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Question 3: Disease in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Thursday, May 4 2006 17:02 Profile #10
Given a limited supply of vaccines, supply prophylactic treatment to those with the most to contribute, i.e. western and east asian countries. Everyone else, well, the world could deal with a few million fewer people. Sorry Im in a bad mood tonight
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US and Sudan in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 17:15 Profile #10
quote:
Originally written by I Would Have Been Your Daddy:

Eh? Protesting is a public health hazard? Please explain.
Because you said they made a makeshift refugee camp. This is similar to the sort of civil disobedience that has invaded college campuses since the mid 60's. Simulating a refugee camp brings along the sort of problems that a real refugee camp entails, such as hygiene and general enforcement of law and order.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
US and Sudan in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 11:25 Profile #8
quote:
Originally written by I Would Have Been Your Daddy:

quote:
Originally written by Grignard:

I view it with indifference too. A bunch of upper middle class american liberal kids acting like they know something about real suffering. Its actually very funny.
Regardless of whether we've ever experienced it or not, is is wrong to protest against it?

(And would a bunch of upper middle class american conservative kids know any more about suffering?)
Probably not, but this is the typical university protest scene, at least in my experience. Very possibly a public health hazard as well. There are lots of good reasons not to do this.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Your musical tastes in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 07:02 Profile #36
Im a fairly big Jethro Tull fan. I also like some British folk. I have really ecclectic tastes though. Richard Wagner is by far my favorite orchestral/operatic composer, though I like Verdi alot too. I also like country, especially 70's and 80's pop country like Alabama.

[ Sunday, April 30, 2006 07:05: Message edited by: Grignard ]
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
US and Sudan in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 06:56 Profile #4
quote:
Originally written by Wild Kinky Slugs:

We had a week long event to raise awareness about darfur on campus at UCF. Some students camped outside in a makeshift refugee camp for the whole week. I performed at a awareness concert at the end of the week. Unfortunately, grassroots movements like this are viewed with indifference by many politicians.
I view it with indifference too. A bunch of upper middle class american liberal kids acting like they know something about real suffering. Its actually very funny.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Stereotypically Yours in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Monday, April 24 2006 06:09 Profile #5
I don't think Im known well enough here to be stereotyped
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Been very busy in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Wednesday, April 19 2006 04:50 Profile #20
Hey Do-er, read your pm, responded
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Been very busy in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, April 18 2006 16:16 Profile #11
Thanks everyone for the advice. I appreciate it
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Been very busy in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, April 18 2006 12:36 Profile #4
See, im not even sure of the status of the relationship, which is why im reluctant to push to meet, but I finally asked her and she would like to. Im notoriously bad at empathy, so I actually think a text medium is easier. With text I dont have to interpret and more often than not misinterpret nonverbal social cues. I've talked to her on the phone and webcam as well incidentally.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Been very busy in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, April 18 2006 09:50 Profile #0
I got a new job about two weeks ago. I'm working for a local cave tour business in the Chattanooga TN area. As part of this job, I guide short walking tours in an electrically lighted section of the cave, and am currently learning to give "wild cave" tours where we take people back into the "unimproved" part of the cave. Its not exactly something to make a career out of, but I'm having a good time at present. Have any of you done any caving?

I'd also like to ask for some advice. Ive been talking to a young lady via instant messaging for about a year and a half now, and I've found that Ive more or less fallen head over heels in love with her, at least as much as I am capable of doing so. The problem is that she lives a couple states away right now. She is planning on moving to a new area, but that location is still some distance from where I am now. Another complication is that I really dont know where I will be in the near future. I'm pretty sure I can get in the PhD program at UT this time around, and I also feel that I did pretty well on the state civil service exam for chemists that I took today. There are two job opportunities that I think I'd really enjoy, but would make things difficult for me to be with her.

