The Randomiser

[Paddy]

Into structured world came a group of warriors, a group of hagglers, a group determined to survive...

Thown onto a planet with there nearest and dearest,they fought the elements, just so they could fight themselves...

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you too

The Randomisers....


Bongo; Chrisius Maximus; Shogun Gunner; Iron Jackson; Johann Moritz; Paddy; Wittlich.

[Paddy]

Thanks for the great pic Bongo :D

The final settings:

AIs: None x 6
Barbs: Restless x 4
Tribes: Random x 4
Difficulty level: Monarch x 7
Map size: huge x 4
World Shape: Archipalego x 6.5
Water coverage: High (80 %) x 3
World age: Random x 4
Climate: Random x 5
temp: random x 5

Play Order:

Paddy - <strike>Summaria</strike>
Bongo - <strike>Korea</strike>
Iron Jackson - <strike>Chinese</strike>
Johann Moritz - <strike>Zulu</strike>
Chrisius Maximus - <strike>Ottoman</strike>
Gunner - <strike>Portuguese</strike>
Wittlich - <strike>Maya</strike>

[Paddy]

and thus the games begin

onto Bongo 4000BC :D

[Shogun Gunner]

Great pic!!!

Awesome intro Paddy, as usual.....

[LzPrst]

where do you guys go to start games? when I see your threads you've already started :(

[Johann Moritz]

The discussion thread has been visible for weeks;)

Great intro, and great pic :lol:

And now onto the fight...:evilgrin: I mean... into the game :cute: :D :p

[Paddy]

hmmm, well Sir LzPrst, we started this as another game was finishing another game.

We then ran 2nd Coalition New Game Discussion Thread (http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110187). It was in this thread that we sorted our thoughts...

and thus this game was created :D

But games are always starting and you are getting along to new threads very quickly, so you will get involved with more and more and more if you keep at it. :)

[bongo]

The Koreans :eek:

Holy Crapola :lol:


Alrighty then ;)

On to Iron Jackson.

[Paddy]

Mate, I saw them come up, when I opened mine...

then I read our chat, then I looked again at the game, and shook my head :(

Good luck Korea :D

[Iron Jackson]

:evilgrin:

One of my favourite civs ... China. :cute:

I remember someone saying: The editor will make sure that most of us will get a seafaring civ. One of 7 isn´t a result I call "most of us". But nevertheless, I´m satisfied. Chinese Riders will rule the world.

Onto the Zulu guy (Johann Moritz). :D

[Wittlich]

:hmmm: The Maya ... well, at least I have the enslavement capability... :naughty:

Good luck to one and all! :D

[bongo]

Well, we got equally toasted by the map generator, at least it is not being unfair :p

[Johann Moritz]

I hadn't seen it :eek: I'm the Zulu???!!! :shame:

Heavens, expansionist is probably the worst trait in this scenery. Well, it looks like I won't get SO bored :D :p

[Paddy]

:lol:

[Wittlich]

So...I take it that Johann still has the save? :confused:

[Paddy]

If he sent it, Chrisius will be awke in a few hours... :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Sorry folks no save here yet, and Im off to work in 10 minutes :)

[bongo]

We were looking for a challenge, and a challenge we got :lol:

[Paddy]

bugger :lol:

I just read about Johann's up coming week away :(

[Johann Moritz]

Now THAT'S what I call a good starting position :eek: :Party: :naughty:

Sorry for the delay, some of us have parents who don't leave much place to flexibility in sorting the saves late after dinner :(;)

Onto Chrisius:)

EDIT: I'll be busy (in Italy :D) from tomorrow to next Thursday, as Paddy said. Providing I find one, do you have any problem if another player plays as me for this time?:)

[Wittlich]

Fine by me. ;)

[Shogun Gunner]

I'll play for you :evil:

RIGHT MOUSE CLICK
ABANDON CITY?
YES

[Johann Moritz]

:lol:

Ok, so CHINCHIN will play for me. He still has to tell his e-mail address, or tell it to you. He doesn't know much English, but I don't think that will suppose any problem, as saying "onto x" isn't very difficult;)

[Paddy]

onto x

like as in X marks the spot :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

:lol: Onto the Shogun :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Oh BTW Johann, when you send me a save could you save them as To Chrisius, Randomizer, 4000BC(or whatever year).sav

I am in several PBEM's and this woul;d help me out with keeping track of the saves thanks :)

[Wittlich]

I just name the saves after the individual PBEM. For example, I will send this one forward as:
Randomizer-Wittlich of the Maya 4000BC.sav

The only thing I change is I add the first word (name of the PBEM in question). ;)

[Iron Jackson]

@ Johann:
Please make sure that I´ll get his e-Mail-Addy, because I´m the one who´s sending the saves to him. I think he´ll need only the adress of ChrisiusMaximus, because we won´t make so many turns that he´ll get contact to any other player. Or maybe you´ll meet a hot signorina in Italy (who knows ?) and you decide to elope with her. :D Then he´ll need more.

