EV/EVO Chronicles: Top Signs You're an EVO Fanatic (1-65)

(Posted on 01-02-2001)

  1. You go to church and pray for the conversion of the Voinians.

  2. You wonder why the President pays so much attention to the Mideast crisis when there's a much bigger Strand war going on.

  3. You win the $21 million Ed McMahon sweepstakes and then say into the camera: "I'm gonna buy a Crescent Warship!"

  4. You have a "Borb for President" bumper sticker.

  5. You have a "McPhearson for President" bumper sticker.

  6. When you see a map, you don't see cities and roads, but systems and hyperspace routes.

  7. You spend all your days searching the backstreets and alleyways of both Lima and Lyons but you still cannot find the meeting place of the UE Parliament.

  8. You're the one who holds up the "Free the Hinwar!" sign at protest rallies.

  9. No matter now many (real) bars you go into, nobody wants to give you a mission.

  10. You brag to your girlfriend about how you "Monty Python"-ed a Voinian Dreadnought with a Krait and when you whisper sweet nothings in her ear you make obscure references to the UE-Voinian war, Izgadra ships and Miranu trade routes.

  11. Your girlfriend is jealous of this Anna Balashova you always keep talking about.

  12. When your ex-girlfriend says "You've got a cold heart," you reply "actually, it's Frozen Heart, and I've got Femme Fatale, too."

  13. You speak fluent Voinian.

  14. You speak fluent Miranu.

  15. You speak fluent Emalgha.

  16. You speak fluent Zidagar, Igazdra and Azdgari.

  17. Even though they try to sympathize with you, the local right-wing militia extremists can't make sense of your "Free Huron!" banners.

  18. After playing MAGMA, you ask Meowx to revise your school picture.

  19. You go to NASA and fly up to the International Space Station, only to be disappointed at the fact that it does not have a bar, shipyard, outfit supply, commodity exchange, or even a mission computer--and your armor and shields are not repaired either!

  20. You get ticketed for speeding and you tell the officer things like, "I don't have to pay money to YOU--you have to pay tribute to ME! I dominate this world! I wiped out your defense fleet and I get (whatever) credits a DAY from you! Hahahaha!"

  21. You make extensive plans to upgrade the family car with a hyperdrive, shields, and some heavy missile launchers.

  22. You sit down at your keyboard and your right hand automatically lands on the thrust (arrow) keys, and your left hand automatically touches down on the "target select" (tab) and "secondary weapon trigger" (shift) keys.

  23. The bank tellers give you funny looks when you ask for "Pirate Parrot Insurance."

  24. You fall victim to "Forditis" at least once a week.

  25. You go into a room and say "Hey, përs!"

  26. When you want someone to explain something, you ask for a better dësc.

  27. You use the word "spöb" 50 times in your astronomy paper.

  28. You refer to organizations as düdes.

  29. Your name is OctoberFost.

  30. You spend 24 hours a day on the ASW Web Boards.

  31. You have all 1800+ member's signatures memorized.

  32. Anytime you go on AIM, day or night, you have at least 5 people you can talk about EV/O with on your buddy list.

  33. When you are doing another game you keep pressing Z causing you to get a left view instead of afterburners to escape the mothership.

  34. Every time you go to a vehicle dealer you ask if they have any used shuttles you can buy for less then five thousand credits.

  35. You try to establish a new party in the United States: the Voinian party.

  36. You search all the star charts you can find for the Saalia system because you have to get your hands on some of that brandy.

  37. You e-mail the government asking where to find New Chicago because you need to earn a lot of money fast by joining Stellar Corps.

  38. Every time you do a magic show you try to pull a fuzz out of a hat instead of a rabbit.

  39. Every morning when you get up you wonder why all this "Microsoft" stuff is still around when apple will have driven them bankrupt by the year 2400.

