Procurator

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Oxford smells! (I'm at (or, uh, was at) Durham. )

A-Levels... Ah, seems so long ago. Oh, wait, it was. When I applied to universities this daft UCAS points system was in effect, but most universities ignored it and just asked for grades. Made things a lot easier. They ranked from A down t...

The reason they haven't made a Forum Feedback forum is, no doubt, because it would be flooded with bug reports, complaints and rants (the latter from me) the moment it opened. Their implementation of this forum software sucks and they know...

I hope you're not lumping all Machinists together in this, just 'cos some happen to not have a problem with the operation. 'Cos it's evident that some of us are opposed to this unecessary act.

I agree 100%! Apart from the last point, which still has the possibility of being resolved in a sensible manner that doesn't detract from the premise of the movies too much.

Ballak wrote: What? What happens when you recruit each bluepill on this extraction spree of yours? They leave their life just to end it in the Real following your battle-standards. Everytime a bluepill is extracted, their existance is eras...

odj wrote: Shinryu wrote: ((Agreed, I can only hope there is a dark sinister part of the story behind all of this to explain why killing him was the only course of action available, because I would not be happy if it was just a way to util...

(( The Bluepill wasn't killed because he was a threat. It's a one-off operation to analyse Zion's extraction routines, or something. The most recent Mech critical mission follows directly on from this event, and the program in the ex-Bluep...

*Grumbles.*

Pfft. I bet he was trying to be hip and 'down with the cool kids' or something.

Johns The Enforcer: I have no significant response. *Laughs.* Awesome. And Pace called me by my first name! I don't recall any NPC doing that before, though I know it was possible.

Machinist. Procurator believes everything because I'd believe it if it were real.

(( Woah. I get the feeling this is leading up to a major revelation. I doubt it's the Matrix-within-a-Matrix concept, though; there are other explanations. Heh, and Effy made me laugh again even without saying anything. Incidentally, the d...

MetaLogic wrote: BandaAncha wrote: thats a really good question, and the EPN too, maybe they would build well hided bases, outpost, that stuff, like it says on the instruction booklet Also the Cyph. I don't think the machines would let the...

Unless they've disabled the CD keys (which seems rather unlikely), that'll get you one month's free playtime.

During which he took close-up photos of her chest, it seems. Heheh, nice work man! The sig, that is, not your choice of angles.

The worst bug (feature?) is how when we start an attack but the NPC ducks behind a wall our attack fails, whereas as soon as an NPC starts an attack against us it's guaranteed to hit no matter where we are.

What's all this about us needing 'the Machine', as you so creatively put it? If Zion doesn't need them, neither do we - we're not less resourceful than you. We left to work with (or for, depending on your point of view and the facts at you...

No Machinist should be concerned about Agent Pace's statement regarding precautions against us becoming a threat. We're intelligent enough to realise that we are under their constant scrutiny. Anyone who hasn't assumed some form of control...

Might I offer my congratulations to those who foiled another Cypherite operation. Though Zion has no place in the Matrix anymore and the data was ultimately intended for the Agents, I consider the failure of Cypherite activities to be of f...

Well you are . Nah, if you want to go evil, ID FTW! But... that's evil.

Insomnia Diversion aren't Machinists anyway - they're Cypherites (over-the-top, cliched bad guys). The Glitch Society , however, are Machinists. I can also recommend Veritas Lucis, the Watchmen, the Tetragrammaton, Systematic Chaos, the Ro...

(( http://www.glitchsociety.com/journa.../procurator/55/ )) It took just over one and a half days before anything noteworthy happened on their trip. The reports they’d gathered on hovercraft activity along their intended route had proven t...

Relox wrote: Ok finding a machine faction who arnt allowed to be OOC I very much doubt you will find any faction like that so you might want to change that bit MaxSteele wrote: Sounds like they're IC to me. I can confirm that. But yeah, we...

Well, I'm never around when missions come out, so I never see that. And I always wondered why they reset the servers in Thursdays if not to activate missions, despite being on a timer. Anyway, my mission worked now, so I've got no idea wha...

I think it's 'cos the missions aren't supposed to be visible yet. Maybe. I reckon they'll work after the hotfix (in 50 minutes). I could enter the first mission area (uh, of the Machine mission) but not the second. Then on second try I cou...

(( Sadly I don't have the manual with me, so I can't check. ))

Rarebit wrote: The Machines did not invent the emergency jackout system. (( What?! Surely they played a part in it. The game manual states that the EJP was created following the 'exchange of information' that followed the Truce, or somethi...

(( No, just bloody annoyed. ))

(( I'm glad the year thing's been cleared up properly, but I'm still not happy with it. The whole 1999 idea is one of the most stupid ideas the Wachowski brothers came up with. Think about it: all that effort to make people think they've l...

