"Nothin' Fancy" Sxn Game

[Straybow]

Contrary to all expectations - I really enjoyed this

Mark this date on your calendars, folks! SG[1] built a Library in a non-SSC!!! Several libraries, and even Universities!

We'll have him making bulldozer noises yet!

[Straybow]

Suggestion to Lafayette: those pesky Japs have been trouble for our trade with America.
Ceterum senseo, Shimonoseki esse delendam!

[Scouse Gits]

* Ruuoooooaaaar - throaty diesel sound of many engines starting up, the clatter of caterpillar tracks on tarmac, the sounds of heavy plant in motion

What! Has the RAR suddenly turned Perfectionist? Is this the start of the Trans-Continental Canal system?

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NO!

You just heard the First Armour Brigade and Third Howitzer Regiment getting ready.

Look at my tech choices, not at my white goods!

Lock & Load, boys. Lock & Load!

SG[1]

p.s. Can someone tell me the origin of the expression 'lock & load'?

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Straybow
Suggestion to Lafayette: those pesky Japs have been trouble for our trade with America.
Ceterum senseo, Shimonoseki esse delendam!

However, it seems that our friendly local Perfectionist has a RAR somewhere inside him!


SG[1] - with a broad smile on his face.

[La Fayette]

war and peace

Shall I listen to Tolstoi or to Dubya?
I'll let you know tomorrow.

[Bloody Monk]

@SG[1]

Lock and Load is an expression drummed into the heads of recruits learning the basics of weapons handling. As the recruits form up on the firing line, they are instructed to Lock their weapons on 'safe' and then, and only then, Load, or insert the cartridge clip. This is the basis of firing range safety. Lock and Load.

That's one answer to your question. But to understand the ubiquitousness of the expression one must consider what happens next. With the command Lock and Load, everyone learns to expect the next command, which is dear to every boys' heart...Commence Firing!!

Making an omelette of metaphors, Lock and Load is what one does just before proceeding to Rock and Roll.

Monk

[Straybow]

As opposed to half-cocked, from before the days of "safety" switches. One pulls the hammer back to the cocked position and then lowers the hammer to a safety lock halfway thru the hammer's throw. The trigger can't be pulled, nor will the round fire if the gun were dropped and it happen to land on the hammer. It certainly goes back to the early cap-and-ball muzzle-loader six-shooters, maybe all the way back to flintlocks.

[Straybow]

Perfectionist warrior

However, it seems that our friendly local Perfectionist has a RAR somewhere inside him!

SG[1] - with a broad smile on his face.

Certainly not!
But Perfectionism does require one to remove impediments, with extreme prejudice should the buggers prove incorrigible. The idea is to guage the amount of force required and deliver it to the target, not simply churn out masses of whatever 2-move unit you've got.

[Scouse Gits]

Re: war and peace

Originally posted by La Fayette
Shall I listen to Tolstoi or to Dubya?
I'll let you know tomorrow.

Please tell us

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SG(2)

[La Fayette]

Well, I finally chose not to choose (somewhat alike postponing next meeting at the UN).

A glance at the situation in 1778 shows that we are close to victory if we choose AC, but that would mean spoil the game for anyone supposed to play after my successor. I therefore decide to research at 1 tech/turn and leave both gates open.

1780: Vikings ask for peace = OK
Tax slider moved to 20% Lux, 80% Science, providing 1 tech/turn.
Our fighter in Matsuyama sends Jap ironclad to the bottom.
Hides to Bilbao = 40g

1782: Libraries completed in Granada and Barcelona
Advanced Flight discovered

1784: Rocketry discovered
Silver to Central Beach = 152g
Our fighter in Matsuyama destroys Jap knight + Jap transport


1786: Amphibious Warfare discovered
3 libraries completed (+ barracks in Madrid)

1788: Space Flight discovered

1790: Our fighter destroys Jap ironclad offshore Matsuyama
Japs and Romans sign a secret pact ( against us)

1792: Plastics discovered
Japs steal Space Flight
Oil from Madrid to London = 840g

1794: Combined Arms discovered
Sneak attack: Sioux ironclad destroys our (empty) transport

LF retires in his *** palace close to Central Beach

[Scouse Gits]

Good turns La Fayette - even if a little too peaceful

SG[1]

[La Fayette]

What about the same in RL?
...too late, I guess

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by La Fayette
What about the same in RL?
...too late, I guess

Yes, I know what you mean.

LF ... could you post the save file for the next player.

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SG(2)

[Straybow]

LF retires in his *** palace close to Central Beach

La Fayette, I can't figure out what three letter word got bleeped there.

And a save file would be handy.

Now that STYOM is back it is his turn. Any day now.

[Scouse Gits]

Yes I too was confused by three stars - sin perhaps?

SG[1]

Nope - so much for that idea