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PeZook wrote:I thought that was Nikoff's role, that he was the only one who could understand Der Koch and thus was forever doomed to be the steward? :D
FaxModem1 wrote:I'll see how much damage the Koch's um...coffee can do.
It says something about sailors of the U-Bootwaffe that they can, apprently, drink that stuff, rather than using it as axle grease.
Well, the Germans did invent and use Ballistol for rifle cleaning, shoe softening, wound treatment, and many other thing.

"Coffee" is the submarine version of this. (Tricks of the seasoned LI: A shot of "coffee" will make the engine run ~5% more rotations, but at a price.)
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fnord wrote:I thought that was the general idea for Nikoff - he, being the only one aboard able to grok der Koch, was the steward/koch's assistant. He just rarely has had reason to bork with der Koch for an extended period of time until now.

ed: to fix Koch-up
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I dun't knoo - ve-a vere-a roonneeng tuo herd. Bork! Bork! Bork!

Not to mention the Tragedy of Drau was in 1945. The Nikovs nicked off in 1917.
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fnord wrote:I dun't knoo - ve-a vere-a roonneeng tuo herd. Bork! Bork! Bork!

Not to mention the Tragedy of Drau was in 1945. The Nikovs nicked off in 1917.
Which is about the time the Decossackification started. Since the Cossacks were a major force resisting the Revolution, the Communists made it a priority to get rid of them. Most cossacks had left Russia by 1920...

(So you might still make it there in time...IF you get out of this tin-can alive - gives you something to look forward to, right? 8) )
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Or change my name to von Rincewind and leg it yet again.
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Eh...

You guys have no idea how hard it is for me to say this, but I think I'll have to shut this one down.

A serious RL opportunity has arisen for me, and unfortunately it means that I will no longer have the time to meaningfully pursue Das Thanasboot, as it requires 3-4 hours per play session to advance the game towards the next update.

It's painful, because I do get very attached to my LPs, and had hoped this would be the SECOND SD.net LP to actually finish. And while I very much hope it could be resurrected at some point in the future, I'm unable to commit to a concrete date. Since it would be unfair to leave you guys hanging, I've decided the best course of action is to simply shut it down.
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That's perfectly OK.

Thanks for setting it up.
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Darn it. Oh well, good luck with your endeavors.
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Good luck PeZook. As a member of the peanut gallery, I thank you for this and BARIS. They were awesome.
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It was fun.

I was able to make a second lasting contribution to your LP world, that of um..coffee... to go with Haggistan from BARIS.
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Aye, t'was fun.

T'would have been funner if people believed me about ship speeds, but hey, at least I got a lungful of poisonous gas out of the deal. :D
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Yeah, its no problem. It was fun while it lasted, and I look forward to more crazy LP's in the future (not necessarily from you, since I realize there isn't time for that).
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It's a shame, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Though if in the future you want to try to restart it, I'd still be interested. :)

Maybe I can try and write up some of my Failventures of the Poopboot as a substitute though. Eine abenteurliche Reise auf dem Boden der Nordsee... (because I hit fucking "crash dive" again)
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I wrote up the account of my trip to go see (and take pictures of) U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry here.
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Somehow this video reminded me of this LP. Despite the diametrically opposite operating procedure the insanity was reminiscent.



It seems like what the Murcans would do.
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FUCK YES that's what the Murcans would do :D
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