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Posts with keyword 'techtree'
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Random Facebook friends of Tayoko are now sending me friend requests. I don't mind, but I'd appreciate …
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Think a game isn't as polished as it should be? Don't moan about the state of BYOND in the Dream Makers forums. …
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The entries to the 2010 Independent Games Festival have been listed. I was going to filter out all of the …
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Happy Halloween!
Most who voted in last week's poll said to keep the videos. However, 47% of the voters …
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Here's the new layout for Tech Tree. Developers are responsible for their own promotional tools. I'm not creating …
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I lack an intro and my food is getting cold so allow me to repeat a question posed on the Gamasutra version:I live like …
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BYOND isn't the only community that has trouble categorizing games. Witness the ongoing discussions to define wargames …
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CARE, DAMN YOU, CARE! Banner rotation and other perks of being featured don't seem to be a goal of many BYOND …
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I'm not a Nintendo fanatic. I loved my NES and had dozens of games, but I skipped over the 16-bit generation in favor …
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Have I mentioned that I love Hulu lately? (Granted, I live in the US.) The season premieres of Bones and Fringe are …
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I had too many videos this week. I passed on the Lady Ice teaser since I'll probably link to the short film itself …
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I fought a bit to create some acceptable cover art for my physical boardgame. Apart from my lack of graphical talent, …
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I've been hard at work on my boardgame this week. I still need to create some cover art, but all of the other physical …
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I've been redesigning my tangible boardgame. Terrain can be modified along with units and the number of units has been …
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I've been wasting a lot of time designing a 2-player boardgame influenced by my work on Flesh and Drone. I think I've …
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I've subscribed to a few more boardgame podcasts on YouTube and will probably be sharing some videos in the next couple …
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I got nuthin'. I had a folder full of links that I was saving for a time when I couldn't think of an introduction. …
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I didn't work on my BYOND projects as much as I should have this week. One reason is because I caught a link to The …
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Those who don't read the Developer forum may wish to take note of an update which, among other things, fixes an error …
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I've had too many videos bookmarked lately and appear to have been ignoring the most recent episode of Victor “dogface” …
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There's not a lot of solid news this week, but I bulked it up so pretend it's good. I don't know what will end up in …
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This was posted a couple weeks ago, but I thought I'd give a shout-out to Gaming With Children as I've recommended the …
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I apologize to developers with late additions, but I need to post a little earlier than usual this week. Someone needs …
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I don't know why, but I got addicted watching NakaTeleeli play Bunny Must Die/Chelsea and the 7 Devils. It was …
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Tech Tree readers might enjoy Stephen Dinhart's The Origin Of Serious War-Gaming. While I'm linking to the …
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I never really checked out consolevania, but I have been enjoying Robert Florence's DownTime. It's a video podcast …
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Three matching digits! This event won't happen again unless I make it to the 222nd Tech Tree column. Truly, this is …
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I've been fighting to write my horrible introductions and forgetting that I've been keeping some links for just such an …
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I don't know how to write a decent introduction anymore. Tidbits about myself seem pointless when I have a blog on the …
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I apologize, but I have not yet gotten around to adding any of the games that were recently liberated from BYOND Casual …
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Heh. Hehheh. HA! HEHE! HAHAHA! MUHUHAHAHA!
Ahhhhhhhh...
Some of us have been arguing that BYOND Casual …
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I try to create balance in my strategy projects. You can have a decent introduction or else a video smack in the …
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Those who have read Tech Tree for a while may have realized two things about me. One is that I've never been a big fan …
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I got more than two thirds of the way through the game list before I started checking the new Discuss sections for …
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I think I'll just start numbering these posts. I've been leaning towards it for a while now. I mean, do you really …
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"Along The Tech Tree: 102, posting there too."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, March 19, 2009 04:44PM
Tech Tree's second anniversary is on the 22nd. That falls between this post and next week's column.
