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Righto guys,
This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
I have filled in about 70% of what I remember happening to and around Ahab,
and I am well aware that there will be bits I have forgotten, and quite
possibly bits I have repressed. The plunge of the Saucy Sal still has me
waking in a cold sweat ;-)
I have sketched in a missiony bit, but that's more down to James and PeterC,
and the Vill-Idge people could no doubt be better donw, and I look to DavidL
to add some colour and movement there. I settled on SHAG only because it
was on my mind at the time - I fully expect you guys will do much better.
I will start adding this to the studs site as it settles down, and look
forward to populating it with pics as the PeterC's salesgirl permits.
So, as a starting point, a draft for dicussion purposes only (did I say that
already?), read on below
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
Battle of Tank Stream
Stardate: umm, longish in the future (4 June 2000)
Once upon a time, there was a suave and debonaire master spy by the name of
Commander Bond, ladies' man extraordinare and all round nice guy (as well as
talented assasin and general saviour of all good things and stuff).
He came to know of a new secret base of SHAG (Super Humans Against Gagh) and
realised that for the safety of gagh everywhere, the base had to be excised
from existence.
Yet the base was strong and well defended, and his own militia (strong and
worthy as it was) would be no match for SHAG. Bond knew he would have to
enlist help.
The planet on which SHAG had built their base was already inhabited by the
Vill-Idge people, a hairless species of tallish ewoks. SHAG kept the
natives in beads and mirrors to keep them away from the base, and to keep
them working as a kind of early warning system, to keep SHAG awake to the
landing of attack fleets. The Vill-Idge people were poor and their material
posessions were worthless-ish, but Captain Ahab did not know this. (As a
side issue, the Vill-Idge people were steeped in invaluable understanding of
the swinging of the hips and the puckering of the lips, but like so many
invaluable cultural type things, it proved to be no match for a blaster).
Captain Ahab and his black guard and his tanker babes and his especially
cross piratical space dudes thought the hapless Vill-Idge people were
custodians of great wealth and treasure. They believed this because that is
what piratical folk like to believe of everyone else, and because that is
what Commander Bond told them to be true.
So Ahab and Bond landed their respective forces together far enough away
from the SHAG base that no-one there or in the forest would hear them
preparing. Presumably because of the flawless application of unbelievably
advanced stealth technology, that meant they landed within an hour's walk,
completely undetected. Obviously someone in communications at the SHAG base
was going to be in some deep doo doo.
Boxer Tanbrix, newly appointed and youngest ever General Secretary of SHAG,
stood on the parapet after receiving the news of the impending attack.
"<<expletive indicating profound regret and resignation deleted>>" said he.
"So this is to be my very first battle - will I be demoted to farm-boy, or
will I fulfil my destiny, and become the equal of the great Tiberius Flint,
the first General Secretary of SHAG.
Commander Bond joined Ahab, and conferred on strategy. They agreed to
pretty much stay out of each others' way, and go give the Vill-Idge people a
right bollocking. Still Bond kept to himself the minor detail concerning
SHAG's presence, high tech weapons, probable numeric superiority, long
memory, vindictive streak and general badness.
Ahab was not stupid, he was just a bit over-awed at the prospect of denuding
the Vill-Idge people of their stunning (and unfortunately non-existent)
wealth.
Early encounters were fairly straight forward. Where ever the Vill-Idge
people poked up their heads, Ahab's men shot the Vill-Idge people's heads
pretty much clean off. The gleaming Cutlass of God flashed through the sky,
doing a fair amount of smiting.
Bond's men marched more or less unopposed through the undergrowth directly
towards the SHAG base.
Bond's plan was going rather well, until he received a radio message from
Ahab "Commander Bond, what are the freaky things on wheels".
The freaky things on wheels were SHAG's first line of defence - immensely
quick self mobile mines. They loved Bond's and Ahab's men. These little
mines loved chasing the men through the forest just to be close to them. And
when they got close to them, the mines were so happy, they just exploded.
Ahab's men didn't know this at the time of course, but, in their normal
especially cross piratical space dude way, shot up the mines anyway. Bond's
men didn't shoot them as well as Ahab's men. Consequently several of Bond's
men were seen doing Icarus impersonations without even the faulty wings.
