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The Ultimate "Favourite Game" Poll in General
Icshi
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 written Monday, June 27 2005 11:43 Profile #29
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

Seriously, Diplomacy with the Dead is by no means a high standard.
I didn't think it was that bad. Granted, it had too much outdoor tromping, but otherwise I found it a very solid scenario.

I'm beginning to get the impression that people don't think much of the scenarios that came with BoA. I liked them a lot.

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Bugged Ending? in Geneforge Series
Icshi
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 written Monday, June 27 2005 11:34 Profile #4
Ouch. I wouldn't care much to go up against the Creator after he's been repaired. :eek: Still, since you've gained a lot of levels since repairing him, you might be strong enough to destroy him. Dunno, it's worth a try I guess.

Interesting!
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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Monday, June 27 2005 11:29 Profile #35
quote:
Originally written by Slp006:

Is there any way I can register it? It seems like I'll have to send Jeff a special e-mail.
This horrifying fact was brought to my attention in this topic over here.

I think emailing Jeff is your best bet. I'm sure he'll find some way to take your money. ;)
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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Monday, June 27 2005 11:23 Profile #34
quote:
Originally written by Zorro:

the music isn't as bad as it sounds.
And those Tardanian ships aren't as ugly as they look! :P

But seriously, the music is kinda nice. Just don't do what I did, and play GC for five straight hours. The <dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum... BRUM-BRUM-BRUM-BRUM!!! dum-dum-dum..., dum-dum-dum...> music on the ship-building screen alone will kill you after prolonged exposure.

There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

(Just for the record, I did a five-hour binge of GC only once, shortly after I registered it. I learned my lesson and shall never do it again—I spent three weeks in rehab and had to appear before a judge.)
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Just say no in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Monday, June 27 2005 11:14 Profile #1
I hope your "Just Say No" campaign is as successful as the one the U.S. Health Department is doing. :P
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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:21 Profile #30
quote:
Originally written by Slp006:

I happen to be one of those rare types who is willing to quickly forsake challenge in a game for the sheer pleasure of sating my inner megalomaniac, so I think GC and I are a good match.
You've hit the nail right on the head. That's exactly what Galactic Core is all about! The game's tag line should've be "Conquering the galaxy has never been easier... or as much fun!"

I enjoy the Master of Orion games (the first two, anyway, never played the third), but they were very complex and it took forever to learn all the ins and outs, to get up to a level where I could even play a half-decent game. This complexity makes for longer-lasting and repeated gameplay, but it also fills up a lot of memory (both harddrive space and RAM) in my poor, poor little skull. GC is perfect for a quick fix of devastation, when you feel like being all-powerful without putting any actual effort into it.

Did I say it was the cotton candy of strategy games? Nay, 'tis the opium of strategy games...

I'm glad you find GC more than just "bearable"! :)
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The Ultimate "Favourite Game" Poll in General
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:10 Profile #27
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

90% of everything is crap.

Seriously, scenarios like A Perfect Forest have easily as much substance as anything Jeff has done.
Yes, I enjoyed that one, and found it Jeff-level in terms of actual story content.

But Sturgeon's law (was it Sturgeon? or was it Clarke?) holds true.

I've heard that BoE has some truly stellar stories. I think part of the reason (apart from the time factor, of course) why there hasn't been so many for BoA is that the editor and game are so much more complex, that only those with real strong talents in the technical (rather than writing) department can create these scenarios.

Of course, I've probably just signed up on everybody's death list by saying all this...

[ Sunday, June 26, 2005 21:13: Message edited by: Icshi ]

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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:01 Profile #28
quote:
Originally written by Slp006:

Icshi's fervor has inspired me to download the Galactic Core demo! I must see how a game can produce such strong emotions solely based on the fact of how bad it is! :rolleyes:
It's not a bad game exactly, just not a good one. It's cotton candy, mindless fun, and a guilty pleasure. Don't expect much and you won't be disapponited. And it was only $15 for Zarquon's sake! I had meals that cost more and didn't give me as much pleasure, and they certainly didn't last as long either.

