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Snake Eyes
Lyran Alliance
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Man, what have you done with the place, i haven't been here in a looooong time, and you up and change stuff... 
I like the new look 
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Kiris65
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
Joined: 17-Dec-2003 00:00
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Location: Panama
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| Posted: 13-Jun-2007 17:15 Post subject: |
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slowly pacing the famliar path to his favorite watering hole, the warrior notices things are no longer so familiar after months on the periphery chasing pirates.
Old familiar Lurch is still there, guarding the entrace to Mordel's Bar and Grill as ussual
Respectfully bowing to Lurch after hading his trusty needle gun, and dagger the old warrior acknowledges the stoic but easygoing bouncer.
Lurch acknowledges with his ussual non-challant grunt, eyes becoming slits pushing his memory of the strange but yet familiar face. Lurch does not forget a face.
The old warrior enters, thirsty and looking forward to Chihawk's repertoire of mixed drinks he heads directly to the bar....
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CO_17thRecon
Kell Hounds
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Joined: 10-Sep-2002 00:00
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Locked in savage combat with his age old nemesis, the tall Federated Suns Duke known as Jarylan (or Joe, depending), stands off to the side of the Bar and Grill. His long red-brown hair is peppered with gray near his temples. He fights, and contorts, grunting with exertion. But after a moment, the battle is lost.
"DAMN YOU PINKY!"
He sighs in frustration as his last yellow man is devoured. He backs up slightly, and levels a hand at the machine.
"You may have won this round, but someday I will defeat you, Pac-Man!"
With that brief outburst aside, he kneels down, and opens up the machine, taking out the wooden box that collects the demis and other currency from bar patrons. Behind is a rack of board connectors, but only a single board fills the top one. Jarylan looks up at Sir Henry.
"The machine is more or less done, sir. The top board holds the `dominant` program, which is about to be changed to a menu program. The other boards hold the games. Given enough idle time, the machine reverts back to the dominant program. This way, we get more games out of less floor space, and have an alternative to the old pinball machine."
After speaking, he swaps the top board for one nearby, putting the former top board beneath it, and another beneath that.
"I designed the thing with a basic MAME architecture, but it uses hardware instead of software to run the games. Feels more..." He searches for the right word.
"Feels more `authentic` to me that way. There is an `impostor board` though, in the back room that you can just plug a ROM chip into for easy installation. Other than that concession, making the boards is generally a bit time consuming. As for the hardware, this thing should run just about anything. I prefer mostly classics, but I doubt all the kids would understand."
He chuckles to himself at the kids remark, considering several members of the bar no doubt still see him in a similar way. After a bit he closes up the machine, and powers it back on. It boots to a simple menu with two boxes, which can be alternately highlighted with one of the joysticks. Right now, it just has Space Invaders and Pac-Man.
"Any requests for new games? The machine can hold seven programs. The menu, of course, and six games. Past that, we have to find some schedule for rotation, or make another machine."
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"Creative aquisition."
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Sir Henry
Team Bansai
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| Posted: 21-Jun-2007 08:02 Post subject: |
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Great! Thanks Joe.
If we add two more buttons on the sides, we could add a Video Pinball Machine...
It would save maintenance on the Pinball machine.... 
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A Dragon in the disguise of a bunny, is still a Dragon.
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CO_17thRecon
Kell Hounds
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| Posted: 21-Jun-2007 11:06 Post subject: |
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| Sir Henry wrote: | Great! Thanks Joe.
If we add two more buttons on the sides, we could add a Video Pinball Machine...
It would save maintenance on the Pinball machine.... |
"Yes sir. I will also work on getting some light guns together for shooter games."
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"What the...?! Where did you get THAT?!"
"Creative aquisition."
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Kalo Osis
Clan Ice Hellions
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| Posted: 05-Jul-2007 20:02 Post subject: |
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Kalo shrugs a bit, taking a sip from his glass.
"I prefer the heart-pounding and bloody thrill of true combat over trivial entertainment myself."
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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
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| Posted: 06-Jul-2007 04:17 Post subject: |
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Heh, once predator, always predator 
OOC: Were you just lurking or gone for so long?
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 24-Jul-2007 09:15 Post subject: |
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| Kalo Osis wrote: | Kalo shrugs a bit, taking a sip from his glass.
"I prefer the heart-pounding and bloody thrill of true combat over trivial entertainment myself." |
This way, you don't end up with to many stitches... 
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CO_17thRecon
Kell Hounds
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| Posted: 24-Jul-2007 11:13 Post subject: |
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| Sir Henry wrote: | | Kalo Osis wrote: | Kalo shrugs a bit, taking a sip from his glass.
"I prefer the heart-pounding and bloody thrill of true combat over trivial entertainment myself." |
This way, you don't end up with to many stitches... |
The Duke grins, pulling out a box of mechanical and electronic components and some tools to work on the upgrades. "Well, Kalo, the arenas are right around the corner, if you prefer. I am a little attached to life, myself, and prefer not to risk it for mere entertainment value. After all, there's a time an a place for everything, and it's called college."
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Jarylan Blackwell
"What the...?! Where did you get THAT?!"
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Kalo Osis
Clan Ice Hellions
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| Posted: 04-Aug-2007 16:00 Post subject: |
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Kalo shrugs.
"I prefer to fight for a meaningful purpose, rather than to provide a spectacle for the ignorant masses."
OOC: Mostly just lurking.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 06-Aug-2007 13:17 Post subject: |
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Right you are Joe!
War college!!!!!
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