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I ordered this on Bricklink, seems to be fairly rare as I couldn't find much info on it, and nobody had bought/sold it on Bricklink before according to the price guide. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?G=4215473 Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?nwmzsgm2cej8zqg It's not of much use to me as I don't speak German, but I know we have some members here that do. Enjoy! I initially had some trouble with ripping the 11th track, but I got it on the third try. The others should be fine, but I haven't listened to it all so I'm not 100% sure. If there are any problems, just let me know and I'll try to rip the CD again.

Excellent, great to be able to listen to this! Of course I can't understand it, but I gave it a listen and, with a combination of context, knowledge of the Orient Expedition comics, and a surprising amount of familiarity with German after putting 100+ pages of it through Google, I think I picked up enough to get a good idea of what was going on. It follows the story of the online comics fairly closely, which is great because the format allows for a greatly expanded telling of the story. Dr. Kilroy seems to be informed of the possibility of a treasure map at Marco Polo's home by a new character, Dr. Jovani, who then accompanies the adventurers to the house. Johnny seems to show up to help Dr Kilroy before he runs into Tigurah. I believe the story ends with Dr. Kilroy fainting (due to excitement?), and there seems to be a letter from Marco Polo with the Golden Dragon. Unfortunately, despite the extended nature of the CD, I didn't notice a few things and it's possible they were omitted. Ngan Pa and Sangye Dorje seem absent (which means Pa still has the sole role of standing next to Sinister when he throws a net on the adventurers ), and it seemed a lot like Jing Lee and Chang Wu were reduced to just mentions. Pretty sure Jun Chi and maybe even the Yeti weren't in their, either. Seeing as that's a lot of characters to omit, I'm guessing I'm wrong on at least some of this, and that some of these characters will show up. The whole thing definitely felt more like a book on CD with audio drama elements than a full-on audio drama, what with the single speaker and the story being divided into chapters. Were there any credits on the case? I'd be interested to know if the people that produced this were related to the ones that made the earlier dramas. The musical theme was awesome and seems to be a remix of the theme used in the online content. I wonder if there would be any way to combine the two tracks into a full Orient Expedition theme? Thanks for uploading this! I need to get the rest of the dramas I have up.

Except Canada. We have some of the WORST wireless. Edit: DID I JUST HIT A THOUSAND POSTS WITH A MENTION OF CANADIAN CRAPPY WIRELESS? I THINK I JUST DID.

If you can call a program a server when it's just playing back old captured packets like a tape player playing a tape, with said packets only being good for character creation... Then perhaps. And no, there have been no LU private servers so far. Just people trying to trick others into thinking they've somehow made them. We're missing a massive chunk of server-side database stuff, for things like loot drop rates and vendor prices, plus all the systems for managing user-generated content (properties). Anybody who wants to create a proper server has an absolutely massive amount of guesswork cut out for them.

Here's the English transcript I was able to produce. It's far from a perfect translation, but it's something at least: http://www.majhost.com/gallery/SadieMeowsalot/LEGOTranscripts/german_orient_expedition_audio_cd_english_transcript.txt

German for "universe" is "universum," so it would seem the word pretty specifically means "universe." It's the final countdown! And it's also King Richard, yet again! The Knights' Kingdom and Knights' Kingdom/Arctic comics. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

Slightly offtopic: I got a pile of magazines the other day and one contained quite a large ad for Rock Raiders: '> (Rock Raiders CD case for scale) The height is about 34.5cm (13.6 inches if you are intellectually misled) and is 49cm wide (19.3 inches). The magazine (MCV) was for store owners, not for consumers.

[1:34:22 PM] jamesster: 10/10 trolling attempt [1:35:05 PM] jamesster: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1F5cHzF2hpUSXNwFJeINA/discussion [1:35:12 PM] jamesster: awwww crap guys he's pissed off larry boy [1:35:39 PM] jamesster: better watch out dude or larry's gonna go all cucumber on ur butt [1:36:36 PM] jamesster: ... ok maybe I should rephrase that [1:36:42 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: No. [1:36:43 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: No. [1:36:47 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: No need to rephrase it. [1:36:53 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: It's PERFECT as it is. [11:05:40 PM] jamesster quoted: [11:05 PM] MicleBrick: did u code that from scratch [11:05 PM] jamesster: I certainly scratched something while coding it

Indeed they do show up, or at least the Yeti:

Thanks Tazakk. No credits on the case or disc, unfortunately: '> '> '> According to this and this, the CD was included with sets for free, as a promotion.

Cool stuff. Also, it's probably "Giovanni".

I had to read this several times before I realized that PS didn't stand for Playstation. I feel dumb now.

