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"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
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It's probably presumptuous to pick a water based naming theme before even knowing what the map will be, but that's exactly what we're going to do:
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I might try to convince Commodore to add his silver words to this page; mine feel like they have turned to lead as of late.
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I'm actually making an experimental map that is 100% water tiles. You start off with a settler on a transport and two battleships, and must find good mid-ocean rifts to settle on.
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Eh, I've played worse
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Best faction is best.
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(June 7th, 2016, 18:06)greenline Wrote: I'm actually making an experimental map that is 100% water tiles. You start off with a settler on a transport and two battleships, and must find good mid-ocean rifts to settle on.
There was an interesting GOTM where you were atlantis, and had a carrack, settler and worker. Started on a desert tile and could see good landing spots left and right...
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(June 7th, 2016, 14:53)pindicator Wrote: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-Allen Saunders
It's probably presumptuous to pick a water based naming theme before even knowing what the map will be, but that's exactly what we're going to do:
I might try to convince Commodore to add his silver words to this page; mine feel like they have turned to lead as of late.
All praise to the Otak! I'm surprised after the LOTR success they haven't tried a movie set in this universe yet.
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(June 8th, 2016, 03:26)ReallyEvilMuffin Wrote: All praise to the Otak! I'm surprised after the LOTR success they haven't tried a movie set in this universe yet. Because it's more of a sprawling miniseries? Although those are more likely to be like:
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Or more recently:
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...which, as campily delightful as they are, don't really seem like the more serious Le Guin's jam.
Oh.
Oh wait. 
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(June 8th, 2016, 08:44)Commodore Wrote: (June 8th, 2016, 03:26)ReallyEvilMuffin Wrote: All praise to the Otak! I'm surprised after the LOTR success they haven't tried a movie set in this universe yet. Because it's more of a sprawling miniseries? Although those are more likely to be like:
Or more recently:
...which, as campily delightful as they are, don't really seem like the more serious Le Guin's jam.
Oh.
Oh wait.
Haha Danny glover? I think it would do well with a proper budget. You could easily make the first book into a feature film. There's enough in it for a great film - the shadow, the dragons, the school rivalry and of course; the comedy relief pet! Might have to make it not die though... Tombs of atuan would be harder, bordering on impossible.
All Hollywood needs is a semi bankable setting, then they can roll off Exapnded universe sequel after sequel.
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Shannara added an extra character to the trope I see.
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(June 8th, 2016, 17:40)pindicator Wrote: Shannara added an extra character to the trope I see. Ironically Gimli Salah was in both Seeker and Shanara as the awesome old king/grandfather, but he only got his picture in MTV's poster. I dunno, man.
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