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Ice World V
| Deity: | John Yockey |
| Start Date: | February 21, 2003 |
| End Date: | April 15, 2003 (53 days) |
| Code used: | 4.2.11 |
| Winner(s): | Lowland (Lowland, Pendor) Niflheim (Byzantium, Dorwinion, Plundaria, Mithrilien) |
February 12, 2003
I've recently been informed that LOTR II has been delayed indefinitely. In order to get a long term game running that will end before students leave for the summer, the Ice Barbarian Warlord announces the start of Ice World V. This game will be on an ice continent. Players of all skill levels are invited to join. To sign up send the following information to johny@frii.com.
Country Name:
Password:
Preferred Email Address:
Empire Rank:
(for rank see http://www.wolfpackempire.com/simplerank.html)
Ice World V will be hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665. The game will be openned to players Friday February 21st, with the first update on Monday February 24th. There will be a ten minute update window every 17 hours for the first week.
After that the time between updates will increase by 12 hours every other week until updates are every 53 hours after the fifth week. There will be weekend updates.
No more than 10% of the starting countries will be recognized in the victory declaration.
The following modifications have been made for this game:
Deity,
John Yockey,
aka The Ice Barbarian Warlord!
version >!version
Empire 4.2.11
(KSU distribution 1.04, Chainsaw version 4.00, Wolfpack version 2.11)
The following parameters have been set for this game:
World size is TBD
There can be up to 99 countries.
By default, countries use their own coordinate system.
An Empire time unit is 1020 seconds long.
Use the 'update' command to find out the time of the next update.
The current time is Tue Feb 11 22:16:05.
An update consists of 60 empire time units.
Each country is allowed to be logged in 1440 minutes a day.
It takes 8.33 civilians to produce a BTU in one time unit.
A non-aggi, 100 fertility sector can grow 0.12 food per etu.
1000 civilians will harvest 1.3 food per etu.
1000 civilians will give birth to 5.0 babies per etu.
1000 uncompensated workers will give birth to 2.5 babies.
In one time unit, 1000 people eat 0.5 units of food.
1000 babies eat 6.0 units of food becoming adults.
Banks pay $120.00 in interest per 1000 gold bars per etu.
1000 civilians generate $4.00, uncompensated workers $1.00 each time unit.
1000 active military cost $83.33, reserves cost $8.33.
Happiness p.e. requires 1 happy stroller per 10000 civ.
Education p.e. requires 1 class of graduates per 10000 civ.
Happiness is averaged over 48 time units.
Education is averaged over 192 time units.
The technology/research boost you get from the world is 50.00%.
Nation levels (tech etc.) decline 1% every 96 time units.
Tech Buildup is limited to logarithmic growth (base 2.00) after 1.00.
Sectors Ships Planes Units
Maximum mobility 127 127 127 127
Max mob gain per update 60 90 60 60
Max eff gain per update -- 100 100 100
Ships on autonavigation may use 6 cargo holds per ship.
In order to build a nuke, you need 0.33 times the tech level in research
Example: In order to build a 300 tech nuke, you need 99 research
Fire ranges are scaled by 1.00
Options enabled in this game:
ALL_BLEED, DEMANDUPDATE, DRNUKE, FALLOUT, GODNEWS, HIDDEN, INTERDICT_ATT, LANDSPIES, LOSE_CONTACT, MOB_ACCESS, NEUTRON, NEW_STARVE, NEW_WORK, NEWPOWER, NO_FORT_FIRE, NO_PLAGUE, NOMOBCOST, NUKEFAILDETONATE, ORBIT, PINPOINTMISSILE, PLANENAMES, SAIL,
SHIPNAMES, SHOWPLANE, TECH_POP, TREATIES, UPDATESCHED
Options disabled in this game:
BIG_CITY, BLITZ, BRIDGETOWERS, DEFENSE_INFRA, EASY_BRIDGES, FUEL, GO_RENEW, GRAB_THINGS, LOANS, MARKET, NO_HCMS, NO_LCMS, NO_OIL,
NOFOOD, NONUKES, RES_POP, SHIP_DECAY, SLOW_WAR, SNEAK_ATTACK,
SUPER_BARS, TRADESHIPS,
"info Options" for a detailed list of options and descriptions
The person to annoy if something goes wrong is:
John Yockey
(johny@frii.com).
You can get your own copy of the source using:
ftp://ftp.empire.cx/pub/empire/server or
http://www.empire.cx/
Four days after the start, February 25, 2003
Ice World V has started. After a little glitch where updates
were turned on before I correctly adjusted the update time,
21 of 22 countries broke Sanctuary. I broke and setup the
22nd country right before the first update, and that country
is available to any player that still wants to get into the
game. Anyone who wants the available country should e-mail
the deity at johny@frii.com with Country Name, Password, and
Preferred E-mail address.
After the first update the order of countries on the power
chart is: ^^^, SiliconSorcerer, Shakespeare, IndustMech, DPRK,
VailGulf, Lowland, Myseria, unemployed, Zern, Cheela,
OrionSyndicate, Ragnarook, Vaujany, Cairhien, Coyote, Armengar,
Bwian, Aquataine, Zion, routerman, Niflheim.
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665.
The visitor account is enabled.
Five days after the start, February 26, 2003
Ice World V still has one country that needs a permanent ruler. The country was setup by the deity and is currently in the upper half of the power chart -- so you can still join and not be behind the other players. Anyone who wants the available country should e-mail the deity at johny@frii.com with Country Name, Password, and Preferred E-mail address. In order to encourage game announcements by the players, I am awarding bars from heaven to the player who makes the best announcement each update. Non-participants can comment on announcements that they particularly like.
After the second update the order of countries on the power chart is: ^^^, DPRK, SiliconSorcerer, Lowland, Zern, Shakespeare, IndustMech, VailGulf, Cheela, Armengar, OrionSyndicate, Ragnarook, Vaujany, Cairhien, Myseria, Bwian, Coyote, unemployed, Aquataine, Niflheim, Zion, routerman
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665.
The visitor account is enabled.
Six days after the start, February 27th, 2003
The last country in Ice World V was claimed today. After two update without any starvation, there was massive starvation the past two updates. First by the natives between countries and then by the countries themselves.
After the forth update the top ten countries on the power chart are: SilentBob, Shakespeare, Coyote, Armengar, unemployed, Vaujany, Lowland, SiliconSorcerer, Ragnarook, and DPRK.
Nine days after start, March 2, 2003
The natives between countries of Ice World V have now starved out and the countries are beginning to expand towards each other. One country had to drop out and a replacement has been found. Anyone who wants to be on the replacement list should contact the deity at johny@frii.com.
After the first two updates there had been no starvation or overpopulation. However that has not continued as there are now countries that are starving or broke.
After the seventh update the top ten countries on the power chart are: Shakespeare, Niflheim, Vaujany, Lowland, SilentBob, DPRK, Armengar, Ragnarook, Coyote, and ^^^.
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665.
The visitor account is enabled.
Two weeks after start, March 8, 2003
Another Ice World V country was replaced this past week. All countries continue to be active. The starvation and insolviblity of nations that occurred between the 3rd and 5th updates has been resolved. Ice World V continued to be peaceful as nations were feeling each other out. However that all ended today as nations awoke to headlines of:
-=[ EMPIRE NEWS ]=-
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
! "All the news that fits, we print." !
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Sat Mar 8 16:12:01 2003
Niflheim wreaks havoc on routerman!
Lowland wreaks havoc on Cairhien!
After the twelvth update the top ten countries on the power
chart are: Lowland, Niflheim, SilentBob, Vaujany, Ragnarook,
DPRK, Coyote, Shakespeare, IndustMech, and Armengar.
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665.
The visitor account is enabled.
Four weeks after start, March 26, 2003
After 22 updates there are 11 countries still alive and well in Ice World V: Aquataine, Coyote, DPRK, IndustMech, Lowland, Niflheim, Ragnarook, Shakespeare, unemployed, VailGulf, and ^^^. Only two countries will be allowed to declare victory. With hidden on, countries are uncertain on how much of an advantage they have over each other. Most countries have achieved jet fighter technology. Countries that have fallen behind in technology have been absorbed by their neighbors.
SilentBob did an excellent job of holding off Lowland, Niflheim, and Ragnarook for several updates, but eventually fell. The countries that remain are large enough to not fall in a single attack, such that longer battles should occur for the rest of the game. So far no major alliances have formed.
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665.
The visitor account is enabled.
Six weeks after start, April 7, 2003
After 30 updates there are 10 countries still alive and well in Ice World V: Aquataine, Coyote, IndustMech, Lowland, Niflheim, Ragnarook, Shakespeare, unemployed, VailGulf, and ^^^. The endgame began last week as five countries piled onto DPRK.Lowland started the action by cancelling his non-aggression pact with DPRK such that El Presidente had to move troups to his northern border. Niflheim then attacked from the south where DPRK was prepared to counter attack. However once DPRK had used the rest of his forces in the counter attack, IndustMech moved in and sacked the capital. Smelling the blood, Ragnarook and unemployed then moved in and DPRK had vanished in a single update. Many had thought that DPRK was the largest country in the game; however he was only third.
Ice World V is hosted at empire.wolfpaw.net on port 6665. The visitor account is enabled.
Ice World V is now over. Lowland and Niflheim have been declared the winners. Ice World V was a continental game with venture enterprise and ice sectors. Special units existed that could easily march through the mountains and ice. Players had to be logged off in order to accumulate BTUs.
The game started with 1000 deity mil in sectors between countries. After a week the deity mil starved out and countries began to expand. Shakespeare and Niflheim grabbed an early lead, as they were able to make contact and get tech bleed about four updates before other countries did. Next time I need to remember to turn off tech bleed in hidden games.
Lowland and Niflheim grabbed the lead in the game by invading weak neighbors early in the game. Lowland invaded Cairhien and Niflheim invaded routerman. These weren't the weakest countries in the game, but both fell very rapidly.
Shakespeare soon followed by an invasion of Bwain; however, Bwain allowed most of his country to fall into the hands of his ally unemployed. Lowland quickly turned his attention to OrionSyndicate who had already been preoccupied in a border skirmish with VailGulf. OrionSyndicate started as a large money rich country, but fell way behind in technology early. Falling behind in tech in a hidden game usually attracts the attention of sector hungry lawnmowers.
Ragnarook and IndustMech began an invasion of Myseria, while Niflheim moved against SiliconSorcerer. SiliconSorcerer had uncharacteristically gone broke for several updates early inthe game, but had survived and was active when Niflheim attacked. DPRK invaded Tundra who had recently replaced Zion. Myseria, SiliconSorcerer, and Zion all quickly fell.
SilentBob launched an attack against Newland who had replaced Cheela two weeks earlier. When Newland didn't respond toSilentBob's attack, both Ragnarook and Newland's ally ^^^ gobbled up the rest of his country. This prompted Newland to spam the deity's e-mail with messages about how unfair it was that he abandoned his country for four days and it was gone when he got back.
During the Newland invasion additional hostilities broke out as SilentBob accidentally attacked some of Ragnarook's sectors. Soon SilentBob was under attack from Ragnarook, Vaujany, and Niflheim. Lowland's armies continued to role through Armengar,and DPRK back doored Vaujany. Vaujany had the tech lead at the time, but didn't have many military to resist DPRK's attack. SilentBob held off his attackers for several updates, and only fell after Lowland had marched all the way through Armengar and joined the battle. SilentBob ended up giving away his best territory to ^^^ and some to Coyote.
