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Mike Evans wrote:
> 
> Has anyone seen a release date for Privateer 3? All I have heard is 
> that it is more like the first privateer (good) but with WCP's 
> graphics.

   That's about right.  The next privateer game should even have
improvements over the WCP engine.  We should see it next year.

Chris Reid
CRei...@aol.com

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:05:07 -0400, "Mike Evans"
<mikea...@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Has anyone seen a release date for Privateer 3? All I have heard is that it
>is more like the first privateer (good) but with WCP's graphics.

Privateer 3 is expected to be released sometime in the first half on
next year, possibly even as early as the first quarter. It's believed
that it will take place in the main WC universe once again (unlike
Privateer 2), and "Brownhair" from the original Privateer may be the
main character. It'll use an updated version of the WCP game engine,
and will incorporate extensive multiplayer features.

/*======================================================================*/
  #include <stdio.h>
  int main(void) {
    char *s = "\xA\x2C\0#my$~od$iclcikzJgcfdc|foa\"*gcF*dc|foA*gexL", *i;
    for(i=s+*(s+1);i-s-1;) printf("%c", *i--^*s); return 0;  }
/*======================================================================*/

Kelvin Lim wrote in message <35442c3e...@news.pacific.net.sg>...
>Privateer 3 is expected to be released sometime in the first half on
>next year, possibly even as early as the first quarter. It's believed
>that it will take place in the main WC universe once again (unlike
>Privateer 2), and "Brownhair" from the original Privateer may be the
>main character. It'll use an updated version of the WCP game engine,
>and will incorporate extensive multiplayer features.


You mean 'blue hair"  :)

-Krud

Krud wrote:
> 
> Kelvin Lim wrote in message <35442c3e...@news.pacific.net.sg>...
> >Privateer 3 is expected to be released sometime in the first half on
> >next year, possibly even as early as the first quarter. It's believed
> >that it will take place in the main WC universe once again (unlike
> >Privateer 2), and "Brownhair" from the original Privateer may be the
> >main character. It'll use an updated version of the WCP game engine,
> >and will incorporate extensive multiplayer features.
> 
> You mean 'blue hair"  :)

   He means "Brownhair."  "Blue hair" was what we used to call
Christopher "Maverick" Blair before we found out his name.  Brownhair is
what we call the Privateer 1 character.

Chris Reid
CRei...@aol.com

Erik wrote:
> 
> Christopher Reid wrote:
> >   He means "Brownhair."  "Blue hair" was what we used to call
> >Christopher "Maverick" Blair before we found out his name.  Brownhair 
> >is what we call the Privateer 1 character.
> 
>  When was Blair's character stablished?.
>  I played WC1 on the Amiga and moved to PC WC3, so I guess it should
> be WC2 or one of those secret missions.

   It was in WC3, the first game with FMV.  Later the WC3 novel
established his callsign.  We see Maverick used again in WCP and his
name in WC4 and its novel and in Prophecy.  Kilrathi Saga retroactively
gives his name as the character we play in the earlier WC games.

Chris Reid
CRei...@aol.com

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In article <6i0etp$e...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>, Christopher Reid
<CRei...@aol.com> writes
<snip>

>   It was in WC3, the first game with FMV.  Later the WC3 novel
>established his callsign.  We see Maverick used again in WCP and his
>name in WC4 and its novel and in Prophecy.  Kilrathi Saga retroactively
>gives his name as the character we play in the earlier WC games.

Yes, and a great disappointment to those of us who played through the
first two with the name Flash Bastard.



Please remove asterisks if replying by e-mail.

Mike Hussey

Mike Hussey wrote:
> 
> In article <6i0etp$e...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>, Christopher Reid
> <CRei...@aol.com> writes
> <snip>
> 
> >   It was in WC3, the first game with FMV.  Later the WC3 novel
> >established his callsign.  We see Maverick used again in WCP and his
> >name in WC4 and its novel and in Prophecy.  Kilrathi Saga retroactively
> >gives his name as the character we play in the earlier WC games.
> 
> Yes, and a great disappointment to those of us who played through the
> first two with the name Flash Bastard.
> 
> Please remove asterisks if replying by e-mail.
> 
> Mike Hussey

All of us:)?

