Round Table Weekly

[Corribus]

Pass the popcorn.

This could get interesting.

Oh come on, Kalah is like a big ol' puppy dog. All bark and no bite.

Hmmm, or was he like a big ol' pit bull with a tracheotomy . All bite and no bark.

I can't remember.

[winterfate]

Thanks guys!

I hope you liked my two interviews thus far.

The Training Interview will be soon (I hope ).

Funny how this started...Panda said I should try it out (writing for the RTW) .

All that's left is the dark question....what is "The List" I'm on?

[theLuckyDragon]

Oh, the List... You don't know the List?

[ScarlettP]

You didn't know about the List? Poor thing.



Say "Hi" to DL for me.

[winterfate]

I hope it's not THAT list...



However, a promise is a promise...so...

This is winterfate signing in. Today I will be giving the promised interview to the Non-Campaign Knight about the Training rules change.

Read on and see:

I reach the town of Farbreach at dawn, ready to interview Ellaine. She is helping a group of peasants harvest wheat.

winterfate: Hello, Ellaine!
Ellaine: Good day to you! Wait a minute, you look familiar...weren't you at that Necropolis town yesterday?

winterfate: Um...I'd rather not talk about that...
Ellaine: As you wish! Well, I got routed by that Necromancer, Exebar, and...

winterfate: So that was his name...
Ellaine: Excuse me?

winterfate: Just the wind, m'lady. Carry on.
Ellaine: Very well. So, I return here, but lo and behold, I can't train any more troops for the week.

winterfate: That's why I came.
Ellaine: To allow me to train more troops?

winterfate: No, peasant girl! To...
Ellaine: Did you just call me the peasant girl?

winterfate: Well, what's your ability?
Ellaine: I double the Taxpayer Ability, so it generates 2 instead of 1 gold.

winterfate: Exactly. That makes you the peasant girl.
Ellaine: Whatever...Like I was saying, all I have left is an army of Peasants.

winterfate: Why don't you upgrade them to Conscripts?
Ellaine: I won't get any extra gold from the peasants...

winterfate: Uh...and you want the gold for?!?!
Ellaine: To train come next week.

winterfate: Ahah...and meanwhile, I assume Exebar is mustering a retaliation force to come attack you. Shouldn't you upgrade to Conscripts...and while you're at it...train something other than Peasants and Marksmen...
Ellaine: But then I...

winterfate: Won't be able to train come next week...I know, I know. Well, you sure as heck can't train anything now!
Ellaine: But...

winterfate: Um...please TELL me you noticed the patch changes...
Ellaine: Who hasn't? They're keeping me from using the 1000 Marksman Rush.

winterfate: That explains a lot...
Ellaine: Huh?

winterfate: Nevermind. Just build Footmen, Griffins, Priests...anything!!!
Ellaine: All right!
*Ellaine orders the Peasants to build the Barracks*

Ellaine: Happy?
winterfate: Hardly. You're still badly outnumbered by Exebar's forces.

Ellaine: What should I do?
winterfate: Sit tight...I can't believe I'm going to have to do this...
*sigh* *calls Jenova on her cellphone*

winterfate: Hello.
Jenova: Hello?

winterfate: Hi, it's winterfate, your favoritest fan!
Jenova: Oh yes...thanks for saving me from Axeoth!

winterfate: Any time! Um, could you please send out reinforcements?
Jenova: To where?

winterfate: Well, Miss Peasant Girl...
Ellaine: I am NOT a peasant Girl...
Jenova:*screaming so as to be heard* Well, you lead peasants...you double the income generated by them...you're a peasant girl.

Jenova: I assume Ellaine hasn't built up her town structures to train additional troops...
winterfate: Exactly.

Jenova: Put her on the line please...
winterfate: Sure...

Ellaine: Hello?
Jenova: Um, yes. Ellaine?

Ellaine: Yes?
Jenova: Could you please please PLEASE stop being so stupid?!?!

Ellaine: Huh?
Jenova: Exactly. You do realize Training changed right?

