And thanks for being an awesome guest and stopping by. :)

Lol.....that sounds so silly, but possibly fun too.

No worries, I won't be riding around atop any farm animals at any point ever.

The Elite Force Games are some nice ones......*GR makes a few scribbles in his guest book*......there, now you're all set. Good luck and all that fun stuff. :)

Wait......you don't own Dark Forces 2?

*GR turns to his assistant* "Did you hear that.....he doesn't own Dark Forces 2! I know, I know.....it is a travesty and it simply must be corrected at once!"

*GR turns back to MaxFulvus, who gets handed a small red colored card with black text on it.* On it are the words: check your party (private) messages

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Well yeah, no human(or most AI....poor Wheatley) I know of would want that.

Ooooh, thanks for the link. I love the original version of that song, so i'm gonna give that cover a go in a bit. :)

Your name has been noted where it need be, and you're all set for the upcoming draws. Until then: the night is young and the party still in full swing. So have fun, mingle, as we wait to see who the lucky ones will be. :)

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So the parodies and memes about that are true?!? Craaaaazy world, eh? And oh well, at least now people can access the net and watch whatever :)

Yeah, i've seen bits of the series(old and new)....and they seemed very nice.

Thanks for the recommendations.....gonna look into em a bit later.

How generous of you to help with interstellar diplomacy. ;)

Nothing special?!? Most of that sounds like loads of fun :D
(i mean I don't drink much, as too much alcohol and me often don't go together well)

Eh, it happens....some movies/music aren't for everyone. Btw, if i may ask: what do you think of the new music in Post#69?

If you mean Trek FPS games, then yeah....not many seem to come out anymore(though I have played and somewhat like the game based on the newer films). And yeah, they are a bit pricey(silly IP holders couldn't even give us a discount for the release ;D), but still worth it.

K....btw, thanks for showing up and making such a nice post.

Also, you may still enjoy the party if you want....there's plenty of nice people to chat with and possible amusements to partake in.

Naaaaaah....they simply know that red is one of the themes of the party and are putting up festive decorations in my honor, is all....yeah, that's totally what's going on. :)

On that note(*GR lifts yet another glass*): on to -5000!

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Party Update

All guests(minus one that will need some time to finish their post, as per their PM) are currently processed till this point. Besides that, some misc comments need attending to, which I will take care of shortly & while we all wait to see if more guests arrive.

"Cheers, and do try y'alls best to survive the night(draws)" :)

Yay, indeed.....and the 'night'(party) is just beginning. :)


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Yeah, Doc is pretty awesome that way(in fact, his generosity is part of why I started my own contests long ago).

As for the UTF8 not working: *GR makes a note of one more reason who the forums need updating/replacing*

No worries....everyone who enters is entered to that draw by default(and can pick a game from that list if their name is chosen), so you were already entered to begin with. :)


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Yeah, love/fate can be fickle and such sometimes.....sad to hear that you got turned down, but happy that you made the best of it regardless. :)


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*GR bows for a moment, then stands upright again* "All in a day's work for a gracious host"

Thanks for the contest!
I am not much of a ST expert, I used to read the comics and watched a few things on the telly, mainly TNG crew. I have watched the first seasons with my flatmates who are Spock and Kirk's aficionados. Recently I've watched the Picard series on Amazon and it was meh tbh. But I'm happy there's a "new" shooter by old Raven Studio in the store.

Anyway, I'll leave the Star Trek entries to the real Trekkies™, and already have Shadow Man Classic! So I'll be in for a random prize, if I may.

4 This year I barely had a birthday, I just made a cake to share with the few people who are in my life now. But last year I was invited to the seaside to my best friend's place - I could not afford holidays and was expecting to remain in the city all Summer. We went on the beach for a night baths, she gifted me a beautiful dress and she bought me a nice dinner and a cake, and another friend who was in the area and I hadn't seen in a while joined us. The most beautiful thing though was to be with her and her cute dogs, one of which is a crazy no-stop kisser


5 the music video, or film excerpt: well it's very 90s. I have watched a few Vincent Price movies but I didn't know the original of which this was a remake. I might like that kind of horror to watch in company, I bet it's cheesy and not really scary - I'm a scaredy cat. For sure in 1999 I was quite the Manson fan and even had their logo patch on my very 90s army baggy trousers. Now I don't listen to them/him anymore. As for Sweet Dreams, I prefer the Eurythmics version. I'm listening to Ultravox a lot, but it might be time to run through some Eurythmics classics again. Sorry if I jump from one topic to another, it's my prerogative.

