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Nigel Wetherby
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
Knowledge eternal!
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2850 on:
February 19, 2009, 02:36:45 am »
"That there are." Cain said, walking into the sweets shop. His first sight inside the wonderous confectionarium was the harlequin array of sweets that flashed in colors he never knew existed. Lollipops danced like crystalline angels upon dainty wooden sticks. Chocolates of all sorts were laid out on the candy counter like little soldiers coated in black, decadent armor, standing in a deliciously rich phalanx. Ropes of sweet red licorice reached out to the flourescent lighting of the candy-shop's roof like cherry-flavored flowers stretching to be drenched in sunlight which seemed to make them all the more sweeter.
A portly, red-faced man awaited them behind the counter. Asalt-and pepper moustache was the only hair on the man;s face. His entire head resembled an over-ripe cherry tomato.
"Guten morgen!" He said in a voice as sweet as his wares, the brightness in his eyes devoid of any memory that earlier that day, he was attempting to sink his fangs into soft human flesh.
Arabella Granger
Snr. Officer
United States
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2851 on:
February 19, 2009, 02:47:16 am »
Ella glared daggers at Jimmy as she shot out of the window of the Boheme at the advancing Cold Ones. He gave another little chuckle. "Can't do it, can you? Pity. After all I've done for you...one would think you would want to repay that debt, wouldn't you?" He smirked, malice in his eyes. "Or don't you remember all those time we saved your skin?" He changed his voice, making it a high falsetto. "'Oh, I'm so cold! It's freezin'...Oh, I'm gonna die out here! It's so cold, I can't stay awake! Oh, Jimmy, help me, please...' We should have just let you freeze. I don't deny I wanted to at times."
Ella felt Elisha stiffen beside her. "Shut up," she said softly.
"I thought I was the one you loved, Little Ella." Jimmy pretended to pout, but the effect was rather lost with his swollen lip. "Has the monster here tricked you into thinking you love him? He doesn't love you, you know. He can't offer you what I can, what the Czar can. We could live forever...he doesn't love you."
"You don't know that! He does! You don't know what love really is!"
"Ella!" Elisha said, meeting her eyes. "Don't listen to him!"
Jimmy's eyes flickered back and forth, looking for anything that would help him get away. Absently he fingered inside his pocket.
A small dagger was all he had left...but it was all he needed.
Acting quickly, he grabbed Ella and forced her in front of him, pressing the wicked blade against her throat. "I gave you a choice, Little Ella," he hissed. "You had your opportunity. Now I'm making your decision for you. Kill your 'lover' there, and I'll spare your life. I'll even plead your case before the Czar, if you like. He'll forgive you once he knows you've seen reason. Refuse me, though..." he pressed the dagger a bit deeper into her neck, drawing a small bead of blood. "Use your imagination."
"And you.." he said, looking at Elisha. "Don't try anything, or she dies anyway."
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 02:50:55 am by Arabella Granger
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I will be
Surrendering modesty and grace.
I will not disappear without a trace...
I'll shout and start a riot!
Be anything but quiet...
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Astonishing....at last!"
Vancouver Air Privateer
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
Privateering off HMAS Landeythan
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2852 on:
February 19, 2009, 02:56:30 am »
Elisha had automatically whipped out his rifle. He slowly lowered it. Risking hitting Ella was not an option.
'Let her go.' he said. "Let's settle this alone. Or are you too afraid?"
"Heh...not falling for that, tin-soldier."
"I see...." he said. Jimmy reached to the ground where Ella had dropped her pistol. Still holding her tight, he guided it to her hand, one hand tightly gripping hers, the other with the knife at her neck. She wasn't sure what Jimmy had done since he last met her....but he was much stronger. She couldn't escape his grasp.
"Ella." said Jimmy. "Shoot him. Shoot him, or die. There's no other option. The others are distracted and won't come."
Elisha stared at them through the helmet. There was only one option...
He held out his arms. "Ella. You have to shoot me. It's the only way you'll get out of this alive."
"No..." she said softly. "I'd rather die..."
"And I would die before you did. It's alright. Pull the trigger."
His hand slipped under his coat, feeling the armour he was wearing. Would it stand up to the pistol at this range? But even if it saved him...then Ella died. He would have to see how it went.
"Blessed be Science and her handmaiden Steam;
They make Utopia only half a dream."
"So he pulls an alternating-current taser on me and tells me that only the Official Serbian Church of Tesla can save my polyphase intrinsic electric field, known to non-engineers as 'the soul.' "
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Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2853 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:04:48 am »
Jen had never drunk beer in glasses this large before. The stein was so heavy she had to lift it with both hands, but the freshly brewed contents made the exertion worth it. Patrick grinned as she struggled with the huge drink, knocking his back with studied ease.
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Arabella Granger
Snr. Officer
United States
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2854 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:11:42 am »
"No..." she whispered. She couldn't face this again, not so soon after what had happened with the Seventh Commodore. Once again she was faced with this choice...her life or Elisha's. "I can't."
Elisha shook his head. "You have to. It's the only way. I'm sorry..."
Jimmy chuckled, tightening his grip on the dagger. "See, Little Ella? He doesn't love you. He's not even trying to save you."
"Shut up, you bastard!"
"Do it now, Ella. You try my patience."
"Ella, please! It's not worth it. Just shoot me and he'll let you go. Please,"
Ella felt another stupid tear slide down her cheek again. Jimmy noticed as well, and brushed it away softly, smirking. "There there. Take your time, darling. It'll be alright. I'll get you out of here and we'll live happily ever after. Isn't that what you want?"
"NO!" Ella shouted, feeling the knife nick her throat again.
"Just shoot, Ella!"
Ella looked at Elisha for a long time before nodding. "Alright," she said, her hand shaking.
She almost dropped the pistol. "I can't," she sobbed. "I can't. I'm sorry."
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 03:25:42 am by Arabella Granger
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2855 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:23:29 am »
"Thanks, George!" Dreyfuss said. Thought I was bein' pretty clever there, but it seems I underestimated those beggars." He twisted around behind him, and blew the head off of a Wyrm that had come too close for comfort. He grinned "Lordy, Emma makes a great gun." HE looked around, ssieeing there were no more targets iun his imediate vicinity, and turned back to george, who was firing at something on the other side of teh ship, for all the world as if he were right-side up and shooting ove rthe top of a small knoll.