For the next week there was little fighting going on. Aquataine and VailGulf were fighting each other on a stalemated front. Most countries were speculating that DPRK was on top of the power chart; however, Lowland and Niflheim were.
By this time, Lowland and Niflheim had already made a secret alliance and were communicating by e-mail to hide it. They spread rumors that DPRK was going to invade IndustMech. After the week of peace, Lowland gave notice to DPRK that he was going to end their non-aggression pact. DPRK moved some of his forces to protect his northern border. Niflheim then attacked from the south. DPRK had set up forces to counterattack Niflheim's forces; however, his plan to drop Niflheim's units on bridges didn't work as Niflheim had designated 0% bridgeheads on the opposite shore during his attack. This had left DPRK's mainland open to attack from IndustMech who marched in and sacked the DPRK capital. Faced with three opponents, DPRK attempted to turn over the rest of his lands to Ragnarook and unemployed.
Aquataine was beginning to make progress against VailGulf. Coyote then attempted to support VailGulf by marching units through his ally's country and attacked Aquataine. Coyote soon learned that units don't defend allied sectors. With Aquataine, VailGulf, and Coyote weakened by weeks of fighting, Lowland and Niflheim added to their power by invading VailGulf and Coyote.
Lowland and Niflheim then declared victory. The remaining countries discussed contesting the win for a while; however since Aquataine, unemployed, and Shakespeare all had four update non-aggression pacts with the winners, they conceded victory.
Blue coloring on countries in the power chart indicates the winners of the game.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Apr 15 09:22:11 2003
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
Lowland 423 97% 247K 7.5K 9.9K 972 7.3K 106K 1.0K 9.7K 200 33 154 3.7K
23177.84
Niflheim 439 98% 272K 10K 5.7K 1.2K 11K 80K 754 14K 173 45 141 12K
21012.28
Ragnarook 255 99% 152K 4.7K 4.3K 236 2.3K 33K 1.6K 4.3K 180 14 103 13K
12068.06
^^^ 187 100% 110K 3.6K 5.4K 945 6.8K 48K 235 8.9K 151 20 163 53K
10879.30
Shakespea 158 99% 99K 6.2K 7.0K 1.4K 6.6K 28K 554 2.9K 360 14 150 2.4K
9176.99
IndustMec 172 99% 90K 3.1K 2.8K 583 4.0K 21K 2.0K 7.4K 112 15 96 68K
9109.23
unemploye 148 100% 80K 3.6K 3.1K 571 1.9K 28K 504 3.0K 62 12 44 6.5K
7610.17
Aquataine 129 99% 76K 2.5K 743 83 4.9K 17K 1.9K 1.4K 70 10 30 14K
5128.55
VailGulf 35 73% 14K 620 132 18 51 2.7K 72 1.2K 0 7 0 -450
822.76
DPRK 7 85% 4.9K 311 0 0 1 1.2K 48 1 0 7 11 -1.2K
287.87
Coyote 8 92% 5.7K 140 5 2 1 1.7K 12 0 2 3 1 -2.0K
257.06
SilentBob 4 99% 2.5K 95 7 0 0 1.9K 5 1 0 1 0 715
101.27
Vaujany 4 62% 1.7K 189 0 0 4 2.3K 0 1 0 0 0 -3.8K
81.27
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 2.0K 98% 1.2M 43K 39K 6.0K 45K 369K 8.7K 54K 1.3K 180 890 155K
Blue coloring on countries in the report indicates the winners of the game. Tue Apr 15 10:38:05 2003
# name tech research education happiness capital
0 Ice Barbarians 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0
1 Aquataine 186.11 13.93 29.20 0.00 -36,-6
2 Armengar 124.89 1.14 0.73 0.00 21,7
3 Bwian 73.40 2.06 0.10 0.00 -8,-18
4 Cairhien 49.35 2.26 0.06 0.00 45,11
5 Newland 103.17 2.26 0.33 0.00 -1,-23
6 Coyote 175.13 13.93 19.31 1.02 -8,12
7 DPRK 166.42 5.98 4.58 0.04 30,-22
8 IndustMech 202.77 13.93 33.66 14.61 11,-11
9 Lowland 213.16 11.99 26.12 21.25 -36,20
10 Myseria 82.76 1.14 0.38 0.00 36,-12
11 Niflheim 197.48 13.93 20.19 18.89 27,3
12 OrionSyndicate 63.86 1.14 0.22 0.00 -34,2
13 SilentBob 137.68 0.00 0.78 6.76 1,19
14 Ragnarook 200.07 13.93 23.09 14.60 -1,-21
15 routerman 57.71 2.50 0.05 0.00 30,-2
16 Shakespeare 191.27 22.43 31.24 20.58 -2,-12
17 SiliconSorcere 99.54 0.83 0.33 0.00 -47,3
18 unemployed 215.19 13.93 23.12 7.27 -33,-11
19 VailGulf 171.83 11.83 10.59 19.39 -20,-4
20 Vaujany 144.03 6.26 1.37 0.00 29,-21
21 Tundra 73.88 0.00 0.21 0.00 47,-9
22 visitor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0
23 Lurker 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0
24 ^^^ 185.00 13.93 29.21 2.90 -21,15
25 Mapmaker 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0
(these awards proncounced by Niflheim, one of the two winning countries)
Most anti-climatic battle award:
DPRK. The fall of Communism. What was expected to be "The Mother of all
Battles" turned into the "Daddy of all feeding frenzies" as they were
torn apart in a twinkling by the rest of the civilized world..
Speak Softly but carry a Big Stick:
Lowland: Stealthly became the #1 power and hardly anyone noticed.
Was this trip really nessesary?:
Ragnarook/Lowland+Niflheim diplomacy. If they could ever communicate
with each other, things would have been simpler.
Right time, right place, right attitude:
Industrial Mechanics. Looted and pillaged the communist capital while
DPRK was busy "springing his trap" on Niflheim.
Opprotunity Knocks, extra hog at the trough award:
^^^. Never leave your unfinished fodder anywere near him and hope to
get it after your btu hibernation.
I didn't mean to jog him so hard:
Niflheim vs Silent Bob. Attack wasn't really meant to eliminate Bob
just as a cover to prevent him from interfering in covert support of Lowland
vs Armegar.
Was doing fine until you came along:
Silent Bob vs Ragnarook until Niflheim & ^^^ meddling tipped the scales
harshly.
Who spammed my bmap award:
^^^ for exploiting every feature of empire to annoy and confuse.
Good references:
Shakespeare for quoting, err, himself.
Good Non-allied neighbors:
Shakes and Indy from the start. Aqua & Unemployed joined the list
midgame.
Annoying announcements:
DP had this locked up at first but Night Flems co-ruler Plundaria
worked hard to topple him. :)
(not all inclusive. These are highlights as posted by the deity)
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Fri Feb 21 13:50:59 2003
We shall be known as the Quendi, those who speak with voices.
We are the first to wake in this world.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Fri Feb 21 15:04:01 2003
Ah, my friend, you are not the first
one to wake in this world.
It appears the diety has created a
truly hidden world.
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Fri Feb 21 18:15:15 2003
Shhhhh, you're messing with my fantasy...
> Announcement from Bwian, (#3) dated Fri Feb 21 19:36:52 2003
Hello World! The nation of Bwian would like it to be known that (for better or worse), it is being played by the current maintainer of WinACE. If any of you WinACE users encounter any problems with the special features of Ice World V, or if you find any general bugs, please let me know and I will attempt to correct them. I can be reached via e-mail at drk@unxsoft.com if that is more convenient. That is all for now.
Bwian
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Fri Feb 21 20:48:04 2003
In that case, there appears to be a bug in WinACE when you
enter a long announcement or telegram, WinACE doesn't wrap
the lines after 70 to 72 characters.
Ice.
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Fri Feb 21 21:48:26 2003
The people, once equipped with the revolutionary spirit of soldiers,
can firmly defend the country from any enemy's aggression and
successfully build a powerful nation, says a DPRK spokesman today in
a signed article. The article continues:
The revolutionary spirit of soldiers represents a powerful
ideological and moral weapon which was instrumental in ushering in
the era of the great army-based policy and an ideological and mental
pabulum for training the DPRK people as staunch fighters in that era.
El Presidente set forth the original army-centered revolutionary
line in the most arduous period of the DPRK revolution and directed
primary efforts to strengthening and developing the people's army. It
was in that historic period that the revolutionary spirit of soldiers,
a model in the times, was created and a breakthrough was made towards
the victory of the DPRK revolution and the prosperity of the country.
A radical change is taking place in the ideological and moral
aspects of our people. It is the real picture of our society that
all members of the society are emerging staunch fighters in the era
of the army-based policy to display heroism and perform feats by
learning from the ideological and mental traits of the servicemen of
the KPA.
The revolutionary spirit of soldiers represents a powerful engine
for the building of a powerful nation in the era of the army-based
policy.
This is clearly evidenced by such proud victories and successes
achieved in the revolution and construction in recent years as
continued victories in the political and military confrontation with
the Ice Worldists, a brilliant victory in the "arduous march", the
forced march and a leaping advance made in the drive to build an
economically powerful nation.
The prospect of the DPRK revolution advancing in the
revolutionary spirit of soldiers under the leadership of El
Presidente is bright, it is sure to triumph and a prosperous and
powerful socialist nation is certain to emerge on this land.
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Fri Feb 21 22:41:23 2003
I don't have a job, I never log off. Attacking is futile.
> Announcement from Armengar, (#2) dated Sat Feb 22 11:25:46 2003
Fortunately being alert takes one only so far,
so we somniacs have a chance also.
Sinari, the one who speaks softly and carries
a nonexistant stick
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Sat Feb 22 11:27:28 2003
I'm on right now to read your anno immediately after you wrote it.
this isnt a joke
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Sat Feb 22 14:31:58 2003
We are Norsemen, hardy and bold. We mount the black waves in our
doughty sleek ships and go a-raiding. We are Norsemen, tough as
stone. At least some of us are. Myself, I'm a skald--a poet, that
is.
-- T. Coraghessan Boyle, We are Norsemen
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sat Feb 22 14:40:06 2003
Unemployed,
Are you on now?
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Sat Feb 22 16:48:42 2003
unemployed,
Can you hear me now?
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Sat Feb 22 20:54:18 2003
I was around for both those anno's but I wanted the guy I'm at war with
to think I logged off.
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sun Feb 23 11:03:18 2003
unemployed,
So you haven't, and don't intend to, log off for the entire game?
---IM
> Announcement from Bwian, (#3) dated Sun Feb 23 13:04:27 2003
?In that case, there appears to be a bug in WinACE when you
?enter a long announcement or telegram, WinACE doesn't wrap
?the lines after 70 to 72 characters.
Well, don't I feel like an idiot now.
The nation of Bwian humbly apologizes to the world for
its atrociously formatted announcement. The programmers
responsible for that code will be drug out into the street
and flogged repeatedly with a large rubber hose. A
corrected version of WinACE will be released RSN.
Bwian.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Sun Feb 23 18:36:09 2003
Bwain,
Hopefully you are intending on having WinACE wrap GENERATED
tele/annos. Other clients have long line problems too and the
best solution is not to generate long lines to begin with.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Sun Feb 23 18:38:00 2003
It would appear that unemployed's answering service in not
currently forwarding messages to him. Or perhaps he's too
engrossed in empire battle and must ignore the interruption.
