As requested.

Post one... :D

Apologies for my absence over the last few days (especially to those awaiting replies to PMs).  I had a medical emergency, of the "we're sending an ambulance to fetch you to the hospital" variety, and it kinda threw a spanner in the works for me.

I'm hoping to get caught up over the next couple of days.

Ow.  I am sorry to hear that such measures were needed.  I hope that you are on the mend (which I assume you are since you are bothering with RPoL, if not - what are you doing wasting time with us and not getting better?!?)...

We'll be waiting here for you whenever you get a chance to get back into the swing of things!

Don't worry, if he gets worse I'll kill him for it.  ;)

The gall, eh?  :P

Here's something a certain someone made for my slowly-getting-too-old-day, or birthday as some call it...

Just a link, since the image is somewhat big, so to speak.

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...PoL/Yas_on_guard.jpg

Very nice.  My compliments to both you and certain!

Oh, and Happy Birthday to you!  You look fantastically young to me. ;)

Hmm, I might not shoot you just yet then, saying such nice things.  :P

Thanks.  I should have posted it long ago, or, well, a few weeks ago, really, but it kept slipping my mind.

Amazing picture - what a fantastic present to receive!

Happy birthday!

Thanks, and yes, it is.  :)

Yes - congratulations on  surviving another year ....  Nice Piccy  :)

Oh yeah, I sure feel I'm alive...  ;)  And indeed it is.

I will be on a training course for the next couple of days - just to let everyone know.  :)  I hope to update at nights, but might be too busy at home.

This has been a canned announcement.

and now, once again  -  but in the right thread ....

Gonna be away for a few days -  up in Edinburgh -  While I will have a netbook with me I might not be around much.  Feel free to post around me if you need to  :)

Sorry for not posting sooner, must have read the game and then not realised it later, but waiting for that red light to come on again...

Funny - I simulposted with Yasmine, and didn't notice until I read Tylen's post!  O_O

Funny ha-ha or funny weird?  ;)

Hmm -  have I been shooting my mouth off?   Must be time for a physical I think :)

Tylen's a scout and has mentioned his hand to hand combat experience/training to Shui.  And she's seen Tylen in action.  :)

Yeah, sure, he could take on the average marine with both arms and legs tied behind his back.  Oh, wait, that's how he would end up, my bad.

;)

Clearly someone does not think very highly of Marines...  :P

No, I think highly of Tylen.  :)  Yas is not average.

Tylen also has (according to him) some decent hand to hand training.  Marines, I'm sure, get some, but I expect it's the weapon of last resort.

Marines being efficient sorts, they probably shoot or stab things first.

Sure, why hug and pat one another when you can blow each other to pieces from afar?  8)

Depends on the mission, though.  Boarding enemy ships as part of a living gets you a lot of hands-on experience, though in armoured spacesuits hand-to-hand also might be of limited use apart from tossing and such.  Nerve grips works poorly.

Anyway, mostly just poking you to get a reaction.  ;)

Hmmm  **Goes to check character sheet**

Cool  :)  Another trait for me to weave into Tylen's burgeoning personality files -  Bigs himself up on skills he hasn't got  :P

Thought I saw a new bulge somewhere on you...  :P

Was that when Yas was wiggling her ass?

A girl can't help if she's gifted, can she?  And I wouldn't know, have yet to grow eyes in the back of my head, y'know.  ;)

*sighs*  I distinctly recall Tylen talking about having hand to hand experience.  :(

Just beat them all up, then, Yas.  :D



Exactly.

I know a few people in (different countries') army, and have met some people from JTF-2.  They always find it amusing when others go on about how 'deadly' military hand to hand training is.  Apparently they do one heck of a lot more training on shooting things than hand to hand...somehow not surprising.

The JTF-2 guys go to a Sambo school outside of 'working hours' for their hand to hand stuff.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:16, Tue 13 Apr 2010.

Yep, they aren't exactly Shaolin monk who live Martial Arts, but some might pursue the interest on their own.

Wish I had started years ago, but finding something local was always the trouble.  Now I am not really in a fit enough state...  Unlike Yas.  ;)

It's not for everyone, and finding something local that suits one's needs always seems to be the problem.  :(

Especially hard to find something when you don't really live near a city even, and most of this stuff is found in cities further away still.  Dang Sweden, being so spread out, heh.  ;)

Yeep.  Definitely a problem.

Ottawa isn't so bad for martial arts.  One can find the usual stuff, but there are quite a few less-commercialized schools teaching less-known stuff as well.

Another of the oh so few good things about cities then.  ;)

I do envy (and admire) your knowledge, prowess, determination as well as opportunities (well, not so much admire the last, but you know what I mean!).  :)

I don't doubt that a Tylen posted that at some point  :(  And he will have had Hand 2 Hand combat experience at some point.  -  So the story holds true -  although I suspect he exaggerated his ability somewhat  :)  And I suspect those stories came from before his accident  :)

He is good at shooting things though :)


*grins*  I started Ju Jitsu in my late 40s -  then got dumped quite badly on my neck/shoulder/back -  It was a good  four/five/six months before it was pain free and I could join in properly  again.  Unfortunately, by that time I had other things on my mind and never got back to it at all seriously. I thought about restarting a few years ago, and the local class was all so young and high speed I decided against it.  I would still like to find something -  every so often I look for Aikido classes ...

Thank you, Yasmine!

Injuries are an unfortunate consequence of serious martial arts.  :(  I'm sorry you had that experience, Tylen - I understand well being dumped on the shoulder, as I've had my own separated from something similar.  And sundry other injuries that continue to plague me.

*sighs*

But if one approaches martial arts with a certain caution, even in middle age one can still enjoy some benefits!  :D

Indeed -  although one needs to find the right class / instructor  etc etc  :)  I saw a nice article on the BBC the other day about a pensioner teaching martial arts techniques that used a walking stick.  That sounded right up my path ...

