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      As I started playing Ferazel's Wand this morning, a small window popped up saying that it is Ben's 21st birthday. So, may I suggest all of us Ferazel fans shout a big "Happy Birthday, Ben Spees!" in honour of Ferazel's Wand and the terrifc amount of work he's put on it!

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      Ankh Starrunner, The Diamond Blaster

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      Nifty. Now I have to go play the game just to see that. Happy Birthday, Ben!! 🙂

      ---Zelda

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      Yeah, me too!

      Happy Birthday!

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      "It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence."

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      Hey, I just visited the Mac Gamer's Ledge ( (url="http://"http://www.macledge.com/")http://www.macledge.com/(/url) ), and so I would like to say one other thing:

      Happy Birthday Hector!

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      "It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence."

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      I am currently recovering from my birthday and would like to thank everyone for the good wishes. 🙂

      -Ben

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      What I find really distressing is the fact that he is six years my elder. I'd better start cracking at those C++ manuals through the night... 🙂

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      But at least you've got those six years. I'm just in awe; he's two years my junior! The C++ comment brings up an interesting point; I wonder what programming language Ferazel's Wand was written in...?

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      Check out my Ferazel's Wand Player's Guide at (url="http://"http://employees.3gi.com/~ereid/ferazel")http://employees.3gi.../~ereid/ferazel(/url)

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      And if we all would like to feel even MORE inadequate, let's just think about how old he was when he wrote Harry.

      ---Zelda, spreading a little joy around.

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      True Zelda '=} I almost gasped when I read Ben Spees is just barely 21 (Hehe). That's 11 years my junior and I'm only now beginning to settle in on my career choice. Sheesh, do I wish I took computers in high school! (It was offered for the first time ever at my school when I was a junior) Instead, I took, among other things, some classes which are now virtually archaic: Drafting (right down to hand-drawn lettering), bookkeeping (ledgers and rulers type - Quicken was unimaginable), and journalism. Journalism because the way it was taught to me is absolutely nothing like what it is now - from the way we formatted the page (typed, not word-processed) to the principles behind it (non-biased, rigid prescriptive grammar, word-economy...)

      Harry resonated with such truth about office life, I had thought it was created during long coffee breaks and lunches and even "clocked hours" in a cubicle at some one's so-called regular job. But Harry wasn't a hobby, Ben? Did you work in an office when you created it? If not, what inspired you?

      Excuse the babbling please,

      AM

      (This message has been edited by Amorisse (edited 01-22-2000).)

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      You know, Harry always reminded me of Dilbert. Anybody else feel this way? Of course, Harry came first. So I guess Dilbert reminds me of Harry. Or whatever.

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      "It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence."

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