Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!adimail!tel From: tel@adimail.UUCP (Terry Monks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Knight of Diamonds help needed. Message-ID: <852@adimail.UUCP> Date: 22 Mar 91 15:38:45 GMT References: <8641@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Lines: 35 In a fascinating article, Lloyd Lim espouses the position: > > You've probably already tried the answer already but the game is pretty picky > about it. Make sure you use any appropriate articles (a, an the) and make > sure you enter the correct singular/plural form. > > People do complain about this one, but if you have worked the thing out correctly, you will see that it would not work without the article. If you just guessed the answer you would not see why. I always thought people who had read their Greek drama should be rewarded for answering "Man," but Sir-tech would never buy that. I was told that the answer to this riddle is the singel most common question that the Help Line gets. As you know, I don't write these things, I just try to make them work on Macs... > Do you mean "Nklc. Pro Magic"? I haven't found the ring. I can't equip the > necklace either. I've tried Ninjas, Samuria, Lords, and Bishops. I think > Terry Monks needs to answer this question. > Same thing, I don't write....etc. I could, of course, find out, but my days of being paid for this stuff are over. Maybe I will look over the weekend and see what the data files tell me... > BTW, isn't it pretty annoying how the scrolling gets messed up in the shop > when it has lots of items? I thought this was supposed to be a new, bug-free > version?! half :-) > I did not know about this bug. But, I *never* said that this was a bug-free program. We just said that the known bugs of the previous version had been addressed. -- Terry Monks Automata Design Inc (703) 472-9400