(( What Cesspool said. I agree that controlling the sim on a regular basis would be next to impossible with the General' infrastructure crumbling around him, but I think the unravelling of the transmission's dubious authenticity (the signa...

phi wrote: To all the I told you so's... Whatever. It's not like everyone said you were wrong. What are you on about? Why can we only say 'we told you so' if everyone said we were wrong? That's why there was an argument. Sensible Machinist...

I never, ever, claimed I was the first to notice the Morpheus Sim-General connexion. The reason we're all saying 'I told you so' isbecause we're pointing out that our reasoning, our well argued speculation turned out to be right. So have m...

*Starts laughing again.* Oh, I forgot about that one. Pure class.

Nathics wrote: ((You're assuming a lot there.)) (( Oh yeah? Show me where anyone else suggested it was the General earlier. Unfortunately Zampano only posted his theory on a private forum which I can't link to, but I nabbed his theory and...

Ah-hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! *Pauses for breath.* Ah-hahahahahahahahahah! Oh my, if that isn't the funniest series of events I've ever read about. Hate to have to say it, kids, but: we told you so! However, all credit goes to...

ZippyTheSquirrel wrote: Well, if there's only one guy making the pizzas, and if this "Hut" is actually a Port-a-Potty on the side of a highway, it might be understandable. That's why I don't see much credibility in many of the arguments he...

(( *Falls off his chair laughing again.* Aside from being allied to an evil mob overlord, Effy is my idol. This passage was excellent. I love the looks the Trainman throws at Effy when he says something daft, and the shot at the end is bri...

Quintupled? Bah, whatever. Get the Web Team off their collective arses.

Here's the layout of the HvCFT Aggregator. I haven't figured out its exact external appearance yet, nor its statistics, but at least you can see how comfortably we live. I've written a description of the vessel in my journal .

Yeah, it's a beauty. If you really feel like doing a drawing for me, be warned: I've already got the internal layout of my ship, and I've got some ideas about its external appearance. I don't know how much, uh, maneuverability you like to...

H'mm. That does look a bit ungroovy. Though Syntax was very quiet for Machinists too for a while until this little foray into a Merv construct.

Bosh. See? Maybe it's different on other instances, but the Syntaxian Machinists are a creative bunch.

(( You're *CENSORED* right I'm English. And I'm *CENSORED* proud of-... Urgh, wait, what am I saying? I'm not proud to be English! The very idea... Edit: Censored? The most inoffensive 'expletive' in the world, censored? For pity's sake......

(( Eh? In this case there's someone else to complain to instead of the Machinists. In your example there's no one else. No parallel. ))

(( Dude, I'm living proof that that's not the case. I wasn't even in-game to get my FM-1500. Other rewards have been given out for other... intellectual tasks. I agree that the other orgs should have some equally nifty and appropriate rewa...

That is caption competition gold. 'I've had this dang loose tooth for days now. DROP! OUT!'

(( I hope by 'players of choice' you mean 'players who achieved something to deserve the reward'. If you even suggest there's some sort of favouritism going on... ))

Yeah, I reckon we were lucky this time. I don't want to work with them, and if I were representing the Glitch Society that day we would have voted against it too (though I do not outright condemn the decision we made - risks were weighed a...

Nicely done, boys and girls! Pill, there will always be threats, and it's through our co-operation that we see them come to their eventual end. A threat like the General and his army, however, will not be repeated: the Machines' forces hav...

I'm right behind all smoking bans. Good thing if you ask me. Sure, smokers might not be pleased (there are always some who new laws affect the worst), but think of the cr*p non-smokers have had to put up with all these years. With any luck...

Bah! Just you wait for Team Fortress 2. On that note... http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.p...id=2841&s=l *Falls off his chair laughing as he watches it again.*

Ooh, there are lots of tools to use. It's fun. I've got no idea how, but people have built vast, functional robots out of debris and you can use scripts to create mini-games. The best sandbox game in history.

I haven't really bothered with any HL2 mods. Except Garry's Mod, of course, which is really fun but I'm no good at it. BM:S, though, I'm really looking forward to. I haven't checked it in a while 'cos I know it's taking ages to develop.

(( I don't blame you. ))

(( Kell, in your case I suggest you just ignore this supposed revelation by Gray. Keep your character going on assuming that he was reinserted - at least until it's absolutely clear that it couldn't have happened. If that is made clear in...

Pyraci wrote: They are polarized and cause the most debate because of it. (( What can I say? I'm persistent. ))

That's why I need someone to draw a hovercraft for me. Too many people have used the concept sketches and renderings now. *Coughs.* Oh Pyraci...!

(( 1. Creating an entire organisation. Inefficient (lots of resources used to keep it secret, recruit members and program a leader), but with the goal of keeping Redpill levels nominal (ergo keeping power levels efficient). Wrong its more...