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  • Managed to get back in I see. Hello there.
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    Strange I didn't see notification. And yeah fully operational, it pays having connections.
    Whoa, I have a fan: :D
    Thanks for following me. I am honored.
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    VeljkoM
    I am surprised I didn't do it sine Hive 1.
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    ...and I am myself surprised I did not decide to follow you since we first talked.
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    therefore...
    fixed!
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    Yeah; it is one of the most striking and thought-provoking episodes imho. I saw it only once when I was 16.

    This 1985/89 TV series featured well-known actors like Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Peter Coyote, Janet Leigh(!), Helen Mirren... Some episodes were directed by Wes Craven, William Friedkin, Joe Dante, John Milius,...

    Yet, the series is not *that* great overall iirc, and also not very popular afaik.
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    The original 1959/64 TV series is one of the finest ever made. I saw it when I was 14, and I was an avid fan of it.

    The 1983/84 film was so-so. Only saw it once.
    Tip: when making a movie made of segments, go for an odd number of them (like in Creepshow).
    Hi VeljkoM
    I have a question:
    Upgraded units, like WC2 Paladins (an Upgrade for the Knight) and the Troll Berserker (Upgraded Speartrower) counts as units?
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Well in case of the wc2 style/berserker unit upgrade it is from techtree point of view one unit since those are global irreversible upgraded that keep same role.
    In short headhunter and berserker are one unit.
    We were having a conversation, but I cannot seem to find it in the New Hive; something about "wall of text" (at least, that was the start of it); then talking about the Techtree Contests I think?
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    I recall asking if you could vote and comment on the last tech contest. Too late now.
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    U prvom ratu, portal se nalazio u Swamps of Sorrow, jel tako?
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    Oces na gameranger?
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Moze, ako nije kasno sad.
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    Jel oces sad na gameranger? Sad sam video da si ulazio juce, mislio sam da neces, jer mi nisi odgovorio, ja sam tu sad.
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Aj ako si ti sad tu.
    Da bre, sad ne rade smajliji, upravo sam svratio na Hive. hehe
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Znam ne rade na ovim pseudo VMovima. Rade svuda drugde. ><
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    Znas li gde mogu da nadjem neke modele zastava, stitova na zidu i slicnih obelezja da su visokog kvaliteta?
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Jedino sto znam je vec u UTM mapi, a te zastve i stitovi verovatno nisu to sto zelis
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    Gledao sam vec tu, nema nista posebno.
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    Cekaj, znaci postoje tri grane kuce Baratheon? House Baratheon of King's Landing (Robert), House Baratheon of Storm's End (Renly) i House Baratheon of Dragonstone (Stannis), jel tako? Sve su odvojene kao da nisu u rodbinskoj vezi?
    VeljkoM
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    Nisu odvojene, vremenom bi se odvojile kao Stark i Karstark. Jednstavno troje brace su podelile zemlju medjusobno, a Robertova garana familije je postala kraljevska.
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    Stara verzija je bila prakticnija, ali snaci cemo se :)

    Nije mi jasno da li treba da ti nekako odgovorim na taj tvoj VM ili ovako da ti saljem novi.
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Nasao sam ih, eno su pored Foruma u "Media".
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    Znam za to, ali ne znam kako da nadjem moj album. To koliko vidim su sve slike.
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Ispod Browse Albums ima Your Albums
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    Bice potrebno malo navikavanja...
    VeljkoM
    VeljkoM
    Vec mi nestostaje normalan VM. Ali zivela evolucija kosnice!
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    To je samo prvi deo. Samo sam hteo da neko pogleda prvo.
    About translations, again it all depends on the translator's skills. The Jacques Papy French adaptation of HPL's writings is nice reading. The other French, more recent official translation I have read (of Call of Cthulhu) was *very* different, but maybe closer to what HPL originally wrote. I did not keep this one.

