the "narrator" lever back into its original position. The voice concludes:

"...and so ended the Cantina Wars, the least bloody, vicious and brutal war ever fought, despite all that stuff I said earlier. No-one actually got hurt, apart from Ragnarok, who got drunk in the after-party and passed fell into Barry's mouth..."

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Hurrah, stand down the troops, recall the legions and put the fires out in the flame cannon....

Another victory for the forces of all that is right and evilly despotic and tyrannical in the world

This calls for a party, free booze for everyone all day...especially Ragnarok who was the only one willing to aid me in my battle to fight plagiarism whether it may be found

Hmmmm, maybe I should destroy that other thread just so they dont think I have gone soft<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, sorry GT; just now caught up with the cantina, and it looks like I've been a typical American by showing up late for the big war... too bad it ended before we could join this time. I had a mob of Titans, a tribe of Ogres, some Mountain Trolls, and various former deities from minor cults and pre-JudeoChristian religions. I tried to get a couple longboats of Vikings, but they were waiting for Dogscoff to quit playing with his lever... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Growltigga]

Cheers DirectorTsaarx, have a drink on me. It is nice to know who your allies are.

Hang arod, I am pretty sure it wont be too long before there is another battle royale in the cantina. Keep your troops on ice and your sword sharp

Oh, and can you help prise open Barry the T-Rex's jaws so that we can extract Ragnarok

[Ragnarok]

*Starts mumbling things inside Barrys mouth, "Let me out of here!"*
Rags finally gets out and starts to dry himself off, it takes 4 huge towels but he is finally dry.

I hate R&S, that show is so stupid...
But C&C are hilarious, at least the ones I've seen. I've only seen it like 4 times but they've all been funny when I saw them.
South Park is the bomb, never have I seen a episode where I didn't laugh my arse off.

Hey congrats to GT and his army of animals and so forth for winning the shortest battle ever!
And thanks for the free brewskis, I'll take some for the road too! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ October 31, 2002, 16:33: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Gryphin]

I wonder if Rags has thought of starting a fire?

[Growltigga]

Rags, you are welcome, but I should point out that my feared Byzantine army actually comprises hardened veteran armoured human warriors (OK OK they are mongooses in armour, the ACME surplus army company was a bit short).

Growltigga lets his fur down for the party and watches the jacuzzi sized vat of champagne get wheeled in by the armoured bikini clad FBW's

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Growltigga lets his fur down for the party and watches the jacuzzi sized vat of champagne get wheeled in by the armoured bikini clad FBW's<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Excellent plan! I'll direct my Titans to set up the swimming-pool sized vat of mead out back...

CANNONBALL!!!!!! ((SPLASH)) ((glugglugglug))

And no bathing suits allowed in the mead pool. Skinny dipping only. Wear your costumes later http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

but shower first before you get into the mead pool, I dont want to swim into Mac's sweat

[Gryphin]

About swimming in the meed?
Guys, please use the loo, not the pool!

[Erax]

Like a true Third Worlder, by the time I understood what was going on, it was all over... (then again it may have been the free drink Taz gave me).

Anyway (please wait while I get myself one of GT's free beers), here's something I'd like to say :

Originally posted by Growltigga:
It is capitalism and certain elements of capitalism are despicable, but at the end of the day it is one of the few economic systems that ACTUALLY WORKS...

Feudalism didn't, communism didn't, you may not like it but capitalism generally does work<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh, feudalism works. It's a stable system and still doing well in various places around the world. The problem with it is that it just doesn't go anywhere. Capitalism, on the other hand, is going somewhere mighty fast (we just don't know where).

[Trajan]

You know what the rumors are about Romans and bath houses.

I think I will be staying away from them, lest Anotoninus (a la Sparticus) stop by for a song.

Cheers!

[Erax]

Romulans and bath houses ? Sounds interesting. No, wait, it's Romans... me not read so good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Erax:
Originally posted by Growltigga:
It is capitalism and certain elements of capitalism are despicable, but at the end of the day it is one of the few economic systems that ACTUALLY WORKS...

Feudalism didn't, communism didn't, you may not like it but capitalism generally does work<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh, feudalism works. It's a stable system and still doing well in various places around the world. The problem with it is that it just doesn't go anywhere. Capitalism, on the other hand, is going somewhere mighty fast (we just don't know where).[/QUOTE]

Hmmm....

I think democracy tempers capitalism when it gets too far out of line. People rise up, the government and the courts take notice and laws are passed designed to limit or prevent the abuse. Dictatorships and communism on the other hand, generally do not like capitalism because the capitalist has the potential be a powerful figure and therefore is a threat to their power. The comment on feudalism is, in IMHO, right on the money.

[Fyron]

Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I most heartily agree with you Fyron. It isn't right. But until the people realize they are being abused, it will continue.

But once the groundswell starts, the feudalist (my word, probably not in the dictionary http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ) had probably high-tail it out of the country.

[ZeroAdunn]

Yah, you can't not like the economy, that is just stupid. Because quite frankly, not liking something that doesn't exist is just stupid. I mean, we all know the economy was made up by chinese theologians in an attempt to get small children to go to bed early....

Geez, you would think you people were razed in some backwards part of the world, like that truck stop along route 50.....

But I digress...

I just wanted to apologize for my rant, I have been having a bad hair day today and I think it is really getting to me. I was wondering if anyone would happen to have any advice on how to deal with it:

http://missionotakon.chibianime.com/otakon2000/pictures/cosdbzffight.jpg

I am thinking a hat

[dogscoff]

Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Dogscoff sees an unmissable opportunity for some Pythonism. He bops Fyron on the head with his sword, and Fyron responds with:
"Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system."
"Shut up, bloody peasant..." *thwack* *thwack*
"Ooh! Did you hear that? Help, help, I'm being oppressed..."

[Growltigga]

I agree with Fyron and I also agree with Dogscoff (and cant resist a bit of Pythonism either).

Supreme executive power must derive from a mandate of the masses, and not from some farsical aquatic ceremony bestowing kingship on one individual.

The point about feudalism is correct, and one major point about feudalistic societies on a historical basis is that when the codex of laws extends to provide what we would describe as inalienable constitutional rights for the normal person, you generally find that this is the overriding force that leads to the gradual installation of a democratic society. I am pleased to say that historically, lawyers have always assisted this by being the profession that speaks up for the masses.

