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I didn't know so many people in Guardians were in the military. I'm in Navy ROTC now, thinking about switching to Marine Option. I think it would be cool to hear who was in the military and how and where you served. Maybe move that over to our private forum. I'd like to hear what you guys did though.
        
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Oh sweet, I got promoted to Vice Admiral too. Haha, now I don't have to salute the CNET admiral anymore.
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Congrats! 
Ok, I'm off to bed.
     
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Dagnabbit, I didn't even manage to keep ahead of him for an hour...should I try and squeeze in another tonight?
Sure, can't let evil triumph that easily, I'm not sure my one win will be able to jump me 2 places to catch up, but we'll see.
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Oh, hello! I'm awake now. Got in a 47.9K Small Crip - personal best at that setting. Am I the only player here that takes less than 60K at a sitting?
Congrats Quick on the promotion, and to zaK for the second gold bar!
And to both our recent additions to the top 50 
I count 14 there now.
   
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| Contrats to Quik and GH for making top 50 (again) |
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That should be Quick and Attila. I've been hanging around 38-39-40 for about a week  (and in the top 50 without moving up for far too long...  )
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Dull Thud
Dull Thud
 Good grief!! Mag and Naqmir are really cookin'! Well, if Good goes down, we'll go down swinging!
I'm going to work on medals tomorrow. It's sleepy time for me now.
For Honor and Justice and lots of sleep!
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Boom!
Netted 5k that game, and pulled into the lead over the evil Attila again.
I sure earned it that game, the drengin declared war on me, and me being the man that I am I HAD to fight it out with them. Took a long time, but I won out in the end, and then the whole galaxy bowed before me 
For Honor and Justice
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| Am I the only player here that takes less than 60K at a sitting? |
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Nope! Check my stats. I've never posted a 60K game yet!
I'm too hooked on playing medium maps.
  
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Sorry Attila, you're begging for mercy will not get you anywhere with me. Good will always conquer evil, and I'll be putting the nail in the proverbial coffin tomorrow. (maybe not, but I'll push you back some more)
I think we are both fairly secure on page two now, we just gotta start working our way up it. Good luck with the gf, luckily I have no such hindrances to my playing right now and will continue to pound those yor and all their evil cohorts into the ground.
Off to bed now, goodnight
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| luckily I have no such hindrances to my playing right now and will continue to pound those yor and all their evil cohorts into the ground. |
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hinderance?
i don't see how a G/F and a box of magnums is a hinderance 
hmmm galciv or G/F, galciv or G/F, tough one eh?
  
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Arggh!
MD got me by `200 points!
Congrats MD on a well fought battle!
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Thank you, Loopcub! (It was a bad enough day without you dropping more on our heads! )
Here's a BOOM! for the Guardians of Justice! Got one position closer to Theoden, and then looked again, and realized he'd also moved one position up! Congrats, my Emperor!
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| Here's a BOOM! for the Guardians of Justice! Got one position closer to Theoden, and then looked again, and realized he'd also moved one position up! Congrats, my Emperor! |
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Yup, its a race to Wulfer now!
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| Yup, its a race to Wulfer now! |
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Hey, good evening, Bromoser! I was just noticing that we couldn't be much more evenly matched. We've got nearly identical points, nearly identical position in the metaverse, and identical number of games submitted! Very cool!
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Hi MD!
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Your rate of point submission is much higher though! I knew you would eventually catch me! Now I've got to watch out for those 3 light saber weilding maniacs, and that guy with gold shirt and funky TV remote that shoots out light and makes funny whining noises.
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by Veteran Gerakken - 6/3/2004 3:41:01 AM
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Well, since folks are talking about military service, I was four year NJROTC myself way back in my high school days. Not because I was some skinny geek who was trying to get out of PE. I was six foot and two hundred and five pounds of muscle when I entered high school. (I say that because back in my school district they always accused the NJROTC types of being geeks and wimps who wanted to get out of PE. Sure, some slackers and troublemakers got into the unit, but we got them weeded out or whipped in shape eventually.)
Right after high school, the first thing I did was try to enlist in the Army. I say try because they liked my brains back then quite well, but I had one too many physical problems. Funny, I was a very strong guy back when. To think that some glasses, flat feet, and some hole in my lung I never knew I had before made me 4F. (I was the school genius before getting my brains scrambled a bit later in life in an accident.)
My motives were simple: it was in my blood and I thought I could make a difference in the service of my country. Most of the males in my family were in the service. One uncle because he had to join (the juvenile delinquent thing), but all the rest I knew of because they believed in America. Even in the Vietnam era, they answered the call. Not because they believed in that war, but because they were going to be soldiers and that was the mission. (It was above their pay grade to ask why, just their duty to do or die. Or at least get home alive after getting wounded. Ballots help determine government policy, not the soldiers by themselves.)
Even though I never achieved a military career, I admire those who can and do answer the call. As private citizens, we can help direct government policy (at least in countries that have governments that allow such), but it is the soldiers who will pay the price in executing those policies. And sometimes they do not have the liberty to be questioning why when there is a job to do. They defend the wall and watch our backs. It is up to the whole of us to make sure they get what they need to do that.
Oh, as for the D&D thing, my most memorable character was a NG gnome illusionist. The little guy tended toward chaotic a lot with his practical jokes, though. You can do a lot of damage to friend or foe alike with the right illusions...
 
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