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All right, imgur updated through the Dino island comic (both parts). And I made sure they were in the right order this time, as last time it added the new pages to the beginning rather than the end of the comic... And Tazakk, I was going through your gallery and I noticed that dino island is listed as #20 and Arctic as #21, but there seems to be a comic that goes between the two, which would make arctic #22. Just pointing that out.

There are no bots and no single-player. It's pure PvP. There is, however, a training zone where you can try out everything the game has to offer. It doesn't compare to a real fight though, but it's at least something. And I'm not sure what you mean by public world. Infiltrators in PS2 are basically snipers with self-cloaking devices. You can get an SMG instead of a sniper rifle for them if you want, but it will take some time. They can also hack enemy terminals and base turrets, and the devs are thinking about vehicle hacking and a remote-control recon drone as well. If you start soon, you can get used to how everything plays and by then a new wave of fun toys will be ready for you. By the way, I changed the link in the first post to a referral link. You will get a sort of starting package if you use it, which is recommended because gaining certs (the game's currency) can be a bit rough when you're just starting out. It's a free weapon and an XP boost, I think. Just something to ease the growing pains...

Hopping forward to the end half of the second Rock Raiders comic (with Trains). Page 3 Page 4 EDIT: All of the Trains parts are translated now. I think you should have a clean stretch up to the City Center/Dino Island comic now, with the second Dino Island one hopefully coming soon. EDIT 2: This one is kind of surreal. Articus would appear to have changed his name, forgotten his dream to learn more about Armeron, and picked up a new hobby of obsessing about eggs. And slightly altered his beard. Also, the Adventurers have gone back in time. I guess you could argue this is a dimension alternate to the one Tim went to the desert in, but that doesn't explain why Tim fails to recognize Articus. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

[removed a couple irrelevant messages, but still provides all the necessary context] @ karsten : (13 January 2014 - 02:31 PM)mmm the forum is kind a dead @ karsten : (13 January 2014 - 02:31 PM)did not expect that @ Fushigisaur : (13 January 2014 - 02:40 PM)I wouldn't consider it dead when we are haiving a nice little discussion about the UFO theme over in the Time Cruisers topic @ jamesster : (13 January 2014 - 02:52 PM)yep a forum is certainly dead when people talk on it and do things with it every day @ jamesster : (13 January 2014 - 02:53 PM)activity most certainly means dead @ jamesster : (13 January 2014 - 02:54 PM)wow that must mean I'm dead @ jamesster : (13 January 2014 - 02:54 PM)we're all dead @ jamesster : (13 January 2014 - 02:55 PM)the zombie apocalypse has always been here but we've been too alive to notice we're dead

The red alien is referred to as Chamon here, but it gets messy in the photo comic >here. IXVIZKIL's torso looks a lot more like Alpha's torso than Chamon's torso to me - angular black strips/triangles at the side, and no gadgetry to be seen, despite the gadgetry on the legs being drawn in. Also, the arms/hands. As for names for the rest of the UFO characters, the red droid is Andy Droid ("brother" of Ann Droid from Exploriens, don't ask me how that works), and then... http://www.miniland.nl/LEGOclub/Bricks%20en%20pieces%208%201997.htm ... yeah it gets messy again.

For the most part I do not. ....what? You asked, I gave an honest answer. Then drive a buggy or fly a plane. There is more to do in this game than shoosting space communists and guys in spandex. The community has plenty of dedicated vehicle operators for those that don't like the infantry game. I'm assuming you live in the United States or a third-world country because everywhere else in the world has fast, accessible internet for reasonable prices. I honestly hope you get a better internet service soon.

For the most part I do not. ....what? You asked, I gave an honest answer.