Dreyfuss twisted around, saw the creatuires on teh hull advancing as if also on right-side-up bround, and covered and aided George until they had all been blasted to ooze or knocked off of the hull.
"George, I'm climbing back up, "dreyfuss said, "I cant walk all the way ove rthere with this rope, and I don''t think i can fly, although" he chuckled "I honestly havent tried yet. something tells me I'd better not tempt fate much more for a bit. well, I'm off," and he began to walk/escalade back up the hull, to the window, until he was where he could just see in ---and his heart lurched and froze. The damned kid was free
, and had Ella at knifepoint, apparently trying to force her to shoot Elisha. he silently made a "shush" sign with his finger ove rhis lips, the carbinehanging by its sling, to Elisha, who was facing the window; the kid and Ella had their backs to him. He silently pulled his arkansas tooyhpick, flipped it so that he held the blade, and threw the knife into the back of teh kid's neck!
Ella fell away, out of sight, as Elisha grabbed and raised his rifle -- buit he never got the chance; Suddenly, Scraps bounded into view, his cybernetic
shattering the crystal slowness of the scene, and attacked Jimmy, who suddenly had a couple hundred pounds of metal dog to contend with, and had quite forgotten about Ella--to his own detriment.
Ella's gun banged, twice, out of sight of Dreyf's position, and planted two shots in Jimmy's chest. Jimmy went down, and Dreyfuss hooked one leg over the windowsill just as the rope came loose from the cane, which reacted to the suddenly-relaesed tension by flipping up sideways and then falling down, down, down, into the snow below. "Dammit!" I've had that cane for seven years!" he said, as he flopped in and onto the floor beside the window, and rolled over, finding himself staring directly into Jimmy's now-vacant eyes. the feral boy was dead. Scraps looked on, and whimpered slightly. "Good boy., scraps!" they all said at nearly the same time.
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 03:44:52 am by MWBailey
Nigel Wetherby
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
Knowledge eternal!
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2856 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:36:14 am »
Patrick kissed Jen's cheeks, still flecked with beer froth, which he ever-so-casually licked off, obviously partially intoxicated. "This'll be me wife!" He cheered, raising an emptied stein into the air. The patrons clanked their mugs together and sang slurred melodies of alchohol-soaked mirth the likes of which would have made bacchus blush. Heady, golden nectar flowed like water and was drank with thrice the enthusiasm. The air was thick with the scent of alchohol and the songs of the drunk. Patrick remained entirely sober, however. No matter how much he drank, he could still see straight, talk clearly, and even name every part in a zepyr model airship.
"I guess me transformation keeps me immune ta even tha poisons of alchohol..." He said rather weakly, like a child who had learned of the non-existance of the soul-cake tuesday duck.
Jen however, was less than unnafected.
"Ye okay there Jen?" He asked, raising an eyebrow, the pale girl leaned on him, exuding a terribly loud burp and covering her mouth, blushing as a proper lady should. She did her best to surpress her laughter, which came out as a stifled "PFFFFFFFFFFt...Hhh.hHhhh!" She prosceeded to burst into a storm of giggles, her cheeks bright pinl.
Arabella Granger
Snr. Officer
United States
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2857 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:50:09 am »
I killed him...
Ella swayed on her feet, and Elisha rushed forward, dropping his rifle. Ella collapsed against him, weak from exhaustion and emotion. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so, so sorry."
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 03:53:14 am by Arabella Granger
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2858 on:
February 19, 2009, 04:05:16 am »
Dreyfuss looked away, not wishing to relive a similar scene from the Runaway Scrape, one that had ended much differently. The two lovebirds just didn't know how lucky they were. He looked toward them then, and saw their love shining like a light between them, and thought,
No, actually, I think they do...
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 04:26:14 am by MWBailey
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2859 on:
February 19, 2009, 04:27:13 am »
"Ahem." Dreyfuss cleared his throat.
"I really am sorry, you two. I'd give you both the whole world and all eternity to hold one another if I could, but the Enemy's regrouped, and they're coming this way. I guess the snot called for a rescue."
He readied the carbine in one hand, the boat gun in the other, and turned to the window to meet the onslaught, firing the carbine and sloshing quite a few cold ones to goop with it, but on they still came, and he then gave them the boat gun's wrath at about ten paces; the entire front line was smashed to oozing, falling masses of tentacles and weirdly-clawed limbs. He drew the Paterson, and started firing alternate shots with the carbine.
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 04:50:25 am by MWBailey
Vancouver Air Privateer
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
Privateering off HMAS Landeythan
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2860 on:
February 19, 2009, 04:48:56 am »
Elisha was not sure of what to say. Jimmy had attacked them - as was always the risk with aggressors, he had fallen instead.
"Ella..." he said. "I'm sorry...this was entirely my fault. I should have...I could have stopped him before. It shouldn't have come to that." He felt his stomach twist. This was guilt, but a private guilt he had never known. Damn...
Suddenly he heard a low buzzing. He looked, saw a streak and a hail of black objects, that paused in mid fall and flew towards them. The Blackfiles extended their small hooked claws, bearing down like a locust swarm. Elisha covered Ella with his body - the Blackflies mostly clawed at him in vain, snapping against his armour, helmet or metal leg. But on his upper arms and other leg he felt a sharp stinging as they stuck. Still, he was much better protected that Ella.
He slung his rifle and picked up Ella. He ran on poor instinct, rushing inside and slamming the hatch. There was an angry thudding outside. Elisha sighed with relief. He then realized he was still holding Ella in his arms. He gently put her down in as gentlemanly a fashion he could manage.
He looked up, listening to the forces trying to break in. They needed to make a move, fast. This time, the Cold Ones might beat them by simply grinding them down...
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2861 on:
February 19, 2009, 05:10:09 am »
Dreyfuss watched as teh blackflies came in and attacked Elisha and Ella, completely ignoring
. He risked a look , and saw the Commodore coming closer. He reloaded the boat gun, just in case. He then heard a loud clunking sound, and realized the hatch had closed.
DAMMIT! the poor kids are completely wrapped up in themselves, he thought, and forgot I was out here too. Well, 'Falling Man
,' He derided himself,
looks like you'd better get a few shots off,
" he blasted away with the coilgun as the blackflies turned on him, and cut loose with the boat gun, which completely cleared the deck, and then barely ducked in time as the clown threw his rippled dagger at him.