Ahab's men dealt with the mines and went back to slaughtering the Vill-Idge
people, pushing forward on the right. Bond's men did not get around to
dealing with the mines when SHAG's second line of defence turned up - Fast
Attack Vehicles (FAVs). While Bond's superior local firepower dealt with
the first, the second wrought a havoc of its own, and still there were mines
going off here and there.
And distracted by the FAVs and the mines, Bond's speeder bike squadron
forged ahead without clearing the slopes, allowing the leader of a decimated
troop of Vill-Idge people pikemen to leap aboard one of the passing speeder
bikes. A short struggle ensured, but a pike is no match for a hand blaster.
A near miss blew a rear wheel on the remaining SHAG FAV, sending it
cartwheeling across the meadow, flinging the gunner about. The heavy
suspension held on the fourth roll, slamming the FAV down. But the gun was
still operational, and the navigator grabbed the handles with a fierce
determination, and blew the turret of the nearest hovertank. While he was
distracted, a heavy skiff bearing the Bond Women closed.
In the centre, one of the hovertanks executed a mostly perfect high energy
turn. The tank settled gloriously into the ideal position for its next
attack, inadvertently flaming a friendly mech with his engine wash. The
mech, a Judge II class walker (or Phil, as he was known to his friends) was
working out the appropriate weapons setting to hit yet another of the
<<expletive indicating extreme irritation deleted>> self mobile mines, when
he was mildly surprised to find his head on fire, followed by a force like a
hovertank's main engines throwing him on his back. As the last of his
positronic vacuum tubes burst, he radioed his fellow mech, Steve, "Um Steve?
It's happened again......"
The Saucy Sal (a liberated Police Gunboat) and a SHAG snowspeeder were
involved in a short, vicious exchange of fire, made all the more vicious by
the strains of "You can't stop the music" blasting out of the speeder's pa
system. The glancing shots along Sal's hull did considerable damage to a
nearby Attack Rowboat, but Sal herself ploughed on. With his port engine on
fire (and, under the Dack combat rules, the harpooner already dead despite
all the damage having come from dead ahead), the speeder pilot made a big
call, and pushed the throttle up to ramming speed. But with one engine
failing, the speeder flew in a tight circle, smacking the Sal and taking out
most of her bow weapons, but largely missing her. The snowspeeder slewed to
a steaming halt, squishing a bunch of the remaining Vill-Idge people, and
all was quiet. As the Vill-Idge people pilot (the construction worker, if
you must know) struggled to get out, the ejector seat fired, but the canopy
charges did not, making a nasty red sploogy mess of the construction worker,
who frankly could have lost a few pounds anyway.
Ahab was not amused by the whole "You can't stop the music thing", much less
the fact that a bunch of tree hugging, milk loving, hippie Vill-Idge people
had a fully operational snowspeeder. The radio traffic between Ahab and
Bond was getting increasingly strained.
VSP blasted the top off yellow speeder, which landed on the archers, and a
land mine and did nothing
J's mech yanked on the tow cable of the gopher with tow cable
Attack rowboats moved in on the villagers, cleaning them out, but losing an
attack rowboat's mobility to a grenade run over (while in the hand of a
Vill-Idge person).
As one of SHAG's missile carriers was destroyed, its missiles fired
aimlessly. One destroyed a rock (and the two combatants obliviously hard at
it near the rock), one killed a tree, and a third struck Ahab's remaining
mech in the gun, which blew the gun clean off, and built up an overload that
blew the mech's crotch off - there were ball bearings everywhere
Speeder comes apart, leaving a small pod: which falls to pieces revealing
ABBA. ABBA promptly pick up a few crossbows and a harpoon lying around,
and start firing, taking out a medic, an engineer, Comm Bond (straight up
the blaster rifle). Benny confronts Something Scary, and went mano a mano
for the rest of the battle (til the end of time)
Both tanker babes taken out by Pete's missiles. Ahab screamed, and turned a
ver angry shade of purple
Exploding mountains, destroyed ninjas, snipers, speeders and an Indian Chief
Commandeered jeep lands in a crater
One of the missiles struck Ahab's skiff dead on - while the shield blocked
the blow, the force sent the entire skiff rocketing backwards until it came
to rest, <<expletive referring to the posterior sections of the rowboat
deleted>>-up against a rocky outcropping.