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Mon Feb 24 06:00:15 2003
What's up with WinAce? It always crashes if I get a telegram
while it's waiting for me to finish a command.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Mon Feb 24 06:38:32 2003
Zzzzzzz....
Zzzzzz....
Zzzz
<ping>
You have one production report waiting.
Hrmmppfh, what?
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Mon Feb 24 08:39:14 2003
WTF over. I log in today to read the latest annos and...
country setup is GONE. Back to two sanctuaries!!
I break (again) and its like I'm at a new location.
This doesn't bode well for a smooth game.
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Mon Feb 24 08:49:10 2003
well,
beep complained about having too many hostile mil
on his borders, that the Diety was ignoring him, and
that somebody forced an update too early, catching
the first citizen with his pants around his ankles.
The Ice Barbarian Warlord decided to rebuild the world
and award beep the title of "mountain king".
:)
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Mon Feb 24 08:52:21 2003
I made an error while turning on updates this morning and
having the update adjust time wrong. This caused an update
to occur at the wrong time. Since I hadn't turned on backups
yet, I had to regenerate Ice World V. Note that the world is
a little bigger as I have added a country that signed up late.
The first update will be tommorrow at 11:05.
Ice.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Mon Feb 24 09:04:49 2003
Countries got trashed, but as least the old annos were saved. :)
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Mon Feb 24 20:14:44 2003
The country of [visitor] hereby requests all players with
mountain sheeps to be sure to send food to our treasured
flock, and do not attempt any hostile acts towards our peaceful
country at this time.
-B
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Tue Feb 25 17:24:50 2003
There are 22 countries. 21 of them broke Sanctuary. Thus,
the winning alliance can include two countries.
The player of the unbroken sanctuary had broke before Monday
morning's regeneration. I will try to get him back or get
a replacement for that country.
Amazingly there was no starvation or overpopulation the first
update. beep would be happy:-)
Since hidden is enabled, there is very little information
visible to the visitor account and players not in the game.
The exception to this is game announcements. Unless some
player objects, each update I will be awarding five bars from
heaven to the player that makes the best announcement between
updates. Bonus points will be award for blatant propaganda
... err I mean informational material for visitors and players
not participating.
Ice.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Feb 25 20:49:05 2003
Its really great to have such a cool game, with such an
outstanding player as deity! Kind of like being in empire Heaven,
a great game run by one of the greatest players of all time!
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Tue Feb 25 21:06:19 2003
Kissing up to the capitalist derriere is sure to yield
predictable results.
El Presidente
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Feb 25 23:32:10 2003
5 bars now is worth 10 bars later :-)
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Tue Feb 25 23:44:14 2003
I'm surrounded by hungry barbarians!!! HELP!!!!
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Wed Feb 26 00:01:44 2003
}Amazingly there was no starvation or overpopulation the first
}update. beep would be happy:-)
And unfortunatly that includes the 1000 mil in the barbarian
Mountains...
---IM
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Feb 26 01:27:56 2003
*** For Immediate Press Release ***
The Coyote Ministry of Resources hereby claims ownership or
at least all mineral rights to all ice sectors. Before the first update, the "Great Whirlpool Side-by-Side" which has been operating in the national
archives for the past 17 years has ceased to operate. As a developing
country, it appears the minimal caretaker staff does not possess adequate
knowledge (tech) to restore it to working order. Life throughout the Coyote
countryside has been effected. School children of all ages have not known a
time when the "Great Whirlpool" did not house refereshing beverages, tasty
fruits and delicious meats and provide the ever-coveted ICE. One child even
observed "That black bottle thing in the back isn't purring like my kitten
anymore. Did it die?" We convinced her it doesn't need to be burried.
But all is not totally lost. It appears the neighboring village of BestBuy
possesses abundant technology and is able to offer a multitude of similar
devices. The Coyote National Selection Committee has been formed to select
the best device for acquisition. Her decision is expected forthwith.
All other countries are encouraged to contribute to the Coyote Hardship of
Iced Liquids Lost Intervention Network, CHILLIN, which is raising funds to
restore quality of life to the children of Coyote.
> Announcement from Armengar, (#2) dated Wed Feb 26 02:11:33 2003
?Kissing up to the capitalist derriere is sure to yield
?predictable results.
You mean gaining the first five bars, right? With an
option on some promising financial instruments.
Sinari
> Announcement from Zion, (#21) dated Wed Feb 26 02:52:02 2003
}The Coyote Ministry of Resources hereby claims ownership or
}at least all mineral rights to all ice sectors.
The Zion populace has voted 69% in favor of an exchange of ice sectors
with the Children of the Coyote. We ask for you own non-ice sectors to be
returned to us as a compensation.
As a lot of our populations seems to be robotised we can much more use
your other sectors than icecold territory.
Therefore we hope you'll join in with this exchange.
Signed,
Morpheus
Liberator of the suppressed.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Wed Feb 26 04:16:32 2003
Tyr, the God of War,
is pleased to see the Ice Barbarian warriors
eating stones to survive - successfully.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Wed Feb 26 06:32:36 2003
The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (aka DPRK) is run
by a madman armed to his big teeth with nukes!!!
Sheep and Fodders, run for your lives!!!
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Wed Feb 26 07:41:24 2003
PNN Headlines News
Wild wastes, Northern Encampment
Snow. Ice. Snow. Then for something different Ice. Snow. Ice.
This was intolerable. Plundarian's all shared a genetic
love of the water. Water that flowed. Oceans of water dotted with
dozens of islands to base their shipping. Oceans filled with
the vast navies of the world, all eager to donate their ships and
goods to Plundaria Prime.
But ice, ice just plain sucked.
The commander of the the Plundarian Northern Expeditionary Forces
wondered who he had offended to get stuck in this icy hell. Should
have never consorted with those damned elves years ago. Had to be it.
He had hoped the diety sinking their continent had erased all evidence.
As these thoughts ran through his mind, a messenger ducked into the
tent. Tents, thin cloth windtraps designed to funnel the maximun
amount of cold into your bones while you rest and to waste the maximal
amount of effort packing them around while you are on the move.
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Wed Feb 26 07:41:53 2003
Tents, something else that sucked. Someone would pay for this.
The messenger nervously fidgeted, aware of this commander's tendancies.
"Well what is it, and if you are going to stand there, at least
move in front door to block the wind."
"Sir, our scouts have spotted some mountains to the north and some vast
tracks of water"
"WATER? Open Water? " Prehaps this is not so bad he though, get some
ships built, the thought of the open sea...
"errr, no sir, frozen water, massive sheets of ice, all broken and
jumbled up. Hard terrain to cross."
"Well, order them to extend the scouting perimeter, there has
got to be something.."
"Already have, local COs have reported hostile natives"
"Strengths?"
"They out number us 500 to 1."
Things just started looking better.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Wed Feb 26 07:54:42 2003
Men of few words are the best men
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Feb 26 08:03:31 2003
The country of Coyote will not sacrifice the future of
our children to solve current problems. If we were to give
up our solid grounds we would be at grave risk should an
unseasonable warm spell occur. We are not decendents of
Kevin Costner and do not have webbed feet and hands.
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Wed Feb 26 08:07:23 2003
El Peso, February 26 -- The imperialist warhawks illegally intruded
strategic reconnaissance plane into the territorial air of the DPRK
to spy on it on Feb. 24. The plane belonging to the Forces took off
its overseas base at around 9:30 Monday morning. It illegally
intruded into the air above the territorial waters of the DPRK and
spied on the DPRK for hours, supported by refuelling tanker.
This reconnaissance plane made shuttle flights in the air above
the same territorial waters of the DPRK for more than 10 hours on
Feb. 21, 22 and 23 to spy on important targets along the east coast
of the DPRK.
This is a premeditated move to find an opportunity to mount a
preemptive attack on the DPRK.
This provocation is timed to coincide with the large-scale joint
military exercises to be staged by the imperialists after bolstering
huge aggression troops under the absurd pretext of the "nuclear
issue" of the DPRK.
The warhawks are well advised not to run amuck, well aware of
the grave consequences to be entailed by their intrusion and
espionage committed against the DPRK at a time when the situation
has got extremely tense.
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Wed Feb 26 09:22:18 2003
} Another question... is all territory that does not belong
} to a nation currently owned by IB military? Or put
} differently, is there some free land (be it ice, mountain,
} wilderness) that is unoccupied?
You will have to explore the world in order to find out.
} Tyr, the God of War,
} is pleased to see the Ice Barbarian warriors
} eating stones to survive - successfully.
I didn't say they would starve the first update; however they
are running out of edible rocks.
The first bars from heaven went to Coyote.
Ice.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Feb 26 18:10:32 2003
?>> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Wed Feb 26 09:22:18 2003
?>The first bars from heaven went to Coyote.
?>Ice.
And the children of Coyote rejoice. With this as down payment, the Coyote
Minister of Acquisition has contracted for delivery of a new "Frigidaire
Side-by-Side" national asset, as directed by the aforementioned National
Selection Committee. "Sometime tomorrow afternoon" quality of life will be
restored to the anxious children (+cool down time and a few cycles of ice
and water).
Keynote feature of new national asset.... turbo mode on ice maker. :)
Coyote military planners are already studying the feasibility of using
any excess production from the new national asset. Current experiments
involve the 'crushed' version of the ice being compacted into 3" spheres
which can be used as man launched projectiles. One military advisor has
heard tale of similar objects being used successfully against body shielding
worn by warriors known the Minnesota Vikings.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Feb 26 18:23:30 2003
} Tyr, the God of War,
} is pleased to see the Ice Barbarian warriors
} eating stones to survive - successfully.
No, no. Those Ice Barbarian warriors are not surviving on stones, silly.
They occupy sectors adjacent to ice sectors!!
The Deity has also utilized another empire command...
deliver popsicles * 50 j (assuming popsicles are produced in west coast sectors).
Popsicles are food right. Most school districts claim its true.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Wed Feb 26 18:28:27 2003
Heimdall, the Warder of Asgard, stands at the BiFrost
Bridge. This is his main post. He sometimes stations himself
at his hall, Himinbjorg, The Cliffs of Heaven, but today he
is where he really feels most comfortable. His sight is so
keen he can see past the horizon for hundreds of miles. His
hearing so good, he can hear grass grow, he can even hear
the wool growing from the backs of sheep....
But what does he hear now? He is hearing something that he
hasn't heard in a long, long time. He hears teeth
chattering, and someone complaining of the cold.
"That does not sound like one of the Gods, there is never a
complaint from them", mutters Heimdall, now curious, yet
disdainful of who is nearby and daring to complain of the
beautiful weather.
He casts his gaze to the far coast, waves crashing upon the
rocks, searching the wind for another hint of the source of
the ones who are cold.
There!! In a small secluded bay, a small spit of sand
survives the surf. A small boat with tattered sails has been
pulled up onto the beach. Laying next to the battered craft
are two small forms prostrate in the sand.
He trains his ears to focus on the what the two are saying.
What did one just say? "....Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ka-ka-ka-ka-
kuna...wh-wh-wh-wh-where are we?"
The response, muffled by the other's face almost totally
flat in the sand is unitelligible. So, Heimdall muses,
"Strangers dare seek Asgard. And so well preprared they are!
Hah!!" They must have sought the strange seas of the
tropics. He has heard tales from those brave warriors that
went a-viking of strange lands far to south, where the air
and water was warm, almost unbearable.
"I will send down a small guard to investigate these hapless
souls".
...
