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ervaqre schreef:
>>> So what are the advantages of not being alcoholically intoxicated? Is it
>>> not much more efficient to get new grog as soon as you get a headache?
>>>
>> Well, not having to buy and drink the stuff that got you ill in the first place
>> is a plus. The cost of the battery acid in that grog alone would be a financial
>> windfall. You wouldn't even have to spend those winnings on asperines if you'd
>> be man enough to tough it out.
>
> Asperines?? Uhm...grog is the best cure for a hangover! And the only
> thing better than buying alcohol is actually drinking it!! Gee, you got
> to have sum phun in life!!
>
> BIG RACCOONS EVERYWHERE!!!!
>
Hmmm, I bet there is a grog recipe with asperines in it, aswell as the
obligatory battery acid.

--
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ervaqre schreef:
>>> Caraholic. Or perhaps public transport aholic. Or perhaps...you never
>>> leave the basement?
>>>
>> That's very "The People Under The Stairs".
>
> Is that some sort of reference to either British or American television?
> I'm not as anglicized as you are. I'm more a man of dripping ears.
>
> YAN!!
>
It's a Wes Craven horror movie.

Is dripping ears from some engrish subtitles?

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ervaqre schreef:
>>> RAF actually makes me think of socialist terrorists. And of Rigas
>>> Autobusu Fabrika of course. But I'll inject it into my brain as long as
>>> it's a drug!
>>>
>> It would be faster acting if you inserted it with a meat cleaver. You wouldn't
>> even feel it if you do it when you have a grog induced splitting headache.
>
> Do you have any idea what a meat cleaver costs these days!? No, I'm
> better off doing it all with candles and needles.
>
Scented candles sure do bring in the romance, no wonder you're going that way.
Or are they roman candles? Those are festive!

--
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Thus ervaqre spoke:

> emmel is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>>> So what are the advantages of not being alcoholically intoxicated? Is it
>>>> not much more efficient to get new grog as soon as you get a headache?
>>>>
>>> Well, not having to buy and drink the stuff that got you ill in the first place
>>> is a plus. The cost of the battery acid in that grog alone would be a financial
>>> windfall. You wouldn't even have to spend those winnings on asperines if you'd
>>> be man enough to tough it out.
>>
>> Battery acid is quite cheap, if you buy it in bulk, actually.
>
> What's teh name of your dealer, scrawny?

I'd go for chemistry wholesale, if I were you. A touch of sulphuric
acid, some lead oxide and you are good to go.
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Thus ervaqre spoke:

> emmel is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>>> You could at least have said 'Ron'.
>>>
>>> Ron?! Who's Ron!?!?
>>
>> You'd like to know that, eh?
>
> It must be Ronald Reagan the boy with the chewing gum!

::shakes head::
As if I wasn't capable of writing 'Ronald' when I mean 'Ronald'. No,
damn it, 'Ron' as in 'Ron'. Just 'Ron'.
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Thus ervaqre spoke:

> emmel is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>>> More like brain dead...
>>>
>>> Who needs a brain in this day and age!?! MegaHAL will guide me.
>>
>> Point proven.
>
> Hey! I did attend primary school!! I think.

Yeah, but what primary school? The Over-The-Forest Elementary for the
Deathly Challenged?
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ervaqre wrote:
> Red Dragon is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>> To me it seems it is who kills the other fastest who wins these kinds of
>>> games! When you can get to an awesome gun fast enough (and it is not
>>> guarded), it is the choice weapon for these types of games.
>>>
>>> Neo
>> If you're referring to it as the pulse gun, I guess the first one. It's
>> the 'link gun' in every game after that, but it works mostly the same,
>> with a new feature thrown in.
>>
>> My personal preference has always been the flak cannon, in terms of
>> proper weapons. In the first UT however, I very much liked telefragging
>> bots with the translocator.
>
> Telefragging bots? Bad cheating dragon! Though I do agree, the flak
> cannon is the best weapon, especially in maps with narrow hallways and
> such. In large open maps the sniper rifle might be king.
>

Not cheating bots, I mean the computer-controlled opponents. I
telefragged people with pure, unadulterated skill. I just played against
the computer most of the time since I don't like my prey talking all the
time.

ervaqre wrote:
> Red Dragon is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>> I don't understand why there are still people eating spaghetti, with or
>>> without an h. It's more difficult to eat than eating with chopsticks
>>> even.
>> Both of which I do quite happily. That must mean there's a field of
>> incomprehension around me.
>>
>> What was I talking about?
>
> Eating with chopsticks! It's terrible. Somebody gave me some chopsticks
> with Chinese characters on it. I suppose it says "Good luck, idiot". I
> tried eating fries and a frikadel with it, but I soon gave up.
>

Yes, I suppose pirates would rely much more heavily on gross motor
skills and fail to develop the fine.

ervaqre wrote:
> Neo is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>> My personal preference has always been the flak cannon, in terms of
>>> proper weapons. In the first UT however, I very much liked telefragging
>>> bots with the translocator.
>> I think the ion paint gun in UT 2003 is very cool. It reminds me of the
>> orbital rods in Syndicate Wars.
>>
>> The problem with the Flak Cannon (while powerful), is that you need to
>> be close to your target for it to work well.
>
> You can use alternate fire for long distance attacks. Problem is that
> some people keep jumping around all the time though. Oh, and a weapon
> not mentioned yet, what about the redeemer (or warheadlauncher when you
> summon it through the terminal)? With that one I really kill myself all
> the time!