However, it's become trendy to bash it, though, and most people who bash it have never played it but are basing their opinions on what's been said about it. I applaud your courage!

Remember, you're trying it for free, so if you end up hating it please don't take it out on me! I may be misguided, but I'm innocent. I'm not laying snares for the unwary, I merely express my dubious tastes so that all may have some poor wretch to look down on in pity... Does wonders for their self-esteem, you know. Lord knows they need it! :P
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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 15:53 Profile #24
quote:
Originally written by xxo:

When I first saw the thread title, I wondered if your confession was going to be that you actually never liked Galactic Core and had just being stringing us along all this time :P
The truth is often ugly, isn't it? :eek:
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The Ultimate "Favourite Game" Poll in General
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 11:09 Profile #18
I played the demos of the Exile series, but found the interface so awkward that for me at least they were rendered unplayable. Lucky for me Jeff remade them as the Avernum series, otherwise I never would've been exposed to these great stories.

I really liked BoA to begin with, but the third-party scenarios I've found to be quite disappointing. Most are glitter over substance.

[ Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:10: Message edited by: Icshi ]

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Really constitutional U.S. government rights? in General
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 10:55 Profile #8
I think the U.S. Supreme Court should be torn down and a shopping mall built in its place.

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keygens in General
Icshi
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 written Sunday, June 26 2005 10:47 Profile #53
Sure, it would be nice to stop it by just passing around a sign-up sheet and starting some kind of a campaign, but I'm afraid it won't do any good. It'll probably make as much of an impact as all those people who try to stop <fill in the blank> by picketing federal office buildings—i.e., it'll just cause traffic jams and make Mr. John Smith late for work.

I still think my lethal syringe idea would make the most impact in eliminating software piracy. :P

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Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:09 Profile #39
quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Umm there is always web-enabling. Like when you install something and it needs to register itself back with the home servers.
I just recently purchased SoundSoap 2 (by Bias), and had to go through something very much like this. I guess each copy has it's own unique serial code that has to be sent in to get the companion string of gibberish that will let you continue using the product. I didn't have to pay for this code, I just registered online.

Of course, anything can be cracked if a person with the right skills sets to work on it, but this kind of system would make it more difficult.

But I'm no technical expert here, so if I got any of these facts wrong please excuse me.

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Can anyone figure out this riddle? in General
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:58 Profile #13
I really like this riddle, whichever variation it appears in, mainly because it featured in Doctor Who as the Riddle of the Osirans. Sarah Jane was stuck in some kind of transparent cylindrical death cubicle with two buttons on the side, and two robotic mummies appeared before him. The Doctor was told one would lie, the other tell the truth, blah blah blah, he asked one mummy what the other mummy would say if he asked it which is the death switch on the cubicle, he pushed the other one, and presto, Sarah Jane was let out.

Television is very educational!

(Also, Christopher Bulis used the "path" version of the riddle in his Doctor Who novel The Ultimate Treasure. Not that anyone cares...)

[ Saturday, June 25, 2005 21:01: Message edited by: Icshi ]

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One-PC Parties Rule in Nethergate
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:46 Profile #21
I'll have to do a proper one-PC party some day. I've tried it with Nethergate and Avernum 3, but each time I ended up giving them steroids by clicking on the up arrows in the character editor. And it always starts out so innocently. I figure "Well, I keep getting wasted here at the beginning, and I'm too lazy to try to change my strategy, so I'll just add a couple of little stat modifications to make things just that wee bit easier." Before I know it, I've turned my level 1 generic character into an omnipotent wizard/priest/barbarian sword-slinger.

I bet this is exactly how Barzahl started out. "Oh, I'll just tinker with this here drayk to make his teeth a little sharper..."
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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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Member # 1528
 written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:40 Profile #13
quote:
Originally written by Walter:

Well if you didn't take into account a board user here wouldn't have played one why did you ask question 1? Also you need a none of these choice on which ones you've registered. And on question 3 you can't answer at all either if you haven't played one.
Put quite simply, this was the first poll I've created. I had no idea what I was doing! :D
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RW is Alive! in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:35 Profile #13
What? You mean I forgot to put necromancy in our catechism? Dang it. I knew I let something slip. I'll be sure to include that in our revised systematic theology leaflet.

