amaresu
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12/23/2012
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Am I misremembering or isn't he usually out and about by now?
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Alexis Kennedy
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1/4/2013
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Folks, relax. The last content will be published on the 6th: but cards you haven't seen will stay available if you already have some of the Twelve Days quality. We've added some notes to the quality description and the announcement to make it clearer. Sorry for the confusion.
Passionario, accusing us of a scam and calling us 'unethical', whether thinly veiled behind sarcasm or not, is offensive. You have a history of trolling both Failbetter and other players on this board. Please observe the posting guidelines and be more courteous in future. For the record, I don't think time-limiting Christmas content to the Twelve Days of Christmas is particularly weird, let alone unethical.
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
1/6/2013
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Saharan wrote:
One has to wonder if they screen these things pre-release. No intent to offend, of course, but when there are completely obvious things like unfinished sentences, it seems a bit curious how they could slip past.
What usually happens is, I lounge around in my enormous office shouting at secretaries, occasionally deigning to tap out a few words with my golden stylus. My extensive editing staff then fixes my erratic typing.
In this case, though, I finished some of the Mr Sacks content on a train over the Christmas break, with an iPad on one knee, a toddler on the other and a spotty Internet connection. Some of the updates apparently failed to take.
Hope that satisfies your curiosity! Next time, do you mind using the typos@failbettergames.com reporting channel rather than the forums?
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Posts: 389
1/6/2013
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REPLY HAZY ASK AGAIN LATER
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Emain Ablach
Posts: 348
1/4/2013
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Very frustrating not to draw the cards... especially because there's a time limit. :/
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Spacemarine9
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1/4/2013
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Dark. Slow. Also a boat.
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Alexis Kennedy
Posts: 1374
1/6/2013
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
So uh are all the Sacks Cards in the card pool now or are there some that are going to show up after the 6th even though it's supposed to be over by then (but don't tell anyone)
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Alexis Kennedy
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1/6/2013
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
as a matter of interest what was that option supposed to say? seeing as i've already played it and all I can't really see for myself
The missing word is 'wind' and the sentence below should be 'Offer him a Storm-Threnody'. It's really not my entry for this year's Enormous Serious Novel Prize.
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Spacemarine9
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1/4/2013
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
can i just say that if one of these sackses ends up being a hallucinatory mr eaten-sacks i will die
i did it i was right for once
also i'm dead now
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Nigel Overstreet
Posts: 1220
1/5/2013
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
So what is death like?
Spacemarine9 wrote:
Dark. Slow. Also a boat.
That's brilliant. I'm stealing that.
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Blast_Fantastic
Posts: 63
1/5/2013
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DukeLawliet wrote:
I more thought that indicated that the masters that are visiting us are not the originals, but copies controlled or programmed by the real masters.
I was left with the impression that the "us" referred to its role as Mr. Sacks, and "original" referred to its real self under the costume. For example, the Pages Sacks says, upon receipt of Touching Love Stories:
I will select the best, myself for... a particular connoisseur.
My take was he was trying to stay in character as Mr. Sacks, but coveting them as Mr. Pages.
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Saharan
Posts: 247
1/6/2013
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MidnightVoyager wrote:
Actually, especially considering what the latest Sacks does, I think they are lacre snowmen.
But where in the Neath would you get the carrots?
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
12/23/2012
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I'm hoping that our path gets snowed in every day so we can acquire more of this unusual snow without needing to be social. Doubt this is the case, but one can always hope.
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Urthdigger
Posts: 939
12/31/2012
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Something I've noticed after having looked at some spoilers. Aside from the first two (Perhaps intentionally), it's possible to tell who the Mr. Sacks truly is, and offer something they might prefer. Guessing correctly gives you the best rewards.
Day 1: Mr. Spices. He wants Prisoner's Honey.
Day 2: Mr. Wines. Appears to like both wine and music.
Day 3: Mr. Stones. If you can't tell what he likes, you must be blind.
Day 5: Mr. Mirrors. His clue is that he "reflects" dreams. A dream of mirrors is the only one with a reward.
I'm guessing the Mr. Sackses to come may similarly give clues as to their identity, much like Stones and Mirrors. And for someone more perceptive, I think the voices of the first two may have been their clues. Keep an open eye, and all things will be well.
Also... I think Day 5 may be the current boundary. I don't think I've heard people speak of anything further, maybe we can expect a new Sacks each day.
edited by Urthdigger on 12/31/2012
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bjorntfh
Posts: 216
12/31/2012
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I'm pretty sure Day 5 is actually Mr. Cups. It's not Mr. Mirrors. You only find that out if you take the Benethic option and offer him your ignorance of who he is, and he calls it "not sporting" and "takes himself away" when you took when you could have given.
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
12/31/2012
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dude, what if like, all the masters are the same master but with split personalities
mr eaten was the equivalent of a mid-life crisis
this is a 100% well thought through theory, believe me. totally.
edited by Spacemarine9 on 12/31/2012
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Urthdigger
Posts: 939
12/31/2012
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I've actually considered that. Do we ever see two masters at the same time?
