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Improving Island Shaping For Map Generation

<p> One of my goals for 2019 is to improve my existing pages. This week I improved the island map section of my <a href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/">noise-based map generation</a> page. </p>  <figure style="background:#eee"> <img src="https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/blog/island-before.jpg" style="margin:1em;max-width:80%"/> <figcaption>Island map generation: you figure it out</figcaption> </figure>  <a name="more"></a>  <p> I had offered lots of options: additive vs multiplicative, Euclidean vs Manhattan distance, and three mysterious parameters named <code>a</code>, <code>b</code>, <code>c</code>. It was simple for me to offer lots of options. The problem with lots of options is that there's a large "possibility space" to explore. You may or may not find something you like. </p>  <p> Based on feedback from readers, I decided to rewrite this section. I stepped back and thought about <i>why</i> we're adding and multiplying. What is the goal? How does it work? </p>  <ol class="org-ol"> <li>Push the edges of the map down into water. I need to <i>decrease</i> elevations near the edges.</li> <li>Push the middle of the map up onto land. I need to <i>increase</i> elevations near the middle.</li> </ol>  <p> The main idea is to start with noise-based elevation and <i>reshape</i> it into what we want. The noise-based elevation fits into a box <svg id="shape-island-before" width="4em" height="1em" viewBox="-1 -1 102 27"><path d="M 0,25 L 0,0 L 5.25,0 L 10.5,0 L 15.75,0 L 21,0 L 26.25,0 L 31.5,0 L 36.75,0 L 42,0 L 47.25,0 L 52.5,0 L 57.75000000000001,0 L 63,0 L 68.25,0 L 73.5,0 L 78.75,0 L 84,0 L 89.25,0 L 94.5,0 L 99.75,0 L 100,25" fill="none" stroke="#777"></path><path d="M 0,25 L 0,16 L 5.25,13 L 10.5,15 L 15.75,15 L 21,12 L 26.25,10 L 31.5,12 L 36.75,8 L 42,11 L 47.25,13 L 52.5,12 L 57.75000000000001,16 L 63,14 L 68.25,11 L 73.5,12 L 78.75,14 L 84,14 L 89.25,16 L 94.5,16 L 99.75,12 L 100,25" fill="#ddd" stroke="black"></path><path d="M 0,25 L 0,25 L 5.25,25 L 10.5,25 L 15.75,25 L 21,25 L 26.25,25 L 31.5,25 L 36.75,25 L 42,25 L 47.25,25 L 52.5,25 L 57.75000000000001,25 L 63,25 L 68.25,25 L 73.5,25 L 78.75,25 L 84,25 L 89.25,25 L 94.5,25 L 99.75,25 L 100,25" fill="white" stroke="#777"></path></svg>, and we reshape the <i>box</i> into something like <svg id="shape-island-after" width="4em" height="1em" viewBox="-1 -1 102 27"><path d="M 0,25 L 0,12 L 5.25,11 L 10.5,10 L 15.75,8 L 21,7 L 26.25,6 L 31.5,4 L 36.75,3 L 42,2 L 47.25,1 L 52.5,0 L 57.75000000000001,1 L 63,2 L 68.25,3 L 73.5,4 L 78.75,6 L 84,7 L 89.25,8 L 94.5,10 L 99.75,11 L 100,25" fill="none" stroke="#777"></path><path d="M 0,25 L 0,20 L 5.25,17 L 10.5,17 L 15.75,16 L 21,13 L 26.25,11 L 31.5,11 L 36.75,7 L 42,8 L 47.25,7 L 52.5,6 L 57.75000000000001,9 L 63,9 L 68.25,9 L 73.5,11 L 78.75,13 L 84,14 L 89.25,17 L 94.5,18 L 99.75,17 L 100,25" fill="#ddd" stroke="black"></path><path d="M 0,25 L 0,25 L 5.25,23 L 10.5,22 L 15.75,21 L 21,20 L 26.25,18 L 31.5,17 L 36.75,16 L 42,15 L 47.25,13 L 52.5,12 L 57.75000000000001,13 L 63,15 L 68.25,16 L 73.5,17 L 78.75,18 L 84,20 L 89.25,21 L 94.5,22 L 99.75,23 L 100,25" fill="white" stroke="#777"></path></svg>. The contents of the box, whatever terrain had been generated, will get pushed up and down when the box is changed. </p>  <p> I rewrote the entire section of the page to explain this idea, and I ended up removing the interactive diagram. </p>  <figure style="background:#eee"> <img src="https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/blog/island-after.jpg" style="margin:1em;max-width:80%"/> <figcaption>Island map generation: explain the main ideas</figcaption> </figure>  <p> Related: <a href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep4102_1">Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work</a> says that experts can use the interactive exploration to navigate the possibility space because they have already built up the intuition to know where to go. Novices on the other hand learn better with guidance. </p>

Improving Island Shaping For Map Generation

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Top 15 Best URL Shortener to Earn Money