He pulled the dagger out of teh wall, stuck it in his belt, slung the blunderbuss, secured the coilgun, and vaulted out the window behind him, already sliding down the hull of the ship before he realized what he was actually doing. "
no purchase was achieved on the hull, and he fell out into space, and thought,
well, this is the time to try to fly, dumbnut.
He concentrated on the fire, called it to him, channeled it into himself, and concentrated on soaring out over the snow, flying free as a bird.
It's working! he thought, I can feel it! It's w--!!!
Dammit... you idiot
. he rolled over, and looked up, realizing that he had only fallen about 100 feet, landing on...
oh, not AGAIN
...He got up, and again pulled a pistol, shot the brute, and set about trying to figure out how to get back up to the ship. Again.
Damn. You'd think I'd learn
, he thought...
HE had just found and retrieved both the rope and the cane, and was securing them about his person, when he heard flapping and heard it stop directly behind him. He turned around, and faced the Clown commodore for the second time on this mission. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the '
," Pezmyesn (sp?) said, sarcasm practically dripping from the word and pooling at his feet.
"Back for a rematch, Scaramouche? I'd a-thought your jaw'd remind you not to mess with me again." The clown whipped out his cutlass, saluting Dreyfuss with it, and suddenly lunging forward, easily sidestepped. He must be faking it, Dreyfuss thought,
is that uncoordinated. Still, he drew the saber, saluting the clown with a spanish slash at the end, which continued up, around, and whipped past his face. well, not quite past it... oddly colored blood oozed from a slash across his left cheek, over his nose, and disfiguring the eyelid of the right eye. TEh clown felt his face, ROAR-ed and ran forward, cutlass held high. Dreyfuss simply stepped to one side, and drove his fist, now holding the basket hilted saber with its heavy guard, soundly into the side of the point of teh clown's chin. Again.
And once again, the clown went down like a hammered steer at the slaughterhouse.
"Honestly, Nimrod, I'd think you'd learn. Guess not," Dreyfuss said, and walked away, following the slowly-drifting
, and letting the rope fall off of his body, helf loosely in one hand. He tied a quick bowline on one end, and a lasso loop on the other, and swinging it around, and around, and around again, letting thenoose fly and snagging a rigging stanchion located right next to the hold doors. He put tyhe bowline under his armpits, looped the slack around himself and tied it off, and then began to climb, the ship obviously having gotten under way, as it began to move faster and faster. He noticed that the Cold ones remaining had managed to retain a semblance of order, and were pursuing them. Dreyfuss grasped the grip loop, still tied,and readied the coilgun again. He blasted away at every Cold One he could see. They fell back for a time,and he climbed up a bit farther.
My God, he thought, Its even colder here in the wind. his fingers were going numb. A few cold ones came back around the stern and flew rapidly toward him, and he managed to shoot all of those, even though it was like trying to shoot while wearing pugilist's tapes. Then, somehow, someone having remembered that one of their own was still outside, he began to rise into the now-open Hold Doors...
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 03:10:25 pm by MWBailey
E.A. Claringbold
Zeppelin Admiral
United States
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2862 on:
February 19, 2009, 06:48:06 am »
She continued to fire off shells until she saw a black swarm on the monitor. Well that was odd and all in all bad news, but she was not about to shoot at them while they were so close to the other ship. The wounded, but more or less still alive monsters took note of where the shrapnel releasing artillery was coming from and headed towards her tank. In a few moments she could hear thuds of the creatures attempting to break in. Despite having a nervous thought or two, she felt confident that the armour of the tank would hold them off. On the other hand, she was no better than a sardine in a can. Other than the shells and armour, the tank itself had no other defense and offence. If she wanted them off, she was going to have to go out there herself.
Looking back to the monitor, focusing on the
, she wondered how they were faring until she saw a figure fall from the ship. That was most certainly bad news and she could not do anything about it. If she drove the tank underneath him, landing on the iron beast was no better than landing on the ground, but she drove ahead anyway, running over the horrid beasts that were stupid or unfortunate enough to be close to the treads. She might not catch him with the tank itself, but she might as well drag his body into the safety of the metal home. Once she spotted Dreyfuss moving, Irene shut down the monitor and stood, pulling the short sword from its sheath as she headed to the hatch. Looking at the snake, Rosie, she simply said, "I'm heading out," and opened the latch, closing it behind her.
As soon as she was out, a tentacle whipped out and threw her on her back. Slightly dazed, she managed to keep her wits about her enough to slice the offender. She took the time the monster writhed in pain to stand up and run it through. Pulling out the blade, she noted that there was another man and he was down and Dreyfuss was up.
That was that.
Observing that her previous opponent was not dead yet, she snarled, the burnt side of her face appearing more terrifying, and booted it harshly over and over until a claw clapped down on her ankle and yanked. She responded by swinging the shortsword with an aim to slash, the other hand pulling out a pistol to shoot any opposition. Looking, she saw that those that had attacked her tank were now joining a bigger group and were focusing their attention towards the
rather than the small fry ally.
Stella Gaslight
United States
Looking for a few good lobsters.
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2863 on:
February 19, 2009, 07:16:28 am »
"Hi I don't know of you talk like me but your store is pretty." Angel said to the nice man behind the counter. He didn't have a clue what she said bit he smiled just the same, it was very hard not to when Angel unleashed one of her grins. Angel clasp her hands together almost like a prayer and got down to the serous business of teaching One about sweets. "These are sweets." She said gesturing at the store. "Sweets are very good. They can make you happy when you are sad,almost like Cain but he is much better of course." She pointed to the bright colorful sugar shapes. "Those are lollipops they come in all sorts of colors and shapes. They make kisses taste extra good." Angel stopped in the middle of the aisle and let out a gasp. Before her had to be the prettiest piece of candy she had ever seen. It was a pink and red rose made of shiny sugar petals nearly as big as her head that put off the most wonderful smell. "I want that!" she said in awe of it.
George was amazingly good at firing both upside down and side ways, it was as if gravity simply did not exist for him. He saw a creature moving up behind Irene and calmly fried it with a microwave blast. "If you can make it over here I can give you something better than your pistol for fighting these things." He shouted from above. Emma had given him a prototype heat hand cannon. He knew the batteries weren't going to last forever but at least she would have a better chance to fight.
