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ddickinson: I do not think I have played that, but then I have not really played many Sid Meier's games. Is that one caught up in lots of legal red tape as well, or just not been made available?

*holds a buttercup under Agent's chin to make it yellow*
I don't know about any legal stuff regarding Gettysburg. It was developed by Firaxis and published by EA, just like Alpha Centauri, so I dunno why it isn't here. Could have been sold to someone else at some point, maybe it won't run properly on new computers (it needed a patch just to run on XP), or maybe EA/GOG just hates us :-(
Last release from EA was May 28, 2014 (SimCity 4) :-\

*eats buttercup, thinking it was a peanut butter cup*
Post edited October 12, 2015 by AgentBirdnest
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ddickinson: I almost read that as WAAAGH! and wondered if you had become an Ork. :-)
(WAAAGH! being the name of a massive Ork military force/campaign, and the battle cry.)
Being an Ork would make certain things considerably easier ;-)
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l0rdtr3k: What speech? I didn't made any speech.
I thought you had mentioned making a speech, I guess I misunderstood. Did you have a nice time at the wedding?

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AgentBirdnest: I don't know about any legal stuff regarding Gettysburg. It was developed by Firaxis and published by EA, just like Alpha Centauri, so I dunno why it isn't here. Could have been sold at some point, maybe it won't run properly on new computers (it needed a patch just to run on XP), or maybe EA/GOG just hates us :-(
Last release from EA was May 28, 2014 (SimCity 4) :-\

*eats buttercup, thinking it was a peanut butter cup*
Who knows with EA. Maybe it is just due to it not working on modern systems, or maybe licensing. Or maybe it is considered unpatriotic and the US has censored it. :-)

Someone told me that in the US you can get peanut butter flavoured soft drinks (soda). And what is a peanut butter cup? :-)
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ddickinson: I thought you had mentioned making a speech, I guess I misunderstood. Did you have a nice time at the wedding?

Who knows with EA. Maybe it is just due to it not working on modern systems, or maybe licensing. Or maybe it is considered unpatriotic and the US has censored it. :-)

Someone told me that in the US you can get peanut butter flavoured soft drinks (soda). And what is a peanut butter cup? :-)
Yes. I've met the family of the groom and they were very nice to us.
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toxicTom: Being an Ork would make certain things considerably easier ;-)
But as far as I know there are no Ork women (Orks reproduce/evolve (very quickly) via spores.), so you might regret being an Ork after a while. :-)
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ddickinson: But as far as I know there are no Ork women (Orks reproduce/evolve (very quickly) via spores.), so you might regret being an Ork after a while. :-)
That's probably why Orks enslave other races...
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toxicTom: That's probably why Orks enslave other races...
I don't think they enslave, they pretty much just kill. That is why they were made, to be the perfect killing force. They even have DNA encoded with information on how to build things (which is why they can build all sorts of crude vehicles and structures, not the safest, or efficient, but effective.). And I am pretty sure with hands that big and that clumsy, they can't ever play Witcher 3, so you have that to consider as well. :-)
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ddickinson: But as far as I know there are no Ork women (Orks reproduce/evolve (very quickly) via spores.), so you might regret being an Ork after a while. :-)
And let's not touch on how Trolls reproduce in Berserk. Quite a nasty thing really.
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ddickinson: Who knows with EA. Maybe it is just due to it not working on modern systems, or maybe licensing. Or maybe it is considered unpatriotic and the US has censored it. :-)

Someone told me that in the US you can get peanut butter flavoured soft drinks (soda). And what is a peanut butter cup? :-)
I wouldn't be surprised if it were censored. Apple started removing Civil War games from their app store that featured the Confederate flag (but later put some of them back.) Then again, we have Ultimate General: Gettysburg here, which is a very similar game to Sid Meier's Gettysburg. So that wouldn't make any sense :-p

Yes! Peanut butter soda. Or peanut butter & jelly :-) I don't drink soft drinks these days though. My poor stomach doesn't handle them well.
You Europeans and your lack of peanut butter cups... When will you ever learn to eat the right foods? >:-p
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ddickinson: And I am pretty sure with hands that big and that clumsy, they can't ever play Witcher 3, so you have that to consider as well. :-)
Yeah, that could pose a problem...
As for the reproduction thing... well there are so many takes on Orcs in the various fantasy universes, and most of them include some form of female (although Tolkien's original Orcs also seem to lack in this department).