I thought …
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"Along The Tech Tree: 101 Ways To Skin A Monkey"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, March 12, 2009 05:09PM
I've been meaning to remove the extra keywords that Foomer inserted with his last review. He'll pay for sabotaging …
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Welcome to the 100th column of Tech Tree. This is where running gags whither, die, and come back again even if they …
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In theory, next week's post should be a special occasion. However, I have nothing interesting planned. Perhaps I …
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We're winning the culture war. While the BYOND Weekly Digest has been observed to not exactly be weekly, two more …
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Some people no longer have their rank set to In Check. In Check was created as a way to avoid game submissions that …
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Though it has been on my wishlist for a long time, I have never played Puzzle Quest. I did, however, play quite a few …
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My birthday is on Monday. I will still be old. Send cash.
...And bash Turner executives in the head until they …
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Be careful. A ninja is lurking below us. Don't look! Toss him a stick. He'll go find some shaggy dancing clothes. …
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I can't think of an introduction so here's another reminder to developers: Many of you have dead forum links on the …
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I've redesigned the forums yet again. The community forums have been merged into Our State. Review Logistics has been …
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Got a New Year's resolution? I got mine in November. 1680x1050.
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I overate at a family gathering yesterday. On the bright side, I now have 4 months of Netflix and am planning on …
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I'll probably be posting next week despite it being Christmas. I don't know if that's because of my discipline or …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Baby, it's cold outside."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, December 11, 2008 04:02PM
It's cold where I live. On the bright side, I like having a white Xmas. I need to whip out Savatage's Dead Winter …
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Being featured means something! Featured games are at the top of the game lists and again have distinguishable CSS. …
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As suggested last week, I'm posting a day early since I won't have access to a computer tomorrow. I live in the US and …
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Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US. I won't have access to a computer so I won't be able to post Tech Tree. I …
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Here's a friendly reminder: Don't add anime games to official guilds other than BYOND Anime. It doesn't take a lot for …
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It seems that Matt and Trey managed to have an episode of South Park ready one day after the election. Somehow, I …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Grasp from the Grave"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, October 30, 2008 03:28PM
Happy Halloween! Yes, you're quite possibly reading this a day early, but fear not the measurements of time for the …
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I ignored this last week because I thought it was too obvious to be news, but Foomer admitted that BYOND Strategy is …
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There's only a couple weeks left. Do you know what you're going to be for Halloween? I'm probably going to be a …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Developers need feedback!"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, October 09, 2008 02:20PM
I messed with the look of the guild's front page a bit. The blog summary made the page much longer than it had to be …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Return of the Classics"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, October 02, 2008 08:30PM
And now for a word on the CAG/Kotaku debate and the place of blogs in journalism... Just kidding.
Sorry about the …
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I have some links, but I don't have a lot of solid news this week. I don't even have any YouTube videos to spice it …
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I got my new computer, Johnni-V. It's going to be a while before I get all of my software organized, but the basics …
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"Along The Tech Tree: The last week on my old PC?"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, September 11, 2008 03:39PM
The fan on my computer's power supply might not be done trying to scare me. It growled at me a few times last night. …
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Jon88 beat me to it (I told you he's sneaky!), but the original Red Alert is now available for free. I guess Tiberium …
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"Along The Tech Tree: If I'm up, it's the same day."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:04PM
I honestly thought it was Wednesday until I saw the timer on my satellite receiver start flashing for Burn Notice. If …
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Burn Notice is going to start in an hour and I have not eaten. Read these items before I am tempted to feast on your …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Hopefully still current."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, August 14, 2008 04:32PM
Do I smell? Our members appear to have gone back up into triple digits while I was gone.
A lot of these links are …
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...or at least not today.
I turned my computer on to start working. The fan made a buzzing sound. I shutdown and …
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I ordered Arcana Heart this week. It has not arrived yet and I already feel guilty.
