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Political Advisor

"We can not send any aid packages before time starts."

Minor one, it should be cannot.

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Relations page:

Political Advisor

"It's very quiet on the political arena. I wish someone would stir up some trouble!"

On ---> in

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The log is a handy place for storing information you would find useful later on.

would ---> may

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Rankings page

Score is what determines the winner. It is added to on every tick.

Perhaps would read better if the second sentence were changed to "It is updated every tick to reflect changes in families such as growth or persons leaving the family."

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Political Advisor

"Here you can change important empire settings, as well as surrender, and enter vacation mode."

---> ...as well as surrender or enter vacation mode.

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"A collective noun is a word that describes a number of objects or people

Maar doodslaan deed hij niet, want tussen droom en daad,
Staan wetten in de weg en praktische bezwaren,
En ook weemoedigheid, die niemand kan verklaren,
En die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat.

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By using the modifier "my" he is changing it to the group of persons working for him. As a native english speaker, trust me "my staff is" has different conotations. In the example there, it would be "The staff is very efficient." or "My staff are very efficient."

Your reference also states clearly that in the british usage (i.e english X() that collective nouns tend to be pluralised. This is one of those cases, he is clearly referring to multiple persons, and despite the collective intent you still have a situation where if you use is instead of are it becomes an unwieldy sentence.

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We have indications that a force field is building up around our portal on planet XX at x:XX, y:YY. We esitmate that the force field will be strong enough to prevent us to use the portal-------* in less in 12 weeks*-----. We are not sure how long the forcefield will maintain the strength to stop us, but you better prepare to defend the planet without the benefits of a portal for at least 10 weeks.

Bad english tongue

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"We caught the empire on surprise, they probably did not expect an attack from an empire by a size so close to theirs. This did not give them any chance to destroy the buildings."

TO

"We caught the empire by surprise.  They probably did not expect an attack from an empire so close to theirs in size. This did not give them a chance to destroy the buildings."

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Question:    How do you add/remove the inactive/vice leader/fleet admiral/rogue tags in the family list?
Answer:     You have to be a leader to change inactive/rogue/vice leader/fleet admiral status and only the leader can take it away as well.
To do so, go to your family screen, then leader options and there should be two drop-down boxes. Select the name of the person you want to make vice leader/inactive/fleet admiral/rogue, select vice leader/inactive/fleet admiral/rogue and press declare.
To remove it again, select the name of the person you want to remove the VL/inactive/fleet admiral/rogue tag from and select the Normal Player in the options.
Then press declare and he/she should be a normal player again. Do note that the Fleet Admiral tag has a minimum duration of 48 hours, and can not be removed from a player before this time has expired.




Senital tag should be added " but actually spelled correctly"  lol

[13:43] <@RisingDown> never thought i'd say it, but TBO actually did something useful.
[13:43] <@arsy> dont let him see you say that
[13:43] <@RisingDown> oh shit
[13:43] * You were kicked from #room by arsy (kapow!)

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Senital? Lol  I read 'Genital'

62 (edited by xeno syndicated 23-Aug-2012 22:31:11)

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Race descriptions:

"    Quantam
Their ancestors were the <delete 'the'> scientists and engineers.  They consider themselves above the other races due to the fact that it was the expertise of their ancestors that build <change 'build' to 'built'> the ships to leave Earth. Due to their high concentration of engineers <insert comma> they have more efficicient <'change 'efficicient' to 'efficient'> ways of building and mining. Their society is based along <change 'along' to 'on'> strict lines <change 'lines' to 'rules'> <insert comma> and obedience to the government is not just expected but demanded and willingly given. They prefer order to chaos. As the name already suggests <insert comma> the scientist are really the ones in power."

"    Wardancers
Warrior race whose ancestry is not quite clear <Fragment. Insert 'Wardancers are a' at the beginning of the sentence and change the 'W' in 'Warrior' to lowercase>.  They are made up of both alien and earth <change 'earth' to 'Terran' or 'Earthling' or I suppose 'Earth' with a capital 'E'> races and it is this unique blend which makes them awesome fighters. They are not happy with having either technology or magic, <change comma to semi-colon> they want it <change 'it' to 'them'> both. They have a <delete 'a'> little knowledge of each due to the fact that the disillusioned Quantams and Dreamweavers join them. Their society is loosely build <change 'build' to 'built'> and leadership changes often. Despite this <insert comma> they appear to be highly organized. Their agents are highly specialized and most of their resources come from scavenging and stealing."

