Gecko - Page 2

Kassiopeia · July 18, 2001, 16:28

If i were to describe this game as a, say, basketball game, I'd say that the ball has 'dropped' like in the 25th Annual Mercy Hospital Geriatrics League

Well, nobody's perfect

Cash on delivery? You mean the postman takes the money? Holy ****! We have to go to the post office to get our packages. And there we pay for it to get it in advance, naturally.
Lazy Americans

Lazy Finnish postmen

Avenoct · July 18, 2001, 20:06

Yeah, I imagine that about half of the American population has never been to the post office at all. For the most part companies like UPS or Fedex ship things overnight right to your doorstep. Depending on the protocol you either have to sign for them or they just drop them there.

Do you Finns have Anti-spam for snail-mail? My Danish friend told me that they simply tell the postman 'Hey, no catalogues and spam, ok!' and they don't get it. Here in the states you get everything, a total waste of paper. I swear, if we Americans thought of a new way to throw resources into the waste-bin, we'd be selling it to each other like Big macs....'Hey, did you get that new 'Air Gobbler?' ...'No, what's that?' ....' Oh, for only 19.95 dolars, it takes some perfectly good air and chews the hell out of it, making a big cloud of smog! Only problem is, it pollutes the water (ah the irony) when you have to change the smog cartridge'....'Oh, Cooooool! I'm going out to get one right now!'.

-Smack, the patriot

SmartFart · July 19, 2001, 00:06

2105....Still looking for 2x nutrient square,still trying to open that pod on xenofungus which absolutely must be a monolith,nutrient or farmland. Otherwise i'll have a real hard time.

How are you guys doing?

SF

H0bbes · July 19, 2001, 06:07

Nothing here, just a failed experiment.

Hobbes.

Vytae · July 19, 2001, 08:43

Looking for my own nutrient square =/ lucky ive got a unity rover to look with

SmartFart · July 19, 2001, 12:20

This is so embarassing. I guess I should use my 2nd adress to send files. Smack...did you get it this time?

Avenoct · July 19, 2001, 12:33

Got a good file from both adresses..

2106- Kass..now we roll

Well, other than only starting with one colony pod, things look good for the greenies...no landmarks or specials really, just good solid Chiron terrain

Kassiopeia · July 19, 2001, 15:59

2106 to Vytae

A scary fungus field out north of my two bases, some nice sea squares near The Hive, enough green land... Looks like my social experiments are going to be continued further on.

And the view from the top floor of The Hive's HQ is absolutely amazing.

In Finland we can report to this organisation which involves nearly all magazine companies. So, no phone harassment at Finland. But against commercials there's just the possibility of a "No advertisements etc. please" sign on the door/mailbox. That helps only with "paper boys", guys who deal adds on private business. The state post can't bother about the signs, the companies have paid for it.
Hence, junk-mail is as hectic here as in the US.

It's kinda ********* that here, where there can be in worst situations over 100 kilometres to the nearest Post Office, we have to make the trip.
Lazy Americans

(That could make a could motto

)

Avenoct · July 19, 2001, 18:47

Say ah, weren't we playing a little faster than this? In another game I started last week we're at 2115...let's roll!

(Deirdre is eating fungal blooms again..oh boy)

H0bbes · July 19, 2001, 23:19

Edward Gibbons, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I, Part IV.

Hobbes.

SmartFart · July 20, 2001, 02:33

MY-2107...to Smack.

Avenoct · July 20, 2001, 03:31

Well HObbes, it's good to see you popping in here once in awhile..and yes, that's where it comes from...oh boy, I'm going to change it now, that's two people I owe 100 Energy Credits to! One question, HOW did you figure it out? I'm curious..did you do a general literature search? Another dumb question..people's quotes are tiny! I cannae fix 'em so I can see's em! Tried everything!

Got the turn, going to play it, send it, and go to bed! 2107-Kass, very soon.

-Smack

Kassiopeia · July 20, 2001, 16:33

2107 -> to our dear CEO.

Smack, I'm taking ashot at that quote. "The Prince" by Machiavelli?

Vytae · July 20, 2001, 17:14

Forgot to Attach the file kass =o Its nice to know im not the only one who messes that up

Kassiopeia · July 20, 2001, 17:49

I was going to bed when I noticed it. I hope you're online still. I is on it's way as we speak.

