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Offline NiGHTMARE

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Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« on: January 19, 2005, 05:48:57 AM »
For places in the UK at least :).

See also:

Compton, Berkshire
Compton Castle, Devon
West Compton Abbas, Dorset
Compton, Hampshire
Compton Bay, Isle of Wight
Compton, Surrey
Compton, Sussex
Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire
Compton Abbas, Wiltshire
Compton Bassett, Wiltshire

The OMG link: Compton, Staffordshire is a few miles northeast of "Baldwins Gate" :o (look for "Leek" on the map, Compton is there)

The not-quite-so-OMG link: Compton,  West Sussex is a few miles NWW of "Arundel Castle" (Compton is in the top left - scroll right one screen and you should see Arundel castle in the centre) (Arundel of course being an important character in Icewind Dale 1)
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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2005, 07:04:20 AM »
I believe Compton is a suburb in L.A also.  ;)

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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2005, 07:08:37 AM »
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/Almacen/nwa.jpg)

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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2005, 07:58:04 AM »
Indeed. References to Compton Castle are for the erudite, but references to NWA generally help get my name spelled correctly on pizza orders.

"Compton."

"Thompson?"

"Compton."

"Campton?"

"No, Compton. As in, 'Straight Outta.'"

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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2005, 08:39:12 AM »
Heh, West Coast or what! Cromptoni's stuff is so widely published and praised I guess he never has that problem. :P
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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2005, 10:47:41 AM »
All that Compton in one thread makes it difficult to concentrate...
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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2005, 11:08:45 AM »
Didn't eveyone already know that Compton's an encyclopediast?

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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2005, 11:17:39 AM »
The pizza guys respond better to the NWA reference than the encyclopedia reference.

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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2005, 12:02:40 PM »
That's ok.  I think VH1 and PBS are collaborating on a rap-cartoon version, to be aired Saturday mornings.  Then everyone will be all caught up.


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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2005, 01:25:34 PM »
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Re: Apparently Compton is a popular name...
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2005, 01:42:00 PM »
Baldwin's Gate had their name changed after they lost a lawsuit against Interplay way back then. :D They tried to get Ryvendhill, but Christopher did not let them.
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