Yinstradamous

yin26 · October 9, 2001, 03:10

In the year 2001 and 10 months,

From a fiery axis shall come an alarming paradox,

And raise again the great King of Discord,

Before and after, Mars shall reign at will.

The year seven of the great number being past,

There shall be seen the sports of the ghostly sacrifice,

Not far after the great age of the millennium,

That the buried shall come out of their graves

To howl in demonic pleasure: 'You were forewarned!'

tonic · October 9, 2001, 03:26

From Civ Three's constrained view
I try to read the message new.
Ten months past two thousand and one -
a period far from fun
in real life
so full of strife.

Perhaps portents in our gaming world
have more trivial thoughts unfurled.
So we seek refuge
in play maps huge,
and get relief
from our daily grief.

LaRusso · October 9, 2001, 03:27

you forgot the bit about armenian leader entering vienna on a horse and 'hisler' getting bologne and brabant into german wraith. otherwise, it is catastrophic enough

aaglo · October 9, 2001, 03:45

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Originally posted by yin26
...And raise again the great King of Discord...

The name of the king is Shidma Uher...? Or is it Ou-lama-dama-ding Baden-baden? Or Giorgio Woosh?

Zanzin · October 9, 2001, 04:27

Yin has spoken. All shall stand up and pay attention!!!

Th0mas · October 9, 2001, 04:52

......I prefer Mother Yipton

Sarxis · October 9, 2001, 05:10

Yin, that is some foreboading stuff. And, could actually be the true end to this Age.

Be ready!

Sava · October 9, 2001, 07:45

Why can't these prophet types just blurt it out. I swear, they make their statements so general and broad that anything could happen and it could be seen as the prophecy coming true. A good prophet would say:

"Yeah, on October 30th, Civ 3 comes out and the world is going to explode."

Jason Beaudoin · October 9, 2001, 08:39

Yin... has Firaxis wronged you in another life?

Skanky Burns · October 9, 2001, 08:54

So what does "Yinstradamous"s prediction actually mean??
Im reading it as "Firaxis releases Civ 3, and everyone eventually dies from the 'One More Turn' syndrome. Then Yin laughs at us all, saying he was right all along."

Disclaimer: I never was any good at deciphering these things

Alex · October 9, 2001, 10:46

No, no, Yin´s prophecy may be interpreted this way:

"After Firaxis releases Civ3, I will die from One More Turn Syndrome, and everyone will be laughing at me, though they have been warned before (and did not want to believe)".

Hey Yin, I always thought you would LOVE Civ3...

Jason Beaudoin · October 9, 2001, 11:02

There is no way that this game will be anywhere near as bad as Yin predicts.

It will sell like mad, Firaxis will be rewarded with lots of revenue, and they will reinvest that money to make us more great games.

We will get a great game, that may not be perfect (no game ever is), and we will be very happy. The CIV community will grow and become stronger, and who knows... maybe there will be a CIV 4.

This prediction will come true.

Imran Siddiqui · October 9, 2001, 12:51

I like Jason's prediction better

Lord_Davinator · October 9, 2001, 12:54

In how many years?

dainbramaged13 · October 9, 2001, 15:50

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I like Jason's prediction better

me too

yin26 · October 9, 2001, 20:23

I also had a dream about two bugs in Civ3, but they are silly and unlikely. Still, I'll share them:

1) A unit activated a goody-hut and its graphic turned into that of a wolf! LOL!

2) An certain Age advanced, triggering a graphics change...which led to a complete crash to the desktop.

Now if I had to interpret my dream, I'd say that it means something like this: The graphics will be the cause of many great problems in Civ3.

I have predicted.

splangy · October 9, 2001, 20:31

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Originally posted by Zanzin
Yin has spoken. All shall stand up and pay attention!!!

Look! its a bird! its a plane! Wait, no, its just a flock of sheep, aimlessly following there extreemly loud leader who likes to make himself the center of attention!

Woops! Im sorry, I forgot to bow before I came into the thread

Just because one person insists on posting the same thing over and over again while stating the unbearably obvius dosent mean he should get the center of attention. Most of his posts were stupid subjects that he likes to point out to us much like a four year old would. Examples:

"A good game needs good graphics" No, Really?

"A good game needs a good AI" Gee, he must be a genius!

"Piroting a game is bad" Well, im ready to folow everything he says blindly

Now, all he did was repeat these again and again and again until people started listening, and apparently no-one here has a life (im not saying I do

) and is willing to play along with some worped game. Remember "All hail Yin, king of the pessimists" and "Join the realists and act 'realistic' ". Does no one here have any freinds? Is your "life" so pathetic that you choose to follow some weirdo online rather than go out and have fun or even just play a video game? If you have a family I would understand why you aren't out having fun but do you really need to praise someone online?

Im done. If I get booted (totaly possible) for speeking my mind, no big deal. If I get flamed (chances are I will) I dont care. If no-one responds to me (unlikly) becouse im a warlord, even though thats the equivalant of not giving a person a job because hes black, I dont care. If Yin never responds (He dosen't respond when someones right, one of the reasons he seems to be never wrong) I dont care. I dont care because in the end were all dust, no matter what you do or say.

Just my $0.02

DarkCloud · October 9, 2001, 20:56

The the third millennium (not the willennium)

from the west shall come a golden "f"

an upon that "f" shall ride a III headed monster

and that monster shall be destroyed by the number 26-

and some korn and 26es along with a dark cloud

shall report an infestation in the game

... Don't say we didn't warn you

yin26 · October 9, 2001, 21:06

...and the reports shall bring salvation...

dainbramaged13 · October 9, 2001, 22:40

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Originally posted by DarkCloud
The the third millennium (not the willennium)

from the west shall come a golden "f"

an upon that "f" shall ride a III headed monster

and that monster shall be destroyed by the number 26-

and some korn and 26es along with a dark cloud

shall report an infestation in the game

... Don't say we didn't warn you

i guess 'dainbramaged' couldn't work its way into that, huh... lol.

they want bug reports...

Eroberer · October 9, 2001, 22:46

Yin was drunk when he wrote this, you know.

I'm astounded that such posts are allowed up here. Hell, I should've visited here a long time ago if I knew I could do this.

yin26 · October 9, 2001, 22:48

Don't kid yourself. I stared into a swirling toilet bowl for the better part of Sunday morning before that crystal clear vision came to me.

Sarxis · October 9, 2001, 22:51

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Originally posted by yin26
Don't kid yourself. I stared into a swirling toilet bowl for the better part of Sunday morning before that crystal clear vision came to me.

Oh, so that's why your prediction is full of $h|7 ?

yin26 · October 9, 2001, 22:56

See: I give you guys such opportunities.

While I don't want to take things so seriously, I do think that the release will be full of problems.

Eroberer · October 9, 2001, 22:59

Does Firaxis have a history of problematic first releases?

Chronus · October 9, 2001, 23:01

GOOD GRIEF!

This sure is a lot of poetry and blab from a guy who "retired" from Apolyton and was not supposed to appear again until after Civ 3 came out.

TechWins · October 9, 2001, 23:59

Yin, you never fail to amuse me.

yin26 · October 10, 2001, 00:32

Hey...I 'retired' for a while...not forever.

And I'm still hardly active on this forum these days...so: LET ME HAVE MY EVIL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE!!!