Duh! Should have thought of that. And I am not even a Mac user!

>> I guess my favorite is the minigun and the rocket launcher. With the
>> minigun I would just spin it up as I wend along a corner and spinned it
>> down again if noone was there. Flak Cannon could kill me faster, true..
>>
>> That said, I didn't get a copy of UT GOTY until I got a fast ADSL
>> connection (hint) and I just liked UT 2003 more because of the graphics!
>>
>> I also played lots and lots of Quake III Arena against the bots and
>> friends if that was possible (not often). Chaingun in TA is definitely
>> the best virtual weapon I ever held!
>
> I used to play Quake II a lot before UT GOTY was releases and it had a
> railgun! Don't they have that in Quake III? It's a weapon that will
> deliver instant kills almost all the time. Another thing I loved about
> Quake II back in the days that on most servers at least, other people
> were forced to download skins and models of all active players, so often
> I walked around as a tiny black sheep, almost invisible in dark corners
> and hallways. ARR!!

Yes, Quake III has the rail gun! It is powerful (kills everything in two
shots), but if you miss you spend a long time reloading! Then I always
get nervous and miss the next shot too and then I am about really do be
buried till I respawn! (against bots I must mention, I am too chicken to
play against strangers that might be rude or otherwise unpleasant).

>> UT3 should be at my parents house now. I ordered it a couple of days ago
>> at an online store. I hope I can put off building a new game pc for a
>> couple of months. The one I have now is from 2003 but it is really too
>> old now to run UT3 and the like. It can't be upgraded anymore either (I
>> have a geforce 6800 AGP and 1 GB of Dual Channel memory).
>
> 1 GB!? Who's ever going to need so much memory!? It's craxy!!

I bought it when I was still playing World of Warcraft (really too
chicken for that too). World of Warcraft doesn't run well on XP with 512
MB of memory. You will get lag and drops and you will be kicked from
parties that use more than 512 MB of your internal memory!

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ervaqre wrote:
> Neo is a fearsome pirate...
>
>>> It's true, but that mode runs through your ammo like water.
>> Which version of UT are we talking about? I am buying my next computer
>> to play UT3 on. Somehow I like to single play in an arena against bots
>> more than going on some far fetched mission where you have to play for
>> several weeks before you get to the cool weapons (and then the game is
>> suddenly finished).
>
> UT GOTY 1999 is of course the game I am talking about. I still like it a
> million times better than any other UT game after that. In fact, I have
> been playing it almost every week ever since it was released. A couple
> of years ago I used to frequent sniper servers a lot (HEADSHOT!!!)
> though for the past year or so I've been on MH servers almost
> exclusively.
>
> *Ervaqre is wicked sick!*

So you do have internet on the Immortal Elephant? Cable or ADSL?!

I almost completed the single player campaign in UT2003 (it took some
time till I discovered it was there), when I did a reinstall of my
computer, but the Headshots are still in it!

And most importantly, the graphics are a *lot* better!

Neo
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On Oct 28, 4:02 am, emmel <the_emmel*whatev...@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 2008-10-26, In Disguise <me.....TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > In other news...
> > emmel stated the obvious:
>
> >>>>>> As the Mythbusters show, it's hard enough deflecting an arrow. Let
> >>>>>> alone a bullet.
>
> >>>>> Depends what you try to deflect it with. A couple of inches of
> >>>>> steel plating are pretty effective.
>
> >>> You've been watching "A Fistful of Dollars" haven't you?
>
> >> Maybe, but I can't remember it.
>
> > WHAT!?  You must instantly watch that, and "Once Upon A Time in the Midwest"
> > for good measure!!  Sergio Leone, man!
>
> ::shrugs::
> I don't really care.

Your apathy is apparently stemming from too much time in this
newsgroup (or too little - we're not really sure), which can be
hazardous to your long-term mental state. I recommend two mugs of
grog and a good keelhauling, then call me in the morning.

Signed,
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or DEATH for short.

Thus neppie spoke:

> On Oct 28, 4:02 am, emmel <the_emmel*whatev...@gmx.net> wrote:
>> On 2008-10-26, In Disguise <me.....RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> > In other news...
>> > emmel stated the obvious:
>>
>> >>>>>> As the Mythbusters show, it's hard enough deflecting an arrow. Let
>> >>>>>> alone a bullet.
>>
>> >>>>> Depends what you try to deflect it with. A couple of inches of
>> >>>>> steel plating are pretty effective.
>>
>> >>> You've been watching "A Fistful of Dollars" haven't you?
>>
>> >> Maybe, but I can't remember it.
>>
>> > WHAT!?  You must instantly watch that, and "Once Upon A Time in the Midwest"
>> > for good measure!!  Sergio Leone, man!
>>
>> ::shrugs::
>> I don't really care.
>
> Your apathy is apparently stemming from too much time in this
> newsgroup (or too little - we're not really sure), which can be

Erm, I'm *not* posting in AGLAMI, you know...

> hazardous to your long-term mental state. I recommend two mugs of
> grog and a good keelhauling, then call me in the morning.

OK, shall I burn you with the (slightly) acidic grog first and keelhaul
you then or the other way round?

> Signed,
> Director Elect of AGLAMI Trusted Health.
> or DEATH for short.

Do you work for the DOD?
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