Kassiopeia · July 20, 2001, 17:53

I posted it again, and it was only one hour after. And usually you are here about three to five hours after the posting time of this message

Avenoct · July 20, 2001, 21:42

Kassiopiea is the first correct guess for the quote! That was fast. I'll have to keep them difficult from now on with all these well read minds on Apolyton

-Smack

SmartFart · July 21, 2001, 06:18

MY-2107...to Smack.

Kassiopeia · July 21, 2001, 15:47

Where on New Sargasso is the game?
I'll check this again three hours after the posting of this. Thanks for the creds, how rich are you?

SmartFart · July 21, 2001, 21:23

Please,send me future files at emperoratrix@lycos.com

Thx.

SF

Avenoct · July 21, 2001, 21:56

Doh, sorry Kass, I dropped the ball this time...I've been working on my new game (version of Smac) called Aldebaran. Check the prerelease notes in the Creation Threads if you like. Let's see, it's 4 AM in Finland, so it probably doesn't matter if I wait just an hour before posting the turn to you? soon soon 2108-kass.

-Smack

Kassiopeia · July 22, 2001, 15:58

2108 -> Vytae

Smack: Good maths, 4 AM is most correct. You have been busy lately, you naturally drop the ball if your hands are both tied! Do you know of the origins of world "Aldebaran"? Methinks it's from Celtic mythology.
BTW, that plot idea of yours... I've written a scifi-novel from last September (That's right, September 2000). It's running on version two or three now, v. 2 was 220 A4's long

What I mean is, in that novel the founding idea is that a spacecraft lands on Earth and so on, but the "aliens" are actually other humans from another part of the galaxy.

Avenoct · July 22, 2001, 18:36

Kass, you a smart cookie! I'd like to read it, okies? Yeah, without giving anything away I can say that's pretty much the idea...with near-light speed travel it's easy for people that leave years after you to arrive before you, and even more possible that they could have aged and developed hundreds of years more than you. Of course, actual evolution into a new species would be a really really long time in all likelihood (developing Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms). Not sure about 'Aldebaran', but a star-mythology search did turn up some things that supported my using the name over 'Deneb', which I also liked. I don't believe Aldebaran is a likely planet-supporting system, but I havn't even checked that yet! I'm not looking for realism really, just fun.

-Smack

P.S. If you'd like to do some of the writing for the game Kass, I'd be honored...write me at the email in my profile. -S

H0bbes · July 22, 2001, 19:13

Aldebaran is by far the brightest star of the constellation Taurus. The ancient name, from Arabic, means "the Follower," as the star seems to follow the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, across the sky.

Hobbes.

Avenoct · July 22, 2001, 21:29

Ah Hobbes, now you see why it's a good name for a sequel.

-Smack

SmartFart · July 23, 2001, 00:04

2108...back to Smack.

Are we allowed to contact each other before we actually met?
Or did you find my unit and backed off so I cannot see it on my screen?

Avenoct · July 23, 2001, 00:07

Not sure, but somehow--a pod perhaps? I had your comlink, and someone elses, so I sent a friendly hello

Turn coming round to Kass soon.

SmartFart · July 23, 2001, 06:47

In MP games you always have comlinks from all human players on very start.

For the sake of reality,I vote for no cooperation until our units meet but I'll go with anything what majority decides.

Opinions?

SF

Kassiopeia · July 23, 2001, 15:48

Turn 2109 to Vytae.

Quote:

Originally posted by Smack
...Kass, you a smart cookie! I'd like to read it, okies?

*Blushes* Thanks, but there's a slight problem, unless you can come up with A) a good translation program B) the ability to read Finnish... My English doesn't strecth that long...
PS. I'm sending you an email after this.

PSS. Now I know why no one uses the Believer herald as an avatar! It looks like Kenny from South Park

Avenoct · July 23, 2001, 16:02

Well, I wasn't Planning of going out and learning Finnish right away. Maybe you could give me a plot overview and a sample of the writing in English? I'm blatently trolling for ideas and styles for Aldebaran. While writing is my first love, I have no illusions that I'm any good at it. Basically, Aldebaran just heads in what I feel is the obvious direction for a sequel. In that sense, I'm not trying to be cute or creative, but I would like a coherence to the overall 'feel' of the game.

-Smack