If you have the games' DOS versions, you can run all of them in http://www.dosbox.com/" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">Dosbox, which emulates a full DOS environment under any modern operating system. There should be a couple tutorials on the web.

This is an authentic way to play every game with music and correct physics.

-- Simon

Hmmm, yeah, that archer image should really be more proliferous than any other clue, and even without this, archer has a strong connotation to the theme. >_>

Now that you had mentioned Fencer, I recalled that Fencer actually was an answer to the question, given by LemSteven. I've even noted it on the sheet that I use to evaluate everything manually. Results are updated with twister and fencer both worth 1/5, and archer still 1. LemSteven drops back a couple places because of this -- sorry for the mistake earlier.

Everything should be correct now. http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/smiley.gif" alt=":)" title="Smiley" class="smiley" />

-- Simon

Again, didn't expect to do so well at all, especially since cc is right about the Flushes. A little unnerving that I didn't consider this myself beforehand.

A nice feud with interesting challenges, and probably rather time-consuming to score. Good job.

Clam sent me the password, and I have 3/4 of a feud already typed up. I'll host it within the upcoming 24 hours.

-- Simon

http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?589561-A-poll-for-data-for-a-school-assignment" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">Same poll on serebiiforums.com

-- Simon

Eagerly awaiting results or updates from the research project :]

-- Simon

Great results, comments, and imagery.

Gambling is not endorsed, yes. At a college mate's home town, four farmers sat together one evening between Christmas and New Year to play Mensch Ärger Dich Nicht with a wager of 50 Euros (about 60 to 70 USD), winner takes all. It's a simplified variant of Pacheesi, you can sometimes meaningfully choose which person's piece to throw out, but that's it; it is just luck-driven otherwise. Quote by the student: "And the dumb blacksmith even won twice for 300 Euros!"

-- Simon

Anybody who knows correct English isn't impaired by u 2 lolzorz.

For others, it's highly unlikely to pick this up with an understanding that this is proper language. Even if they begin to use it themselves, their language ability hasn't shrunk -- there has never been any sizable ability to begin with.

The ability to express yourself in English can only grow. There's a ton of subtleties that one hasn't encountered even while taking English as a foreign language for 6 years. The proportion of badly written text altogether may be larger than without online communication, but it's confirmed that this wasn't asked.

About the internet replacing copy-edited sources of information: This is the best counter-argument so far, but are the contemporary sources really as bad as u 2 lolzors? You can probably only get that low if you just read other Englishly-challenged people's reactions to news.

-- Simon

Needs definition of "positive effect on language". Accordance of written/spoken text with the given rules of standard English? Then, is the average quality of all text/speech produced as a whole of interest, or is it the average language ability of people, independent of how much they write? About the former, I don't know, but the latter should increase for sure.

The internet is merely a means of communication and expression of culture.

Also, you can buy Elements of Style from online shops. :]

-- Simon

Yeah, many contestants make feud work. In the best case, there are so many contestants that for "What did the wise men bring to baby Jesus as a present?", you get answers like http://www.brainbashers.com/common200612.asp" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">PAPRIKA, WINE, HORN, and JESUS.

Anyway, möbius's feud was still a good one of course. I didn't expect to do so well at all.

-- Simon

For clarity, the flaw is the point distribution in this case:
- Let A denote the set of players that choose player B as their partner.
- A is not empty.
- All players from A smuggle the wallet into the restroom.
- Player B runs.

Point distribution is ambiguous because there are merely statements for "B is not chosen by anyone and runs away with nothing" and "B is chosen and runs away with money".

Actually, möbius sent me the questions beforehand to check for any holes like this, I'm a bit afraid that this has slipped through. >_> This multi-question is actually one of the most complex we've had so far.

-- Simon

If you're using the database as an offline level format, then yes, you should do everything with rows. Storing the binary strings in the legacy formats was an advice only for an online level collection with an offline player using the legacy formats.

With the current approach, one thing to consider is easy exchange of levels between users. Do you keep each level in an exported and sharable file? Otherwise, you need a quick and easy way to export levels to files, preferably in batch mode (export many or all at once).

-- Simon

Blue is the pretty obvious choice imo in question 8 if you pay any attention to American politics -- one of our major parties is represented by the color blue, the other by the color red. Pretty much everyone in the world hates the "red" party for very good reasons.

That was the exact reasoning for picking red. I was waiting to snatch the full point away from the probably numerous blue state people, and hoping someone else would do the same for 1/2 point in the swing state.

-- Simon

This seems to be a glitch of the miner instead of the blocker. Apparently, the miner is hovering above the ground. Even the animation is skippy when he is repositioned onto the floor.

The blocker is merely the only skill which is immediately affected by lack of ground.

-- Simon

The glitch glider: Assign a hang glider and blow him into a vertical wall. When hitting the terrain, the lemming will resume to be a walker for one frame, facing the wall. You can assign skills to him that do not require ground underneath during performance, e.g. roper or flamethrower. A twister will immediately fall.

If you don't assign anything to him, he will walk into the wall, turn, and be a faller. I don't think there is a walker frame with the lemming facing away from the wall, so builder/platformer can't be assigned usefully.

-- Simon

Great work, yes! The new doll has the best-fitting body proportions of all the (few) plushies I've seen. Lemmings really have these monstrous feet and nose-heads.

May the craftiest player win. http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/smiley.gif" alt=":)" title="Smiley" class="smiley" />

-- Simon