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 Message 396 
 Dan Clough to Mike Powell 
 Re: oooopsie! 
 08 Sep 25 16:56:33 
 
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-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAN CLOUGH <=-

 >  MP> Yesterday, while playing LORD, I found a not-so-useful shortcut key.
 >  MP> If you forget that you are in the forest, and then accidentally use the
 >  MP> "B" key to go to the Bank (instead of "Y"), your characters does
 >  MP> something unexpected that summons a vulture and has a negative affect
 >  MP> on whatever gold you happen to be carrying on you at the time.

 >  MP> Oooops-a-dooops!  :D

 > That's actually a very useful shortcut... The vulture deposits that gold
 > into your bank account for you.  ;-)

 MP> I somehow had never caught onto that.  I guess it is good so long as
 MP> you want it all deposited.  I just figured, with it being an ugly
 MP> vulture, that the money was gone.  ;)

Haha, yep I guess even ugly vultures and be kind (and thrifty)!

I use that key a lot, as a way to safely deposit money in case I am 
unexpectedly killed, without having to "exit" the forest and get to the 
bank (and then back to the forest).  Big time-saver.



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