If you live in a feudalistic society, my advice is dont revolt, simply instruct a really good firm of lawyers

[Fyron]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Dogscoff sees an unmissable opportunity for some Pythonism. He bops Fyron on the head with his sword, and Fyron responds with:
"Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system."
"Shut up, bloody peasant..." *thwack* *thwack*
"Ooh! Did you hear that? Help, help, I'm being oppressed..."</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Isn't it "I'm being repressed", not "oppressed?"

[Erax]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There is no need for us to disagree (as a Vulcan would say). Feudalism works, but it isn't right. Communism, on the other hand, seems to break down all by itself sooner or later, so it doesn't even work.

- Serious mode is now off -

"Just because some watery tart chucked a broadsword at you, that doesn't make you king !"

[Fyron]

Feudalism doesn't work all that well when any sort of cultural progress begins to occur, actually.

[Growltigga]

Exactly my point Fyron, feudalism only works well where there is no change

[Fyron]

Erax didn't seem to get the point though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

Well, conceptualising about the economic and social viability of diverse systems of government is one thing and I believe that is what we were trying to discuss.

Erax was raising a point on the moral viability of the relative system of government, and to give him credit, that is the point Timstone was making which started this discussion off.

"Just because some moistsome bint lobbed a scimitar at you doesnt give you absolute dictatorial authority"

[ZeroAdunn]

Of course there are problems with all societies/forms of government/economies. The problem derives from the fact that at their hearts all of these systems are based on the person unit. People are inherently unreliable and disruptive to any attempt at doing anything. The solution: Replace people with robots. I mean, just look at the matrix. The whole world was happily one working society with everybody peacefull coexisting, but those damn humans had to go and screw it up!

[Growltigga]

ZeroAdunn, when do you start the medication programme?

PS I am also surprised at how well you can type with your hands strapped behind your back!

[Growltigga]

Help, I downloaded the latest turn from the Galactic Bash game Last night. But when I tried to run it, it says "data files dont match data files of game" or something like that.... I have 1.78 loaded with 1.78 compatible TDM modpack, what is happenin? can anyone advise?

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Oppressing most of the citizens in the nation may be stable, but it certainly isn't right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif And that is exactly what Feudalism is based upon: systematic oppression of the lower class by a very small upper class.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And that's different from American capitalism how? Because sometimes a member of the lower class can fight, claw, scheme and con his way into the upper class where he can join in the repression of the lower class?

The whole discussion of stability reminds me of my participation in a "Model United Nations Security Council" back in High School (over 15 years ago now; I feel old... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ). Anyway, this was back when the USSR was occupying Afghanistan, and one of the resolutions we were debating was whether the USSR should end it's occupation. The argument against the resolution centered around the fact that the occupying forces had stabilized the country of Afghanistan. The argument for the resolution was that the "stability" only existed by force of arms and was therefore unsustainable, not to mention that it was stifling free expression and obviously ran contrary to the wishes of the general population. I think the resolution was eventually voted down, mainly because the Security Council was set up to allow any one of the "big 5" (US, USSR, China, England, and one other) to single-handedly veto any particular resolution (IIRC; it may have required 2 vetos).

I have to say, this is one of the more intellectual discussions we've had in a while here. I think we need to drink more mead and get back to random carousing and cartoon violence... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Help, I downloaded the latest turn from the Galactic Bash game Last night. But when I tried to run it, it says "data files dont match data files of game" or something like that.... I have 1.78 loaded with 1.78 compatible TDM modpack, what is happenin? can anyone advise?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What I suggest is (if you haven't done this already) open the mod-picker, select TDM Modpack and open the game, then load the save game. That should do it if this isn't what you're doing already.
I have the same problem with one of my games on PBW, I use RTC and it downloads my turn and then I have to manually open SEIV due to not having matching data files. Somereason RTC won't automatically open Mod games for me here, don't know about anyone else but it doesn't for me.
Hope that helps you out GT, if not, then uhhh ask again...

[Growltigga]

Growltigga surfaces from the depths of the champagne filled jacuzzi he is currently sharing with 3 FBW's and for some reason, Barry the T-Rex.
Growltigga beckons to DirectorTsaarx and says "The 'one other' you forgot is France, vive la France, vive la champagne, vive la Laetitia Casta (link here http://www.pagerealm.com/ines/laetitia/casta1.html), ou la savon?"

Burp, Tigga slides back under the water

[tesco samoa]

were not using tdmod pack.

make sure you run the game without tdmodpack

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
were not using tdmod pack.

make sure you run the game without tdmodpack<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That could be his problem then... lol

[Raging Deadstar]

*Wanders in to the cantina after a few days away holed up with his girlfriend*

A Fake Cantina??? dam i would have supported this place to the Last drink
Feudalism and capitalism disputes with the new guy???

This place goes to heck when i'm not about *shakes head*

*Sits down, orders a drink and smiles as the fbw delivers, kindly refusing the offer to go "upstairs" with her after noticing the industrial size hedge trimmer!!

RD Begins working on his AI for the deadstar continuum, smiles as timstone sits down next to him and asks whats he been up to

Timstone laughs and shows him the results of his work on the famous "time travelling gearbox/dishwasher combo*

Barry the dinosaur is currently singing a concert with the beatles, Shakespere is on stage rapping, Ozzy Osbourne is biting the heads off one of GT's killer mongooses who is conducting the drum section of 5 cavemen All of whom timstone has brought from the past.

Growltigga can be seen trying to convince the entire kings army from 1233, Egyptian kings, Half evolved men who look like chewbacca from star wars and a female t-rex who seems to have caught barry's eye, that to get back to their time they must invest all their life savings in the cantina

RD smiles and picks up the gearbox after he gets a brain storm, motions for timstone to follow*

"Come Timstone, We must prepare for tomorrow night"
"Whats happening tomorrow night RD?"
"The same thing we do every night timstone, Try to take over the world!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ November 01, 2002, 18:43: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Erax]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Exactly my point Fyron, feudalism only works well where there is no change<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(Guys, please tell me if I'm boring you. I never meant to start a serious topic inside the Cantina).

