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[- We only have 4 forms for each verb, not 20 or 30 like most other languages.  Instead of creating a zillion conjugations to be individually memorized, we just take four basic forms and modify them with simple general-purpose words until we get the precise meaning we need.  Less to memorize and more range of expression.

You do know that most verbs in languages that use conjugation are regular: in other words as simple as English in that respect, the only difference is whether the modification has a space involved or not.

Granted, there's room for improvement.  Our spelling rules are utterly ridiculous (a consequence of the cross-pollenization), pronouns are a little messed up, and there's still some useless vestigial grammar rules, but by and large we're farther ahead than most languages.

Not to mention the single msot difficult thing for non-native speakers to learn: PRONUNCIATION. In Spanish, a letter always sounds the same, so even if you don't know what you are saying, its very easy to read written Spanish out loud if you knwo the pronunciation rules.

Now of course there are many countries besides the USA that speak English, but we've got a few things over many of them even.  For one, we know the difference between something you dip in tar and set on fire and something you insert batteries into and push a button to turn on.

The mind boggles: I guess you're referring to homosexuals and artifical vaginas.

and we don't stuff unneeded 'u's in next to our 'o's nearly as often as some other countries.

You mean you don't undertsand the concept of dipthongs... "o" is a different sound from "ou"

It was humans who invented clothing, not God.

Having said this, then, are you a nudist or a hypocrite?

Being "sexually provocative" has nothing to do with how much skin is showing and everything to do with attitude and body language.

I think that "nothing to do with" is obviously false. Just see how many car adverts have pictures of ladies in burqahs...

BTW, in that episode they said that language spoken in Brasil is Portugese, not Spanish.  Is that true?  Every Brasillian I've ever seen on TV has appeared to be speaking Spanish, though I can't swear I'd be able to tell the difference.

He reveals his ignorance...

And as for the 14 reasons, they're quite laughable. All I have to Isegrim's comments is to point out for #13 that Burger King is actually british-owned (or was lasdt time I checked)

I thought that a segue was one of those funny little scooters that keep themselves upright using gyroscopes...

This will only move one object slowly, and you need to set delay to be the delay between each move of your object. This is done as a room script here, but you could make it global...

#define SLOW_MOVE_TIMER 2

  int x0, y0, x1, y1;
  int dx, dy;
  int stepx, stepy;
  int delay=1;
  int fraction;
  int slowmoveon=-1;

function slowmove (int object, int x, int y) {
  slowmoveon = object;
  x0 = GetObjectX(object);
  y0 = GetObjectY(object);
  x1 = x; y1 = y;
  dx = x - x0;
  dy = y - y0;
  if (dy < 0) { dy = -dy; stepy = -1; } else { stepy = 1; }
  if (dx < 0) { dx = -dx; stepx = -1; } else { stepx = 1; }
  dy = dy << 1;
  dx = dx << 1;
  if (dx > dy) {
    fraction = dy - (dx >> 1);
  } else {
    fraction = dx - (dy >> 1);
  }
  SetTimer(SLOW_MOVE_TIMER, delay);
}
 
function slowmove_update () {
  if ((slowmoveon>=0) && (IsTimerExpired(SLOW_MOVE_TIMER))) {
    if (dx > dy) {
      if (x0 == x1) {
        slowmoveon=-1;
      } else {
        if (fraction >= 0) {
          y0 += stepy;
          fraction -= dx;
        }
        x0 += stepx;
        fraction += dy;
        SetObjectPosition(slowmoveon, x0, y0);
        SetTimer(SLOW_MOVE_TIMER, delay);
      }
    } else {
      if (y0 == y1) {
        slowmoveon=-1;
      } else {
        if (fraction >= 0) {
          x0 += stepy;
          fraction -= dy;
        }
        y0 += stepy;
        fraction += dx;
        SetObjectPosition(slowmoveon, x0, y0);
        SetTimer(SLOW_MOVE_TIMER, delay);
      }
    }
  }
}

function room_d() {
  // script for room: Repeatedly execute
  slowmove_update();
}

I've heard rumours that Farlander gusta mucho comer conejos  (enjoys eating rabbits) of course, "rabbit" in Spanish has a similar double meaning to "beaver" in English...