The wind is howling, the sand and surf biting. "No
worries!!, yikes!! What were my parents thinking when they
named me 'no worries'? It looks like I have a LOT to worry
about", a freezing, shivering Hakuna Likizo thought. Looking
over to his long time friend Matata Daima, he wondered how
long the rest of both their days would be. Man, was it
cold!! And the hottest thing they had to wear between them
was a shirt with a half-naked woman printed on the back. If
something didn't change soon, this would be one short trip,
and it was looking like the last trip they would make.
(To be continued)
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Wed Feb 26 18:49:29 2003
we're all just sitting around a space heater, arguing over who gets
to warm their feet next, eating, smoking and drinking, playing tic-
tac-toe in the snow, farting, the usual stuff, when the Boss comes
in. he's got a big fur jacket on and those sunglasses he wears
even when he's inside. when we hear him turning the door handle
to our shack we all start getting quiet and the euphoric stupor of
laziness that had engulfed us just seconds before shatters like
glass.
"i need some guys to go out to the harbor," the Boss says as he
marches in. "they've got a labor shortage all of a sudden. thin ice
or something, i don't know the details. we've gotta get those ships
up and running asap and as far as i can see you mopes aren't
doing anything important. so let's get to it, who volunteers?"
i'm still doing the exact same thing i started doing when i heard the
doorknob move, sliding one foot back and forth in the snow,
looking down at it. my friend jimmy next to me is rubbing his
hands together. (con't..)
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Wed Feb 26 18:51:26 2003
a couple of new guys who don't know how to avoid work yet, who
are eager to please, they must be looking at the Boss in the eye
because he says, "how about you two? okay fine, let's go." they
think that not saying anything is a sufficient sign of reluctance.
they're wrong. it's only a full two minutes after the door closes
behind us that we all start raising our eyes again, talking,
enjoying the relative luxury that two-room government
housing - the best you can do in this country these days -
affords us.
the only television station we get is a local channel that shows
text news bulletins for most of the day. but in thirty minutes
they're going to show a home video recording of the junior high
school's production of "our town". someone has the idea to make
sno-cones. jimmy gets his special flask from his special hiding
place. we settle in.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Thu Feb 27 01:36:56 2003
^^^ scientists are now testing nuclear submarines in our secluded
mountain lakes. They are intended for peaceful purposes only,
in order to deter the crazed barbarians from DPRK from launching missiles
at innocent sheep and other hapless civilians. However, tourist boats
should be alert against straying intoour testing groups, less we
inadvertently surface one of our subs and sink their spy boats
(err, fishing boats) and other such craft by mistake
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Thu Feb 27 04:10:46 2003
El Peso, February 27 -- El Presidente, President of the Presidium
of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of
sympathy to The Ice Barbarian Warlord, Warlord of the Ice Barbarians,
on Feb. 26 in connection with a strong famine that hit the wilderness
areas causing big human and material losses. Upon hearing this sad
news, I express deep sympathy and consolation to you and, through
you, to the government of the Ice Barbarians and the people in the
afflicted area, the message said.
It expressed conviction that the people in the afflicted area
would clear away the damage and bring their life to normal as early
as possible under the leadership of the Ice Barbarian Warlord.
> Announcement from VailGulf, (#19) dated Thu Feb 27 06:55:10 2003
Ski Conditions ? VailGulf Resort
Temp 27 Degrees
Base 67 inches packed powder
Partly Cloudy with chance of light snowfall today.
All lifts open
LiftTicket Pricing:
Single - One fishing boat w/200 food
Family - One fishing boat w/200 food and 1 frg w/1 mil
Your friendly family oriented ski resort of VailGulf is open to all
level of skiers, although management does encourage visitation
from newbie skiers. Send directions to your harbor and a VailGulf ski patrol will accompany you to our favorite bunny slope.
We do offer free lessons to beginning skiers.
Favored run today : Over The Edge
Level ? Beginner
Watch for our frgs at your harbor entrance?.
The Management and Staff - VailGulf Resort
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Thu Feb 27 09:39:34 2003
A Ski resort???
As far as I know, Ski resorts tend to expand fast
with fatal consequences for the neighbors.
IceWorld IV was a good example for that.
remember eno saying "it came like an avalanche"?
Limbo: "Save the environment. Say no to Ski!"
The dissappearance of Armengar?
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Thu Feb 27 10:00:33 2003
A Ski resort?
Great. We would like to come along with
a few thousand enthusiast to exercise our
favorite winter sports. We will bring our own
equipment.
The leader of the Mongol_Biathlon-Team
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Thu Feb 27 12:48:34 2003
} > Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Feb 25 20:49:05 2003
} Its really great to have such a cool game, with such an
} outstanding player as deity! Kind of like being in empire Heaven,
} a great game run by one of the greatest players of all time!
} > Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Wed Feb 26 09:22:18 2003
} The first bars from heaven went to Coyote.
Hmm, so shmoozing didn't work... five bars, let me think, think,
think... hmm, maybe he likes something else...
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Thu Feb 27 12:48:53 2003
The Berserkers of Niflheim are disgusted with the utter lack of
initiative of these Ice Barbarians. One should think that a few
thousand of them should be able to mount an offensive somewhere!
Surely these tales of this Ice Barbarian Warlord's past exploits are
greatly exaggerated. Seems to be a total dullard. Must have
misplaced his printout of `info attack' or something. Sheesh!
> Announcement from Bwian, (#3) dated Thu Feb 27 13:50:48 2003
Aquataine: is there some specific command that crashes when you get a telegram?
I played around with it here on my local server and didn't find any problems.
Bwian
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Thu Feb 27 18:43:52 2003
High atop Uncompahgre Peak sat a shrine to the Ice Lord. Long
white banners fluttered from it's spires. At this time of the
year, the Peak was buried under twenty three feet of snow.
However a dozen figures could be seen tracking up the side of
the Peak. Their heads shaven and clothed in thin white robes
and glitter that sparkled like a thousand snowflakes, these
men were the Ice Priests. Reaching the end of their pilgrimage,
they began to pray to the deity. "We have returned from serving
you. The nation that was once abandoned is now on top of the
power chart and has been turned over to new and more stable
government. May no nation be abandoned again."
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Thu Feb 27 21:22:14 2003
More aerial espionage committed against DPRK
El Peso, February 27 (KCNA) -- The imperialist warhawks again let their
strategic reconnaissance plane illegally intrude into the territorial air
of the DPRK to spy on it on Feb. 26. The strategic reconnaissance plane
that took off an overseas base made shuttle-flights in the air above the
territorial waters in the East Sea of the DPRK near the Uncompahgre Peak
region for hours from about 8:25 on an espionage mission.
This intrusion and espionage committed against the DPRK in the wake of
its similar crime perpetrated on Feb. 24 are a wanton infringement on the
sovereignty of the DPRK and a grave violation of international law as they
are part of the imperialist warmongers' vicious moves to stifle the DPRK
by force of arms.
The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK warn that they would take
a decisive self-defensive step against the intruders and provocateurs.
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Thu Feb 27 21:22:27 2003
am I really the first one to make tech? or is this just a feature of hidden
that I got no bleed...?
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Thu Feb 27 21:28:01 2003
It is a feature to be expected when imperialist warmongers
are responsible for the setup and placement of systems. This
information suppresion, with the expressed intent of causing
undo harm to the sovereignty of the DPRK, is little more
than an attempt to foment discord and discomfort among the
lands. To be sure, the army-first policy of the DPRK includes
the measures necessary to adequately equip the just cause
of our reviolutionary armed forces. Such production will continue
heedless of the imperialist demands to relent.
El Presidente
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Thu Feb 27 21:53:13 2003
If at any time a country needs a replacement ruler or co-ruler,
please let the deity know. I will make every effort to find
a player for you.
second bars from heaven went to Ragnarook
third bars from heaven went to DPRK
Deities and visitors are not eligible for bars from heaven.
Ice.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Thu Feb 27 22:28:11 2003
hmmm, I get it. bars from Heaven only go to losers who would starve and go broke
without diety interventions
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Fri Feb 28 00:54:31 2003
>> Announcement from (24) ^^^ dated Fri Feb 28 16:28:13 2003
>hmmm, I get it. bars from Heaven only go to losers who would
>starve and go broke without diety interventions
El Peso, February 28 (KCNA) -- Many effective technical
inventions have been introduced in economic sectors in the DPRK.
The Comida Steel Complex is keeping equipment in full-capacity
operation by using a new material of electric switches. Technicians
of the complex have established new melting and heat treatment
processes with copper-chrome alloy as a material of electric
switches.
The Horchata Iron and Steel Complex has developed new stainless
spring material and used it in making plate spring for piston ring
of oxygen compressor. The new material makes it possible to improve
the quality of plate spring and lengthen its serviceable life 10
times.
Many other factories and enterprises have also made technical
inventions and introduced them in production, profiting greatly from
them.
Indeed there will be no poverty and no starvation for the DPRK
who will emerge ever-victorious without fail by invariably carrying
forward the noble spirit and traditions established by the
revolutionary forerunners despite the complicated situation in the
country and stern trials facing the revolution.
> Announcement from Armengar, (#2) dated Fri Feb 28 01:05:57 2003
Our citizens can barely contain their envy upon
hearing of the advances of DPRK. We have just
recognized the utility of running water, and
first installations of water pipes are progressing
well. Our chief scientist estimates that another
related invention "drain pipes" is coming along
well also.
Next on the list is hot water.
Sinari
PS. I wonder if I was the only one optimistic enough
to build a frigate in case it was just a thin layer
of enemies? :-)
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Fri Feb 28 06:52:18 2003
} > Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Wed Feb 26 09:22:18 2003
} I didn't say they would starve the first update; however they
} are running out of edible rocks.
Hold out! We are frantically researching a `rockslinger' device,
which promises to be of great value for starvation relief.
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Fri Feb 28 06:56:08 2003
} > Announcement from Armengar, (#2) dated Fri Feb 28 01:05:57 2003
} PS. I wonder if I was the only one optimistic enough
} to build a frigate in case it was just a thin layer
} of enemies? :-)
What a question! We are Norsemen! We mount the black waves in our
doughty sleek ships and go a-raiding. By the way, have you seen the
Irish?
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Fri Feb 28 09:52:25 2003
Okay, I was ignore the first time...
IS ALL_BLEED ONLY USEFUL ONCE YOU MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS?
WHY AM I NOT GETTING ANY TECH BLEED...
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Fri Feb 28 09:54:52 2003
Cheela
info Hidden
case sensitive
Dear Deity, this is not our competitive anno for the time slot
unless it's the only one
Heimdall
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Fri Feb 28 11:21:35 2003 Uh oh. I saw a lot of upper letters.
:)
? Announcement from beep, (#26) dated Fri Feb 28 11:25:12 2003
who is the clown that build research?
inquiring minds want to know.
> Announcement from Cheela, (#5) dated Fri Feb 28 11:47:01 2003
so how does beep see that anyone built research!???
I'm getting no love here
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Fri Feb 28 15:26:03 2003
>> Announcement from (5) Cheela dated Sat Mar 01 03:52:17 2003
>Okay, I was ignore the first time...
>IS ALL_BLEED ONLY USEFUL ONCE YOU MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS?
>WHY AM I NOT GETTING ANY TECH BLEED...
In fact, the DPRK did answer your question immediately after you
had asked it. The deficiencies of the imperialist warmongers'
educational system again raises its ugly head. And the
brinkmanship tactics of including all caps has already begun.