Ellaine: Ah-hah.
Jenova: Whatever...put winter back on the line please.

winterfate: Ah-hah.
Jenova: I'll get there as soon as possible. Do you have any troops?

winterfate: Well I've got a few Hunters and a treant.
Jenova: How many Hunters?

winterfate: *counts* Um, 11 regulars and 4 Masters.
Jenova: *coughs* Forget what I just said *casts Town Portal*.

winterfate: That was quick!
Jenova: Well, you're not holding off that army with 16 Sylvan units and an army of Peasants.
Ellaine: Well, actually....

winterfate: I'll be leaving now!
Jenova: No, you don't! Winter, as beholden as I am to you, you WILL fight alongside me! You will not wimp out.

winterfate: Very well...*muttering* how did I let myself get dragged into this mess?!
Jenova&Ellaine: Did you say something?
winterfate: No!



There we go!!! Stay tuned for part two (tomorrow at the earliest...hopefully!)

[ScarlettP]

Kalah better hurry back if he wants to keep his job.

[winterfate]

Thanks, ScarlettP!

But, to be honest, I write these things because it's fun (and not because I want to kick Kalah out of his job ).

[Kalah]

It's a serious list, people. There's gonna be locusts and rivers of blood 'n stuff. This... this amateur is trying to outshine moi!? Just as the member interviews have returned? Talk about timing, and talk about shooting yourself in the foot. He's lucky I'm busy hitting up the Watcher's Keep...

Keep a look out for a proper edition on Monday!

Kalah isn't so scary, he's a big push over. Doesn't scare me one bit..

And you just made my list.

[winterfate]

Hmm...I get a feeling I know what this list is about...

This is going to get interesting...


And now, for part 2 of my Training Interview:

A day has passed in Farbreach, as Ellaine, the peasant girl, Jenova, She Who Has Visited Three Worlds, and I have been preparing for Exebar's attack.

winterfate: Ellaine. Um, could I get your impressions on the Training Rules change?
Ellaine: No, you may NOT. You called me a peasant girl!

winterfate: *snorts* Let's go through this one MORE time. You LEAD peasants, right???
Ellaine: Yes...

winterfate: You double their income, RIGHT???
Ellaine: Yes...

winterfate: So then, what part of peasant girl doesn't apply to you?
Ellaine: Um...uh.

winterfate: I rest my case. Now, would you please answer the question? I have some Conscripts to train...
Ellaine: Alright. Um, I think it STINKS!

winterfate: Why?
Ellaine: Because I can't have my beloved 1000 Marksman Rush.

winterfate: Fair enough. That's why I prefer the Sylvan myself
Ellaine: Bah. Griffin eternal!

Jenova: Nay. The balance is more important than a stupid catch phrase.
Ellaine: Stupid? STUPID??

winterfate: Quit it you two! Aren't we supposed to be upgrading the Barracks to create Squires?
*Ellaine orders the Peasants to upgrade the Barracks*
Jenova: There we go! Now, winter, you're going to lead the Haven troops right?

winterfate: What makes you say that?!
Jenova: Well, *whispers* Ellaine has noodles for brains. I think you should lead the Haven troops.

winterfate: Yeah...all 200 Conscripts and 10 Squires...
Jenova: I'm serious. Or would you rather have the peasant girl lead them?
Ellaine: I heard that! I'm not a peasant girl!!

winterfate: I give up with her. Fine, let's beat that Exebar so I can get home...
Jenova: Agreed. Since when have you been in the reporting field, though?

winterfate: Well, this is my 3rd freelance interview.
Jenova: You don't work for anybody?

winterfate: Nope.
Jenova: Um...are you sure?

winterfate: Well, there's this guy, who runs the Round Table Weekly. Um, I landed on his list...
Jenova: Is that good or bad?

winterfate: Well, let's just say I should be home before Monday.
Jenova: Ouch.

winterfate: I'll be fine. You can come save me!
Jenova: Against the power of an expert reporter? We'll see. I doubt it though...

winterfate: We can talk later!
Jenova: Agreed! Are those Bone Dragons I see over the horizon?

winterfate: Aw *** ** * *****[censored for profanity]
Jenova: *slaps winterfate* You shouldn't be saying such foul language.

winterfate: Sorry...do you think we stand a chance?
Jenova: Um, have you bothered to look at my army? I brought Syris Thalla with me?

winterfate: Oh...where does that leave Syris Thalla then?
Jenova: Um...winter. What I just said was a figure of speech.

winterfate: Oh... Right...