Definitely.  When one joins a school/gets a teacher, one must first know what one wishes to achieve.

There are a lot of different reasons people learn martial arts!  :)

You're welcome.


Walking stick, eh?  Any martial art out there using pizza?  That's right up my path!  8)

Pizza-ninjas...?

They were called Turtles   :)

I prefer my TMNT Old School.  :)

Heroes in the half-shell?  Umm... Turtle Power?!?

No, no.  Further back.  C'mon.

Um....

  "He's wrong.  We're not wearing costumes..."

Give the man a cigar!  :D

Whew!  Thank god for old reprints.  But, I'll have to beg off on the cigar, I can't believe that the Doctor is advocating smoking.... The Steward, I might believe, but the Doctor?

Which Doctor?  The new one?

Ugh.

Hmmm... Well, Karen Gillan is pretty cute, but not the Doctor ... Matt Smith is not that bad looking; especially for the Doctor.  Though our Doctor is admittedly much, much cuter.  Even if she does advocate smoking.

Oh, THAT. *belated understanding*  I've told you I'm obtuse.

It's a futuristic cigar.  Non-carcinogenic, non-addictive.

Hmmm.  Next thing you'll be telling me is that it doesn't burn or stink.  At which point, is it really a cigar?  Sort of like Diet Coke to me... no caffeine, no calories, no sugar (no flavor, no color, &c.) - Should it really have Coke in the name? ... :)

Sorry to disappoint you they took the cocaine out of all of  it -  even the full fat stuff - years ago.

Saskia, I took a little liberty with taking your character's hand - I hope it's okay.  If not, I can edit!

I cave to peer pressure - I will now be using Dark Green text when Shui talks.  :(

What?  That's my colour, people are all using it now?

Where's my auto shotgun!?

;)

Curses!

I will seek out another colour.  Better that than suffer the pain of the shotgun!

BLUE, then.

I know, the NPC's tend to use blue.  Unless our Fearless Leader objects, I'll go with that.

I've been using it for intercom anyway.  :D

How about just Green instead of DarkGreen?  I'm thinking that Yellow and Pink are not going to work... *shields eyes from the abomination of color that he has wrought*

Green...hmmm...

Will consider for use if the Boss nixes the Blue.  :)

You're free to use any colour you like, or no colour at all.

I just use blue a lot of the time because I like it.  :)

Well, everyone seems to like it, and it probably makes the posts easier to read.

LOL -  I go away for the holiday weekend -  and you all go post crazy on me  :)

:D  Us?  Never!

There I was - in the middle of a field in  Wales -  with a rubbish mobile broadband signal and a schedule that left me little time ....

One assumes you had better things to do than post!  ^_^

The link might work -  BUT  you might also find out more about me than you want to  :P

http://www.facebook.com/index....p;id=100000127217067

:(  I see nothing, due to not being on facebook.

Hmm -  that album was supposed to be open to every one  :(  I'll check again

Facebook have changed all their settings again  -  making practically impossible to share selected elements of your profile  :(

Although there are no pictures from the actual event you can get an idea from this page.  http://www.earlrivers.org.uk/

Oooo.  Re-enacting!  Very cool, and looks good!  ^_^

and it is great fun  :)

Interesting coincidence... the old Tylen used to do that sort of stuff too.

Just to let people know I'll be away from the 20th to the 24th.  :)  Anniversary trip!

have a good one  :)

I second that.  You must have a good trip!   You are hereby ordered to do so... ;)

Yeah, dontcha dare not have a good time, or I'll throw toothpicks at ya!  ;)

Ha, I say, ha!  Oh, just you wait.  ;)


Doubt it, but I'm pretty sure she's certified.  ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:42, Wed 19 May 2010.

Well, you keep saying how bad it is... :D  Maybe you're incredibly skilled, but reckless.  And hopefully wreckless.  ^_^

Certified?  Oh, most definitely.

Yeah, I'm an ace, just hate driving those things, so I fake being a bad driver.  I mean, no, absolutely not!  :p

Of course you are, that's why you feel so at home with the rest of us Certifians, Right There on the Margin.  8)

It DOES take one to know one....  ^_^

Sorry about the short notice, but I also will be out of town (with no or limited internet access) thiscoming Friday (yes, tomorrow - I told you notice was short) through Sunday.  We're visiting my brother-in-law and their new baby!  NPC/Bot Ash as necessary...

ooooh - cannon fodder .....

Hmmm... I guess that there is no rush for me to return as a player then?!?....:)  But, I probably should talk with BBR about rolling up a new character.  Maybe one with Vehicle skill?

Posting SPREEEEEE!

In reply to Shui Tiesi (msg #81):

And then I went to bed ...  sorry :(

I nodded off soon after, myself.  Gone are the days when I could stay up until 3:00 in the morning to continue a posting spree.

Slight change of post, hopefully nobody is posting now.  :)

*clears throat*

On this, the occasion of his 50th birthday, your GM would like to thank everybody who has had a part in making the last ten years (since he started online gaming) so very, very enjoyable.

Thank you all, my friends.

                           - BBR

Congratulations, Ref - may you have many happy returns on this day, and many more fun birthdays to come.  And thank you for running such fun games (and being a great moderator, too).  Cheers!

*grins*  sometimes it is hard to remember it is only ten years or so that we have been doing this -  it is almost difficult to remember the time when PBW or RPOL  did not feature big in my life.

Congratulations Ron :)  (and from Ari as well)

Agreed, Tylen!

Happy Birthday, Ron - a great friend and a wonderful GM!

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Nice pic you have there!

Just remember - you're not old, you're more dangerous.

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This message was last edited by the player at 11:26, Wed 28 July 2010.

Does the air raft have some kind of spotlight?  I assumed that because it said 'darkness ahead' whatever lights Shui would normally have on were no good.