Feudal societies are designed to prevent change, so if any change is taking place that means something has already gone wrong. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

And they were quite successful at preventing change, for 1000+ years in Europe.

[Fyron]

Feudalism and capitalism disputes with the new guy???<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm not exactly a "new guy" in the Cantina. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Originally posted by Erax:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Growltigga:
Exactly my point Fyron, feudalism only works well where there is no change<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(Guys, please tell me if I'm boring you. I never meant to start a serious topic inside the Cantina).

Feudal societies are designed to prevent change, so if any change is taking place that means something has already gone wrong. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

And they were quite successful at preventing change, for 1000+ years in Europe.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, the oppression of the Catholic Church upon any sort of cultural or scientific advancement is what prevented change for 1000+ years in Europe. Every time someone came along that tried to do such advancement, they were branded as a heretic by the Church, and were stifled. (eg: Galileo)

[Gryphin]

GrowlTigga,
ZA is using voice reocntion software.

[Ragnarok]

Fyron, I think he was pointing towards Erax, not you. I could be mistaken but that's the way I took it.

[Fyron]

I like onions.

[Taz-in-Space]

...Don't say that word, Taz whispers urgently with a fearful glance at the ceiling! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Suddenly a rumble is heard. Growing in volume, the rumble becomes a roar as hatches all over the Cantina pop open and dump said sphereoids on top of all inhabitants of the Cantina. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

You had to use the O word! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Fyron]

Onions is in my sig now, so whenever I post in the Cantina, it is automatically said by me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Taz, do you know about the #se4 chat channel on IRC?

[ November 02, 2002, 07:15: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[mac5732]

As Mac walks in to the cantina he notices everyone covered by the un-mentionable vegtible, he orders his usual brewski and chili snack from a fbw, when he hears Fyron using the "O" word again.... AAAAHHHHHH, he immediatly jumps under his table just as the floor under Fyron, opens up, swallowing said individual into the depths of the inner sanctum's waste container http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

ps. Taz ask Fyron how to get to se4 chat

[Fyron]

Ouchies! Fyron (who is really a vampire) turns into an ethereal form and returns from the waste container.

Oh look, it is in my sig, so I said it again.

[Taz-in-Space]

So... A vampire huh? Taz looks at the ceiling and shouts: "GARLIC"

Another rumble/roar is heard and now garlic rains down... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

SEIV channel? Where's that? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Fyron]

IRC channel is on the gamesnet server of IRC. If you need info on how to get there, I can help ya.

I am not a normal western vampire. Garlic is mighty tasty to me, and is of no harm.

Oh... it's still in my sig. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[mac5732]

Taz, do stop in the se4 chat, a lot of the forum members drop in

(mac looks out from under his table and notices a posse of members with torches and spikes approaching Fyron the Vampire.... this could get interesting... he mumbles to himself as he sips his brew http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Taz-in-Space]

Well Fyron, I went to www.gamesnet.com (http://www.gamesnet.com) and got a blank white screen - so I guess you WILL have to tell me how!

BTW, what happens if I yell: "Buffy"! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Fyron]

Fyron has a hearty laugh as he sees the posse with torches and spikes. He ignores them for now.

Taz, it is gamesnet.net, not .com. You need an IRC client. Either get a program called mIRC, or get Trillian. mIRC is at http://mirc.com/ and Trillian is at http://trillian.cc . Trillian has a "pro" Version that costs money now, but it still has a free Version and it allows you to connect to AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and IRC all from one program. Once you get one of these clients, it is a simple process. Btw, do you happen to have any sort of IM program? This would be easier via one of them than it would via the forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Buffy is a hack.

Btw, it is still in the sig. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ November 02, 2002, 07:52: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Taz-in-Space]

Thanks Fyron, I found the site. I'll download one of those programs soon. (on a 56K Modem though...so will take awhile)

Check out MY sig... and watch out for pointy wooden objects!

As to IM, I have IE 6 so maybe I have the capability...?

[Fyron]

IM = Instant Messaging. eg: AIM, MSN, ICQ, etc. Your Version of IE doesn't matter.

mIRC isn't a large file, so it shouldn't take that long.

About the sig: Not all vampires are western vampires. I am not, and so am not subject to garlic. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Fyron isn't scared of garlic???

*RD Leaves the cantina and re-enters with a cross covered in apples, garlic, lettuce and many other assorted fruit and veg. Pointing at Fyron he waits to see what happens*

I heard you have to decapitate vampires too, the whole stake through the heart thing is just the first step. Well decapitate or stuff a grenade down their throat, same effect

[Erax]

Sunlight... Give him some sunlight.

[Raging Deadstar]

OK!

*Pulls out an industrial sized (expect nothing less) floodlight and points it fyron Who is now hanging from the rafters of the cantina with a large cloak wrapped round him and overly sharp teeth*

[Erax]

That won't work... it has to be real sunlight.

[Timstone]

