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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Learning guitar

« on: July 23, 2011, 07:04:53 PM »

I'm learning guitar, badly! I'll post some ideas and thoughts on how I'm doing thus far in this thread.

Firstly, it annoys me that everyone learns bloody Wonderwall or something equally cliched as their first song. There are other easy songs out there, which I will list as I find some:
Navigator - by the Pogues
This is very simple, the easiest I've found thus far. There's only five pretty easy chords, and you can usually cheat on the Gs by using the bottom four strings only. Changes don't need to be too fast either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3Qe3X-83A -> Video
http://www.azchords.com/p/pogues-tabs-5469/navigator-tabs-155047.html -> Chords

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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Norwegian Bombings

« on: July 23, 2011, 06:52:38 PM »

RIP to the 92 or more people who appear to have died at the hands of an extreme rightwing christian fundamentalist in Norway.

Do people think that tragedies like this are avoidable by better planning? What are your views on the political dynamics?

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Workshop Booze Up III - GO GO GO!

« on: July 23, 2011, 06:49:02 PM »

I'm open to all suggestions. Also, do propose people for citizens if you feel like it, that's a good way of keeping new people. *coughhawkwomancough*

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Total War - Orcs & Humans / Re: WIP screens

« on: July 23, 2011, 06:40:59 PM »

KILL! BURN! PLUNDERRRR! 

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Funny News Articles

« on: July 21, 2011, 10:39:28 PM »

BREAKING NEWS

Russia classifies beer as alcoholic

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic.

Until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia has been considered a foodstuff.

The move, signed into law on Wednesday, will allow ministers to control the sale of beer in the same way that spirits are controlled.

Russian alcohol consumption is already twice the critical level set by the World Health Organization.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970

BEER IS ALCOHOLIC! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT??!???

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The Generals' Tent - 0 A.D. Discussion / Re: How to beat the non-pros at 0AD gaming

« on: July 21, 2011, 10:35:16 PM »

Most of my 0AD experience IS against you, admittedly. 

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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Exilian: A guide for new members

« on: July 18, 2011, 10:23:09 PM »

I don't have much idea what I'm talking about either, don't worry!

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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Guys I need a hand,

« on: July 17, 2011, 05:32:28 PM »

I'll leave you guys to it, I don't think we're going to agree on this one. 

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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Guys I need a hand,

« on: July 17, 2011, 04:09:51 PM »

Uhm... for that matter, aren't elves I5? So an elf with a lance could run straight into a human pikeman and hit him first despite the massive 20ft shaft of wood in the way?

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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Guys I need a hand,

« on: July 16, 2011, 08:59:37 PM »

I only said pikes should panic charging cavalry, not spears. Spears might be more like fight in 2 ranks, +1 initiative in first round of combat when fighting to the front, no advantage to sides or rear. Weapons need to be factored into troop cost as well.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Outrageous lies about the person above you

« on: July 16, 2011, 02:14:05 PM »

Ladyhawk doesn't fit in here at all and is like a fish out of water. Or a hawk underwater, which would be an equally difficult matchup between species and habitat.

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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Guys I need a hand,

« on: July 16, 2011, 01:53:45 PM »

I meant more that shooting should have more shots with each one less likely to hit, more referring to standard shooting than machines.

Initiative makes very little difference when firing a weapon; a crossbow will take ages to shoot no matter your fundamental speed, since you have to wind the damn thing up. Bows will always be at least four to six times faster.

Have you ever tried running a horse into a pointy wall? Humans are mad enough bastards to do it; at least they can dodge, can parry, and aren't going so fast. Horses, except for those with stupidly good training, can't do those things and simply won't charge. Boars I suspect wouldn't either - it simply doesn't matter how truculent and badass an animal is, very few of them will actually keep going hell-for-leather at a solid object (in fact, in actual warfare heavy cavalry mostly worked by the enemy starting to run/shift before they got there). From the horse's point of view, orcs are a fluid mass that a horse can run into. Pikes are a solid spiky wall that they won't, they're at heart an anti-cavalry weapon.

I'll get the subsection set up, and give you admin rules so you can bung the sub-boards in and so on.

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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Exilian: A guide for new members

« on: July 15, 2011, 10:48:46 PM »

I'm trying to get my dear lil' AI optimised more so it doesn't massively lag...

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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Workshop Booze Up III - GO GO GO!

« on: July 15, 2011, 10:46:56 PM »

I think I'm human.

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Announcements! The Town Crier! / Alpha 6 Fortuna!

« on: July 15, 2011, 10:41:51 PM »

0AD's sixth alpha, FORTUNA, has now been released!

New features include unit stances, some minor AI tweaks, new art and a load of other jazz.

Find out more here:
http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/