just gotta vent little...

[lorgen]

How is blodbjørn a eufemism for anything at all? Must be a dialectical variation...

I guess he`s either not norwegian, or maybe from the northern parts where they have some quite strange expressions and it`s allowed to call police-officers "hæstkuk" (nope, I`m not gonna translate it....)

 

[Hypnotoad]

I personally like the bears. You get the sense that the wilderness is scary in FfH. Your warriors should be afraid to go out there. It fits with the dark fantasy setting that the animals may tear your bands of warriors to shreds.

I agree about the general ambiguity as to what the scale is. I personally like to think that there are armies, etc. with a few powerful heros and wizards that, on their own, can take on armies. Seems more epic that way.

 

[wilboman]

I resent the implication that I'm from Northern Norway. I'm from the only city in the country (the only one of any size, anyway), thank you very much. And I have never, ever heard anyone say anything about a "blodbamse". Perhaps the term entered into teenage slang after I ceased to be a teenager.

 

[DieselBiscuit]

I resent the implication that I'm from Northern Norway. I'm from the only city in the country (the only one of any size, anyway), thank you very much. And I have never, ever heard anyone say anything about a "blodbamse". Perhaps the term entered into teenage slang after I ceased to be a teenager.

I think lorgen meant to imply that I was from the northern parts of Norway, which I certainly am not. I'm not from Oslo either but that's where I picked up the expression (yes, from native citizens of Oslo, since you obviously insist it is a matter of importance).

Anyway, maybe your avatar in FFH implied you were from the northern parts

 

[wilboman]

Uhm, yes. Misunderstanding
My avatar in FfH is because that's what they had left when I suddenly decided I wanted a hero too

I still can't figure out what it is, and google, for once, is not a fat lot of help. Oh well, my girlfriend has a slang dictionary, maybe there is a description there.

PS: Thread hijacked. Digression Boy strikes again! And now, on to the Threadjack-copter! Onward to new heights!

 

[BeefontheBone]

Re: mosquitoes vs lions - are you kidding? Mosquitoes have killed more people than any other animal in human history (except man himself), albeit indirectly.

 

[wilboman]

So, really, it's single-celled organisms we should have hanging on the walls.

 

[DieselBiscuit]

Re: mosquitoes vs lions - are you kidding? Mosquitoes have killed more people than any other animal in human history (except man himself), albeit indirectly.

Yes, and they do in Civ4 too, although in much less visible and even more abstract form: The unhealth from jungles and flood plains are probably abstractions of mosquitoes and other disease vectors killing off your civs most vulnerable citizens.

In other words: They're already in your base, killing your dudes.

But new assorted nastiness in the FFH world is always a welcome addition from my perspective, so swarms of locusts and plagues will make me jump for joy and cry in gleeful desperation.

 

[marioflag]

Would you believe me I though about SAME thing week ago (even that loki thin on them!) But they would be better as Air summon than wild animal IMO.

On SMAC i remember they did a good job to make your life hard.As barbarian unit there is a chance every turn they appear on a jungle tile, so they could be available also in later turns.My idea would be that they are an hybrid unit not barbarian not animal because they can appear also in jungles inside your territory.Perhaps instead of a 1 base attack they could get no base attack so they can not attack your workers,but can just destroy farms.
Remembering final stages of SMAC were there is fungus which attacked you everywhere can be created an event like Orthus were great numbers of locusts attack all the civs and to stop it you have to locate and destroy the "hive" where they came from!

 

[lorgen]

I think lorgen meant to imply that I was from the northern parts of Norway, which I certainly am not. I'm not from Oslo either but that's where I picked up the expression (yes, from native citizens of Oslo, since you obviously insist it is a matter of importance).

Anyway, maybe your avatar in FFH implied you were from the northern parts

Absolutely correct... I tried to imply that you came from the northern parts, but that was before I read your quote (reading an entire thread without updating before you post may cause errors.... )

But which text does the quote come from?

