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(...) yah yah! I remember copying it (shhh, i was young) sector by sector, since my poor apple][+'s 48k memory couldn't do more than that... :) yay locksmith *grin* :) Dan PS. Hope my age isn't showing ;) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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These are great! Lots of praise to follow: 1) I am amazed by the green-hilly-mountain-forest area of the scenery - it looks amazing! With the trees and use of those huge baseplate mounds and the water ... *drool drool* Landscaping can make the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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Ahh, that's it! I looked up vehicle stats in the Brikwars 2000 tome (I'm slowly making the conversion from version '98), and it all makes sense to me. Under the 2000 guidelines, the halftrack is actually a "huge" treaded vehicle, with base stats of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Well, if you're going to write it, then I won't bother :) (...) Never fear, Adrian is here! I remembered that (after you left, of course) so I at least have hte 4 of us still there. I'll send it to you (or upload it to the brickshelf archive (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Wolfenstein was created by....ummmmm....dang....that was so long ago even I forget. I mean the ORIGINAL Castle Wolfenstein (Apple ][). Top down graphics, not first person. But yes, the engine by IDG has been copied many times. These guys (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Always. Still is (my question was rhetorical). Bruce (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Blizzard (originally Silicon and Synapse, then Brainstorm, now Blizzard) was founded by Alan Adham (Allen? I forget). Much of his early contract work was for the company he lived near, Interplay Productions. Interplay has been in Orange County (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Inaugural Ohio BrikWar battle report! (...) Oh shoot! You know what we forgot? The group photo at the end, where it shows the players together. :( Drew Lawrence (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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Well, I'm not sure what my brother-in-law did in regards to uploading the pics of BrikWars to BrickShelf, but something went wrong along the line. Yesterday he gave me copies of all the pics he took on floppy disks along with his password for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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The way this works is a creative company invents a gaming engine and several others copy it. Classic example Wolfenstein/Doom invented by Idg. These guys invented the 3D shooter engine that was copied by many others. Once software engine is created, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Maybe they're there now. They were in Canada before (where they started). -- Paul Davidson Alex <legowiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Ft6nnL.89v@lugnet.com... (...) take, (...) Blizzard (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm not likely to field another keep any time soon. Re-reading the rules Saturday made me realize that my real strength as a TL2/3 army is in my ability to field fairly fast and powerful units (mounted knights) fairly cheaply. For the cost of (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Well it does say that you can tow other, smaller vehicles, with a movement penalty equal to that vehicles power rating. (2000 rules 4.1.3 - third from last paragraph) If you treat the Mass Driver MkII as a vehicle in and of itself, you'd only (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Had the tree not obscured my Pilot's vision, I would have just left it there for the duration of the game. (...) I saw that yesterday about the -2 UR for opportunity fire, that and you can't have fired on your previous turn, not on the turn (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) WHAT!!!!!!! It was in Irvine???? I live there! When was it there? (...) would (...) Alex Alex (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Get cracking. Start working up the text and we'll work out a way to merge it with the pics. (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) I like this one. (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Agreed. I know that Mike is planning some. I've already started one. I actually had a simple one at the battle. But, I think I forgot to show it to anyone. I may email Mike and volunteer to do the charts for BW2000. (...) Those were a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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Here's my dilemna - how should I treat a WWII-style howitzer in Brikwars rules? The barrel, from breech to tip, is 16 studs long, and it's simply mounted on a two-wheel chassis with which to be towed by my Sd.kfz 251 Halftrack. When we last played (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) That wasn't even a mecha. That was a Terran Marine, from StarCraft. The little guy was a technic scale Marine, even though it had a minifigure's head in it. (There is no way to mount a Technic guy's head like you can a minifig's.) (...) Yeah! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) How about OHLUG / ohlug.org ? --Todd (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) LUGO - Lego Users Group of Ohio FOLIO - Friends of Lego In Ohio BLOC - Buckeye Lego Owner's Club LUBS - Lego Users of the Buckeye State (I could keep this up all day) Adrian (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Actually Ken has already uploaded the pictures to Brickshelf, but as of yet they haven't appeared there. I'm not sure if Kevin looks thru them before allowing others to view them, or perhaps Ken did something wrong uploading them. Here is the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Oh, I guess you didn't field the little mecha you showed me before the festivities started. Don't mind me :) (...) of (...) If the bowling pin hadn't been there, it would've been fine though. (...) Right, that was Ken's camera. I believe he's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Ken is Jeff Christner's sister's husband. I don't know his last name either. (...) 3 mecha? I only had 2 -- the black Locust and the [mostly] white Raven. (...) That was so cool. And yes, that one area was WAAAY too crowded. (...) I got off my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Hmmmm, this would doom me forever. Just kinda ignore the "not". :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's always easier when you are simply copying something else rather than creating something original, but as to making a good computer game not being hard at all... Bruce (trying very hard not to stop laughing) :-) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) TL5, actually. (...) Drew fielded 3 mecha, a tank, and a jeep, plus troops. Jeff had 2 hoverflyers and a bunch of troops, and I had a mech, a heavy assault transport, a bunch of troops, and 50 skeletons. Of course, the skeletons vaporized in a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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Hello All I'm planning a game of Brikwars with a friend. The armies will be Fright Knight + Bull's vs Ninja. I have some questions about it: I have a bunch of Knights with Big Shield, Helmet and Big Sword. That's a total AV of 11 (5 for the soldier, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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The title of my game. Like it? I've got a small version of the rules ready for playtesting. Nothing advanced has been written (like artillery, medics, etc), but the core rules, and the construction system are there. I even threw in some (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Hurray! Pics! I get inspired by the sight of masses of mini-figs running off to the their doom :) Groovy stuff Justin Chilsett (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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You could just make a war2 TC like they did with myth... Its not hard at all. (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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The Ohio BrikWars have commenced. We met today for about 8 hours. Loads of fun. We had Drew Lawrence, Adrian Drake and Jeff Christner fielding TL6 mechs, tanks and troopers against my TL3 keep. Ken (I didn't catch his last name) joined us as (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yeah, I remember my favorite mesh for Quake II was of a Lego minifig. It was great to see that yellow smiley face staring at you as he was launching rockets in your direaction. Tony (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.games)
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(...) Eh? I know a few guys who used to work for Blizzard (on Diablo, Warcraft II, and the ill-fated Warcraft Adventures) and they will be surprised to know that they went to work in the wrong country! =] Tony (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Blizzard moved from Irvine, California? (...) I like the idea, but better to pitch it to whomever has the Lego software rights than to Blizzard. I imagine the actual depiction of Lego violence would freak Lego - no matter how appropriate to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wow, think of the possibilities! You could have different people forming clans with their groups of people. There could be stronger units available as you progressed through the game, such as huge dragons bearing it's force's insignia. Great (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Mike Rayhawk writes: <snipped> (...) It ain't no joke! Here's some more info for everyone: Construction- Instead of building vehicles according to the games construction rules as in Lego Wars, the construction rules are written (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I'm not sure that 'non-anoraky' came from anywhere really! But it makes more sense when you understand the term 'anorak', which I'm not sure has much alternative usage outside the UK.. so I'll describe *that* as best I can. Essentially it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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How about modifying Team Fortress(Quake) or Team Fortress classic[Half-Life]...Imagine an assasinate timmy map :) Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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