It's not because of my money …
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I thought this would be posted later, but the storm appears to have died down. Mind you, it wasn't something major …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Two fingers don't mean peace!"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, July 17, 2008 05:02PM
We appear to be down to double digit members again. Our three-fingered claw of unity has been disfigured. I think it …
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Game submitters, please make sure that submissions with download links have working downloads (and that submissions …
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I don't have an introduction this week. I was tempted to mention LoLgate just to pander to Alistair Wallis and hope …
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We had one puzzle adventure submission recently and another was pondered in the developer forums, but this is not the …
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Thank you for your support in the last poll. After thinking it over for a bit, I've decided that I'm going to write …
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Seeing as I'm broke, I'm thinking of copying Tech Tree on another blog site and adding BYOND referral banners/links …
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People have heard me speak of my dark CRT before. I supposedly have my gamma better calibrated at the moment, but lots …
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I no longer have to deal with a television that blinks like a strobe light!
...Now I have to deal with a television …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Best week for the guild ever?"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, May 22, 2008 04:48PM
Let's get something out of the way that's been hinted at but not stated up front. I rarely hang out in games anymore. …
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I don't know how much this matters to many of you since featured games are currently so hard to distinguish, but I will …
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The ads on hub pages are now on the right rather than on the bottom. I'm not particularly complaining since, for all I …
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Brigitte Dale's Tiny Tree celebrated a birthday this week. You can now partially understand the reference I made when …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Enter the contest already!"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, April 24, 2008 04:56PM
You're all just waiting until the last minute so you can polish up your entries, right? RIGHT? Sure.
[This space …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Yo gots a problem with me?"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, April 17, 2008 05:19PM
I replaced PathWrath with PathWrath 2 in the featured games this week. If any of you feel uncomfortable with me …
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Sometimes things need no introduction. Sometimes the mere presence of something is enough. Sometimes words would only …
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That's it. Either you're not paying for BYOND memberships or you don't love me anymore. Our membership is under 90 …
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Dream Makers gave Tech Tree a shoutout. A couple people posted some attaboys. The rest of you didn't know a good …
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"Along The Tech Tree: 1st Anniversary & 50th Post!"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, March 20, 2008 04:55PM
"I don't know how regular a feature this will be, but it would be nice to have some game news. I'd like to focus on …
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I have a secret. Ever since we have had the rank rights, all BYOND Strategy members have been able to submit reviews …
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"Umm... Kick it? Throw a rock at it? Poke it with a stick? Remove whatever code you last added?" - me on the pager
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"Along The Tech Tree: Looking before leap day."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, February 28, 2008 05:45PM
Apparently, thefilmbabes like my Infringing Favorites playlist. It was driving me nuts for a while because I couldn't …
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I may have mentioned this earlier, but some of the developers really need to check out their hub pages. In case you …
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It's Valentine's Day. Show developers your love by giving them some feedback. Preferably, positive and/or …
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Happy Chinese New Year! It's the Year of the Rat. I'm a Dragon. Dragons are supposed to be friends with rats. …
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I don't have a lot of solid news this week. If it makes you feel any better, I'm one year older on Saturday. I …
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I was here for Tech Tree last week, honest! There's just no way I could browse for links with the way the server was …
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We've dipped under our triple digit members, but some appear to be coming back. I was sick. Now, I'm feeling better. …
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I'm sick and have been so for a few days (not just mentally). On the bright side, I can breathe now... It probably …
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I got my cousin's old Xbox. Now I need some games to play on it. Anyone know of any good Xbox strategy games?
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Those of you who have not cleared your caches in a while are probably missing the holiday version of my avatar. =)
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Oh sure, I come back from a hard drive crash and the BYOND servers decide to play dumb. Doesn't DreamHost know that I …
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Regular Tech Tree readers might be interested in knowing that I finally bought Ring of Red off of eBay this week. I …
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it!
