Author Topic: Carc's 15th Birthday: Sign a tile for KJW (Read 107442 times)

Rosco · « **Reply #15 on:** November 03, 2015, 06:06:25 AM »

I am going to send a tile from the catapult. I have a spare tile - the one with FFFF.

Fritz_Spinne · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2015, 06:11:57 AM »

Quote from: Frommarn91 on November 03, 2015, 05:34:26 AM

I like this idea a lot! I'm pondering if my girlfriend and I should take the lake and spring tiles from The River I and sign them so you have the possibility to build at least one river... But then I would have to buy an extra river or order from Cundco. What do you all think?

Just send the spring, if nobody else sends the lake the river will flow out of the picture ...

danisthirty · « **Reply #17 on:** November 03, 2015, 09:03:54 AM »

Quote from: Fritz_Spinne on November 03, 2015, 06:11:57 AM

Quote from: Frommarn91 on November 03, 2015, 05:34:26 AM
I like this idea a lot! I'm pondering if my girlfriend and I should take the lake and spring tiles from The River I and sign them so you have the possibility to build at least one river... But then I would have to buy an extra river or order from Cundco. What do you all think?
Just send the spring, if nobody else sends the lake the river will flow out of the picture ...

Good advice! I can plug any awkward gaps with unsigned tiles from my own collection, but I'd like to keep this to a minimum if possible. Rivers can flow off to the side of the picture if necessary...

Merlin_89 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 03, 2015, 09:27:55 AM »

I cherish my KJW's autographed starting tile, so I think that it's really beautiful idea! Great way to show our appreciation...
You can count me in! I have incomplete set of Traders and Builders, so you can expect tile with pigs watermark.

CKorfmann · « **Reply #19 on:** November 03, 2015, 11:36:48 AM »

Quote from: danisthirty on November 02, 2015, 01:43:30 PM

Not a silly question at all. I think it's entirely up to you so you should sign whichever you prefer, or both. I will probably sign my name as Dan "is thirty" Chard

I know this is no where near the subject of this thread, but please forgive me as my world has been turned upside down. I feel as though my senses are not rooted in reality anymore. I'm not sure what is true and what isn't, what is fact and what is fiction. Is there really 'no spoon'? Is the sky blue? Is blue a real color? Apparently, ancient peoples didn't think so, maybe they were right!

Up until this moment, I was sure that I had a friend "across the pond", named Daniel Chard, who shares my love of the game of Carcassonne (though his is much more passionate than mine), a ruggedly handsome man with a propensity for distinguished (read manly) facial hair like my own, a family man, someone who plays with the most obvious and appropriate color choice (blue), but is not so proud as to not relinquish it upon request, a man whose very meeple likeness holds a mug in it's hand bearing witness to the fact that the moniker he has chosen for himself, the one that all of us have come to know and love, is danisthirsty... T-H-I-R-S-T-Y... THIRSTY!

And why shouldn't he be thirsty? The human body is made up of 65% water. Some doctors believe that we are not sick, we're thirsty. I don't know who is chasing him, but Dan likes to run which makes you thirsty. Little children can tax a man even as healthy and virile as Dan, causing thirst. Perhaps the environment is more arid in London? Perhaps it's a spiritual metaphor of some kind. Maybe he just really likes coffee!

It's not April, and it's not even the first of the month, but I know someone must be playing a trick on me. Please tell me that I am not the only one to KNOW this and BELIEVE it as FACT! Up until about 2:30pm est on the 3rd of November, 2015 that is. Excuse my while I go pinch all my children...

MrNumbers · « **Reply #20 on:** November 03, 2015, 11:53:16 AM »

@CKorfmann
You are not the only one:
http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1121.msg13530#msg13530

And here is direct message:

Quote from: danisthirty on March 27, 2015, 08:51:55 AM

[...]I’m danisthirty . I’m not thirsty, I’m thirty. Well, I’m actually 34 now but I was 30 (years old) when I first used danisthirty.

danisthirty · « **Reply #21 on:** November 03, 2015, 12:08:56 PM »

Ha ha. Not sure what I can say to that!

)

If it helps, I'm on the verge of renaming myself as I'm usually thirsty at least once per day yet I haven't been thirty for years. I might also have to have the cup removed from my meeple.

