From Empire.Net!news.frontiernet.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!news Fri Feb 2 00:12:01 1996 Newsgroups: rec.games.empire Path: Empire.Net!news.frontiernet.net!news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!news From: davef@eskimo.com (Dave Fish) Subject: Th'end of da Bayou Blast! X-Nntp-Posting-Host: tia1.eskimo.com Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Space Carrier Saratoga X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 07:40:14 GMT Lines: 86 Howdy Y'all! The Bayou Blast is done finishd! It was a win by the good 'ole Boys RedDog and Gumbo (You'uns mites knows um better by RedDog: UUCP & Ice Barbarians, Gumbo : Cathouse & Dristonia) That ole hound dog RedDog, has had the world in a hammer lock fer weeks now. He'uns was jus waitin on Gumbo t'finitch off Oscar, which happened earlier this heer week. Anyhoo! The Bayou blast was a hoot!! Even if Ole RedDog did PAVE my bayou with 90, count em 90 bridges!! That thars a lot of real estate when ya'll consider m'whole bayou was 32x32!! I'll be makin a separate post about muh next game probly tomorry!! This one sector of water betwixt each country all packed in nice and tight was shore lots of fun!!! Here is RedDogs awards fer the game!!! Thanks to all who played, the Empire2 server worked great, 'ceptin fer the magic landmines!!. > Announcement from RedDog, (#24) dated Mon Jan 29 18:06:02 1996 Wit da last of the Yankee yella bellies routed from da battlefield, I do declare a victory fer da South represented by RedDog and Gumbo. Praises will be sung ta da four generals who lead da south ta victory: Ice Barbarians and UUCP from RedDog, Cathouse and Dristonia from Gumbo. Thanks goes ta Buford fer showing uz all great hospitality and running dis here Bayou. Well done Buford! Yah invite uz back now, cause we all had a great time. Now fer a couple of awards (Now yah all don't take these too seriously:-) Fleer Parting Shot Award goes ta Gubble who blamed his defeat on hiz travel plans, co-ruler, and phaze of da moon. Wouldn't have anything ta do wit good planning on da part of yer enemies now! Best Spellin Award goes ta Bohemia fer gettin such words as spectin, sektery, chillrun, an canaijun spelled kurrictly. Mosta da rest of yah's spellin waz so atrociouCan't Ski Award goes ta Oktoberfest fer keepin his capital in one of does cities. Uz Ice Barbarians alwayz keep our capital at the ski slopes when dey iz available. Could Uze a New Profession Award goes ta FBI fer promoting da downfall of da Yankee government fer most of da game. Da South Will Rise Again Award goes to Bama fer not givin up da fight against chillrun, defide RedDog until his last plane waz taken, and would still be fightin if he had enough iron fer a knife. Yankee Windbag Award goes ta Neirolhtol fer invading Megalomania and announcing how he waz gonna run all over dis fodderous country only to have hiz forces routed on the battlefield. Best Imitation of Free Land iz a tie between Morn an Fodrus. I thought Buford said dat dere wazn't gonna be any free land in dis Bayou. Guess he waz wrong. Da Christifer Columbus Award goes ta Yamagata who built at least 10 frigates ta find free land but waz unable ta locate Morn or Fodrus.s dat wez uhns could hardly read it. Da Congressional Medal of Honor goes ta Oscar fer hiz skill at balancin da budget durnin a crisis. > Announcement from RedDog, (#24) dated Mon Jan 29 18:06:08 1996 Most Appropriate Name goes ta (Meat)h. Starting da game sandwitched between Mithrilien and Cathouse, all I can say iz do yah want mayo on dat. Most Popular Award goes ta Krusty who waz invaded by Oktoberfest, FBI, Oscar, Gumbo, Oscar, and then finally Gumbo again. What else kin yah say about a country dat digs up all hiz gold an never builds a single bar. Houdini Award goes ta chillrun fer disappearin at da drop of a hat. Proof dat dis Bayou iz haunted goes to da landmines dat appeared from nowhere an wouldn't go away. John Yockey -- aka Johnny Rebel or The Ice Barbarian Warlord! Dave Fish (Aka Frankie of Arctic Games, & Buford of Bayou!)