programming/aas/announcement.txt

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From: Iain Merrick <iain@diden.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re: New game: AAS Masters!
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M. David Krauss <webmaster@wiredfrog.com> wrote:
[...]
> It's really bloody hilarious, and I was being
> completely serious when I said "this system was
> brought to us by some very smart people"... as
> anyone who's looked at AAS Masters should know by
> now.  I now add: "this system was brought to us by
> some very twisted people."
> 
> Good work Iain Merrick and everybody else who
> contributed to this... Honestly, some of the best
> laughs I've had in a while.

Yay! That's all we were aiming for, really. We had a lot of fun writing 
the tools, the manual, the forum and the games, and I'm glad to see that 
some people here had fun with it too.

The names of all the conspirators can be found by playing AAS Masters,
as you've no doubt discovered already. Those who haven't should visit:

  http://aas-ta.com/games/aasmasters.html

Thanks and/or apologies, as appropriate, and goodbye.

--Iain, AAS Guy
"Argh, I can't post as Roddy until I find another BvE quote for his sig!"