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Re: The guardians hand strength (was Re: Ultima Underworld III?)

#544
From: sm... STEFAN M. THIEME
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 05:13
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In article <adbrown....@bradford.ac.uk>, A.D....@bradford.ac.uk (Alistai
r Brown) writes:
>sm...@ns1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (STEFAN M. THIEME) writes:
>>In article <D0B81...@uceng.uc.edu>, cjoh...@uceng.uc.edu (Christopher Meem
Jo
>>hnson) writes:
>>>In article <3bl8i9$2...@homer.alpha.net> jay...@earth.execpc.com (Jim Vieira)
wr
>>ites:
>>>>Alistair Brown (A.D....@bradford.ac.uk) wrote:
>>>>
>>Assuming that IS his hand, and not just some inter-dimensional gate spell
>>disguised to LOOK like a hand (remember, we saw Big REd at the end of U7;
>>he was big, but not that huge).
>
>He's put on weight since then.

:)


>
?
>> No one opened the gate then! Of course, in UW2's endgame, Britannia looks
>> fine, and no mention of the destruction in u7.5. The Guardian lied.)
>
>Ummm... U7.5 was _after_ UW2 AFAIK.


Actally, I meant that in 7.5 there was no mention of any destruction of
Britannia that would have occurred in UW2. Now realistically, this is probably
because both games were under construction at the same time (more or less) and
by different people, but there wasn't even a throwaway line (like say, having
LB say in the dreamworld of u7.5 that Britannia was REALLY going to hell with
two major cataclysms in less than a year).

>
>>(okay, fine, you say...But Britannia WAS destroyed by the end of U8!
>>Yeah, but we don't know how long the Avatar wandered about in the Hall of
>>Pillars; possibly enough time for the Guardian to get through and destroy the
>>Britannia. Besides, Britannia had already suffered cataclysm during U7.5)
>>(Finally, What about Pagan? Perhaps that world was worthless, drained to the
>>Guardian; no loss to him if the few survivors no longer worship him).
>
>I would be surprised if the guardian actually destroys somewhere
>physically. Perhaps he will go so far as to eliminate all those who
>oppose him (such as those you saw in the ice world and in Praector
>Loth's tomb in UW2).
>
>Wouldn't it be more satisfying for the guardian to subvert the
>principles of a world and bring the Avatar into a Britannia that
>despises him?  Hmmm... this actually could tie in quite well with the
>fellowship in U7.


I think by 9 Big Red is going to be tired of fooling around with the Avatar
and will start getting down to some serious combat. I mean, she/he/we/me
thwarted his plans in three adventures and then reached nigh-god stats in the
forth. If the Guardian doesn't get personally involved soon, the Avatar will
soon outclass Big Red.
>
>Alistair
>--
>Email A.D....@bradford.ac.uk
>
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Subject: Re: The guardians hand strength (was Re: Ultima Underworld III?)
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