larrymurk
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COMING SOON...

to a DROD forum near you.

Odd Jobs

A new hold designed by Larry Murk
with voice acting by Doug and Allison Murk
and tested by Doom, Stefan, and Tim.

Why the hype?
What's so special?

Hang on and I'll tell you!

This hold features:

Multiple difficulty levels (novice, medium, and expert).
Story line.
Voice acting.
Custom images.
Open play. Complete jobs in any order.
Puzzles that represent real life in look and play.
Humor guaranteed to make you laugh (or at least grin).

And what exactly is the story?

Hang on and I'll tell you!

Beethro has exterminated every dungeon in the kingdom. He enters Sgt. Tark's Odd Job Agency in search of work. After retiring as drill seargent in the king's guard, Sgt. Tark opened his own odd jobs agency. You won't believe what jobs he has in store for Beethro.

Schik
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I think that first you're supposed to announce that you're going to announce a hold soon, THEN you make this announcement.

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Yellow_Mage
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I think it's sweet either way. It's more surprising in the nicest way this way because making a hold can take a long time and people might forget a hold is on it way.

I'm doing it that way, I mean... I would do it that way.

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Saqqara
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Very interesting, can't wait to see this finished Larry, will definately be on my play list.

StuartK
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Yellow_Mage wrote:
I'm doing it that way, I mean... I would do it that way.

If it turns out you are creating a hold, it seems you've just made a pre-announcement of your pre-announcement... But then you decided to be ambiguous, so perhaps this is a pre-announcement that you won't have anything to announce...

Yellow_Mage
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StuartK wrote:

Yellow_Mage wrote:
I'm doing it that way, I mean... I would do it that way.

If it turns out you are creating a hold, it seems you've just made a pre-announcement of your pre-announcement... But then you decided to be ambiguous, so perhaps this is a pre-announcement that you won't have anything to announce...

I'm not a fetishist.

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Banjooie
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I feel there was not enough warning.

mrimer
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Banjooie is shocked and appalled by people who catch him off guard

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Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

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Banjooie
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I'm more 'aghast' than appalled, really.

mrimer
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Banjooie is a shocked ghast

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Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

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Banjooie
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Oh, we can keep the shocked, too. I'm cool with the shocked. I'm trying to remain flexible here, but retain my principles, y'know?

robin
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Good, I can't wait.
I'm enjoying your "Perfection"
So this must be a good one too


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larrymurk
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Management would like to sincerely appologize for any damages, physical or emotional, that might have been caused by Mr. Murk's failure to pre-announce the promo for his soon-to-be-released hold titled "Odd Jobs". Quite frankly, Mr. Murk has become known as somewhat of a loose canon in this organization. In order to compensate for any harm caused by the failure to pre-announce, we are happy to say that we will be releasing this hold absolutely FREE of charge.

In the future, this firm will take every precaution possible to ensure that ALL announcements are pre-announced.


The management

Mattcrampy
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I might be announcing something at some point. I'm getting you all ready for the pre-announcement so it doesn't come as a surprise.

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trick
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Matt, this shocking, out-of-the-blue pre-pre-announcement comes like lightning on a clear day! I'm all in tears here from the raw excitement! Please have some mercy and pre-announce your pre-pre-announcements in the future.

In other news, I may or may not announce a pre-announcement before and/or after an unspecified time and date.

- Gerry, beating near-death horses

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Chaco
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larrymurk wrote:
loose canon

Eep, it's the attack of the pre-announcing priests!

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I'm a crazy man! You don't know what I'm going to do next!



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Tim
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Mattcrampy wrote:
I might be announcing something at some point. I'm getting you all ready for the pre-announcement so it doesn't come as a surprise.

Mattcrampy wrote:
I'm a crazy man!

You didn't need to pre-announce that! That didn't came as a surprise to me anyway.

-- Tim

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A math teacher tells her class on Friday that they will have a surprise quiz one day next week. She tells them they will have no way to predict which day of the week it will be on, and that they won't know its coming until she tells them to clear their desks for the quiz.

The students reason as follows: the quiz can't be next Friday because that wouldn't be a surprise. Since we didn't have a quiz on monday->thursday, we would be able to deduce on Thursday night that the quiz would be on Friday.

Which means that it can't be on Thursday since we know its not going to be on Friday, if we haven't taken the quiz by Wednesday, we'll know that the quiz is coming on Thursday. Of course, that means that it can't be on Wednesday either since if we haven't taken the quiz by Tuesday, we'll know its coming on Wednesday. So it can't be on Tuesday either (we'll know its coming on Tuesday by Monday evening), but that means it will be on Monday. So it can't be a surprise. Therefore, there can't be a surprise quiz.

The week came and went, and the teacher's prediction came true. How did she do it?

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larrymurk
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She gave them 2 quizzes. The second no doubt surprised them?

Alneyan
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It'll be on Saturday, as the students were unexpectedly relocated to somewhere else where there *are* classes on Saturdays.

That aside, I'll second Larrymuck's idea.

Chaco
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The students have faulty logic - the second clause doesn't hold up because by Wednesday, when they haven't taken the quiz yet, they can't predict the quiz will be on Thursday - it could just as easily be on Friday. Their logic revolves around the "surprise" part of the quiz, and they are seeking to eliminate it by getting rid of the surprise in a faulty manner.



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Mattcrampy
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She has the quiz whenever she wants, because the kids don't think there's a surprise quiz.

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Syntax
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She tells them they will have no way to predict which day of the week it will be on, and that they won't know its coming until she tells them to clear their desks for the quiz.

*It* is not the quizz.
But if she asks them to clear their desks for the quizz, *it* will come.

The quizz itself is going to happen one day next week.

[EDIT]
Deletion to avoid ambiguity.

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[Last edited by Syntax at 12-04-2005 07:15 AM]

larrymurk
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Odd Jobs is here.

Go to the holds board and download it (them) now.

There are 3 versions available - Novice, Medium, and Expert. All 3 versions have exactly the same story. Although the same jobs must be completed in each version, the challenges have been tweaked to make the difficulty levels significantly different. Try the one that best suits your ability or try all three.

Because of the extensive dialog, the holds are each about 12 Mb.