[11:50:25 PM] Joe: Now i have a better idea what to except when going to Australia [11:50:47 PM] McJobless: It'll go like this when you get to Australia. [11:51:05 PM] McJobless: Firstly, you'll walk off the plane and wonder if you somehow made it to Asia instead of Australia. [11:53:02 PM] McJobless: You'll walk through security which are quite frisk-happy and love to ask your random, annoying and ridiculous questions, and if you so much as laugh at their accent, be prepared for a smack-down from the army-sized security force nearby. [11:53:41 PM] McJobless: You'll then walk into the food court and wonder why you're back in America, before realising that the food portions are tiny and the prices are over-inflated. [11:54:22 PM] McJobless: You'll then walk out to the Taxi bay and attempt to figure out why every single driver looks exactly the same, and why the prices for a short taxi trip are equal to launching a space shuttle to the moon. [11:54:46 PM] McJobless: Once you get to the CBD, you'll be confused at why you've suddenly arrived in London. [11:55:41 PM] McJobless: You'll walk around and notice that the hobos are calling you cunts, the teenagers are all cosplayers with nothing better to do than sit outside a church and scare the living ghosts out of the priests, and that Woolworthes sell a great chicken. [11:55:56 PM] McJobless: So, you'll then probably want to know what to do for entertainment, right? [11:55:59 PM] McJobless: Well, too bad. [11:56:34 PM] McJobless: You'll go ask your way to IMAX, and find that every single person you talk to has no idea what an "IMAX" is and suggests that you should "f**** off, c***." [11:56:57 PM] McJobless: You'll then figure out its in Darling Harbour, and make the spectacularly stupid desicion to get a bus there. [11:57:17 PM] McJobless: You'll get on the bus and the bus driver will immediately kick you off for having money. [11:57:48 PM] McJobless: So, you eventually somehow know to go to a newsagency and buy a prepaid ticket. But then you find out they've closed for the day because "Couldn't be arsed". [11:57:55 PM] McJobless: So you suddenly realise 7/11 sells tickets. [11:58:08 PM] McJobless: But then they tell you they only sell weekly tickets at extortionate amounts. [11:59:04 PM] McJobless: So you buy the ticket, get on the bus, fumble with the ticket at the driver gets increasingly more annoyed, even though he's the one causing the problems, and then proceed to stand-up on the bus, because every other seat is taken by familys, druggos and morons. [11:59:21 PM] McJobless: Then you get to Darling Harbour and you'll accidentally walk into the Chinese Gardens. [12:00:08 AM] McJobless: You run around for 6 hours not knowing why you're stuck in France, before finally finding the exit and walking through a gaint fountain of birds that are practically painting the roads with bird-s***. [12:00:49 AM] McJobless: Then you see the IMAX theatre near the ACTUAL harbour, because you find out that buses are afraid of water and they decided to put the bus-route 1KM away from the actual Harbour itself. [12:01:14 AM] McJobless: So you walk under the Harbour Bridge, pissing your pants as you hear the creaks and groans of the Bridge which sounds like it's about to collapse at any minute. [12:01:39 AM] McJobless: Once you've reached the Harbour, you're then trampled by the thousands of people flocking to laugh at the street performers. [12:02:15 AM] McJobless: You'll see some aboriginals blowing their pipes, some guy riding a s***ty bike and some chick singing a song. [12:02:58 AM] McJobless: Once you get up and carefully move past all the people telling you "Get out of my f****ing way or I'll deck ya", you'll then find out that the enterance to the IMAX theatre is next to this crappy cafe that sells nothing from this century. [12:03:24 AM] McJobless: You're puzzled, so you walk up the 10 billion stairs it takes to get to the actual reception of the theatre, before making a shocking realisation. [12:03:35 AM] McJobless: That the movies IMAX is presenting are also from a century ago. [12:04:08 AM] McJobless: So, you're tired and you're bored, and you shell out your arm and leg to buy a ticket, and after about 5 hours of waiting by the frozen ice-cream stand, you finally get to go in. [12:04:25 AM] McJobless: You find yourself crampped between a fat guy and 19 6-year olds. [12:04:53 AM] McJobless: You then have a miserable experience because you realise that the 3D glasses they give you are extremely tiny and can't fit around your head. [12:05:16 AM] McJobless: You eventually leave at about 10PM, staggering around, jet-lagged, hungry, thirst, tired and not in a good mood. [12:05:29 AM] McJobless: You then realise you've no idea how to get to your accomidation. [12:05:54 AM] McJobless: You ask around and they all tell you "Keep walking, drugged c***" [12:06:01 AM] McJobless: So, you decide the train is a good idea. [12:06:05 AM] McJobless: This is not a good idea. [12:06:54 AM] McJobless: You get on the train at 11PM at night, which also happens to be the time when every single moron teenager with half-a-brain-cell who is doped to high-heaven is also taking the trains to Kings Cross, aka "The Murderbowl" [12:07:43 AM] McJobless: So, you get beat up on the train for not lickiing the shoes of every single person in the carriage, but eventually you arrive at Central, and you walk out. [12:08:02 AM] McJobless: Then you panic, because Central station is like Hedge Mazes on hardcore. [12:08:22 AM] McJobless: Finally, at 2PM, you find out that if you keep going right, you eventually get to an exit. [12:09:00 AM] McJobless: You walk out and promptly get punched in a gut by a hobo, before officers walk by, look at you and then continue onwards, because you're a tourist and nobody likes tourists. [12:09:31 AM] McJobless: So, you crawl your way to some s***ty hotel in Central, which is filled with ganstas and prostitutes, and realise reception has chucked a sick day. [12:09:44 AM] McJobless: So you then just crash in the lobby and hope that tomorrow will be a lot better. [12:09:49 AM] McJobless: Spoiler Alert: It won't. [12:09:51 AM] McJobless: The End.