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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2006, 09:19:52 pm »
Does anybody know exactly what kind of car is pictured on Nice Pete's blog? I am woefully ignorant about cars in general, and older cars in particular.

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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2006, 09:27:55 pm »
Resemblant of an El Camino, but I'm not sure.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2006, 10:42:29 pm »
Pat must be totally fascist about the technical aspects of his RPGs. How does 'Stad keep finding these jerk-subtypes and integrating them into Pat?
The Tragedie is pretty awesome. It must be prismatic, because life-tragedies aren't equitabley distributed. 
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2006, 11:19:24 pm »
Quote from: misterqueue on February 26, 2006, 09:27:55 pm
Resemblant of an El Camino, but I'm not sure.

It's a Ford Ranchero.

That's why the front looks like a Galaxie.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2006, 01:56:29 am »
Sweet! Thanks. I thought it looked vaguely familiar.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2006, 05:08:23 am »
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didn't Pat say that fantasies are rediculous?


I guess he meant non-realistic ones.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2006, 06:12:34 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on February 27, 2006, 05:08:23 am
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didn't Pat say that fantasies are rediculous?


I guess he meant non-realistic ones.

I can't BELIEVE you still don't watch Trials of Honour.

It is such intelligent programming.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2006, 08:01:00 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on February 27, 2006, 05:08:23 am
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didn't Pat say that fantasies are rediculous?


I guess he meant non-realistic ones.

FalconLore is not a fantasy. It is, to put it simply, the most realistic possible simulation system for true-to-life dramatic adventures in medieval falconry. The intuitive flowcharts create an accurate and realistic life - not just a backstory - for each Idealized Model in the only way that life can ever be experienced - unfolding a year at a time with each event following in logical but unpredictable procession from events before it. Because of the statistical weighting systems used in the rolls of fortune during the Pre-Saga life-generation phase (the term "dice roll" is ungrammatical and "die roll" is technically inaccurate when rolling more than one at a single time), trends in Idealized Model statistics accurately reflect statistical distributions of real falconers and peasants of the period. That's the genius of the 15-sided Tragedie, maligned as it is by small-minded fantasists. None of their beloved "expanded Platonic solids" die types would provide the necessary distribution for complete accuracy of true-to-life dramatic adventures in medieval falconry.
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Re: Did the Groundblog See Its Shadow? - February 2006 Blogs
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2006, 02:52:09 am »
Ah, the Ranchero. The old geezer who used to live down the street before he moved away drove one of those. For five years it became a neighborhood fixture. His little crackerbox house between two slightly larger old bungalows, the faded dull dark blue Ranchero parked practically at his door.
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