[Johann Moritz]

You've got a PM, IJ ;)

[Johann Moritz]

EDIT: Double post:o

[Shogun Gunner]

Turn played..... Hmmm... I love Portuguese wine....

4000 BC to Wittlich

[Wittlich]

3950BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

onto Bongo

[CHINCHIN]

Hello! I am the substitute of Johann. I do not speak English, sorry. :read:

[Shogun Gunner]

Apparently, you type English pretty well! :)

You will be fine. Welcome.

[bongo]

To Iron Jackson.

Edit: Welcome CHINCHIN :)

[Iron Jackson]

Welcome ChinChin. :)

After a re-sent by Bongo finally to ChinChin.

[CHINCHIN]

Good morning!

@Iron Jackson. I have problems with my e-mail. To send again the file in the Thread , please.

@Chrisius Maximus. I send you the file in the thread, Ok.

[Iron Jackson]

Here it is.

[CHINCHIN]

:) :b:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

sent onto Shogun :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Save to Wittlich - 3950 BC

[Wittlich]

3900BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

and onto Bongo ;)


edit: wow that was three fast posts

[bongo]

To Iron Jackson.

Sorry for the delay :p

[Iron Jackson]

I´d like to apologize for the delay.
I´ve attached the save ´cause I don´t know if ChinChin has fixed his e-Mail prob already.

[CHINCHIN]

:) :b:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Save sent to Shogun, 3900BC :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Over to Wittlich, 3900 BC :tongue:

[Wittlich]

Why you stick your tongue out at me Shogun? :cute:

3850BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Shogun Gunner]

Wittlich, no reason whatsoever...it's just a funny smilie

:)

[bongo]

:ban: a very suitable smiley for me....as I got the save 6 hours ago and can't play it for another 3 (maybe 4 :madban: )

[Paddy]

tis all good Bongo

Glad you got it :D

[bongo]

To IJ, finally :)

[Iron Jackson]

To ChinChin

[CHINCHIN]

To ChrisiusMaximus

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Back to Shogun :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Flipped over to Wittlich 3850 BC

[Paddy]

flipped, who flipped....

hope it was only pancakes :hippie:

[Johann Moritz]

Hello guys, I'm back from my "school" trip to Italy. Quite fun and beautiful, I recommend you go as soon as you can :)

Thank you for your time CHINCHIN. Back to original settings, then.:D

[Wittlich]

V1.15
3800BC Turn sent to Paddy.

Welcome back Johann. ;)

[Paddy]

3800BC onto Bongo :hippie: 1.15

sounds like you had a good time Johann :D

at some stage we need to discuss the 1.20 patch that has been released

[bongo]

to Iron Jackson

[Iron Jackson]

Sorry for the delay ...

To Johann.

[Johann Moritz]

Sent to Chrisius Maximus:)

Are you going out for Easter?

Now that some testing has been done on the 1.20 patch, I suppose installing it is out of debate :rolleyes: ;)

[bongo]

I guess we'll wait and see if the problems go away...


btw, I will be gone for almost a week during easter. I'm going home to celebrate my mother 50th anniversary, leaving sunday, after that(wednesday) I may do one last attempt at skiing this season. I may be able to play the occasional turn until I leave for the mountains.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

so i stay 1.15 with this ?

please someone say before i play the save :)

[Shogun Gunner]

I'm don't want to update to 1.20 and/or 1.22.... I don't believe we need to be early adopters. Let's see how things go for a week or two by reading the C3C forum.

Apparently 1.22 fixes the problems that 1.20 created, but these are the obvious graphical, rule changes, etc. I'm sure we will start to hear about balance, gameplay type issues once folks have played a few games to completion.

We can all agree to patch at the same time when the patch is a bit more seasoned. That's my vote.