In sheer bloodymindedness, knowing full well that the tanker babes were
extremely unwell if not dead, that Ahab himself had been smacked, and that
she now mounted only a single grenade thrower and a swivel machine blaster,
the helmsman of the Saucy Sal drove on into the full horror of SHAGs
mechanised force. One missile caught her under the bow and pitched her up
to about twenty degrees. A second missile struck under the hull, further
kicking her back further still, until the bow pointed fairly into the sky.
Not sure himself whether he was trying to attack the base, or disengage, the
helmsman pressed the button marked stardrive.
Now there's a lengthy chapter in the Police Gunboat care and maintenance
manual that deals with all the reasons why one does not press this
particular button in an atmosphere, near the ground, while under heavy
weapons fire, without the impulse engines already running at full, when the
helmsman has been drinking, when the bow had been pretty much shot away, or
when you are trying to protect your resale value.
The Saucy Sal lifted majestically away from the ground, following her 80 odd
degree ascent vector for all of about 2.7 seconds. She reached 100m, and
everything seemed to be going so well. Then the engines stopped, which is
never a good thing. The even balance turned into a list, into a bad list
into more or less a complete inversion. And then the Saucy Sal did what any
hundred and seventeen tonne object should do while hanging unpowered above a
decent sized planetary body.
Fortunately for SHAG, she fell just outside the main doors, in the centre of
what suddenly became an anarchic collective of ex-Saucy Sal parts. SHAG
space marines were flattened, once of the main base blast doors came off its
track, Darth Maul, standing on the parapet was struck by shrapnel in his
Achilles tummy and separated into two more or less equi-sized parts, and the
colourful potted petunias that adorned the jambs of the blast doors turned
white in shock.
a hail of light weapons fire blows the missile carrier driver's head out
from under his helmet, and the rudderless carrier careens up some terrain to
sail into a dead volcano and wakes it up.
The battletrak fires on the one remaining forward rowboat, knocking it over
and throwing the men out.
Two especially cross piratical space dudes run onward up onto the front of
the battletrack, firing at the gunner as they come. In fear and desperation
the driver, deep down in the vehicle fires the main guns at the two
especially cross piratical space dudes and the explosion takes out the
dudes, and everything else that was loose and on the front of the battle
tank, including the tracks.
A black guard leaps into the turret, succeeds in turning it to fire on the
base, and hits the already flaming wreck of the saucy sal, reducing it to a
flaming slag heap, before the base commander finally wheeled one of the
turbolasers to bear, and entirely erased the tank from existence.
Still the pirates came on. Two Black Guards and a handful of especially
cross piratical space dudes sought safety from the withering heavy weapons
fire by running headlong into the midst of the light weapons fire of three
SHAG squads of classic space marines. Giving good account of themselves the
inevitable conclusion closed in. Soon there were only two, clear of the
space marines and running for the base doors, jammed open by the untidy
landing of the Saucy Sal a little earlier.
The especially cross piratical space dude had made it by sheer agility. The
Black Guard had made it by elite discipline and hand to hand force, walking
calmly among the space marines, applying the Vulcan neck pinch to man after
man (with such vigour that head after head just seem to pop off), and using
the bodies to block incoming fire, he strode forward.
Then the Jedi appeared - a half dozen of them, walking calmly out through
the broken doors like the proverbial eye of the storm, and a few things
happened at once.
Ahab took one look at the lightsabres and cloaks, and left. He was not an
idiot, and knew that no-one fights the Jedi. He ordered his rowboat back to
the Saucy Sue forthwith, vowing to hunt down Commander Bond's family, pets,
community, planet and species.
The onrushing especially cross piratical space dude keeled over on his face
and simply died of exhaustion.
The Black Guard recognised his kin, and safetied his blaster.
AAT and Battletrak opened a temporal rift into which fell Timmy
Remaining AAT went feral, and grazed happily on the native wildlife until
its batteries died
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Righto guys,
> This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
> work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
> that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
> at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
> I have filled in about 70% of what I remember happening to and around Ahab,
> and I am well aware that there will be bits I have forgotten, and quite
> possibly bits I have repressed. The plunge of the Saucy Sal still has me
> waking in a cold sweat ;-)
I'm sorry about that, it worked out well nethertheless.