Timstone and RD are franticly trying to get the gearbox working again. Somehow the akward machine begins to sputter to live. As Timstone and RD take a seat on the infernal machine, the apparatus begins to shoot out the now familliar ray of energy. It almost hits the Taz, but he was quick enought to duck behind his bar, the ray of pure energy hits the back of Fyron who is thrown in the middle of the angry mod with pitchforks and torches. Then the ray hits a wall and tears open spacetime again. everybody in the area is thrown to the ground a couple of tens of meters further up in the cantina. Now Timstone has studied the working of his machine and the temporal science from RD, he now knows how to come into the desired timeframe without error and goo being launched from the hole the gearbox makes. Timstone and RD travel through the hole and the hole closes. The cantina returns to normal. Fyron who was first thrown away by the beam of energy from the timetraveling gearbox and then by the fracture of timespace, is getting to his feet again and sees himself surrounded by the angry mob again. He takes a deep sigh and begins slahing and severing limbs like a true vampire. The fight doesn't Last long, Fyron afterall, is a very old vampire who masters the art of unarmed combat almost without error. The mob leaves some nasty stains on the floor, walls and ceiling. Taz, as helpfull as always, give Fyron a bucket with hot water and a mob (no pun intended) and orders him to clean up the mess. Reluctantly Fyron begins to clean up the mess he helped to create.
In the meanwhile Timstone and RD are traveling to another time, a time of brave knights, damsels in distress, dragons, vile forces of evil taking over the world and omnipotent gods. Timstone gestures to RD that they are going to land on the grassy strip in front of that huge castle. Before touchdown RD pulls out his Conver-Your-Clothes-A-La Presto. RD and Timstone change their clothes to blend in with the masses. They conceal their vehicle in some bushes and head for the castle. Timstone doesn't have any sense of direction. Luckily RD has and together they walk (how oldfashion) to the biggest cathedral in town. When they arrive they quickly move to the front of the catherdal and see the bishop doing blessings and helping people praying. Timstone askes the bishop if he also does banishings. The bishop almost faints when he hears the story of a patrons going evil and that a possible vampire has taken control of our good moderator. The bishop doesn't immediately agrees to come with our hero's, but after a bit of persuasion and some money offered by the always helpfull RD (hey, bribing is one of his specialties), the holy man agrees to go with us. When the three men arrive at the bushes Timstone and RD have hidden their timetravelling vehicle the bishop begins to curse (what do you mean strange?!) and screams that our hero's should be arrested for working with the devil. Such machinery should not be! Timstone and RD realise that technology isn't very popular here. Suddenly an army jumps out of the bushes and seize the surprised cantina saviours (nifty name, heh?). Timstone and Rd quickly run to the gearbox. Timstone starts the engine and RD mans the turret and starts bLasting away with the tiny tactical nukes with with the turret is loaded. "Woops, wrong button!" RD shouts and is just in time to scream to Timstone: "Didi mau, didi mau, djepner, djepner!". When the first shockwave has thrown the wondrous machine and it's passengers a couple of hundreds meters away, Timstone finaly gets the engine to work and with a stutter and bang Timstone and RD fly off to another timeframe. When they enter the hole which is punctured in spacetime, they decide to go to a time where there were real wichhunters. Of to fictional Eastern-Europe of the early 19th century! When they exit the hole in spacetime and arrive in the 19th century, they see a small town with a huge fire. "This looks like a BBQ to me RD.". "Guess again genius, get your fire extinguisher, this is no BBQ, this is a burning carwreck, dumbass.". They savely land on a grassy strip near a beautyful mansion. The soon-to-be cantina saviours make their way to the huge fire they spotted from the sky and see a bunch of people standing beside a tall figure. When the pay more attention they can hear a soft crying comming from within the fire. Suddenly a bell rings in Timstone's head and he quickly readies his fire extinguisher and runs to the fire. "It's wich burning!" he shouts to RD. RD quickly follows his travelcompanion and both they put out the already burning wood. The people around the fire look very surprised, begin to scream and run away in terror. Everyone fled, everybody but the tall figure. He shouts to Timstone and RD some strange words and holds out a cross. Timstone and RD smile and begin to laugh loudly. RD switches on his universal translator (That's why I always keep this handy dandy UT with me.) and explains that they aren't disciples of the Devil or some other evil deity. While RD explain their plan to the wichhunter Timstone looks to the girl on the pole of wood in the middle of the smoldering stack of firewood. She reminds him of someone, yes, he remembers. She looks exactly like his girlfriend. "Whoa, I have to set her free." He frees the terrified girl attached to the pole. There is something in the eyes of the girl, she calm now. She thanks Timstone in a language wich is vaguely known to Timstone, Polish. She suddenly kisses Timstone. Timstone melts (not really of course) and decides to take her with him. Timstone and his new girlfriend walk over to the wichhunter and RD. RD has explained the wjole situation to the wichhunter. When Timstone tells RD of his plan to take the girl with him, the wichhunter looks very angry and refuses to travel in the same compartment with the suspacted wich. "Damn translator!" Timstone says angry and switches off the translator of RD. Timstone and RD decide to shrink the girl to miniature size and taking her with him in the pocket of his shirt. That way they're all happy. RD switches on his translator and explains to the wichhunter that the girl isn't going with them, she will stay here. Timstone takes the girl with him to a quiet place and explains she will be shrunk to the size of a really tiny pebble (Monty Python: what floats on water?). That way she can travel with the ingenius engineer annex inventor to the beloved cantina and experience the wonder of clone fighting, drinking brewski with a Tazmanian Devil (don't tell this to Gunther, he isn't very fond on Devils) and play cards with a T-Rex. She naturaly agrees and is shunk to fit in the pocket of Timstone. Then the wichhunter, which is named Gunther by the way, Timstone and RD step into the timetraveling apparatus with the dirty magazine, a bottle of absinthe and the Hellraiser DVD box (kept cautiously out of Gunther's sight). The familiar hole appears and the gearbox enters the vortex through times and comes in the age of the cantina. Timstone, RD, Gunther step out of the gearbox. RD takes Gunther to the taken over Fyron. Fyron immediately recognises the plan of RD, Timstone and Gunther. He tries to flee, but it held by GT, Taz and Erax. Mac is nipping frombis brewski, turns his chair to face the spectacle. Gunther orders his hands to be tied to his back. Fyron gives quite a struggle, but the he can't witstand the force by wich he is held by GT, Taz and Erax. His hands tied to his back, he is attached to a pole on the parkinglot. Standing there alond betwixt the craters, holes and trenches from the many wars waged there, Fyron gives one Last sensenumbing scream and then exepts his fate. Gunther proceeds witht he banishing and pulls out a scroll glowing with a blue/white light. He speaks words at a commanding voice in a language that even Timstone doesn't recognise. The scroll in Gunther's hands emits more light the longer Gunther speaks, finaly the scroll burns up in the hands of th wichhunter and with the sound of a sonicboom the scroll explodes sending a shockwave of energy out in all directions. When the possesed Fyron is hit bu the energy he desintegrates completely and after a bright flash every visitor sees a skeleton fall to the ground. After the bright flash of light the skeleton lifts itself to his knees screams and fades away. A unconsious normal Fyron hangs on the pole on the parkinglot. Timstone, RD, GT, Taz and Erax untie Fyron and transport him into the cantina where they bring him by. When Fyron wakes up he didn't know what happened. He is given a brewski on the house and rests some. Timstone takes out his new girlfriend from his pocket and unshrinks her again. Timstone and his girlfriend leave the cantina and go home for a while. RD sits on one of the tables of the cantina and tells strong stories to every patron, the circle around his table is a large one, becaus everybody is very interested in the adventure of Timstone and RD. Gunther is permitted to stay in this timeframe. He immediately goed to the clone machine and tries to convert a clone to a zombie. When he keeps failing, he orders a brewski and gets drunk.