Just to note.

*shrug*  In Ash's professional opinion.... he's seen worse...:)

EDIT:  I've modified my post... I'm hoping that like a standard civilian vehicle, the headlights have a high and a low setting...:)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:51, Sat 04 Sept 2010.

Yes, I rather think that Shui might have thought of that.  It was why I was asking about spotlights, after mentioning the headlights in my post.

Oh, well.  Best to just move along, I guess.

No, you are right - I overstepped my bounds.  I will edit my post.

EDIT:  Sorry about the confusion everyone.  Mea culpa.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:51, Sat 04 Sept 2010.

I just realized that the Ref has now effectively split up the party (and Ash IC has just suggested splitting it up even more)... and now some of us are heading into a forbodingly darkened area with limited defensive capability.

Hmmm...  If you hear screams Shui, just drive away (even though - or especially because - you are the doctor).  Not that the Ref would borrow from the Horror genre or anything; I mean, this is Traveller.  Right? ... er... nevermind...

Hmm -  I might just have to go away and think about what 'world-nets'  might be able to do at different tech levels.  (for my own entertainment, rather than anything else)

When the CT rules came out they effectively worked out mobile phones and simple PDAs.  Now we can see so many more options ...  What happens if we had all grown up with Facebook, twitter, Google World, Sat Nav,  location marking for posts and images - and all the other bits and pieces  that are possible now?

Bah!  They're all just a passing phase.  Three thousand years of civilisation rising, falling, and rising again have given people far more important things to worry about than blogging what they had for breakfast on TwitterFace,

:p

You mean we don't have TwitFace to post on  :(

I'm heading off on a business trip for a few days - I'll be back on Friday, though I expect my posting will be somewhat curtailed at that point.

:)

Have a good trip, Shui ... hopefully we aren't all dead by then!

Apologies for my lack of posting.  Was exhausted from the trip.

I'll be able to start posting regularly this week, then I'm gone again for another week!

Just to post the exact dates: I'll be gone from the 12th to the 18th, and it's very unlikely I will have internet access in that time.  :)

Arrgh.

Next time, please tell me in OOC, Ms. Crow, and I'll happily edit.  :)  Shui is far more intelligent than I am, and unlikely to make that mistake.  :(

For those who are wondering, the Children of the March looks a bit like this (but more finished):



The domed section at the front is a crew lounge/conference room.  The two open cylinders above it (and a little behind) are launch tubes for fighters.  The large open cylinder, just above them, is a gun with a ten metre bore.  Probably don't want to be in front of that... the beam from it delivers about a thousand times as much energy as all of Profit Margin's weapons combined.

They probably use it for clearing small moons out of the way, because its easier than steering around them.

Oh, and all those bumps all over it are weapon turrets.

And those are missile launchers all along both sides of the top (and it has the same on the bottom too).

Best not to annoy the Navy really.

Please.

Dedicated pacifist, here.  No annoying.

Not even just a little bit?

I can take 'em.

*groans*  Monty Python jokes.  I'm flashing back to my tabletop days...

:)

We just started playing Table Top again recently, and it has been a real shock to the system.

I'm starting up a game soon, myself.  Should be scary.

The sheer amount of dice rolling with this group surprised me - One DM seems to have random tables for everything and a few dice rolls later you have roll-played -   but not really role played ....

The other gets bogged down in the combat systems so it almost becomes a skirmish level war game ....

Good lord.  O_o  Hardcore rules D&D, is that it?  Would be a shock to get that after the sort of heavy RP one tends to get in play-by-post!

I hope you're having fun, at least!

Pathfinder - it does seem to handle many things better than the  other 3e variants - although they have just started adding in all the  rules that let people play an Alien-meerkat-cowboy(*) in a fantasy setting  :(

Without that they actually had an impressively well balanced game world and scenarios.  (when compared to most D&D settings I have seen)


(*) OK - that might be a slight exaggeration.

Pathfinder DOES look good.  They cranked up the power level of all the classes, but the classes actually seem to be more balanced now.  I rather liked what I saw of the game.  :)  Good choice.

But they've added in all kinds of other stuff?  O_O  Doesn't sound like it's entirely to your taste.  :(

The advanced players book has lots of new prestige classes, blood lines, extra abilities etc etc ....  It moves things into the mega high fantasy anything goes league -  which doesn't suit me well at all  :)

There are times when I want a gritty, lower-powered campaign, I admit.   A lot of the time.

.....

My tabletop is an Anima game.  There'll be lots of politics, shades of grey, dirty dealings, and nastiness, but gritty/lower-powered it isn't. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:43, Thu 02 Dec 2010.

Oh I like a 'heroic' game. I was introduced to Norse Myth as a child and then progressed through various other mythologies. In  the late 70s I found a D&D book and thought  WOW!  I read the PHB and DMG through cover to cover in a one night sitting  :)

I don't mind a bit of politics and intrigue or a few puzzles -  but they have to be fairly quick -  I am not good at piecing together clues spread over 12 weeks of adventure  :)  But basically, I like my fantasy worlds to be straightforward  and consistent  :)

Actually - the same is true of most other games - one of the reasons I like Traveller  as a setting  :)

Nothing wrong with that... :)

*grin* I spend much more time playing around with world design elements now, than I do playing.  *shrug*  Funny how one's interests change over time.

I understand that.  :)

For myself, I used to ref.

Nobody else in my group wanted to GM.  About...80% of the time, it was me.

:(

So now when I'm on Rpol and SC, I almost exclusively play.  After decades of reffing, it's welcome.

Thank you, Ron!

Indeed - thank you Ron.

TBH - I hardly ref at all now -  However, I still do world design  :)

Aww... it's nothing.  I prefer GMing to playing, to be honest.  Currently I have seven games on my Sticky List that I own, and only three games that I play in (and only one of those three could be accurately described as "active").  And I like it just fine that way.

