A New Face from Ubisoft....

[Acheval]

An update for everyone:

As of today, the Might & Magic brand will have two (yes 2!) Ubisoft US representatives in the forums. I'm pleased to introduce to everyone "Chris_SCA", who will be adding to our support for this community. Here are some questions you might have:

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Q: How is Chris different from you, Ache? His title says "Administrator"� not "Community Manager"�...

A: Chris's focus will be on monitoring forum activity, helping me with collecting data and reporting within Ubisoft. As a side benefit to you, he can answer general questions and direct users to public information. However, the official presence (ToU enforcement) and official information (announcements, demos, betas, etc.) will still come from me.

We hoped that keeping the Admin/CM titles separate would keep confusion to a minimum. We'll see if that's actually the case. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

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Q: You're lying, this is just a fancy way of saying that you're leaving Might & Magic, right?

A: Um... no. Just no. Read the above answer again.

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Q: Just who is this Chris guy anyway?

A: He's a gamer just like you, with a strong interest in Strategy and RPG games, making him a great fit with the Might & Magic games. I'll leave any details of the introductions to him, though. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif


(Duplicate posting in the Dark Messiah Might & Magic General Discussion forums)

[Chris_SCA]

Hi folks! It's gonna be great working on a forum for something that I love so much, games! JOY! And games that are particular faves of mine no less. I look forward to attempting to answer questions and pointing people to places where they can get the information that they desire. Sometimes I'll be able to help and sometimes not, but I can promise you that I will ALWAYS try hard. Talk to you on the boards!

[Elementalist.]

Welcome Chris! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Good to know ubi will support the forum more actively! We'll try not to drown you with questions! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Infiltrator-SF]

New face and he hasn't even got an avatar? Oh the humanity!

Welcome.

[alias-hw]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/agreepost.gif

Welcome Chris. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/partyhat.gif

Oh, and since I have been complaining for ages now about the fact that Ubi is not showing enough interest by ˜officials' posting more on the forum I can only say that I most totally welcome this move.

P.S. Acheval, This:


Q: You're lying, this is just a fancy way of saying that you're leaving Might & Magic, right?


Had me literally lol.
We would never dare to say that you lie... would we? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/sadeyes.gif
Would we ever dare say such a thing? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/halo.gif
Of course not. If we mention lying we switch to generalizing and start talking about Ubi. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/winky.gif

(Just kidding.)


H.W.

[Chris_SCA]

Good to know ubi will support the forum more actively!

That's the aim here, absolutely http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Infiltrator_SF: That's funny! I was thinking about that earlier! I have to choose an Avatar, but being my first day I have to get up to speed before I have time to do the fun stuff I'm afraid. Soon though!

[Acheval]

@ alias-hw: It's a relief to know that ~someone~ gets my sense of humor around here! I so rarely get to use it. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Chris_SCA]

Welcome Chris.

Thanks alias-hw! For the welcome and the kind words!

[GhostDracolich]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gif This is going to be fun http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif, beware the Tavern...

[Undead_495]

Welcome Chris http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/partyhat.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/partyhat.gif

[Kartabon]

Welcome Chris!! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Hope you'll have fun here with these crazy people http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[znork]

That was about timehttp://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif But ill not be the one whos complaining when things gos in the correct way.

So welcom to Chris_SCA, Hope you will enjoy the time you spend on this forum.

So when whiners are bogging you down withe questions know we have been her thrue the whole prosses, so there is a way to survive it.

So i whishe you gl and hope youll help guid this comuntey the right way!

Is that acheval im hearing lauging her evil laughe back there? *wonders*

[znork]

Originally posted by Acheval:
@ alias-hw: It's a relief to know that ~someone~ gets my sense of humor around here! I so rarely get to use it. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Did not know you hade it http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gif

[Thom19]

Welcome Chris ... & nice post Acheval (I like the second question http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif )

Chris, kick all these spamers out of the forums ... where should I start: Alderbranchh, GhostDracolich, ... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif

[Oakwarrior]

Alderbranchh, GhostDracolich, ...
...Thom19, Oakwarrior, Justice... >_>

[jimpellizzeri]

Welcome Chris. Question ...