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Nigel Wetherby
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
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Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2864 on:
February 19, 2009, 01:28:12 pm »
Cain gazed in wonder at the sugary confection that stood in the center of the store. The sun hit its glistening pink petals and bathed the entire building in rosy light. Angel looked towards the jovial German man and pointed to the rose pleadingly. He said something that Cain understood as a price. He rooted through his pouch, gathering what he hoped was enough shining copper disks. However, he was terrible at math, so he dumped the whole contents of the bag onto the desk, hoping he would take what he needed and adhere to the honor system. The man chortled and handed him his money. He said some more words he didn't understand before finally Taking the hint and speaking in a very straineg english accent that seemed to be carrying a heavy load.
"You vant ein shveet blaumen, ja?" He asked.
"Er, yes." Cain said rather shakily.
"Many have sought to buy ein shveet blaumen, but many have failed. I made ze shveet in order to find a couple who truely loved eachother. But ze many patrons have alvays put prices on zeir love. You vere villing to shpend every dime for you sveethaht. Ze blaumen is yours." The sweetmaker proclaimed as if he were merlin, announcing the glorious removal of the sword from the stone.
Jen, however, wasn't as graceful in her indulgence and joy as Angel.
"I am Das Shlitzkaiser!" She declared as she wore an empty stein on her head.
"und this," Here she slapped Patrick's chest. "IS mein trusted first lady!" Her german was oddly very clear when she was drunk. After placing the 6th stein of beer down onto her segment of the table, she promptly flopped over, leaning onto Patrick's shoulder. Patrick felt sslightly buzzed after his twelfth stein, but decided it would be time to leave.
Last Edit: February 19, 2009, 01:33:08 pm by Nigel Wetherby
Stella Gaslight
United States
Looking for a few good lobsters.
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2865 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:53:00 pm »
Angel took the rose like it was a holy relic and gave it an experimental lick. A petal with a texture surprisingly like a real rose came off in her mouth. She sucked it and the taste was amazing like fruit fresh in the summer sunshine. "Hold this for me, please. You can have some if you want to." With the rose safely in One's hands Angel tackled Cain showering him in kisses and I love yous. The jolly man behind the counter laughed. Angel broke off long enough to say "My Cain is the best." before pouncing on him again.
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2866 on:
February 19, 2009, 03:59:07 pm »
Abe and Rowland slowly pulled Dreyfuss back up into the hold, straining, even with the aid of the hold's pole-crane, with the effort of both lifting the surprisingly-heavy elder man, plus fight the increasing stiff wind resistance as the the
speeded up. "I never *puff* thought the fellow *puff* would be this *puff* heavy, wot? *puff*?
"he's not, Abe said, he just *heave* has a lot of stuff on *heave* him." Abe said, as he helped to pull Dreyfuss up, and then swung him over to deposit him next to the inner hull-wall. Dreyfuss mumbled something that couldn't be understood, "Mwarmesmp myreemmn?"
Roland scratched his head. "What was that? I didn't catch it...
Dreyfuss put his sleeve up to his mouth and exhaled several times, then enunciated somewhat more clearly, "Owheah iz Ahreen?"
"Oh!" He's asking "where is Irene!" Emma exclaimed, amused. "Your lips must be terribly numb, Dreyfuss, hee heehee...
"Whabs stho funby, Biss Ebba? Missh Emba...Dabbit! aowah gahd..."
"It's alright, Dreyfuss, she did well, and survived," George said, Floating up behind them. And she's following along at a surprisingly good clip. It's almost as if she's trying to achieve airspeed."
"A flying tank?" a much-warmer Dreyfuss said a few minutes later, "That'd be a real marvel, if it were true..."
Rosie had been watching as Irene drove the tank, and fired the weapons. and now it looked to Rosie like she might be in trouble outside, as the fierce young woman was knocked on her back.
"...help her..." the memory of Abraham's voice said. by the
, she would help -- but Abraham had also told her to stay in the tank.
Him not say no drive tank,
Rosie thought, and decided she would try it. Surely, if a human could do it, she could too... Rosie then punched what she thought was the funny little start button.
The weapons display came up again. Rosie decided to try for that, and moved the contols using the coiling and locomotion muscles in her body, and her tailtip and nose as well, to move the funny white "t" shape on the monitor, until it was centered on the monster that Irene was fighting at the moment, and then Rosie triumphantly pressed what she hoped was the appropriate button -- causing the tank to move forward slightly. "!!!!!" Rosie looked back up at the monitor again, saw Irene running back, and the
Rising, Rising, and speeding up, the tiny shape of Dreyfuss dangling below it but slowly being hauled upwards.
Dreyfuss hurt?
She wondered. She hoped not; crazy he might be, but
me like old hunter-man,
she thought, and wished him well. she looked at the screen again, and Irene was almost there, but another, lone, Cold Thing, a large one, was coming up behind her. Rosie thought about firing, but she could not remember how Irene had done it. Rosie thought angrily
Mother! why big gun not FIRE!
and slapped a row of buttons irritatedly with her tail-tip--
...and the tank rocked back a bit, whilst on the screen, the cold one exploded in a fireball, and Irene GLARED right at the tank, then turned around and looked behind her, seeing the remains of the cold one slithering down off of a bush. Rosie leaped off of the seat like an arrow, zipped over to the hatch, and hit the opening button, then climbed up and looked out at Irene, (who was already clambering up the crew-ladder to the hatch) and tried as hard as she could to to apologize -- but, of course, it all came out as just a plaintive "hiisssissiiissss..."
Last Edit: February 20, 2009, 12:08:48 am by MWBailey
Arabella Granger
Snr. Officer
United States
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2867 on:
February 19, 2009, 10:40:21 pm »
Alright. Enough of bein' the damsel in distress. Time to start pulling my own weight again.
She took out her pistol once again and stood back-to-back with Elisha, ready for anything.
"Got any ideas?"
Re: "STEAM LONDON" Game Thread
Reply #2868 on:
February 19, 2009, 11:37:03 pm »
Dreyfuss swore that he could still hear gunfire from somewhere. "Where's the battle? I hear gunfire!" HE stood up slowly, limping brokenly, and pulled out the amazingly-unbroken cane, deciding
If I have to use the damn thing, I might as well use it in battle.
Well? he asked the hold at large.
