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Post by premis on Mar 17, 2004 16:06:26 GMT
Is better color or b/w? With members pics or lord pics..or lord shields 1x1?
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Post by Ringthane on Mar 18, 2004 8:37:44 GMT
Shields would be great I think, with names.
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Post by stevie on May 5, 2004 13:59:31 GMT
Any chance of a copy of this map? Don't seem to be able to access any of the links!!
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Post by merlin on May 5, 2004 14:01:44 GMT
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Post by sparrowhawk on May 5, 2004 14:17:39 GMT
I hate to tell all you busy mapmakers this..... but the map is changing again, for the next release. But there is a good reason for it. Honest!
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Post by merlin on May 5, 2004 14:20:31 GMT
So you really are going to put all the lords around my hard coded start position then? ;D
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Post by Ringthane on May 5, 2004 14:26:52 GMT
Man, tell me you're expanding it We can talk about flamespitting trolls later on, but a few extra squares wouldn't hurt.
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Post by sparrowhawk on May 5, 2004 14:34:45 GMT
Ah, I hate to disappoint you Ringy, but I'm not expanding the current map. Sorry old foe. However, something else that I plan to do for the next release if at all possible is restructure the map table so that I can cater for any sized map (within reason!), so DDR/MU might be possible in the mid-term future. Chris has already sent me all the data that I need to do this As Chris says, I'm putting a bunch of housecarls around his king at the start of the game to ensure that he wins. Well, he did write something nice about MU
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Post by Ringthane on May 5, 2004 15:22:22 GMT
Off-topic, I just noticed that I am winning five games by a considerable lead. Here's to all the people, who showed me (over time...) how to stop being predictable
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Post by sparrowhawk on May 5, 2004 15:23:59 GMT
You counting your chickens again?
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Post by Ringthane on May 5, 2004 15:28:02 GMT
Right, here's where the I'm-not-a-native-english-speaker effect kicks in. What do you mean?
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Post by merlin on May 5, 2004 15:39:35 GMT
Right, here's where the I'm-not-a-native-english-speaker effect kicks in. What do you mean? "Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch." This is an expression which comes from a story in Aesop's Fairy Tales. In the story a woman is carrying a basket of eggs. While she is walking, she begins to think about ....how many chicks she will soon have...how much money she'll make by selling the chicks...the things she'll buy with all the money...As she is thinking about all this, she drops the basket of eggs! Result? The woman is left with no eggs and no chicks. Hence the expression, "don't count your chickens before they hatch". Meaning, it aint over till the fat lady sings...
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Post by Natmus on May 5, 2004 15:59:37 GMT
That particular story seems to lack a bit of logic. Why would anyone carry eggs around if they want them to hatch?
Looking up the H.C. Andersen adaptation of the strory, she carries the eggs to market to sell them and buy more chickens, and ... argh, I'll just copy-paste the whole thing:
The Woman with the eggs (H.C. Andersen) An old story set to rhyme
There was a woman in the country, She had, amongst other things, a hen. Now, laying eggs is the hen's trade, And it provided one each and every day; There were a couple of score, when they were counted, See, the woman found this to be not so bad! She put them carefully in the basket, Raised it on her head and went. To town she strode hurriedly; But she was alone and the road was long, Even though she walked with all her powers. She now thought about it and reckoned, How well paid she'd be for her eggs, And this wasn't too bad either: "Right enough" she said as she walked and talked, "For this I'll get a whole six dollar. For this I will buy two hens, let's say! Along with that at home I'll have three; Each will lay eggs, and it won't be so long Before I can trade again and come to money; I'll buy three hens, along with the three I have; See that will be six. Their eggs I'll take; And sell one part, the other part To hatch to chickens, that is best! I'll have a chicken-run: just think! And it will increase. These are wealthy goods! One part will be laying, one part hatching - How wealthy I'll become, Oh sweet God! I'll buy two geese and a little sheep, And better and better business will go With eggs and with hens and with feathers and with wool. At last I'll have the moneybag full! I'll buy a pig, I'll buy a cow, Who knows, perhaps I'll buy two? Look how it grows! And after a year I'll have a house and servants and cows and sheep. And then a suitor will come to my parlour, He'll kiss my hand, and I'll be his wife! For he has a farm, which is larger than mine! I'll be so formal, so proud and so fine, I'll not tolerate the least gossip, Yes, I shall walk with my head held high!" And right as she said this, she went thus. Smash! The eggs on the ground lay! With them the whole blissful dream fell - And that in reality wasn't too bad!
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Post by premis on May 5, 2004 17:09:23 GMT
Any chance of a copy of this map? Don't seem to be able to access any of the links!! Go to www.angelfire.com/ultra/premison this page click on M/MU map_bw.zip to download a map!
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Post by premis on May 5, 2004 17:11:34 GMT
I hate to tell all you busy mapmakers this..... but the map is changing again, for the next release. But there is a good reason for it. Honest! Can you tell us exactly what locations did you change that we don't waste a time checking 3.800 locations..
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