http://www.guildwars.com/events/guildemb...fault.html

No spoiler until I see their version

KoP

Let the board-hopping birthday wishes continue!

One question--do you bake your own birthday cake? Or is a lesser artist commissioned for the occasion?

In any case, many happy returns (again)!

Bam-Bam

Hi,

I suffer from some bad luck at the moment - after being sick twice already this year, I now have a painful neck/shoulder injury. :mad: My doctor told me not to use the computer for some time, especially not the keyboard. But since I had to disobey him today anyway to sort out some stuff over the internet, I can post my ideas for the next assignment here as well.


As some kind of follow-up to "memory lane", I had thought about,

"Change"

This could be one picture, but it would also lend itself nicely to a series of pictures.


If this is too abstract or too close to the theme of the last assignment for you, an alternative proposal would be "At Night".


I'd also suggest to set the deadline to the end of March - this feels more natural than the middle of the month (I think Smegged might agree with me here ), and should hopefully give people enough time.

What do you think? I will mostly stay away from the computer during the next days, but will try to participate in this discussion at least. And yes, I still intend to post a picture about "memory lane", however late this might be.

-Kylearan

I read the 1.01 patch notes for the game and found this interesting comment.

Quote:
* On some Huge maps (Sirian's Crossing in particular), setting a very long
movement path that criss-crossed back and forth across the map could cause
a crash.

I found the website for a place near my cottage that I have been intending to visit 'one of these days'.

Here is a link to one very interesting photograph.


http://www.steveirvine.com/analemma.html

In these days of rampant consumerism amongst the young, fostered by all those television ads for the latest/greatest/niftiest new thing, and, I suspect, mostly paid for by the manufacturers of batteries, I have to tell you about a new toy I found for my children.

I purchased it from Lee Valley Tools, which is mainly a vendor of woodworking tools, but also has branched out into a number of other venues (including great gardening stuff). I just had to share this one, as I know many of you have children too, and may be feeling just as jaundiced about toys for kids as I am.



The toy is described here: http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx...45481&ap=1

No batteries. Incredibly low price tag. And they work perfectly. The kids love it. Bathtub/washtub/lee of the dock races are forthcoming.

This is the description:



Model Steamboat

These steamboats were first made in the 1800s. The version we are selling dates from 1926.

The boat is powered by the world's simplest steam engine, a small diaphragm connected to two tubes. When the system is filled with water and a tiny candle is put under the diaphragm, it creates steam that expels water from one of the tubes. The steam then condenses, creating a vacuum that draws water from the other tube. Since the water is expelled more quickly than it is taken in, the result is a net propulsive force. One of the most amazing parts of the whole process is that the boat makes a "putting" noise very similar to a small motor boat.

Made from recycled tin plate, these boats are the product of a small cottage industry in India. They are educational, entertaining, inexpensive and function well. The boats are simple (even a bit crude) with just a base coat of paint and some may even have rust spots. They can be used as is or customized with a name or other decoration. Sold individually or as a set of three, each boat comes with operating instructions, a low-quality eyedropper for initial filling, 25 extra candles and instructions for making more candles as required.

Magi posted the following at the Lurker Lounge. I am cut'n'pasting here because I know many of you don't read there.

Shadow

Quote:This is actually -Magi- posting for --Pete.

--Pete requested that I let you all know that he is very ill and will be off in a hospital for quite awhile. (My guess right now is at least a month) He sure misses you all and the interesting discussions here. When he gets to feeling a bit better he should be able to get on-line from the hospital, so once you start seeing new posts from him you will know that he has improved and is able to get to his e-mail again.

If you do want to get a message to him, you can send it to my e-mail at [email="magi-mail@comcast.net"]magi-mail@comcast.net[/email] and I will print your messages and take them to him.

Please wish us the best.

Lurkingly Yours,

-Magi-

Literaly EVERY game I start on Civ3 Conquests I start nere the AMERICAN tribes. In my most recent game on a large 60% land continents my ENTIRE continent was American culture group. The Aztecs, Maya, Inca, AND the Americans were the only other people on my continent. I was the ZULU! Does this have anything to do with the culture groups starting near each other option? I'm pretty sure I had it OFF to PREVENT me from starting near... the Americans. My last game it was a small pangea, I was Dutch, and the Maya, Iroquis , Ottomans, and Babylonians were on my continent. Thats half Americans. Now the glass I'm drinking out of right now is smelling like cleaning product and I ALREADY have the darn Flu, so I'll ask you one more question. Why did the game chose the Americans to curse me instead of the say... Asians or Europeans.

Whenever I play Silicoids, the AI gets mad at me for expanding so much (which I'm supposed to) and I get dogpiled. Repeatedly. Throwing up missile batteries on all my worlds doesn't help much seeing as how I'm counting on a large amount of weak systems to keep me going. Sirian seems to have rated them as just beneath the big three (Psilons, Klackons, Humans), but for me they play dead last. So how's it done, Realms Beyond guys?

Been having a few laughs with This Thread.

- Sirian