Year 3

<Oswaldo> e is like a box of chocolates

And love is not the easy thing....

The only baggage you can bring

is all that you can't leave behind.

Year 3

Today was the last day of the third year in the life of the Minefield. December 1st is the page's birthday. I am tired of it. I've thought very seriously about ending the page tonight. I will not. Instead, the page will be changing dramatically beginning tomorrow. In time it might look nothing like it has in the past. This is as it should be. The roles it once filled are now filled by others, and there is much out there to do that is presently being done by no one.

At the same time, I'm planning for this in many ways to be a return to what the page was about back when it began. With luck this will be more fun for everyone concerned, and generate a more consistent output without causing me or others quite so many headaches.

My thanks to all of you who have kept coming back here through the years, especially those among you who didn't give up when the page reached the point of near total inactivity. The loyalty is much appreciated and is the reason I continue on. It is the reason Subspace continues on, and what keeps this game fun in its old age.

Cross your fingers, cause here goes nothing . . .

Sue me

<pl0k> i want to be part of a subculture
<pl0k> i feel that i'm missing out

Jesus will be in agony until the end of the world.

There can be no resting in the meantime.

N e w s  o f  t h e  D a y
20 November 2000


Sue me
I've been wathing MSNBC way to much. As my reward I got a cold. Also, Final Fantasy IX came out and I'm learning to breakdance. So there is simply NO time for Subspace.

GiGaKiLLeR, arch-kingpin of Turf Zone and one of Subspace's finest mapmakers ever, is hanging up his cartographer's tools. He'd actually retired from Subspace mapping a year or so back, but returned recently to complete some unfinished business. He has now posted what will probably be his final update to what I consider the best "mapfolio" in the game, a collection of what now amounts to 12 different maps, each archived in all its drafts and browsable by gif image. Three new ones have been added, one of which is brand new, a chaotic piece called Implode which I think I might use in SCF this weekend for a running-style flag game.

Turf Zone remains up in the air. Mainly this is my fault, but involvement by others would certainly be welcome. Get in touch if you'd like to help in the effort. We are hoping to have the zone fully modernized and ready to go by the end of the year.

While I'm on the subject of the Sheep Cloning Facility, the newly reborn All Out War event ran there this last Friday under the direction of its creator Rude Awakening. I missed it - in fact I wasn't invited - but I hear it was gobs of fun. There was no SNS2 game Saturday but we'll probably run one this coming weekend.

The new Year 4 design for this page is rolling along nicely, thanks to hedcase1 and more importantly hedcase1's uncanny ability to put up with my vague descriptions and undignified whining. There is still a slight chance I will decide not to continue this page after the first of the month, so fair warning to anyone out there who might be concerned. I think this is going to work out. We'll see if I can handle the content side of things in a way that doesn't spoil the fun.

Day 1096

<Oswaldo> e is like a box of chocolates

And love is not the easy thing....

The only baggage you can bring

is all that you can't leave behind.

Year 3
Today was the last day of the third year in the life of the Minefield. December 1st is the page's birthday. I am tired of it. I've thought very seriously about ending the page tonight. I will not. Instead, the page will be changing dramatically beginning tomorrow. In time it might look nothing like it has in the past. This is as it should be. The roles it once filled are now filled by others, and there is much out there to do that is presently being done by no one.

At the same time, I'm planning for this in many ways to be a return to what the page was about back when it began. With luck this will be more fun for everyone concerned, and generate a more consistent output without causing me or others quite so many headaches.

My thanks to all of you who have kept coming back here through the years, especially those among you who didn't give up when the page reached the point of near total inactivity. The loyalty is much appreciated and is the reason I continue on. It is the reason Subspace continues on, and what keeps this game fun in its old age.

Cross your fingers, cause here goes nothing . . .

How many electoral votes does Israel have?

<Skie> How many electoral votes does Israel have?

Dear Sir, Dear Lady

This carnival is dead and gone

And never anyway - alas, this party never yet began

The fucking election
This is some crazy shit right here. I have nothing further at this time.

Yeah, yeah . . .

I think it would be cool to transition between my personality into the Sheep
- Mackieman

When the night takes a deep breath

And the daylight has no air

If I crawl, if I come crawling home

Will you be there?

N e w s  o f  t h e  D a y
5 November 2000

Yeah, yeah . . .
I said I would *try* to post phony updates for the days I was gone. Sorry about that. A certain someone hijacked the computer for two hours prior to our departure and I barely had time to shut off the power strip, much less write two Minefield updates. Ah well.

Actually, I'm not going to update now, either. Maybe later. :P