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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Thanks, mark. Turn sent to Hobbes_One. You'll get an extra save/load warning about me, folks, but I swear on my Grandma's kittens I wasn't up to nothin'.
Hey, I just realized that the save opens up without the usual info screen, you know, where it shows you your faction leader portrait and tells you what MY and difficulty level you're on? You know, the little cameo that happens when you're still on the main Alpha Centauri screen, before you enter your password? Howcome's that, huh, howcome?
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Turn turned. Wooo hooo I found one of those cool artifacts!
Hobbes
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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2116 to Mark
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Turn on to Hobboy.
Like, turn on to Hobboy, duuude...
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Turn turned. Still kinda quiet round my side of the planet.
Hobbes
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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Turned
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Turned over to Hobbes.
Things are boring over your neck of the woods, you say? Well over here we're having a big big party. Wa hoo.
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Turn turned to Nigel. A party? And I wasn't invited? Hey, that's not fair. C'mon, I wanna come, please, pretty please?
Yaaaaaaay! Another day, another tech. Another day, another artifact too!
Hobbes
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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On to Mark
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Hobbes passed to game. Uh, wait. You know what I mean.
Party's over. Everyone got really depressed when they heard about your new tech.
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Turn turned. Another day.... another base! [well at least its not another tech!] You're all invited to my base warming party. Bring your surfboards, Delta is beachfront property.
Hobbes
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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2119 to Mark
I'll be there a sample of the new Morgano-fruit.
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Um...
The Giant Molasses-Eaters recieved the invitation with mixed emotions. Undergoing severe sugar withdrawal from their inability to get a good batch of molasses for their pancakes, they didn't really feel in the mood to party. Plus, being oversized and all, they tended to have trouble at parties: they fumbled awkwardly with the paper cups, and had to stand all the time or risk breaking the host's couch. This wasn't so bad on Earth, where you could have open-air parties, but here on Planet, where everything had to happen inside some kind of dome, it was death on your back.
Nantuplet Helium Pond, the only one of her brood to survive the margarine famine of '02, made the decision. "We'll sit this one out, people. The University is too cramped; a couple years hence, when we get our colony in order, we'll invite everybody over to our house. Until then, we must keep working." The colony grumbled a bit, but went back to their oversized warrens.
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Turn turned to Nigel.
The lack of enthusiasm regarding our proposed party was greeted with sadness by university researchers. It was even suggested that future tech trading may have to be limited due to out neighbours indifference. Aaaaah well, there's another base-warming party coming in a year or two, perhaps a more favourable response may occur then.
Hobbres
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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Turn to Mark.
I beleive the University could use better PR. Make your next base-warming a Nigel-o-fest!
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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The Giant Molasses Eaters regret deeply any offense they may have caused by recalcitrance. They offer in apology a sample of their latest efforts at fungal molasses. It's not exactly like the real thing, but you get used to it.
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Turn turned.
A jar of a strange black substance was received with great trepidation by University researchers following its discovery on the back doorstep. It is undergoing chemical analysis now. Trials to establish edibility have not been successful to date; the Lab rats starved themselves to death rather than eat it.
Hobbes
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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2121 turned to Mark
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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The Scout Patrol commander felt extremely embarassed. He'd been on Planet since landing, and should have known better. At first, he'd been excited--it looked like they'd found a perfectly usable Solar Seeder from the Unity. That would come in handy, back at Snogworthy: these things could almost instantly set up a very lucerative patch of Solar Panels, and what with the money troubles the GME had been having, he'd be seen as a hero. But he wasn't quite sure if it was actually a Solar Seeder, or a Pulp Silo (the Unity planners had anticipated a need for paper products far in excess of what was actually called for, and useless Pods full of paper pulp were turning up all over Planet). So he directed a member of his unit to scrape off some of the debris that was covering the Pod's ID plate. He should've done it himself: the dumb sprout set the thing off. Now there sat a patch of Solar Panels, out in the middle of nowhere, no good to anybody. The commander felt like waiting a couple cycles to call this one in.
Turn over to Hobbes.
[This message has been edited by Helium Pond (edited November 09, 2000).]
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Turn turned. A quiet time. No pods, no techs, no colonys. Terraforming however, goes according to plan & the research labs are running hot.
Hobbes
[This message has been edited by Hobbes_One (edited November 09, 2000).]
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Nigel
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Wainscotting, England
Aug 2000
time: 05:13
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2122 to Mark.
Nigelite plans proceed amid the tummultuous beacon of secrecy.
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Turn to Hobbes.
You guys will get a save/reload suspiciousness error about me. I promise I'm not doing this to try to get different effects from pods, or worm battles, or to take back stupid mistakes. I'm trying to take screenshots of the whole map, zoomed out to the max, at the end of every turn, so I can make a cool little .avi out of them at the end of this. I forgot to take the screenshot this time. I reloaded so I could take the shot.
And oh yeah: White Elephants informs me that a Rueben has corned beef and sauerkraut, not roast beef. Thanky, White-E.
[This message has been edited by Helium Pond (edited November 11, 2000).]
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Helium Pond
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Los Anheles, California, Good Ole U S of A
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Uh... are we in danger of having a player get eliminated? Haven't seen anyone post here in close to 48 hours...
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