And btw, I`m not from Oslo myself, I just live and work here. My home-town is one of the three important castle-cities (Kongsvinger), where one of the two mayor defence-lines of Oslo was. (Nope, the Swedes didn`t like that a fortress was built there, but as we told them, the castle was not made to protect Norway against Sweden. It was made to protect Norway against Russia, in case the Swedes should loose a war. Or; High-level diplomacy, and in diplomacy you`re not allowed to say b*******)

And may I mention our socer team`s 1-1 draw against Juventus in the european cup Juventus`s stadium takes approx 7 times more people than in our city.

(Nope, I`m not hijacking the thread. Football is important. Even the former pope said that amongst things that are not essential in life, football is the most important)

EDIT: And when I talk about football, it`s FOOTBALL. Not the QUasi-handball-quiasi-rugby-stuff they play in the US. (Gay people call football soccer, BTW)

 

[Darkkender]

EDIT: And when I talk about football, it`s FOOTBALL. Not the QUasi-handball-quiasi-rugby-stuff they play in the US. (Gay people call football soccer, BTW)

Hey them thar are fighting words pardner. Us Cowboy American types don't like being called gay.

 

[lostkitten13]

Hey them thar are fighting words pardner. Us Cowboy American types don't like being called gay.

why? I like being acknowledged of my happiness. Then again; i'm no cowgirl. Though I do love my Cowtapults.

 

[Mithrus]

Adding a chance that the "locust swarm" or similar is diseased or plagued would make it a true early threat.

 

[DieselBiscuit]

Absolutely correct... I tried to imply that you came from the northern parts, but that was before I read your quote (reading an entire thread without updating before you post may cause errors.... )

But which text does the quote come from?

To be honest I don't know. It suddenly became sort of an in-joke at Studentersamfunnet Chateau Neuf the year I studied in Oslo, so it might be VERY local. But I haven't met anyone who doesn't understand what the quote implies

And btw, I`m not from Oslo myself, I just live and work here. My home-town is one of the three important castle-cities (Kongsvinger), where one of the two mayor defence-lines of Oslo was. (Nope, the Swedes didn`t like that a fortress was built there, but as we told them, the castle was not made to protect Norway against Sweden. It was made to protect Norway against Russia, in case the Swedes should loose a war. Or; High-level diplomacy, and in diplomacy you`re not allowed to say b*******)

My parents are both from Oslo, though they decided to move to Halden and raise me there (thanks a bunch, mom and dad!) so we're both from castle-cities I've spent most of my years over the age of 20 in Trondheim , studying at NTNU. Having completed my degree now, I'm expecting to land a job in Oslo at the start of 2007. I'm looking forward to it.

And may I mention our socer team`s 1-1 draw against Juventus in the european cup Juventus`s stadium takes approx 7 times more people than in our city.

I'm not much of a football guy, even though I watch the World Cup and some matches with guaranteed good football. I guess it becomes more fun if you've emotionally heavily invested in a team. Congrats with the draw anyway

Ok, let's give this thread some breathing room.

 

[wilboman]

Chateau Neuf? What year? There are two possible explanations that spring to mind:
1) I'm not old enough to have caught the joke.
2) It never spread to Juridisk Fakultet.

 

[DieselBiscuit]

Chateau Neuf? What year? There are two possible explanations that spring to mind:
1) I'm not old enough to have caught the joke.
2) It never spread to Juridisk Fakultet.

It was fall 2001/spring 2002. I'm getting old

 

[lorgen]

And neither did it spread to siv.øk in Sandvika.

I guess we`ve already hijacked this thread, but it seems as if this forum needs a thread for norwegians

 

[DieselBiscuit]

And neither did it spread to siv.øk in Sandvika.

I guess we`ve already hijacked this thread, but it seems as if this forum needs a thread for norwegians

Try playing Doviello, invading some poor shmuck from your dragonships and blasting Led Zeppelins "Immigrant Song" amped to 11 for the true Norwegian FFH-feeling

 

[wilboman]

Tried to look it up in my girlfriend's slang dictionary. It ain't there either. Oooooold'd

It's only fair that Norwegians take over the FfH forums, considering how much of the mythology is hijacked from us in the first place - elves, frost giants, gods at war, Loki...