And by the way, Hubbard isn't dead. His soul is currently orbiting Saturn... Or is it Neptune? Maybe he flits about, I don't know. At any rate, he's still beaming messages back to his publishers here on Earth. How else could he have finished writing his ten-book Mission Earth epic? Huh?

And who's to say White isn't circling Mars and keeps in touch with his business contacts? But I'm confident sometime soon he'll be promoted—by whatever strange cosmic forces oversee the immortal postlivelihood of sixth-rate science fiction writers—and will be allowed to zoom around in the asteroid belt. Especially if we keep those candles lit and prayer wheels spinning.

[ Saturday, June 25, 2005 20:37: Message edited by: Icshi ]
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keygens in General
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 14:42 Profile #30
How about creating a CD format that self-destructs after being used once? You know, pop in your drive, install the game, eject CD. Then the CD turns into a puddle of slime. :P

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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 14:39 Profile #4
This seems to be quickly turning into a one-man confessional. I guess I have to play the role of both confessor and confessee.

I hereby absolve myself.

They say talking to yourself is one of the first signs of madness. Well, they're wrong—it's expecting at least one other person in the world to fess up to having registered a Richard White game. :rolleyes:
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Best Games in General
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 12:27 Profile #15
It's really nice to see Nethergate doing so well!

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A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 12:18 Profile #2
Sorry. I guess I should apologize for that. It didn't occur to me that someone in the Richard White Games forum wouldn't have played any Richard White games.

But in all fairness I guess that makes you an average visitor to this particular forum...

And now that I've been reasonable and understanding, I feel free to say the following:

"Unbeliever! How didst thou stray into our Holy Shrine? Depart at once or I shall call down a Korvonian Planet Killer to consume thee utterly!" :P

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Geneforge features in Avernum 4 in The Avernum Trilogy
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 12:13 Profile #8
Although I like many of the Geneforge elements, I'd prefer Avernum 4 to remain as Avernumy as possible. I like both engines for different reasons, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Oranges and apples.

But there are a few things that would cross over well—how weight is handled, item crafting, and character types, for instance.

Reputation in the Avernum games works similarly to leadership in Geneforge (even though it's not a trainable skill) inasmuch as you have to have a certain level of it in order for people to react to you differently and let you do things.
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One-PC Parties Rule in Nethergate
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 12:03 Profile #19
I once started a game as a solo Celt lady, but had pumped up her stats to the max using the character editor. But after a while I couldn't resist adding more female characters, as well as picking up that Brigit woman in Vanarium. And, of course, just to keep things exciting, I pumped all of their stats too.

Great kinky fun. I called them "Charlie's Angels."
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keygens in General
Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 11:52 Profile #27
Okay. Sorry.

Besides, you know I'd never jab people with lethal syringes. At least, not without their prior consent and payment. I believe Dr. Kevorkian has made a real killing in this kind of business, and it's 100% tax deductible since it's done for humanitarian purposes.

[ Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:54: Message edited by: Icshi ]

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Icshi
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 written Saturday, June 25 2005 11:39 Profile #25
quote:
Originally written by wz. arsenic...:

quote:
Originally written by Icshi:

Some people are just really, really sick I guess, and should be put to sleep for being so incredibly twisted. I'll go get my syringes ready and find vile dens of software pirates to elevate to that sweet, sweet state of bliss...
Sure, kick them while they're down, just because they can't publicly defend themselves on these forums. They're people too, you know, and they have feelings! I hope you feel better after letting out that incredible hatred whose match I have never yet encountered.
This is called hyperbole. I was jesting.

And yes, I do feel better after letting all that hatred out. Thanks for asking! That reminds me—letting out steam on this forum is cheaper than visiting a psychotherapist. That's one reason why I have money to spend on shareware games and don't have to resort to piracy. :P

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