Merry Christmas everybody...



Hope that Christmas is everying that you and yours could wish for.

From me, you will have to settle for a limerick (that I found on line)

Santa said "Look! In the Snow
A Travelling Bordello show.
I counted three hookers,
nice little lookers,
which leads me to say Ho Ho Ho"

I hope you all have a great Christmas, Yule and New Year ....

Sorry, no rhymes or pictures from me.  Just best wishes on a happy holiday season and a note that I am looking forward to RPing with all of you in the coming year (and beyond!).  Merry Christmas, everyone!

It's everywhere, that picture!  I cannot escape!

^_^

Merry Christmas, all!  I'd love to post more lengthly wishes, but this last week has been nutso, and Christmas Eve is looking just as bad.

Hope everyone is doing well, and yes, I too am looking forward to RP with everyone after the 25th!  :D

I'm going to be away for the rest of today, and part of tomorrow, so Happy New Year everybody.  May 2011 bring you all you could hope for.

Yes - and I hope you and everyone else here has a great new year.  We are seeing this year out in West Wales  and we are currently sitting in a service station on the M4, after exploring the Roman baths, amphitheatre and museum at Caerleon all morning  :)

I am sure that we will spend at least part of tomorrow up a mountain somewhere looking at pretty views  before we head home again :)

Sounds fabulous, Tylen!  :)

Okay, I'm now 'fully' back, and getting caught up in all my games.  :(  This could take some time.

This is the view from my mother-in-law's house, where I spent New Year.



The large shiny bit beyond the trees is a frozen river, with more forest on the far side of it.

Nice.

You!  Touched!  The COFFEE!

*burning aura erupts around Shui*

I am sure there must have been a splash or two on the counter as well ....  :P

*instantly calms*  Oh, that's to be expected.  Cleaning up is part of my duties.

*fetches a cloth*

LOL  :)

*hugs Saskia*

Hey, it's not wrestling I'm going to teach you...  :p

Hee hee hee.

But why not?  Learning grappling is fundamental to avoiding getting grabbed.  :)

Grappling is not wrestling, though.  :)

But if you want I am sure we can find you someone to wrestle with...  Quite sure.  ;)

Wrestling might be considered the sport version, of course...

Really?  Who?  ^_^

Tylen uses a revolver to discourage grabbing ....

Yas tends to just look sternly at someone to discourage grabbing, or most any form of attack, really.  ;)


Shall we see?  Who would like to wrestle Sushi?  8)

Take that up with Yasmine - this is her idea.  :)

Plus, 21 foot rule.  And ambushes.  Or are you one of those players who takes his guns to bed/bathroom/ballrooms?  ^_^  I would be surprised...
This message was last edited by the player at 02:31, Thu 13 Jan 2011.

I'm a bloke  ....  :P

So that's a resounding yes then.  :p

Hee hee hee.

I guess you missed the fact that Shui accidentally stole your coffee, right?  :)

Stole my coffee?  That must mean she fancies me ....

(A bloke who has spent years in the scout service away from normal people and therefore has the emotional development of a 16 year old boy)

Wasn't there something about preparing another pot in there?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:53, Thu 13 Jan 2011.

Bugger!  Yes I did miss Shui taking my full mug  - although I had spotted the pot disappearing.    D'Oh!

I will go change my last post  :P
This message was last edited by the player at 13:01, Thu 13 Jan 2011.

SORTED

Nice!  :)

I'll post something on break to answer!

As it turns out, I had a couple of minutes now.  :)

Yar.

EEK!


(I even went to see if it was International talk like a pirate day.  That'll larn me to read the OOC first.

Hee.

Speak Like A Pirate Day always catches me unawares.  I head into Rpol and everyone's all 'Avast!' and 'Scuttle that, me hearties!'

Yeah - it always catches me out too :)

Although I did have my facebook page set for Pirate-English at one stage  :)

They can do that?  It 'translates' it all?

Goodness.  O_o  The wonders of Facebook!

nope -  but all the facebook controls are in Pirate-English  :)

*shakes head*  I feel so out of touch... :)

Must make for a very interesting-looking Facebook page!

For the first couple of hours ... yes.  But it got to feel very old very quickly.

Funny how that goes with a lot of funky things.  They start off fun, then simplicity starts to look appealing again.  :D

Indeed

Apologies, Ash.  :(  Shui will have to make it more clear.  She's frustrated with herself for not getting to the physical.

No worries, Ash's player knows that Shui's player isn't mad at him.  And Ash suspects that Shui isn't particularly mad with him either.  But that doesn't mean that he doesn't want to try and stay on her good side...:)

Phew!

I'm not sure Shui has a bad side.  Most of that business with Jago was (again) her being angry with herself, and just a little more forceful than usual.  :D
This message was last edited by the player at 00:10, Wed 19 Jan 2011.

*hides*

:(

It wasn't THAT forceful!

*sniffle*

*grins*

You are an evil man.  It's probably a good thing you aren't my partner for this.

:)

Gah...for some reason I had the idea that the passengers were at another table.  Rather silly.

I'll modify my post today.  :(

They are at another table.  In an entirely separate room.  :)

Then I don't need to change much, thank goodness.  :)

You found The Travellers!  :)  I've never finished reading that!

I even quoted it in one of your games recently....

*Dramatic music played to excite Hayes*

I've always wanted to find out what happened!  Thank you!

*holds head*

I've also forgotten how hard it is to READ that comic!  O_o

I see they got a "Ridge" in there but totally messed up the woman.  Let me at the author, I'll "talk" to them a bit until they do a proper, reimagined version...

Couldn't stand it.

Should I wait for Yasmine to post?  Looks like it's open for her to get things started... :D

Okay... after that training montage, compressing a whole week of violence into a single post, accompanied by Eye of the Tiger (because it's compulsory), everybody (crew and passengers alike) is going to end up with the basics of the Brawling skill.

