Welcome back, FriendJosh!!! 
I've already added you back to our Roster page!
          
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| Okay, how do people catch these? Ray always seems to know immediately when someone joins. Now you do too. |
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Actually, I check the empire page quite often. I just don't want someone to join and feel like I am ignoring them by not updating the Roster page. Yes, I'm probably a bit obsessive... 
Ray is connected to the website via wires and serial connections, so he instantly knows what's going on at all times. It's part of him being the actual leader of the Matrix...
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Hey guys,
We've gotten away from story writing around here lately. What does everyone think of a Round Robin story on the War of the Worlds site? I'm going to write a little something and then if somebody wants to, write a chapter. The WotW site is at this  Link
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WotW isn't too bad. It's pretty easy to find what you want.
I started a new story there, called Alliance of Evil. vincible, hope you don't mind, I just included you in it. I hadn't seen your post. If you want, I can edit it to be somebody else. Just let me know.
My start is pretty vague, so whoever wants to jump in can go wherever they want to. I know Downie isn't crazy about the space aspect of our stories, so if he wants to bring it down to land, that's fine. And different contributors can have different action going on at the same time, so don't feel confined to following what somebody else writes.
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| Ray is connected to the website via wires and serial connections, so he instantly knows what's going on at all times. It's part of him being the actual leader of the Matrix... |
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I've been regenerating in my alcove so I didn't notice FriendJosh rejoining us till just.
Welcome back, FriendJosh!
   
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I see Lothmorg has just submitted a Maso Huge game and is now posied to strike at the Top25!
Welcome back from the world of Diablo, Lothmorg. 
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| Just to let you know I have been trying to read the 2135 previous posts. Way too much history which leave the eyes dry and red by the end of the night. |
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Trying to read the entire Fellowship thread is not recommended unless you are a true Masochist, Celeborne. Besides, some posts will only make sense if read in the context of other empire posts and the circumstances and happenings at that point in time.
You are in good company here. Most if not of us here prefer TBS to RTS or FPS games.
Do join our discussions and feel free to pose questions of your own.
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Greetings, Ringfolk. Your friendly neighborhood Jedi here. Or one of them, anyway.
I've been busy with RL for the past few days, so I thought I'd drop by and pay a few respects:
Theoden: I'm glad that your family seems to be healthy and well, considering the circumstances. Your contributions to the Metaverse and the Review aside, you've always been something of a moral conscience around here, and you have my sympathies for all you're dealing with.
To all in the Fellowship: Congrats on your latest milestone. What was it again - 2 million? 3? Hard to keep current on 1.10 scoring...
Ray: Sources indicate that Brad caught wind of your plot to stop submitting games at your next promotion. The absence of the expected promotion threshold, I'm sure, is just a coincidence... Personally, I think you and Cotal should form a 2-person empire and see how far you can get!
May the Force be with y'all!
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Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I appreciate everyone's concern. This is what makes this forum so special. My wife is doing a little better now, though she still has some soreness and bruises. My mother-in-law went back to the doctor yesterday as she is still in a lot of pain, and it doesn't seem to be improving. My baby daughter caught a little cold from being in the cool night air the night of the accident (a little unseasonably cool in Virginia these days), but otherwise she is fine.
vincible, the story I wrote isn't connected to the WotW story, so we're not confined by what's in it for our Roundrobin story. I have read many of Wombat's submissions and I recommend them and the History of the Jedi Republic for good reading.
Celeborne: The Balrog (this thread) is much too large to attempt to completely read. Just jump right into the conversations and join the madness!
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I'm sort of taking a break for now. I've been trying to spend some time with my family so it may be a few days till you see a submission from me. I'm probably going to make another feeble attempt at Maso next game.
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The Metaverse Review is updated!
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Sorry to hear about the accident. Hope things get better.
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I don't really have a problem. I just have difficulty reconciling the intergalactic setting and the Tolkienesque theme into a logically consistent whole. Also, I've never really kept up with the doings of the other empires, so I don't feel able to write about them. But I'm not ruling out a space story at some point.
Having scored a depressingly low 8480 metaverse score for a Masochistic game, I thought maybe I could exceed that in my next game and get an unbeatable record low. So I tried playing in a manner calculated to score as little as possible; for example, I didn't build any wonders or trade goods, and didn't research techs except for those that seemed absolutely neccessary. I ended up in a bizarre endgame where I had one enemy who had a couple of planets, while I had the rest of the galaxy, but I was bankrupt and had no ships while he had loads of dreadnaughts and gravity accelerators and superior technology. Missiles are a lot more effective when you're faster than your opponent than they are when you're slower... I only won by keeping my spend rate low until I could afford to bribe him for peace, and then betraying him.
Oddly, I scored quite well this time. I have no idea why.
  
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Of course you can, Admiral Sherbert.
Jedis are most welcome in the Fellowship Halls.
Congrats to Rick as well on achieving Admiral rank!
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