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Re: [Icehouse] Homeworlds Terminology

  • FromDavid Artman <david.artman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • DateThu, 2 Apr 2009 09:58:50 -0400
Don't have much strat to offer, having never gotten a chance to play HW, BUT:

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joshua Kronengold <mneme@xxxxxx> wrote:
Andy Looney writes:
>The Bluebird Mistake is leaving 2 ships of the same color at your Homeworld
...
Ah!  That makes a lot of sense given the name; I think the reason for

I'm pretty sure the name comes from the Bluebird Coffee Shop in Amsterdam, where the mistake was (first?) made.
http://www.coffeeshopbluebird.nl/
http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=bluebird+coffee+shop+amsterdam