    For Edgar Poe, well, he was first translated into French by none other than famous poet Charles Baudelaire. This is also why Edgar Poe is studied in French schools (and not HPL). Which is plain stupid, because Baudelaire's writing style took over Poe's writing style ; he did his very own adaptation, not a true translation.


    Derleth's (and other writers') horror stories which are very loosely tied to the so-called Cthulhu Mythos, are OK horror stories iirc. But those involving the "pantheon" itself are quite embarrassing at times, if not plain silly. And it is all Derleth's fault in the first place imho. He simply did not get it.
    Then I'm sorry if I made you ask questions you didn't want to ask. :)

    I'll see to get Larthon and Isaldur done as soon as possible (without reducing quality) then.

    I think there might be a misunderstanding about Regon.
    It was considered an autonomous governnment and still part of the Imperium, but it
    couldn't be protected by Imperial law since, unlike the rest of the Imperium, Regon had
    its own law.
    Just an example: Imperium tolerates abusing prisoners to get information, Regon doesn't,
    therefore Imperial police forces aren't being sent to Regon, avoiding possible
    disagreements between the two while also allowing the Imperium not to be bothered
    about Regon's internal crime issues.
    I agree, it is hard to tell what he thought back then.
    I remember making a presentation about Stalin like... eight years ago, I think?
    My memory might trick with me about this, therefore.

    Erasur's motivation appears to be following its own agenda which, at the moment, appears
    to include "keeping the balance" between the different human factions - for
    whatever reason they should be doing THAT is a big mystery.
    I might have to add a bit to Erasur:
    The spy cartel is supposed to be underground the actual surface of the planet, with secret entrances.
    They can only be contacted by talking with their "diplomats". Despite being no real nation,
    Erasur has something like "ambassadors" in many places that can be contacted by mediators.
    HPL was mainly a novelist. But he spent most of his lifetime writing letters (about 100,000) to fellow authors on various topics, while also helping them write their own stories, and doing some ghost-writing.

    As a novelist, critics consider his two major themes are :
    - the Cthulhu Mythos (horror-centered)
    - the Dream Cycle (poetry-centered)

    afaik HPL never consciously wrote novels belonging to one nor the other category. They were created by others for convenience.

    The quality of HPL's novels heavily depends on the translator (same goes with Edgar Poe). In French, there are more than one translation. The French translation/adaptation by Jacques Papy is the one I know the most. I still own these books from my teenage years.

    The Cthulhu Mythos is also very popular here in France nowadays. It appeals especially to teenagers / young adults.
    You know that Stalin thought the Reich would attack from the South when the Reich
    attacked from the west, right?

    Please question it, every question I can answer improves the whole thing. :)
    I'll replace a few millenia. ^^

    It indeed was, yes. Regon shows, in my opinion, that it had both good and also bad politicians.
    About Farnor, btw:
    There IS an explanation for it still existing, I just didn't want to spoil that. ;)
    Alright, I added only three factions instead of five.
    The Larthon Union and the Matriarchy of Isaldur are still missing, I wanted to write them
    today, but I didn't get to it.

    Hope you can enjoy the what I added, still. Also worked a tiny bit on the other factions. :)
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    Ziveo kralj, ziveo Beogr... mislim King's Landing!
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    Zasto ne i jedno i drugo? U kraljevo ime!
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    Otvaraj pivo, ziv je Hound, nije umro xD
    First off, thanks for your honest opinion, I really appreciate that. :)
    I haven't really thought of making the trade kingdom an
    oligarchy, but I really think I should change that.
    I'll make some improvements and add the other factions
    after work and then contact you again, if you don't mind. ;)

    Edit:
    A reason to call humanity's homeplanet Terra was
    more because of the race name "Terran".
    Click.
    It's only a small part, five human factions aren't on the
    list yet and will ne added tomorrow.
    I want to read everything again before making it final.

