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Post by Monkeystoe on Sept 29, 2021 20:10:15 GMT
All 27 of my friends were badgering me for another good idea, preferably involving Treguard again.
ONLY 50% of them thought that the Spatz diner should be a major location, but when I mentioned that it would be set on The Planet Of Wow, in the capital Puzzleopilis then a full 55% of them were on board.
55% is an awkward number to please, particularly when 27 friends are involve but I convinced them it was a "resounding" result a la David Cameron's comments after the 2014 Scottish referendum
Anyway. The Gm must take on the persona of Debbie McGee AT ALL TIMES THE END.
Each player starts withe following items
4 gold pieces A brown thing A yellow thing A new nappy (a poor roll on a d20 would result in a very small stain) "fashion" leather armor, which is spelt that way because it is cut in an American style (I. E - you drive on the right hand side and don't use roundabouts) A bag of discontinued Brannigan crisps And a pouch of unlimited percentages.
Each day, (and it works better after 73 playthrough) the players must negotiate the bog of eternal stench and rescue the puppy which again fell into the strawberry patch.
This sounds easy but obviously when Treguard is the Keeper of Traken then anything could happen - even a new body, at last.
The grandfather clock will strike loudly each time a player rolls a genuine 7 on two dice.
When the clock on the wall strikes ten, 67% of players who are still alive (which is unlikely to be anyone) will immediately become "too small and dry"
There may be a bit of Game Pie stuck up there, but I'm sure a broom could dislodge it under favourable circumstances (3 successful rolls on a d4 (taken from "The Vampire Game" - the vampire will be used to stamp a smeary red bat on players who fudge the roll)
My only problem that I can forsee is when Blake is accused of betraying everyone. , so I suppose my question is, should Avon shoot his way out, or surrender to the Federation troops?
Thanks you.
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Post by stevendoig on Oct 1, 2021 19:26:42 GMT
I think you are a wee bit confused.
Treguard was in Knightmare and never appeared in Doctor Who. (I should know, I like both programmes very much)
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Post by stevendoig on Oct 1, 2021 19:28:52 GMT
Oh aye, and I think we can all agree (coz it's been near 40 years) that Avon died at the end of Blake 7.
Vila however, fell the wrong way, so maybe he's OK.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 1, 2021 20:05:57 GMT
Your posts were a bit forward and nasty.
Treguard was in Doctor Who, he played the Keeper of Traken. In a marvellous coincidence, the actor who played the Master in the story with the same name (not the rotten faced one, but the one with the beard which isn't as splendid as Treguards) ended up being the man who did some dancing on the giant burger at the beginning of Spatz.
Why do you think Avon died? He was holding a gun and surrounded by a huge bbc budget army. He smiled his oh so sexy smile (unfortunately his trousers weren't on screen at the same time) and then the screen went black. There was then a big noise which could have been anything - I always presumed it was the dead Blake's glass eyeball imploding due to the extreme pressure in the room they were in at the time.
Vila always fell the wrong way, even when it was right so it is hard to come to a firm conclusion there.
Anyway, perhaps if you have more questions we could start a new thread in a more general section.
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 1, 2021 20:11:19 GMT
I think you are a wee bit confused. Treguard was in Knightmare and never appeared in Doctor Who. (I should know, I like both programmes very much) But wouldn't it be really, really cool if the two appeared in a crossover? When The Doctor dies before getting regenerated, Treguard could say "Ooh, nasty" 👍.
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Post by tyrion on Oct 1, 2021 22:37:31 GMT
Oh aye, and I think we can all agree (coz it's been near 40 years) that Avon died at the end of Blake 7. Vila however, fell the wrong way, so maybe he's OK. Jesus man, ever heard of spoilers?
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Post by a moderator on Oct 1, 2021 23:43:30 GMT
Treguard was in Knightmare and never appeared in Doctor Who. (I should know, I like both programmes very much) You are technically correct (the best kind of correct). However, the actor who played Treguard was in one of the Big Finish audio dramas. (Can you 'appear' in a non-visual medium? If not, what should be the equivalent verb? Sound?) The inability to distinguish between Treguard and Tremas is a recognised medical condition, believed to be caused by treading on a trefoil while trespassing in Trewoofe. Other symptoms include trembling, trepidation, and treble vision. The only effective treatment is trepanation. To sum up: yes with a no, if with a but. ETA: As Monkeystoe does not appear to be using AFF, this thread has been relocated.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 2, 2021 18:22:09 GMT
I quite believe the condition you describe.