> I have sketched in a missiony bit, but that's more down to James and PeterC,
> and the Vill-Idge people could no doubt be better done, and I look to DavidL
> to add some colour and movement there. I settled on SHAG only because it
> was on my mind at the time - I fully expect you guys will do much better.
Battle of Tank Stream
Stardate: umm, longish in the future (4 June 2000)
<Big snip for bandwidth's sake>
I'll add my flavour bits as soon as I stop laughing. I had fun on the day but
it all seemed a bit of a blur. Seeing in print the edited highlights the
battle becomes really quite funny. I have a feeling that the next battle will
have preincarnations of Bond and Ahab on different sides of the table. (Shogun
Bondsai anyone?).
All in all I think I did as much damage to Ahab's force as I did to Boxer's.
The mech incident, the bombots thing, the dropping of a decent sized model
from head height and the whole leading into a death trap situation. Good thing
I didn't get among Pete's base, imagine the havok I could have wreaked!
James (who thinks next time we'll play on a table hmmm?)
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, James Howse writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Righto guys,
> > This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
> > work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
> > that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
> > at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
> > I have filled in about 70% of what I remember happening to and around Ahab,
> > and I am well aware that there will be bits I have forgotten, and quite
> > possibly bits I have repressed. The plunge of the Saucy Sal still has me
> > waking in a cold sweat ;-)
>
> I'm sorry about that, it worked out well nethertheless.
Almost too well! I'd hate to think of the resulting explosion if Sal had
landed a couple of inches further on and had taken out the right-hand TL
battery. Or the power station for that matter. Game over in a big way!
> > I have sketched in a missiony bit, but that's more down to James and PeterC,
> > and the Vill-Idge people could no doubt be better done, and I look to DavidL
> > to add some colour and movement there. I settled on SHAG only because it
> > was on my mind at the time - I fully expect you guys will do much better.
>
>
> Battle of Tank Stream
> Stardate: umm, longish in the future (4 June 2000)
> <Big snip for bandwidth's sake>
>
> I'll add my flavour bits as soon as I stop laughing. I had fun on the day but
> it all seemed a bit of a blur. Seeing in print the edited highlights the
> battle becomes really quite funny. I have a feeling that the next battle will
> have preincarnations of Bond and Ahab on different sides of the table. (Shogun
> Bondsai anyone?).
Me too. I had another look through the pics last night, and they should fit in
well with the story. Still no sign of that <expletive deleted expressing utter
frustration> installation CD, but I have been assured it's on the way. I still
can't believe I didn't get any train or technic/mindstorm shots.
> All in all I think I did as much damage to Ahab's force as I did to Boxer's.
> The mech incident, the bombots thing, the dropping of a decent sized model
> from head height and the whole leading into a death trap situation. Good thing
> I didn't get among Pete's base, imagine the havok I could have wreaked!
Exactly! If you'd have got your hands on those turbo laser we might never have
seen the Saucy Sue again!
Pete Callaway
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Peter Callaway writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > Righto guys,
> > > This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
> > > work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
> > > that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
> > > at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
Great first draft, interesting for all, bar the comatose !
> Me too. I had another look through the pics last night, and they should fit in
> well with the story. Still no sign of that <expletive deleted expressing utter
> frustration> installation CD, but I have been assured it's on the way. I still
> can't believe I didn't get any train or technic/mindstorm shots.
We shouldn't forget the trains, maybe if we acquire a big enough playspace,
we will all be in the one room. The Technic/Mindstorms will get more people,
so they must get featured ! Especially the trains travelling thru the kitchen,
maybe hoppers full of chilli one day !
pete.w
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Evening all,
Just a note to point out that I haven't let this go - its just that its
bigger 'n Ben Hur (or do we now say bigger 'n Gladiator for the sake of the
young people :-)
Its six pages and about fifty pics. Pages one to four are done, and the
last two are a bit simpler (because by the middle of page five, just about
everything except the dirt was on fire).
By the weekend I think.
So if you have any more additions to make to the text, now might be a good
time.