Any advice from someone who has been in a similar experience, or just has an oppinion to express, would be appreciated. This is really causing me a moderate level of emotional distress, as I think about being with her quite a bit. Its unpleasant because we seem to have all the atributes we both want in a partner, but we are so far away. Is it possible to fall in love with someone this way, or is this something that a 27 year old man should have grown out of long ago?
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Best Spiderweb game in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Thursday, April 6 2006 17:45 Profile #19
A2 was very good, but for some reason I really like A3
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
What happens when you die? in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Thursday, April 6 2006 17:36 Profile #13
When I was really active in MMORPGS I was always curious what would happen if I, say, fell off a cliff or blew my brains out or something. I'm sure they'd just assume I'd stopped playing, but its kind of weird to think about.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
BIG concern, need an answer ASAP in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 12:13 Profile #11
Slith are cleary oviparous, as shown in all of the avernum games. Therefore they have no need of nipples. Nephilim we have to assume are mammalian, probably placentals. Therefore they must have nipples.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
I want to try designing with BoA in Blades of Avernum
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Monday, March 27 2006 16:58 Profile #4
Well, I dont want to sell myself short, I think I have some pretty cool ideas, and I don't consider myself by and large a stupid individual. But I also realize that part of the power of the BoA editor is it can be fairly low level. You can get into the guts of things. This means you are essentially programming a game, even though the tools makes it a hell of a lot easier than starting from scratch. This is still a tall order, especially considering that any time I've tried to learn a programming language ive failed miserably. I just realize that its probably very complex just to get one scripted NPC working.

I would like to start with maps for no other reason than I like maps. I like reading them and making them. When I used to make D&D campaigns, I was unusual in that I would begin with a map, then go from there. I guess I'm just a very visual oriented person.
quote:
Originally written by Ephesos:

Wow... a new designer who actually wants to start small. I am truly impressed.

As Kelandon said, check out all the wonderful FAQs. Of course, that can make your head spin after a while, so don't hesitate to just make a test scenario and fiddle around with stuff before launching into a full-scale scenario.

We're all here to help. Good luck in your designing.

EDIT: And I also feel that I should support the idea of planning out scenarios beforehand. I went into writing my only BoA scenario rather unsure of how it was all going to play out, and I wound up improvising an ending due to a pressing contest deadline. I don't recommend it... if only because I really didn't like the first release version of my scenario.


[ Monday, March 27, 2006 17:01: Message edited by: Grignard ]
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
I want to try designing with BoA in Blades of Avernum
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Monday, March 27 2006 16:10 Profile #0
Any words of wisdom for someone getting started? I definitely want to start really small, perhaps smaller than what is recommended because I really don't have alot of general computer knowledge, at least relative to what I would suppose alot of BoA designers have. If I could get a couple working towns, an interesting story line, a couple working dungeon/objective areas, and some basic usefull scripts I'd be happy. Any suggestions about learning the scripting language? What about putting your ideas to paper before getting to editing? Are maps and flowcharts a good idea?
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Resistance skill in The Avernum Trilogy
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 13:22 Profile #2
Thanks. I didnt know if it just added like that or if it was some sort of seperate roll or something.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Resistance skill in The Avernum Trilogy
Grignard
Apprentice
Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 12:59 Profile #0
Does anyone know how the resistance skill works? What does the whole spell resistance algorithm look like anyhow?
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Observation of MLK, Jr. in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 12:45 Profile #15
I frankly don't care. If I were an African American, whatever that means, I might hold an opinion, but life probably wouldnt change for me if he had existed or not. I don't think the fact that he may have philandered really has anything to do with the civil rights movement though.

[ Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:48: Message edited by: Grignard ]
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00
Level Caps... in General
Grignard
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Member # 3438
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 12:39 Profile #19
Thats funny. I find A2 harder in general than A1. The second time I did the hawthorne battle I found myself wishing I had played on hard rather than medium. I dont recall what level my guys are at, but I know that I got pretty much every knowledge brew in the game, so that might be it.
Posts: 23 | Registered: Saturday, September 6 2003 07:00