"Old One, you have just" Abe held up one hand and started counting off things on his fingers,"walked
down the hull to shoot arbiters, and -- what did you call it, Lady Emma? yes, a 'spayder digger,' been batted back and forth by arbiters that were already on the hull, stood nearly upside down while shooting other cold ones off the hull, climbed BACK up again, done whatever you did that caused several shots to be fired, fallen back down from the hull to the ground, pursued by a commodore...and I hope dispatched him before you roped yourself to the hull again, then shot yet more cold ones off of the hull, then beaten back several stragglers, getting nearly frozen through in the process... "
"just how many exploits do you plan to cram in before this battle is over?"
Did I really do all that
Dreyfuss thought. Well, no matter,I hear gunfire, and that means somebody is still in trouble.
"Whatever I can, Abe. I promised myself and ...someone else... I'd take care of this crew, and I'm going to keep my word, even if I have to come back from the dead to do it."
"You're not dead,
, Captain Dreyfuss," Rowland said, "yes, Abe told me the story. Don't blame him," he added hurriedly, seeing the glare forming on Dreyfuss' face "I can be pretty persuasive if I have to be."
"NO, I'm
; which means I have no excuse to rest," Dreyfuss said, managing somehow to trot and support his weight on one side with the cane, following the sound of gunfire.
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"Wherewe goin', Patrick?" Jen slurred as he wrapped a firm arm under her shoulder and half walked, half heaved her out of the bar. Patrick said nothing to her, only removed the stein from her hand and emptied it in one gulp. Jen whimpered in protest, then began singing a bawdy song that she could only have heard from dockers. It was about a sailor, a pretty young maid and a humourous misunderstanding involving a red petticoat, a garter and a pair of silk stockings.
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Pausing at the first stairwell, Dreyfuss turned around and said, "One reason I
an 'Old One' is because I try to always seek the battle, rather than let
-- and no, Abe, I regret to say that I did not dispatch the clown this time, either." dreyfuss pasued, loked as if he were tracking some sound too small for the rest of them to hear, and then spoke in a slightly softer voice, "I may yet have another chance at it, however," as he fancied he heard flapping wings from somewhere above.
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Elisha paused, thinking. Outside the battle was raging. However, inside the ship he realized there may be troubled as well. He stopped and listened.
"Let's head to the engine room. They tend to aim for that first, trying to cripple us. Lets see if there's anything...inhuman in there..."
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Patrick carried the intoxicated Jen towards a less-than glamorous inn. The egg-colored walls and cat hair covering the carpet denoted it was a family owned buisness. The miniature old lady with snow-white hair and glasses that made her look like some species of owl added solidity to the theory. She showed the two more-than-human patrons to a cozy room with a single bed. Patrick had never bothered to change his shirt, butr the old lady never bothered to ask of his "Odd skin condition"
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hey everyone,
this question is aimed towards those are/were involved UPT boards, but I'd appreciate the general input too.
I have been, for some years preparing to apply for a UPT slot, I am 23, and I graduate in December, with a business degree from Embry-Riddle. I have a ton of work experience, for my age anyway. I can't take AFOQT until November unfortunately, so I won't have that number until then, but I am doing pretty good in the practice test.
I will most likely apply to the ANG, and possibly the AF Reserve.
I am Muslim. I am not naive. I know the mood is generally against Muslims and anything to do with them, thanks to the bastards in the ME and traitors in our own country here. in case you are wondering, I am genuinely a patriotic person. I am very involved in politics. in fact, I am on a first name basis with a number of state reps and senators (generally republican). I am also very involved with the Civil Air Patrol (deputy commander of a 120+ member squadron).
I really do want to serve, and I love aviation. I am NOT doing this for Airline hours, as I have no interest in an airline pilot career. I want to do this because I genuinely love this country, its military, and flying.
my question is: will my religion effect my chances of being selected for UPT?
I know the official answer is no. is that also the unofficial answer?
I would appreciate blunt honesty above anything else.
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Mission The Equal Opportunity (EO) program formulates, directs, and sustains a comprehensive effort to maximize human potential to ensure fair treatment for military personnel, family members, and civilians without regard to race, color, gender, RELIGION, or national origin, and provide an environment free of unlawful discrimination and offensive behavior.
As long as you qualify for the job, religious beliefs do not a matter. Since I am in Army, I cannot speak for other branches, but Army offers Muslim service as well.
I hope this will be relief for your worry.
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You will never see a place for religion on any military form. You dog tags are the only ones. I have personally known a pair of muslim F-15 drivers.
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Thank you both for responding. it is a relief in a way. now the only battle is to get interviews, get hired, not fail anything along the way....
Launcherman, were those F-15 pilots AD, AFR, or ANG? the F-15 is one of my favorite fighters.
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You will never see a place for religion on any military form. You dog tags are the only ones. I have personally known a pair of muslim F-15 drivers.
I deployed to Iraq in country two times as part of a ANG AEF rotation and we had one F-16 driver, two weapons loaders and a Crew Chief that were Muslim. Nobody gave it a second thought and it never came up cause we were all there as volunteers doing our job for our country. I whole heartily agree with Launcherman's comments (nicely said sir).
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I know the mood is generally against Muslims and anything to do with them, thanks to the bastards in the ME and traitors in our own country here.
I'd disagree with that assessment...the overriding issue is the perceived lack of willingness among Muslims to speak more vehemently against the crimes committed against Islam, and in the name of Islam. We get literally bombarded with admonitions about not holding Muslims responsible for the acts of "a few nuts", except the tolerance for violence and the unwillingness of Muslims to eradicate terrorism as a means of achieving political goals, paints large swaths of the faith with the same brush.
Islam being the most numerous religion on the planet means that if only a tiny fraction of Muslims tacitly support terrorism...that translates into a large actual number.
When Pew conducts a survey among Muslims to see what the general attitudes about violence in the name of their faith...that's an issue. When the numbers indicate support for violence that is not right near 0... that's a
larger issue.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/26/where-te ... slim-world
So, when you say "the bastards in the ME" I assume you mean the actual people willing to commit terrorism...which is a no kidding problem, but it represents an extremely small number of people. However, the real larger issue is the tacit approval for it in large portions of the Islamic world...people not willing to actually commit violence, but are unwilling to either condemn it, or help eliminate it because they are not willing to stand against another Muslim in favor of a non-Muslim.
This is a problem among Muslims...and the only real solution to it is going to have to come from within Islam.