Not enough that you could earn money as a prize fighter, but enough to cancel out the -4 penalty for not having the skill at all.

Bet you all thought I was going to make you all post an entire week of classes, didn't you?
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:53, Tue 15 Feb 2011.

Yay!  I have learned a skill I shall never use!  :D

Seriously, though - very cool.  Nice to do some training, and it compresses the jump time.  Plus, if we get in a barfight, the others can defend themselves.

Barfight, right?  That's what you're thinking, GM?

.....

^_^

I'm wondering if Ash wants to do the physical.  If so, we'd need a separate thread to get it done on the way.  :)

If not, we can gloss over it.

Depends how Ash wants to do it.  I'm quite happy to do a medical exam montage...

Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

"Go behind the screen and undress please... "

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Prod prod...

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

Poke poke...

Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive

Stab.  "Ow!"...

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

"Cough please."...

Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive

Tap tap...

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

"Say, 'Aaaaah.'"

The eye of the tiger...

See?  Easy enough.

*applause*

^_^  Well done!

Interesting about the lost 'knives' in the game.  Back in my old club, if anyone dropped a wooden knife during practice, all eyes around the room would try to locate both person and knife.

If the knife was near, it got grabbed (hey, now I have two!).  If the person was near, they got 'stabbed'.  :)

Made for some interesting sudden scrambles during drills, usually ending up with someone waving two knives and the dropper getting dogpiled.  ^_^

Whee!  My name is a killing word.

Gee, thanks a bunch.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:52, Fri 06 Oct 2017.

Indeed.


No, I refuse to ask...  ;)

In reply to Yasmine Crow (msg #180):

It's fixed now.

It's like the time I tried to kiss you.  Or the time I spent the night on that other ship.  Or the time I kicked the cop.

I make one, tiny, insignificant frelling mistake, and you just won't let me live it down.  Well, I have a knife now, (or is it a broken bottle? the lesson wasn't really clear on that part) so you better watch yourself.  I'm not putting up with your dren any more.  ;-)
This message was last edited by the player at 12:11, Wed 16 Feb 2011.

O_O  What?

Yeah, it was before your time, Sushi...


Hey, that's what friends are for...

Beside, I let you live, isn't that enough?  ;)

Sorry guys -  been a busy week :(

Sorry, about the delay in response to this.  I would love to RP the physical.  But if that ship has sailed, we can do it another time.

Nope - I'm fine with that!  :D

Feel free to slap up a thread for that, Mr. Gm. :)

I'll slap up a thread when I get a minute.  :)

Just in case any of you missed it in Community Chat, I thought I'd point this out in all of my games.



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Okay... Ash and Shui now have a thread where they can get physical (in a purely medical professional sense of course).  The events in that thread take place during the week in Jump, in the afternoon, a few hours after one of the classes.

<shame mode>

You may notice that your posts have all been edited in the other current thread (the arrival in what we shall henceforth refer to as, "The Region of Horrible Certain Doom")... this is due to your stoopid GM forgetting to change the date in the thread title to allow for the Jump.

All fixed now... we return to your regularly scheduled screaming.

Fixed it for you.

Physical indeed.  I didn't even get surgery, but she wants to play doctor with the new guy, pfft!  ;)

Can I watch?

You're a scout.  It's all you can do.

We can infiltrate .....

So what you're saying is that when a scout goes in, it isn't noticeable?

Hey, Sassy, earning your nickname again, are you?  ;)

A better way of putting it might be that we slip in  easily ....

Well, I am glad that the rest of the crew is having fun with this...:)  Perhaps Shui and Ash should meet privately more often...

In reply to Tylen Orgesh (msg #195):

That's because you have plenty of room for manoeuvre.

*Starts singing*

Engineer told me before he died..    A-Hum
Engineer told me before he died..

He knew a girl with  ...

OK stop there.  It is nearly 40 years since I was singing dirty songs like that .....

Ohh - and it Googles .....

Dear lord, what has this started?  O_O

I will post this weekend.  BOTH threads.  :)  Sorry for my silence, the week has been difficult.

Sorry --  I had a few severely mis-spent chunks of my youth, and every so often I am reminded of them.  The naughty songs were learned in my early teens, running around the country in the back of a WWII lorry as a member of the Army Cadet Force.  It was an interesting time that taught me how to shoot just about everything from a small bore rifle up to a 25 pounder field gun and how to use a radio - we even listened in directly to  some of the space missions with gear we had.  It even nearly got me flying lessons - except I was a few months too young at the time of the offer.

I apologise unreservedly.

Somehow I missed the above post, Tylen.  :(  Sure you wouldn't finish singing the song?

...googles.

O_O

No, quite all right, let's skip the singing.

Came in here to say I edited my post.  IC-Shui didn't like it, and that's what she came up with.  Obviously it's more in character... :)

It's okay, I saw both versions.  So, I'm sure that I can answer appropriately...:)  And you are right, the second version is more Shui-ish.  Though the first version may not have been so out of character...

Just as long as it wasn't Sue-ish, I'm happy.  :)

Apologies for my failure to post this weekend.  Had quite a bit to do, which wasn't expected, and just haven't had a chance to post anywhere.*

Will get us back on our regular schedule, ASAP.

*Apart from apologies, obviously.

Oh, I forgot to mention earlier that I really liked your flashback post, Yas.  Good stuff!

Thank you.  It is rare that I do those, but I figured it would fit well here.  :)

I shall try to post here tomorrow!  It's due.

Psst, did Sushi forgot to actually send that message?  ;)

Ack.  :(

Currently having severe internet problems, of the sort which require a phone company engineer to come out of the office and do some work.  Basically it looks like the phone line/connection is dying about every ten or twenty seconds, killing the internet for ten or fifteen seconds.  The internet spends a few seconds reconnecting... just in time for the phone line to die again.