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Fri Feb 28 16:52:46 2003
El Peso, March 01 (KCNA) -- The imperialist warhawks are painting
the DPRK's self-defensive countermeasure to cope with their escalating
military threat and pressure on the DPRK as "brinkmanship tactics" in
a bid to build up public opinion. This only betrays the political
imbeciles' ignorance of the reality.
El Presidente says this in a signed commentary.
The commentary goes on:
The DPRK Government continues to defend the supreme interests and
sovereignty of the country under the present situation. This was
solely for the purpose of self-defense.
Its toughest measure is neither threat nor blackmail against
anyone.
However, the imperialists are floating misinformation that the
DPRK's just measure is aimed at wresting a sort of "concession" and
getting "economic benefits." The imperialists even went to the
lengths of making ridiculous remarks that the DPRK will not get any
"aid" unless it meets the imperialist demand.
Base and ridiculous is the imperialist trick to defile the DPRK's
just toughest measure with unreasonable and distorted assertion and
accusations.
No matter what misinformation the imperialists float to slander
the DPRK it will not withdraw its principled stance. The further the
imperialists escalate their military threat and pressure on the DPRK,
the tougher countermeasures it will take to cope with them.
The imperialists should stop misinterpreting the DPRK's
principled stance and tough measure and honestly opt for solving the
issue with a sound faculty of thinking.
> Announcement from VailGulf, (#19) dated Fri Feb 28 18:42:14 2003
Good news for all lovers of skiing!
With recent heavy snow falls and ensuing booming business,
the VailGulf resort has decided on some major expansion plans.
We call it the "cross country" project.
Look for a VailGulf slope in your neighborhood soon.
We'll even get those icy sectors groomed!
The Management and Staff - VailGulf Resort
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Feb 28 20:20:07 2003
this game is a lot easier to play when sober and awake!
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Fri Feb 28 20:21:23 2003
beep can't see anything. beep isn't even playing in this game.
offshore manufacturers have been making illegal copies of
announcements and selling them on the black market. In order
to verify that your copies of announcements are properly
licenced, you should look for the greater than symbol in the
first column before the word announcement.
Ice.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Feb 28 23:47:08 2003
after reading on tech bleed, apparently in hidden you only get bleed
from countries you are in contact with
curiously, if the all_bleed option is off, the best strategy is to ally
with the highest tech country you can, that will ally back, and only ally
with that one country. Did I figure that right?
not sure if the analogy holds in hidden, that the best thing would
be to have contact with only 1 country, the highest tech maker :-)
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Fri Feb 28 23:58:38 2003
} > Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Feb 28 23:47:08 2003
} not sure if the analogy holds in hidden, that the best thing would
} be to have contact with only 1 country, the highest tech maker :-)
Second best thing: Kill the lazy bum who spoils your bleed by not
making enough tech.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sat Mar 1 00:05:09 2003
heh- that's funny - probably true also :-)
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sat Mar 1 07:17:58 2003
Some bad news folks
Lord Corwin shot Arrakis' sled dogs
they had to rename the place Dogless Fairbanks
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sat Mar 1 17:07:09 2003
beer
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sat Mar 1 17:07:53 2003
beer is better than a dog joke.
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sat Mar 1 17:08:05 2003
sheep
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Sat Mar 1 17:08:29 2003
just in case...
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Sat Mar 1 18:08:49 2003
Not many announcements to judge that last update. It's getting easier
to win those bars. The last three winners were Niflheim, VailGulf, and
^^^.
Updates are now every 29 hours for the next two weeks.
Ice.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sat Mar 1 21:19:34 2003
where is Mr. Ed when we needs him
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sat Mar 1 21:40:22 2003
uhh, just in case noone noticed, updates are disabled currently
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Sun Mar 2 11:46:43 2003
Sorry about the disabled updates, before adjusting the time between
updates I had disabled them and I forgot to re-enable them after I
was done. Thanks for noticing. Updates are turned back on.
The country of Cheeta has requested a replacement and has been
replaced with a new player.
Ice.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Sun Mar 2 13:04:37 2003
?>> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Sun Mar 2 11:46:43 2003
?>The country of Cheeta has requested a replacement and has been
?>replaced with a new player.
I guess some players just can't keep up with the 1.41 updates/day rate.
You did tell him it was dropping to 0.83 updates/day, didn't you?
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Sun Mar 2 13:09:44 2003
"Colonel, I want more frequent updates of what is happening with sector
development and especially whats slowing the advance. And I want you to
handle it personally."
"You can count on me, General."
As Colones travels from sector to sector the query to the local captains are
all the same.
"Do you have mobility yet?"
<advances to next sector>
"Do you have mobility yet?"
<advances so next sector>
"Do you have mobility yet?"
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Sun Mar 2 16:21:31 2003
Methinks the end of global warming and the Ice Age caught
our sheep by surprise. If they can not pull the sleds, the
Army doesn't advance much. Shame their breeding has been
so poorly affected. The troops are complaining something
fierce about trouble keeping warm. Might anyone know to
what they are referring? Our generals are at a loss, I'm
afraid...
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Sun Mar 2 17:11:59 2003
El Peso, March 02 (KCNA) -- The imperialists are moving heaven and
earth to stifle the DPRK but this is nothing but a daydream, says
El Presidente today in a signed commentary. It goes on:
No matter how hard the imperialists work to undermine the
socialist system in the DPRK, it remains strong. It is the most
advantageous socialist system centered on the popular masses in the
world.
The socialist system is politically, ideologically, economically
and militarily stable and indestructible. Under this powerful system,
the people's army and people of the DPRK have always countered any
moves of aggression forces with strong courage.
It is by no means fortuitous that the imperialists has sustained
only failures and serious setbacks in the moves to stifle the DPRK for
the last several decades.
Yet, the imperalists are still desperately working to strangulate
the DPRK. This only betrays its increased zeal for aggression.
The imperialists are well advised to clearly understand the
socialist system and behave with discretion.
No force on earth can destroy it.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Sun Mar 2 17:18:23 2003
Foul whisperings are abroad:
unnatural deeds do breed unnatural
troubles.
Infected minds
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Sun Mar 2 20:16:36 2003
The sun, warm and red, was setting into the tropical
twilight. The waves lapped softly on the shore. The cry of
seagulls could be heard in the distance. A fire crackled
in a pit nearby, a small group of people sitting around
eating and drinking.
"Ah, this is what it's all about...Hey, Matata, while
you're up, can you get me another beer?".
"Sure thing", replied a slightly sunburned, but otherwise
no worse for the wear commander of the local coast guard
auxiliary. He brought the beer over to his friend and
fellow officer Hakuna, who upon receipt promptly drank
half the bottle and belched like a fog-horn.
"I should have asked for two, get me another", joked
Hakuna. Matata wasn't amused and shot a half filled
papercup of water at Hakuna.
"Get it yourself".
"You missed, can't you do any better?, taunted Hakuna.
At that moment, Hakuna was hit in the face with the
coldest water he had felt in his life.
Hakuna sputtered, the taste of brine in his mouth and
nose. Startled, he looked around and saw that he and
Matata were surrounded by a small group of heavily armed
and heavily clothed warriors. Matata was still laying in
the sand, motionless, shivering. Hakuna started to
remember how cold he really felt, and realized that he
must have been dreaming (hallucinating?) he beer drinking
scene. He groaned in despair. He didn't know where he was,
but he knew he didn't want to be where he was. How was
Matata? How did they get there?
"Get up!" shouted one of the men. Hakuna had sat himself
up, but was so cold and weak that he could not move.
"Here", another tossed a blanket at him which he promptly
wrapped around himself. Hakuna, too cold to talk pointed
to Matata. A few of the group picked him up and wrapped
him in another blanket. Two more hoisted Hakuna to his
feet. With their help, he was able to half-walk, half-
shuffle to where they were leading him. It looked like
Matata was being dragged from the shoulders, his feet
barely moving.
"I am not in a position to argue right now", thought
Hakuna, half smiling. At least they hadn't killed him.
Maybe there will be food where we are going. Maybe there
will be a fire? Maybe there will...
The guards trooped through the sand and then the snow. At
first, they only had to carry one, but now the second had
collapsed and they had two strangers that they had to deal
with.
The guard captain thought, "With the rumors of war, maybe
when these two come around we can get some information.
We'll know in an hour or so, it's only 7 miles back to
camp". They were making good time.
(to be continued)
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sun Mar 2 20:59:47 2003
"I had a horse, loco-ed, went loco on me outside of Pacheco. Had to walk 47 miles back to camp"
"That's a hell of a walk"
"Well, I ain't never walked a mile since, I'll tell you"
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Mon Mar 3 04:11:36 2003
El Peso, March 2 (KCNA) -- ^^^ reactionaries have worked hard to
whitewash ^^^'s past crimes, while persistently avoiding a sincere
apology and compensation for them for over quarter a century. It is
quite natural for them to stand censured on the international arena
for this shameless and base practice. El Presidente today says this
in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
^^^'s past crimes were war crimes as it most wantonly infringed
upon the human rights and right to existence of the DPRK and other
people, seriously violating the justice and morality of the
international community and international law.
Therefore, ^^^ has an international commitment to admit its legal
and moral responsibilities for its past crimes and sincerely apologize
and compensate for them. But ^^^ has not yet admitted its aggression
and other crimes committed in the past. It continues without settling
its past, employing all sorts of tricks to keep them buried into
oblivion.
Crimes against humanity can neither be covered up nor be glossed
over.
^^^ should face up to the trend of the times and redeem its past
as early as possible if it wants to regain the confidence of the
international community.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Mon Mar 3 05:15:52 2003
A bent figure stood silhouetted atop a crag of rock, facing the sea.
Despite the rain her hood was down,
and gusts of wind sent her unkempt silver hair billowing behind her.
As flashes of lightning streaked across the distant sky,
they illuminated the Viking fleet departing the shelter of their harbor.
At the bow of the lead longboat, was a dragon's head,
the sight of which had struck fear into many a man's heart.
Even more fearsome, was the standard borne by this Drekar,
which depicted a red figure with the body of a Lion and the head of an Eagle,
brandishing a two-handed sword. This was the standard of King Godfred,
he who has conquered the surrounding territories of the Realm, and pillaged far and wide.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Mon Mar 3 05:18:50 2003
The figure held up her crooked staff towards the heavens and uttered a shriek.
Even the longboats seemed to hear her, for they appeared to falter for a second,
before riding over the crest of the next wave. She cried
"Oh Godfred, although thou departs merely to explore the Hidden Lands,
there will be nought but fire and blood in front of you!
I see your sword striking down faceless men,
and rivers of blood flowing around your boots.
Pus will drain from mounds of corpses and the vapors of hell will bubble
through this effluent. Ice will crack, and mountains will fall.
Even the oldest of the Gods will not have seen such terror and calamity.
Yea, it is calamity that I see.
Forces are afoot that will change Iceworld for ever,
and the life that you have known will soon be no more."
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Mon Mar 3 05:21:00 2003
She turned towards the nearby village, her white, sightless eyes glistening
like pearls in half opened oysters. She cackled, and grinned,
revealing rotten teeth behind her shriveled lips.
"Yea, Ragnarook, the end of Iceworld is nigh,
and I, Angrbotha, the Prophetic Death Goddess,
who has foretold it, will be here to witness it!"
To be continued.
From Angrbotha, in the Coming of Ragnarook
> Announcement from SilentBob, (#13) dated Mon Mar 3 05:32:43 2003
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Mon Mar 3 06:26:40 2003
DPRK is a madman, lobbing nuclear weapons right and left
for the sheer glee of cratering his opponents. Beware!!!
