Tale

Because they're awesome and we're not thieves?

Ever played Command Keen? How about Hexen? It's not too late. http://www.steampowered.com/v/index...SubId=440&cc=US I never played Commander Keen, Quake II, Hexen, or Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I also apparently missed out on Master Levels for Doom II. One noteable exception from the package is Quake 4 by Raven Software. And I think I hear Commander Keen episode 6 (not by id, don't know who by) is not included. I'm such a nerd. This is so awesome. Doom got me into gaming, but I actually never finished any of them without cheating (including 3, which felt too long).

What problems are you having? You've run out of Halflings to slaughter? I had that problem too.

The stories aren't particularly linked. At least not in any significant way beyond a few mentions and brief cameos.

Mighty big desktop, chief. What monitor do you have? Edit: Make that "What monitorS"

He was in Code Veronica. Which felt like a better sequel than 3 did, actually.

rabble rabble

He's either Chris's alt or his friend.

I can't be the only one to realize he's a fake poster, can I?

Don't make me disown you, Pidesco. You'll be out on a fence in the alley in no time.

Because I'm playing my Civ as a bunch of technological zealots. We don't recognize such superstitious hogwash! I'm hoping the Mongolians declare again. The only thing they have going is Longbows on defense (which I have no specific counter for, but I'm sure my Grenadiers can handle them) and Horsemen (whatever their UU is) running raids. I just need to find their supply of horses.

I'm also playing Beyond the Sword. I decided to start over using some of the strategy information I've gleaned from the CivFanatics forums. I'm building my new civ around one very basic concept, technological elitists. I do not deal with any of the other "lesser" civs except to destroy them should they arise my ire or to steal pitiful technologies that aren't worth my civ's time to research. I've never taken on a state religion or built a religious building. It's research, money, or military. I realized pretty early on that I needed some breathing room. So I did an America. I conquered every last Native American city and took their land. All of it. The Mongolians weren't happy with this so they declared war on me. They never bothered attacking, of course. I was able to take 4 or 5 Native American cities while the Mongolians just spewed insults and called me backstabbing, blah blah blah. I've rejected every single trade and open borders proposal I've ever gotten. After taking all NA cities, I moved to assault the Mongolians. And I was wading deep. I took one city (which will probably flip back to them soon unless I can do something), but could not break the next. So, I offered a Peace Treaty. They accepted. Now that I'm out of war, I should have no problem getting my research back to its top levels. And maybe enhancing my espionage as well. I have every resource I could need so far, so my isolationism should be fine. My overall plan is to build up to the Manhatten Project. I'll stockpile nukes like there's no tomorrow and hope that's a heavy deterrent. If that doesn't work, well I will have no qualm about unleashing armaggedon. Assuming I can get access to Uranium. This is all to keep the idiot civs from raiding my cities while my people work towards travelling to Alpha Centauri, where we can research more in peace!

I can think of nothing more embarassing for a female coworker than for me to catch them watching porn on their computer while on the job. And little more hilarious at the workplace that doesn't involve someone getting hurt.

I think the only reason they did that was to lead in to the tie-in novel.

So, I guess I'm mainly playing Civ 4 - Beyond the Sword since I'm too much of a pansy to play more of Condemned. Somewhat interesting things are going on, now. I converted to Judaism relatively early on because all of my powerful neighbors had it. What I failed to do was properly explore the rest of the world. I've already moved on to Free Religion and I've found the other half of the civilizations from the map, they're all Confucists, and all except one pitifully weak one, are all incredibly strong. So, I have tons of good will with the weakest civs in the game, but thankfully and building up good will with the absolute strongest civ, Ethiopia, through fair tech trading. The Japanese are on my Western border and annoying me, stifling my growth in some regards. They have Uranium and Pigs one tile from my border. I will have it. I set myself up for war with them earlier, decided to start with their two Southern cities because they where built just under my border and along the coast. One turn before I declare war, the Mayans declare war. I take those two Southern cities and move for another Southern city that's not below my Southern border, but beyond my West. I got quite a few sugar can plantations from those bottom two, taking this will give me 2 more ivory. Right before I attack, Pacal II (Maya) takes him as a vassal. Just recently, they've grown beyond vassal status. He must have gotten them right when they dropped low enough for it. I'm preparing for war again for those Pigs and Uranium. Only their previously laughable army is as modernized as mine now. This won't be as easy. It's mostly Elephants and Muskets, but he has a few Airships too.

May I ask why, oh why, you want to learn German? Main reason is because it's not a Romance language. I could have gone for Japanese, Chinese, or Russian, but I hear those are particularly difficult and I have a hard enough time with foreign language.

Tale ist nicht Deutsch. Er ist Texan. I'm just trying to improve my German. So, I set many interfaces to German as well as play some of my games in German for second playthroughs.