This has happened about three times while I was typing this.  Plus at least once more for each game I've tried to paste it into.  :(

All my games will be on hold until this is sorted out.

Well that sucks.  )-:  I hope it doesn't take too long to fix it.

Yiii... :(  *hugs*  I'm sorry, Ref!

It looks like my interwebs are working again.  And I hardly had to sacrifice any chickens.  I will be updating games over the next few days.

Whew!  Had to go back and do a quick edit...

I am going to be away for a few days.

I will be camping in  the middle of a field with no water or electricity for a week and while I have a selection of mobile devices with me, I probably won't be on-line much.

Over the next few days I will oversee the building a camp site for about 2500 people - then we have a  three days of battle re-enactments, then we have to take it all down again.

I have taken holiday from work to recover after the event ....

Are we talking 'sword and shield', or 'muskets and bayonets'?  :)

Good luck!  Stay safe!

Pikes and Muskets :)

http://www.battleofnewbury2011.org.uk/

I didn't know that Saskia spoke with a New England accent.... A "shack?"

Is that like "I pahked my cah in Hahvahd Yahd?"  That brings back memories of living in Cambridge, Massachusetts (most were good....:)).

'Welcome to the ghahden!'

:)

I'll get a post up tomorrow.  A bit under the weather today, despite its sunny brilliance.

I hope that you feel better soon, Shui.  I am sorry to hear that you are un-well.  Drink plenty of fluids... and curl up with a good book...:)

Got a problem with my computer at the moment, my graphics card has died, so I'm not likely to be about much until the new one arrives (which will hopefully be in just a few days).

This means that the game is on hold until I get back.

Graphics card all fixed.  Will try to catch up on all games over the next 2-3 days.

Blah blah blah I'm going to be away from my computer for the next couple of days, probably returning Thursday night blah blah...why do I bother posting it in all my regular Rpol games?  They're all our beloved Referee's!  :)

Because you like to rub it in that you'll be away for a few days, while we're stuck here, slaving away over a hot game?

Due to some illness, possibly a virus, that makes me tired and unfocused and in more or less constant pain, since over a month now, I am taking a break from RPOL.  When and if I feel better I shall return.

My apologies for letting you all down, I will try to rest as much as I can to recover.


Lil One / Jennifer

There is never any need to apologize when you are sick.  Especially for something like a game.

I'm sorry to hear that you are not well, Yasmine/Lil One/Jennifer.  I hope that things get better for you soon.  Please take care of yourself - the game is much less important than your health - and come back to us when (not if ;)) you can!

Best wishes and get well soon.  Make that hairy old git wait on you hand and foot until you are well.

:)

Oh, dear.  I'm sorry to hear, Jennifer.  :(

Please, you're not letting us down at all.  I think it's best to take care of your health, not worry about these games.  It sounds horrid, and I pray things improve for you soon!

I have a bunch of Google+ invites available if anyone wants to try it out :)  But you would need to PM me an email address for me to send the invite to.

* And I promise to forget the email addy straight away  :)

Edit:

LOL - within a few hours of my offer - they open G+ up to everyone.  Some one must have told them ....
This message was last edited by the player at 17:09, Tue 20 Sept 2011.

Ack!  Will post here today!

Partial Repost from another game:

Sorry for my lack of being here.  I'm currently on a horrid field trip to a mining town where I have little to no internet access.  Were it not for a nearby McDonalds, I wouldn't even have that.

I expect I'll be drinking a lot of horrid McCoffee.  Sadly, I'm working 12 hour days right now, counting commute, so my time is limited.  :(

I will currently have Shard be 'occupied' doing Stewardly/Doctor stuff, if that's okay.  If someone comes to talk to her, I'll certainly TRY to respond, but I have about six games going and no real time to post in all of them every day (or even every second day).

But I AM coming back, possibly in a week.  I am not dropping out!  :D

Tylen will be here and ready to ogle ... err ... interact when you get back :)

But - IRL -  Enjoy the field trip and look for the good bits of it. There always are good bits to learn from, enjoy or just stare at and wonder Why?, How? or even WTF?

Mind you -  your predicament started me thinking.

I don't think I start many R-P  threads up with Tylen -  He normally reacts to other players posts (often  Yas or Shui) and then helps develop things from there.  Whereas in other games  -  my characters are at the heart of all sorts of things and start off large chunks of action and interaction.

I will have to give that some more thought, and see what I can come up with.

Coolness.  :)  I'm hoping it won't be THAT long.  Right now, we're still looking at me getting back on Wednesday next week.  :(

Just for Shui  :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8177376.stm

A new version of RPoL has just gone live.  If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working right, here or in any other games, please let me know (or post in one of the public forums).

Well, I'm mildly appalled.  Church must have really been horrible that day.

After but a few short days free of tiredness and pain...  No, wait, months of the opposite...  Either way, hope to return to posting, just need to catch up a bit, eating D vitamin supplement seems to work, so I think the doctor's might have been correct in guessing it might be D vitamin deficiency.

In reply to Yasmine Crow (msg #237):

Glad to hear that you are feeling better  :)

Thanks.  Glad to feel better, if you would believe it.  So sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Hopefully I will soon return 100% to my former "not quite well but better than I have been" self.

Yeah, glad to have you back, Yasmine.  You were missed.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for a full recovery...

As I've said elsewhere, fantastic news... :)

Thanks.  Crossing all the fingers and things I have got too.

Hi everybody, BBR has very kindly let me rejoin the game.

Jago?  Is that really you?  :)

Wow!  *hugs*  Good to see you again!

Welcome back, Jago!  Looking forward to RPing with you again...

Aw shucks, thanks guys.