[Wittlich]

I concur with Shogun.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

OK sent onto Shogun as 1.15 :)

[Shogun Gunner]

On to Wittlich as 1.15

[Wittlich]

Sorry couldn't access Apolyton for a while.

3750BC Turn sent to Paddy a few hours ago.

[Shogun Gunner]

yeah, that 3 1/2 hour delay was unacceptable ;) :lol:

[Paddy]

onto Bongo v1.15 still :hippie:

[bongo]

to Iron Jackson

[bongo]

Back from my holiday and the game has stopped dead in the water, what's happenin? I figured the rest of you would be nagging at me to get home and play my turn again?

[Johann Moritz]

I'm also back from holiday. Clearly, bongo, our absences haven't been the only ones ;)

[Paddy]

hahaha

right, was just being patient

but that does not seem to count

[Iron Jackson]

Haven´t been away but I was lacking somehow the motivation to play my turn at the Easter weekend. :(

-> JM

[Paddy]

:lol: hahahahahahaha :lol:

[Johann Moritz]

Sent

I was thinking... do we really need to tell each other whenever we send a save?
I mean, I'm fine with it as long as it helps me to get to 500 posts and have a fine avatar :D but... do you think it is truly important? :)

[Paddy]

yes I do, especially when you are waiting on a save....

we have 8 players here, and by posting here that you have forwarded the save, we all have an idea where it is, and thus when we might get it again...

also we can find out when you european slackos go on another bloody holiday :lol:

struth mate, I live on a party island, yet you have more time on holidays than most of our tourist operators :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Sent to Shogun still version 1.15 !

are we going to upgrade to 1.22 or stick with 1.15 ?

[Shogun Gunner]

I'm hoping we can stick on 1.15.

BTW, someone in our group likes the background music!!! ;)

Save to Paddy

[Paddy]

thanks Gunner :D

I have forwarded it to Wittlich...

it was his turn :D

[Wittlich]

And back to you Paddy. Thanks for the forwarding. :lol:

3700BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

onto Bongo

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
thanks Gunner :D

I have forwarded it to Wittlich...

it was his turn :D

:idiot:

Thanks Paddy! :)

[Paddy]

:D a pleasure...

you are forwarding several saves to me, this order must seem un-natural :0

[bongo]

sent to IJ some 10 hours ago..

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
:D a pleasure...

you are forwarding several saves to me, this order must seem un-natural :0

Yes, you are my "go-to" guy in so many PBEMs, I have to remind myself that "The Randomiser" has changed everything -- even the order!!! :lol:

[Paddy]

indeed :lol:


Ok, this game can be upgraded to 1.22

with great thanks to Alexman.

there is some mucking with biq files.

I am happy to do the game files upgrade to get this game from 1.15 to 1.22

all it then needs is for each of you to load the 1.22 upgrade\

interested???

[bongo]

I have a small number of other PBEMs going as well, all at 1.15b.

How do we do it, do we have to do those dual install thingies?

[Paddy]

there is a thread operating with all the guff from Alexman

I will try to find it again :D

[Johann Moritz]

Sent to Chrisius Maximus :)

Does 1.22 need the previous installation of 1.20? :hmmm:

[bongo]

Nah, think it will work fine on a basit v1.0 install

[Paddy]

unfortunatley the upgrade 1.15 to 1.22, that I was trying, does not work... :(

from Alexman - on the other thread
Your "1.15 to 1.22" install is the 1.22 executable with the conquests.biq, conquests.mb, and civilopedia.txt from 1.15, right?

This install is so that you can play 1.15 saves using the 1.22 executable, but these games will still not be able to be played on pure 1.22. Is that what you want to do? If so, I don't have any suggestions, other than manipulating the saves using a savegame editor or some

[Iron Jackson]

My upgrade didn´t work too. Even worse, it destroyed my whole Civ-installation. Thanks to XP it took only 5 min. to restore the old configuration. Had to make a complete new installation to upgrade to 1.22 .

[Paddy]

ouch :(

glad all is well in the end :D

[bongo]

So we're running on 1.22 now?

[Paddy]

no v1.15

this game can not be upgraded yet

-------------------

there is a suggestion, that if we do want we could restart it in v1.22, then we take all the same settings, we just start with several settlers, some workers, a warrior or 2 and some startup cash :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

The save has not arrived could you resend please :)

[Johann Moritz]

Resent.