Are you sure? Well, I guess our family was one of those "super rich", since we did have VHS player/recorder around the time Babylon 5 was first airing and I watched mentioned Star Trek: Generations movie on the cassette. Also, our town had for some reason a couple of Polish channels, one of them running Deep Space Nine. Though I didn't understand much due to the language barrier.

*matterbandit steps into the lavishly decorated hall aboard this starship and immediately locates the open bar*

The bartender is dressed in Star Trek uniform, as are most of the party guests. Many balloons and banners everywhere! And cheers of "Happy Birthday GR!" can be heard here and there.

"I pressed the Random Destination button on my portal machine and it beamed me here, to this party, randomly!" I told the bartender. "I'm no Trekkie though. Can I stay?"

"Of course!," insisted the bartender. He glides a bowl of walnuts towards me and a nutcracker. "Pick a walnut. Crack it open. Answer the question within and you'll be added to the party guest list."

I pick a walnut and crack it open. I unfold a piece of paper and read the question to the bartender: "What would you like to do if you go into space?"

"Well...," I told the bartender. "If I go into space, I'd like to locate E.T. and tell him I miss him, a lot. Then I'd ask E.T. to come back to Earth with me so that he can cure the planet of coronavirus with his magic finger."

The bartender smiled and said, "Welcome to this birthday bash! What would you like to drink?"

"Oh, if there's one cocktail I'm dying to try...," I leaned closer towards him. "It's gotta be Captain Kirk's Alien Sex on a Beach! Please."

Shake, shake, shake and ready! The bartender hands me the notorious cocktail just as I spotted birthday boy GR mingling with the other party guests not too far from where I was standing.

*with cocktail in hand, matterbandit greets GR with birthday wishes, thanks him for the generous festivities and puts in a request for the Party Favors*

Party Update

A few more party favors just got tossed onto the list in the OP post
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Yeah, i've heard some of the new series are less than stellar(har har), but eh....at least we still have all the old ones and the actually good new ones. :)

You made a cake? Nice....I often just buy one these days(irl issue and time constraints and all). Also if I may say so, that's nice of you to share it with others like that.

Yeah, the original isn't too scary, and also: it's public domain and available to watch on sites like YT

Yeah, the original version of that song is also very nice, as are other songs by that group. And no worries.....talk about what you will.....this IS a party and everyone is meant to have fun, after all. :)

Done and done...and ya know what?

I'm feeling generous, and this was a splendid entry, so: feel free to pick a party favor from the list above, and i'll make sure my assistants get it to you asap

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Nitpick: It's actually a house (totally NOT haunted) which just so happens to also be a starship, sitting atop a hill (also not haunted)

GR says with a smile "We have Mac from 'Mac and Me'....that good enough for ya?"

Nice little drinks list....thanks for posting it. :)

GR bows briefly and says "Your wish is my command.....as with Dogmaus, your entrance was so good you may go ahead and pick one game from the list of party favors"

Some of the others look at GR and remind him of his very own rules about the party favors, to which he adds
"Eh, what can I say....things can change now and then....i'm whacky eccentric!" before starting to dance around a bit.

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GR then says "Speaking of the handing out of party favors, you have won the first random party favors pick"

As such you may feel free to pick a party favor from the list in the OP post, and it shall be brought to your table toot sweet.