My point is, that its easy to get wrapped up in the feeling that Muslims are unfairly painted with the terrorist brush...and they are, but there are real world numbers that bear out the fallacy that terrorism is not synonymous with Islam...and that is the fault of Muslims, not the people who recognize that the problem is far larger than its generally portrayed. Again we're talking small percentages which translate into extremely large numbers based on nothing more than the sheer size of Islam. .5% of a million people who support terrorism is a relatively small number. .5% of a billion people is a BUNCH of people.
Having said that, what you will find is that the military is probably the most fair and tolerant organization you could hope for. It has a rich tradition of embracing different races and religions long before society in general has been...and the reason is the mission is immune from such petty differences. I know pilots of as many different faiths as you can name... Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Jews, and even some Wiccans...and atheists and secular humanists. I know a couple who for all intents and purposes seem to be dedicated Marxists. Also, remember that the Air Force employs people who aren't pilots, and who's jobs are just as important and in a lot of cases, more "sensitive" and those ranks are filled with people of all faiths as well. I know a missile officer who's a Sikh and an intelligence officer who's Muslim.
You might also recall that the military went as far out of its way as imaginable to not offend or unfairly discriminate against the guy who killed all those soldiers at Ft. Hood...despite his clear, open support for terrorism.
I think your fears are unjustified...if you want to serve, and you can make the grade and have the talent, they'd love to have you and I'll be incredibly grateful that you've chosen to place your life ahead of mine to protect me and my family, like I am with all service members, regardless of how you serve God.
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AT&T pushes out Windows Phone 7.5 Tango for Samsung Focus 2
AT&T and Microsoft tonight have begun pushing out Windows Phone 7.5 build 8773 aka Tango to the Samsung Focus 2 (see our review). The previous version of the OS was version 8112 aka the LTE build. First reported in our comments by MDiBo, we were able to verify on our own Focus 2 that the update is indeed live...
Windows Phone Tango brings numerous small fixes to the OS, including multiple images in MMS, send ringtones (MMS), more reliable push notifications, new wallpapers and other optimizations.
After the OS is updated users will be prompted to do yet another update, which will install new Samsung firmware to coincide with the OS upgrade.Though we have not verified what this firmware update contains, it usually fixes minor issues related to the camera, proximity sensors, volume controls and potentially the display. We'll try to verify any changes over the next few days.
We did test other AT&T Windows Phones including the HTC Titan, Titan II and Focus S and were not able to verify any OS or firmware updates for those devices at this time.
Update: The Tango Update for the Samsung Focus 2 took about thirty minutes. Times will vary depending on how long the backup stage takes. When all is said and done the new Firmware version is 2188.8.131.52 and a new Radio software version is 2184.108.40.206.
There are 103 comments. Sign in to commentslpaige says:
Wow I've had the update on mine for so long I'd already forgotten I had it. They are just now officially releasing it? Wow.
karelj says:
Care to share how you got it for your Titan II??
unstoppablekem says:
Daniel went over that topic a billion times a few months ago.
karelj says:
Well, obviously I missed it. So how about you let Mr Rubino answer if he so chooses, and go play snarky wannabe forum moderator somewhere else.
LauraTaylor390 says:
Love my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online(Click on menu Home)
Nataku4ca says:
u could at least change iMac to Surface if you want to spam a WP news site you know....
upupandawol says:
Why must they torment us this way.
hopefully the 7.8 will follow right behind this.
Piro.Garay says:
I read an article on Google news saying Microsoft may be will releasing 7.8 on Wednesday, I'm thinking it's not tomorrow though. Maybe next Wednesday...
tiggscolo says:
Such lucky people! I am still on 7720, on my HTC Arrive. (yes, someone does move slower than AT&T).
karelj says:
They push this update *now* ??? Gee, thanks AT&T....it only took you how long?
Thankfully, updates are now OTA and we no longer have to be held hostage by your gross incompetence, negligence and greed.
dominicancash says:
Hope what u saying is true ,and we get them without at&t involve on them , cuz remember androids can get ota but is up to at&t that's why they never get em .
fwaits says:
Android tends to be more of a problem because of OEM customizations so global over the air updates would have to be model specific not just OS specific.
dtboos says:
lol wut
Oldmajor says:
This can't be right. Can it? I thought this was done months ago!
DalekSnare says:
So prompt! Well done, AT&T!
Kormiko says:
And here I am sitting with my Focus 1 still without Tango... but with Mango's disappearing keypad.
SOULd_OUT says:
I feel your pain... I pray every night that they'll bring 7.8 to us without AT&T getting their grubby hands on it...
jagu says:
MAKE SURE YOUR FOCUS IS version 1.3 and NOT 1.4
Get the 7.8 ROM from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016769 and use the SMS Backup utility from the same forum (search for it on XDA) and the rest of the stuff will be backed up by zune. Only downside is you have to re-install all your apps and the App saves such as your progress in games and stuff will be lost. If you are okay with that then this ROM is 100% stable and working! I have the older 7.8 8835 ROM on my focus which has been running really really stable for months now and planning to update to this one soon.
Goodluck! (No more dissapearing keyboard and any other bugs!)
GuilhermeManso says:
Tango today. 7.8 tomorrow?
pankaj981 says:
Yes even i m thinking the same
dinchy87 says:
Thats what i want to say :) maybe a prepare... Is this nokia microsoft event tomorrow? :) So it could be possible
brandon_powell says:
I was just thinking this is prep work for 7.8 as you would need Tango first.
astroXP says:
But you STILL would have to upgrade to Tango anyway.
spcdog says:
Maybe that's not true this time, and Tango is a prerequisite for 7.8 for some reason. I don't think any sane carrier would try to get in the way of 7.8, given the noise people made about their "older" handsets not getting 8.0.
DalekSnare says:
Still, updates are designed to be applied to certain earlier versions. If you get an unused older model now and update it, it will install several updates in succession.
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xconomicron says:
3/4 ths of ATT's Windows Phones haven't been updated yet to Tango.
Kreblon says:
Keep dreaming, this is AT&T. More like Tango today, 7.8 in January.
January 2014.
Round And Round says:
Microsoft is delivering 7.8 directly
cloud5trike says:
I think this news should be read 0,5 year before.
JD Miles says:
I suppose it would kill them to release an update for the original Focus and the inexcusable length of time it has been suffering the missing keyboard. still on 7220 thank you AT&T as I know MSFT has had this update to you since probably last January!!!!!
220SeaChaser says:
This made me LOL since I have an original Focus and have not received Tango.
last boy scout 151 says:
Sorry folks! I got a group of psychics over here trying to get them to press the "7.8" update button. But since KARL is being selfish he made them press the WRONG button! My bad!