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe7FXK4IgtEblQNNTQZjugQtHy8Uj4epHiD8bn-vf5H9Vfe6g3ZRGm0Ln4WLxMTO3hSz8LTv-QHPC0ndd120l2P2ZOvPzat5tSNL_GaPeau9hAfDoiiA2Lc8zp1t1eIzK2aR_8-FcO3M/s1600/Url_shorteners6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe7FXK4IgtEblQNNTQZjugQtHy8Uj4epHiD8bn-vf5H9Vfe6g3ZRGm0Ln4WLxMTO3hSz8LTv-QHPC0ndd120l2P2ZOvPzat5tSNL_GaPeau9hAfDoiiA2Lc8zp1t1eIzK2aR_8-FcO3M/s1600/Url_shorteners6.png" style="width:80%;" /></a></div><ol>		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/adf--ly" target="_blank">Adf.ly</a>:</strong> Adf.ly is the oldest and one of the most trusted URL Shortener Service for making money by shrinking your links. Adf.ly provides you an opportunity to earn up to $5 per 1000 views. However, the earnings depend upon the demographics of users who go on to click the shortened link by Adf.ly.<br/>It offers a very comprehensive reporting system for tracking the performance of your each shortened URL. The minimum payout is kept low, and it is $5. It pays on 10th of every month. You can receive your earnings via PayPal, Payza, or AlertPay. Adf.ly also runs a referral program wherein you can earn a flat 20% commission for each referral for a lifetime.<br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/clk-sh" target="_blank">Clk.sh</a>:</strong> Clk.sh is a newly launched trusted link shortener network, it is a sister site of shrinkearn.com. I like ClkSh because it accepts multiple views from same visitors. If any one searching for Top and best url shortener service then i recommend this url shortener to our users. Clk.sh accepts advertisers and publishers from all over the world. It offers an opportunity to all its publishers to earn money and advertisers will get their targeted audience for cheapest rate. While writing ClkSh was offering up to $8 per 1000 visits and its minimum cpm rate is $1.4. Like Shrinkearn, Shorte.st url shorteners Clk.sh also offers some best features to all its users, including Good customer support, multiple views counting, decent cpm rates, good referral rate, multiple tools, quick payments etc. ClkSh offers 30% referral commission to its publishers. It uses 6 payment methods to all its users.<ul><li>Payout for 1000 Views: Upto $8</li><li>Minimum Withdrawal: $5</li><li>Referral Commission: 30%</li><li>Payment Methods: PayPal, Payza, Skrill etc.</li><li>Payment Time: Daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/linkrex-net" target="_blank">Linkrex.net</a>:</strong> Linkrex.net is one of the new URL shortener sites.You can trust it.It is paying and is a legit site.It offers high CPM rate.You can earn money by sing up to linkrex and shorten your URL link and paste it anywhere.You can paste it in your website or blog.You can paste it into social media networking sites like facebook, twitter or google plus etc.<br/>You will be paid whenever anyone will click on that shorten a link.You can earn more than $15 for 1000 views.You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.Another way of earning from this site is to refer other people.You can earn 25% as a referral commission.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$14</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-25%</li><li>Payment Options-Paypal,Bitcoin,Skrill and Paytm,etc</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/cutwin-com" target="_blank">Cut-win</a>:</strong> Cut-win is a new URL shortener website.It is paying at the time and you can trust it.You just have to sign up for an account and then you can shorten your URL and put that URL anywhere.You can paste it into your site, blog or even social media networking sites.It pays high CPM rate.<br/>You can earn $10 for 1000 views.You can earn 22% commission through the referral system.The most important thing is that you can withdraw your amount when it reaches $1.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$10</li><li>Minimum payout-$1</li><li>Referral commission-22%</li><li>Payment methods-PayPal, Payza, Bitcoin, Skrill, Western Union and Moneygram etc.