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Article #23372Re: Shaun does TFTD! Woooooh! Miscellaneous meanderings...
From: Big MAd drongo
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 00:00
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Shaun Green wrote in message ... >What with me being off ill from sixth form with shingles, <winces> Bad luck my friend. >having my DUP-armed Barracudas chewed up by large UFOs, Your own silly fault :o) >Then came the first TFTD cool thing (tm) - my first terror mission! Island or Port? >My first shipping mission was a passenger liner. I think I saved about >75 % of them, with a single casualty. But that was only against feeble >shit like gillmen, calcinites and other pansy-assed stuff. It was >much, much worse taking on Tasoths on a cargo ship. But I still did >it, albeit with more civilian deaths (about 40 % dead), and four >casualties. So which do you prefer, cargo or passenger? I think cargo are mor fun, but passenger easier. >Still, on that first level, I lost... hmm... NONE of my fourteen aquatoids, Been recruiting amonst the enemy have we? :o) >Me. Still going, as the Commander. But not for much longer; he's a >below average psi. Not a liability yet, but he's not going on the T'leth >mission, I'll tell you that... Dump hiom then, not worth the effort :o) Big MAd drongo 'So why're you called Big Mad Drongo, Mr Turnipseed?' said Ridcully. 'Um . . . Um . . .' 'He once drank a whole pint of shandy,' said Stibbons, who had the decency to look embarrassed. Stupid people do stupid things. Smart people outsmart themselves. Current Editor Of: http://www.agx.org.uk/ On Behalf Of: alt.games.x-com
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