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Topic: Origin of Orz' word "Frumple" (Read 28944 times)
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Kohr-Ah_Primat
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You know, the first time I flew the Fury I was in such a world of pain... I emptied my entire battery into the opponent, a VUX I think. Or i tried to, but I wasn't quite prepared for the three directional shots.. Then I tried to blast him with my special... This didn't work too well, my ship just screamed something. I flew off, narrowly avoiding death, and waited for my batteries to recharge, which of course they didn't. I had a little left in my batteries (well, I'd actually reloaded them but didn't know that). So I went in for another run and emptied the batteries. After that I flew around for ages without recharging. In the end I attempted a suicide run on the planet. And reincarnated... I guess it pays to read the manual. But yeah, otherwise I like them 
Oye, reading over these older posts of yours, I've been laughing my head off...
I wish my first experience with the Pkunk had been that amusing! I just remember playing with them, and thinking that the only way to regain battery power with them was to kill them off. I'd empty a full battery at a Dreadnought, find a planet to smash into, and then go straight for the Dreadnought again.
However, I remember thinking how incredibly useless the Slyandro probe was, and wondering why the hell it was valued so high when it had such a limited battery.
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)
I hated that... I remember doing the exact same thing.
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Lukipela
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Well, if you want your perspective to be "I'm cold, wet and hungry cause I can't afford to pay the rent or buy food, but hey, at least I've got my sunglasses....", then I'm sure it's fine. Myself, I'd rather make do with glasses made from the bottoms of two old cokebottles, some string, and a black magic marker, if it meant I could afford a bit more beer....
You're absolutely right GM, we should start *jumoping* during *camping time*, and make the *frumple* go away by *always look at the bright side of life*. Bring it on!!!
Keeping with the origin of your topic, I've been curious about *happy camper* was that an expression b4 SC2 as well? (Bear in mind I heard very litle english when I was young)
Also, in an unarmed battle, who would win? A traddash or an Ilwrath? what about if the judge is a sneaky Arilou?
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GermanNightmare
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Okay, this is how I'm gonna spend my $500:
2 plastic bottles of CokeR (0,5l): $1,- each,
1 paper-cutter: $0,50
1 piece of string (50cm): $0,25
1 black magic marker: $1,25
1 box of Band-AidsR $1,-
Then I drink the liter of CokeR, get all shaky, cut the bottoms out, paint them black, punch holes in them, cut the string accordingly to arrange the bottoms to make my pair of shades, probably cut myself a couple of times during the process (hence the Band-AidsR) because all that coffein gets to me (and I'm clumsy sometimes!).
That leaves me with $495 to spend on rent, food & bills but more importantly: for beer, cigarettes and girls. Well, definitely on smokes and brew anyway!
Still have a pair of nice shades. It says RayBanR on the glass (plastic) but they cost me only $15,- in the streets of New York City and work just fine!
As for your other idea, LP: I would pay to see that fight. Maybe not to see it real and life in person (way too dangerous - but to see it would really be interesting. A huge, bi-pedal Rhino against a huge eight-legged Spider, huh?
Well, considering the typical short-sighted rhino-attack (great speed, no agility, heavy weight, strong body structure, great strength through muscles) of the Thraddash against a venomous-fanged, web-spinning spider like the Ilwrath (great speed, great agility, low weight, fragile body structure, great strength through exo-skeleton): PHEW! I wanna SEE that!
I guess it all depends on who gets to move first and the way the ring would look like (a cage would give the spider too much of an advantage, a plain hall would take the fun out of it, in close quarter fighting the strength to crush the spider's body would give the rhino an advantage?).
Gee! Good topic! (I hereby open this thread also to good 1 on 1 brawls, whereas ZFP count as one species - tag-team! - and would definitely kick, uh, well, lemme see, there's gotta be someone's butt...)
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« Last Edit: April 10, 2003, 11:56:52 pm by German_Nightmare »
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Lukipela
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I'd set them up in something like the Thunderdome, with weapons attached to the walls. the Ilwrath's agility and better ability to climb would be offset by the fact that a Traddash is heavy enough to bounce around like a mad bugger, grap a welding torch, and do some seroius surgery o that muthaspidah!
Wee haa! How bout a ZFP combo versus two Umgah? The ZFP get to use their platforms, and the Umgahs have a toothbrush each!
495$ eh? Not bad, that'd give you the ride of your life. However, seeing as i was simply going to pick two empty coke bottles off the street, and steal the lead off a dog to make string, I'd say I'll have the entire 500! What? the marker? Oh, I was thinking of using mud instead, we have plenty over ehre.... After that, I'd finally be able to by the location of a Rainbow world off the Melnorme!
What is that you say? Credits and $ aren't the same thing? sure they are, just like € are RUs!!!
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