Hey there, captain.  Been missing you, captain.  All well now, I hope, captain?  Oh, and do you still prefer to not be called captain, captain?  ;)

Hi there :)

Thanks everybody, it’s great to be back.

Yay!  Welcome back.

You know that while you were away your character promised me a raise, right?

Was rather hoping for some kind of response from Tylen, but I suppose I can continue.

Sorry.  It has been a bad couple of weeks and I am behind in all my games :(

And I shall snag the 5000th post!  (It's kind of cool to be in a game with more posts than the Players-Wanted forum, even if the latter has been fairly recently culled).

Sorry to hear that RL has not treated you well, Tylen.  I hope things improve soon.

Come back to us when you can!  I mean, seriously, you shouldn't leave Shui hanging like that. ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:35, Tue 29 Nov 2011.

Unfortunatgely I started to get health problems about five years ago and that can make it hard  to post sometimes.  Over that period I have had diagnoses of Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome followed up with Sleep Apnoea, then recently started to get Migraines (that can leave me laid up in  bed for the best part of a day) and been told that I might have type two Diabetes as well.  somewhere underneath all of that is a reduced immune system that means I get ill if ever I push myself physically, as well.

It is a frustrating set of illnesses that the doctors don't seem to be able to get a decent handle on - and every time I feel like I am getting somewhere with one part, something else seems to come along.

The effects mean I can get very tired and that means I can't think very well. When that happens I can make straightforward and easy posts - but something like the current conversation with Shui demands more effort than that.  :(

However,  I will make sure I get a post of some sort in today.

-----

Sorry - That was meant to be an explanation as to why I have left Shui high and dry rather than a whinge.  However, it is practically impossible to talk (or write about) long term illness without sounding like some  sad old git looking for sympathy.

Tylen, I did not mean to pry nor to badger you into posting.

Heal up and take care of yourself first and foremost.  I hope that you feel better soon.  The game is just a game, and much as I enjoy your company and RP - it should not be at the expense of your health.  I am sorry if I made you feel bad about not posting.  Such minor things in life should be the furthest from your mind at this point; I apologize - it was not my intention to sound callous or insensitive.  I am sorry if I did.

I do hope that you get to post, but only if you feel up to it.

Ash, no problem.  It is always my choice whether or not to talk about it.  It is not something I am embarrassed about - it is just a health problem I have at the moment  :) I will probably have it for the next five or ten years - or even for the rest of my life.  So I had better get used to it and just get on with life as best I can while I work out how to deal with it :)

It is not something I hide, and just about everyone I know in RL is aware of the issues I have.  Face to face, it is easier to talk about because I can grin and shrug shoulders a lot, and it doesn't sound quite so whinge-y  :)  I tend to wait for a time when it is relevant, and respond to  a comment or a situation rather than just gratuitously offering the information up to people.

However, I do think you guys have a right to know stuff that affects our relationship.  We all play in this game together, and you have a right to expect me to post regularly and at  the proper times.  Most of the time I can do that, without a problem.  Other times it is more difficult.

:(  When you're sick in real life, when you have health issues, you don't need to apologize, Tylen.  Please.  I wasn't left high and dry, I understand that sometimes RL hits hard.  I was just explaining why I was moving along. Ash is right.

I'm so sorry about your issues.  It sounds quite miserable.  *hugs*  I'd write more, but I'm currently sick myself, hopped up on flu medicine, and feeling quite miserable.  Which is orders of magnitude less serious than what you're going through!

You are not some sad old git looking for sympathy... :(  See?  I did the same thing, above.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:34, Tue 29 Nov 2011.

I have whined about most of those ailments myself at one time and another - diabetes, sleep apnea, and migraines - so I know most of what you're going through.

Look after yourself, and don't stress about games.

Oh, and talking about being sick does not make you "sad", but you still have a few years on me so you are an "old git" - just not a "sad old git".  :p

*Evil Grin* - The apology was because I thought I owed the game a post and was annoyed with myself for not making a post  :)  I didn't meet the standards I expect of myself - regardless of the reason.

I wasn't intending to make anyone feel bad about themselves or sorry for me  :)  But thank you for the Hug - it is appreciated  :)  And feeling bad with flu like symptoms is just as bad.

*carefully covers nose and mouth*  hugs back  :P

Oh go on, get a room already, you two!  And not on Profit Margin, please.  ;)

LOL - only just noticed this -  we cross posted  :P

Jealousy will get you nowhere.  Anyway, I don't think Yas is Shui's type  :P

O_O

I think you got the wrong girl there, Quadman.  Right, Sassy?

So Yas is chasing Sassy?  I get confused so easily  :P

Of course you do.  You're a man.  Or rumored to be.

Well - I used to understand what a man's job was, until I got on this ship.

Now all the engineering & mechanical stuff is done by a women ...

All the Fighting is done by a woman ...

is it any wonder I am confused?

So I decided to fall back on farting, drinking coffee and sitting about a lot as the last remnants of a man's traditional role in society  :)

It's true - even in the Far Future, Humaniti will not change so much that it's no longer recognizable.

*Passes wind in a truly smelly and satisfying manner whilst reaching for a beer and watching the game*


Thinks ----Finally got those bloody women trained ----

Not "trained".  More "resigned to the fact that men can't be house broken".

I hope you realise, Shui, what an uncultured slob your dinner date really is.

Two different perspectives on the same thing :)

It's that time of year again...



Happy holidays, whatever you're doing with them.  :)

What a lovely gift!  :)

Merry Christmas, all!

Odd.  I can't seem to post pictures any more.  :(
This message was last edited by the player at 20:52, Fri 23 Dec 2011.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Dies Natalis Solis Invicti

:)

God Jul.  ;)

Happy Christmas all.

A very Merry Christmas (or Kwanzaa, Chanukkah, Winter Solstice as required) and a Happy New Year.  I am looking forward to RPing with all of you in the New Year (and, if possible, beyond).

