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Kumba <kumba@g.o> posted 466DF5FA.1000606@g.o, excerpted |
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below, on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0400: |
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> It's competition, at the core. No one likes draws, ties, or even photo |
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> finishes, let alone losing. They like to win, and win by a large |
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> margin. If someone tries to slip the last word in to get them over that |
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> virtual finish line, rest assured someone else is gonna fire off an even |
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> more last word just to one up them, and when we're talking mere microts |
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> from the finish line, sometimes the gloves come off. |
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> Besides, it's not like a +2 Great Darkwood Crossbow of Acid is all |
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> _that_ expensive. Probably a pain in the neck to load (and the kickback |
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> has to hurt), but well it just means you need to level up some more :) |
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Wow, talk about mixed metaphors! Foot-racing > boxing > AD&D. You've |
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got gumption to try and pull /that/ off! =8^) I guess it works, tho, if |
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you don't try to stretch any of them beyond the limited area they were |
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applied to (which this sort of case begs... resist... resist... =8^) . |
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(And yes, this'd go on the other list, if we had it.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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