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nightwalker wrote:
> 
> Just a note on this one and Eastwater Bank.  These are contest missions that
> had to be kept within a very small size limitation.  That was specified and
> they weren't allowed to exceed it.  Eastwater actually did a bit and it was
> disqualified from some of the categories.  There have been 3 sets of
> contests all together and the last one had the smallest allowed area to
> build in.  If you want to see lists of the contest entries for the last
> contest, so you know which ones they are, check the Keep of Metal and Gold
> here: http://www.keepofmetalandgold.com/  Look for details on Contest 3,
> down the side of the page.  The only missions listed for the first two are
> the winners, but if you'd like a list of the names, I could send them to
> you.  They need to be reviewed a little differently, I think, as they are
> created in a very short period of time in a small area, with very little
> chance for betatesting (though I have tested a couple).
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               Thank you ver much for this clarification. I saw and
         dl'd the recent rash of new missions posted ala:
         http://thief.math.uh.edu/missions
         and have been going through them rather dismissively - This
         calls for a new consideration that I'll address in more detail
         below.

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> 
> A lot of these missions were first time attempts, as well, which also makes
> a few of them rather rough, but some are excellent.  Have you tried
> Deceptive Perceptions yet?  Play it at night, with the lights out and watch
> everything VERY carefully.  It's terrific!
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       Just played through it and I did enjoy it very much for it's
       novelty factor. However - this and quite a few others need to
       have an entirely separate category - That of NON mission, or
       something similar to differentiate them from what should be
       expected in a "Thief Mission" - Here's the short list - many
       likely the restricted-size contest variety:

       Night's Recourse
       Throne Room
       Dream Slide
       Mind Master
       Akenaten's Tomb
       The Keeper's are Thirsty
       (Including the one you mentioned above)

       All could be said to be 'Well Built' - all have a novel or
       uniquely interesting quality or feature, but all are missing
       integral aspects of the Thief experience (tools, direction,
       plot etc)

       I feel strongly that a new category should be created to honor
      these in their proper light and to separate them from what most
      have come to expect of a Thief mission. This would avoid such
      confusion and disappointments and give this 'new' form an
      adequate stage to be appreciated more fairly. - I believe that
      the site builders/organizers would be doing the players and the
      builder a great service by making this consideration.

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> 
> As for the vault in FCBT- Annex, you can open it. Here's a quote from the
> author on how to do it: (CONTAINS SPOILERS!!)
> 
> "Straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.
> 
> The combination for the lock has four stages. If you get confused, pressing
> the small button will reset the lock. The exact combination is...
> 
> Middle, Top, Bottom, Middle
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           AAARUGH.. Three buttons with a FOUR button combination??
                     (I must repeat my earlier exclamation - "I
                     MAKE time for FMs - I don't have time for games)
                     This is absurd - Why not two buttons with a five
                     button combination (?) with not even a hint at the
                     number of presses required - Just how long does
                     the builder expect me to stand there - like a chimp
                     at a typewriter - expecting the encyclopedia to
                     eventually manifest? - No, where the fun ends there
                     do I also. Certainly such a stone wall in the path
                     of logical progression for the player should have
                     been anticipated and avoided.

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> 
> There is a smaller lock puzzle inside the vault. Just because you can use a
> lockpick in a lock, doesn't mean that that pick will be successful. Try
> always to move forward."
> 
> Nightwalker
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            Hmmm.. I'm afraid you've tossed a wet blanket on a flame
            long extinguished - I doubt I'll ever enter the vault and
            chalk this one up to 'mission accomplished - by default'. ;]
            Thanking you (yet again) ;] for your kind attendance in my
            mission madness, and for all your consideration of the above.
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best Wishes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


-Praise The Considerate

-Third Keeper
-(At Large)

                                                             - Max -
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> 
> "Max" <Third...@Large.net> wrote in message
> news:3D7034EA.78C10250@Large.net...
> > ..................
> >
> >
> >               A micro-mini-review for:
> >
> >               A micro-mini-mission (ala "The Bank" from T2)
> >               Three tiny floors, two guards, one guard-bot.
> >               All cleared and left with the puzzle of a vault
> >               mechanism in the basement. Tried every possible
> >               combination without result.
> >
> >               Nicely built and outfitted for it's microscopic
> >               size - Though the builder should only expect the
> >               same effort from theplayer that was invested in
> >               the map - in this case a no-show.
> >
> >               My advice - Give us more to work with lest we lose
> >               incentive, and thanks for the effort. - As Always:
> >               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best Wishes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > -Praise The Builder (whenever possible)
> >
> > -Third Keeper
> > -(At Large)
> >
> >                                                          - Max -
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