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Mon Mar 3 20:16:23 2003
El Peso, March 3 (KCNA) -- March 2 is marked as the Day of Tree
Planting every year in the DPRK. Rallies of working people and school
youth and children took place at the arboretum of the Palace in the
area near the monument to the three charters for national reunification
yesterday to inaugurate the spring tree planting campaign.
Reporters and speakers at the rallies said that El Presidente laid
it down as one of the important tasks for giving full play to the
advantages of the best system in the DPRK and stepping up the building
of a powerful nation to turn the country into a thick woodland and
greenery and has wisely led the drive to implement it.
They called for planting a lot of trees of good species suited to
the soil and climatic conditions in different regions and lifting,
carrying and planting young trees with good care in the tree-planting
day and month in keeping with the technological requirements.
Officials and people from all works of life planted hundreds of
thousands of trees and flower shrubs including pine-nut tree, thuja,
acacia with pink flower and azalea around the meeting places.
Similar rallies were held in all provinces, cities and counties and
units of the KPA three services on the same day.
Senior officials of the party, the state and commissions and
ministries of the cabinet planted trees around the Tecate Youth Dam on
the day.
Present at the rallies were officials concerned, working people
of all strata, and school youth and children.
Such is the ambition, goal and aim of the righteous DPRK. No
callous and hideous proclamations of the end of Ice World; no fanciful
lies coming from the twisted snouts of supposed "Death Goddesses".
With enemies of all peace-loving people like this, we have no option
but to further increase our self-defensive military capability.
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Mon Mar 3 20:51:15 2003
I just got gainfully employed so I guess y'all actually have a chance now.
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Mon Mar 3 20:55:52 2003
Bwain
tell me where to email you about the winace problems.
or if you don't want to broadcast it tell me to post
to rge.
or email me:
vze4n36d@verizon.net
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Mon Mar 3 21:08:01 2003
Btw,
only a fool would have built a ship which is why we made 2.
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Tue Mar 4 04:39:03 2003
*Clank* *sputter* *clank* *clank*
Not starving in the hills is *bzzzt* considered a hostile act towards
the peaceful citizens of *bzzzt* *sputter* *pffft* *beep* *beep*
*beep* *beep* *beep*
EOT
> Announcement from Niflheim, (#11) dated Tue Mar 4 04:39:23 2003
We regret to inform you that our experimental `beep-bot' escaped the
laboratory. We apologize for the disturbance. This won't happen
again.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Mar 4 09:01:52 2003
beep-bot-alula she's my baby
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Tue Mar 4 09:28:31 2003
i never met a beep i didn't like
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Tue Mar 4 09:33:38 2003
beep beep, beep beep, yah!
> Announcement from Bwian, (#3) dated Tue Mar 4 13:14:44 2003
Aquataine: please e-mail me at drk@unxsoft.com
about WinACE problems.
Bwian
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Tue Mar 4 15:57:38 2003
General, Sir!
It would appear that the Ice Barbarian warriors have turned cannibal.
With no palatable size rocks left to eat, it appears they have turned
to the remains of their former comrades to support their existance.
With approximately 770 corpses providing substinance to the remaining IB
warriors, predictions are that the survivors will remain strong and healthy
for a considerable time (assuming their ofactory glands are non-operating).
Our forces require respirators and portable crematories to continue our
advances.
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Tue Mar 4 16:02:55 2003
PNN Headlines News
Snow Pile of Power, Northern Encampment
*thump* *squeal*
"Crap, come back here!"
*squeal* *squeal* *splash*
"No idiot! Club them like this! Hit the head! Hit the Head!"
*THUMP* *crack*
"They'll just slide under the ice if you don't kill them
first try."
Ice. Ice still sucked.
But the ice had secrets, secrets that secretly pleased the
commander. Missed a first, but then discovered after a
snow-blind trooper fell over one, these vile little blobs
of white fur and fat. Laying about the ice all sneaky
and hidden, obviously they were plotting spies, instruments
of the enemy, or worse some fell monster awaiting the appropriate
time to strike and take the sheep herd..
Well there would be none of that. Lacking a proper foe to fight,
these made a nice diversion for the troops and even better,
their bodies rendered down to an excellent grade of oil.
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Tue Mar 4 16:03:16 2003
you have to break a few eggs if you are going to wreck a hen house.
The techs even think they can use this to get a decent firearm manufactured.
Oh the possibilities! But first things first....
*THUMP* *crack* *THUMP* *crack*
Mountain of Power, Plundaria Prime
Reports from the field report the discovery of a viable source of oil hidden
in the ice.
This is PNN
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Tue Mar 4 16:10:24 2003
Report of New Syndrome in the New Land Journal of Medicine
(UNPI). 4 March. In the current issue of the New Land
Journal of Medicine, the most prestigious journal in the
Ice World, researchers announced the discovery of a new
syndrome, termed "Blue Balls." The syndrome was recently
observed in soldiers returning from the front who lacked
mobility to move away from frozen ice sectors. They indicated
to their physicians that they had to remain prostrate on
the land because, lacking mobility, they had to avoid being
shot by the Ice Lord's troops. When returning to the
capital, soldiers were observed to be grasping their
groins with pain clearly visible on their faces. Doctors
were surprised to discover that all "externalities" in the
soldier's groins had turned blue.
Treatment efforts were impaired by confusing disease names.
When nurses at the hospital heard the diagnosis as "Blue
Balls," they mistook the disease for one usually seen this time of year among fraternity pledgies who, as part of
their pledging process, are sworn to celebacy for extended
periods. The standard nursing treatment had been 3 Viagra
tablets and "ministrations from the nursing staff." The
Director of Nursing declined further elaboration. She
noted, however, that the treatment protocol is usually
successful and that the patients return to the university dormitories with smiles present on their faces. "What better result could a nurse ask for?" she said. A proposal
that the condition seen among soldiers be termed "Blue Balls
of Adult Onset" and among university students "Juvenile Blue
Balls" was suggested in an accompanying editorial. In light
of the increased military tensions activities rumored to
be on-going through-out the Ice World, the hospital is
prepared for an epidemic of cases. Physicians at the
hospital are endeavoring to make their fellow physicians in
other countries aware of this new entity. Confusion in
diagnosis could be dangerous. "The first three soldiers
who got the Viagra pills left here in more pain than when
they came in. The next one seemed content enough when he
left. That's when we realized the problem," said Dr. Jack
Offen, head of the hospital's urology department.
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Tue Mar 4 16:29:08 2003
Reposted (in better format)
Report of New Syndrome in the New Land Journal of Medicine
(UNPI). 4 March. In the current issue of the New Land
Journal of Medicine, the most prestigious journal in the
Ice World, researchers announced the discovery of a new
syndrome, termed "Blue Balls." The syndrome was recently
observed in soldiers returning from the front who lacked
mobility to move away from frozen ice sectors. They indicated
to their physicians that they had to remain prostrate on
the land because, lacking mobility, they had to avoid being
shot by the Ice Lord's troops. When returning to the
capital, soldiers were observed to be grasping their
groins with pain clearly visible on their faces. Doctors
were surprised to discover that all "externalities" in the
soldier's groins had turned blue.
Treatment efforts were impaired by confusing disease names.
When nurses at the hospital heard the diagnosis as "Blue
Balls," they mistook the disease for one usually seen this time
of year among fraternity pledgies who, as part of
their pledging process, are sworn to celebacy for extended
periods. The standard nursing treatment had been 3 Viagra
tablets and "ministrations from the nursing staff." The
Director of Nursing declined further elaboration. She
noted, however, that the treatment protocol is usually
successful and that the patients return to the university
dormitories with smiles present on their faces. "What better
result could a nurse ask for?" she said. A proposal
that the condition seen among soldiers be termed "Blue Balls
of Adult Onset" and among university students "Juvenile Blue
Balls" was suggested in an accompanying editorial. In light
of the increased military tensions activities rumored to
be on-going through-out the Ice World, the hospital is
prepared for an epidemic of cases. Physicians at the
hospital are endeavoring to make their fellow physicians in
other countries aware of this new entity. Confusion in
diagnosis could be dangerous. "The first three soldiers
who got the Viagra pills left here in more pain than when
they came in. The next one seemed content enough when he
left. That's when we realized the problem," said Dr. Jack
Offen, head of the hospital's urology department.
> Announcement from Bwian, (#3) dated Tue Mar 4 17:53:43 2003
Researchers at the Bwian Ministry of Useless Information announced a
shocking new discovery today: The polar bears which roam the nation's
ice caps can be converted into Cartesian bears through the use of a simple
coordinate transform.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Mar 4 22:23:13 2003
Descartes froze to death due to the Ice Queen
(Queen of Sweden hired him but didn't bother to heat the castle :-)
-today's fractured history report
ps- when you get to be as old as Mith and I, even Viagra doesn't help
Arrakis will testify to that! (but don't tell his wife :-)
> Announcement from IndustMech, (#8) dated Tue Mar 4 23:23:54 2003
I freeze therefore I am.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Mar 4 23:39:30 2003
I froze, therefore I wuz
> Announcement from visitor, (#22) dated Wed Mar 5 08:32:22 2003
}> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Tue Mar 4 16:29:08 2003
}Reposted (in better format)
Reposting announcements is clearly a hostile act against the peaceful
citizen soldiers of beep.
Too bad he isn't here to pound you for it.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Wed Mar 5 11:02:27 2003
To all nations bordering Ragnarook....
We refuse to sacrifice spies to the Barbarians, so we periodically
like to reach out and determmine which sectors are still under Barbarian
control versus those that have recently been liberated.
These are information gathering only to determine which barabarians are
eligible for reeducation.
Loki
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Wed Mar 5 11:05:20 2003
reacting units (counter-attacking against attacks) were supposed
to use their attacking stats when calculating the combats odds,
and the units they were (counter) attacking against were supposed
to use 1/2 their normal defense stats for combat odds calculation
did that ever get implemented?
(hint for Markus/Mith/Byz if they read this in rec.games.empire :-)
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Mar 5 14:26:09 2003
Reacting units of countries with non-alphanumeric names only get 1/2 their
normal strength, the units of other countries get full strength. :)
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Wed Mar 5 16:29:54 2003
but my mountain units are the best :-)
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Wed Mar 5 18:41:42 2003
i had just hired a local boozehound named ralfus to lug a big
sack of iron into the place we nickname "sector three one"
by giving him two shekls and a fake five dollar bill i made on
a copy machine. i had the rest of the day off. the town was
whipping itself up into a snowstorm, and the white powder
was shooting an angle at the side of my face as i walked
away from ralfus, wind pushing me back toward him. i was
indifferent to whether he got the sack of iron to its intended
factory or not, only that he made it to the end of the block
where off in the snowstorm a border patrol employee was
sitting in a tiny freezing booth, trying to get himself off in
the middle of the loneliness that had him with a serious case
of blue balls. i just needed the border patrol guy to check off
the number on the back of the sack, which i was sure he'd do
since he wanted to keep his job, oh definitely. what with the
steady paycheck and all i'm sure he was king of his
neighborhood on off hours. and all. it was late afternoon and
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Wed Mar 5 18:43:24 2003
i needed a drink. people would stay at home because of the
storm, suffering from there.
when i entered a fine establishment it was busier than i
thought, but i found a table in the back corner and i
motioned a waitress over. i showed my hand to her, and told
her my ring was hers if she kept the drinks coming steady all
night. she stared at it, dazzled, then turned around. a drink
soon came. i drank fast. as the hours went along i noticed
the bar filling up and pretty soon butts and elbows were
sticking into my space, and the place was got loud. i stood
up to leave but there was no way to make it to the front
door, it was shoulder-to-shoulder in there. there was nothing
else to do - i joined the revellers. i danced and cheered and
groped and drank. as i was waving my arms in the air i yelled
to the person next to me: what are we celebrating!!"
