23-01-2005 00:11									#31
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@La Fayette - Of course, my "I am the Champ!" post was just a joke based on ST's inability to play promptly, so I am not one of those people. Give me a few more months (still j/k )

But if egos could be protected somehow, it would be fun to debate about a short list of the best Civ2 players, especially the active ones. Of course, there's MP, PBEM, EL, OCC, EC, score, scenarios, etc.... and I doubt even Samson was the best at everything!

	23-01-2005 07:39									#32
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There are many great Civ2 players, but I think La Fayette has it right when he lauds samson as 'The Best'. But time moves on and samson no longer participates here in public games, so what does it matter.

But, at this time when he has just been elected to the Hall of Fame, let us at least spell his name properly. It is samson, with a small, or lower case, "s". And I think his ego would not be bruised either way.

ST,

Someday I hope my health improves enough so that I can play one of these "Fast PBEM" duels with you. I think it would be grand fun.

Monk

	23-01-2005 07:48									#33
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Monk, are you back to having an assistant read and type for you?

	23-01-2005 07:55									#34
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Yes. Makes it hard to evaluate saves.

It is extremely hard to "see" what is happening in a map save when most of one's cues are verbal. I find myself using the Kevin Kline line from Wanda , "What was the second thing you said??"

Monk --I shall return...hope sustains....

	23-01-2005 16:43									#35
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Monk, I am waiting...
debeest (The Great Teacher) would tell your english is incorrect: You should tell 'I think it will be grand fun'

	23-01-2005 22:46									#36
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That's right, ST. We want to be sure that BM's PBEM with you is a future event and not just a hypothetical event!

- The Pedant

	23-01-2005 23:54									#37
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quote: Originally posted by debeest - The Pedant

O no !
Please don't stop correcting our mistakes: how could we try to improve our english otherwise ?

	24-01-2005 12:32									#38
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Most of you speak English far better than the native speakers - that's how we can tell you're foreign (with apologies to GBS).

RJM at Sleeper's

	24-01-2005 12:39									#39
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quote: Originally posted by rjmatsleepers that's how we can tell you're foreign (with apologies to GBS).

thank you
(BTW, GBS = George Bernard Shaw ?)

	24-01-2005 20:22									#40
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quote: Originally posted by La Fayette thank you

LF, it be clear RJM spokened about me, not you.

	24-01-2005 20:55									#41
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... but if you write "spokened" instead of "spoke" too often, he will have another reason to tell you are foreign

	24-01-2005 22:35									#42
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LF, sometimes you succeed to confuse me. I don't know if you are serious or not now.

Maybe you are serious because...
...my english skills are so perfect that my english is still quite good when I try it is very bad...
or...it is always so horrible that there is no difference if I really try it is bad.

Vive spam!

	24-01-2005 22:51									#43
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quote: Originally posted by SlowThinker I don't know if you are serious or not now.

That is a kind of humour that we call "pince sans rire" in french (I love it).

The plain truth is that your english is ALMOST as fluent as mine: debeest will be proud of us

	25-01-2005 05:28									#44
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Ermmm... it's "samson" with an "s" and "English" with an "E".

	25-01-2005 06:23									#45
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I'm proud of you both. Yer speakening purty durn good fur furriners.

	25-01-2005 12:14									#46
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quote: Originally posted by La Fayette thank you (BTW, GBS = George Bernard Shaw ?)

Yes indeed, George Bernard Shaw. Although the words I had in mind came from Lerner and Loewe, I'm fairly sure the same idea was expressed in Pygmalion.

RJM at Sleeper's

	25-01-2005 17:56									#47
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Still I feel to be lost when debeest starts to use some less frequent words...

	26-01-2005 11:20									#48
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ST, I have to take that seriously, because you used a sad smiley, and I know you don't use smileys when you're joking.... So I'll translate, in case I really have overestimated your English skills: "You're speaking pretty darned well for foreigners."

	19-03-2005 20:57									#49
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Stilll waiting for a challenger.... nobody wants to try?

samson may be the best player of all time, but he is not on the throne any more ! IMHO, ST might claim the throne, except he doesn't play often. Just one PBEM, in which he begged us all to save him from Assyria

[Edited to de-capitalize "Samson" for Monk... is this correct? Now I am also getting confused about English]

	19-03-2005 23:03									#50
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debeest, yes, you overestimated my skills. For example I translated furriners to beginners.
You see I feel rather a beginner Civ2 player than a non-native english speaker.

Peaster, wait couple of weeks...

	11-05-2005 02:58									#51
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The fight for The World Title started!
Title holder: Peaster.
Challenger: SlowThinker
The game is available for you amateur spectators here:
Peaster vs. SlowThinker Fast PBEM duel