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Well, actually he's a young Viking.Celt wrote:I could continue in the same vein by saying that Wiki was an Ewok in Return of the Jedi wasn't he?
Actually.. that was Wicket..Celt wrote:I could continue in the same vein by saying that Wiki was an Ewok in Return of the Jedi wasn't he?
It worked quite well if I recall - even if its main effect was unintentionally quelling a mutinyDisembodied wrote:Whatever: not to worry, Celt! My first post on these boards was a proposal for a laser cooler. My "balancing" idea was that the heat would be pumped into the cabin, and cause the cabin temperature to soar to dangerous levels. [...] Nothing's ever a total waste, though: my idea did, eventually, in a modified form, resurface elsewhere, in a piece of fiction ...
I still don't see why a laser cooler with some balancing effect cannot be made. It existed in Frontier, for example.Disembodied wrote:I don't see why it should be: it's not like there aren't lots of forum members based in the UK who have a whimsical "location"JazHaz wrote:Celt, so Commander McLane's "Location: a Hacker Outpost in a moderately remote area" wasn't a big enough hint that he's not a native Brit?
Whatever: not to worry, Celt! My first post on these boards was a proposal for a laser cooler. My "balancing" idea was that the heat would be pumped into the cabin, and cause the cabin temperature to soar to dangerous levels. Another non-starter: increasingly, too, as players and NPCs become closer in capabilities, all these bits of kit would need to be factored in to NPC AIs, which is a lot of work to do to allow players to partially circumvent what is actually a really clever bit of game-mechanic, that forces players to be careful how they fight. Nothing's ever a total waste, though: my idea did, eventually, in a modified form, resurface elsewhere, in a piece of fiction ...