I made good on the threat I made a couple weeks ago. There is now a new …
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Pardon the US-centric intro, but... I'll be posting on Thanksgiving? What kind of an idiot am I? Who the heck aligns …
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"Along The Tech Tree: TribeWars and Chess"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, November 08, 2007 03:35PM
A writer's strike is one thing. Rewinding a recording of what should be one of my favorite shows and finding it …
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I didn't get any candy. I have no special Halloween introduction. Instead, I'll try to get two issues off of my
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Jon88, Leftley, Unknown Person, IainPeregrine, and Vortezz should read my rambling thread. (Note that my third post …
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For those who missed it, I made a post listing strategy games at the 2008 Independent Games Festival... I don't space …
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As noted by Yakuto, BYOND Strategy reached 100 members this week. Sure, we're still the smallest guild, but our …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Prepare the pumpkins."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, October 04, 2007 04:51PM
With 99 members, I was so hoping that our members would reach triple digits this week. Unfortunately, we lost a …
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My computer appears to be working. While it was it the shop, I got a lot of time in with Goblin Commander. I'm on the …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Before the pirates invade."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, September 13, 2007 04:47PM
I am a two-time galactic champion of Insector. You may kneel... if you understand the Rogue Galaxy reference. If not …
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"Along The Tech Tree: 2 posts and sweating."
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, September 06, 2007 05:52PM
This is a bit later than usual, but I had to move some furniture. Besides, I made another post today and am now …
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Does anyone know why the Castle forum requires registration and the SpaceCastle forum is guest-friendly?
Anywho, …
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"Along The Tech Tree: Fun storming the castle"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, August 23, 2007 03:32PM
Hey, we're supposed to be gaining members rather than losing them! Pay your bills so I can pretend I have a subscribed …
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I recently completed my empire in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. I tried to pick locations strategically, but I …
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I've been building an empire in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. That's kind of strategic, right? Granted, …
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I got my PS2 games. From what I understand, there's a strategy minigame inside Rogue Galaxy. Perhaps karma says that …
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I've been spending time on eBay trying to get some new games before my cousin shows up. Rogue Galaxy is on its way to …
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Our New Conquests forum remains empty. It was intended to be a place dedicated to BYOND game advertising without spam …
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"Along The Tech Tree: [Insert subtopic here.]"
Posted by ACWraith on Thursday, July 12, 2007 05:36PM
Okay, these Tech Tree posts need subtopics. The date was redundant, but people need to be able to tell posts apart in …
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Woohoo! The front page changes mean that I don't have put redundant dates in the titles anymore... Of course, it …
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Not that it is unexpected, but someone is employing some nasty tactics on USA.
Suppose there is an actor that has a …
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I'm a bit off from the developer focus this week, but let's get to it. (It looks like there's a storm coming outside …
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Planning one's weekend to catch The 4400 and The Dead Zone season premieres counts as strategy right?
What? I ran out …
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Someone must be plotting against me. How else could I stumble onto a pretty lady singing for me on YouTube the day …
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And May flowers bring... June bugs?
Oooooooooookie dokie, let's skip the introduction and get to the week in review.
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All hail King Jon88! Formerly a Rook and currently one of the most active staff members in BYOND Strategy, Jon88 takes …
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A second King has been chosen from the guild staff members, but he needs to accept his crown. I was very tempted to …
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This is my third attempt at writing this after fighting with thunder and lighting that can't decide whether it is done …
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Never delegate tasks to city planners. They leave you without resources like light... and cable.
IainPeregrine, first …
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There are not many links in this week's post, but hopefully my babbling about guild issues bulks it up enough. Of …
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Does playing Goblin Commander against a grade school kid count as strategy news? No? Okay, fine.
We were one member …
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I need to add the date or something to these. It looks like there are no new updates on BYOND's game page when I use …
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This week, for a brief moment, the Strategy Guild was not the guild with the smallest number of members. All hail our …
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Okay, here goes round two with list nodes added to make people ignore my horrible segways.
First off, there's a minor …
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I don't know how regular a feature this will be, but it would be nice to have some game news. I'd like to focus on …
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