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I'm curious though... that pushing-the-key-out with a piece of paper under the door - has anyone ever done that in real life? I mean, does that even work, at all?

I did it once, in a bathroom. Only I used a coat-hanger to grab the key (which I poked out of the lock with a cutip) instead of a newspaper.

Never realised my locks were so old...
Well, thats Irish contractors for ya...
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Actually.  I don't want to point fingers, but it was your bit that made the biggest contradiction, Em 

Anyway, if you ignore the last 50 words of FSi's this all still makes sense...

I was trying to do it so that nobody got ignored...

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I dunno, FSi's paragraph was fairly ambiguous - it's debatable whether he's introducing a new character, or having the protagonist change his tune as he leaves the crime scene. I went with the latter, since there really wasn't any indication of the former...

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It's hard to fully interpret the narrative direction people are taking in just 200 words. I'd be surprised if anyone manages to pick up on all the intentions of the previous posters...
It's kind of a cool experiment, actually. Like chinese whispers (you know, where you whisper something in one direction and it goes around the circle until it comes back completely different).

So how bad is the contradiction?

Without getting into details... pretty bad. But not 'bad' as in 'bad writing', but 'bad' as in 'very contradictory to the previous paragraphs'...
I tried to tie it together and keep the plot moving, but it's always hard to know if the next person will understand where you're going with it. (And the next person after that...)

That's why I said 200 words was a bad idea... It chops up the narrative too much...

Again, like Vince said, I'm not complaining (I think it's hilarious). I just want you all to know that if this goes to pot, I called it. (And if it doesn't, then I'll probably take most of the credit, but that's really neither here nor there...  )

I said noon, but it's ok. Just don't sign up more now

Technically, there's an almost infinite number of 'noons' (every nanosecond it's noon for some small portion of land somewhere on the face of the earth)

Keep saying the last sentence to yourself you might actually believe it.

I meant that the other way around...

Female game developers are always hot, in my experience.

Y'know what, Andail didn't specify a time for the applications to end, just a day. And I don't see why two people tacked on to the end is that big a deal (not like you're interrupting the flow), especially when the guy who's last doesn't want to be last...

the two environments you're seeing in the images above are the "victorian haunted house" exterior shot (slightly modified for some of the window textures) and "haunted house" interior, both available at the DAZ store

Huh. How much money have you spent on the art for this project? How much do you intend to spend? Does that mean it'll be released commercially?

Riiight.

Well, we're up to 800 words now... sending it on to Vince 12

Haha!  Thanks Fish!  It was a great day to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of my 30th Birthday!

Dayamn...

A 20ish year old burglar being able to afford legal council and a long legal battle over a broken ankle raises a red flag.

Shrug. Maybe he had inheritance. Or maybe the lawyer really knew what he was doing, and decided to take the risk.

I remember it was all over SkyNews a few years ago. I don't know if they have archives or anything to search through... Unfortunately for you, my laziness supersedes my desire to be right

For once, a lawsuit doesn't sound completely ridiculous to me. Normally when criminals sue their (potential) victims it strikes you as abuse of the judicial system, but this one...I mean, especially if it was a kid, why not help him down?
And why didn't he throw away or hide the ski mask while dangling there?

Well, it was the upper limit of 'kid' - he was like 19 or 20 or something. Old enough to know what he was doing, but young enough to suck at it.

As for the ski mask - I imagine it's not the first thing you think of when you're hanging upside down by a broken ankle in the middle of the night.

And as for the family, I don't blame them. If you were woken up in the middle of the night by the frantic hollering of some man wearing a ski-mask, would you wander out into the dark to help the guy?

The russians are already calling this a anti-satellite missile test, claiming it's not the first time a satellite becomes unstable and that usually they just burn up in atmosphere. But I wouldn't trust that source, since they've so many false accusations lately

That's basically what this is. The satellite most likely would just crash in the ocean somewhere, and the shielding around the core (where the fuel is stored) is strong enough to stay intact no matter where it lands, anyway. Then again, there's no harm in playing it safe. And, simultaneously proving that you have the capability of shooting things out of orbit...

I know it's not AGS, but I always enjoyed the subtle humour of Grim Fandango.

Like, when Manny just finishes telling you how much he hates cats, and then you walk into a room full of kitty litter. If you say <pick up kitty litter> he just laughs at you for about 30 seconds.

Or when Glottis finds some equipment washed up on a beach, and says he could attach it to the boat, but first he has to "do some figurin'". He proceeds to stare at the thing and scratch his head for a while. If you say <talk to Glottis>, Manny just says "I don't wanna bug him. He's figurin'"...

Or Lupe. She was hilarious, the way the frenetic music would play as when she talks...

Doesn't something called Citizens Arrest exist in the UK though?

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=33747.msg438397#msg438397



Edit: Basically, you need to see them actually doing it. Only an officer of the law can arrest people on a suspicion. Which means that you're risking your life by doing so (since no criminal is going to go "Aww nuts, you caught me. Oh well, I guess I'll go wait in the corner for the real cops to come...")

Also, it has to be a serious crime - you can't arrest someone for doing something like littering, or calling you an asshole.


It's funny, I remember reading about a case somewhere in Northern Ireland, where this kid tried to break into someone's house. But while he was climbing over the fence, his ankle got caught between two wooden stakes, and he tripped and fell, and his ankle snapped in half, and he was left dangling there in extreme pain. He shouted for help, and the family woke up and called the cops. It was obvious to everyone he was a burglar - he even had a ski mask. However, the burglar sued the family, and amazingly won, based on the fact that the family didn't help him down from the fence, leaving him to suffer. Because all he technically did was climb over a fence - which was minor trespassing - it was considered unlawful to detain him.
Ironically, he probably made more money that way than he would have stolen...

I heard about that too. My brother got a huge telescope for christmas. I'm a steal it and try to see this satellite. Maybe I can take close-up pictures and sell it to the Chinese...

It was nice knowing you, Vlad.

I got dibbs on any surviving organs...

I'd just like to request that when you send along a document to the next in line, you PM that person as well to check their mail. My email filter is set to junk email from addresses not in my contact list, so I have to check that the document doesn't end up there.

I agree.

Also, a final list of participants and their order i the story put into the initial post would be useful too (and who's turn it is). The whole thing got a little confused towards the end...

I'm pretty sure this is right:


Candy
'Tosh
FSi
Emerald
Vince
Fawful
Tuomas
Aurion
Cam
LGM
Stupe
Andy
Babar
Egg
Voh
Venus
Pixie
Anto
Paolo
JBurg
Dicky
Lo-rez

Hehe, if you really wanna kick people in the balls, you could make an unprecedentedly long demo which goes right up to the last chapter of the game, and then cut off with a "like this game? Buy it for just $19!"

It'll piss people off, but chances are by then they'll be invested enough in the story to just pay the money...

Sounds like an inspired idea. I'd definitely use it.

*Edit*
And here it is- forgive the rather messy formatting. Maybe someone is able to find the original thread and link it, too?

http://www.mediafire.com/?cj46sdzmoul

Now that's a good article. It's not stupid or patronising. I think that's deserving of its own thread.

Unless the girl happens to have tiny boobs, in which case a 'nice boobs!' comment may or may not backfire.

More likely to backfire than if she had ample breasts. Girls are sensitive about having small boobs - that's why breast enlargements are big (hehe). You comment on it, and she'll assume you're slagging her or something...

In fact, opening with a compliment at all just comes off sleazy and insincere.

Open with a joke. If she laughs, it's open season. If not, run.