Can someone refresh my memory? 1.15 required 1.12 to be previously installed to work, didn't it?:hmmm:
I'm trying to explain the patch issue to a friend so we can multiplay, and I can't remember this :shame:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Yes I think that is right Johann the 1.15 needed the 1.12 tio be there :)

turn sent to Shogun :)

[bongo]

Well, almost correct. There are two 1.15b patches out there, one requires the older patches to be there(1.12b,1.13b), the other is bigger and works directly on the 1.00 install.

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Iron Jackson
My upgrade didn´t work too. Even worse, it destroyed my whole Civ-installation. Thanks to XP it took only 5 min. to restore the old configuration. Had to make a complete new installation to upgrade to 1.22 .

This is what I'm looking to avoid.... sorry that happened to you Iron Jackson.

Save (1.15) to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

And 3650BC Turn sent to Paddy (v1.15).

[Paddy]

:) and onto Bongo

[bongo]

To IJ

[Johann Moritz]

To Chrisius Maximus

[Paddy]

excellent - randomly moving along :D

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
Thanks for the great pic Bongo :D

The final settings:

AIs: None x 6
Barbs: Restless x 4
Tribes: Random x 4
Difficulty level: Monarch x 7
Map size: huge x 4
World Shape: Archipalego x 6.5
Water coverage: High (80 %) x 3
World age: Random x 4
Climate: Random x 5
temp: random x 5

Play Order:

Paddy - Summaria
Bongo - Korea
Iron Jackson - Chinese
Johann Moritz - Zulu
Chrisius Maximus - Ottoman
Gunner - Portuguese
Wittlich - Maya

Ok, we are 8 turns in...

due to the fact this game is unmodded, it can not be upgraded to v1.22

so 3 options...

1. Restart as is in v1.22

2. Restart with a starter pack
ie: 3 settlers, 3 workers and a warrior

3. Continue with dual install

[Wittlich]

Eh, I'm rather easy. I will with the pack - which ever choice the majority decides. ;)

[Johann Moritz]

I'll go with restarting:)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

sent to shogun, Im happy to restart :)

[Wittlich]

One more vote for a restart and I will also vote for a restart, since it would give a 4-to-3 majority. :)

[bongo]

I got no strong opinions on this...but I had a really good start :p

(or maybe not, hard to say this early, the tiles around my capitol looked good though.)


The starter pack sounds interesting btw :)

[Johann Moritz]

I also had GORGEOUS start, but i'll pass without it.

Isn't it possible to Play last world clicking on the appropiate icon in the main menu? :hmmm:

[bongo]

Maybe, but I am not sure you will be guaranteed the same start.

Unless Paddy wrote down the world seed of course...

[Shogun Gunner]

i would vote to continue "as is"

to wittlich

[Wittlich]

3600BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

onto Bongo :D

[Shogun Gunner]

If everyone wants to restart, I will also...

I won't have time to do a dual install until this weekend -- but that should be in time for my turn if the game is restarted now.

[Johann Moritz]

Sent to Chrisius

Let's decide at once if we restart. Otherwise we're playing turns uselessly :)

[Paddy]

ok, we have a gore vote for a restart...

I will get this done in the coming hours :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Yes restart is good, but Johann I did not recieve the save here.
I suppose it no longer matters but I thought you should know. :)

[Paddy]

onward with the restart in v1.22

lets see what Civs we get this round.... :D

Play Order:

Paddy - <strike>Summaria</strike> Celts
Bongo - <strike>Korea</strike> Ottomans
Iron Jackson - <strike>Chinese</strike>
Johann Moritz - <strike>Zulu</strike>
Chrisius Maximus - <strike>Ottoman</strike>
Gunner - <strike>Portuguese</strike>
Wittlich - <strike>Maya</strike>

AIs: None x 6
Barbs: Restless x 4
Tribes: Random x 4
Difficulty level: Monarch x 7
Map size: huge x 4
World Shape: Archipalego x 6.5
Water coverage: High (80 %) x 3
World age: Random x 4
Climate: Random x 5
temp: random x 5

[bongo]

okeydokey

I've got the save but I am not sure if I will be able to play until later/tomorrow. Going out to have a few this evening...

[Paddy]

:lol: Cheeky Bugger :D

well have some for each of us then... :eek:

yep thats 6 of us x 3 drinks minimun each, then some drinks for yourself...

oh, and you better have a few more for Johann, as he has those legal limits issues... :D

[bongo]

He's 16, I don't know spanish alcohol regulations but it is possible that he is old enough to drink already.