Xmas took a bit longer than I expected this year - along with visitors and a cold coming on.  Sorry for holding things up again.

Hope you all have a happy and successful New Year.

Happy New Year.


Oh, and Quad and Sushi, do get a room, don't use poor Margin...  ;)

Happy new year!  :)

'Poor' Margin?  Saskia won't appreciate that.

Oh, she'd pity old Margin too, I'm sure...  :p

I was really surprised the the restaurant thread wasn't subtitled 'A Room'   :P

Ouch!

I'm back at work so, ironically, I'll be posting again.  :)

Also, am expecting terrorists to attack the restaurant.  Would be par for the course.  :)

*mutters* Where did I leave those nuke armed Sword World ships?

What?  Oh...  Hello.  Welcome back everybody.  :)

If you want to torment EVERYONE, go right ahead!  :D

...not that you actually need my go-ahead, mind.  :(

Torment?  TORMENT!?!

Ooooh!  I see now!  Clearly you're mixing up the words "torment" and "entertain".

Those words mean different things depending on who's writing them.  For example, while a player might write "I was tormented by the GM all day", the GM might write "I was entertaining myself with the players all day"...

Woe, oh woe!  I am sore wounded by your vicious barbs.  Am I not human?  Do not cruel words sting me?  If you strike me, do I not feel pain?  If you prick me, do I not burn you all in the glaring fires of nuclear annihilation bleed?

*points*

Your Shylock impersonation doesn't fool me - it's that crossed out part, there...you like your pound of flesh carbonized.

Hmm, you are actually asking to be tormented, aren't you, Sushi?  :P

And I am in the restaurant too.  I can  just see the tortellini quatro colore ...


The yellow stuff is normal pasta, the red is flavoured with tomato, the green has added spinach and the glowing stuff is radioactive ...

:)

Are we here to have fun?

.....

Seriously, how many of Ron's games am I in?  ^_^  Though I suspect I'll stay away from the tortellini, now....

Point of order.  That would be torture-llini, I think.

Ooo, nice catch on that.

Well, I think that it is sweet.  Shui and Tylen make a great couple.  Too bad time doesn't permit the two of you to catch a movie as well. :)

And the cheongsam is quite pretty.  My cousin wore (an embroidered red and gold) one at her wedding reception.  With the traditional, matching embroidered jacket (which is very much like a bolero style, though obviously not Spanish).

I think I might be getting tired and in need of a break from working on those fuel purifiers.  Maybe I'll go ashore and catch a show or something, or find a nice restaurant.

With luck, maybe I'll run into somebody I know.  ;-)

*sigh*

Found out today that we need to move, due to a structural problem with the apartment.  While I will do my best to keep posting, the process of packing/moving/unpacking/wondering to put everything/etc... will, of course result in disruptions.

I shall endeavor to keep everybody informed.

Hope it all goes as well as it can.

(sorry about slow post rate this week -  it has been a strange week ...)

:(  Ack!  That stinks.

I hope it proceeds smoothly!

Tough break, I hope it all works out with the minimum of hassle. Will you have to move far?

Well, we'll know on Monday when we call them if they, for starters, have anything available.  Few free places in town currently, so we shall see.

Good luck, Ron (and Yas), with the search and the move.  Given that I and my family have just done so (and are still unpacking boxes and boxes of books) I can sympathize with your plight.  Though, we were fortunate enough that our search and move was not as spur of the moment as yours appears to be.

Take all the time you need, RL.  Don't worry about us; I am sure that we will still be here when you two get the chance to return to us ...

Sorry for not posting, Ash.  I find myself wanting to interact with people and then fail to post, time and again, and not just in this game.  I'm not a very good player in that respect.  I won't make any excuses or anything, merely say to all that I am sorry, even if it does not make it all right.

It is quite all right, Yas.  Honestly, I don't take it personally...:)  No excuses are necessary, but I know that you and BBR are busy (and are you fully recovered?  I know that you were not very well until quite recently).  And that you are doing what you can; it is only a game after all.

I love interacting with you (and the rest of the crew); so, don't worry about me and there really is no need to apologize.  Since everyone here appears to be in it for the long haul, I am sure that we will have plenty more opportunities to interact.

Besides, no one has left the crew lounge yet - you still have time...:)

Today's post, brief though it was, will probably be the last IC post before the move.  I don't have a clue how long it will take to get the internet up and running in the new place, I suspect I won't be posting here (at least IC) for a little while (maybe a couple of weeks).

As I said before, I'll try to keep you informed.

Hope it all goes well, good luck both of you.

 Indeed

Thirded!  Good luck with the move.  Come back to us when you can, you two!

Update: Move all done with the exception of a few minor bits and pieces.  All went well, and the new place is great.  Should be up and posting again within the next 2-3 days.

Hooray!  You survived!  :D

Congratulations on the successful (and quick) move, BBR!  And it is good to know you will be back soon, looking forward to it!

*Does little happy dance*

Has anyone heard from Tylen?  Maybe he ran off in terror.

Not run away.  But  I have had a couple of busy weeks - BOTH  jobs suddenly decided they needed more of my time.  None of my games have been getting anything other than short posts recently - and you deserve better than that  :)

...  and you don't ask easy questions  :P


Oh - and welcome back BBR  :P
This message was last edited by the player at 11:12, Wed 08 Feb 2012.

Sorry - slight change of plan.  Unlikely to post before the weekend I'm afraid.

Indeed, Ash, but my mind wouldn't cooperate.

Still isn't.  You wouldn't believe how many typos and corrections and changes I made to my IC post...


DOn't get to sleep much, so that is part of it I guess.

:(  Sorry to hear about the job issues.  Hopefully that has relaxed a touch.

Good to see you back, though!

Apologies for the late response here as well; somehow I missed the OOC posts.  :(