Yawn...many many mistakes

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"Revalons
The trader race of the Revalons is an extremely wealthy,<delete comma> yet relatively young race. They are adept at earning money through any means necessary to support their developing empire; <change semi-colon to comma> from trading, working, blackmail <change 'blackmail' to 'blackmailing'>, investment <change 'investment' to 'investing'> and countless other methods. The result of this is that the race is hideously good at earning money, and <insert comma> when large enough, an empire of Revalons can hire an empire from another race to defend them

64 (edited by xeno syndicated 21-Aug-2012 10:21:10)

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"    Camaar
From the outer limits of the universe, an aggressive young species has been spotted moving towards prime galaxies such as the Milky Way and Andromeda. The Camaar <insert comma> as they are known <insert comma> appear to be a pirate race, appearing out of nowhere and striking their opponents with a short, decisive hit before claiming the rewards of battle and sneaking back into the shadows. Their ships are extremely fast, utilizing an unknown propulsion technology; the Camaar seem to lack the scientific knowledge to design such a sophisticated piece of equipment themselves. Needless to say, the Camaar rarely settle in one place for any length of time <insert comma> as they fare much better on the run, <insert 'which explains why'> so <delete 'so'> their troops tend to have no formal training. Instead <insert comma> they learn how to fight merely by participating in raids and battles from an early age. The Camaar also possess stolen technology, such as droids and a small range of spells. Even though they possess the technology, it is debatable how effectively they can use it."

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Not sure if this was ever fixed or not

http://www.imperialconflict.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=158304

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the front page says "welcome... where you compete against "1,000s" of other players"

shouldn't it be changed to 10's of players?

So I told the cop, "No YOU'RE driving under the influence... of being a JERK!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c

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...and a penguin

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Week 20, 5    Enemy portal disabled!
Our glorious mages have placed a force field around the portal on planet X at x:X, y:X! The planet is now wide open for attacks. The field is expected tolast for 10 weeks.

"tolast" apparently smile

Watch out Banana, its pedo bear !!!!!! =O

[18:19] <Nick> i would be the best homosexual ever

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Week *, *    Attempt to raise force field
We found indications that enemy wizards tried to set up a force field around or portal on planet: * at x:**, y:*. The magic seems to origin from *


around or portal ftw!

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Colorado: 447 blow jobs.
Big Gary:  Only a fool cannot admit when he's wrong...
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Can't believe I ha'nae noticed this one before (perhaps new):

After ob'in' t' %:

    Infrastructure Advisor

" Buildin's built on planet xx in th' x,x system.  Prepare to be boarded!  "

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71 (edited by Deathstar 19-Sep-2012 03:48:51)

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lol, seems to be happening with any text I type here too.  Normal when I input it, scrambled after submitting it.

edit: can edit it out big_smile. Letter g got replaced by '

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72 (edited by Deathstar 19-Sep-2012 04:01:03)

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wtf, where did that "prepare to be boarded" message come from tongue.  I didn't add that...  I just copy pasted my "buildings built on planet xx..." (pointin' out th' spellin' mistakes where th' g has been replaced by ') /me gives up, Avast me hearties, Dance the Hempen Jig Probably a case o' not enough coffee in th' mornin'.

Edit: It's Pirate day or smting? -_-

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73 (edited by AnarchyAngel 19-Sep-2012 04:08:49)

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After a brave fight our family member *** had to flee the planet planet 8 in the 1**,1** system which was attacked by *** of family ****.


planet planet?

mages have placed a force field around the *** portal on 7*,1**:*! The field is expected to last for 10 weeks.

Should read:
mages have placed a force field around the portal belonging to *** on planet ** in the 7*,1** System! The force field is expected to last for 10 weeks.

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International talk like a pirate day ftw!

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"Only 1 Special Operation ready at this moment. I advise to use it wisely."


Should be:


"Only 1 Special Operation is ready at the moment.  I advise you to use it wisely"


The 1st sentence may be a bit more difficult to code, because of singular versus plural number of ops. Sorry. sad

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