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Bit of drama this end. Fire at the other end of the street took out 3 bungalows. Not sure how it started yet, but the rumour mill says it was an escaped garden fire.
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Kayne
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Yay new Babble thread. Only took 2 years to get the old one to 1000 posts 
Petra hope the people invovled and you and Terry are ok as I know you said you breathed quite a bit of smoke while helping people
Petra hope the people invovled and you and Terry are ok as I know you said you breathed quite a bit of smoke while helping people
yes, everyone is fine. Everyone got out safely. Though Terry had to stop one man from going back in to try to get his passport.
Goodness me. Escaped garden fires are quite an unusual source of dwelling fires. Unattended cooking starts about 40% and attended cooking about 10%. As I recall, smoking materials and electrical faults come next.
I hope those people have somewhere to stay and stuff to eat/wear in the meantime!
I hope those people have somewhere to stay and stuff to eat/wear in the meantime!
Have they been hacking my Sims3 games? I do that all the time.
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Kayne
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Its nice to see the babble thread active - reminds me of the old days
Evenin' babblers
Evenin' babblers
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Melchiah
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*Pokes head in*
Just thought I'd pop in for a quick "Hi!"
Hi!
Just thought I'd pop in for a quick "Hi!"
Hi!
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Kayne
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Hi Melchiah.
Hello rest of the babblers
Hello rest of the babblers
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Kayne
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Just back from the City myself Saunders
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Melchiah
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Sigs are overrated! Unless they are based around the coastal valleys, of course...
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
"Awight Tweacle?"
"f'kkin pukkah!"
"'e's a blindin' geezer!"
"da bwnawn, cariad"
*one of these doesn't work with a London accent - can you guess which?*
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Kayne
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The last one of course. I've tried and tried but for the life of me I cant manage it.
Probably doesn't help that I have no clue how to pronounce it much less do it in a London accent
Probably doesn't help that I have no clue how to pronounce it much less do it in a London accent
Nobody said any of these things to me. I feel rather left out.
Now happily back in Devon where they call you "my lovely".
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Kayne
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There are some who call you "darlin" around the country too
I've recently had a quick look around on a friends' account, and I guess I won't be coming back to UO...
...but I really miss you people.
Go download Guildwars (Factions @ £12.99, or Trilogy @ £19.99) [one-off payment; no further charges apply], and we can do more stupid stuff equivalent to the naked dungeon crawls or silly-pet runs.
...but I really miss you people.
Go download Guildwars (Factions @ £12.99, or Trilogy @ £19.99) [one-off payment; no further charges apply], and we can do more stupid stuff equivalent to the naked dungeon crawls or silly-pet runs.
Ooh, I have the sudden urge to break the Squirrels out for a chew on some ogre lords. Fun times
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Kayne
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Aww Fluffers you gotta come back - even I'm back and I've picked up my old post too. I can say I never thought I'd do either just a couple months agoI've recently had a quick look around on a friends' account, and I guess I won't be coming back to UO...
...but I really miss you people.
Go download Guildwars (Factions @ £12.99, or Trilogy @ £19.99) [one-off payment; no further charges apply], and we can do more stupid stuff equivalent to the naked dungeon crawls or silly-pet runs.
Go for it! Post the piccies.
There is a whole generation of UO players who will never know the leetness of Basil The Rat, Mr Wiggles and whatever it was that Kas' sheep was called. (And all the others who I can't remember)
Aaaah! If you played Guildwars, we could take your level 2 pet flamingo out to peck vigorously at some level 20 assassins. This is what you are missing!Ooh, I have the sudden urge to break the Squirrels out for a chew on some ogre lords. Fun times
Too be honest, I almost wanted to come back: The Muppet Lords are slowly returning to UO; I could build myself a suit in a week; and I could be really competetive in a month.
However: PvE appears to still be dominated by the Sampires - been there, done that; and Europa PvP still seems to be the same 10 players fighting amongst themselves and then bragging about it on the UCH boards.
There is nothing here to lure me back except the players; and I'd rather try to drag you to a fun game, than wade through the heaps of ordure that comprise the current UO
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Kayne
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I've been tempted by guild wars a few times to be honest Fluffers. I think I even have a bunch of the game CD's I bought super cheap. Just never bothered with getting an account.
UO will always be home though
UO will always be home though
Speak up if you were there!
I suck with names, but from this screenie, I can see:-
Noxin with Changeling Dog
Kas Valentine with Black Sheep
Fluffi with Uber White Squirrel (Mr Wiggles?)
Miriam Witchborn with Nutkin, Squirrel Assassin
Blueberry with Mulle the mongbat
Tim with Mogge the mongbat
Vix with Basil the Giant Rat
And before anyone starts, diss ye not Basil...
That's my Miriam Witchborn on the right in the green, with Nutkin, squirrel assassin around somewhere..
I've been searching old hard-drives for the screenie of one of my proudest moments in UO... when Wiggles reached 5 x GM... but I can't find the damned thing.
I can't find this pictures of the first time he met Opfasta either: my 5 x GM squirrel gets all embarrassed because he has finally met a UO legend!
I did, however, find some screenshots which show what UO was (and what I think it has lost)
Oonas' last night.
The Rainbow Fort was built in "Proper Haven" (none of this modern "New Haven" nonsense) by Hemi, Trev, Oona, Saunders, Fluffi, and others I can't remember.
The walls were made of individually-dyed bolts of cloth. It took hours to build, because the damn things kept decaying.
It was a totally pointless thing to do, but I think it worthy of record in the annals of Europa.
The FCB net-tosses.
20+ random players gathered together to kill sea-monsters.
