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Re: Werner Fareber

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From: Big MAd drongo
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 00:00
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Detonate wrote in message
>><stops singing>
>><faces down stony disaproving silence>
>Tut, tut.... I had no idea you were so conservative in your taste of
ah,
>'music', if that's the correct description for it? ;-)
Theres nothing wrong with Sabbath <gr>
Far more musical than the vast majority of metal.
Not my usualy listenging I assure you, more usually into blues/rock/prog
rock.

>>Once I found a Triscene in the bottom room on the top level.  Killed
two
>>'naughts before I finally fried the begger with sonic pulsars.  I seem
>>to remeber another alien up there as well, but that might just be my
>>memory.
>Bottom room, top level?  Okay, so which bit do you class as 'bottom'.
As you view the map.
The rooms closest to the big stair well in the bow.

>And please, no bum jokes - let's see if everyone can resist the
temptation to
>degenerate into toilet humour... (I know, that's just asking for
trouble)
Some people.

>>>And I've only ever found a Triscene lurking in the upper galley, at
the
>>>back of the cargo ship.
>>Found all sorts up there.
>Half eaten cheese toasties....
Small groups of sectoids smoking cows.

>>>ROFL  Do the aliens go upstairs, on the second level of the shipping
>>>missions, if you increase the difficulty level, or is this some kind
of
>>placement bug I wonder?
>>Not sure, they might start up top and migrate downward as soon as
>>possible?
>Nah, I've found the placement is usually close to the starting team (on
the
>cruiser), several in the entry/exit room, and on the other side of the
>bulkhead.  Be interesting to see what Scott's editor shows, using the
reveal
>option.
Hmm, maybe a bug, maybe a programming device.

Big MAd drongo
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Subject: Re: Werner Fareber
Date: 2000/04/03
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