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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Gay Marriage - Your Thoughts?

« on: May 13, 2012, 07:31:28 PM »

...does anyone have any thoughts on this matter? It seems to be resurfacing in both the UK and US.

Mitt Romney has categorically stated that for him marriage is "between one man and one woman" whereas Obama has finally come down on the side of saying he believes it's important that LGBT couples should be allowed to marry. In the UK, it's becoming a tension between Liberals and Conservatives in the coalition government.

So, what are people's thoughts?

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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Physics Roadshow

« on: May 13, 2012, 09:19:47 AM »

Okay, here's my latest little project:

www.wavcott.org.uk/Roadshow

Where the fun never ends, and neither does the physics! Enjoy a haven of insanity and physics information. 

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Guess Who Will Post Next... II!

« on: April 22, 2012, 10:36:13 AM »

I got the roman numerals right this time!

Hey guess what...

It's gonna be...

Spartacus?

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / In the News

« on: April 21, 2012, 09:30:23 PM »

This will just be a pinned thread for rolling news chatter, like a discussion & debate form of the Booze Up. Just post and comment on any interesting news items you find out on the webs.


As a start, it looks like the economic crisis might be going to claim another government; if there's a list of rules for central European diplomacy, surely "Don't ignore the population of Prague" is very high up on it...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17799937

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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Voice acting project?

« on: April 20, 2012, 10:40:16 PM »

I've been wondering if we should look at undertaking a voice acting project, have everyone contribute a bunch of lines and do some kind of play or something. Maybe some Shakespeare would be cool? Any thoughts?

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Exilian Media / MUSIC: Songs to Make you Smile for First Aid Africa (FOLK/MUSICALS)

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:01:18 PM »

This was a concert I filmed and performed in at Brooke village hall in Norfolk. It was in aid of First Aid Africa, a charity that sends people out to train people in first aid, in Africa. As the name suggests. Track listings will appear & extend as I get more stuff up.

TWO'S COMPANY
Will You Go, Lassie, Go?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Wos0_3QTc
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiY68dOTrj4

OTHER PERFORMERS
We Can Do It (From The Producers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARGp9k9seo4
New York Girls (Bellowhead Cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNQsx0af62I

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Exilian Media / MUSIC: Acoustics Underground (FOLK)

« on: April 20, 2012, 05:57:38 PM »

This was a concert I filmed at Clare Cellars in Cambridge. Featured three sets; one I've forgotten the name of the act now, the other two were Folk Duos Two's Company and Esperada. Track listings will appear as I get more stuff up.

Two's Company
Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDD0DA13503E0B587&feature=plcp

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / WARHAMMER TOTAL WAR 1.0 FULL RELEASE

« on: April 06, 2012, 11:48:11 AM »

DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE HERE:
http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=43.0

Warhammer: Total War, the mod from Jubal and team that brings Games Workshop's classic fantasy setting to the Rome Total War 1.5 Engine, has been released! With a fully working campaign mode covering most of the Warhammer World, and many fantasy factions to choose from and play, there are huge possibilities to explore. Reunite the Empire of Sigmar, unleash the Chaos Hordes on the world, or send mighty armies of ogres across the darkland place; the choice is yours, as the End Times are just beginning...

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Warhammer; Total War / 1.0 old release & Download links

« on: April 05, 2012, 10:48:38 PM »

1.0 FULL CAMPAIGN RELEASE

It's been a long time in coming, but here it is. Games Workshop's fantasy universe, realised in full 3d RTS/TBS format on the Rome: Total War Engine. This is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of Daemons and sorcery, of battle and death until the world's ending. These are the End Times.

This is Total War.

FEATURES

  * Many new units
  * 18 factions, including almost all the tabletop races and more!
  * New Loading screens
  * New buildings available
  * Full campaign mode covering huge sections of the Warhammer world
  * New faction icons, banners, and game background

DOWNLOAD LINKS
http://www.moddb.com/games/rome-total-war/downloads/warhammer-total-war
http://www.2shared.com/file/faVrKn6y/WHTW.html
http://www.gamefront.com/files/21517430/WHTW.zip

If anyone can make more DL mirrors I'd be very grateful. Thankyou!

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Narnia Total War / BUG REPORTS

« on: April 03, 2012, 10:47:12 AM »

Please report bugs here!

