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Sorry for my long absence. I’ve been a tad delinquent in posting here, and it’s not due to lack of material. My PBEM stories with MasterBuilder continue unabated. We finished Paradigms a while ago and I’ve been neglectful in posting the results (the Word file is huge at 1.6 MB and 459 pages).
Whining aside, part of the reason that I haven’t posted is that I’ve eliminated viewing AC at work. I used to judiciously sneak a peek and post before work, lunch, and after work. That was OK, and not in violation of company policy. But then AC started having those nasty popups. They are annoying, and I can live with that. What I can’t live with is having them generate an automatic message from my company saying I’ve visited an illegal/banned gambling (or other more sordid) internet sites. I got one notice saying that further ‘violations’ would result in my supervisor being notified. The result: I deleted the AC site from my Favorites at work. Sadly, my home internet connection is a SLOOOWWW modem, and long posts are a more than tedious affair.
I’ve resolved to do better, though. I’ve posed as much as I can stand in one sitting to Paradigms, more to come in a day or so. When I’m done with that I’ll start posting the results on the PBEM-in-progress entitled Alien Dreams.
One question to those who follow the PBEM style stories: Would you like to post some of the turn maps? It can be helpful to see what is going on where. It wouldn’t be that hard. I’ll I’d need to do is dig out the old PBEM ZIP files and the passwords.
Another option is to send the ZIPped Word file to those who want it. Any interest?
As to Spartan Chronicles, I’m afraid that there were too few posters to keep that going. Winston, Lindsay and I tried to take that on by ourselves but the weight became too much. There was too much history, and the spark kind of died. Rather sad, actually, and Santiago (despot that she is) deserved better (and the nasty aliens deserved a real good thumping of a permanent sort). Maybe we can do an epilogue to tie things up?
Hydro
Whining aside, part of the reason that I haven’t posted is that I’ve eliminated viewing AC at work. I used to judiciously sneak a peek and post before work, lunch, and after work. That was OK, and not in violation of company policy. But then AC started having those nasty popups. They are annoying, and I can live with that. What I can’t live with is having them generate an automatic message from my company saying I’ve visited an illegal/banned gambling (or other more sordid) internet sites. I got one notice saying that further ‘violations’ would result in my supervisor being notified. The result: I deleted the AC site from my Favorites at work. Sadly, my home internet connection is a SLOOOWWW modem, and long posts are a more than tedious affair.
I’ve resolved to do better, though. I’ve posed as much as I can stand in one sitting to Paradigms, more to come in a day or so. When I’m done with that I’ll start posting the results on the PBEM-in-progress entitled Alien Dreams.
One question to those who follow the PBEM style stories: Would you like to post some of the turn maps? It can be helpful to see what is going on where. It wouldn’t be that hard. I’ll I’d need to do is dig out the old PBEM ZIP files and the passwords.
Another option is to send the ZIPped Word file to those who want it. Any interest?
As to Spartan Chronicles, I’m afraid that there were too few posters to keep that going. Winston, Lindsay and I tried to take that on by ourselves but the weight became too much. There was too much history, and the spark kind of died. Rather sad, actually, and Santiago (despot that she is) deserved better (and the nasty aliens deserved a real good thumping of a permanent sort). Maybe we can do an epilogue to tie things up?
Hydro
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