Only because he was an intellectual and mocked Rich people. And was close friends with Ernest Hemmingway, who really was a KGB agent...
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Ernest Hemingway was always a strange character. He loved polydactyl cats, which have borne the name "Hemingway Cats" and there are massive colonies of them at his homes in Key West and Cuba. It's one of the reasons why my own cat's name has "Hemingway" in it.
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Ages ago me and @99KingHigh came up with a zany Hemingway-themed subplot exploring his role in the Cuban Civil War. Perhaps it’s time to revisit it…
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Looking forward to seeing what concoction appears for the Decentralised Council Communes of Britain
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Black flag with a million white stars, making it look white.
I'm excited by the US flag being self updating. Having a load or a few stares to keep or get to the flag the player personally likes the most and sticking with it the while game sounds like a challange.
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I like the idea of a Lone Star United States – a massive Texas that games the system to keep its single star no matter how big it gets.
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Remives the issue of states rights v fed rights. Just have one state, and one fed. They can fight all they want in perfect harmony.
Yes, I will be very disappointed if you cannot artificially increase or decrease or maintain the number of states for arbitray poltcial reasons (which of course happened and happens in the real US all the time. Also hoping for a slave state divide thing).
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Would have to check, but pretty sure these things are both possible in V2. Slave states certainly the player has some control over.. And there’s defintiely a mechanic to elevate territories to states. So I’d hope any dynamic flag would take that into account
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Happy Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all celebrating today!
Please enjoy this themed card from the Rhymney Valley Miners’ Support Group, produced during the height of the strike in 1984—
A happy and peaceful end of the year to you all, and see you in January with a fresh chapter!
Please enjoy this themed card from the Rhymney Valley Miners’ Support Group, produced during the height of the strike in 1984—
A happy and peaceful end of the year to you all, and see you in January with a fresh chapter!
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So that January chapter never quite materialised, did it? Sorry folks – it’s been a busy couple of months (essay deadlines, end of the tax year, thesis proposal submission, UCU strikes, moving flat… take your pick!) Sad as I am not to have had more time to spend on writing for Echoes lately, there is a chapter still in the works so I remain hopeful of a springtime comeback.
Anyway – I’m not here just to offer up more excuses and promises! Most of you will know this, but the Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds (our beloved YAYAs) have been underway for the last couple of months, and now we’ve entered the last day or so of voting. Most people who actively read this thread I think have voted already, but in case you haven’t it’s not too late to make your voice heard! Filling out a ballot – however fully – is a great way to show your appreciation for your favourite authAARs and their work over the past year, and it also helps to keep alive a really great community tradition celebrating the wide array of talent we’re lucky enough to enjoy on the forums. So please do get your vote in (here!) before the end of the day on February 28th! (And I can say that now, because I’ve finally done it myself…)
DB
Anyway – I’m not here just to offer up more excuses and promises! Most of you will know this, but the Yearly AARland Year-end AwAARds (our beloved YAYAs) have been underway for the last couple of months, and now we’ve entered the last day or so of voting. Most people who actively read this thread I think have voted already, but in case you haven’t it’s not too late to make your voice heard! Filling out a ballot – however fully – is a great way to show your appreciation for your favourite authAARs and their work over the past year, and it also helps to keep alive a really great community tradition celebrating the wide array of talent we’re lucky enough to enjoy on the forums. So please do get your vote in (here!) before the end of the day on February 28th! (And I can say that now, because I’ve finally done it myself…)
DB
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It's taken me many months, but I've finally made it, I'm up to date.
These upcoming US elections are going to be intense.
I'm definitely looking forward to the continuation of this wonderful effort.
These upcoming US elections are going to be intense.
I'm definitely looking forward to the continuation of this wonderful effort.
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Welcome to the present, @roverS3! It‘a good to have you with us at last.
Thanks for sticking with it over the last… however long it’s been. I really do appreciate it when people take the time to catch up at whatever pace – especially considering how much there is to catch up with.I too am looking forward to the results of the US election. I mean… I know what happens, but it’s always a pleasure reading @99KingHigh ‘s work.
In the meantime, I have actually got 5,000 words of the next chapter down. Predictably, I’m going to split the rest of 1967 into two parts – but part one might actually be done by the end of this week. You heard it here first, folks…
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Apologies for returning with yet another non-update post, but annoyingly my plans to have a chapter out for you all by the end of the month have hit a roadblock: after two years evading its reach, covid has finally struck. Fairly inevitable at the moment in London, but frustrating nevertheless.
Hopefully back soon with better news. In the meantime, see you all on the other side
Hopefully back soon with better news. In the meantime, see you all on the other side
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Thanks Butterfly. And back at you! Hope you have a manageable time of it..
They call it Plague Island for a reason!
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Thank you Midnite Duke! That’s very kind. I’ve got my fingers crossed it will stay mildish.
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Forget the bloody chapter.
Hope you get well soon. Best wishes for fast recovery.
Everyone; stay safe, stay healthy.
Hope you get well soon. Best wishes for fast recovery.
Everyone; stay safe, stay healthy.
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