Also, the reason I say it's mirrors is both due to the dreams, as well as how when you ask him to take a dream of mirrors, he calls you a flatterer and a flirt.
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
12/31/2012
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Not unless tax evasion is a safe option in the Neath.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
1/2/2013
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I have not seen a Mr. Sacks card today. Very frustrating. Eliza, your post suggests that there might have been a bug with it; I hope it's fixed quickly if that's the case.
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
Posts: 1372
1/2/2013
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I've only just got day 3--arrgh. I would be so happy if Exceptional Friendship also doubled the number of unflipped cards in your deck . . .
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Alexander von Brennenburg
Posts: 36
1/3/2013
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So far, siding with the urchins has had the consequence of a nice, if rather cryptic, tidbit of lore from the Mr Sacks in embered red, with a Storm Threnody to boot. Although I have to say, I'd be disappointed to learn I've spent ten Nex for that. Other options would have earned me some Connected : Masters, which is just about as commonplace as daylight in the Unterzee.
Ah, but forgive my foul mood. I shall trust that all shall be well and all manners of things shall be well. Surely, nothing sinister shall fall upon the fifth city.
...the winds are wild, the lacre deep. The snarling stones arise from sleep. The Fifth's tales may exalt the suns, but never hope to halt what comes.
edited by Alexander von Brennenburg on 1/3/2013
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Blast_Fantastic
Posts: 63
1/3/2013
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Alexander von Brennenburg wrote:
So far, siding with the urchins has had the consequence of a nice, if rather cryptic, tidbit of lore from the Mr Sacks in embered red, with a Storm Threnody to boot. Although I have to say, I'd be disappointed to learn I've spent ten nex for that. Other options would have earned me Masters Connections, which is just about as commonplace as daylight in the Unterzee.
Same here -- I found it tough to choose between the Orphans-unlocked option that I paid for (and thus didn't want to waste), or telling Mr. Fi...err Mr. Sacks what I think it wanted to hear to increase my Connected. Too bad that fate option didn't give both rewards, because I would have much preferred the latter.
So far, to me, it looks like people who chose to keep their plans to themselves will end up better off.
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Cornuthaum
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1/4/2013
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Why would anyone do that, anyways? Rabble-rousing anarchists that don't know what's good for them, for London and the Empire (in that order). *haughty snif*
But yeah. My life is the same 10-ish opportunity cards. In fact, it feels like each day has a different, but static, set of opportunity cards, because that's the only reason I see why I get the Lofty Tower cards four times out of ten some days, and then not at all for what feels like days on end.
Unfortunately, this pool also seems to contain no Sackses for me at all. >_<
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MaskedGentleman
Posts: 339
1/4/2013
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Mr. Eaten offered to give me his name. I would be wary of his gifts.
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Saharan
Posts: 247
1/4/2013
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A Mr. Eaten Sacks... I cannot believe my eyes. I simply cannot.
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Sara Hysaro
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12/27/2012
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I haven't turned up the first card either, and it's not for a lack of drawing cards. I hope they become more common soon, as I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever draw it.
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bjorntfh
Posts: 216
12/28/2012
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Well, the second one, if you pay the Consonant Violin for Mister Wines you get more Lacre and Connected Masters.
I forgot to Echo the result though, sorry about that.
Oh, and you don't lose the violin! (I was worried about that when I picked it).
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Casidy
Posts: 15
12/28/2012
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
At least you didn't use fate to give him a pail of snow. That was possibly the worst decision I ever made fatewise.
I felt really cheated by that too - 20 Fate for a Night Whisper and barely a few lines of story? A real swizz.
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Aximillio
Posts: 1251
12/29/2012
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
MidnightVoyager wrote:
Sara Hysaro wrote:
There's the third card for me. Hopefully I'll draw the Pugilism and Politics card soon and play the right option on it. ^^
It would be nice to know which option to pick and if that card does in fact work.
Yes it would. Guess the only way to find out is to play it. ^^ The wiki hasn't updated its information for that card yet.
Feel free to update it when you figure out what it does =). For the wikidot wiki, you should only include qualities.
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Blast_Fantastic
Posts: 63
12/31/2012
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
You don't really lose or gain anything from it. I suspect one of the dream options may be more rewarding.
Mr. Sacks didn't mind taking my dreams of deep water, but I didn't get anything in return for that one.
Perhaps he would have preferred a good dream.
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bjorntfh
Posts: 216
12/31/2012
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He wants dreams of a mirror, for those who want a reward. Though it's only Connected Masters.
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bjorntfh
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1/4/2013
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I just pulled Mister Sachsh... I gave him a good meal, a drink and a warm bed.
Amazing what a little kindness gets you...
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1/4/2013
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I'm going with "the same reason you take Christmas decorations down eventually, even though you went to all that effort putting them up."
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
12/23/2012
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I do have A Clear Path 1 but regardless I still can't get at my lodgings.
