Yinstradamous

[yin26]

In the year 2001 and 10 months,

From a fiery axis shall come an alarming paradox,

And raise again the great King of Discord,

Before and after, Mars shall reign at will.

The year seven of the great number being past,

There shall be seen the sports of the ghostly sacrifice,

Not far after the great age of the millennium,

That the buried shall come out of their graves

To howl in demonic pleasure: 'You were forewarned!'

[tonic]

From Civ Three's constrained view
I try to read the message new.
Ten months past two thousand and one -
a period far from fun
in real life
so full of strife.

Perhaps portents in our gaming world
have more trivial thoughts unfurled.
So we seek refuge
in play maps huge,
and get relief
from our daily grief.

[Fidel]

you forgot the bit about armenian leader entering vienna on a horse and 'hisler' getting bologne and brabant into german wraith. otherwise, it is catastrophic enough

[aaglo]

Re: Yinstradamous

Originally posted by yin26
...And raise again the great King of Discord...

The name of the king is Shidma Uher...? Or is it Ou-lama-dama-ding Baden-baden? Or Giorgio Woosh?

[Zanzin]

Yin has spoken. All shall stand up and pay attention!!!

[Th0mas]

Grotty Poetry

......I prefer Mother Yipton

[Sarxis]

Yin, that is some foreboading stuff. And, could actually be the true end to this Age.

Be ready!

[Sava]

Why can't these prophet types just blurt it out. I swear, they make their statements so general and broad that anything could happen and it could be seen as the prophecy coming true. A good prophet would say:

"Yeah, on October 30th, Civ 3 comes out and the world is going to explode."

[Jason Beaudoin]

Yin... has Firaxis wronged you in another life?

[Skanky Burns]

So what does "Yinstradamous"s prediction actually mean??
Im reading it as "Firaxis releases Civ 3, and everyone eventually dies from the 'One More Turn' syndrome. Then Yin laughs at us all, saying he was right all along."

Disclaimer: I never was any good at deciphering these things

[Alex]

No, no, Yin´s prophecy may be interpreted this way:

"After Firaxis releases Civ3, I will die from One More Turn Syndrome, and everyone will be laughing at me, though they have been warned before (and did not want to believe)".

Hey Yin, I always thought you would LOVE Civ3...

[Jason Beaudoin]

There is no way that this game will be anywhere near as bad as Yin predicts.

It will sell like mad, Firaxis will be rewarded with lots of revenue, and they will reinvest that money to make us more great games.

We will get a great game, that may not be perfect (no game ever is), and we will be very happy. The CIV community will grow and become stronger, and who knows... maybe there will be a CIV 4.

This prediction will come true.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I like Jason's prediction better

[Lord_Davinator]

In how many years?

[dainbramaged13]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I like Jason's prediction better

me too