At risk of causing us to veer off topic even more drastically though, why didn't ancient people believe that blue was a real colour?

jungleboy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 03, 2015, 01:27:22 PM »

Quote from: CKorfmann on November 03, 2015, 11:36:48 AM

Quote from: danisthirty on November 02, 2015, 01:43:30 PM
Not a silly question at all. I think it's entirely up to you so you should sign whichever you prefer, or both. I will probably sign my name as Dan "is thirty" Chard

I know this is no where near the subject of this thread, but please forgive me as my world has been turned upside down. I feel as though my senses are not rooted in reality anymore. I'm not sure what is true and what isn't, what is fact and what is fiction. Is there really 'no spoon'? Is the sky blue? Is blue a real color? Apparently, ancient peoples didn't think so, maybe they were right!

Up until this moment, I was sure that I had a friend "across the pond", named Daniel Chard, who shares my love of the game of Carcassonne (though his is much more passionate than mine), a ruggedly handsome man with a propensity for distinguished (read manly) facial hair like my own, a family man, someone who plays with the most obvious and appropriate color choice (blue), but is not so proud as to not relinquish it upon request, a man whose very meeple likeness holds a mug in it's hand bearing witness to the fact that the moniker he has chosen for himself, the one that all of us have come to know and love, is danisthirsty... T-H-I-R-S-T-Y... THIRSTY!

And why shouldn't he be thirsty? The human body is made up of 65% water. Some doctors believe that we are not sick, we're thirsty. I don't know who is chasing him, but Dan likes to run which makes you thirsty. Little children can tax a man even as healthy and virile as Dan, causing thirst. Perhaps the environment is more arid in London? Perhaps it's a spiritual metaphor of some kind. Maybe he just really likes coffee!

It's not April, and it's not even the first of the month, but I know someone must be playing a trick on me. Please tell me that I am not the only one to KNOW this and BELIEVE it as FACT! Up until about 2:30pm est on the 3rd of November, 2015 that is. Excuse my while I go pinch all my children...

Fantastic! What else can I say?

aenima · « **Reply #23 on:** November 03, 2015, 03:50:21 PM »

funny! I'm inn!

CKorfmann · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2015, 04:29:52 PM »

Quote from: danisthirty on November 03, 2015, 12:08:56 PM

At risk of causing us to veer off topic even more drastically though, why didn't ancient people believe that blue was a real colour?

HERE

BTW, I'm in as long as I can find a spare tile.

franks · « **Reply #25 on:** November 03, 2015, 05:34:05 PM »

Great idea Dan! I'm sure I can come up with a tile!

Cheers,

JT Atomico · « **Reply #26 on:** November 04, 2015, 12:17:42 AM »

I have gone for the left tile from The School, because I used to be a Maths teacher (though I didn't stick with it very long!).

If anyone wants to sign the tile on the right then we can complete the pair. I will send Dan an unsigned right tile anyway, so that the landscape can be completed either way.

And yes, for a long time I also thought that Dan was "thirsty" rather than "thirty"

jungleboy · « **Reply #27 on:** November 04, 2015, 01:37:52 AM »

After seeing everyone else's comments, I have realised that:

A) I'm a douchebag.
B) This really is quite a cool idea.

I want some big cities in this thing so I'll order and sign the CCCC tile from the base game next time I make a Cundco order.

danisthirty · « **Reply #28 on:** November 04, 2015, 02:11:38 AM »

@jungleboy: Excellent news, welcome aboard!

@JT Atomico: I like your idea re: the School. It’s great that you can select a tile that has some personal significance too.

In terms of tile selection, I’m hoping for a wide range of tiles in order to make the landscape as interesting as possible. I realise that there probably aren’t going to be a lot of signed corner road (ffrr) tiles but if I have to sacrifice a box or two to fill it out then it will be worth it. Please consider city caps and splitters when making your decision though, as these will always be put to good use.

Just for the record, I’m going to be using a Flier tile as I now have a spare box of these having bought it again for this year’s forum photo games. I’ll sign it and scan it tonight...

Also, don’t forget that there’s going to be a little book to accompany it so that KJW can see photos of all the people who have signed these tiles and know a little more about them. If you’d like to be included in this please send me a photo of yourself (perhaps holding your signed tile?) along with your name, location (broadly speaking: country will do) and a short summary of how you started playing Carcassonne or what it is you most enjoy about it. If you prefer to submit a tile without being included in the book then this is fine too, but I think this will be a nice personal touch so please consider it if you haven’t already.