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HitsHerMark
Unfictologist
Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 1521 Location: Austin, TX
I named my rock "Ages", but I should have named it "Pet".
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I just couldn't keep myself from clicking the Donate link and...
*Hands G3K the "smarmy-ist punk" award.
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GirlInFocus
flickr
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:37 am
G3K
Decorated
Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 273 Location: Palm Desert / Laguna Beach, CA
HitsHerMark wrote:
I named my rock "Ages", but I should have named it "Pet".
G3K wrote:
I just couldn't keep myself from clicking the Donate link and...
*Hands G3K the "smarmy-ist punk" award.
/me congratulates self and thanks HHM with the appropriate degree of self-effacing irony
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:46 am
Machina Kyrios
Boot
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 45
Now that it's launched, does that mean Orbital Colony gets its own section now?
And given the rock will probably be an asteroid, maybe a "suckup" approach and suggesting it be named after an Orbicon staffer might be good? Just to see the response if any?
Edit: Thrown in with the ever so creative "The Rock of Discovery"...
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:54 am
Last edited by Machina Kyrios on Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:36 am; edited 1 time in total
taozero
Veteran
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 87 Location: Back in Alaska...
Phaedra wrote:
taozero wrote:
'Suleiman the magnificent'
That's just how I 'roll', as the kids say....
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:01 am
Max Steele
Unfettered
Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 456
My rock name is "Falling"
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:57 am
oliverkeers13
Entrenched
Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 917 Location: London, UK
Steg is the name of mine. SOunds dinosaury and has an ARG reference
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:18 am
Last edited by oliverkeers13 on Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:39 pm; edited 1 time in total
Dno
Boot
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 48
I named my rock - The Casbah.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:35 am
Machina Kyrios
Boot
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 45
I decided to toss the info adress on the Orbicon Corporation website an e-mail to see if anything comes up. Time will tell if my bait works and I get a bite. (Ow. I lose points for that fishing analogy...)
Message is as follows.
Quote:
Subject: A Thank You From An Interested Observer
As someone who has since childhood stared up at the stars, studied astronomy and space station theories as a hobby, and even shamefully admits to having once liked Star Trek though simply for it's extra-terrestrial nature, it fills me with such excitement to see what the Orbicon Corporation is doing. Thank you for taking the step into making the dreams of people like myself come true and helping humanity leave this cradle we are quickly outgrowing in spite of the likelyhood of the simple-minded standing in your way.
I am curious, however, as to the nature of this most interesting of endeavors. How do you plan to cope with long periods of weaker gravity? I know that rotation works, but I know not how fast something must spin to attain Earth-like gravity. Are there plans for zero-g manufacturing some time in the comming decades? Or of turning sight to the moon?
I know I must be asking far too many questions, and understand fully if answers are not given. Know that Orbicon's mission has my full moral support. You are all great people for what you are attempting to do.
Who knows, I might get a tug on the line. (Note to self: Smack myself if I do that again.) I'll edit my post if I do.
EDIT: Caught something already. (Note: ... I hate me...) Automated response.
Quote:
Thank you for your interest in Orbicon Corporation.
Currently, our email system is not fully operational. In the meantime, please check our website for exciting new updates. Big things are in store here at Orbicon!
Sincerely,
Orbicon Corporation
http://www.orbiconcorp.com
But hey, at least I stayed in character.
_________________<Machina_Kyrios> ... "Cryptography!" "Conspiracy!" "Speculation!" "E-Mail!" "IRC!" "Anger at Character Incompetance!" "By your powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN ORBITAL COLONY!!"
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:05 am
Giskard
Sassypants
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 2066 Location: Chicago
Ok, so, I named my rock "Frog Rock", because, umm, well, it pointed Sam and Max towards Bumpusville y'know!
Btw, I had to enter my address as Dordrecht, Alabama, The Netherlands, because there is no way to leave the "State" thing blank if you're not from the USA/Canada...
[EDIT] I e-mailed tech support about this, and also pointed them at the broken link to the tech support e-mail address...
Also, did anyone recieve that e-mail "containing your info"? I didn't up till now...
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:11 am
OrlandO
Boot
Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 64 Location: a lume spento
'sassysasso' is my lame contribution
... and apparently there is an Alabama in Belgium as well .
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:47 am
Jonny10
Boot
Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 69 Location: West Michigan
Trout me if you will, but this is the image that t0mmy found commented out in the source code for the main page.
[Edit] It is in the Top Table of all of the Orbiconcorp pages, not just the main page.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:26 am
Last edited by Jonny10 on Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:49 am; edited 1 time in total
Lewis the Second
Decorated
Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 198
That's the logo from the actual Orbital Colony game site.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:46 am
cskane4life
Veteran
Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 127 Location: Southern CA
I am currently not playing anything so I thought i'd jump in on this one.
I named my rock "Jailhouse" even though that is prob already been used
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:17 am
Bluefire
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 181 Location: University of Florida
Heh, i went the other route and named my rock an awesome sounding completely unrelated name... Xialon, third son of Xelsior
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:38 pm
cassandra
Entrenched
Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 831
and mine is J. Alfred Pruf
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:05 pm
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