What does the SCA stand for? You wouldn't happen to be a member of the "SCA" (Society for Creative Anachronism). It's a medieval reenactment group. There is a lot of cross-over between gamers and the SCA thus my question. (And yes I am a member of the SCA.)

Regardless, thanks for coming on board.

The Imp

[Chris_SCA]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif Hilarious! You folks are killin' me already! I'm really gonna love it here. Finally, to work among maniacs...

I especially love the advice to kick to mods, of all people! I can see me getting fired on my second day http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

jimpellizzeri: nope, not a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, though I've heard of it and hear that it's pretty nifty. In my case, it's much more fanboyish I'm afraid! One of my fave game series of all time is Splinter Cell. I've loved up every darned game in that series. For me, SCA stands for Splinter Cell Agent. I guess I could have chosen a name closer to the Heroes universe, but it was early in the morning, the clouds were in my eyes, the cat ate my homework and I didn't have my coffee yet, and thus I went with Chris_SCA http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/53.gif

[Infiltrator-SF]

So close.. I actually thought it was Chris - Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, a fine swedish paper and pulp manufacturer.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Alright, Chris, spill: which HMM/MM games have you played? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

(And welcome to the boards. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)

[Oakwarrior]

jimpellizzeri: nope, not a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, though I've heard of it and hear that it's pretty nifty. In my case, it's much more fanboyish I'm afraid! One of my fave game series of all time is Splinter Cell. I've loved up every darned game in that series. For me, SCA stands for Splinter Cell Agent. I guess I could have chosen a name closer to the Heroes universe, but it was early in the morning, the clouds were in my eyes, the cat ate my homework and I didn't have my coffee yet, and thus I went with Chris_SCA

INFIDEL! >_>

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[jimpellizzeri]

Chris,

Very nice. I never got into Splinter Cell. Too many games, not enough time. Thanks for responding.

John "The Imp" Impellizzeri

[Dergos]

wel welcome chris,

It's nice to see some more ubi employees on the forums

If you should ban someone, ban those pesky WWRTFABATAMTKUITGShttp://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif guys

so now with the real questions:
1. what might and magic games have you played
2. Are we gonna have a might and magic (rpg) -forum
3. What is the capital of brussels? (no speaking on the internet)

[Oakwarrior]

3. What is the capital of brussels? (no speaking on the internet)

Uhh. What is Brussels the capital of, you mean? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[znork]

Originally posted by Oakwarrior:

INFIDEL! >_>

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Lets burn him!!!!!!!

[Dergos]

Originally posted by Oakwarrior:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">3. What is the capital of brussels? (no speaking on the internet)

Uhh. What is Brussels the capital of, you mean? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
shhhhhhhhs that was the tricky part of the question

[Oakwarrior]

Oh. Right.



....*******it.

[Acheval]

Final round question from 8th grade geography competition:

In which ocean are the Comoros Islands located?


Note: You've got a 33% chance of being correct if you just randomly guess. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Roman_Lajciak]

Originally posted by Acheval:
Final round question from 8th grade geography competition:

In which ocean are the Comoros Islands located?

I believe it is the Indian ocean.



Note: You've got a 33% chance of being correct if you just randomly guess. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

And here I thought there were five oceans in the world: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. That would give a 20% chance on a random guess. Of course, it is true that placing the Comoros into the Arctic Ocean or the Southern Ocean would be a strech even if one did not know their location. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Chris_SCA]

Hi gang! Lessee, played quite a few of the games. Let's see what I can dredge up out of memory:

* Sometime in the mid 90's I got a collection called the Might and Magic trilogy, which I think included Book 1, Gates to Another and Isles of Terra. I think! Long time ago.