    Still would be nice to know what you think about it so far. :)
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    Hey any chance you are going to manage to vote on Techtree #10 Poll before it expires? I am really curious for whom would you vote since at least in my opinion I can trust your vote more than majority of voiceless voters.
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    I am quite honored by your implicit praise... However, (and I hate to disappoint) I'm afraid it's not likely I will get a chance to vote at all. Part of the reason I bowed out was due to time constraints, and testing 7 full races is just... *sigh*. I'm becoming an old man.

    In fact, I'm not quite sure I'm going to be able to join a Contest like this going on into the future. Don't worry, I still plan on sticking around, offering advice & critique, trying to shape these Contests into the best they can be... And who knows, maybe I'll change my mind. But (as you'll see below) even when petulantly defying the norms & going for a mini-race, I failed not once but twice. It's just a boatload of work; work I'm not sure I want to go to waste.

    Perhaps things in my life will lighten up in future years, and I'll have the energy & motivation to bring to bear something for these Contests. And heck, maybe instead of throw-away ideas I can finally give in & try working on a race I actually have planned (kinda have done that, but not quite, and definitely not with "Golems", lol). But I just keep seeing myself as really only having the time/motivation/energy/etc to finish the smallest of things; a few spells, a custom Hero maybe (still my favorite Contest).

    It's not you, and it's not this message. I've been thinking about this for a while now. Sorry if that sounds depressive or whatever.


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    Also next contest I am going to be awarding Kyrib0 award to the players that manage to make proper 12 units. If that is ok with you.
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    As long as you spell it right. ;P I'd be honored.

    Actually, I have to admit, you wouldn't know it but that's an incredibly ironic thing to do, because believe it or not, I've been planning on making half-/mini-races; not just for this Contest, but for the last one as well! There are several reasons; in part due to laziness (too much work), as well as perhaps a sense of stubborness/pride; I go on and on about how we need to define the Contest's constraints more, be more specific, be precise about what we want so the end products can be adequately compared to each other, and it doesn't seem anyone wants to listen; in a way, it's saying "Oh yeah? Well then you can go ahead & slave over a full-on race, I'll just pump out a quick mini-race, and you will see that it is unfair (or I will, because I'll be graded poorly in comparison)"

    Of course, this was undermined by my failure to complete either Contest in time. xD

    Along with those motivations, though, is the legitimate belief that the "mini-race" set-up is ideal for Contests. I've gone on & on about it before, I won't bore you here, but suffice it to say, while I think making full races is a wonderful & laudable goal (I plan on several myself), I'm unconvinced it has a place in a Contest (of this nature).

    So yeah, funny. : )
    Hey man,

    I told you I'm currently working on a StarCraft 2 project, right?

    Would be interested in taking a look at its story once I've written the most notable stuff
    down? :)
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    Mogu i zgrade gore dole da idu. Nema veze, koristicu postojece zgrade.
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    Mislio sam u object editoru.
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    Da ne znas kako da pomeram zgrade blize centru? Ove Mikeove zgrade su sve previse sa strane.
    I will be working through your comments over the next two weeks. Right now I have guests so my time is limited. Keep it coming though!

    Did you get your game installed ok?
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    Inace, sta se desilo sa onim brdskim plemenima koji su pratili Tiriona na pocetku? Provlacili su se kroz nekoliko epizoda, pa su nestali.
    I must confess I myself say Great Britain when I should say England, and I am pretty sure the French media do so too. They consider them to be synonyms. Same goes for the examples you cited.


    About the Romans and Britannia
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia

    The French page seems clearer for disambiguating the many intricate relationships of the different namings used throughout history. Please see notably Britannia Major vs. Britannia Minor.

    In France, Brittany is named "Bretagne". Great Britain is simply named "Grande-Bretagne".


    About frontiers and national identity, I never understood how imaginary lines can cause so much havoc throughout History.
    Thankfully, they can lead to a few smiles too. The Four Corners Monument in the US is pretty fun imho

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_Monument
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