[Fyron]

Nice story, but one problem: Fyron the Vampire can become ethereal at will, and so he would easily be able to escape Taz. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Timstone]

Nomne can escape the iron fists of a Tazmanian Devil and the glare of Gunther is upon you. You couldn't possibly move. Let alone transform into ehtereal form.

[Fyron]

Umm... iron does not inhibit ethereal transformations, and neither does the gaze of a mere mortal.

Edit:
Actually, one more problem: This whole post assumes that Fyron is a Western vampire, which he is not. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ November 02, 2002, 20:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Timstone]

Oh, get lost with your pathetic western vampire.
What are you then? An eastern vampire?! What is that? A vampire that transforms in a bunch of mikado sticks in stead of a bat?! Go suck some eggs!

[Fyron]

Such a single-minded person. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif There are a lot more types of vampires than just those commonly depicted in films.

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Timstone:
Oh, get lost with your pathetic western vampire.
What are you then? An eastern vampire?! What is that? A vampire that transforms in a bunch of mikado sticks in stead of a bat?! Go suck some eggs!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's that supposed to mean?

[Fyron]

Timstone is just upset about his limited knowledge of vampire lore. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Btw, all these Posts of mine have had that certain word in them (in the sig). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

*Raging Deadstar happily takes advantage of Timstones tab and buys himself a brewski to help him come to terms with todays events*

So far we've saved a witch, unsuccesfully tried to exorcise fyron, been bombarded with onions and My wallet is suprisingly empty and That dam priest is proceding to spend my minerals and getting drunk, i am not best pleased.

Timstone is currently trying to get fyron to suck eggs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif but the Imperator keeps laughing at him and explaining he's not an western vampire. Maybe he's like a vampire out of Queen Of The Dammed, they don't seem to be weakened by anything. Of Course if you are the whole decapitating, setting on fire and steak through the heart thing still kills ya.

RD And Timstone (the cantina saviours) begin to wonder how they can make profit off the gearbox, maybe we should open are own thread or steal drink from times of the past and sell it to GT, i'm sure he'd make it profitable

*RD Begins to laugh as he watches the priest try to exorcise taz who promptly tries to swallow him whole, the priest runs out of the cantina shouting blasphemy and runs straight into Barry who tries to do the same*

[ November 03, 2002, 10:04: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Timstone]

RD: we did not save a priest, we saved a witchhunter by the name of Gunther.
Oh and the girl we saved is now my gf. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Imperator: I wasn't upset. I just had to type something to defend myself. Anyway because the plan of RD and myself failed, I got drunk that same night. I did some horrible things, but that's another story. Hmm... I'll do a little search (not such a big one, I get tired of that, haha) on non-western vamps. Maybe with the help of my fellow cantina saviour RD, we can free you of that dreadfull vampire inside of you. That way you can sleep again, should be a lot better for any relationship you might have. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ November 03, 2002, 10:36: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Raging Deadstar]

Yeah but Timstone, maybe being up all night in a relationship is a good thing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ November 03, 2002, 13:32: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Timstone]

You've got a point there.

[Raging Deadstar]

So what if we saved a witch hunter

Witch Hunter, Priest, Fascists they all dress in black and tell people what to do

[TerranC]

Hey timstone, please answer my question DOWN below.

*Drinks his Last brew , wipes it off his face, cracks his knuckles, and stands up*

[ November 03, 2002, 14:12: Message edited by: TerranC ]

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Timstone:
Oh, get lost with your pathetic western vampire.
What are you then? An eastern vampire?! What is that? A vampire that transforms in a bunch of mikado sticks in stead of a bat?! Go suck some eggs!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well TerranC it just means I don't know any other kind of vampire. All vamps are bloodsuckers (well the human based anyway, the real vampire bats eat fruit), they all fear sunlight and they die by decapitation.
So I replied with a question in return, with a possible answer. The part about "go suck some eggs" relates to the "fact" all vamps suck (the verb).
If you feel offended or something by my the message, you really must see RD, GT or Imperator Fyron. This is a cantina and we were busy with a possible solution to excorsise Fyron from that foul vampire. I never wanted to sound aggitated or mad. I was merely trying to make a funny remark and not to flame Fyron.
See it as a conversation with a big smile on our faces.

Yeah! Post number 300 for me!! Jippie, getting closer to the next rank!

[ November 03, 2002, 14:57: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Raging Deadstar]

Originally posted by Timstone:
If you feel offended or something by my the message, you really must see RD, GT or Imperator Fyron. This is a cantina and we were busy with a possible solution to excorsise Fyron from that foul vampire.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since when was i offensive???? Anyway we forgot to add dogscoff (who has disappeared recently http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif ) and gryphin.

*Wanders in cradelling the carboard taz from the fake cantina and props it behind the bar, now taz can't get done for being off the job and "quality testing" the drink.*

Hmmm dammit fyrons got be stumped, ethereal forms can pretty much get out of anything, and i'm pretty sure they can survive in space. *lightbulb* I HAVE AN IDEA!

*Leaves the cantina and drags GT, Rags and Timstone with him, grabbing Barry's tail and pulling him along on the way. Dragging them outside GT can be heard yelling and refusing to wear something and Timstone can be heard laughing manically.*

*The foursome burst through the cantina doors all dressed like ghostbusters complete with the big zappy gun things. Barry is covered in polystyrene and is trying to act like the big marshmallow man.
Fyron is promptly zapped and Timstone slides across the trap and fyron is captured, RD wanders over to mac and hands him the weird trap thingymabob and asks him to deposess fyron as he knows cartoon physics the best in the cantina, next to GT but he's stormed off because he had to dress up*

[ November 03, 2002, 16:05: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Raging Deadstar]

*On second thoughts RD hands Mac some stakes and wishes him good luck*

[ November 03, 2002, 16:04: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Timstone:
If you feel offended or something by my the message, you really must see RD, GT or Imperator Fyron. This is a cantina and we were busy with a possible solution to excorsise Fyron from that foul vampire.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since when was i offensive???? Anyway we forgot to add dogscoff (who has disappeared recently http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif ) and gryphin.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, no, no, my good man. I didn't mean to appoint you as being offensive. I chose you three (there were plenty of others) because you three can garantuee that I'm was merely joking around, not flaming.