-- 
Long live the Confederation,
Ben "Bandit (LOAF)" Lesnick
Introspection WCHS
http://introspect.wa.net/wchs/

On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:06:29 -0700, Christopher Reid
<CRei...@aol.com> wrote:

>Krud wrote:
>> 
>> Kelvin Lim wrote in message <35442c3e...@news.pacific.net.sg>...
>> >Privateer 3 is expected to be released sometime in the first half on
>> >next year, possibly even as early as the first quarter. It's believed
>> >that it will take place in the main WC universe once again (unlike
>> >Privateer 2), and "Brownhair" from the original Privateer may be the
>> >main character. It'll use an updated version of the WCP game engine,
>> >and will incorporate extensive multiplayer features.
>> 
>> You mean 'blue hair"  :)
>
>   He means "Brownhair."  "Blue hair" was what we used to call
>Christopher "Maverick" Blair before we found out his name. 

OTOH, "Bluehair" was more official than "Brownhair", since the name
"Bluehair" can be seen used in some Origin screenshots as well as in
the WC1 animation demos (if you have the original DOS version of WC1,
try executing it with the command "wc Origin w2").


/*======================================================================*/
  #include <stdio.h>
  int main(void) {
    char *s = "\xA\x2C\0#my$~od$iclcikzJgcfdc|foa\"*gcF*dc|foA*gexL", *i;
    for(i=s+*(s+1);i-s-1;) printf("%c", *i--^*s); return 0;  }
/*======================================================================*/

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:48:27 +0100, Mike Hussey
<mi...@falconry.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <6i0etp$e...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>, Christopher Reid
><CRei...@aol.com> writes
><snip>
>
>>   It was in WC3, the first game with FMV.  Later the WC3 novel
>>established his callsign.  We see Maverick used again in WCP and his
>>name in WC4 and its novel and in Prophecy.  Kilrathi Saga retroactively
>>gives his name as the character we play in the earlier WC games.
>
>Yes, and a great disappointment to those of us who played through the
>first two with the name Flash Bastard.

You could still enter his callsign, so it's not a total loss. :)

/*======================================================================*/
  #include <stdio.h>
  int main(void) {
    char *s = "\xA\x2C\0#my$~od$iclcikzJgcfdc|foa\"*gcF*dc|foA*gexL", *i;
    for(i=s+*(s+1);i-s-1;) printf("%c", *i--^*s); return 0;  }
/*======================================================================*/

Kelvin Lim wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:48:27 +0100, Mike Hussey
> <mi...@falconry.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Yes, and a great disappointment to those of us who played through the
> >first two with the name Flash Bastard.
> 
> You could still enter his callsign, so it's not a total loss. :)

Yeah, but I doubt that the callsign I use is ever going to become
"official" in the WC series.  While "Love Bunny" is a rather humorous
name to have on the KILLS list, and to have mentioned in the pre-WC3
games which could just use the text you entered, I don't think
Origin would go for it.


James Daniel


PS -- the callsign originated from and old PC game the name of which I
      don't recall:  it was a "Car Wars" sort of game, and you had
      your own gang which would fight things out with other gangs.
      My gang was the "Lovebunnies".  I thought it was a hoot to have
      the computer proclaim that the Lovebunnies killed all of the
      <insert cool gang name here>.

James N. Daniel, III wrote:
> 
> PS -- the callsign originated from and old PC game the name of which I
>       don't recall:  it was a "Car Wars" sort of game, and you had
>       your own gang which would fight things out with other gangs.
>       My gang was the "Lovebunnies".  I thought it was a hoot to have
>       the computer proclaim that the Lovebunnies killed all of the
>       <insert cool gang name here>.

That game wouldn't be Road War 2000 would it?

Chad Millar wrote:
> 
> 
> That game wouldn't be Road War 2000 would it?


Very likely, yes.  The game is lost in the mists of time for me.
I last played it around 1986 or so.

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:03:59 +1000, Chad Millar <c_mi...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>James N. Daniel, III wrote:
>> 
>> PS -- the callsign originated from and old PC game the name of which I
>>       don't recall:  it was a "Car Wars" sort of game, and you had
>>       your own gang which would fight things out with other gangs.
>>       My gang was the "Lovebunnies".  I thought it was a hoot to have
>>       the computer proclaim that the Lovebunnies killed all of the
>>       <insert cool gang name here>.
>
>That game wouldn't be Road War 2000 would it?
>
The computer version of the boardgame/rpg game "car wars" was called
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