Now it all makes sense!
Nearly two months ago I was asleep, dreaming of new recommendations for Infinity when I was blindfolded, kidnapped and knocked out. I woke up to find myself tied to a chair surrounded by deafening engine noise and a strong swirling icy wind whipping at my pyjamas. There was a sharp kick to my back and I realised I was on rollers of some kind and going down a ramp with the wind and noise growing stronger. Struggling in my chair I managed to turn around to face my kicker just as the wind tore off my blindfold. I was on the cargo ramp on the back of a large military looking airplane. In that moment my attention snapped back to the person who had done this to me as I had a mere second to catch a glimpse of his T-shirt which was branded with an Avalanche Software logo.
I bit down on the ramp and while I hung there for a few seconds trying to work out how I was going to pull myself back in the plane the figure slowly walked forward. Tethered with a line to the inside of the aircraft and kneeling down in front of me I realised my assailant was… John Blackburn!
“Let’s see you tell us what to do regarding character variants as a puddle in the middle of the Sahara.” He growled at me from behind clenched teeth and poked me in the eye. I yelped and obviously let go of the plane beginning my inevitable decent down to the hard, dry desert sand. I remember thinking at the time, “I wonder what that’s all about?”
Anyway, the rest of that story is the usual hum drum affair, So long story short.
I’m back!