Tjeez, I can't do anything today without errors. Hmm... the brewski must be of a bad year. Taz, please give me another, this time a fresh one, one straight from the barrel.

*When Timstone finished his fresh brewski he pays his tab (also for RD, because I almost made him feel I offended him) then he says goodby to RD and the rest of the patrons and flies off to earn himself a descent buck.*

[Ragnarok]

In light of being dressed up as a Ghostbuster, Rags walks up and stands on top of the bar and says, "GHOSTBUSTERS!" In the form of "Superstar"

[TerranC]

Ok. Thank you for the steady reply.

*sits back down on the stoll*

here you go, have some chopsticks.

*hands Timstone a pair or chopsticks, and watchs as he trys to pick up a beer mug with it in vain*

[Fyron]

Hmm... Ghostbusters. Adds an odd twist to it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I'll have to see if I can't think of a way to escape that, Hmm... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Notice what is still in my sig? That's right, onions is! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Growltigga]

Growltigga walks over to Taz and asks him to point out the barrel from which he has been serving brewskis to Fyron, Raging Deadstar and Timstone.

Growltigga clips Taz around the furry ear and reminds him that he was strictly instructed never to serve booze from that barrel. It contains various powerful hallucinogenic drugs and attititude enhancers and this probabl explains why the chaps have been having these time-travelling and vampire related delusions... and more importantly why Growltigga has been asked to wear a white coat, dodgy goggles and carry a hoover on his back..

Growltigga espies Fyron, RD and Rags in the bar and thinks to himself that he knows exactly what to do with the hoover nozzle.

"Chaps, you can take this like men or like screaming wimps, bend over"

[Timstone]

Aaaahhh!!! A hoover nozzle up my @r$e?! Yuck, where's the lumbricant?!

Pretty pink elephants are walking all over the ceiling, they all look so pretty...
But the timetraveling stuff was real, I swear. Look I even got the girl. Damn, those Polish people make fine women!
Look another flashing creature is walking over the wall, it's heading straight for the barrel with booze. And a gekko walking over the cool coat GT is wearing. Pretty colours everywhere... drool, drool, drool...

[Growltigga]

Oh dear, time to reach for the "Red Hot Poker" hand cannon, that is proof against ALL sorts of undead and chemically deranged regulars

[Ragnarok]

Ahhh, you will never get that probe up me, you hear me? NEVER! AHHHH!!!! They're aliens I swear it! Aliens I tell you!!
Rags walks off laughing like a hyena(sp)...

He then starts to think to himself..."And to think, I never drank out of the barrel... Wonder what's wrong with me..."

[Raging Deadstar]

It was real, unless timstone drugged me, and he dragged me along for the ride!! What have i got to show for it?? AN EMPTY WALLET THATS WHAT, And a witch Hunter who keeps trying to exorcise me. Not unlike Timstone who gets his polish gf, next time i write the adventure

*Runs and dives through the open window, grabs timstone who makes a comment about geckos and weird colours and they jump onto his gearbox which is now fitted with 3 leather upholstered chairs and we disapear from the incoming red hot pokers and the cantina saviours (now equipt with polish girl sidekick kitted out in rubber skintight comabt suit by timstones request) disapear into the far reachs of the space time continuum*

[ November 04, 2002, 19:25: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

[Growltigga]

HEEELLLLPPPP

I installed a fresh copy of SEIVG, installed the patch to make it 1.67 compliant, extracted turn 37 of the Galactic Bash into the savegame file, tried to load the damn thing and it says "cannot loan c/program file/seivg etc"

What is going wrong now???/

[geoschmo]

Lol. Gt, you need to install the patch to make it 1.78 compliant. Did that happen while you were gone maybe? I think it did. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Growltigga]

Another snikkin' frakkin' rikkin' rackin' patch

Cant you lot just settle down for 3 weeks without things

Insert lots of swearing symbols a la Asterix

[Gunther]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
HEEELLLLPPPP

I installed a fresh copy of SEIVG, installed the patch to make it 1.67 compliant, extracted turn 37 of the Galactic Bash into the savegame file, tried to load the damn thing and it says "cannot loan c/program file/seivg etc"

What is going wrong now???/<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Must be a witch. A witch has hexed you. I can exorcize your computer for a small fee (or a credit at the Cantina).

[Ragnarok]

Why does everyone want to exercise someone elses computer? I mean computers can't lose weight can they? Or is there a new feature that I'm missing out on? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

10 minutes later.

Timstone explains to Rags that it's exorcise not exercise. "Ohh, my bad. I feel really odd now..."

[Fyron]

Ok... who created a double account to post as Gunther? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Taz-in-Space]

Not me! I'm still trying to OUTSTARE that other Taz behind the bar!... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
Not me! I'm still trying to OUTSTARE that other Taz behind the bar!... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good luck! I certainly couldn't beat him in a staring contest, and I am (still) a vampire! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif As I am not a ghost, spirit, wraith, etc., ghostbuster tactics aren't too effective on me.

Taz, did you still want to come to the IRC chat channel for se4? If so, email me, and we can get you set up to go. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Timstone]

Originally posted by Raging Deadstar:
It was real, unless timstone drugged me, and he dragged me along for the ride!! What have i got to show for it?? AN EMPTY WALLET THATS WHAT, And a witch Hunter who keeps trying to exorcise me. Not unlike Timstone who gets his polish gf, next time i write the adventure

*Runs and dives through the open window, grabs timstone who makes a comment about geckos and weird colours and they jump onto his gearbox which is now fitted with 3 leather upholstered chairs and we disapear from the incoming red hot pokers and the cantina saviours (now equipt with polish girl sidekick kitted out in rubber skintight comabt suit by timstones request) disapear into the far reachs of the space time continuum*<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Skintight combat suit!! Yeah, yeah, yeah, my kind of style. You seem to know me very well. You happen to know when I win the lottery?
Okay, you write the adventure the next time. Hope I won't die, that would be very unfortunate, then I must ally myself with Fyron to get my (un)live back again. Hmm... I would be a vamp though, chicks love vamps, but I already have a gf... with skintight combat suit!

