16-01-2001 06:40									#1
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Well, skunked again. Goog's Spartan Chronicles Chat hates me and locks up my internet connection. This time rebooting didn't even help. I'll try next week.

Hydro

D4everman - thanks, and I'm glad you like it! It's nice to know someone is reading the venerable SC!

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	23-01-2001 04:52									#2
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Chat room for authors at 8.00 EST tonight

fall back will be ICQ chat (Hydro - you'll need to activate your ICQ, as will I)

	23-01-2001 06:45									#3
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G,

Your chat room hates me again tonight. This time it killed my internet connection and I had to soft boot.

Also, I blew away ICQ. It had hijacked my default Netscape page and I just couldn't stand it anymore, so it had to die. Killing it did no good (since that !@*&#@! ICQ page still taunts me every time Netscape activiates), but I felt better for a minute or so.

Hydro

	23-01-2001 07:36									#4
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Hmm - maybe I need to ditch the Bravenet chat room and put in a tripod or MSN chat room.

My guess is that there's no mileage in hijacking Vel's room 'cos it's Bravenet too.

I'll see what i can do this week as long as i have DSL (losing it for 2 months while I'm in Palm Springs)

G.

	27-01-2001 20:04									#5
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I experimented a little in my last post. I hope no one is offended.

Hydro

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	23-02-2001 07:58									#7
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Very strange. I sat down to write a story for SC and a completely different one came out. I've noticed that that happens every once in a while - the story takes over and I struggle to try to capture it. My second SMAC story Bright Beginnings was like that and, now that I think of it, so was Godwinson's Hope and Learn to Overcome. Maybe this is the elusive muse that Googlie and Vel keep talking about?

Hydro

	23-02-2001 10:45									#8
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I finally got a post up! Woo hoo! Consider the Circle's butt kicked. Hopefully, I'll get an aftermath post up before then Monday. Anyways, if anything else I'm always reading

By the way Hydro, I like your Deirdre's Dairy stories too.

Anyways, I need sleep now.

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Argo
"People want to believe what they see is true, even if it's only for the time they are in the playhouse. That's what theatre is, don't you understand? Showing people what they wish were true."
-Robertson Davies "World of Wonders"

	24-02-2001 03:34									#10
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I meant Diary , honestly, I did. It was gone 12:30 when I finally finished! Give me a break
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	24-02-2001 06:00									#11
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Hydro:

quote: Originally posted by Hydro on 02-22-2001 09:58 PM ... every once in a while - the story takes over and I struggle to try to capture it. Hydro

	24-02-2001 09:13									#12
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I stole this post. What are you going to do about it?

**Ashaandi, eater of double posts

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	24-02-2001 09:19									#13
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That must be what Steven King described in his book On Writing. I plan to read it again after my plate is cleared. And you are right - it is exhilarating, and fairly rare.

Oh, Argo and sen - great posts! It's nice to see Jess and friends in action again (and a first exploratory kiss - **sigh**). Good ol' Gecko's back in action too, and calling in favors. And what's up with Honshu, that little rat bastard? We'll have to see! Looks like Paul and Rose are playing nice, and their truce is holding. Good Hive Ops cliffhanger there - is Sand dead, and how about Ashaandi? I liked the part about Rose wanting to build a little probe empire under the Spartan umbrella - just what she would do (although she must hate Sparta's police state).

Hydro

	25-02-2001 18:21									#14
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Argo,

Glad you like Skye Journal. Since it is MP I have time between turns and I can weave stories around every day events that in SP I might ignore. So, I guess it is a series of micro stories held together with a chronological thread. It certainly isn't about grand themes, like SC or Wizard of C.

Hydro

	08-07-2001 08:20									#15
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To any readers who remain, Books 7 and 8 are now available for download from the Spartan Chronicles site:

http://googlie2.tripod.com/spartanchronicles/

They cover the posts from July 17, 2000 (the end of Book 6) to date (June 16, 2001)

(And rest assured, we will be picking up the quill again - there is much business left unfinished on Chiron)

G.

	08-07-2001 09:54									#16
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Just to let you all know, there are still readers out here. I have invested a lot of time in getting to know the characters you guys have created and I look forward to reading some more. My reading style is to allow 3 or 4 posts to appear before reading them. I feel that I get more out of them instead of just reading them one at a time. I can remember having to read 8 or 9 posts to get caught up to the present. Anyway keep up the good work.

	15-08-2001 18:55									#17
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hell, that's right.
there are still readers. some of them are addicted

:banned:

give me more!

	19-08-2001 07:44									#18
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quote: Originally posted by hypocrites hell, that's right. there are still readers. some of them are addicted :banned: give me more!

Oh alright then . You just kind of encouraged me to get off my duff and write some more.

	19-08-2001 16:17									#19
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frankly, senatus?

your parts are the best!!!

especially with salvadore st-james and santiago

month ago i was sitting in the kitchen and reading 'bout st-james giving lecture on alexander, and after, his discussion with santiago. my mother came (it was very late) and checked up what i was reading.
she said angrily: 'history, again??!!'
the funniest thing is that my mother doesn't know single english word
and that she hates history. i love.

well, i'm waiting. very patiently.
hypocrites

	28-08-2001 17:00									#20
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I would also like to register my thanks to all the authors of the Spartan Chronicles, in case they think they don't have many readers.

Your descriptions and characterisations of the Chiron environment are extremely good, and have added enormously to the SMAX playing environment.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

	30-08-2001 17:26									#21
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Hello all,

Hypocrites and fluffy, thanks for the kind words about SC. They have inspired me to get off my duff, too, and get some of my threads moving again. I have no excuse for my long absence except overwork, family obligations, and extreme sloth.

Fluffy, I couldn’t help but notice your name and avatar. Are you named after that frisky and irascible SC character Fluffy by any chance? Just wondering…

Hydro

	30-08-2001 19:09									#22
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erm, guilty as charged! I loved the character, especially as I always take a native approach to SMAC-gaming.

The avatar has an unfortunate similarity to a cowpat, don't you think?

	25-01-2002 03:42									#23
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OK, it has been a while, to state it mildly. Things have been pretty busy for me in the past couple of months, and will continue to be. However, I'm committed to trying to finish this thing (with help? Guys?) if there still are readers out there.

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	25-01-2002 08:12									#24
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you still have readers. The SC continues to be a favorite of mine.

	26-01-2002 00:13									#25
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I enojy reading the story, though I am still playing catch up trying to get to where the story is now. I started reading this back when it was on its 2cd thread IIRC.

Great Story keep it up!!!

	26-01-2002 05:07									#26
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I’m glad that the poor, neglected SC still has some readers.

I know I’ve been bad, and (being of Norwegian extraction) I have been suffering from incredible amounts of guilt at my sordid treatment of SC. The only solution is to get my butt in gear and continue this Magnum Opus. I’ve got at least 4 or 5 story thread hanging, so I have my work cut out for me. And, as I recall, I have a few unfinished posts (my 190th or so?) on my PC.

I promise to get something done this weekend!

Hydro

	28-01-2002 18:29									#27
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Got most of a post done, but a random PC crash (darn Win98!) meant I lost everything prior to my save. I'll continue in the next day or two. Sorry.

Hydro

	28-01-2002 20:44									#28
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quote: Originally posted by senatus ... if there still are readers out there.

definitely - we wait with baited breath!