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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: admiral_wolf on October 21, 2007, 05:04:14 pm
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Was just at work at a bar working a Pub Quiz when the question "What is the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet?" came up. From what I thought I learned about FreeSpace, I thought it was Delta, seeing as they are usually the 3rd wing. A colleague then corrected me saying it was Elipson as he had learned Greek.
Anyway, he wanted to know why I thought it was Delta, so I told him, I used to play a Space age shooter called FreeSpace, and the wings I flew with where named after letters of the Greek Alphabet. He then told me that he has the same game! I thought it was cool that two people working in a bar would happen to play a 10 year old computer game.
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Nice... now introduce him to Freespace Open so he can re-enjoy it with more eyecandy ;) Oh, and by the way, you're both wrong. The third letter of the Greek alphabet is Gamma :p Delta is the 4th and Epsilon the 5th.
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teh lulz
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Now that you remind me Shade, that's what he said! I did tell him about Hard Light and the SCP. He also told me to try something about getting FS1 to work on Crapsta.
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Tell him to get Freespace 2 Open and then download the FS Port. That should let him enjoy his FS1 on Vista with more eyecandy and better resolution.
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Nice... now introduce him to Freespace Open so he can re-enjoy it with more eyecandy ;) Oh, and by the way, you're both wrong. The third letter of the Greek alphabet is Gamma :p Delta is the 4th and Epsilon the 5th.
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teh lulz
:wtf:
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teh lulz
wha? :wtf:
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I thought Eta was the fifth :wtf:
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Wow, I wish I could find someone that plays Freespace here. I feel lonely being the only guy who knows about the game in my neighborhood.
Also, I could technically see how your friend confused Epsilon for the third letter. I remember back on the 4th training mission on the original FS where your instructor orders you to call in Epsilon wing of the 3rd Squadron. Ever since that, I always thought Epsilon was the third letter.
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Yeah, I don't know anyone that plays FreeSpace either. I wish I did.
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I thought Eta was the fifth :wtf:
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Alphabet):
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta...
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Wow jeez. If wikipedia is right, that shows how much we know about the Greek Alphabet; 3 wrongs in a row.
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... It's all Greek to me.
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All your base are belong to us.
I think Epsilon, 5th letter was used for the wing,
because the wing was from another squadron.
Next letter used our last wing causes some kind of confusion.
Just my guess.
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You are quite right!