Gunther: Alright! Groovy name! I'll award you with 5 stars for that!

[Fyron]

Nothing wrong with vampires, really.

Fyron has recently learned that he has to say, "I like onions," for the bad things to happen, rather than just posting onions. So... Fyron stands up and says, "I like onions!"

[Growltigga]

Worried about the sudden increase in the undead infesting the cantina, Growltigga makes up some additional magazines for his "Red Hot Poker" Hand Cannon...

Hmmmm, this magazine of garlic infused holy water saturated wooden stakes will be useful, as will the underslung M69 grenade launcher specially designed to chuck out UV grenades a la Blade II.

The mighty cat dons his dark glasses, adorns himself in various religious paraphanalia and icons and prepares to rumble

[mac5732]

Mac saunders into the cantina in need of liquid refreshment to help absolve his monstrous week of stressful abberations. As he wanders up to the bar he notices 2 Taz barkeepers staring at one another and doesn't know which one to place his order with, oh well, he orders from a fbw instead and mosies over to his favorite cornor table. As he awaits his influx of brewski soda, he notices 2 peculiar looking members disappearing in leather chairs strapped to a gear box disappear into the time continuam, shakes his head and continues his past time of observing the cantankerous happenings within the cantina. He observes Fryon, who is dressed as a vampire, being buried under a pile of religious objects, various fruit, stakes, and mirrors over by the dance floor as a wormhole appears over his head after he yells out the "O" word again, Tsk, tsk, he just won't learn not to say the "O" word in public...

Looking around he sees GT in a new chase outfit, adorned with all Types of Religious Articles, large hunks of Garlic, reflecting mirrors, polished stakes, a small micro blood sucking generator along with various other vampire stomping, squashing, smashing, dehydrating accruments...Behind him he notices all his most atrocious, strange, and violent posse of mongooses, psychotic Ardvarks, xenophobic Gnus, lushious and unstable Amazons along with some new posse additions.

In addition, he notices Dogscoff in his cornor, sharpning stakes and other piercing type equipment over at his table and sees Dogscoffs radical, smelly and somewhat deranged under sea minions gathering together as well....

As Mac starts sipping his lasivious brewski and munching on his breakfast of bacon, eggs, & toast, he see RN lighting torches and handing them out to Barry and the Bill Gates Clones...

Mac looks again over at Vampire Fyron, who is trying to extracate himself from under the tons of articles dumped on his unreal self.... and mutters, poor Fyron he doesn't know whats going to hit him...... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Mac enjoying the sights and wonders of the cantina

[ November 05, 2002, 15:00: Message edited by: mac5732 ]

[Growltigga]

Possibly Gryphin, possibly, or maybe our aimless ramblings on the cantina thread just gave those SEIV players who are a bit weird a place to air their weirdness

[ November 05, 2002, 14:11: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

[Gunther]

Double identities are the work of witches! I am myself, Gunther the Witch Hunter, and no one else.

Is there a vampire here ? I knew I was brought to this place for a reason!

Gunther takes out his Bible and starts waving a pendulum in front of it and wandering around the Cantina. For some reason, the pendulum starts swinging wildly when he passes in front of Ragnarok. Gunther's gaze all but drills into RN.

"I sense an evil presence here."

[Ragnarok]

Rags takes up a look of shock and amazment... "What? This cannot be, I was exorcises a couple days ago. I get rid of all those bad thingys around me... Your little thingy mabober there but be lying to you!"

"By the way, my name is not RN, it was for a short period, but Raging Deadstar sued me for 'copyright infrigment' since his short name is 'RD', they were too close. So I hearby no longer go by 'RN', it's 'Rags' if you please."

[ November 05, 2002, 22:17: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Gryphin]

Hey, GrowlTigga,
Do ya think our sparring helped with the $500,000 mark? It is part of the "comunity". Everything from the Circle the Wagons to hot sauce to pizza steelling to cartoon violence must have helped in someway genearate interest.

[tesco samoa]

As long as there are no Toreador or Malkavian undead then i am happy.

Tremere and Tzimisce are ok in my books.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
As long as there are no Toreador or Malkavian undead then i am happy.

Tremere and Tzimisce are ok in my books.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmm... I think I'll have to figure out just what those are. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[tesco samoa]

Hmmm.... You do that. I think you might actually enjoy what you read.

[tesco samoa]

http://www.theonion.com/onion3841/history_3841.html

a classic onion.

[Fyron]

Hmmmm, this magazine of garlic infused holy water saturated wooden stakes will be useful, as will the underslung M69 grenade launcher specially designed to chuck out UV grenades a la Blade II.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">GT is apparently unaware of other cultures, specifically in regards to Vampire myths. Oh well. I'll just laugh at his futile attempts to harm me with such cliche items. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Growltigga]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
[QUOTE]GT is apparently unaware of other cultures, specifically in regards to Vampire myths. Oh well. I'll just laugh at his futile attempts to harm me with such cliche items. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, if you mean the grains of sticky rice, the paper marked with han-ese death glyphs and a piece of willow twig, yep, got all those too.

[Raging Deadstar]

RIGHT!!!

*Grabs Timstone, Ragnarok and the guy who calls himself snortpigga*

*Grabs light and throws them all onto chairs, begins shining the light in their faces*

"Ok Chapettes, one of you is pretending to be a witch Hunter called Gunther, none of you have witch hunting qualifications so who is it!!"

*no-one answers*

"Ok we have to do this the hard way!" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

*Makes Each of them a pint and just as they are about to drink it grabs it back and begins to pour it on the floor, they all start screaming inhumane wails as the precious brewski is wasted*

"Come On 'Fess up or else"
*borrows the red hot poker cannon from gt for a healthy sum and begins loading it up*

[Ragnarok]

WHY?! OH WHY DID YOU HAVE TO WASTE THAT BREWSKI?!?! Oh man, I think I'm going to pass out.
BTW, it isn't me. I hadn't even heard of Gunther till this fellow came along.

