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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | <--- it looks a little like a
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parapet.
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Next, let's continue with the |'s and _'s, on the third line, but
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let's add an extra _ between our |'s. One | and then two _'s, over
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and over...
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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <--- it IS starting to look like
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something... just a little
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bit.
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Continue this, but offset the |'s on at least every other line, so
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all your "blocks" aren't lined up the same. I'm certain you can see
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how I do this...
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- keep going...
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|_|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__||
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- and keep going...
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- And now look!
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You could easily keep going, until you created the Great Wall of
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China. If I were you, though, I'd stop before I made 4,000 miles of
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this. Why not just settle for a simple castle wall?
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Of course, you don't have to make your blocks just like I did mine.
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You could make them longer, shorter, twice as big, or even completely
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different, by doing some things like this:
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|____|____| | | | | | _____ _________
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_____ |____|____|____|____| |_|_|_| {_}_}_}_}_}
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/_\_/_\
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... That's all up to you. I'm sure you've got blocks all figured
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out by now, anyway. Make your own, using whatever dimensions you
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like. Or use the same ones I have; I won't mind.
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Using nothing more than the two characters we started with, you
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should have no trouble making a basic castle wall, like this one:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
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|__|__|__|__|__|| ||__|__|__|__|__|
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|_|__|__|__|__||| ||_|__|__|__|__||
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|__|__|__|__|__|| ||__|__|__|__|__|
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...As you can see, that entire castle is constucted using nothing more
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than the "_" and "|" characters. Soon, you'll be making much better
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ones than this, but I'm going to use it for demonstration purposes,
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okay?
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Can you see how I have made the door? It was really no trick. If
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you're supple- minded, you could just count over to where you want
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your doorway, and remember not to brick it in. If you're lazy, like
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me, you could just put your cursor about where you want the right edge
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of your door to be, and backspace to where you want the left edge of
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your door, and then start making it. Easy.
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That door looks a little plain, though. Still using only the same
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two characters, we'll just spruce it up a little:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
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||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_|
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...There you go. You have now mastered the art of mediveal
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construction, using text from your keyboard.
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Next, let's see about making a little fancier castle, and put it
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into a complete picture....
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Well, here is another castle that I started for a cartoon I never
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finished. It's very similar to the one above, and since it's not
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doing anything else, I'll just use it here. Take a look:
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