</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/short-pe" target="_blank">Short.pe</a>:</strong> Short.pe is one of the most trusted sites from our top 30 highest paying URL shorteners.It pays on time.intrusting thing is that same visitor can click on your shorten link multiple times.You can earn by sign up and shorten your long URL.You just have to paste that URL to somewhere.<br/>You can paste it into your website, blog, or social media networking sites.They offer $5 for every 1000 views.You can also earn 20% referral commission from this site.Their minimum payout amount is only $1.You can withdraw from Paypal, Payza, and Payoneer.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$5</li><li>Minimum payout-$1</li><li>Referral commission-20% for lifetime</li><li>Payment methods-Paypal, Payza, and Payoneer</li><li>Payment time-on daily basis</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/linkbucks-dot-com" target="_blank">Linkbucks</a>:</strong> Linkbucks is another best and one of the most popular sites for shortening URLs and earning money. It boasts of high Google Page Rank as well as very high Alexa rankings. Linkbucks is paying $0.5 to $7 per 1000 views, and it depends on country to country.<br/>The minimum payout is $10, and payment method is PayPal. It also provides the opportunity of referral earnings wherein you can earn 20% commission for a lifetime. Linkbucks runs advertising programs as well.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$3-9</li><li>Minimum payout-$10</li><li>Referral commission-20%</li><li>Payment options-PayPal,Payza,and Payoneer</li><li>Payment-on the daily basis</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/short-dot-am" target="_blank">Short.am</a>:</strong> Short.am provides a big opportunity for earning money by shortening links. It is a rapidly growing URL Shortening Service. You simply need to sign up and start shrinking links. You can share the shortened links across the web, on your webpage, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Short.am provides detailed statistics and easy-to-use API.<br/>It even provides add-ons and plugins so that you can monetize your WordPress site. The minimum payout is $5 before you will be paid. It pays users via PayPal or Payoneer. It has the best market payout rates, offering unparalleled revenue. Short.am also run a referral program wherein you can earn 20% extra commission for life.<br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/link-tl" target="_blank">LINK.TL</a>:</strong> LINK.TL is one of the best and highest URL shortener website.It pays up to $16 for every 1000 views.You just have to sign up for free.You can earn by shortening your long URL into short and you can paste that URL into your website, blogs or social media networking sites, like facebook, twitter, and google plus etc.<br/>One of the best thing about this site is its referral system.They offer 10% referral commission.You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.<br/><ul><li>Payout for 1000 views-$16</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-10%</li><li>Payout methods-Paypal, Payza, and Skrill</li><li>Payment time-daily basis</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/bit-url-com" target="_blank">BIT-URL</a>:</strong> It is a new URL shortener website.Its CPM rate is good.You can sign up for free and shorten your URL and that shortener URL can be paste on your websites, blogs or social media networking sites.bit-url.com pays $8.10 for 1000 views.<br/>You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $3.bit-url.com offers 20% commission for your referral link.Payment methods are PayPal, Payza, Payeer, and Flexy etc.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$8.10</li><li>Minimum payout-$3</li><li>Referral commission-20%</li><li>Payment methods- Paypal, Payza, and Payeer</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/wi-cr" target="_blank">Wi.cr</a>:</strong> Wi.cr is also one of the 30 highest paying URL sites.You can earn through shortening links.When someone will click on your link.You will be paid.They offer $7 for 1000 views.Minimum payout is $5.<br/>You can earn through its referral program.When someone will open the account through your link you will get 10% commission.Payment option is PayPal.