Obvious or previously reported stuff, DO NOT report this please:
- UI cards are all peasants, we haven't been able to make any yet
- The generals are more or less all the same, we haven't got general skins done, though expect a patch for them at some point.
- Ditto that map models aren't all done
- Faction symbols in campaign are still the vanilla ones

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / Narnia: Total War Campaign Release!

« on: April 02, 2012, 04:21:32 PM »

That's right, the Narnia Total War 0.8 Campaign Release is now up, available and ready to play!

The full thread, with download links, is HERE:
http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1970.0

Features include 14 factions, each with unique unit rosters, many new buildings, a fully playable campaign map of the entire Narnian world, and more! Onward to the wardrobe, everyone!

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Narnia Total War / 0.8 Beta Release

« on: April 02, 2012, 03:46:21 PM »

0.8 BETA CAMPAIGN RELEASE

Here it is folks, the big one. Narnia brought to life in 3d TBS/RTS format with magic, centaurs, scimitars, badgers and zebra-riding zulus to boot. Onward, through the wardrobe!

FEATURES

  * Many new units
  * Marauders, Harfang, Dwarfs, Narnians, Archenlanders, Terebinthians, Lone Islanders, Calormenes, Telmarine Narnians, Old Telmarines, and the new factions of Koraly, Munesh, Surval and Erina are all available to play
  * New Loading screens
  * New buildings available
  * Full campaign mode covering the entire Narnian world
  * New faction icons, banners, and game background

SCREENS

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

DOWNLOAD LINKS
http://www.2shared.com/file/gP5y_mSp/Narnia.html?
http://uploading.com/files/5mca9686/Narnia.zip/
http://www.moddb.com/games/rome-total-war/downloads/narnia-total-war

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Just when you thought the anti-civil liberties mob had gone home...

« on: April 01, 2012, 11:56:54 AM »

From the Beeb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745

Email and web use 'to be monitored' under new laws

The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon.

Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time.

The Home Office says the move is key to tackling crime and terrorism, but civil liberties groups have criticised it.

Attempts by the last Labour government to take similar steps failed after huge opposition, including from the Tories.

A new law - which may be announced in the forthcoming Queen's Speech in May - would not allow GCHQ to access the content of emails, calls or messages without a warrant.

But it would enable intelligence officers to identify who an individual or group is in contact with, how often and for how long.

Fricken' hell. Again?!?

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Writing, Poems, AARs, and Stories - The Storyteller's Hall / Some writing advice

« on: March 31, 2012, 07:21:32 PM »

Okay, I have two stories in process, and I'm wondering which one I should work on.

Which of these premises etc takes your fancy?

1. Fire and Water
Designed as the first part of a trilogy, I started writing it about four years ago. The plot is epic fantasy in a classical style fantasy world, with Byzantine Greek, Iberian, and Saxon elements and themes, involves various machiavellian plots, an schism'd order of uberly powerful mages with powers linked to different elements, and so on. Currently sitting at about halfway written, fifty thousand words in. Will need quite a bit of rewriting of current sections, though the plot thus far is fairly fleshed out so that'll mostly be stylistic.

2. Guns, Swords, and Steam
A story to go with my RPG rules, centres around an army officer seconded to an early 18th Century version of MI5. It's in the GS&S world, with some steampunk and clockpunk elements, a few bits of gothic and high fantasy lobbed in in places as well. I've written about twenty of twenty-five short chapters and made a start on 21 to 23, but that would leave it quite short so more chapters and more padding would be needed to fill it out (it was written for A Call To Arms, so I'd basically have to pad it up from a snippety e-mag story to a more bulky work).

Thoughts? Questions?

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / Adventures of Soros released!

« on: March 27, 2012, 10:48:26 PM »

For anyone who has python, my first foray into text-based adventure game building is now available:

http://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1962

FEATURES:
- Twelve possible skill levels, in three career paths
- Variety of random encounters
- Several special quests to do
- In-depth character profile, with stat increases, XP, and learnable skills
- An flexible inventory system allowing equipping/unequipping of weapons and armour as well as storage space
- Many different merchants selling food, weapons, tools and equipment
- Over thirty game locations to visit on your travels

It's a classic-style console text-based adventure - it's been pretty fun to make, and I hope you all enjoy it.