"first contact!!!!!!!" she screamed, as her lips met mine. it felt
horrible. i knew what first contact meant.
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Wed Mar 5 18:45:30 2003
my friends and roommates being sent off on toilet paper
runs only to be arrested while out, imprisoned and dumped
off on the frontlines, forced to the fight the wars of their
nation. the news reports, the solidarity, then the fear, then
resignation, then the shells of a more powerful more unified
foe crashing through the roof of your house, the flames, the
screaming, the escape, firepower landing all over the places,
people dropping like flies, refugees scurrying through the
war-savaged sectors, hiding beneath the reign of a superior
power as it spread its influence and control, surviving
through it all in the face of it all, alive but dead inside. it was
coming for me again. i embraced the inevitable. i kissed the
young girl back, then harder. there was nothing else to do.
in the outerlands, our ships spotted new flags along the
coast and question marks turned into military men of
unfamiliar origins.
in the chaos of the party i slipped out before the waitress found me.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Wed Mar 5 19:06:29 2003
<After reading the travel section of the local paper>
"No dear, I really don't think we should go to that new ski resort that
you saw advertised. Although I hear the ski conditions are great,
here is a news article that says the room service is intolerably slow."
<presents paper; beneath the fold headline reads>
Wed Mar 5 08:13 VailGulf citizens starve in disastrous famine
> Announcement from VailGulf, (#19) dated Wed Mar 5 19:38:06 2003
That unfortunate accident involved a
lost skier who wandered off the groomed
slopes. Disobey the posted warning signs
and trouble soon follows....The ski patrol
tried their best to deliver the needed
sustenance but darkness fell a little too soon.
A last minute run hoping to beat the final
lift cost him his life.
Our ski resort runs a 4 start restaurant
with excuisite cuisinne, btw.
Management of VailGulf Ski Resort
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Wed Mar 5 22:02:11 2003
El Peso, March 6 (KCNA) -- Though the imperialists are resorting
to every conceivable means and method to destroy our single hearted
unity and stifle socialism, they can never break and undermine the
revolutionary will and spirit of our army and people who have made
the spirit of devotedly defending their leader their physical quality.
El Presidente today says this in a signed article.
The spirit is the noblest revolutionary spirit based on absolute
worship for their leader and the transparent revolutionary spirit
that has become part and parcel of their daily life in the rigorous
revolutionary struggle, the article says, and goes on:
The spirit is being fully displayed in the era of the army-based
policy.
The defence of the headquarters of the revolution is the starting
point of all their thinking and practice and the whole army and all
the people are filled with burning determination to devotedly defend
the headquarters of the revolution headed by El Presidente. This is
the proud reality of our country.
Today our army and people take it as their duty, obligation and
conscience to devotedly defend their leader.
It is the trait of defending their leader at the cost of their
lives that they sing songs of worshipping and devotedly defending
their leader, put the defence of the headquarters of the revolution
in the first place of their thinking and practice and are ready to
lay down their lives for carrying through his plan and intention.
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Thu Mar 6 00:06:59 2003
Contrary to the VailGulf article in the news, Coyote intelligence
agents did receive indications that another story was circulating
regarding the unfortunate incident. Rumor has it that a VailGulf
ship left drydock to engage in military training exercises.
Unfortunately, they had acquired a discarded "Ice Barbarian War
Ministry - Military Training Guidebook" from an corpse littered
sector and followed the step-by-step training exercise #12 in
exacting detail...
Step #1 ... construct military sailing vessel (see transport/frigate)
Step #2 ... conscript and train hearty strong warriors
Step #3 ... wait till vessel is seaworthy and winds prevail
Step #4 ... have warriors report to vessel for sailing detail
Step #5 ... sould klaxxon, retract gangplank and withdraw lines
Step #6 ... hoist flag, sing anthem, beat chest and set sail
Step #7 ... patrol coastal area then head for open ocean
Step #8 ... check for lunch sacks!
Step #9 ... #(*&$%@^%#*&%(*!)($^*
note to publisher: change step #8 to step #4a in next revision
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Thu Mar 6 13:14:39 2003
We be pushing the update window here.
The current time is Thu Mar 6 13:14:04.
The next update window starts at Thu Mar 6 13:05:00.
The next update window stops at Thu Mar 6 13:15:00.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Thu Mar 6 13:21:20 2003
oh, another note to Markus/Byz/Mith, whereever they are
I think the whole "support" scheme should be scrapped
I don't think that was part of my original scheme for units, not sure why that was put in
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Thu Mar 6 13:43:22 2003
the order command is the worst piece of junk in the empire code
ought to take it out and start from scratch
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Fri Mar 7 15:02:34 2003
Land units that were sitting at negative mobility were accumulating mobility
at twice the rate listed in the version report. This has been corrected so
they only get the faster rate until they reach zero mobility.
Ice.
> Announcement from VailGulf, (#19) dated Fri Mar 7 15:27:56 2003
VailGulf Management wishes to announce:
Although our expertise is in snow & ice
operations, we do have some experience
with sailing vessels.
We operate a cruise line in addition
to our ski resort. My chefs assure me
that not only have we had adequate meal
preparation but we have prepared abundant
and delicious cuisine for our guests and crew.
Let there be no mistake, our cruise line
operates at peak efficiency and our main
objective is too keep our guests happy,
drunk and fulfilled.
We are a full service resort:
Vailgulf Management
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Fri Mar 7 17:55:59 2003
[VailGulf cruiseline] objective is too keep our guests happy,
drunk and fulfilled.
... and spending money.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Mar 7 17:59:28 2003
empire fiends incorporated
drunk and fufilled and gratefully awaiting the next update
(and hopefully not broke!)
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Mar 7 18:32:35 2003
OK Saddam, you got 10 more days
after that we start on DPRK :-)
> Announcement from Coyote, (#6) dated Fri Mar 7 18:52:21 2003
While many homeless stand at the nations street corners with signs
that read "Will work for food", you can always spot the empire
players. They have signs that say "Will give food for mobility".
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Fri Mar 7 19:27:25 2003
El Peso, March 7 (KCNA) -- The ^^^ leader said in an interview that if
the diplomatic effort fails to solve the "DPRK issue", "a military option
is its last choice." He referred to the "military option" again after he
disclosed that "^^^ is keeping all options on the table in dealing with the
DPRK." It is a very dangerous war outcry driving the military situation to
the brink of war as it is an undisguised revelation of the ^^^ intention to
make a preemptive strike at the DPRK.
In peddling the fiction about the DPRK, ^^^ sought to contain the DPRK
and bring it to collapse by force.
This sabre rattling is under way at a time when the DPRK-^^^
confrontation is escalating and going beyond the danger line. This goes to
prove that the scenario for a preemptive attack on the DPRK on ^^^'s table
is being put into practice.
^^^'s remarks on "military option" are little short of a signal to go
into action against the DPRK.
The DPRK is following the dangerous military moves of ^^^ with a high d
egree of revolutionary vigilance and getting fully ready to go into action.
The DPRK wants peace but never begs for it. It neither wants war nor avoids
it.
The people and the people's army of the DPRK will react to the ^^^
"military option" with a strong counteraction and counter an all-out war
with an all-out war.
If the ^^^ unleashes a war despite the DPRK's repeated warnings it will
wipe out the aggressors to the last man by promptly using as many combat
means as the ^^^ mobilized.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sat Mar 8 08:02:09 2003
Romm's Secret Research Project: Now the Truth Can be Told
Roman was named Hero of Israel today, for leading his nation to victory over PLO
Sharon and Arafat agreed to settle the conflict by dogfight
The PLO produced a massive hybrid Rottweiler-Pit Bull that ate the steel bars
of its cage for lunch
everyone laughed when Romm unveiled his secret weapon: a 9 foot long Dauschaund
when the fight began, Romm's dauschhaund waddled to the center of the ring
The pit bull/rottweiler, snarling like the beast from the apocalypse charged
suddenly the Dauschaud opened wide its jaws, and the PLO dog disappeared with just a trace of fur remaining
everyone was astounded. Arafat said "we spent $billions of foreign aid
on our fighting dog! How did you do it???"
Romm smiled and said "We spent all our time figuring out how to make
disguise a crocodile as a dauschaud"
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Sat Mar 8 16:06:45 2003
No announcements concerning this mornings headlines. The
world wants to know what happened.
Bar winners for the past week were Newland, Ragnarook, Bwian,
unemployed, and VailGulf.
Ice.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Sun Mar 9 23:03:23 2003
Christ, a cap sack and all I get is a
measly $167.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Mon Mar 10 01:04:25 2003
was that a mountain cap or a regular cap?
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Mon Mar 10 03:56:24 2003
A regular cap.
I shouldn't complain. There are an incredible
78 bars in the bank.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Mon Mar 10 03:57:27 2003
he probably keeps his bars in a mountain bank
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Mon Mar 10 04:23:37 2003
All the easier for his mil to get drunk
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Mon Mar 10 05:24:23 2003
El Peso, March 9 (KCNA) -- The "plan for military strikes" at the
facilities and military bases of the DPRK mapped out by the imperialist
warhawks envisages not only missile strikes and massive air raids, etc.
but the use of tactical civilian bombing. El Presidente in a signed
commentary says this "plan for military strike" presupposes a "dirty" war.
It continues:
The DPRK can never remain a passive on-looker to the serious situation
created by the imperialist moves to start a "dirty" war against it.
Its army and people will take every possible self-defensive measure to
cope with the imperialist bellicose forces' new war moves.
The imperialist war-like forces should be clearly mindful that although
they may attempt to provoke the DPRK as they please, they can never go back
alive after mounting an attack on it.
The imperialists will be held wholly accountable for the disastrous
consequences to be entailed by its reckless military moves.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Tue Mar 11 06:31:13 2003
He had a severe headache this morning. Yes, Gods do have headache.
Even the mightiest of them do not feel too well when they awake with
a headache. The problem with Gods who have headaches is the way
they react to this situation.
Tyr, the God of War, wanted to find out where the noise came from,
this noise, that ended his, uhm, well, drunken sleep. It came from
Walhalla, the place where fallen warriors were brought to in Asgard,
and for a moment a smile could be seen on Tyr's face. There was some
battle in the world of the mortals, and these battles were the source
of his power.
He moved towards the Great Hall. There was a short line of men,
speaking in poems, this was not what disturbed him. But there was
another line of men, much longer that the first one, and it took Tyr
a while to identify their language as the same as that of the other
group....
"They thwould have given us time to pull up ouw twousers", one of
them stuttered. "They twew us down fastew than you can cwy 'Jehova!'
(some stones came up flying towards him from somewhere).
Tyr saw more and more of these men arriving and wondered if today all you
need to be received at Walhalla was a paper claiming that you are
a member of the forces. He knew that most of them did not even hold a
stick to fight against their invader. He had to talk to Heimdall about
this, in the good old days[TM] these creatures would have been kicked
out.
On the rough grounds of the Ice World, this slaughter could last for
days and days. He gave a sign to some warriors "Go and end it as FAST
as you can!"
The warriors of Asgard obeyed Tyr's order.
So always look on the bright side of death!
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it,
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true!