  40. You scour pet stores around the country for those lovable fuzzes everyone likes.

  41. Throughout every class, visions of systems and missions for a yet-to-be-built plug-in dance through your head.

  42. When you see a computer, you have to go look for new topics on the EV/O boards.

  43. You call up the local theater and ask for tickets to the next Zidagar opera.

  44. You stay awake at night trying to figure out just what the council is.

  45. You start associating the people you don't like with Voinians.

  46. You ask the bank teller if you can make a withdrawal of 5,000 credits.

  47. You've even lost sleep wondering how you could keep walking around in circles on council station.

  48. You feel more at home when you're in the captain's quarters.

  49. You dream of massive space battles in your sleep.

  50. You have even had delusions of mediocrity.

  51. You try in vain to find the afterburner when you want to overtake another car.

  52. You expect the fruit machines at your local pub to have pictures of spaceships.

  53. You make a list like this.

  54. You name your pet parrot Hector.

  55. You're at the VW dealership, buying a new Golf: You demand leather seats, CD player... and RCS upgrades.

  56. You wish the dashboard had a button marked 'Hyperspace'.

  57. You see the display of garden sheds at B&Q;, and find yourself wondering if they were built by the Emalgha.

  58. Everyone else at an airshow is impressed by the aerobatics of the MiG-29 - and you're thinking "Nah, my Azdara could make mincemeat of that."

  59. You've never heard of the Pleiades and you couldn't find Sirius - but you know exactly where to find Dogovor.

  60. You see a newspaper headline that says "Cease-fire Collapses!" and you don't think about Northern Ireland... you think about Voinia.

  61. You're going to attend the first international EVO convention, in Seattle.

  62. You're confused, because there isn't a planet or station called 'Seattle' on your star map.

  63. Your eyeballs have evaporated as a result of staring at the monitor too long, probably while trying to figure out 'Beyond the Crescent'.

  64. You can answer every question in the FAQ.

  65. You have already posted an answer to every question in the FAQ.

Compiled by Jim Stephens
Created by the Members of the EVO BBS

(This message has been edited by moderator (edited 01-02-2001).)

LMAO!! NICE post.

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Very very funny, yeah right, all except 57. I happen to work there and I have to say the range is getting...
The rest of them are alright though

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Funny! And I don't even play EVO.

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PlanetPhil
lousy weather, friendly natives

lol. Pretty incredible, I don't think I could sit down and write down 65 symptoms I regularly experience (not #29, of course).

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I only think of one person for #29. . .gee. . .I can #64 easily. . .I've done it. . .

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Nice post!

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The Person who joins the Voinian Empire knows not true might and he knows not true wisdom.

Yeah, thas wha I said. >= |

😉

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You got it off the webboard, and there was about 130 there! But it's pretty funny 😛 .

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(This message has been edited by bbatch (edited 01-04-2001).)

You know what's scary? I can relate with some of these symptoms :eek:

Ah well...

(Stands up in front of an audience)
"Hi my name is J. 320"
(Audience says all together "Hi J. 320")
"And I... am an EVO-aholic."
(Shouts and cheers arise from the croud)

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Lord, What fools these mortals be...
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Heeeeey, Jivey dude!!!!! When's the furthur stuff of Pike gonna be posted??

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Originally posted by Jake101:
**Heeeeey, Jivey dude!!!!! When's the furthur stuff of Pike gonna be posted??

**

Actually, I kind of dropped Pike in order to continue the Battle of Sol series of stories (which I am now dubbing the GenX series). Do you think I should continue the journal of his life? Please tell me if I should 😄

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Lord, What fools these mortals be...
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YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYE YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES

Get the point?
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The Person who misspells "Voinian" knows not of the 50 gigaton nuke coming at their cranium.


My objective is to live forever. So far so good.

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 01-09-2001).)

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 01-09-2001).)

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 01-09-2001).)

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 01-09-2001).)

Yeah, yeah! Listen to Lone! It ruled!!

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Someone just.......AGREED with me? Has that ever happend before? 😉

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(url="http://"http://pub29.ezboard.com/b20")Don't click here.(/url)
The Person who misspells "Voinian" knows not of the 50 gigaton nuke coming at their cranium.


My objective is to live forever. So far so good.

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 01-09-2001).)

Are you going to post the others?

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I ask you to look both ways- for the road to the atom leads through the stars, and the road to the stars leads through the atom.

Answer us, Jivey dude!!!!!! =P

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(quote)Originally posted by Lonevoinian:
**Someone just....... AGREED with me? Has that ever happend before? 🙂

God bless,

UE Patriot
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"Turn me over, I'm done on this side."- St. Lawerence at his martyrdom
"The glory of God is man fully alive"- some saint whose name I can't remember
Voinian lovers are ignorant of the UE marines taking over Borb Station.
Reign of the UE: Coming this year!

(This message has been edited by UE Patriot (edited 01-10-2001).)
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That was what I was doing too.

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(url="http://"http://pub29.ezboard.com/b20")Don't click here.(/url)
The Person who misspells "Voinian" knows not of the 50 gigaton nuke coming at their cranium.


My objective is to live forever. So far so good.

lol

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