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Topic: Origin of Orz' word "Frumple" (Read 27836 times)
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Cyamarin
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Wait...where in the source code does it tell you which one is which?
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Cyamarin
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Heh...
« Reply #48 on: February 11, 2003, 02:22:21 am » |
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First time I played Star Control it was SC1. I played with my brother, in one-on-one battle. We figured out the controls and the basic concepts pretty quick, and all that was left was to figure out the abilities of each ship. So we went one on one down the line, my brother choosing the Hierarchy ships and me choosing the Alliance ships. Finally, I chose the Shofixti scout. The ensuing battle went something like this:
Me: "Take this!"
(click)
Me: "Huh? Nothing happened."
(click)
Me: "Nothing's happening! This ship sucks!"
(click-KABOOM!!!)
My Brother: (hysterical laughter)
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Captain Smith
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Here's a wierd thought when I scanned the ship names during melee...
There's a VUX ship called "ORZ"....I wonder.... 
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Cyamarin
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Are you kidding? If I had read the manual, I would have deprived myself of the joy of that experience.
Besides, it was a Genesis rental. Didn't have a manual. ^_^
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GermanNightmare
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Re: Heh...
« Reply #52 on: February 11, 2003, 04:56:44 am » |
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First time I played Star Control it was SC1. I played with my brother, in one-on-one battle. We figured out the controls and the basic concepts pretty quick, and all that was left was to figure out the abilities of each ship. So we went one on one down the line, my brother choosing the Hierarchy ships and me choosing the Alliance ships. Finally, I chose the Shofixti scout. The ensuing battle went something like this:
Me: "Take this!"
(click)
Me: "Huh? Nothing happened."
(click)
Me: "Nothing's happening! This ship sucks!"
(click-KABOOM!!!)
My Brother: (hysterical laughter)
Oh, I remember those days! How does this work? I dunno!
And then you just hack away at the keyboard, and all the sudden the ship did something you didn't expect - how I did it? Don't ask me!
As for the manuals - I've ALWAYS tried to avoid reading those (if I ever had them) - I still figure that a good game is sort of self-explainatory. If you need a manual, it's already too complex (like in the good ol' Falcon 3.0 - who needs a landing gear anyway?)
As for Lukipela - you just described my first flying experience on a fury!!! Great once you figured out how to recharge your batteries, huh?
What is your largest number of reincarnation you've ever had with a single fury?
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Greetings from the German Nightmare - Up the Irons!
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Yeah I remember those "figure out how the ships worked" moments...this is something completely sad, but I never figured out how to release the Orz marines until I accidentally hit upon pressing Special and Fire at the same time (and that took QUITE a while). Guess it pays to read the manual - I never did on any of the games I've played...let's just say I started liking the Orz ship a LOT better after I found that one.
And I think I had the Shofixti experience once too if I recall...
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I already posted this somewhere in the forum, but I think it's relevant now --
my first (second?) game in SC1 - I was the Syreen and my friend was a VUX
Him: "OH NO! You've used your special ability and all my green dots are fleeing from me.. damn, I have to get them before you do!!"
Me: "MUAHAH!! I'm much faster!! come to me, green dots, cooooooome!!"
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Me: "Hmm, this is weird, I'm becoming slow! DAMNIT! YOU TRICKED ME!" ..... *BOOM*.. .*VUX victory ditty*
That was just plain cruel! 
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"You boldly enter our space! Approach this Dreadnought as though it were a recreation base and then play the dumb hominid?
Who do you take us for, Captain... Spathi!?"
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) and we started just editing different bytes off the .shp files..