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10-07-2003, 12:10 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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BTW... congratulations!
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10-07-2003, 12:35 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Canada eh
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GB, have you seen Bad Boys II? Excellent scene in that one for dealing with a daughter's prospective date...
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10-07-2003, 12:37 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
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Congratulations GB! Do your best to get some sleep!
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10-07-2003, 01:48 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hometown of Canada
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Yay, I get to look after a leaky base....
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10-07-2003, 02:00 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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Man, I see that this thread has jumped another page, and I am thinking, "Wow! Some missions and stuff! Cool!", and what do I get?
Godzilla Blitzette?!? Just kidding, Blitz.  Congrats ont he new addition. Your life has just changed forever (you are probably already aware of that).CR
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10-07-2003, 05:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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congrats!
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10-07-2003, 08:03 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Rennes, France
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Felicitations Godzilla Blitz !
PS : Alf III finally seeing some action after being held wounded at SAM COM for ages |
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10-07-2003, 09:17 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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Congrats
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10-07-2003, 09:32 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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Congratulations...hope your read for the sleep depravation.
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10-07-2003, 11:52 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Congrats, GB! My wife went into the doctor yesterday for a checkup and said all things are a "Go", so it's up to the little one to decide when she'll make the entrance. Being that it's a first pregnancy, we're not expecting her to show up until early November (original due date) at the earliest, but stranger things have happened.
Hope you're getting your sleep. I'm going to be in the same boat shortly. |
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10-07-2003, 06:44 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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Congrats to the Blitz family.
Glad to hear everyone is doing well.
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10-07-2003, 11:47 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Thanks to all! Much appreciated!
Things are going well. This is our second child (our boy is 21 months old), so we've switched to man-to-man defense. We're hanging in there. Could use some sleep though. I'm not sure how often I'll check in over the next two weeks, so if I don't reply, I'm not ignoring you, I'm just not here. Eventually I will read everything. Thanks again! Coffee: Thanks. I had seen those once before and was hoping to find them now that we've got a daugther. I like the shotgun, shovel, and big back yard line. That's a classic. |
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10-07-2003, 11:49 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Dude, did I miss something? Where is the update? Put your new baby on the roster, I'm sure she wants an early start.
Congrats BTW |
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10-08-2003, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Yeah, but then how do you explain to your wife that you just accidentally killed the new baby...
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10-08-2003, 08:36 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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that wont happen...he will just switch the names and give his son my guy....he will just say i died
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10-08-2003, 01:21 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Raleigh, NC
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The new baby's going to be a Skyranger pilot. Really can't be worse than the incoherent babblings of the current ones.
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10-08-2003, 02:03 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Canada eh
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psssssssssst, it's a girl.
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10-08-2003, 05:38 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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i knew that...i was just testing all you guys
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10-09-2003, 06:47 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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is it too late to call in??? If not, I'm here!
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10-09-2003, 07:01 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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god..he gets a baby and just forgets about us...i see where his priorities lay...last time i ever save his ass in asotts dynasty
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Underachievement The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. Despair It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. Demotivation Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html |
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10-10-2003, 11:43 AM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Grafton, WI
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Conga-rats GB.
I have two girls and they are...interesting. In a few years when they are of dating age (sometime in their mid-30s), I will be borrowing my Dad's golden glove trophies and displaying them in a very visible area. Nothing like a large gold boxer on a four fot tall trophy to scare the crap out of would-be suitors. Oh yeah. Quit playing with the baby and get back to the dynasty, you slacker! |
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10-16-2003, 02:02 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: here
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I know GB's busy with the new baby, but I just didn't want this to drop down too far.
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10-16-2003, 02:16 PM
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Team Chaplain
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA
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RealDeal!!! You tease! I'd rather let it fall than see a bunch of meaningless bumps. Man, the way my heart skipped a beat then fell through the floor was almost as bad as watching the Cubs fall apart after Kerry Wood's homer.
{end slightly twisted, meaningless rant without any significant feeling behind it, suited only to relieve the sheer boredom of a man working behind a desk at 2:30 in the afternoon}
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10-16-2003, 04:06 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Sorry for the lack of communication, but I don't have any good news regarding the dynasty other than to say that we'll be back in action as soon as possible. Best guess would be that within a month, maybe sooner, I'll get back to the "once-a-week" pace. Soon after that, I'd like to get up to two missions a week, maybe more. I really want to see how things will turn out. I feel like we're getting closer to the final confrontation, and would like to see if we can save the world (or perish) before the end of this year.
And thanks again for all the good wishes. Our daughter is doing fine, and should be ready to tote a Heavy Plasma soon. |
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10-17-2003, 01:10 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
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That's good news, GB, but take your time. We'll still be here.
BTW, does anybody else think the sound effects Fox plays when they lower/raise the "game status bar" at the top of the screen during baseball games sounds like the screen-change sound effect from X-com? Or am I just a crazy person talking like a crazy person? |
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10-21-2003, 01:08 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Whew! I've finally caught up on this thing! Congratulations on young Ms. Blitz! I'm sure mom and dad must be quite proud of their latest collaboration.
Go X-Com (when you're ready)! |
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10-26-2003, 10:42 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Houston, or there about
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This deserves a bump, since we've got so many new people on the board from all the fof2004 stuff, they should get to reading the best dynasty ever made.