However, Treguard did not play Tremas in The Keeper Of Traken. HE CLEARLY played the Keeper in the Keeper of Traken. Tremas was just the Keeper elect
You can tell the Keepr is Treguard because they both have beards and sit in a throne and give vague assistance.
Incidentally did you know that TREMAS IS A ANAGRAM?
It is an anagram of Sam ETr, who by an almost unparalled coincidence was the man who did the computer sounds for "Bertha" in the eponymous stop motion animation.
Something to think about.
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Post by stevendoig on Oct 4, 2021 19:20:15 GMT
Oh aye, and I think we can all agree (coz it's been near 40 years) that Avon died at the end of Blake 7. Vila however, fell the wrong way, so maybe he's OK. Jesus man, ever heard of spoilers? Oops, my deepest apologies.... I can reveal whodunit in 'The Mousetrap' as well if ye like? (it wasn't the butler)
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Post by vastariner on Oct 4, 2021 21:03:55 GMT
Jesus man, ever heard of spoilers? Oops, my deepest apologies.... I can reveal whodunit in 'The Mousetrap' as well if ye like? (it wasn't the butler) I've seen the Mousetrap and can't remember who actually did it...
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Post by The Count on Oct 5, 2021 19:57:21 GMT
Oops, my deepest apologies.... I can reveal whodunit in 'The Mousetrap' as well if ye like? (it wasn't the butler) I've seen the Mousetrap and can't remember who actually did it... Professor Green in the Kitchen with the Lead Piping
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Post by vastariner on Oct 6, 2021 7:52:34 GMT
I thought it was me in the dining room with the Kris knife.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 6, 2021 19:12:35 GMT
I can't see how it could be you as you would now be very old. The Kris knife is from Fighting fantasy, I think it doesn't cross over very well into the Mousetrap - although in a fiendish coincidence, one of the performers in the Mousetrap once owned a dog who was the spitting image to the dog from the first few seasons of "woof", which blew me out of the water.
With regards to spoilers in "Blake 7", I quite agree that such plot revelations should be tagged as such. Many many people, probably all those under the age of 35 or so, have yet to watch a single minute of this high budget, lavishly filmed drama. I feel they will start doing so very soon, as Nothing IN IT HAS DATED.thanks
Thank you Incredible.
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 6, 2021 19:54:36 GMT
I'm a Star Wars fan, I even like THX 1138, but Blake's 7 was too '70s. linkMy apologies for quoting Family Guy.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 7, 2021 19:21:27 GMT
I accept your apologies, but I have never watched Family Guy as it is a cartoon and I cant watch them as it is impossible to relate to such a thing.
A stop motion cartoon such as "Bertha" that I mentioned earlier or "Bagpuss" are so cleverly constructed that they are as close to reality as to make no odds and therefore are easy to believe as the real thing.
Incidentally, did you know that the second mouse in "Bagpuss" by a coincidence of several magnitudes bigger than the entire universe was the same mouse who appeared in "The Box Of Delights"?
Worth pondering for a short time.
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 7, 2021 22:38:13 GMT
I accept your apologies, but I have never watched Family Guy as it is a cartoon and I cant watch them as it is impossible to relate to such a thing. I relate with this as I preferred live action to cartoon when I was a young kid. However, there is a lot of higher-quality anime, such as the Studio Ghibli films (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) which you might enjoy seeing. Yes, the first two you mention are cleverly constructed and the third also absolutely amazing. Mentioning these masterpieces alongside Family Guy, which is drossy and average even for a cartoon, is a bit like comparing Scooby Doo with Felix The Cat, or something. These days Hollywood takes these slightly drossy works to several new levels by producing God-awful live action versions, much worse than the original (Smurfs, Scooby Doo, Chipmunks) all of which suck like black holes.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 8, 2021 18:37:11 GMT
Yes, "Felix the cat" is one of the few cartoons that I can watch - I have no idea how you knew that!