* MM VI: Mandate of Heaven

* MM 7: For Blood and Honor

* HoMM 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

* Dark Messiah

Perhaps there are one or two more expansions and such that I played, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

As far as a Might and Magic RPG forum, good question. So far in my (admittedly short) time here I have not heard that there would be. I defer to our more knowledgable Acheval for that one.

Brussles is the capital of Belgium (I've had some mighty fine beer at a few dive bars throughout Belgium. Mmmmm. Beer.) Do I still get points even though I've had the advantage (and pleasure) of visiting there?

Comoros Islands. Hmmm. If I remember correctly, its somewhere near Madagascar, which would put it in the Indian Ocean?

What's all this "burn the infidel" stuff? You should be chanting "burn the ultra neato COOL infidel"! Some people's children...jeez... http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/53.gif

[Justice]

I thought there are 7 oceans http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif (the mediterranean and Red one too)

But welcome Chris http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif nice to get more people to <STRIKE>pester, annoy, bug, torture... </STRIKE> talk to. You can always stop by the Tavern if the burdens of this forum trouble you. tHere you'll find sympathy, support, calmnes, well controled people who don't eat or attack other people on sight and people who don't plan on any evil things like world or forum domination http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Chris_SCA]

LOL!! Ahhhh, a place of respite from the day to day troubles of conquest. Maybe I'll check the Tavern soon!

[alias-hw]

Originally posted by Justice:
I thought there are 7 oceans http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif (the mediterranean and Red one too)


Nope. It's seven seas, not seven oceans.
The Mediterranean and the red sea are, (as the sea part suggests) seas and are part of the famous seven seas that everyone talks about and nobody knows just which they are... Unless they have internet and Wiki or course.
http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/shady.gif

H.W.

[Roman_Lajciak]

Originally posted by alias-hw:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Justice:
I thought there are 7 oceans http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif (the mediterranean and Red one too)


Nope. It's seven seas, not seven oceans.
The Mediterranean and the red sea are, (as the sea part suggests) seas and are part of the famous seven seas that everyone talks about and nobody knows just which they are... Unless they have internet and Wiki or course.
http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/shady.gif

H.W. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

What are the seven seas?

Edit: OK, never mind, I looked them up on Wikipedia.

[Roman_Lajciak]

Out of the shadows Chris_SCA rode forth,
The demons in close pursuit followed,
But once in the light the knight on the horse,
Turned around and fought and demonic guts hollowed.

As he approached the motley crew,
That watched the battle from afar,
The creatures in it in sight grew,
None of them a Chris-calibre star.

Roman_Lajciak strode to meet the knight,
Humbled by the battle Chris fought,
Which Roman also had in sight,
But where his participation came to naught.

"Sire" he said in a feeble voice,
"Our abode is now also yours,
We would have fought too, but had no choice,
Theirs was too great great a force."

"Teach us to fight in your mighty ways,
So we can be heroes too,
With diverse armies to command in vast waves,
Be they dwarves or orcs or undead true!"

"Your response we shall anticipate,
With great trepidation,
But the thought of leading our men will percipitate,
Also a sense of positive expectation!"


Welcome to the boards Chris! http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Chris_SCA]

With a grin on his face
And a growl in his stomach
Chris_SCA said "ACE"!
Tried to think, like a lummox

Of clever rymes
To answer the call
He may fight well
but he can't ryme at all!

So instead he mumbled
Fiddling with tunic's button
Feeling rather humbled
He asked "is that mutton?"

See, I TOLD you I couldn't ryhme! Thanks for the welcome, that was fun to read your much better versed diddy http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Oakwarrior]

See, I TOLD you I couldn't ryhme

Yep, that's true allright! >_>

So, when are ya gonna come over to the Tavern, eh? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Dergos]

Originally posted by Chris_SCA:

Brussles is the capital of Belgium (I've had some mighty fine beer at a few dive bars throughout Belgium. Mmmmm. Beer.) Do I still get points even though I've had the advantage (and pleasure) of visiting there?


any man who knows belgium beers are the best is a good man by me (i'm from belgium myself).

you said dive bars? do you dive? and where ?