<br/><ul><li>Payout for 1000 views-$7</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-10%</li><li>Payout method-Paypal</li><li>Payout time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/oke--io" target="_blank">Oke.io</a>:</strong> Oke.io provides you an opportunity to earn money online by shortening URLs. Oke.io is a very friendly URL Shortener Service as it enables you to earn money by shortening and sharing URLs easily.<br/>Oke.io can pay you anywhere from $5 to $10 for your US, UK, and Canada visitors, whereas for the rest of the world the CPM will not be less than $2. You can sign up by using your email. The minimum payout is $5, and the payment is made via PayPal.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$7</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-20%</li><li>Payout options-PayPal, Payza, Bitcoin and Skrill</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/bc--vc" target="_blank">Bc.vc</a>:</strong> Bc.vc is another great URL Shortener Site. It provides you an opportunity to earn $4 to $10 per 1000 visits on your Shortened URL. The minimum withdrawal is $10, and the payment method used PayPal or Payoneer.<br/>Payments are made automatically on every seven days for earnings higher than $10.00. It also runs a referral system wherein the rate of referral earning is 10%.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$10</li><li>Minimum payout -$10</li><li>Referral commission-10%</li><li>Payment method -Paypal</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/cpmlink-net" target="_blank">CPMlink</a>:</strong> CPMlink is one of the most legit URL shortener sites.You can sign up for free.It works like other shortener sites.You just have to shorten your link and paste that link into the internet.When someone will click on your link.<br/>You will get some amount of that click.It pays around $5 for every 1000 views.They offer 10% commission as the referral program.You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.The payment is then sent to your PayPal, Payza or Skrill account daily after requesting it.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views-$5</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-10%</li><li>Payment methods-Paypal, Payza, and Skrill</li><li>Payment time-daily</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/shrinkearn-com" target="_blank">Shrinkearn.com</a>:</strong> Shrinkearn.com is one of the best and most trusted sites from our 30 highest paying URL shortener list.It is also one of the old URL shortener sites.You just have to sign up in the shrinkearn.com website. Then you can shorten your URL and can put that URL to your website, blog or any other social networking sites.<br/>Whenever any visitor will click your shortener URL link you will get some amount for that click.The payout rates from Shrinkearn.com is very high.You can earn $20 for 1000 views.Visitor has to stay only for 5 seconds on the publisher site and then can click on skip button to go to the requesting site.<br/><ul><li>The payout for 1000 views- up to $20</li><li>Minimum payout-$1</li><li>Referral commission-25%</li><li>Payment methods-PayPal</li><li>Payment date-10th day of every month</li></ul><br/></li> 		<li><strong><a href="http://bit.ly/ouo--io" target="_blank">Ouo.io</a>:</strong> Ouo.io is one of the fastest growing URL Shortener Service. Its pretty domain name is helpful in generating more clicks than other URL Shortener Services, and so you get a good opportunity for earning more money out of your shortened link. Ouo.io comes with several advanced features as well as customization options.<br/>With Ouo.io you can earn up to $8 per 1000 views. It also counts multiple views from same IP or person. With Ouo.io is becomes easy to earn money using its URL Shortener Service. The minimum payout is $5. Your earnings are automatically credited to your PayPal or Payoneer account on 1st or 15th of the month.<br/><ul><li>Payout for every 1000 views-$5</li><li>Minimum payout-$5</li><li>Referral commission-20%</li><li>Payout time-1st and 15th date of the month</li><li>Payout options-PayPal and Payza</li></ul><br/></li> </ol>

Top 15 Best URL Shortener to Earn Money

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Ep 23: Campain Ribbin’ Is Live!

