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HalfKaztBoy

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I'm just wondering if anyone else does this.

 

I play Thief deadly shadows only during winter because in game the weather seems to be very cold. So playing the game while it's cold seems to make me feel like I'm more part of the game, like I am actually experiencing the cold in the game.

 

I hope this has made sense to anyone. :)

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I can understand. I don't play Thief exclusively in winter, but many times I played FM's and the original Dark Project in the winter, and to enhance the mood I would make the room as dark as possible, open the windows wide and turn down the furnace. Winters in Vancouver could get down to 5 degrees :mellow:

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I can understand. I don't play Thief exclusively in winter, but many times I played FM's and the original Dark Project in the winter, and to enhance the mood I would make the room as dark as possible, open the windows wide and turn down the furnace. Winters in Vancouver could get down to 5 degrees :mellow:

 

5 degrees? You call that cold? :laugh: BAH!!! Come out to the East coast and we'll show you cold. Tonight is a warm night for us at -5...-9 with the wind. If you want a real good freezing, you can get it here on PEI. Some really nice cold days will come our way in the winter.... try -20 and a wind chill of -30 degrees. Lucky if a car will start in those temperatures. 5 degrees...you're lucky. LOL

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-30...

 

man, that's just not cool...

No, it's not cool - it's freezing!

 

(Nice setup. ;) )

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Today's -20 with the windchill , so I'm not leaving the house (except to hop into my car to go get coffee).

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Today's -20 with the windchill , so I'm not leaving the house (except to hop into my car to go get coffee).

 

This reminds me of the good times I had in Ottawa - oh, snow and cold, I loved it.

 

Unfortunately here all we get is rain, fog and wet cold (aka: plus 3 degrees, wind and light rain), fog, smog and did I mention fog?

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This reminds me of the good times I had in Ottawa - oh, snow and cold, I loved it.

 

When did you used to live there?

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Tels

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It's a Canadian thing. The coffee is filtered through the radiator, so it's always hot. It comes out through a dispenser beneath the radio.

 

ROFLBTC (sorry) :laugh: That's why the Canadians all leave their cars running.

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Unfortunately here all we get is rain, fog and wet cold (aka: plus 3 degrees, wind and light rain), fog, smog and did I mention fog?

I guess global warming is really getting to Antarctica. Those conditions are pretty ripe for that part of the world ;)

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Here in the UK there's no discernible difference between winter and summer. It's cloudy and rainy the whole time. About once every year we'll get 'Travel Chaos' as snow stops traffic for a few hours, but that's about the only indication that winter is here.

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Here in the UK there's no discernible difference between winter and summer. It's cloudy and rainy the whole time. About once every year we'll get 'Travel Chaos' as snow stops traffic for a few hours, but that's about the only indication that winter is here.

 

Dunno from whom this is:

 

In England there is a special word which means the last sunshine

of the summer. That word is "spring".

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Hey you all, you know that degrees in Europe are not the degrees in America (Celcius and Fahrenheit)? Makes your discussion pretty fun to read, thoug. :P
What?! You're saying Celsius and Fahrenheit aren't synonymous? Stop spouting nonsensical gibberish, lest you encourage people to believe such fantastic quackery as "Kelvin is measured from absolute zero".

 

 

 

 

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Playng Thief in winter is very special. Much different than in summer. It feels much more cozy. :)

 

Well, here in Germany it's raining in summer most of the time, and that is no good way to play Thief. In autumn the weather slowly changes to rain and wind, so you get more into the mood. In winter it rains all the time, which is the perfect weather for playing Thief, until spring comes around again, when it starts to rain a lot here, and you don't get so much in the mood of Thief anymore. You need the proper winter raining to do this.

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