[Timstone]

Woah, RD! Please be gentle with my nice little hiney! I'm not Gunther the witchhunter, I was your faithfull partner in our perilous queste to undo the vampire inside Fyron, remember?I even rated him 5 stars for using the name Gunther, I was flathered by it. But I have nothing to do with this fellow. Maybe it's Fyron... he's always be a bit on the evil side with those Vorlons. Never trust a Vorlon by the name of Fyron...
Oh, and did you HAD to spill that pint of perfectly good brewski?! Such a waste!

[ November 06, 2002, 22:00: Message edited by: Timstone ]

[Fyron]

Fyron isn't a Vorlon. The Vorlons are represented by Kosh, not Fyron. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[TerranC]

*TC is mad because when somebody attaches a word with the word *asian* it quickly changes into something chinese or japanese.*

*TC drinks a brew and says *talk about something else, ya bloody blokes* for all the other minorities*

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by TerranC:
*TC is mad because when somebody attaches a word with the word *asian* it quickly changes into something chinese or japanese.*

*TC drinks a brew and says *talk about something else, ya bloody blokes* for all the other minorities*<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ummm... what exactly are you talking about TC?

[mlmbd]

Fyron,

If not Vorlon. What are you?? {mlmbd asks, and then bluts out}

A round for the house, put it on my tab. THANKS

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[Growltigga]

Growltigga just loves customers like mlmbd.

Taz, as mlmbd is Texan, surely his round must be bigger than anything else we have seen before so therefore pull out those glasses that hold a gallon apiece and serve 'em out.

Taz does so and Growltigga walks over to mlmbd and asks him how he going to settle his new 10,000 mineral tab

Cue red hot poker hand cannon I feel

[Fyron]

Originally posted by mlmbd:
Fyron,

If not Vorlon. What are you?? {mlmbd asks, and then bluts out}

A round for the house, put it on my tab. THANKS

mlmbd http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That avatar is for the B5 Mod Game on PBW. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Fyron is actually (still) a vampire. I don't know what all these Cantina members have against vampires, realy. I mean, why is the vampire way of life any less valuable than any other way of life? Why can't vampires live unpersecuted and in freedom?

[dogscoff]

Without warning, a gigantic wibbly blue swirly thing appears in the middle of the cantina and a towering Vegetable God steps out. He is 40 feet tall with bean-sprouts growing out of his ears, a death-ray stare and breath that attracts flies.

"You would think," says the Deity, "That dropping a huge pile of onions on a person's head every time they say the word 'onion' would be sufficient deterrent." He scans the Cantina until his eyes rest upon Fyron, who by now is looking rather nervous, "But some people just won't take the hint..."

Fyron runs from the Cantina, his undead powers useless against the wrath of an angered god. The Leafy One gives chase, and an army of heavily armed peppers, corn-cobs, pumpkins etc stream out of the portal to aid in the pursuit.

Everyone rushes to the bar for a fresh drink and some popcorn, then rushes to the window to watch the chase as Fyron zigzags away from the Cantina, hollering and jumping in the air at the vegetable god's death ray bLasts...

[Fyron]

From his vantage point in the shadows, Fyron laughs inwardly as his clone is chased off by the alleged vegetable god (whom is most likely Dogscoff in a poor costume anyways).

[dogscoff]

Clones in the Cantina? I'll let GT deal with that one...

[Growltigga]

CLONES?? CLONES IN THE CANTINA???

Growltigga blesses the forsight of the Tigg-Scoff PLC building and electronics division that erected the new cantina (following the untimely destruction of the previous cantina).

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his master control panel. A little red LED is blinking on the clone detection panel and a little blue LED is blinking in respect of the special satellite mounted "Clone-o-zap death ray".

Growltigga presses the blue LED and suddenly the cantina is bathed in actinic blue fire, a chiaroscuro of refracted light follows and suddenly, all clones has disappeared.

Growltigga turns to Dogscoff and says "I always thought vampires were better dealt with by way of mob waving pitchforks and blazing torches but hey, never let it be said that I stopped a chap having fun. The vampire is yonder, cry haddock and let slip the legumes of war"

[dogscoff]

His clone quarry now vanished, the Vegetable God stomps back into the cantina in an even fouler mood, with his wholesome and crunchy army following close behind. He immediately spots the real Fyron and the chase recommences.

Since everyone has just seen a very similar chase and is losing interest, Dogscoff livens it up a little by playing a frenetic banjo soundtrack and well-timed sound effects sampled from Tom & Jerry cartoons....

[Growltigga]

It would be wackier than that.... I would reccomend that each of you take a few moments (hours morelike) and actually read through all the Posts in Ye Olde Cantina and even Ye New Cantina..

I did this some time ago, it could be a very interesting and amusing book.

Actually, that gives me an idea, can all contributors to the cantina please give me permission to get this published.. I will obviously make sure each of you get a nice meal by way of royalties, but it might just catch on, it would be quite amusing to be sitting on the train or tram next to someone reading the diverse and strange ramblings of Mac, Gryphin, me, El Vomito and the rest of the numbnuts in the cantina....

you could even make guest appearances on Parkinson and the Jerry Springer show

[dogscoff]

GT- be careful using the word "wacky". There's a danger you'll turn into a local radio DJ.

If you want to publish the Cantina, you have my permission. In the meantime, get on over to the encyclopedia malfadorica and start putting in some Cantina lore. There's already a link open for the Cantina (under battlemoon, I think), just waiting to be filled. I also think the FBWs and Barry deserve their own sections...

[Growltigga]

El Vomito, your comments are noted with respect to the word "wacky", how do you feel about use of the word "zany"....

Reaching for my profannisaurus (kept next to my desk so that I can insult other lawyers with choice terms), I am having problems locating an exact phrase I would use, although "Bin Laden's beard, navigating the windward passage, billposter's bucket and lucky pierre (a personal favourite)" are all causing huges amounts of mirth...

How do I make entries in the encyclopedia then?