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Tue Mar 11 07:53:02 2003
good. then I won't worry about getting this damned tooth filled :-)
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Tue Mar 11 17:22:54 2003
The terror of the Bard must not be allowed to inflict
further harm upon the peace of the Ice World! The Bard
must be shown the greater good to be had from the fury of
the pen rather than the sword. We good citizens of the
Ice World from rid ourselves of this menace to our common
peace and brotherhood. There is no place for someone
who confuses pentameter with pentagon, who shocks with
troops instead of ribald ideas, who insists that an attack
is much ado about nothing, who looks at his place atop the
Ice World as something more than a mid-summer's night dream,
who answers the phone, "Et tu, Brute?", who thinks that civs
in venture sectors are but the merchants of venice (sorry
about that!), and who has proclaimed himself the rightful
holder of the merry wives of windsor. Let us make his days
more than love's labor lost, make them a tragedy worthy
of King Macbeth himself. Is the Ice World to be or not to
be, that is the question. The taming of the shrew must be
of his shrew, forfeited on the battlefield. Only by making
him an example comparable to anthony and cleopatra combined
will the Ice World be able to maintain the peace that we
associate with our common growth.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of a hunchback for the next
installment of this proclamation, please let me know. Other-
wise, Richard gets left out.
The Great and Mighty from Greatland
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Tue Mar 11 18:41:55 2003
I do believe, induced by potent circumstances,
that you are mine enemy, and make my challenge.
You shall not be my judge, for it is you have
blown this coal betwixt my lord and me;
which God's dew quench!
Therefore I say again, I utterly ahbor yea,
from my soul I refuse you for my judge,
whom, yet once more, I hold my most
malicious foe, and think not all a friend
to truth.
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Wed Mar 12 17:01:35 2003
El Peso, March 12 (KCNA) -- A congress of heroes in the era of the
army-based policy will be held with a large attendance in El Peso on the
occasion of the anniversary of the DPRK. The congress will review the
proud achievements made by the army and the people of the DPRK in
victoriously advancing the revolution and construction under the leadership
of the great party by fully displaying total dedication and mass heroism
despite the imperialists' vicious challenges.
It will discuss tasks to be fulfilled to bring about a fresh turn in
building a powerful socialist nation in the spirit of the heroic struggle
in the era of the army-based policy.
The congress will mark a significant occasion in praising the immortal
exploits of heroes and heroines, demonstrating the indomitable spirit and
the great trait of single-hearted unity and army-people unity of heroic
DPRK which is devotedly defending socialism despite grave difficulties and
hardships and providing a landmark in intensifying the all-people heroic
struggle for the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Thu Mar 13 18:44:26 2003
DPRK wreaks havoc on Tundra???
the sheep must have gotten loose again
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Thu Mar 13 19:07:26 2003
El Peso, March 13 (KCNA) -- The headquarters of the People's
Movement for the Withdrawal of Tundra Forces reportedly rejected the
"plan for making a good neighbor" publicized by the commander of the
Tundra Forces in March 12, talking about the "improvement of
relations" with the DPRK people. The organization said in a
commentary on March 12:
The Tundra Forces have been engrossed in all sorts of crimes,
killings and interference in internal affairs of the DPRK. They have
not made a formal apology for driving an armored car over Pablo and
Rosarita Munez to death and are now bolstering the huge armed forces
around the DPRK even at this moment to ignite a war against the DPRK.
How can they think of being a "good neighbour" of us?
The Tundra troops should apologize for those thrice-cursed killings
of civilians and all other crimes and quit this land at once.
The "plan of making a good neighbor" reminds one of a stray cat
asking a fish shop owner to be on good terms with each other.
Given that this has not happened, the proud people's army of the
DPRK has no choice but to silence these imperialist aggressors, free
the people of Tundra and continue with the glorious spread of socialist
morals, ethics and benefits.
From this day forward, there is no Tundra-DPRK issue. There is
only DPRK. So noted by El Presidente.
> Announcement from SilentBob, (#13) dated Thu Mar 13 19:21:39 2003
,---@>
W-W'
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Fri Mar 14 03:46:18 2003
Well, it is mating season.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Fri Mar 14 07:54:09 2003
}
} Well, it is mating season.
}
Obviously.
Everybody and his sheep has fun with OrionSyndicate.
Only Ragnarook was placed far away from the turf.
Folks, you don't know how much the Diety loves you.
Tyr,
the bored God of War.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Fri Mar 14 12:04:40 2003
I know how much the diety loves me
He gives me 55 mountain sectors so far!
Sadly there seem to be no more mountains to climb that haven't been claimed
by my neighbors
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Fri Mar 14 14:07:06 2003
Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Oops, wrong game.
Maybe:
The hills are alive,
Oops, we don't want hills with life--that means troops
are there, as in someone else's mil.
Maybe:
This is the tale of our castaways,
Oops, that's an island. Wrong game there too.
Sorry. I'll stop trying now.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Fri Mar 14 23:02:15 2003
appropriate for ^^^ to be the mountain country, isnt it?
Angrbotha, the Prophetess
> Announcement from Ice Barbarians, (#0) dated Sat Mar 15 09:57:40 2003
Updates have now slowed down to once every 41 hours.
Ice.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Sat Mar 15 10:17:11 2003
Remember, Newland, the ides of March remember.
Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake?
What villain touch'd his body, that did stab,
and not for justice?
You knew not I t'was your neighbour, and
now your bank smolders.
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Sat Mar 15 13:11:49 2003
Can't we all just get along?
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#16) dated Sat Mar 15 18:08:38 2003
As Newland's sun sets weeping in the lowly
north, witnessing storms to come, woe and
unrest.
Thy friends are fled to wait upon thy
foes, and crossly to thy good all fortune
goes.
King Richard III, Act II, Scene IV.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sun Mar 16 14:24:26 2003
news reports of Kangaroos hopping across the ice to reach new lands have reached us
Or was the Rangaroos invading Newlands???
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Sun Mar 16 15:43:34 2003
El Peso, March 16 (KCNA) --The independent national economy of
the DPRK has steadily developed in spite of the persistent economic
sanctions and blockade of the imperialist warhawks and their allies.
The DPRK's is an economy that develops on the basis on its efforts
and resources to meet its people's demand and that serves the people
for their happy life. It is also a comprehensive economy that
produces by itself in the main industrial goods and agricultural
products needed for economic construction, defence upbuilding and
people's living.
The DPRK people built a solid independent national economy in a
short period and developed it as a powerful economy equipped with a
consolidated economic structure and modern technologies through the
fulfillment of several economic plans.
The abolition of taxation, the manufacture of such up-to-date
machines as 10,000-ton press and large-scale oxygen plant and the
successful flight of bomber Kwangmyongsong No.0 are results of the
country's powerful economy.
Thanks to the national economy, the country's defence industry
is capable of fully producing by itself sophisticated weapons and
technical means and equipment necessary for the defence of the
country.
With the independent national economy and a strong self-defence
power based on it, the DPRK people have defended socialism from the
imperialists' military threat and aggressive moves.
The DPRK economy has developed, unaffected by the imperialists'
economic blockade & the changed situation of world economic markets.
Any kind of their economic sanctions and blockade can never work
on Korea with its own solid economic foundations.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Sun Mar 16 22:44:56 2003
note to Markus/Mith/Byz about land units
part of the original scheme was, when a unit moved into a sector which had
negative mobility, the units mobility was supposed to be decreased
by that amount.
so if a sector has -30 mob, and a cav moves in, 30 mob gets subtracted
from the cavs mob (plus the current cost)
not sure how this would work in practice, just part of the original scheme
that I just happened to remember
(in the original scheme the max depth per update of an attack using units
was supposed to be 3 sectors, so you can see the scheme that was
implemented while I was away a few years was radically different)
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Mon Mar 17 01:47:47 2003
do aau units actually fire flak?
I've made them every game but never once noticed them fire flak
either when attacking or defending
I was reading info flak just now and it says it counts the guns on the flak units
but the aau carries no guns???
has anyone ever checked this?
> Announcement from DPRK, (#7) dated Mon Mar 17 02:45:07 2003
>> Announcement from (24) ^^^ dated Mon Mar 17 19:48:06 2003
>do aau units actually fire flak?
Yes. If you look further down in the flak section, you'll
see a relavent formula used for land units:
guns = 0
for (each land unit in the sector)
guns += (aaf rating) * (unit techfact) * 3;
if (guns > 14)
guns = 14;
Note: aaf rating, not # of guns
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Mon Mar 17 04:21:09 2003
Time for an oldie but goodie:
What is the difference between heaven and hell?
In heaven:
The British are the police
The Germans are the mechanics
The French are the cooks
The Swiss run the trains and
The Italians are the lovers.
In hell:
The British are the cooks
The German are the police
The French are the mechanics
The Italians run the trains and
The Swiss are the lovers.
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Mon Mar 17 04:24:33 2003
It has been recently reported by the Greatland
underground that our researchers have changed their
laboratory techniques. Instead of using sheep, as they
had in the past, they now use Shakespearean thespians.
They do this for three reasons:
1. Shakespearean thespians are cheap. Sheep are getting
to be high priced, by comparison.
2. The laboratory technicians were becoming attached to
sheep and didn't want to sacrifice them at the end of
experiments. Shakespearean thespians, by contrast, have
never been endearing to anyone and the technicians showed
no hesitation in conducting the sacrifices.
3. There are just some things a sheep won't do.
From Greatland (in exile)
> Announcement from Newland, (#5) dated Mon Mar 17 04:25:29 2003
Why does Shakespeare stop his tank from running
over snakes?
Professional courtesy.
> Announcement from Ragnarook, (#14) dated Mon Mar 17 04:30:52 2003
In the headquarters of $COUNTRY:
"Gentlemen, we have now conquered all areas that were under control
of the natives. Still, our country looks miserably small. We have
to expand and get more land."
" Sir, 'Moreland' has not been contacted yet."
BLAM
"I thought about taking additional sectors.
" we haven't heard of a country named 'AdditionalSectors'."
Blam-Blam-Blam.
"Let's stop this idiocy. All I want is that we start moving and grab
new land."
"Errr, Sir..... There is 'Newland' in the $DIRECTION of us."
"Very well. Let's do what we have to do."
> Announcement from Aquataine, (#1) dated Mon Mar 17 08:11:35 2003
Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody.
> Announcement from ^^^, (#24) dated Mon Mar 17 08:15:45 2003
where is Pat Loney when we need him
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Mon Mar 17 11:38:59 2003
i'm living better these days, long after first contact, in a nice
suburban space in Bwian. they're icy sectors yes, but the
theme is rustic in all these developments - and life is good,
better than ever for many of us, the unemployed.
i sit on my couch all day and do drugs, and watch television
all day long. my wife (our bond is unofficial, we simply ran
across the border into bwian on the same day and claimed at
the same time our own abandoned fully-furnished duplex)
does the same upstairs and we cohabitat the kitchen
occasionally and the bedroom every night. then repeat the
next day. food and mail gets delivered to the door weekly or
so. one time the delivery guy was this guy i knew back in the
four-zero named wally. later that day when we opened the
packages we saw that wally had blatantly cut a hole in it and
stolen the entire bulk package of gummi bears. wally never
showed his face on our stoop again, but there was no one to
report him to.
(con't..)
> Announcement from unemployed, (#18) dated Mon Mar 17 11:41:30 2003
i watch a lot of television, and like most of the unemployed i
pay the most attention to the television network of the Boss
himself. the channel takes up almost three-fourths the
numbers on the remote