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10-26-2003, 10:53 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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Quit playing games with my emotions man!
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11-06-2003, 10:06 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: here
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X COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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11-06-2003, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Sorry. Not good news as far as a quick return to XCOM. Our new baby is not the sleeper that our first one was. My wife is generally a saint, but she turns into a raving Chrysalid when she hears me playing games while she struggles with the baby 24/7. My options--if I want to stay happily married to my posessed wife--are help her with the baby or work (or at least look like I'm working), but there isn't much more than a couple of hours/week for gaming at this point.
I'm hoping things settle soon, but they tell me it could be another two months or more before the baby starts sleeping longer at night and the alien inside my wife departs. I haven't forgotten, though, and the next restart will be the last. We'll go to the end, or until we can't go any more. If anyone knows how to exorcise demons, let me know. That might help speed things up. And we might get lucky, and things settle down faster. Once the baby starts sleeping at night, I should get that 2-3 hours of free time in the evenings. I can usually get in an hour or so of gaming with that, and that's all we need to get this going again. |
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11-06-2003, 11:36 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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*starts digging around the apartment for a young priest and an old priest*
SI
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11-06-2003, 11:38 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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yet another example of godzilla trying to screw me over...im sorry i almost blew up your titan...that was so 3 weeks ago
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11-07-2003, 09:08 AM
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Mascot
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Austin, TX
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Dude, don't apologize. Take care of the baby and the wife and ignore us until you're ready. If any of us get really unhinged with the need for XCom, we could buy the game and do our own dynasty. We will miss your writing, but we can wait.
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11-07-2003, 01:01 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Take your time. Don't worry 'bout them Golden Scribes.
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11-07-2003, 01:12 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
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These guys are right - no hurries. Do the stuff that needs to get done and we'll be waiting for you with Steve Perry-ish Open Arms when you return.
And Kodos, since you can't post in your own dynasty thread for the time being, how's the house hunting going? |
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11-07-2003, 03:00 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Hey Fonzie: The missus and I successly bought a house last weekend. I am actually going to the inspection in just a few minutes.
I suspect your real interest is in the timeframe for a return to Gatesville. My answer: It may be a while still. It may not be until next year. I don't really know. Things are still hectic at home and at work, and I am chronically tired these days. So much so, that I actually turned down an opportunity to play primelord in Madden online. Which I would never do under normal circumstances... Basically, if some time comes free and I can finish up the season, I will, but I can't say when that will happen. Having football games on every Sunday doesn't help, cuz who wants to be writing a silly dynasty when the real thing is on TV! Thanks again for your patience. I really don't know how Godzilla updates as frequently as he does. Dynasty-writing is really time consuming. Throw in kids, and I don't see how he ever makes any time for it. He's a dynasty-writing dynamo, I guess. |
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11-07-2003, 03:51 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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No need to apoligize, come back as soon as your able!
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11-08-2003, 12:18 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Illinois
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Congratulations Kodos! Best of luck to you with the move - remember, lift with your legs.
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11-08-2003, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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11-08-2003, 07:12 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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ya...... good luck with that one Kodos
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11-09-2003, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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11-09-2003, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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I think I'm going to hurt the next person who posts an inane message like these in this thread, thus giving me hope that maybe, just maybe, we'll get a new mission  SI
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12-04-2003, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Austin, TX
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Dear Sterlingice,
Don't read this. (Too late...sorry about that.) Just pushing this back up to the top, so it stays in everyone's conciousness< g >. Lokugh |
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12-04-2003, 10:36 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Godzilla...where are you?...i see your basketball dynasty getting updated all day long...but alas, no X-Com...
oh, and hi sterlingice!
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12-04-2003, 11:41 AM
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The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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Let it go, man. The dude is BUSY!
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12-04-2003, 01:15 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'm guessing the b-ball is much less time-consuming than X-Com. Good things come to those who wait.
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12-04-2003, 02:00 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Yeah, it's nice for the X-Com Officers to wait. They all have plush quarters. As a veteran grunt, I get stuffed inside a box with 8 other smelly guys.
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12-04-2003, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Sorry. I've been afraid to post here because I didn't want to get everyone's hopes up. But i think we have good news coming soon...
Things are starting to settle down. I'd say we're less than three weeks away from restarting. Most nights now the baby is somewhat sleeping after 8:30, and that's a good thing. I can get a half hour to an hour of free time in the evenings about four or five times a week now, and it's been getting better every week. I've been doing the basketball dynasty because it's easy and fast (the print function in the game makes doing dynasties so easy), I can make progress playing only thirty minutes, and the game has no sound. X-COM makes noise, takes much more time to make progress, and, well, all the details of the explanation are over in the basketball dynasty if you're curious. When we'll restart I'll probably aim for the mission a week pace at a minimum, and pick things up where I can. I'm hoping it will be the last restart we'll need. I really want to see how this all turns out. I feel like we're getting close to the end, and it's time to end the scourge of the Sectoids once and for all. I do have one small obstacle to take care of first. I need to find a cheap monitor. The old one is on the new computer now. Shouldn't be a problem, though. Such a trivial detail as a monitor can't stop us from saving the world. Stay tuned. I should be killing X-COM agents before the end of the year. |
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12-04-2003, 03:14 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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I kill all of you.
Well, except GB- that would make it tough to keep writing. SI
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12-04-2003, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Heybra....I mean SI.
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