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Re: Knights [BETA]

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Yep, Bob is where I saw it. No big deal.
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Re: Knights [BETA]

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No, added it as I thought is was funny, but if you can come up with something else, let me know and I will change it. The one thing though that I ask for is that you make it amusing.

Found a suitable quote that is OK.
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Re: Knights [BETA]

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koontz1973 wrote:No, added it as I thought is was funny, but if you can come up with something else, let me know and I will change it. The one thing though that I ask for is that you make it amusing.

Found a suitable quote that is OK.
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What's the new quote?!
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Re: Knights [BETA]

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chapcrap wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:No, added it as I thought is was funny, but if you can come up with something else, let me know and I will change it. The one thing though that I ask for is that you make it amusing.

Found a suitable quote that is OK.
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What's the new quote?!

You will just have to play a game and find out. ;) But it is from the last written words of George Eastman who invented film.
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I liked the new quote! Not as mean but much funnier. George Eastman's suicide note. So sad I guess. But funny in context.
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              Quenching

---The Beta period has concluded for the Knights Map. All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Brand. Let it be known that this map is now ready to be released into live play.

Congratulations koontz1973, your shiny new medal is well-earned =D>


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=D> =D> =D> =D> Congratulations koontz!! =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Well done Koontz!!
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Congrats koontz!
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Thanks a lot guys. Been a fun map this.

Here is a nice thing for you all to ponder over.
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Yay, I want one for every season, every event, every moment ... sigh ... it's such a beautiful thing!
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The Christmas version looks fun, and might be appreciated when the time comes. My only problem is that when I glanced at the Santas on the frame, especially in the small version, it looked like an evil red face, grinning at me in 1/4 profile and wearing a tiny hat. o_O
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ender516 wrote:The Christmas version looks fun, and might be appreciated when the time comes. My only problem is that when I glanced at the Santas on the frame, especially in the small version, it looked like an evil red face, grinning at me in 1/4 profile and wearing a tiny hat. o_O

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Santa is evil looking for two reasons. Many cultures have history of an evil counterpart (in Hungary it is called Ordog) and why would a nice Santa want to cut you down.
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Geez, guys, how am I supposed to sleep now?

It's not an evil Santa face, but more like a jack o'lantern: the white hem on Santa's coat is a grin, his belt is a moustache, his mittens are eyes, and his beard is the peak of a strange hat.
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Thanks ender, never noticed that.

And if you think that is scary, wait till you see the Easter and Halloween versions I am making when time permits. But I would like to get a Halloween version for this year if nobodies and Gilligan like them enough.
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That's awesome.
Congrats for the quench :D
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koontz1973 wrote:Thanks ender, never noticed that.

And if you think that is scary, wait till you see the Easter and Halloween versions I am making when time permits. But I would like to get a Halloween version for this year if nobodies and Gilligan like them enough.


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For the Christmas "skin", your first sentence should have an exclamation mark: "Help Rudolph save Christmas!" Otherwise it's like, "Help Rudolph save Christmas. Y'know, if you feel like it..."

And, too, I don't quite understand how the whole Rudolph story fits? Maybe, "Help Santa's reindeer save Christmas!" or something? *shrugs*

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Gilligan wrote:Go-go on my part!!

Thanks Gilligan, doing these is fun. :D
Victor Sullivan wrote:For the Christmas "skin", your first sentence should have an exclamation mark: "Help Rudolph save Christmas!" Otherwise it's like, "Help Rudolph save Christmas. Y'know, if you feel like it..."

And, too, I don't quite understand how the whole Rudolph story fits? Maybe, "Help Santa's reindeer save Christmas!" or something? *shrugs*

-Sully

Maybe Rudolph has been hitting the shrooms and may not want to help. Rudolph story is just there for xmas flavour. Not sure how changing it from Rudolph to santas reindeer helps it any but will get that changed for you.

Here is Halloween. Let me know how it look and if you like.
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Re: Knights

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The sad thing is, there may be a copyright on Rudolph, but the one on the "eight tiny reindeer" has likely expired.

As far as the Halloween one goes, I'm not sure what you have at the centre of the movement legend.

I do applaud the effort to provide seasonal variants of the map.
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Re: Knights

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koontz1973 wrote:
Gilligan wrote:Go-go on my part!!

Thanks Gilligan, doing these is fun. :D
Victor Sullivan wrote:For the Christmas "skin", your first sentence should have an exclamation mark: "Help Rudolph save Christmas!" Otherwise it's like, "Help Rudolph save Christmas. Y'know, if you feel like it..."

And, too, I don't quite understand how the whole Rudolph story fits? Maybe, "Help Santa's reindeer save Christmas!" or something? *shrugs*

-Sully

Maybe Rudolph has been hitting the shrooms and may not want to help. Rudolph story is just there for xmas flavour. Not sure how changing it from Rudolph to santas reindeer helps it any but will get that changed for you.

I was just thinking, since there are multiple players on the map, instead of one? Y'know what I mean? I suppose it doesn't matter that much.


koontz1973 wrote:Here is Halloween. Let me know how it look and if you like.

With the Halloween theme, you should emphasize the "night" in "Knights" by either dropping the "K" or highlighting "night" or "nights", perhaps :)

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Re: Knights

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The simplest answer is - yes Rudolph in this context is copyright as it is (IMHO) too close to the creation of Robert Lewis May (27 July 1905 – 10 August 1976) and as copyright typically subsists for lifetime plus 50 years you will need to wait until 9 August 2026 for it to come out of copyright! Note however that the old shuffle (a little change and creativity) can get around that problem as you can see by the Wikipedia article.
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