I agree that Balgin can rub people the wrong way.
I simply don't know of any nation apart from america that uses the american system for counting and numbering floors. As people have stated the germans, australians and all sorts of other people use what, to me, is the normal system. Consequently I felt obliged to point out the difference in perception as many americans visit this forum. The reason I refered to the americans doing it differently is simply that I don't know of anyone else that does.
I just call it
upstairs myself :p.
He'll probably point out that what he said was the American system "makes {more} sense if you use lifts and never have to climb the stairs {than the 'traditional' system}", not that Americans don't use stairs, but in my mind the implication is clear.
Well I thought that skyscrud*ers and towerblocks were an american import (since they've had them since the 30's and we've had them since the 60's). So it would make sense that they'd start looking at things that way first since it's what they've got to look at.
So anyway, here's my
list of things to do before giving the next update some serious thought:Check if Fabian was referring to the books from the folklorist's room.
If so, look on the CD full of "stuff" for the extra information about it it claims is on the CD (done).
Observe the distinct lack of anything extra about it on the CD (also done).
Check the background stuff from the second adventure (not done yet).
Realise that I compiled the world lore from the first and second adventures into one (done).
Check the first CD for differences (not done yet as it probably just included some of the second adventure's stuff that wasn't in the printed version).
Double check if where I made the cat go made sense (it would've had to run past two dead bodies or a group of people, I'm not sure it should've gone near the bodies).
Keep track of the time for timeline dependant events (sort of done, it's probably somewhere between midday and one in the afternoon at the moment).
Try to work out how Ivor reckons a large stone box could be picked up and fit into Aurum's pack :p.
Doublecheck on the location of the hollow tree with the treasure in it (done).
Doublecheck the locations for certain location & timeline specific events (not quite done yet but it won't take long).
Okay, I think that's everything for now. Yeah, it might not look like it at the moment but there's either a lot of stuff happening or a lot of stuff's about to begin happening sometime soon :p.