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Old News from... August -- September -- October

Week of
April 2

New Battle Report Up! - Angelife

Thurs.

One of the better battle reports I've ever read is now up. It tells the thrilling tale of an epic battle between Idle's own Ferno, coupled with the deadly NCG nasty himself, Markus (who's actually quite nice, I just couldn't think of a term that began with N :) against the "dead weight" that is SoylentRed and the "hapless" yours truly, Angel. An excerpt follows:

"This leaves Soy in a bind, neither he, nor Angel has mobile detection and the Lurkers are positioned so that Soy's main is essentially useless. While Soy is not as bad off as Ferno, he is still essentially just dead weight right now in the game and the battle is now mainly between the surging Markus and the hapless Angel.

Read the report here, which I couldn't resist titling "Aftershock ][, The Die Inferno Map Continues its Reign of Terror" and comment on it here!

Week of
March 13

Return to Old posting format - Angelife

Tuesday

In some ways this does seem a better posting format. I've added a feature to allow people to post responses to news items (where appropriate) just the way all the top sites allow! You can comment here.

Clueless Emails - Angelife

Sometimes, I get mail that's dumb. Then, sometimes I get mail that's downright clueless. For your entertainment and edification, I offer a collection of email that somewhat bugged me, amused me, or was from people I wanted to make fun of! A sample appears...

From: clueless@cs.com

can u tell me how to copy CD's onto other CD's without buying expensive crap?

No problem. Just buy a $1.00 blank CD-R from your local electronics store. Put it next to the CD you want to copy, shiny surface to shiny surface. Put these two CD's like this underneath your mattress, next to all the naughty magazines you hide from your mommy. Sleep on it for at least THREE nights, making sure the CD's don't get moved. That will work as well as any other technique that does not involve "expensive crap".

Are you one of those I lampooned? Read the collection of cluelessness here, and comment on it here.

Monday

The Thrilling Adventures of [S]Noobie! Part 1 - Angelife

The third report, Heaped Piles Battle Agony, or the Thrilling Adventures of [s]Noobie is the amusing tale of Knight's and my efforts to get a public game going....

"you really should see Angel ham it up when in noobie mode, it is scary because she can perfectly imitate a clueless noobie) and I am indifferent, if Angel wants to mess with some lamer I am more than happy to oblige her" [I never said I imitated a clueless newbie! -- ed.]

You can read the report here, and comment on it here.

Week of
March 5
Wed.

Two NEW reports by Knight! - Angelife

OK no fewer than two new reports by Knight! These are great reports, and I say that not simply because of the kind tolerance he has for my playing, but for the fine writing and wry sense of humor he brings to the work!

His second report is a revised version of his first intrepid battle report, now complete with pictures. A sample follows:

"Sure enough, thanks to Milk's scouting Overlord that observes Angel's wacky build, Lotus and Milk decide to attack. At least 10 Lings, and 3 Zealots are sent to the outskirts of Angel's base. Unfortunately for our heroes Milk and Lotus, one Zealot gets cold feet and decides that instead of going to attack Angel, he would rather run randomly around his base for about 10 seconds."

To find out if Angel's wacky build survives the day, you can check out the first version here, the fancy second version here, and comment on them both here!

The Picture of this month; so far the picture of EVERY month. Inferno and I got bored fighting a turtle!

A good gaming weekend; just wish I could win more of em! Knight has posted his very first battle report for the site... Check it out here -- it features none other than ... me :) Congratulations to Knight for writing the report, and to Ferno, Lotus and Milk for a good game.

February News:

Just when I thought I'd gotten rid of the news! Congratulations go out to Idle's own BigGravyTrain, playing as [WP]BlackKnight for getting mentioned on the mighty starcraft.org website! His game vs one of the lizard lads was written up by EvilKid here. Did BGT win? Check it out.

So what's new? It's been a while since I've updated... a long while. For your entertainment and edification, I have a new vocabulary list that's well worth checking out, and several images. I'd really like to get feedback on the list, either via email or on the forum. Got terms to add? Let me know!

There have also been changes and updates to the (now working) forum links, and the Idlers page has been updated.

I found this screen shot amusing, submitted to me by someone who shall remain anonymous... taken after a couple of good games ferno and I played with other idlers:

And this one, from a game where [it] (inferno) and I got a little bored, fighting a terran turtle:

While I was busy making carriers, ferno was doing something... else!

Finally, I thought I'd show you all an appropriate computer setup for playing StarCraft. The monitor on the left displays and replays all of SoylentRed's losses as an ongoing hypercam tutorial; the monitor on the right [blacked out] displays all of Lotus' cursing and complaining. The middle left monitor is for maintaining web pages and doing work, as well as displaying summaries of AngeLosses, and the middle right monitor (with the trackball next to it) is for playing starcraft!