Interestingly, the speech balloons used in the pre sound "Felix" cartoons were later used as the template for the speech balloons used in the "Lazy Bones" strip in "Whizzer and Chips"
By a coincidence on a par with the time I was walking in the centre of "London" and I said to myself "oh boy, oh boy I would love a Big Mac", turned my head and across the road was a "Wimpey's" diner, the man who drew the strips for "Joker" in "Whizzer and Chips" then went on to draw the animation which introduced the "Wait till I get you home" segment on "Noel's House Party"
Something to mull over there.
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Post by stevendoig on Oct 9, 2021 18:20:01 GMT
Are you for real/serious etc? - It's getting hard tae tell.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 13, 2021 19:21:28 GMT
Your post was a bit forward and nasty.
However, I asked 25 of my friends if I was real or not (the other two are now non friends due to a disagreement between whether Treguard was better paired with Pickle, Majida or even on his own. )
A full 50% of them immediately said I was. 3 of the others rolled well on a D100 (we only have one of these and very rarely get it out.) and decided I was.
The others are unsure, as they think I may possibly be a Deckard style replicant.
This then resulted in an argument over whether Deckard is a replicant and which version of Bladerunner you should watch anyway.
By a coincidence even bigger than the time that me and four of my friends all got a turtle head poking out AT THE SAME Time, while in Wales looking for the wall where the Cyberman who was wearing jeans grabbed The Brigadier, the owl featured in "Bladerunner" was owned by a man who lived next door to Charles Hawtrey just before his house burnt down.
Something to make you think all right.
Thank you again for lis
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Oct 14, 2021 18:41:59 GMT
The others are unsure, as they think I may possibly be a Deckard style replicant. I have a number of questions for you, do sit down. Smoke? You can have one of mine, Lambert and Butler half price from a man with a van who goes over to Calais, actually. Please stop fidgeting and answer the questions as quickly as you can, the first thing that springs to mind. Reaction time is a factor. The test is starting now... You’re on a quest to save the local area from an evil necromancer. Riding over the brow of a hill you see that a plume of smoke is rising from the dying embers of a wooden hut burnt to the round. An old goldminer with an arrow in his stomach is lying motionless propped up against a barrel. An axe lies by his side. Why are you passing by? Why aren’t you seeing if you can render him aid? Why aren’t you checking if there are any possible survivors? Ok second question...You are in the Moonstone Hills, a lawless and isolated part of the world. A young woman is hanging upside down, her right leg caught in a noose rope tied to a tied to a high branch of a tree. Her hands are tied behind her back, making it impossible to free herself. She pleads with you to cut her down. Why are you turning your back and walking away MT, why are you doing that? Look... just relax. Just trying to elicit an emotional response, keep still if you don’t mind and focus on the red light. Try not to close your eyes too much. Thanks. Right then...You are riding through a valley covered in the bones of all sorts of unknown creatures. Suddenly a little old man in a black hooded cloak scurries from one pile of bones to another crying out in a voice full of fear ‘Go away! Go away!’. But you are not going away MT. You are approaching him and as you do, he starts frantically but ineffectually throwing bones at you. You are off your horse in a flash, sword in hand. The old man is trying to defend himself with a couple of old thigh bones. Your sword is rising and falling again and again, there’s blood everywhere. He’s screaming in pain. How is that making you feel MT? His screams suddenly stop as your sword bites deep into his scrawny neck... and he collapses in a heap. You stoop to start looting the pathetic corpse and are delighted to find that he had a number of rings in a pouch about his neck. How did that make you feel? Why did you do that? They’re just questions.... Now tell me about your mother.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Oct 16, 2021 14:42:53 GMT
And Deckard is NOT a replicant.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 19, 2021 19:31:55 GMT
Your posts were a bit forward and nasty.
However, I feel I must answer your questions, if only to discover my true nature.
I asked all 21 of my friends for advice ( 4 are now ex friends due to a severe disagreement over the placement in the diner of a cuckoo clock and a cheese sandwich)
1). Although I don't recall the incident on question, a quick roll on my favourite d20 suggested that I was in a hurry to restock diner supplies. After 77 playthrough I know how bad the consequences are should players encounter a diner with little or no food or drink. - apologies.
2). Although I don't recall the incident in question, thinking back to the 37 times I have passed through the moonstone Hills, I have always been chased by an enchanted cavern Wight. Treguard always tells us that they are blind but rely on smell so I never linger. I daresay I was too worried to help the woman. Apologies
3). Although I don't recall the incident in question, the old man sounds like a nasty piece of work, who clearly deserved all he gets. I asked my friends if I should post such a brazen statement, and after rolling furiously on see through six sided dice they decided that I definitely should not. UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
4) my Mother is very well, it is nice of you to be so concerned.