But being too clumsy to play Witcher 3... intolerable.
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AgentBirdnest: You Europeans and your lack of peanut butter cups... When will you ever learn to eat the right foods? >:-p
Now if that doesn't look... nutricious... ;-)
Post edited October 12, 2015 by toxicTom
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toxicTom: Yeah, that could pose a problem...
As for the reproduction thing... well there are so many takes on Orcs in the various fantasy universes, and most of them include some form of female (although Tolkien's original Orcs also seem to lack in this department).

But being too clumsy to play Witcher 3... intolerable.
Now if that doesn't look... nutricious... ;-)
I never understood why most of the time,the Horde that threatens the world comes from the East. Must be because of the Mongol invasions during the Middle Ages.
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AgentBirdnest: I wouldn't be surprised if it were censored. Apple started removing Civil War games from their app store that featured the Confederate flag (but later put some of them back.) Then again, we have Ultimate General: Gettysburg here, which is a very similar game to Sid Meier's Gettysburg. So that wouldn't make any sense :-p

Yes! Peanut butter soda. Or peanut butter & jelly :-) I don't drink soft drinks these days though. My poor stomach doesn't handle them well.
You Europeans and your lack of peanut butter cups... When will you ever learn to eat the right foods? >:-p
I was not really thinking of the flag, but the whole killing Americans thing. That could be deemed very anti-American. :-)

What is it with you lot and changing words. Jam has been called Jam for a VERY long time, yet you all start calling it jelly, and then change jelly to jello. :-)

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toxicTom: Yeah, that could pose a problem...
As for the reproduction thing... well there are so many takes on Orcs in the various fantasy universes, and most of them include some form of female (although Tolkien's original Orcs also seem to lack in this department).

But being too clumsy to play Witcher 3... intolerable.
Most Orks/Orcs (Orks in Warhammer) are male, as a lot of the old legends and myths have them as just male. In 40K they were genetically engineered weapons, so they needed no females. In Tolkien's work he follows a lot of the mythology, which also has Orcs as male and born through unorthodox means. They live for war, so I guess it leaves little time for anything else. They are like Vikings but without the rape. :-)

So… no females is okay, but no Witcher is intolerable. You Germans sure are weird. :-)

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l0rdtr3k: I never understood why most of the time,the Horde that threatens the world comes from the East. Must be because of the Mongol invasions during the Middle Ages.
Because to the West was the vast oceans, so it was never likely they would come via the sea. But also due to a few other reasons, which again was influenced by Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology, as well as numerous other sources.
Post edited October 12, 2015 by ddickinson
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ddickinson: I was not really thinking of the flag, but the whole killing Americans thing. That could be deemed very anti-American. :-)

What is it with you lot and changing words. Jam has been called Jam for a VERY long time, yet you all start calling it jelly, and then change jelly to jello. :-)

Most Orks/Orcs (Orks in Warhammer) are male, as a lot of the old legends and myths have them as just male. In 40K they were genetically engineered weapons, so they needed no females. In Tolkien's work he follows a lot of the mythology, which also has Orcs as male and born through unorthodox means. They live for war, so I guess it leaves little time for anything else. They are like Vikings but without the rape. :-)

So… no females is okay, but no Witcher is intolerable. You Germans sure are weird. :-)

Because to the West was the vast oceans, so it was never likely they would come via the sea. But also due to a few other reasons, which again was influenced by Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology, as well as numerous other sources.
And you deserve to get hugged.*grabs DD and pleases her with hugs*
But again,if you want a good story set on the Dung Ages of medieval Europe read Berserk. Just be sure to preapare a good supply of Brain Bleach especially when you start the Golden Age Arc.
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l0rdtr3k: I never understood why most of the time,the Horde that threatens the world comes from the East. Must be because of the Mongol invasions during the Middle Ages.
In Tolkien's case, I would think it refers to the other "Huns". Tolkien has fought in WWI. From the "Western allied" point of view the threats have com from the east most of the time. The Germans, later Russia and the Warsaw Pact.
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l0rdtr3k: Now if that doesn't look... nutricious... ;-)
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:-)