My new comp is arriving tuesday. P4@3.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 250GB HD, dvd-burner :D
About time too, the old heap(5 years) chrashed 5 times yesterday while I were surfing/playing :mad:

[Johann Moritz]

Originally posted by bongo
He's 16, I don't know spanish alcohol regulations but it is possible that he is old enough to drink already. Perhaps it is curious, but in Spain, the country where pubs and bars close at the latest time on Earth (at least I remember having read that once :hmmm: ) no one under 18 is allowed to adquire nor drink alcohol. In spite of that, getting drunk in the park on friday nights is a common thing. And guess what, I never go there. :cool:

although I must admit Martini tastes quite good :cute:


@Chrisius: Perhaps the save got lost in the Internet labyrinth:)

[bongo]

On to Iron Jackson, I got the ottomans btw :D

Had to do a dual install of 1.22/1.15b


Hungover....

[Paddy]

:lol: well done in getting it to work :D

and on your conversion from Korean to Otto :eek:

[bongo]

I guess those h'wachas didn't scare you at all :p

[Paddy]

are they a kind of noodle trolley thingy :D

[Wittlich]

As a heads-up, my mother-in-law has passed away and I will be out of town next week to attend her wake / funeral (down in LA). I will leaving tomorrow morning and should be back next Friday. :(

[Iron Jackson]

@ Wittlich:
:(


Save is sent from the Egyptians to the French.

[Johann Moritz]

:(

Vive la France! :D

Onto the Arabs commanded by Chrisiuf al-Maximus ;)

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
are they a kind of noodle trolley thingy :D

No, kimchee launchers. You don't want to get that stuff in your eye...even the bravest warrior will retreat without proper eye protection! :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

OK first turn sent to Shogun :)

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner


No, kimchee launchers. You don't want to get that stuff in your eye...even the bravest warrior will retreat without proper eye protection! :)

what??? no food then??

[bongo]

Not anymore, we once fired coconuts but as FDA consider those to be a choking hazard we've stopped using them.

[Shogun Gunner]

:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:
:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:
:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:

It was a double post....

[Shogun Gunner]

Okay, I've played my turn. Over to Wittlich.

I could not be any more disappointed in this game. I have attached my start position from the first Randomizer. Look at that beautiful starting position... :weep: I don't think I've had a start that good in any game, PBEM or SP.

Needless to say, my start sucks in this restart -- of course.

:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:
:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:
:mad:
:angry:
:rant:
:spam:

[bongo]

I can feel your pain, all that wasted food.....


:D

[Paddy]

all soo sad - poor old Gunner :(

so where is the post of your new starting location ;)

[Shogun Gunner]

I might as well show that to ya'... it sucks.

Here I'll draw you a mental map.

Look east -- you see that? No? because there's nothing there -- just wasteland. :bored:

Look west -- you see that? Yes, all that water? Look closer, no fish, no whales, not even any damn seaweed. :wall:

Look north -- you see that? Yes, those rocks look big. No you can't do much with those type of mountains. I hope that volcano doesn't blow up on our ass. :bash:

Look south -- you see that? Yes, we all love pulling the machete out and clearing out the swamp land and jungle. :argue:

What did you ask? Resources? Luxuries? Well, I believe we are going to have to build a bamboo boat out of the jungle clearing refuse and paddle to somewhere that has food, resources and luxuries. :conspire:

Here we are on Gilligan's Island -- :madban: :madban: :madban:

:angry: :mad:

[Paddy]

ouch - :(

maybe a good petition here for a game restart

[Shogun Gunner]

No, I don't think that would be right. I was more than willing to accept the first start, so I should play the best I can with the new start.

Also, I did introduce a small bit of hyberbole into my rant -- for a more humorous b*tching session!

[Paddy]

oh :hippie:

maybe time for you to sit back, :hippie:

have a smoke :hippie:

and chillout :hippie:

for a while :D

[Johann Moritz]

My starting position was very much like Shougun's: 6 cattles and river. My new one is worse, of course, but is still quite acceptable :)

[Wittlich]

I'm baaaccckk. :D

3950BC Turn sent to Paddy. ;)

[Paddy]

Welcome back matey :)

Randomizer off to Bongo

good to play this game again :D

[bongo]

to IJ

Fcuk, lots of jungles here :eek:

[Iron Jackson]

Gotta rub the sand out of my eyes ...