[Acheval]

And here I thought there were five oceans in the world: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. That would give a 20% chance on a random guess. Of course, it is true that placing the Comoros into the Arctic Ocean or the Southern Ocean would be a strech even if one did not know their location. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

The US education system bundles the Arctic and Southern Oceans into the other 3. In fact, I just checked, and Wikipedia has a nice little animated image to demonstrate this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_ocean_map.gif

I guess we're not the first to have this discussion...


Oh, and Dergos? Assuming you're serious in your question: "Dive bar" is an expression for a small, slightly disreputable local bar. Which is usually the kind of place to go for the best selection.

[Oakwarrior]

slightly disreputable

I http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif at that.

[Chris_SCA]

I smiled at that too! But yeah, switching topics...I've done a little bit of actual scuba diving, but not much at all (logged maybe a dozen dives in Monterey and Carmel, California as well as off Maui and Oahu).

And back on topic...YES! Belgian beers are something seriously special. Smooth, tasty, and strong as hell! A REAL beer for sure. As for the Tavern, perhaps soon!

[Roman_Lajciak]

Originally posted by Chris_SCA:
With a grin on his face
And a growl in his stomach
Chris_SCA said "ACE"!
Tried to think, like a lummox

Of clever rymes
To answer the call
He may fight well
but he can't ryme at all!

So instead he mumbled
Fiddling with tunic's button
Feeling rather humbled
He asked "is that mutton?"

See, I TOLD you I couldn't ryhme! Thanks for the welcome, that was fun to read your much better versed diddy http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Tell you what knight Chris,
Should you teach me how to take my faction to the fight,
I shall show you how to rhyme this,
Even in the middle of the night.

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Roman_Lajciak]

Originally posted by Acheval:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">And here I thought there were five oceans in the world: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. That would give a 20% chance on a random guess. Of course, it is true that placing the Comoros into the Arctic Ocean or the Southern Ocean would be a strech even if one did not know their location. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

The US education system bundles the Arctic and Southern Oceans into the other 3. In fact, I just checked, and Wikipedia has a nice little animated image to demonstrate this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_ocean_map.gif

I guess we're not the first to have this discussion...
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Interesting! In Slovakia (where I am from), we were taught about the 5 oceans, but ultimately, division of the 'world ocean' into separate oceans is somewhat arbitrary anyway.

The real question is: How many oceans do we have in Ashan? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Final_Boss]

So a new ubi representative. What the...? I didn't know there were ubi representatives before!

Welcome Chris_SCA

[Justice]

Originally posted by Chris_SCA:
LOL!! Ahhhh, a place of respite from the day to day troubles of conquest. Maybe I'll check the Tavern soon!

Would be quite a good idea http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


Nope. It's seven seas, not seven oceans.
The Mediterranean and the red sea are, (as the sea part suggests) seas and are part of the famous seven seas that everyone talks about and nobody knows just which they are... Unless they have internet and Wiki or course.

We don't really talk of any difference between sea and oceans here in the Faroe Islands (atleast I don't think we do http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/shady.gif).- Or we do, but a sea is inland and not conected to the ocean in anyother way than by rivers. And pretty much everyone here know the name of all the seven seas, so I guess we're a bunch of nobodies according to your deffintion http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Dergos]

lol didn't know the expression dive bar shall remeber that one, in dutch it's called "ne bruine kroeg" a brown pub litteraly. :P but then again almost all bars are like that in belgium the great nation of choclate and bear

[Chris_SCA]

When I visited Finland a couple of years ago I finally found chocolate to rival that found in Belgium. I had no idea that there was so much punk and metal music in Finland http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/metal.gif or that the chocolate and coffee were gonna rock that much. I wouldn't say that Finnish chocolate is BETTER than Belgium's, but I'd say that it's just as good in it's own way. Awesome stuff.