I always caused havok by casting nets when there were already 6 kraken on the screen.
FCB got nothing from these evenings except a huge bill for nets, and a really good laugh.
And finally...
The picture, which apart from my "50 people on the screen faction battles" screens, is the real reason I won't be coming back to UO...
For those who don't remember; that is a screen of random players at Brit Bank. Everyone wearing a red robe is a member of the Bloodguard. They had all temporarily allied to fight-off the invasion of Britannia.
The fights were incredible!
If you can convince me that this sort of stuff still happens, I'll be back tomorrow. Until then, I'll just keep being nostalgic.
I can't find this pictures of the first time he met Opfasta either: my 5 x GM squirrel gets all embarrassed because he has finally met a UO legend!
I did, however, find some screenshots which show what UO was (and what I think it has lost)
Oonas' last night.
The Rainbow Fort was built in "Proper Haven" (none of this modern "New Haven" nonsense) by Hemi, Trev, Oona, Saunders, Fluffi, and others I can't remember.
The walls were made of individually-dyed bolts of cloth. It took hours to build, because the damn things kept decaying.
It was a totally pointless thing to do, but I think it worthy of record in the annals of Europa.
The FCB net-tosses.
20+ random players gathered together to kill sea-monsters.
I always caused havok by casting nets when there were already 6 kraken on the screen.
FCB got nothing from these evenings except a huge bill for nets, and a really good laugh.
And finally...
The picture, which apart from my "50 people on the screen faction battles" screens, is the real reason I won't be coming back to UO...
For those who don't remember; that is a screen of random players at Brit Bank. Everyone wearing a red robe is a member of the Bloodguard. They had all temporarily allied to fight-off the invasion of Britannia.
The fights were incredible!
If you can convince me that this sort of stuff still happens, I'll be back tomorrow. Until then, I'll just keep being nostalgic.
Wow. I stopped by Haven on Oona's last night. She gave me a shirt I still have to this day. The rainbow wall was one of the Europa's greatest follies.
I also still have my Bloodguard Journals documenting my attendance at some shardwide battle or other.
Can't find my screenie of the one and only time I managed to kill an I-C. Only managed one, was shaking so hard it's surprising I managed it at all! I do miss I-C - just watching them was both breathtaking and an education. As often as I died to I-C, they were invariably amazing opponents and usually big-hearted to puny little loners like me who dared to play in Felucca.
I can't say these things happen on Europa anymore, Fluffi, but then I'm not in game enough to say whether all this & more is happening. RL has the lion's share of my time and if I log in once or twice a month, it's a lot for me.
I also still have my Bloodguard Journals documenting my attendance at some shardwide battle or other.
Can't find my screenie of the one and only time I managed to kill an I-C. Only managed one, was shaking so hard it's surprising I managed it at all! I do miss I-C - just watching them was both breathtaking and an education. As often as I died to I-C, they were invariably amazing opponents and usually big-hearted to puny little loners like me who dared to play in Felucca.
I can't say these things happen on Europa anymore, Fluffi, but then I'm not in game enough to say whether all this & more is happening. RL has the lion's share of my time and if I log in once or twice a month, it's a lot for me.
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Loke of ls
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Mmmmm so much fluff :3
Blueberry with Mulle the mongbat and Tim with Mogge the mongbat can be added to the list of attendees. I remember Mogge started out with 3 hp and ended the night 15 deaths and around 30 hp later. Happy days!
Speak up if you were there!
I suck with names, but from this screenie, I can see:-
Noxin with Changeling Dog
Kas Valentine with Black Sheep
Fluffi with Uber White Squirrel (Mr Wiggles?)
Miriam Witchborn with Nutkin, Squirrel Assassin
Vix with Basil the Giant Rat
And before anyone starts, diss ye not Basil...
(and I think both mongbats are still lurking in their stables waiting for another night out.)
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Kayne
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Awesome pictures there, love that rainbow wall.
Fluffi things like this dont happen these days but I'm sure with the people who have already posted we can arrange something.
Fluffi things like this dont happen these days but I'm sure with the people who have already posted we can arrange something.
Died in a bizarre gardening accident?What happened to the old Fluffi?
Aaaah! I-C!
By far the best PvPers I have ever played against, (todays' "elites" included.)
At their height, I was in TB so I really never had a chance, but they were proper fights.
(I can be seen Orange, alive, and attacking in a few of the I-C movies; I'm quite proud of that!)
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Kiminality
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This.
Tbh, if you want something to happen in game, make it happen. If no one's carrying the torch, it's not going anywhere until someone picks it up.
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Kayne
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I'll pick the torch up for a silly pet run once a month if someone can help - i wont be able to always run it
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Kayne
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Nicely saved Saunders. Keep those accounts thawed the game needs YOU!
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Kayne
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...and you are staying....
Oh my dear Lord Blackthorn ... I have been gone from the forums for ages and on my return, what do I have to see?! The babble thread is still going on ... I just love you all!!!
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Scrumpy Jack
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Ello yer all!
I just wrote up a nice little thread of my own. So all yer posh people should have a look and leave a message there, too. If yer nice, I might start a "Help-the-venerable-Scrumpy-charity" collection ... every coin is welcome!
Yer empty pocketed
Scrumpy Jack
I just wrote up a nice little thread of my own. So all yer posh people should have a look and leave a message there, too. If yer nice, I might start a "Help-the-venerable-Scrumpy-charity" collection ... every coin is welcome!
Yer empty pocketed
Scrumpy Jack
ello! Xorartep got so lonely she gave up begging and became a hermit, she's not stepped out of the house in months.
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