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
"Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message
news:Fvpux5.EtI@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, James Howse writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > Righto guys,
> > > This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some • joint
> > > work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the • bits
> > > that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly • exist
> > > at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
> > > I have filled in about 70% of what I remember happening to and around • Ahab,
> > > and I am well aware that there will be bits I have forgotten, and quite
> > > possibly bits I have repressed. The plunge of the Saucy Sal still has • me
> > > waking in a cold sweat ;-)
> >
> > I'm sorry about that, it worked out well nethertheless.
>
> Almost too well! I'd hate to think of the resulting explosion if Sal had
> landed a couple of inches further on and had taken out the right-hand TL
> battery. Or the power station for that matter. Game over in a big way!
>
> > > I have sketched in a missiony bit, but that's more down to James and • PeterC,
> > > and the Vill-Idge people could no doubt be better done, and I look to • DavidL
> > > to add some colour and movement there. I settled on SHAG only because • it
> > > was on my mind at the time - I fully expect you guys will do much • better.
> > >
> >
> > Battle of Tank Stream
> > Stardate: umm, longish in the future (4 June 2000)
> > <Big snip for bandwidth's sake>
> >
> > I'll add my flavour bits as soon as I stop laughing. I had fun on the day • but
> > it all seemed a bit of a blur. Seeing in print the edited highlights the
> > battle becomes really quite funny. I have a feeling that the next battle • will
> > have preincarnations of Bond and Ahab on different sides of the table. • (Shogun
> > Bondsai anyone?).
>
> Me too. I had another look through the pics last night, and they should • fit in
> well with the story. Still no sign of that <expletive deleted expressing • utter
> frustration> installation CD, but I have been assured it's on the way. I • still
> can't believe I didn't get any train or technic/mindstorm shots.
>
> > All in all I think I did as much damage to Ahab's force as I did to • Boxer's.
> > The mech incident, the bombots thing, the dropping of a decent sized • model
> > from head height and the whole leading into a death trap situation. Good • thing
> > I didn't get among Pete's base, imagine the havok I could have wreaked!
>
> Exactly! If you'd have got your hands on those turbo laser we might never • have
> seen the Saucy Sue again!
>
>
> Pete Callaway
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Evening all,
Told you I'd get this done eventually ;-)
Over at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/ off the LegOz 2000.3 page is
your link to the penultimate draft of the Battle of Tank Stream page. I
still have a couple of feedback elements to include, but the pics and bits
and bobs are more or less there.
Check it out ;-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Evening all,
>
> Told you I'd get this done eventually ;-)
>
> Over at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/ off the LegOz 2000.3 page is
Really really really little tiny niggle - on your main page under the logo
you've got an s on studs in your web address whereas it doesn't in actual
fact have one. This hardly matters of course, cos to read it you've got
to already be there :)
So how are we supposed to decide if you really are studly types without
any pictures of actual people:) ? Can only spy a couple of blurry in the
distance shots, or am I looking in the wrong place? Now I know the ABS
is supposed to be more interesting but you can't go making claims like
that without substantiating them :)(and before anyone goes suggesting
alternative ways pls remember this is a family forum!:))
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> So how are we supposed to decide if you really are studly types without
> any pictures of actual people:) ?
After years of research, I found this:
http://www.callaway.com.au/pete/images/studs02_crew.jpg
(OK so actually Pete W sent me the URL ;-)
The caption is on Callaway's site <grin>
I say they're all studs! Keep it up guys! ;-)
-Shiri
feelin' goofy, 'tis my b-day
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Jamie Obrien writes:
> Happy Birthday to You,
> Happy Birthday to You,
>
> Happy Birthday Shiri,
>
> Happy Birthday to You
Thanks Jamie.
> PS
>
> WANT pictures of the Party, and maybe something of the crash as well
> (snicker snicker, remember, drive on the left!!!!)
Hehe, well, for starters the 'party' shouldn't be too fun, everyone is either
under 10 or over 35 (not that being over 35 is bad. Just that I'd like to
spend my birthday with people my age, or at least lego fans. These people are
neither.)
