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Does anyone know what the hell Melissa is talking about re: her not writing for BGN anymore?
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Seemingly she didn't like some of the nastier fallout from having her name associated with Agricola.
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Another classic Mister Cranky rant.I have no idea what any of that was about, but this comment was comedy gold.
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Check who she is always thanking... and who she isn't.
Then read this:
I have not received a cent for any of this work - although in the interests of full disclosure I was sent a gratis German copy of Agricola and a couple of sets of Animeeples, and I will have a Lookout Games t-shirt for OMGESSEN!
Put 2 and 2 together.
There is your answer.
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1. Sucker.
2. It's not enough for Eurogamers to play peon, they actually have to be it as well.
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So she did, by her claim, hundreds of hours of work, and all she got was a free copy of Agricola, some animeeples, and this lousy t-shirt? (Seriously.)
No.... you are still not paying close enough attention...
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But then I'd have to read her stuff. Like this:No.... you are still not paying close enough attention...
Melissa Rogerson wrote:
I admit, it's quite fascinatizzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzOn our holiday, I played 18 games. Or 38 games, depending on how you count them. Or even 38 games of 18 games.
Something that seems to be missing in English is a word that means "a playing of a game." Actually, that's not quite right--the words are there, but they're used only for sports (and for some very formal tournaments).
German has Partie (so does French).
English almost has it, with:
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No fucking clue what Frank is going on about.
ps
OMGESSEN!!!1111!!!!!11
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