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  1. 01-18-2016, 09:40 PM #1791
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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    Well, yes - unless you have one of the 'translator marbles' that you put in your mouth, the system(s) will not accept voice commands in any of the usual languages.

    Unless you happen to speak the forbidden language of Sunuz, that is. It's the language of the Ancients, apparently, and it's what the AIs think and speak in.

    Makes trying to find one of the 'marbles' a really high priority...

    Unless you happen to have a high-class/level Livyani sorcerer handy, that is. They tend to know this kind of recondite thing, which makes their snobbery more tolerable.
    Is this where the term "marble mouth" comes from...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hrugga View Post
    Is this where the term "marble mouth" comes from...?
    Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

    We'll be here all week, folks; try the veal, the chef has a special dinner on...

    Are the Kurt Hills the Catskills of Tekumel? The mind boggles...
    Henny hi Youngman?

    (not to mention Fozzie hi Bear. Fozzie is the last of the Borscht Belt comics.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    "Legions" is a fun game; I still use it for Qadarni battles, as it's quick and fast. The bases sizes are a little off, but I never worry about that.
    The story above also shows something you and I have discussed for decades; that is, how many gamers seem to be unable to think past "bloody obvious." My opponent in the above game was absolutely astonished that I hadn't just put maximum attack and defense magic up every turn until I ran out of juice, like he did.

    The obvious thing is rarely, if ever, the right choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya View Post
    Henny hi Youngman?

    (not to mention Fozzie hi Bear. Fozzie is the last of the Borscht Belt comics.)
    Given the level of humor around Phil's table, that's about right...
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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    Given the level of humor around Phil's table, that's about right...
    And Phil the perpetual straight man.

    I was too young for a while to realize how he was playing us...
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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    Not surprising; the Hokun paid for the planet to be terra-formed (I have a copy of the receipt for the work) and so they think it's all theirs...
    Ok, have to ask. Is this a document the Good Professor created that you have in your archive or one that Chirine has in game?

    And was it explained why they paid for it? I seem to recall that it was a crossroads on the good ol' interstellar highway that became a pleasure planet.

    Only five parsecs until Tekumel! Visit the Mystery Spot!
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    Quote Originally Posted by chirine ba kal View Post
    Oh, I don't know. Maybe you have one sitting around spare, or something...
    Sure, I could...or I could give them a list of languages and let them pick...

    Quote Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya View Post
    The story above also shows something you and I have discussed for decades; that is, how many gamers seem to be unable to think past "bloody obvious." My opponent in the above game was absolutely astonished that I hadn't just put maximum attack and defense magic up every turn until I ran out of juice, like he did.

    The obvious thing is rarely, if ever, the right choice.
    Well, Occam says that it often is, but not always.

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Andy View Post
    Ok, have to ask. Is this a document the Good Professor created that you have in your archive or one that Chirine has in game?

    And was it explained why they paid for it? I seem to recall that it was a crossroads on the good ol' interstellar highway that became a pleasure planet.

    Only five parsecs until Tekumel! Visit the Mystery Spot!
    In my version of Humanspace, they were adding "Don't miss out on the Milky Way's Bangkok!", FWIW!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya View Post
    The story above also shows something you and I have discussed for decades; that is, how many gamers seem to be unable to think past "bloody obvious." My opponent in the above game was absolutely astonished that I hadn't just put maximum attack and defense magic up every turn until I ran out of juice, like he did.

    The obvious thing is rarely, if ever, the right choice.
    Agreed. I've sen it all the time, no matter what the game or the setting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya View Post
    And Phil the perpetual straight man.

    I was too young for a while to realize how he was playing us...
    Yep...
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