-> Johann

[Johann Moritz]

Wow, quite extreme climate we seem to have here. :)

Onto Chrisius Maximus.

This must be the first PBEM thread with 150 replies and only one turn played :shame: :D

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Johann please resend to :

ChrisBennett8 AT aol DOT com

Hotmail is broke badly and saves are taking days to get to me, so please use this addy until further notice :)

[Johann Moritz]

Done. :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

played and sent on

[Shogun Gunner]

over to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3900BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

thanks

onto Bongo

[bongo]

to IJ

[Johann Moritz]

To CM

[ChrisiusMaximus]

And back to Shogun, 3900BC :)

[Shogun Gunner]

thanks CM, over to Witt -- 3900 BC v1.22

[Wittlich]

3850BC Turn sent to Paddy. :)

[Paddy]

onto Bongo

[bongo]

to IJ :bounce:

[Johann Moritz]

To CM:cool:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Across the sea to Shogun :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Over to Wittlich

[Wittlich]

This is strange....I recieved a save but it's Chrisius' save to Shogun....so I sent this save back to Shogun. Can I have the real save in return? :lol:

[Shogun Gunner]

Over to Wittlich (correctly this time)

[Wittlich]

3800BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

thanks Wittlich :)

onto Bongo

[bongo]

to IJ

[Iron Jackson]

to Johann

[Johann Moritz]

To Chrisius

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Boing!!! :bounce:

[Shogun Gunner]

over to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3750BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

onto Bongo

[bongo]

to IJ

[Johann Moritz]

To CM

Bongo, that avatar... it means what I think? :eek:

[bongo]

Depends on what you think :cute:

It's mine, due in 3 months today :D

[Shogun Gunner]

Congratulations Bongo!!!! That's awesome! Are you going to find out boy or girl before the big day?

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Johann the save you sent wont load, says error reading file, could you replay and resave then resend please :)

[bongo]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
Congratulations Bongo!!!! That's awesome! Are you going to find out boy or girl before the big day?
No, the little bugger was kind of hiding when we were at the ultrasound examination so we couldn't tell. The heart-rate is 'typical girl' though. But telling the gender that way is wildly inaccurate.

No matter what, it will be a civver :D

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by bongo

No, the little bugger was kind of hiding when we were at the ultrasound examination so we couldn't tell. The heart-rate is 'typical girl' though. But telling the gender that way is wildly inaccurate.

No matter what, it will be a civver :D

That's great! When my wife was pregnant with our second child, the first ultrasound was inconclusive, but during that visit the doctor said, "he would bet money it's a girl". He said it was his intuition from doing the job for so many years. When my wife went back for the second, routine ultrasound, they confirmed it was a girl -- and they were right!

That's pretty exciting for you -- I'm looking forward to the pics!

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Congrats Bongo :D

hope everything goes well for you both.

Save finally played and away to Shogun.

[Paddy]

indeed Well Done to Mrs Bongo :D and yourself :D

party on dude

[Shogun Gunner]

Over to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3700BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

3700BC to Bongo

3700BC to BongoII

[bongo]

To IJ...an hour ago :D

[bongo]

I will leave for a holiday tomorrow morning. I will return on the evening the 26th. If you want someone to replace me, please let me know and I'll try to work something out.

Bongo

[ChrisiusMaximus]

To Shogun 3700BC.sav :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Did not receive save... :confused:

Can you resend, CM?

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Shogun I keep geting mail bounced back from you when i send it to you, i will try again but can you make sure all your storage boxes are empty :)

[Shogun Gunner]

I have unlimited mail storage in my MSN account. However, I'm starting to detect a pattern of problems that seem to be associated with MSN. I'll look into this further. Thanks Chrisius.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Well did you get the resend ? I sent that from hotmail instead of my AOL addy :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Chrisius, got the save this time. Thanks for resending.

Save to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3650BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

3650bc to Bongo

hope you all have a good weekend

[Paddy]

Bongo - you really should have bought a laptop :D

[bongo]

On to IJ.

How about a laptop with wireless connection, web-cam and a solar-panel so I could show you some of the *cough* scenery from the beach ;)

[Paddy]

how about you just email the many :eek: many pictures of your holidays :D

[bongo]

Oh well, there were mucho interesting to look at, anything from models to beached whales :lol:

[Johann Moritz]

Onto Chrisius Maximus

Hope you enjoyed your time bongo :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

sent to Shogun, from my hotmail addy.

let me know if you dont get it :)

[Wittlich]

FYI, I will be out of state until 16 June starting tomorrow.