[LordoftheOgres]

Wuhuuuu...awesome, welcome aboard the madtrain http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

I am so glad to see Nival/Ubi starting to actually support the game in NA http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[st14z]

Originally posted by Chris_SCA:
When I visited Finland a couple of years ago I finally found chocolate to rival that found in Belgium. I had no idea that there was so much punk and metal music in Finland http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/metal.gif or that the chocolate and coffee were gonna rock that much. I wouldn't say that Finnish chocolate is BETTER than Belgium's, but I'd say that it's just as good in it's own way. Awesome stuff.

Hi, and welcome Chris!

Do you mean Karl Fazer milk chocolate?

Try my favorite Finnish punk band Klamydia.

st14z

[Oakwarrior]

Do you mean Karl Fazer milk chocolate?

KARL FAZER! ZOMG!
*takes bike and rides off to buy a bar of Geisha chocolate*

Hey Chris you should really visit Estonia as well http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[znork]

So its the new face who kidnaped the bartender.

[Chris_SCA]

Do you mean Karl Fazer milk chocolate

No, it was a differetn name, and seriously evil dark chocolate. VERY rich. I can't remember the name but it wasn't Fazer, although I DID enjoy some of the Fazer varieties.

[Chris_SCA]

Hey Chris you should really visit Estonia as well

My mother and sister have visited there, they loved it. I'd like to go someday.

[Oakwarrior]

Do that http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

So I can kidn-... show you the sights! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.gif

[Chris_SCA]

Oh, cool! Do you live in Estonia?

[Oakwarrior]

Precisely! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/winky.gif

[Dergos]

do not go there it's an evil place, oh wait, no that's belgium, damned those belgians and especialy dr. evil

[Chris_SCA]

That's right! Dr. Evil IS Belgian! Well, if I ever visit Belgium or Estonia I'll have to let you two know that I'm coming so that you can protect me from the Dr. Evils of your countries during my stay http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Oh, and we can hoist a few beers as well. May as well face Evil happy.

[Dergos]

and we can hoist a few beers as well.

Oak is too young to drink beer, i on the other hand, not,

what's the greatest timeconsumming thing belgians do

[smith-b-d]

Originally posted by Dergos:
what's the greatest timeconsumming thing belgians do
You mean other than mast<STRIKE>erb@</STRIKE>... nevermind. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif

[Oakwarrior]

Oak is too young to drink beer, i on the other hand, not,

...a-hole http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-indifferent.gif


what's the greatest timeconsumming thing belgians do

What Smithy said http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/winky.gif

[Chris_SCA]

If not beer, we can hoist ultra strong coffee! Coffee...it's "morning beer".

[Oakwarrior]

Iiii don't drink coffee http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

..

*twitch*.

[Chris_SCA]

Coffee is my morning beer http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Well, if we ever meet face to face we'll just have a good meal or something.

[Oakwarrior]

Yeah I guess, heh http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

No I am ok with coffee actually. That was just a subtle reference to Hoodwinked.

[Chris_SCA]

AH! I've never seen Hoodwinked. Little wonder that I missed the reference http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Patenaudeluc]

Originally posted by Chris_SCA:
AH! I've never seen Hoodwinked. Little wonder that I missed the reference http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Hoodwinked is a CGI graphics based cartoon film.

I almost forgot about it. I did not bother seeing it either. Probably way too old for this kind of childish film. I think it was directed to 5+ audiences as well.

I hope HoMM6 will have a lot of Enhanced CGI graphics implemented into its core programming.

Welcome to the HoMM5 Forums, btw.
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[Dergos]

one it's not what smith said but eating(was proven by scientific results)
two it's best to start drinking in the morning with what you last the evening before that's what i mostly do

[Edo_555]

And it is good to drink the same drink, but little bitt more...