As for the crash, I'll make sure to pull out the cam just before they take me
away ;-)
-Shiri
ICQ# 1518436
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
>
> So how are we supposed to decide if you really are studly types without
> any pictures of actual people:) ? Can only spy a couple of blurry in the
> distance shots, or am I looking in the wrong place? Now I know the ABS
> is supposed to be more interesting but you can't go making claims like
> that without substantiating them :)(and before anyone goes suggesting
> alternative ways pls remember this is a family forum!:))
Deidre,
If you were hoping for any first-person NLSO accounts of our prowess,
I'm sure that most accounts would consist of "he spends all his free time
playing with that ****** Lego" type commentary.
Maybe a 'men of STUDS' fridge magnet series, at that sort of resolution we
could make many unsubstantiated claims ;^)
pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au>
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> So how are we supposed to decide if you really are studly types without
> any pictures of actual people:) ? Can only spy a couple of blurry in the
> distance shots, or am I looking in the wrong place? Now I know the ABS
> is supposed to be more interesting but you can't go making claims like
> that without substantiating them :)(and before anyone goes suggesting
> alternative ways pls remember this is a family forum!:))
Surely you're referring to our carpentary and woodworking skills. I see no
problem with that in a family forum.
"You need studs to keep on building"
Santosh
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> Really really really little tiny niggle - on your main page under the logo
> you've got an s on studs in your web address whereas it doesn't in actual
> fact have one:)
Good grief, you're right! Will fix tonight.
> So how are we supposed to decide if you really are studly types without
> any pictures of actual people:)
I'm not sure how to explain this, but I don't really feel the need to convince
anybody. I have, um, well more than enough of almost everything I want
already, without attracting anymore attention. Besides, studliness is
something best appreciated face to face I think, and is perhaps not something
that immediately translates well into binary.
Hee hee.
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Evening all,
>
> Told you I'd get this done eventually ;-)
>
> Over at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/ off the LegOz 2000.3 page is
> your link to the penultimate draft of the Battle of Tank Stream page. I
> still have a couple of feedback elements to include, but the pics and bits
> and bobs are more or less there.
Whoa-ho!!! That's quite a battle!!
I just read the whole thing, sounds like you guys had a blast (or 12).
I was ROFL about Steve, and tell me how the <<expletive etc. deleted>> did
Ahab survive it all? ;-)
I s'pose you were tired by the last page, 'coz you called Saucy Sal "Saucy
Sue"...
Great narrative, fabulous photos, too bad I can't join y'all down there! :-)
-Shiri
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Shiri Dori writes:
> tell me how the <<expletive etc. deleted>> did Ahab survive it all? ;-)
He did indeed, and zoomed out of orbit with the Saucy Sue riding considerably
higher in the water than when he arrived ;-)
> I s'pose you were tired by the last page, 'coz you called Saucy Sal "Saucy
> Sue"...
I haven't checked, and you're probably right, but there were in fact two
ships, the Saucy Sal (being Ahab's starship) and the Saucy Sue (being the
purloined police packet that was extinguished so glorioiusly in the battle)
> Great narrative, fabulous photos, too bad I can't join y'all down there! :-)
Glad you liked it - we sure did ;-)
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going....
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Evening all,
>
> Told you I'd get this done eventually ;-)
>
> Over at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/ off the LegOz 2000.3 page is
> your link to the penultimate draft of the Battle of Tank Stream page. I
> still have a couple of feedback elements to include, but the pics and bits
> and bobs are more or less there.
>
> Check it out ;-)
Brilliant Mr. Parsons! Absolutely brilliant! My hat (and other miscellaneous
and decorative headwear) goes off to you.
I feared that the shear scope and complexity of the battle (and the fact that
the rules got chucked out of the arena with the clones - sorry DaveL!) would
be lost in the telling, but once again you have pulled the proverbial rabbit
out and nailed it.
This has truely set the standard for future BrikWars naratives. An absolute
bugger that I'll miss the next couple of years worth, but it'll give Boxer
time to rebuild his forces, undergo some serious battle training and recruit a
new communications officer (I asked Boxer where his last Coms bloke went, he
said he went home with a "head ache"). So when he returns he'll be bigger and
badder than ever!
Keep up this most excellent work!