"You know who else pressed the wrong button? MY MOM!" - Muscle Man
lvalen91 says:
HA!! lol
inside man 55 says:
Severely off topic...I am new to this website and I want to tip my hat to Daniel and the rest of the team for keeping up to speed with all the windows phones news...thank you for being so quick.
Neo Nuke says:
Dude. You'll love our community ! Welcome in.
Sobr0801 says:
Couldn't stand the android central community, this one is much better.
inside man 55 says:
Agreed. I find it remarkable, this one seems friendlier and more open.
inside man 55 says:
Thanks! Loving it already.
brandon_powell says:
I have to wonder if this is ground work for the 7.8 update as you would need Tango first. Please let it be the case!
freestaterocker says:
Maybe since they're actually pushing out tango they'll opt to skip 7.8...
WinFan1 says:
According to ms carriers have no control over the update and all phones will get it
freestaterocker says:
As far as it being groundwork for tango, whenever you get an update it carries any previous ones you missed with it.
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PolishHitta says:
2 years later. "hey my Verizon HTC Trophy got it!"
Corepc says:
Finally they pushed the updated out to Focus 2 user's. Focus S and Focus Flash got our Tango and Firmware Updates months ago. Original Focus Users are in EOL so no update's unless they manually update to Tango..
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MDiBo says:
My fiance has my old OG Focus and she doesnt have the 8112 update yet, my focus 2 came with it installed.... im doubtful the OG will receive tango let alone 7.8
And having the rumor about 7.8 coming out tomorrow(?), it makes me feel that att had to put this out to update to 7.8.
Started the process now.... hope it doesnt really take 30 mins on my UVerse...
_Haitian says:
I'm in Canada using a SIM unlocked AT&T HTC Titan running on Telus. How do I upgrade to Tango and more importantly when 7.8 comes out? Would greatly be appreciate any tips.
mikeeemm says:
An at&t rep told me that they released tango in June, I emailed customer support about my Samsung focus sgh-i917. I was told to connect my phone to PC and start Zune and it would update, I told them nothing happens and then they said to contact Samsung because there's nothing they can do. Samsung told me to connect phone to PC and start Zune and my phone should update. I'm in the process about email both at&t and Samsung showing them that my phone won't update and according to at&t my phone should update because they released the update in June.
MDiBo says:
tango did come out for certain models....
but the reps have absolutley no clue about WP at all, in store in Eureka, CA they are all iphone fanboys... they do have 4 WPs on display but they know nothing about them...
RaRa85 says:
So I did the manual update for the HTC Titan but because it was a general update and not specific to the device voice notes do not work. ATT is a freaking joke at getting these updates out. If not for the manual CAB installer method my keyboard would still be doing magic tricks! Abra cadabra....disappear.lol
ebradley says:
7.8 from ATT is a mirage.
Kadcidxa says:
Too late. Already using a ROM on both of my Focus devices.
aubreyq says:
My original Focus will cry itself to sleep tonight. Wonder how many Focus 2's they sold compared to original Focus.
unstoppablekem says:
Barely. Couldn't compete with the 900.
lippidp says:
Better late than never, I suppose. Anyway, here are the WP sales rankings on bestbuy.com for today:
AT&T (95 phones offered)
21. HTC 8X Blue 8GB (37. a week ago, 24. a month ago)
24. Nokia Lumia 920 Black (17. a week ago, not available a month ago)
28. Nokia Lumia 920 Cyan (56. a week ago, not available a month ago)
35. Nokia Lumia 920 Red (53. a week ago, not available a month ago)
39. Samsung Focus Flash (63. a week ago, 47. a month ago)
42. Nokia Lumia 920 White (36. a week ago, not available a month ago)
45. Nokia Lumia 900 Cyan (38. a week ago, 59. a month ago)
46. Nokia Lumia 900 Black (39. a week ago, 26. a month ago)
61. HTC 8X Blue 16GB (70. a week ago, not available a month ago)
62. HTC 8X Yellow 8GB (71. a week ago, not available a month ago)
64. Nokia Lumia 920 Yellow (48. a week ago, not available a month ago)
66. Nokia Lumia 820 (72. a week ago, not available a month ago)
68. Samsung Focus 2 (59. a week ago, 56. a month ago)
69. Nokia Lumia 900 White (74. a week ago, 42. a month ago)
81. HTC Titan (84. a week ago, 69. a month ago)
82. Samsung Focus S (85. a week ago, 71. a month ago)
HTC Titan II is not offered
Nokia Lumia 900 Pink is not offered
HTC 8X Yellow 16GB is not offered
T-Mobile (32 phones offered)
6. HTC 8X (23. a week ago, not available a month ago)
14. Nokia Lumia 810 (22. a week ago, not available a month ago)
21. Nokia Lumia 710 White (31. a week ago, 26. a month ago)
29. Nokia Lumia 710 Black (30. a week ago, 25. a month ago)
30. HTC Radar (19. a week ago, 27. a month ago)
Verizon (79 phones offered)
21. HTC 8X Black (not available a week ago, not available a month ago)
23. Nokia Lumia 822 Black (60. a week ago, not available a month ago)
57. HTC 8X Red is not offered (not available a week ago, not available a month ago)
58. Nokia Lumia 822 White (58. a week ago, not available a month ago)
59. HTC 8X Blue (59. a week ago, not available a month ago)
76. HTC Trophy (54. a week ago, 68. a month ago)
Nokia Lumia 822 Grey is not offered
Sprint (49 phones offered)
None offered
wpguy says:
So the red 8X is exclusive to Verizon, yet they don't sell it. [SMH in disgust.] Give it to TMo, and I'll buy it.
BrownieSanFrijolTaco says:
Strange... This is supposed to be better and newer than my Focus Flash, which got tango (officially) months ago.
Joshave says:
que flojera con AT&T apenas si manda esa actualización para ese mobile, y que pasa con otros teléfonos como HTC Titan? es una pena y sigo diciendo lo mismo, un asco AT&T! :I
xconomicron says:
ATT's excuse for not pushing this update out: "Errr, we could not push out this update because there was a 6 month long computer error that we just fixed...everything is under control now, updates to your phones should come as soon as possible now."
-I would so tell people that if I worked for ATT as a customer service rep.
