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Message: 5718

Author: Igor Makovsky

Date: 15/03/2006

Subject: Re: Many different things from Daniel about my messages

 

--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel"
wrote:

> Igor wrote:
>
> > Don't want to look too curious, but nobody ever said anything
> > about "Mine Vehicle Department"... Don't you have any comments on
> > it?
>
> I have not played "UMM" to completion yet (I will do it in due
time;
> I like following certain routines Dr. Broad's style :-) ), and
> since you've asked us not to cheat or look at the game in JSWED, I
> haven't seen "Mine Vehicle Department" yet. Expect my comments (as
> well as possible other comments about the game) probably in two to
> three months' time.

You can see it as a club picture right at the upper right corner =D

> Igor wrote:
>
> > P.S. Daniel, how much time do you spend, writing such huge
> > messages??
> > Just interested =D
>
> Well, I must admit they take me hours to write. But JSW is a great
> passion for me, and if I feel very strongly about something, I
> usually feel extreme need to share it with others. So I write, in
> detriment of sleep, social activities and other things...

And I thought, that you have a special program (I've heard of some of
them), that record what you say in the microphone. Well, there is no
matter, how you do it. It is important, that they are very
interesting to read.

> Igor wrote (concerning Herve Ast's "Willy in Transatlantic Cruise"):
>
> > Plus: interesting fact. While Willy is exploring all these
> > beautiful underwater cities and caverns, he can rather simply got
> > up to his "titanic" and it will be on the same place as it was
> > before (though, actually, when Willy will got to the surface, he
> > won't even see his ship - it will be miles away from him). I
> > suppose, that you have to insert a special plot in the "history of
> > the game" that this ship is out of fuel or something and it can't
> > move anymore.
> As you can see by some of the rooms, the ship is anchored. This
> explains why it is not moving, I suppose. Now, I'm not sure how the
> anchor's chain is long enough to reach the ocean floor in the
middle
> of the ocean, but does it really matter? :-)

Oops, sorry, I haven't seen that room yet =)

 

 

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