I was talking more about the promises they make, which tend to go out the window after a while. Whether they actually mean their promises, and try to but are unable to keep them, or whether they never intend to keep them in the first place, I'm not sure.

pi4t
Tue Jan 22 09:22:03 2013
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I know what you mean :)

I sometimes just end up laughing when they just completely ignore a question from an interviewer, or try to use statistics to back up their claims. My mathematical background means I tend to see when they're just choosing statisics which suit them, rather than giving an overall view.

Mouseover
Mon Jan 21 22:47:39 2013
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info(at)ffproject.com

SCC
Mon Jan 21 19:48:31 2013
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Dear Sir,

the Contact link does not appear to be working at present. Could you post your email address here?

Many thanks

ed
Mon Jan 21 16:13:34 2013
Planet Of The Spiders

Hi guys, Im playing "planet of the spiders", I manage to get to the end a

SPOILER

END SPOILER

THANKS

C-Star
Mon Jan 21 14:43:12 2013
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No, I meant how it sounded so impressive, but actually didn't mean anything. Like most things politicians say. At least the Irish ones...

pi4t
Mon Jan 21 11:17:18 2013
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I'm made slightly nervous by someone who finds politicians' speeches 'cool'. Interesting, perhaps. Amusing, often. Cool?

Mind you, this is being written from one gamebook player to another, so... :)

C-Star
Sun Jan 20 20:56:36 2013
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Ha, found this quote. Think it shows the ridiculousness of society prretty well.

Me: I cut
Society: Attention seeker
Me: Im ugly
Society: Attention seeker
Me: Im pretty
Society: Concietted b¡tch
Me: *commits suicide*
Society: Its a shame. They were so beautiful.

@bcyy

Wow, that was all wrong? But it sounded so cool! Bit like a politician's speech.

bcyy
Sat Jan 19 07:24:59 2013
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@C-Star:

The reason you didn't "understand" it was probably that it was wrong. There were too many mistakes for anyone with proper physics training (such as yourself, I presume) to find it legible.

@All:

Never mind my last post. It was meant to be an amusing general idea, not a serious post with details on how the idea should be carried out. I didn't really think the details through when I posted that, and it's ridden with typos and such. Unless any smart engineers among us are willing to think it through, I don't see such a project going anywhere.

C-Star
Thu Jan 17 21:02:49 2013
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@bcyy

That... sounds like heaven. I had to smile while reading your message. I'm going to try keep that image in my head to motivate me to study. I do higher level in all my subjects, so there's no shortage of things to learn.(I'm not sure what the equivilants of 'Higher Level' and 'Ordinary Level' are in other countries)

I look forward to the day where I can read your post about electricity and magnetic fields and understand all of it!

bcyy
Thu Jan 17 13:50:28 2013
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Re real-life FF:

At the pub, we could order tomato juice by pointing at it, and mutter "I thought it was blood" after tasting it.

Better still, if someone expresses ridicule at our garments and behaviour, we could even give them a surprise by knocking out a lightbulb or two at a distance with a staff-shaped device.
The design of such a device would be tricky, but not impossible: just rig an inductor-like solenoid conductor around a staff made of some dielectric material, and plug it into a powerful AC battery (maybe car batteries would do?), which we could carry in a backpack. When turned on, this should create a reasonably strong sinusoidal magnetic field which could be picked up and translated into a current by a similar solenoid conductor which has enough loops in it to amplify the current, such as those in a voltage transformer, if the pub has one. The only problem left would be to align the staff with the receiving solenoid without arousing suspicion, switch on the battery, and hey presto, my "nullify electricity" spell just gave the local pub a local blackout (actually a burnt-out fuse)...
Seems more practical than cloning orcs. :-)

Disclaimer: the poster of this message will not claim any responsibility for any damage caused by the use or misuse of the ideas above.

bcyy
Thu Jan 17 13:12:50 2013
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@All: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year! A bit late, sorry!

@Aiken: Brilliant poetry on the last page, has a hint of Shelley in it...

@C-Star: I wasn't aware of what happened in Ireland, and I cannot access facebook, though I must say that the incidents were regrettable. I still remember the suicide of a fellow student (also a girl) during my second year of high school, though that was due to a rejection from the printing press when she tried to publish her novel, instead of any form of bullying. A few months ago at our high school reunion, we paid our respects at the place where she fell. They will not be forgotten.
I'll second your sentiments about life in the earlier stages of education. We nerds just don't mix well with most other people. But you have a lot to look forward to: just make sure that you get into a *really good* university, and you'll suddenly find that you're in paradise. There, people don't go to cinemas; the standard way for friends to watch a movie together is to do so crowded around a laptop. "Entertainment" will be understood as manga, cartoons and Resident Evil instead of football. FF will be so popular that people will be willing to learn another language to be able to read it, if their first language isn't English. Statistics show that you'll have a 1 in 10 chance of finding a girl nerdier than you are (sampled from my buddies), but even if you don't (I most certainly didn't), life would still be quite awesome in comparison to primary, secondary or high school. Just make sure that you study hard, at least hard enough to keep yourself in the program. :-)

C-Star
Thu Jan 17 08:29:37 2013
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by classic experience, but if you mean a challenging dungeon crawler, I'd say Hellfire. Just be warned that it's hard. Outsider is great too.

The Wrrong Way Go Back series is good too, but not 'classic'.

FF Taught me to read
Wed Jan 16 12:18:41 2013
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Great site and contributions. Much appreciated from someone who can't locate their old collection of FF books and has limited finances to purchase the new editions. Really enjoyed House of Horror (I'm a natural coward so still scares me now!) and loved Midnight Deep even more, especially once you reveal the full story. No which to go for next if looking for a classic FF like experience? :)

C-Star
Tue Jan 15 19:52:06 2013
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Ask if you get stuck on any of the rest of the series. They can be fairly challenging, just like most gamebooks really.

Chris
Tue Jan 15 14:08:03 2013
Wrong Way Go Back

Nevermind, solved :)

Chris
Tue Jan 15 13:45:30 2013
Wrong Way Go Back

Can I find a solution somewhere for Wrong way go back?
I think I've tried all the possibilities.

C-Star
Mon Jan 14 18:33:47 2013
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*Tumbleweed rolls by*

C-Star
Fri Jan 4 01:06:08 2013
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What do you mean?

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