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It's a military, dammit, not some pussy hippie garage band. Don't expect pats and hugs in the people-killing business.

Sorry for the useless post, but whilst I may not agree with your post, this bit made me laugh!

It's an overly ostentatious fountain pen nib!



Maybe a bit boring, but well... I've done it now!

Interesting discussions.

I'm now starting to think it could be simply about position in a sentence.

End of a sentence - clearly doesn't contract, i.e. "Yes it's.", "It is simply what it's.".

End of a clause, or part of a sentence (not sure of the correct termanology here but will attempt to explain) - doesn't contract.

So taking the initial example "or whatever it's in English", the sentence can be broken down into 2 parts (although not really clauses), "Whatever it is" and "in English". As the "It's" is then at the end of the first part of the sentence it must be "It is".

However, as pointed out, the sentence "or whatever it's called in Swedish" is fine, as in the first part "whatever it is called" the "it's" is not at the end.

Maybe?

That's exactly the point Snarky!

I think i'm going to assume that it may be technically correct, given a strict interpretation, but that conventional usage of the contraction demands it must be "it is" in this circumstance.

Although as to the reason for this I don't think I can do any better than the fact, as you point out, that it would be ridiculous to do otherwise!  (with no offence at all to the fine gentleman who originally made the post - just in case he also frequents this forum! )

Not quite i'm afraid!

I'm aware that "It's" is a contraction of "It is" (or has etc.) but my question was if it is appropriately used in the context of "or whatever it's in English" as this is something that would sound very strange to hear spoken, but appears to me to be technically correct as a contraction of "it is".

[(or whatever it's in English)]

Another It's/It is one.

I came across this on another forum.

In related Swedish news, I understand that now you also have a nationalist-socialist (or a (neo)nazi) in a communal council (or whatever it's in English) in a small municipality somewhere...

(my emphasis)

Now clearly saying "whatever it's in English" isn't "good" English, but I'm not sure if it is technically incorrect. Obviously we're all aware of the possessive vs contraction situation, and it seems to me that what is meant here is clearly "it is".

So therefore my question is, is this a technically incorrect usage of "it's", or is it just not the done thing in practice?

I finished episode 2 this morning.

On the whole it's much better than episode one, containing (in my opinion at least) puzzles and gameplay, which ep 1 didn't have.

Personally, as a KQ fan, and particularly KQ6, i've really enjoyed re-visiting the land of the green isles and I still remain impressed with the graphics and general production standards given that this is a free fan made game.

I'll admit that if you've never played KQ, or didn't like the games, this game probably won't be as interesting to you as the nostalgia element simply won't be there, but I think we're beginning to see the start of an interesting story and I look forward to see how it progresses.

Certainly there are things that aren't so good, the narrator and some of the dialogue continue to annoy a bit and the puzzles haven't exactly been earth-shatteringly brilliant, but on the whole it is keeping my interest well. Maybe not up to the standards of a professionally produced game, but comparatively very well done so far. The number of animations (if not always the quality) and the cut-scenes deserve special mention for an indie game.

On the length, it should be remembered that the game was initially meant to be much longer, but was subsequently split into 3 parts and then whittled down even further, so I for one am not suprised it hasn't yet provided 60+ hours of gameplay.

So, in summary I was intrigued after ep. 1 and more interested after ep. 2. It's not been "teh bezt gaem evar" so far but I'm hopeful it will continue to improve over the next 3 installments.

Whoops, real life in the way again!

I'd say give it a couple more hours for any more votes for/against after which we can finish or i'll move.

I'll second the resignation.

Any more takers?

I cannot believe I missed that. 

Sorry Whites, I fear I may have just put a fairly substantial nail in our coffin. 

I think we have to push forward now.

nd5-f6

Just out of interest (and purely hypothetically, obviously! )...

Could a team resign by say majority or unanimous vote, or should the game be played until the death?

Hmmm.

NC3 - D5



Edit: Forgot to declare move.

White Magic? Well I can do white at least!

Queen to F5

Also, once you've got AGSteam on your machine it cuts out having to navigate through rapidshare or mediafire type sites to download files which would probably be a big bonus, esp. for the less "tech savvy".

That really does sound like a brilliant idea.

@Anian - never underestimate what lazy people will do/pay simply for convenience, or just something shiny and new!

I can't see any way this won't be a complete mess and I'm rubbish at chess.

Therefore I am in!

Very enjoyable and impressive for a debut game, well done!

Looking forward very much to the next one!

You didn't have my lame Pentium D, so I went for Pentium 4, which is near enough I suppose!

Played & voted.

Vince - Well Well Well

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I managed to cut the rope over the well with the knife and then used the rope on the handle of the well to obtain a circumference measurement. 

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...continued...

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I've used the rope on the second stone and found a third one with some gems in but am stuck again!

Anyone else got any hints?

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