[PB60] Lurking the Final Frontier

[Thoth]

Player paranoia about Lurker Thread spam is always entertaining.


Has anyone watched anything good on Netflix recently?

[chumchu]

I do not have Netflix ; )

[Charriu]

So how paranoid can we make civac?

[Brian Shanahan]

Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation
Deep space is my dwelling place
The stars my destination

One of my favorite novels.

When I first read it I stayed up all night reading it. Once finished I went straight back to page one and started from scratch. An amazingly imaginative book.

The Bester version is "Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival." from The Stars My Destination. Very good read.

I stole it from Babylon 5 (John Sheriden specifically, though his version didn't have the profanity).  Given that I associate the name "Alfred Bester" with a certain notorious Psi Cop, I think it's a fair bet that JMS was a fan.

Oh my, yes.

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Poor civic thinks that the recent lurker thread activity has anything at all to do with the game state 

Things do look to be heating up a bit as the empty land gets filled up, I wish GKC reported more so we could see how many units are actually in his build queues.

Woohoo my first induction of paranoia into a player's head. My mother would be so proud!

[RefSteel]

The Bester version is "Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival." from The Stars My Destination. Very good read.

I stole it from Babylon 5 (John Sheriden specifically, though his version didn't have the profanity).  Given that I associate the name "Alfred Bester" with a certain notorious Psi Cop, I think it's a fair bet that JMS was a fan. :)

The original quote, presumably referenced by both of the above, was indeed "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." It's from Robert Goodloe Harper, then a member of Congress, expressing popular U.S. sentiment toward French demands in the "XYZ affair" at the end of the 19th century. (Yes, almost two and a quarter centuries ago.)

This is extremely important information to hopefully help teach players not to attempt to read the game state from the number of posts in the lurker thread!

[Charriu]

The important question is, when will this paranoia affect the other players, too.

[Thoth]

The Bester version is "Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival." from The Stars My Destination. Very good read.

I stole it from Babylon 5 (John Sheriden specifically, though his version didn't have the profanity).&nbsp; Given that I associate the name "Alfred Bester" with a certain notorious Psi Cop, I think it's a fair bet that JMS was a fan. <img src="https://www.realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/smile2.gif" data-sceditor-emoticon="" alt="" title="">

The original quote, presumably referenced by both of the above, was indeed "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." It's from Robert Goodloe Harper, then a member of Congress, expressing popular U.S. sentiment toward French demands in the "XYZ affair" at the end of the 19th century. (Yes, almost two and a quarter centuries ago.)

This is extremely important information to hopefully help teach players not to attempt to read the game state from the number of posts in the lurker thread!

Interesting. A chapter of your history I'd never heard of before (I had to google XYZ affair )

[Thoth]

As an aside: Is anyone up for a game of Werewolf in this thread?

[Tarkeel]

GKC gave us a glimpse of what he's got coming, but it looks like he might not know that he can reach Jowy to the north as well? Very puzzling that he hasn't scouted "his" one-tile inner sea island either.

[chumchu]

I just finishen New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson while we are on the topic of SF. I liked it, but not as much as his mars series. Anyone else read it? What was your impressions?