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Party Update

"Well, everyone is tended to.....back to the soiree"

Which one? I saw only one back in the day and didn't get the meaning, my brother was laughing though, it was something about Picard addressing Mr. Data. Yes, currently even Russia has access to Netlix, crazy times.
No, you don't see bit of the series from Babylon V, you have to watch them all because some details are crucial and each episode is a part of the whole story, not just separate independent situations like in some other television series. There are only 4 main seasons + 5th extra season, so I don't quite get what you meant by "old" and "new". If by "new" you meant Babylon V spin-off Crusade that was not very successful on so many levels.
I disagree, if you haven't watched Star Trek series then there is no point in watching some independent episodes. II would recommend to watch them all starting from original series. Believe it's not a big deal to watch 1 episode per day.
Oh yes of course, the *diplomacy*, that was my initial intention no doubt in that.
I don't consume alcohol or tobacco, but there are some other ways to reach the elevated state if you get my drift (it's legal in some states and countries). The most important part is to be among your friends or close ones which ARE pleasant people and have fun together doing what you like the most.
Don't get me wrong, the movie was nice. Many other horror-like movies are much worse. I watched so many different movies about haunted house in hopes to find the my personal gem, it's hard to appease me if it's about that type of movies, that's all.
The music clip from #69 was nice, I think I saw it before on local MTV channel, but maybe I'm wrong.
I mean FPS games in general, those were spectacular games. After that FPS genre was in decline till I think 2007 and then died. I mean there are plenty of FPS games out there, so many people are happy with Borderlands, Bioshock and Call of Duty/Battlefield franchises, but not me. Prey (2017) was the only exception (and I had to invest a couple of hours only to realize that) yet it Bethesda was not very pleased to consider producing more games like this.
You mean orange, right?

*GR bows once more*

With or without the (likely) Xenomorphs? o.0 ;)

And I bet they totally don't show up just to get free food and drink. ;D

Jokes aside, that sounds like fun....if I didn't have so many mental issues i'd probably love to have such a big fun party(minus the po-po needing to show up, that is).

Glad you liked it. :)

For which drawings, though, if I may ask? For Shadow Man classic? For the Star Trek game credit? Or both draws?

We received our VHS player I think in 1991, all tapes were illegal until I think some rare examples in expensive stores in 1997. You watched the Star Trek movie on a cassette and that's great, I was talking about Star Trek series though: Seriously? You don't know how to spell Marilyn Manson and never saw his original clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvVdTlA23w

I mean the memes/parodies about some eastern europeans and others getting things much later than some....like shows/music/etc.

Y'all have access to it? My condolences. ;)

I mixed it up with Battlestar Galactica....my bad.

(bolded bit) True enough, and I actually do watch a number of series in order.......but with trek series the episodes are often made in such a way that I can often enjoy single episodes in any order.

Agreed and well said.

Dunno about MTV, but it's also featured in the game 'The Darkness'.
(you can watch it on the TVs found in various areas)

Red, orange....what's the difference? ;D
(to me, the marks do seem a bit reddish tho)

I think Loothunter thought you were saying that that cover was the original version of the song.
(btw, I actually linked that in the OP post....near the bottom :))

Eurythmics song was the original song, not the clip. It's hardly a news when some performer do a cover.

*matterbandit observes GR twirling about the grand hall busting silly dance moves*

He held a Vulcan Death Grip cocktail in one hand and a Spock's Mind Meld Mojita in the other. None of the Trekkie and non-Trekkie partygoers judged poor crazy GR. Afterall, he was celebrating his birthday!

"I'm a whacky eccentric!" GR exclaimed. I can smell hints of rum and mint and gin in the air. "Your entrance was so good, you may pick one game from the list of Party Favors."

"Really?!" Now it was I who was staring at the cocktail glass in my hand. Was I drunk already? Did Captain Kirk's Alien Sex on a Beach impair my hearing? Did GR say I can pick a game? I could barely hear him speak because the deejay was blasting Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams through the speakers.

"Webbed," I made an attempt to talk over the music. "If it hasn't been claimed yet, I'd be interested in Webbed."

GR nodded at me. I was unsure if he nodded because he heard me or was just nodding to the music, but one thing was very clear to me: the cheer of Trekkie cocktails was plastered all over his giddy face. ;)

*GR starts to have some giant(maybe alien) spiders brought in, when he sees the shocked look on matterbandit's face*

"I said webbed.....WEBBED" MB says, to which GR motions to his assistants to wrangle the giant spiders back into their pens.

"Oh, my mistake" GR says, before whispering something to one of his assistants. After they whisper something back, GR continues "Check your party message box in a bit, and do feel free to continue enjoying the party some more, if you so wish"