In a coincidence bigger than the time I was playing "lost Valley of the dinosaurs" and "Moschops" started on the TV, the computer in "Alien" also drew the incredible "Death Zone" graphics in "The Five Doctors"
A bit spooky.
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 19, 2021 19:59:24 GMT
Monkeystoe and bloodbeasthandler are quite clearly nuts as fruitcakes, although neither even compare with the madness of Jimisbest.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Oct 22, 2021 19:02:16 GMT
Your posts were a bit forward and nasty. However, I feel I must answer your questions, if only to discover my true nature. Your responses were nowhere near even baseline human I'm afraid. Have you ever seen attack-ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion or pursued a man barechested over a rooftop whilst covered in blood and howling like a wolf? In a coincidence bigger than the time I was playing "lost Valley of the dinosaurs" and "Moschops" started on the TV, the computer in "Alien" also drew the incredible "Death Zone" graphics in "The Five Doctors" The coincidence is even greater than you suspected. The Five Doctors is obviously Dr Who, episode 5 of 'The Time Monster' sees the Doctor reach Atlantis. The boardgame 'Escape from Atlantis' (1986) was designed by someone called Julian Courtland-Smith. You get one guess what other game he invented... Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs. That's right... Mind fricken !BLOWN !
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 22, 2021 19:24:41 GMT
Your post was a bit forward and nasty.
I asked all 19 of my friends (two aren't speaking to me anymore as I foolishly brought up a dubious roll on 2 cerise 4 sided die that happened in 1987. As they all know well, we are playing D&D with my special rules that allowed you to share one Hamster and breed Neon Tetras (only in warmer climates, obviously) and we had the TV on as background noise. "Muppet Babies" came on and Miss Piggy said something g funny which distracted one of my friends while rolling the special dice. They landed askew against my toaster but they decided it was a valid roll even though it wasn't) if I was a "Nut in a fruitcake"
Two of my friends ran away in terror at such a statement. There is an 82% chance that they will not return.
The others retired to my special "Dice lounge" This is a special converted room (under the stairs) which I created in the spring of 1996 in celebration of McGann's performance in the "Doctor Who TVM"
I remained where I was, but after much thrashing and groaning they reappeared in a flushed and dishevelled state.
Smiling to each other they wished me a good day and left.
In a coincidence larger than the time I visited "Preston, Lancs" and realised that I had been there EXACTLY 8124 DAYS Prior, the cupboard under the stairs in "Ghostwatch" actually operated a camera during the technicians strike during the early days of "TV-AM"
One of those things that must mean something, surely.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 22, 2021 19:26:24 GMT
My reply was directed at Charlesx.
Bear with me while I ponder your post in detail.
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 22, 2021 21:40:35 GMT
My reply was directed at Charlesx. Bear with me while I ponder your post in detail. Directed at Bloodbeasthandler? I wrote a reply which stated I related with your view about cartoons, and I don't think the tone of my post was forward and nasty, nor that mentioning you were real really connected with the sorts of things I'd written in my post. The second time you described a post (mine, I think) as forward and nasty was after I'd bluntly\rudely (your choice) described your posts as nuts. They are. They are still absolutely nothing compared to Jimisbest, who is like something out of a JK work.
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Post by a moderator on Oct 23, 2021 0:18:13 GMT
like something out of a JK work. Rowling or Jamiroquai? Or a certain deceased US President whose middle initial you neglected to include?
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Post by CharlesX on Oct 23, 2021 5:28:01 GMT
like something out of a JK work. Rowling or Jamiroquai? Or a certain deceased US President whose middle initial you neglected to include? I meant JKR, author of Harry Potter. Kudos for raising Jamiroquai and good thinking for raising the late JFK.
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Post by Monkeystoe on Oct 23, 2021 8:22:35 GMT
Apologies Charlesx, I meant that my last post was directed at your response implying that I was nuts as fruitcake. (Which I feel my post has cleared up to a 90% certainty)
Bloodbeasts post arrived while I was composing mine (a coincidence of astronomical origins I feel), and I wanted to make sure you knew I was addressing you.Please don't worry, as I asked all 14 of my friends if they would get confused, and a full 33% of them agreed.
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