Pete
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Peter Callaway writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Evening all,
> >
> > Told you I'd get this done eventually ;-)
> >
> > Over at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/ off the LegOz 2000.3 page is
> > your link to the penultimate draft of the Battle of Tank Stream page. I
> > still have a couple of feedback elements to include, but the pics and bits
> > and bobs are more or less there.
> >
> > Check it out ;-)
>
> Brilliant Mr. Parsons! Absolutely brilliant! My hat (and other miscellaneous
> and decorative headwear) goes off to you.
>
> This has truely set the standard for future BrikWars naratives.
It really has! I can't believe that SHAG had the audacity to field both the
Village People *and* ABBA - I've never seen such a diabolical maneuver.
(Although there was one time we had a sorceror start summoning Britney Spears
clones all over the battlefield, and later there was an ugly incident with a
surprise appearance from the Binks-street Boys.)
Do you guys mind if I post a link to your site on the BrikWars Fans page at
http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/fans.htm ?
Excellent, excellent work all around.
- Mike Rayhawk.
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Check out the Official BrikWars Home Page at
http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/brikwars.htm
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Mike Rayhawk writes:
> Do you guys mind if I post a link to your site on the BrikWars Fans
> page at http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/fans.htm ?
>
> Excellent, excellent work all around.
Glad you liked it Mike, and thanks for the rulebook - much as we didn't use
every page, it was definitely consoling to have a copy (or three) of it lying
around (oh and top marks on the writing style - this rulebook would be
required reading at the university of having fun, whether or not you plan to
run the game).
And <<expletive indicating absolute surety deleted>> no, we wouldn't mind if
you linked us in. We'd be honoured to have a made a contribution.
I understand that at the next fest (in August) we'll be going at it Medieval
style. It has even been rumoured that commanders of the Ahab and Bond lines
may be involved. Look out......
Richard
Still baldly going...
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"Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message
news:FwqMEL.I6D@lugnet.com...
> > http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/stud/
> Brilliant Mr. Parsons! Absolutely brilliant! My hat (and other • miscellaneous
> and decorative headwear) goes off to you.
Glad you like it ;-)
I trust you were content with the fooling with the photos - you'd done all
the hard work (snap snap, install, whir whir, email email). All *I* had to
do was muck about in Publisher.
And thanks to all those who helped with story bits on the day and in email -
JamesH, DavidL, PeterC, and PeterW and AndreaH on the vegetation creation.
I will make a couple of passes over it for typos and stupidity over the next
week or so. Comments/suggestions/abuse will probably help guys, so feel
free.
Richard
Still baldly going...
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
> work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
> that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
> at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
hahahahaha
I can't wait to see the pictures from this!
- Mike Rayhawk
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Mike Rayhawk writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> > This is so draft that its extremely unworthy, but I'm guessing some joint
> > work will sort it out post haste. I won't bother commenting out the bits
> > that I think are ok, the bits that are bones, and the bits that hardly exist
> > at all - it seems fairly clear I think.
>
> hahahahaha
>
> I can't wait to see the pictures from this!
>
>
> - Mike Rayhawk
I'm sure Richard's commentary could make conversations between dust mites
interesting and rivetting.
But the sight of the battle filling my loungeroom was impresssive, just
next time I think it will be pizzas delivered, so I can enter the fray.
So thanks Mike for the concept too !
pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au>
>
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> Check out the Official BrikWars Home Page at
> http://www.teleport.com/~rayhawks/brikwars.htm
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, Richard Parsons writes:
> Righto guys,
>
> I will start adding this to the studs site as it settles down, and look
> forward to populating it with pics as the PeterC's salesgirl permits.
<snippage of the mighty battle>
Excellent work Richard -- perhaps contributions to the text would be inspired
by a draft page on the Studs site that has some of PeteC's pics as they come
to hand.
In the meantime, something to add near the beginning:
"A clone army offered its various services to Boxer Tanbricks when he was
establishing the SHAG base, but they were dismissed at first sight on the
basis of inferior manufacture."
Maybe multiple/conflicting narratives would work?
Anyway, looking forward to a tale of brave warriors, amazing feats, and bold
hearts of the purest ABS.
--Dave L
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In lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, David Low writes worthy stuff in contribution to the
developing tale of the Battle of Tank Stream.
Cool. Thanks Dave, will add. I'll have the draft page up by the end of the
weekend.
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going....
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