RyanDaLyon says:
Haha they did say that they were testing it on the focus now, haha I bug them all the time and they've said the same thing since last June.
Xeion says:
One of these days an update for my AT&T HTC Titan would be nice. 7720 is getting pretty stale with the disappearing keyboard action. Updating using the CAB method just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Why can't AT&T pull their heads out of their butts?
Eye D 10 T says:
I had callt ATT earlier in the year and they said that it was coming in June or July with some nice updates from HTC added to it. Good thing I didn't hold my breath...
Face2000 says:
Jokes on me thanks at&t rocking the titan 2 still no love my wife's Lumia 900 go it months ago but hay its what ever right.
Neo Nuke says:
Lumia 900 definitely has tango out for at&t
rabit1 says:
Who's to blame for this? AT&T or Samsung?
I've had mine on HD7 ages ago (using the update trick method (pull the network plug).
I'm thinking about getting the ATIV S, unlocked, If this is Samsung fault, I'd have to reconsider getting the ATIV S.
What do you think? Would the ATIV S unlocked/unbranded suffer the same late update?
ihavewp8 says:
I don't think people cares lol
sdreamer says:
WP9 rolls around and finally we'll get 7.8, hahaha. I thought Samsung devices were the first to get the Tango update then. Can't believe this is just coming now.
judas2100 says:
pretty late to release the update...actually i don't think it even matters now...i bought a Samsung Omnia W back in march and it was already updated...
ciprigeorgiu says:
rumors stated that today wp 7.8 will be released. So this is what all was about?
Cristoby says:
This is no way to treat Grandpa Focus, The Original WinPhone Hit.
sixium says:
HiroEX says:
So are they doing this so they can skip the 7.8 update? Since once 7.8 would have made the 7.5 update a "skipped" update?
guitaristd00d says:
Jesus man!! 7.8 is an OTA update directly from Microsoft!! How many times must one have to repeat themselves!! :)
mrhoodiny says:
Yea got mine way back too, thanks to DR
Mic98 says:
I imagine those focus 2 owners being all like "OMG OMG WE GOT A 7.8 UPDATE" and then realizing it is a Tango update :D :/ :| :(
pankaj981 says:
Tjalsma says:
That's exactly what happened to me :(
wpguy says:
I really hope that starting with WP 8 MS has finally with this BS under control. I also really hope all phones will actually get the 7.8 update, including the models that are beyond the 18-month support window. I know, people have said time and time again all WP7 devices will be getting 7.8. I hate to be a pessimist, but I'll believe it when I see multi-sized tile glory on everyone's phones.
chucky78 says:
I got an update on my Telus Surround 7 yesterday for Tango I Believe.
chucky78 says:
Why is the FM Radio not in Windows Phone 8?
mayur89 says:
Samsung suckks !!! :D whethr its android, or windows :P
BikemanAMD says:
Wishes At&t would send out Tango Update and finally fix the Disappearing Keyboard on HTC Windows Phone 7 Surround, been waiting and waiting for update to fix that issue for months now. Contemplating just switching to Sprint and Android when my contract is up in April 2013, Unless something changes my mind by then, but I don't know right now
MadSci2 says:
This i smy primary beef with Sammy Phones. THey are so oddly customized by samsung that they're always left way behind at Update time. Remeber how the original Focus turned out to have two different "Secret" versions an donly some could be updated to NoDo until Sammy bothered to write the necessary Drivers? The best part was that son-one at Sammy ot MSoft seemed to be aware of it for weeks.
I loved my WinMo Sammy Phones, but until they either stop thsi nonsense and/or devote enough resources to keeping their 'customized' phones up to date I'm sticking with Nokia - the Update King!
rabit1 says:
This is like upgrading a Ford Pinto.
mrmdj31675 says:
Really? It took them this long to release Tango to their customers? Where is the outrage for thi?
wait, I realize this is not anti-Sprint propaganda...
ms tech says:
when will AT&T release WP7.8 updates for Samsung Focus 2 ?


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In recent years, more advertisers have been making their spots public before the Big Game. This year, 26 of the 35 or so advertisers have released their spots, with more reveals expected, according to YouTube.com.
Companies have good reason for doing this. Last year, Super Bowl ads released early were watched 600 percent more times — with 9.1 million average views — than ones released after the game, according to YouTube.com, which hosts advertisers' commercials on its site.
"The conversation has gone from Monday morning around the water cooler to social media, so basically what that means is there's no downside in showing your cards early and getting people to talk about it and starting up some buzz," said Charlie Warzel, staff writer at Adweek Magazine.
Still, Warzel said not everyone likes seeing ads early. "There are a lot of people who want to be surprised and can't help but see these things floating around the Internet or picked up by news agencies. So the element of surprise is taken away."
To be sure, a few companies are betting that there's still cachet in making the "big reveal." The few advertisers that are staying mum this year are hoping they can accomplish what Chrysler did last year — its two-minute halftime spot featuring Clint Eastwood was so unexpected that it was one of the most memorable ads of the game.
"Last year, Chrysler shocked everyone with a Clint Eastwood ad no one knew about," said Barbara Lippert, a columnist at mediapost.com. "This year, no one knows what Chrysler is doing." Continued...
Besides Chrysler, companies that haven't revealed their spots yet include Mondelez' Oreo and Research In Motion's BlackBerry. All the companies have so far declined to discuss their plans for Super Bowl publicly.
"Oreo has developed this ad for the Super Bowl and, as such, it's only fitting that it debuts during the Super Bowl," according to an Oreo statement.
That hasn't stopped ad experts from speculating. "Oreo's advertising might really hit the mark because people are tired of sex and beer," Lippert, the columnist, said. "Blackberry's commercial is coming from a British agency so I have high hopes for it."
Procter & Gamble's Tide also hasn't released its ad, but it has given some details. For instance, the company said that the ad will include both teams in the Super Bowl — the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens — and discuss stains that might be worth keeping.
"We feel that the magic of the ad would be lost if we revealed it before its slot in the game," said Chris Lillich, the company's associate marketing director.
There might also be some surprises from advertisers that have already released ads. Experts say some companies may tinker with their plans.
Something to watch for, Lippert said: Whether Volkswagen changes its Game Day spot that features a Minnesotan man with a Jamaican accent, which faced some criticism in the days leading up to the Super Bowl from some people who deemed it culturally insensitive.
"There might be some surprises and last-minute changes," Lippert said.
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