Oh well! maybe i can get in via some other method
if worst comes to worst i can always go for a trip on the slow boat
EDIT: yep ok staring into heart's mirror with one wound and winning a game of chess is a good, if roundabout way back to your lodgings.
merry christmas, mr eaten
edited by Spacemarine9 on 12/23/2012
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Spacemarine9
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12/23/2012
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competition for pails of snow is more brutal than it is for SMEN betrayals
see, SMEN isn't that bad after all! just common everyday snowshoveling is more competitive
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
1/6/2013
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Blast_Fantastic wrote:
DukeLawliet wrote:
I more thought that indicated that the masters that are visiting us are not the originals, but copies controlled or programmed by the real masters.
I was left with the impression that the "us" referred to its role as Mr. Sacks, and "original" referred to its real self under the costume. For example, the Pages Sacks says, upon receipt of Touching Love Stories:
I will select the best, myself for... a particular connoisseur.
My take was he was trying to stay in character as Mr. Sacks, but coveting them as Mr. Pages.
I rather thought that referred to-- well, where the love stories normally go, hm?
edited by Alexander Feld on 1/6/2013
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MaskedGentleman
Posts: 339
1/6/2013
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
What usually happens is, I lounge around in my enormous office shouting at secretaries, occasionally deigning to tap out a few words with my golden stylus. My extensive editing staff then fixes my erratic typing.
In this case, though, I finished some of the Mr Sacks content on a train over the Christmas break, with an iPad on one knee, a toddler on the other and a spotty Internet connection. Some of the updates apparently failed to take.
This is my new favorite post.
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friendshipranger
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1/7/2013
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I knew insulting a Master outright would be poor planning, even by Moriarty's standards of veiled treason. But it felt SO GOOD. Currently going down the revolutionary route, waiting for the bloody card.Spoiler alert: I dig it.
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Lyssie
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1/7/2013
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Oh, hell's bells, this latest Sacks makes me feel simply awful. I had allied with Benthic, but I shall have to hope that a colleague more ruthless than I will chronicle the results of that choice in their journal. I can't turn away from a suffering thing, even a Master.
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Urthdigger
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1/15/2013
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Actually, I'm of the opinion that ALL the masters we were visited by (Minus Silas) were much like the last Mr. Sacks: Composed out of Lacre. However, they took the appearance and personality of a different Master each time. I believe one of the fate locked options has the relevant info on that. In any case, it does raise questions about the Masters themselves...
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Corentin Os
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1/5/2013
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Saharan wrote:
Blast it all. It seems in my haste to insult the Masters and what they've done to our fair city, I missed out on the very urchin-option I paid for. I don't suppose anyone could share the results, be it screenshot or text, with me in a message?
I sent you a screenshot of the very first Urchins result but I suspect that was not what you meant; the result for the Urchins option on the Mr Sacks in embered red card is the "He is... afraid?" entry in my journal, if that's what you were after :]
Spacemarine9 wrote:
dude, what if like, all the masters are the same master but with split personalities
mr eaten was the equivalent of a mid-life crisis
this is a 100% well thought through theory, believe me. totally.
Something said to me by Mr Pagesacks after I gave it some seditious literature might support this theory, or something like it... *spoilers* > "Obstaculous! We shall see that these are consigned to the flames. Or if not us, our Original. Please ignore that last sentence. Purge it from your memory. Thank you."
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DukeLawliet
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1/5/2013
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
dude, what if like, all the masters are the same master but with split personalities
mr eaten was the equivalent of a mid-life crisis
this is a 100% well thought through theory, believe me. totally.
Something said to me by Mr Pagesacks after I gave it some seditious literature might support this theory, or something like it... *spoilers* > "Obstaculous! We shall see that these are consigned to the flames. Or if not us, our Original. Please ignore that last sentence. Purge it from your memory. Thank you."
I more thought that indicated that the masters that are visiting us are not the originals, but copies controlled or programmed by the real masters.
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Corentin Os
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1/5/2013
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Corran wrote:
Treat a drunk man as a king and you will get rats...
This should be a proverb somewhere.
D-mn and blast, why didn't I pay more attention to this?! I would advise against indulging the inebriated Sacks; even if you require rats it's absolutely not worth the cost.
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Aximillio
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1/5/2013
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Corentin Os wrote:
Corran wrote:
Treat a drunk man as a king and you will get rats...
This should be a proverb somewhere.
D-mn and blast, why didn't I pay more attention to this?! I would advise against indulging the inebriated Sacks; even if you require rats it's absolutely not worth the cost.
6.5 £ in gems, wine and honey for 5£ in rats. You'd need good sources of gems, and awful sources of rats to profit on that...
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Sara Hysaro
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1/4/2013
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Spacemarine9 wrote:
Spacemarine9 wrote:
can i just say that if one of these sackses ends up being a hallucinatory mr eaten-sacks i will die
i did it i was right for once
also i'm dead now
So what is death like?
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Alexis Kennedy
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1/4/2013
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Passionario wrote:
I apologize for my hurtful remark and withdraw it. The frustration at my notoriously poor luck with the RNG has once again caused me to forget my good manners.
That's a gracious apology. Big hug.
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