[Shogun Gunner]

Save to Wittlich...just looks like I missed him as he's leaving on vacation! I guess we will wait for 15 days. :(

[Wittlich]

Actually, I decided to check my email before leaving - got it in just under the wire! :lol:

3600BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

well done old chap :D

3600bc to Bongo

[bongo]

To IJ

[Johann Moritz]

To CM

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Sent to Shogun :)

[Shogun Gunner]

Chrisius,

I've checked and rechecked my email. No sign of the Randomiser save. Can you resend?

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Ok just done that from my AOL and my Hotmail accounts, so hopefully one will get through.

The last time I tried to send a save top you from AOL it was bounced back to me so I dont hold up much hope for that one but the Hotmail might get there, :)

[Shogun Gunner]

I got both messages. Whatever the problem is -- its sporadic which doesn't make it easy to locate the problem.

Save to Wittlich

[Paddy]

well as the Lord of the West Coast is on assignment until the 16th... we can all get out and run a muk

party hard :D

[Wittlich]

3550BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

welcome back old chap ;)

3550bc to both Bongo's

[bongo]

To Christoph :)

[Johann Moritz]

To Chrisius a couple of hours ago :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Sorry for the delays at my end, onto Shogun :) 3550BC

[Shogun Gunner]

Over to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3500BC Turn sent to Paddy.

[Paddy]

3500bc to both Bongos

[bongo]

To Iron Jackson

HOLIDAY!!! :ana:

[Shogun Gunner]

Glad to see the dancing banana is back...

What Holiday is that for you, Bongo?

[bongo]

Just regular summer holiday, I'm taking 3 weeks . My wife's a teacher so she's got the entire summer off. Add 10 months leave with pay cause of the baby and she isn't going to work until april next year :D

[Shogun Gunner]

I wish American companies offerred similiar benefits packages as European companies. I get such a tiny amount of vacation/sick time per year, that I always exhaust it and even take leave-without-pay so I can get some time away from work.

Enjoy your vacation Bongo! And enjoy the time with your new baby. My second girl is 11 months and its a wonderful experience. We just took her and her sister for a walk.

[Shogun Gunner]

A closer picture of Kaitlyn and Savannah.

[bongo]

You got yourself two real heartbreakers there :love:
(or 3 if we count your wife as well ;) )

Mine is still some 6 weeks away :)
(she's even bigger now, the pic is a couple of weeks old)

[Iron Jackson]

3500 BC to Johann

Is this going to be a new babe thread ? :D

Lots of cute children and good-looking women :ana:

[Shogun Gunner]

:lol: I'll admit to any excuse to post pictures of my family!

My wife will appreciate the comments. Thanks.

Bongo, your wife looks great...she seems to be handling the pregnancy okay.

P.S. The dancing banana is back!!! It still makes me laugh.

[Johann Moritz]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner My second girl is 11 months and its a wonderful experience. We just took her and her sister for a walk. She looks very nice. How many miles per galon?:D




Now seriously, very nice babies/babes.:)


Oh. and onto Chrisius. :ana:

[ChrisiusMaximus]

And back to shogun, if his kids will let him alone long enough to get the save played ;)

And seeing as everyone is doing it :ana:

[Paddy]

great pics one and all :D

[Shogun Gunner]

Thanks Chrisius!

:ana: don't want to be left out ;)

Save to Wittlich.

[Wittlich]

3450BC Turn sent to Paddy. :ana:

[Paddy]

3450bc to Bongo

[bongo]

To IJ :bounce:

[Shogun Gunner]

Guys, I will be on vacation staying with relatives in Florida for the Fourth of July Holiday and to celebrate my younger daughter's 1 year birthday (DOB July 4th!). I'll be back Saturday, July 10.

[Johann Moritz]

Sent to Chrisius.

I will be on vacation from July 8th until August 19th... I'd better go find a substitute, don't you think? :cute: Can you recommend one?
Or are you going out too? :)

[ChrisiusMaximus]

To Shogun :)

I would not worry about replacements, most of us will be going on holidays etc over the summer so this will not really start to move until september.

[Shogun Gunner]

Save to Wittlich. 3450 BC :ana:

[Wittlich]

3400BC Turn sent to Paddy.