<div style="height: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ep 23: Campain Ribbin' is live!<br />We talk with Henry Hyde about his new book "Wargaming Campaigns" and running a wargame campaign.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/episode-23-campaign-ribbin" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/e ... ign-ribbin</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The Veteran Wargamer is brought to you by Kings Hobbies and Games<br /><a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://www.kingshobbiesandgames.com/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.Kingshobbiesandgames.com</a><a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.facebook.com/Special-Artizan-Service-Miniatures-1791793644366746/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/Special-Artiza ... 644366746/</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Join the conversation at <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://theveteranwargamer.blogspot.com/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://theveteranwargamer.blogspot.com</a>, email <a href="mailto:theveteranwargamer@gmail.com" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">theveteranwargamer@gmail.com</a>, Twitter @veteranwargamer<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Follow Henry at <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://henrys-wargaming.co.uk/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://henrys-wargaming.co.uk/</a>Twitter @battegames<br />Shot, Steel and Stone Facebook group: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.facebook.com/shotsteelandstone/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/shotsteelandstone/</a>Wars of the Faltenian Succession E-Book: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://payhip.com/b/7he8" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://payhip.com/b/7he8</a>The Wargaming Compendium: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://thewargamingcompendium.com/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://thewargamingcompendium.com/</a>Gladius Publications: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://gladiuspublications.com/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://gladiuspublications.com/</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Other companies we mentioned:<br />Tony Bath's Hyboria Campaign: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2010/12/tony-baths-hyboria-part-i.html" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2010/12 ... art-i.html</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Schleich figures: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.schleich-s.com/en/US/eldrador.html" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.schleich-s.com/en/US/eldrador.html</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />John Keegan - The Face of Battle: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.amazon.com/Face-Battle-Study-Agincourt-Waterloo/dp/0140048979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504030906&sr=8-1&keywords=face+of+battle" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.amazon.com/Face-Battle-Stud ... +of+battle</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Cartographer's Guild: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.cartographersguild.com/content.php</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />GMT - 1960: The Making of a President <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.gmtgames.com/p-574-1960-the-making-of-the-president.aspx" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.gmtgames.com/p-574-1960-the ... ident.aspx</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Katie Aidley (Katie's Game Corner) Twitter: @katiesgamecrner<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />GZG - "StarGrunt" Jon Tuffley: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://downloads.groundzerogames.co.uk/sgii.pdf" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://downloads.groundzerogames.co.uk/sgii.pdf</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Martin Van Creveld - "Supplying War": <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.amazon.com/Supplying-War-Logistics-Wallenstein-Patton/dp/0521546575" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.amazon.com/Supplying-War-Lo ... 0521546575</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Martin Van Creveld - "War Games": <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://www.amazon.com/Wargames-Professor-Martin-van-Creveld/dp/1107684420/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503236350&sr=1-8&keywords=van+creveld" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.amazon.com/Wargames-Profess ... an+creveld</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Games Workshop - Mighty Empires: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/52/mighty-empires" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/52/mighty-empires</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bob Barnetson - aka Bob in Edmonton <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://edmontonwargamer.blogspot.com/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://edmontonwargamer.blogspot.com/</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Too Fat Lardies - Pint Sized Campaigns: <a class="postlink" href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=http://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/chain-of-command/" style="color: #005784; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-cate ... f-command/</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Music courtesy bensound.com. Recorded with zencastr.com. Edited with Audacity. Make your town beautiful; get a haircut.<br />x</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br />

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All Aboard The S.S. Anne!