*Exebar's forces arrive and the battle begins*

Exebar: Oh, hello, winterfate! What brings you here?
winterfate: The training rules...

Exebar: Oh. Why don't you just leave the peasant girl to...
Ellaine: I am...
Jenova: SHUT UP, Ellaine!

Exebar: Thank you, lass. Now, like I was saying, why don't you leave the peasant girl to me and go home?
winterfate: What fun is there in that? I have to stretch this out...

Exebar: hahaha. Very well then. Don't say I didn't warn you...

Exebar orders a full assault with his army, composed of 200 Skeleton Archers, 10 Arch Liches and 5 Wraiths.
Jenova's army has 50 Sprites, 30 Master Hunters, and 10 Treants.

The battle is a bloody affair I'd rather summarize. Needless to say, the few Haven troops I was leading got slaughtered in the first turn. Both remaining sides took severe losses, but Jenova inched out with the ever resilient Treants for the win.

Jenova: And that's the end of that, necromancer!
Exebar: Darn, I was so close! I HATE the Avenger skill!
*Exebar retreats in shame*

Jenova:
winterfate: Uff. Remind me never to do that again, Jenova.

Jenova: *giggles* So, winter, what will you do now?
winterfate: Well, I have to go back home. And, um...there's still Him.

Jenova: The RTW reporter.
winterfate: Yes.

Jenova: If you want I can...
winterfate: NOOO!!! It's only...

Jenova: Well, if you'd let me finish my sentence . If you want I can go talk to him; what's his name?
winterfate: Kalah. But, um...

Jenova: What?
winterfate: I never did ask him for permission to write for the RTW...

Jenova: Oh...seems like someone is in trouble...
winterfate: Not TOO much, I hope .

Jenova: Good luck with that, winter! And, if you need help...
winterfate: I can call you?

Jenova: Anytime .
winterfate: Thanks. I should be getting home though. Tomorrow's going to be a heck of a day!

Jenova: Later!


So, with the Training Interview finally completed, I return home to take a break. A well deserved break .

Tomorrow, I will not post another interview as Kalah's edition will be then .

I will, however, be thinking up new ideas for interviews...

Until the next time, this is winterfate signing out! Take care!

[Kareeah Indaga]

winterfate: That's why I came.
Ellaine: To allow me to train more troops?

XD

Ellaine: What should I do?
winterfate: Sit tight...I can't believe I'm going to have to do this...
*sigh* *calls Jenova on her cellphone*

For a moment there I though you were going to have all the Peasants turned into Sephiroth clones…lol.

[BoardGuest808888]

Hmm, daily exemplar VS weekly new ?

Can't wait to see Monday

[theLuckyDragon]

winterfate: So then, what part of peasant girl doesn't apply to you?
Ellaine: Um...uh.

I know!

...

Are you SURE she's female?

[Elvin]

For a moment there I though you were going to have all the Peasants turned into Sephiroth clones…lol.

LOOOL!
Imba training eternal!

[Elvin]

I know!

...

Are you SURE she's female?

What?? Course she is.

[Thelonious]

Take care!

I think it is you who must take care...

[Kareeah Indaga]

winterfate: I'll be fine. You can come save me!
Jenova: Against the power of an expert reporter? We'll see.

winterfate: Sorry...do you think we stand a chance?
Jenova: Um, have you bothered to look at my army? I brought Syris Thalla with me?

winterfate: Oh...where does that leave Syris Thalla then?

^ Favorite lines.

[theLuckyDragon]

Is "to bring Syris Thalla" an in-game idiom I've never come across because I never finished the campaigns?

[winterfate]

No.

It's kind of funny when put into context though (Syris Thalla is the Sylvan capitol btw).

[theLuckyDragon]

Yeah, I know, that's why I thought it's an idiom or something, perhaps used by Findan in one of his poems...

No, wait... I'm expecting too much from Nival. Idioms, ha... Silly me...

[winterfate]

Hey, you never know!

Kalah's RTW is close....let's see what happens.