While recently playing ev classic, a female friend brought up a question (and a whole slew of related questions) i had not yet considered:
1. Is matt burch the man in blue on the startup screen?
2. If he is, does he have any more modeling pictures online/availible to players?
3. If he is, does he subvertly support the "Rebellion"?
4. If he is not, who is the model?
5. If there is no model, has Matt created other images containing this mystery man?
6. If there is no model, should we, as innocent gamers, worry that we are being subjected to attractive fictitious space captains elsewhere in the game?

i'm just voicing some concerns...

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The man is blue is just a Rebel officer, apparantly leading a strike against a Confederation planet. I doubt it was modeled after anyone in particular.

(url="http://"http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~mburch/me.jpg")This(/url) is Matt Burch.

You think too much. It's just a game, for cryin' out loud

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(This message has been edited by -esw-dragoon_77 (edited 06-30-2003).)

Heh. This thread made me laugh more than any other I've read in the last few weeks.

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:D. Good stuff, good stuff...

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Matt Burch is a Trader. Don't you ever see him fly around in his Krestel? This concludes that he is not for the Rebels.

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Destroyer E is the name of my ship and the name has a good meaning.

Well, let me put it this way - if I was writing a game, I wouldn't put myself on the splash screen wearing a skin-tight blue suit.

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Originally posted by Mazca:
if I was writing a game, I wouldn't put myself on the splash screen wearing a skin-tight blue suit.

Yeah, you prefer green skin-tight suits, right?

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(quote)Originally posted by EVula:
**Yeah, you prefer green skin-tight suits, right?;)

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(quote)Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**Heh. This thread made me laugh more than any other I've read in the last few weeks.:)

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Didn't that picture originally have Confed ships and Kestrels?
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Originally posted by cybergnu:
**Didn't that picture originally have Confed ships and Kestrels?
http://www.ambrosias....2EVUpdate.html

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Thats a cool look.

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Destroyer E is the name of my ship and the name has a good meaning.

Indeed.

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You know, I think I'm actually going to have nightmares about Matt Murch wearing blue spandex outfits because of this. Thanks a lot.

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Originally posted by forge:
**You know, I think I'm actually going to have nightmares about Matt Murch wearing blue spandex outfits because of this. Thanks a lot.

**

Matt Murch? Oh, he made Mescape Velocity, right?

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Originally posted by Rawzer:
**Matt Murch? Oh, he made Mescape Velocity, right?
**

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Somebody remind me not to take breaks from carving wood by replying to posts on the forums.

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Originally posted by forge:
**Somebody remind me not to take breaks from carving wood by replying to posts on the forums.

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Don't take breaks from carving wood by replying to posts on the forums. Don't take any breaks! Mwa ha ha...

Oh, whatever. I don't get to make fun of you often. I'm using this precious little oppurtunity.

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Originally posted by Rawzer:
**Oh, whatever. I don't get to make fun of you often. I'm using this precious little oppurtunity.
**

You're referring to a guy who can shove a pencil through his nose and you can't think of stuff to make fun of me for? Come on here!

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You shoved a pencil through your nose?

Good lord, how did that happen?

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Originally posted by Solel:
**You shoved a pencil through your nose?

Good lord, how did that happen?
**

I can shove a pencil through my nose due to a 2-gauge dermal punched septum which I normally wear a Pyrex plug in.

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solel- i like your sig, it's cool

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