<span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>My first morning in Vermilion City, I found myself down at the docks pushing my way through the crowds. Vermilion Port was easily the busiest place I'd ever been in my life up to that point. The sheer number of ships and trucks moving goods in and out of the Kanto region was overwhelming. Even still, the S.S. Anne stood out of the crowd as a majestic ocean liner built for luxurious and excessive lifestyles. It's glorious, gleaming white hull was a beacon you could see almost anywhere in Vermilion City. I'd had my eye on her since I came into town the night before and I had no trouble finding my way to the pier at which she was docked. Getting on to that pier without a ticket or an invitation to the tournament was a trial all its own. I spent most of the morning looking for a way past security.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>The story of how I got aboard the S.S. Anne is a story of chance encounters and dumb luck. The first of which was a man fishing off the end of an unused pier. I was attempting to get a better vantage point of the S.S. Anne at the time, but I was also curious about the old fisherman. I sat with him a moment and he showed me how he supported himself just fishing up Pokémon out of the Vermilion Bay. After spending perhaps half an hour watching and listening to his old fish tales, he offered me one of his old rods that he wasn't too attached to. I was surprised at his generosity and thanked him graciously. He said the old rod wasn't great at pulling up any big catches, but it was a good starter rod to learn how to handle myself. I was eager to try it out.<br /><a href="https://ouo.io/st/124jmaC5/?s=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwMba7lkXytEyQlTVRm6uk7qAdKUY81a5frgVQSds-j69uw88u8ZVWrWVo3meATGjf933RgXdII0v1zOkAhcxPc4Ay0gURjYlhEmDW-3O94vZi8rw53Dv02Z0lVLf9WoP8R0eljVu5wM/s1600/Ep11+-+SS+Anne.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwMba7lkXytEyQlTVRm6uk7qAdKUY81a5frgVQSds-j69uw88u8ZVWrWVo3meATGjf933RgXdII0v1zOkAhcxPc4Ay0gURjYlhEmDW-3O94vZi8rw53Dv02Z0lVLf9WoP8R0eljVu5wM/s320/Ep11+-+SS+Anne.png" width="320" /></a><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>There didn't seem to be any restrictions posted on where you were allowed to fish in Vermilion Port, so I plopped myself down right at the edge of the S.S.Anne pier. I cast my line into the waters and waited. Patiently. For a long time. As I sat there on the edge of the dock, I could hear battles going on the deck above me. I could hear the whoops and cheers of the gathered crowds as local trainers, decadent cruise passengers, and members of the crew fought for fun and money. I knew that as long as there were trainers ready to battle, the registration for this exhibition would be open, but I had to get aboard soon.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>There was a tug on the line! A new type of Pokémon battle had begun. It was my strength and determination against that of whatever was on the other end of that line. I struggled for several minutes, worried that this old rod would snap clear in half at the tension on the line. Finally, a red scaled fish Pokémon lurched out of the water and flopped on to the pier. I frowned slightly. It was a Magikarp. I should have known. It was too weak to weaken, so I had Arnold put it to sleep and I carefully tried to get it into a Pokéball. The damn thing casually slapped 4 of my balls into the ocean in its fitful slumber before finally being secured in the 5th ball. I named him Royal, and although he was weak now, I had some big dreams for Royal in the distant future.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>I had no idea at the time, but the entire Magikarp episode was being watched by a gentleman nearby. I called out Royal to get a good look at him and size up his potential - which admittedly was limited right now. As I was gazing down at him, a firm hand clasped my shoulder.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>"I say, good show, old sport. Good show."<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>"Thank you," I managed to sputter in sudden confusion.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>"Oh, I daresay, where are my manners? My name is Reginald and I'm the Chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club. We are headquartered right here in Vermilion City! I have personally collected over 100 Pokémon and I'm very fussy when it comes to Pokémon. I see you are less fussy and I admire your spirit, old sport." He motioned to Royal. "I could never bother myself with Pokémon like that, but there is something special about you. Come now, join me aboard the S.S. Anne, would you? I can see you are itching to join the tournament. Meanwhile, let me tell you all about my favorite Pokémon, Rapidash. It is the most spectacular and ravishing of all the Pokémon, don't you agree?"<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>All I really heard was "join me aboard the S.S. Anne" and I was packing up my belongings as quickly as I could. While Chairman Reginald prattled on and on about Rapidash, my attention was mainly focused on shoving the old rod into my backpack, and making sure my Boulder and Cascade Badges were clearly visible. I wanted everyone to know how far I'd come as we made our way on board the cruise ship.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>Once aboard, I listened to Chairmain Reginald talk about Rapidash for what felt like <strike>an eternity</strike> a polite amount of time considering the great favor he'd just done for me. Eventually I excused myself and I found my way to the registration desk. I showed off my two badges and was put into a mid-level bracket. The tournament was scored on a point system where trainers lost the most points when their Pokémon fainted, and since I was determined not to allow them to faint I was sure to score very highly in the preliminary matches.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>All the matches were happening along the promenade deck with spectators above able to look down into most of the arenas that were setup. As I stood along the promenade, it was crowded and difficult to see much, but I managed to push my way toward my first match-up near the aft of the ship. I was going to face off against an older gentlemen who happened to be a passenger aboard the cruise wanting to test his skill against the Kanto trainers. I was nervous, but also excited. He opened with a Growlithe - a Pokémon I'd never seen before. It was obviously a fire-type and so Douglas was the right choice. He needed the battle experience, as well.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>Growlithe was faster than I anticipated! He landed a desperate attack on Douglas's head which nearly incapacitated him. I was shocked. I'd almost lost a Pokémon due to my overconfidence in type match-ups. I switched out Douglas for Rascal Jr. hoping to get the edge in speed. My swap paid off because Rascal Jr. landed a monstrous hyper fang on this Growlithe and knocked it completely out. The crowd went wild at this turn around and I remember how uplifting it made me feel. I couldn't help from smiling like a fool.<br /><span style="white-space: pre;">        </span>The passenger tossed out another Growlithe who met the same OHKO fate to the power of Rascal Jr. To punctuate just how amazing Rascal's victory over the Growlithe duo actually was, Rascal Jr. evolved into a Raticate in front of the entire crowd. It generated some hushed awe from the spectators, but I was just ecstatic to see Rascal Jr. grow in power. 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