I found making the Princess Marian games very rewarding becuase they were birthday/anniversary/etc. presents for my wife and she loved them, thus giving me lots of brownie points to use next time I forget to put the toilet seat down, etc. 

If what you make is appreciated, it is great. Of course, there's a balance between effort invested and the appreciation you might expect. Of course, if you are particualrly good at one area, try joining a team that's looking for help in that area. If your expertise is graphics, then help me!

Oh, and the AGS Awards are open to anyone, anywhere.

are those blue (glass?) doors IN the wall? or on a cabinet? If the latter, then it needs more depth too it (like the bookcase has). Also, on the "east" door, why does the floor colour come halfway up the wall?

Otherwise: greta, I love the style.

I thought that the English stereotype was of a sunburned, drunk foottball thug in Ibiza...

Can you try removing your setting of screenshot width/height from the game_starrt fucntion, please? See if it works... Otherwise, I suggest you upload a game template so that CJ (or others) can have a look.

Farl, I have been in Bilbao with a temperature of 18C on the 1st of January. That would never happen in Scotland. 

Unfortunately, the stereotypes of Scotland are true. It's cold, wet, and full of not-very-tall mountains. Our diet consists of Shortbread, Haggis, Whisky, Irn-Bru, Oatcakes, Deep-fried Mars bars and more Whisky. Scotsmen don't wear anything under their kilts and no it isn't cold when you do that. Yes, we do hate the English and we all have red hair and wear bunnets.

 

I watched "Big Fish" over the weekend and the bit where Ewan McGregor is cleaning up Elephant poo at the circus reminded me of Cirque du Zale. Was there any inspiration there?

It looks like an irregular verb:

I encourage national pride and patriotism
You distribute propoganda
He has made a viciously anti-american pack of lies into a movie...

I recently tried some compression tests on some well-known AGS games and found that the best compression of a tool with a GUI interface was 7zip. It can create archive files or self-extractors. It takes a bitr longer thahn WinRAR or WinZIP, but does get a significantly better compression. But RARs are mcuh better than ZIPs, too.

112 works in the UK, too. And to find the police number, you have to get a phone book or yellow pages.... they were thinking of having a common number for this but the ojne they chose was wrong or something...

I have been there with "Initial Citylink". Their driver managed not to find my house, number 20, despite it being right next to number 22. So I heard from the company I had ordered from and I phoned Initial Citylink and gave them a detailed description of where my house was. Guy still couldn't find it. Eventually, on the fourth time of trying I managed to spot the guy driving around looking lost, going past my house various times, going and asking in the industrial estate over the road.... I had managed to get the mobile number of the delivery driver by this time and he had left it in the van. I phoned his local office whoe must have kept tryi his mobile. I saw him drive off and then 5 minutes loater after a probably ticking off from his boss he managed to find me and knocked on my door. I'll admit that our house isn't always the easiest to find, but lo and behold my detailed instructions were there in a sticker on the parcel which he must have ignored. Aaaarrrgghh!

It is so, but I don't think it is wrong. It has a good cause - raise and educate children on values of patriotism and national pride.

Wasn't this also one of the aims of the Deutsches Jungvolk?

Of course, the Czech "B" team will want to prove themselves to get a chance to play in the later matches...

Anyway, why not join in and play Spit with Totti!

In no particular order

River of Dreams: Billy Joel
Goodnight my Angel: Billy Joel
Prettiest Eyes: Beautiful South
One last love song: Beautiful South
Come what may: Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman
One day more: cast of Les Miserables
Circle of life: Elton John
Get this party started: Pink
Eternal Flame: Bangles
Living years: Mike and the Mechanics

Of course, that's why I posted it here. Please PM me when your game is released so I can give it a go!