OS Risk
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Mar 2008 22:25 UTC
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NW America
by irbis on Wed 12th Mar 2008 23:05 UTC
irbis
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2005-07-08

Hehe.. My guess based on the map shown in the comic is that those OSnews readers who get offended by the comic this time could be those who are living in Alaska and other northwestern parts of North America?? ;)

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My place
by ebasconp on Thu 13th Mar 2008 00:45 UTC
ebasconp
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2006-05-09

I live in NetBSD country! Nice!!! ;)

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RE: My place
by sbergman27 on Thu 13th Mar 2008 03:15 UTC in reply to "My place"
sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

Looks like I'm a Windows 2008 Server zealot. And I certainly never expected to have occasion to say that on this site! ;)

Oh well. Could be worse. Looks like RMS is a Windows NT zealot. Expect an email. ;-)

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hmm, syllable...
by hobgoblin on Thu 13th Mar 2008 00:50 UTC
hobgoblin
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2005-07-06

i feel like saying "what the f... is syllable", just for the hell of it ;)

and first time i played risk i overlooked the foresight to 95 line...

Edited 2008-03-13 00:51 UTC

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That had to take some time
by TaterSalad on Thu 13th Mar 2008 01:01 UTC
TaterSalad
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2005-07-06

That must have taken a while to draw and lay out.

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RE: That had to take some time
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 13th Mar 2008 07:36 UTC in reply to "That had to take some time"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

That must have taken a while to draw and lay out.


Not really. I used to draw detailed and MUCH larger maps of imaginary worlds - those took days and days to make.

This one was done in under 40 minutes.

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nice
by gotten09 on Thu 13th Mar 2008 01:17 UTC
gotten09
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2008-02-06

nice map, like the previous poster said, that must have taken time...

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Comment by jessta
by jessta on Thu 13th Mar 2008 01:37 UTC
jessta
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2005-08-17

I quite offended that you think that I live in MacOS land.

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RE: Comment by jessta
by thavith_osn on Fri 14th Mar 2008 07:11 UTC in reply to "Comment by jessta"
thavith_osn Member since:
2005-07-11

Hey, I am very happy that I live in OS X land!!!!! Actually, I can't quite work out if Adelaide is in the eastern part on that map or the west. I'm guessing the west as the divider looks like it follows the South Australian borders...

Wonder if I should print this and try playing... I'm sure I can finally get OS X to dominate the world - <insert evil laugh here>

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XP
by brewin on Thu 13th Mar 2008 03:01 UTC
brewin
Member since:
2005-06-30

Did you forget about XP? ;)

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RE: XP
by sbergman27 on Thu 13th Mar 2008 03:19 UTC in reply to "XP"
sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

Did you forget about XP? ;)


XP is the ocean. ;-)

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RE
by Kroc on Thu 13th Mar 2008 07:10 UTC
Kroc
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2005-11-10

Lawsuit!

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ReactOS
by Dreams on Thu 13th Mar 2008 09:57 UTC
Dreams
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2007-12-12

I live in SkyOS, but i'm moving to ReactOS. It's a bit less stable but i heard the weather is good there!

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Comment by MORB
by MORB on Thu 13th Mar 2008 10:09 UTC
MORB
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2005-07-06

Hmm, I live in SkyOS and I don't even know anything about it.

I lived in Syllable for a while, too. I was actually working at the same company as the guy who created AtheOS, from which Syllable was forked.

Edited 2008-03-13 10:10 UTC

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Microsoftlandia?
by BigDaddy on Thu 13th Mar 2008 14:31 UTC
BigDaddy
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2006-08-10

Windows? All of North America is Windows? Come on, couldn't you of at least made Red Hat/Fedora a Rhode Island sized piece so we don't have to be 100% Windows? Their American aren't they?

We aren't all evil MS users!

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RE: Microsoftlandia?
by fretinator on Thu 13th Mar 2008 14:44 UTC in reply to "Microsoftlandia?"
fretinator Member since:
2005-07-06

Don't worry, the southern part of California is WINE country...

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Damn
by byrc on Thu 13th Mar 2008 15:15 UTC
byrc
Member since:
2006-02-18

I live on the border of Vista and Server 2003, looks like i am pretty much fckd.

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White backgorund
by biffuz on Thu 13th Mar 2008 17:59 UTC
biffuz
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2006-03-27

Could we have it on a white background to save ink?

(ReactOS... not bad, it could be worse)

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OS Risk without...
by Invincible Cow on Thu 13th Mar 2008 19:06 UTC
Invincible Cow
Member since:
2006-06-24

And what is OS Risk without Risc OS?

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Interesting
by computrius on Thu 13th Mar 2008 19:35 UTC
computrius
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2006-03-26

Interesting how the main OS I use corresponds exactly to where I live in the USA in real life, Windows 2000/Michigan ;) .

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Hmmm...
by drewunwired on Fri 14th Mar 2008 00:11 UTC
drewunwired
Member since:
2005-07-06

Does this mean that if you play with Darl McBride, he gets to start with all of Asia under his control?

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Good job!
by samad on Fri 14th Mar 2008 06:11 UTC
samad
Member since:
2006-03-31

Hey Thom, nice work with this comic. I loved playing Risk when I was growing up. This is definitely a nice twist.

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Focus Shift
by A.O.K. on Fri 14th Mar 2008 16:09 UTC
A.O.K.
Member since:
2006-11-02

I think I'm doing a focus shift myself too. I've stopped reading the articles, and look at the comics only now.

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And I'm a Man...
by qroon on Sat 15th Mar 2008 02:52 UTC
qroon
Member since:
2005-10-21

... without a country, he he he. Where is The Philippines Thom? ;)

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Excellent
by siraf72 on Mon 17th Mar 2008 07:25 UTC
siraf72
Member since:
2006-02-22

ROFL,LMAO, etc etc. This is brilliant. And as any experienced Risk player knows; if you get australia early you get the win. Now all we need are the cards!!!

Edited 2008-03-17 07:28 UTC

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