Post by: Tick on April 22, 2003, 07:05:20 pm
I have difficulty believing that this is random coincidence - is there a Canuck shapechanger at Taldren?
Tick
Post by: Corbomite on April 22, 2003, 08:19:39 pm
Post by: Alexander1701 on April 22, 2003, 08:25:24 pm
Naw, I support the war. I just looove making fun.
Alexander
Post by: SghnDubh on April 22, 2003, 09:40:06 pm
(Singing) Blame Canada, Blame Canada...(hums the rest)....
Post by: Magnum357 on April 23, 2003, 12:31:33 am
But technically they are right, the ISC concept never came from Taldern. It was offically a SFB (Star Fleet Battles) concept made decades ago in the 80's.
Post by: Tick on April 23, 2003, 01:57:04 am
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Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
Post by: SFC Bennie on April 26, 2003, 11:47:28 pm
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Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
I put in the reference to POGG as a bit of an inside joke.
No, the ISC aren't Canadian. That's that silly simulator race.
Scott Bennie
Post by: Bernard Guignard on April 27, 2003, 06:40:04 am
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Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
I put in the reference to POGG as a bit of an inside joke.
No, the ISC aren't Canadian. That's that silly simulator race.
Scott Bennie
AH the Canadi'ens and their dreaded Maple Leaf Mauler and Oak Leaf mauler war cruiser.
Too bad I never got to play those guys Maybe I'll get the chance some day.
Post by: Aoav160 on April 28, 2003, 05:55:26 am
Post by: Credo Narth on April 28, 2003, 07:56:55 am
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In order to wage the war to enforce peace in a systematic way, I propose that we invade every county in alphabetical order. Now, can anyone give Dubya and Donny Romsfeld the directions to Antartica?
Post by: Alexander1701 on April 28, 2003, 07:22:21 pm
Almost as good as This Hour has 22 Minutes
http://www.22minutes.com/realwrapper.php?target=apology_256.rm
http://www.22minutes.com/marg/marg_leadership_low.asx
And yes, that's the REAL Prime Minister, not some actor.
We apologize for how he speaks. We're sorry. We know that Americans would NEVER elect a man who uses a local dialect. =P
Alexander
Post by: Tick on April 22, 2003, 07:05:20 pm
I have difficulty believing that this is random coincidence - is there a Canuck shapechanger at Taldren?
Tick
Post by: Corbomite on April 22, 2003, 08:19:39 pm
Post by: Alexander1701 on April 22, 2003, 08:25:24 pm
Naw, I support the war. I just looove making fun.
Alexander
Post by: SghnDubh on April 22, 2003, 09:40:06 pm
(Singing) Blame Canada, Blame Canada...(hums the rest)....
Post by: Magnum357 on April 23, 2003, 12:31:33 am
But technically they are right, the ISC concept never came from Taldern. It was offically a SFB (Star Fleet Battles) concept made decades ago in the 80's.
Post by: Tick on April 23, 2003, 01:57:04 am
Quote:
Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
Post by: SFC Bennie on April 26, 2003, 11:47:28 pm
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Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
I put in the reference to POGG as a bit of an inside joke.
No, the ISC aren't Canadian. That's that silly simulator race.
Scott Bennie
Post by: Bernard Guignard on April 27, 2003, 06:40:04 am
Quote:Quote:Quote:
Ummm, the ISC is from Star Fleet Battles, the game that SFC is based on. Taldren didn't create them. Unless Canada decides to enforce their way of life on the rest of the galaxy in the name of galactic peace, I see no connection.
Well, the question is not who invented the ISC, but who wrote up the background history of the ISC in the SFC manual with the phrase "peace, order and good government" - did someone at Taldren come up with it originally, or did they just copy it from a SFB manual?
I'm not saying the ISC are "patterned" on Canada (any more than the Klingon Empire is "patterned" on the soviet Union). Personally, I think it's some sort of in-joke. Of course "peace, order and good government" means nothing to anyone unfamiliar with Canadian constitutional matters, but if an Empire had "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as its mandate, it might mean something to you, right?
Of course, POGG is nowhere near as ubiquitus a reference as L,L&TPOH, so I'm quite curious as to how such a relatively obscure reference ended up in SFC/SFB...
And of course, the ISC are from Evil Mirror Mirror Universe, so of course there we've taken over the galaxy...
Tick
I put in the reference to POGG as a bit of an inside joke.
No, the ISC aren't Canadian. That's that silly simulator race.
Scott Bennie
AH the Canadi'ens and their dreaded Maple Leaf Mauler and Oak Leaf mauler war cruiser.
Too bad I never got to play those guys Maybe I'll get the chance some day.
Post by: Aoav160 on April 28, 2003, 05:55:26 am
Post by: Credo Narth on April 28, 2003, 07:56:55 am
web page
In order to wage the war to enforce peace in a systematic way, I propose that we invade every county in alphabetical order. Now, can anyone give Dubya and Donny Romsfeld the directions to Antartica?
Post by: Alexander1701 on April 28, 2003, 07:22:21 pm
Almost as good as This Hour has 22 Minutes
http://www.22minutes.com/realwrapper.php?target=apology_256.rm
http://www.22minutes.com/marg/marg_leadership_low.asx
And yes, that's the REAL Prime Minister, not some actor.
We apologize for how he speaks. We're sorry. We know that Americans would NEVER elect a man who uses a local dialect. =P
Alexander