Profile for Necris Omega
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| Displayed name | Necris Omega |
| Member number | 2155 |
| Title | Warrior |
| Postcount | 168 |
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| Registered | Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
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| ESRB ratings, and which ones do you think spidweb games would get? in General | |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, November 11 2003 12:59
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quote:Very well put. If a person posesses the cognizance to play the relatively complex spiderweb games, then they have the maturity to deal with the content and issues presented therein. And yeah, it did miff me that Jeff went through and censored a lot of the Avernum series from Exile. If you're the kind of person who will be offended by a few dirty words, then there is little chance that you would be playing the Avernum series at all anyways. ---Your censored maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Should color-edits be pulled from the Louvre? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, November 7 2003 11:10
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If blatent color edits were removed from the Louvre, I'd be far more inclined to submit to it. But I've complained enough about that in a previous post. Admitably a few are almost halfway decent, but that doesn't justify the current state of things. Dozens of color edits right in a row making up the majority (about 61% by my count) of the Louvre is senseless and makes for annoying loading time on even high end connections. Axe'em I say. ---Your graphic maniac, Necris Omega [ Friday, November 07, 2003 11:12: Message edited by: Necris Omega ] -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Louvre up to 437 graphics! in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, November 4 2003 16:56
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quote:Bingo. That there is exactly why I'm, so hesitant to submit anything to the Louvre. It's clogged with dozens upon dozens of blatant color edits that add nothing to the database. Any graphic I might submit would be lost amongst the depressed "Blue Guards" and cowardly "Yellow Knights." Heck, it pissed me off that they did that in the -original- Avernum series with variants of different species being the exact same blasted graphic with a different tint. (See Zombie vs. Wight, Ice Drake vs. Drake, most the entire Slith race...) To me the fact remains that if you cannot figure out how to obtain the programs to do simple color edits like most of these happen to be, if you cannot learn the most basic of functions to make these color edits work, then there is no way you stand a chance of understanding the vast and complex scripting system of BoA in order to make any use of them anyways. I’m all for graphic -editing- but do something more than simply hitting “Colorize” or “Adjust hue, saturation, lightness”. Give it a different weapon, or maybe a shield. Throw a helmet on it, make it glow with magic magicalness, do SOMETHING. But anyone can do a brainless color edit. ---Your graphic maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| avernum 3 thing in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, November 2 2003 12:58
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What do you mean, like the scripted movie intro that tells the Avernum story? If so than yes, I'm pretty sure you can. ---Your adjectiveless maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Windows Poll in General | |
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written Saturday, November 1 2003 17:39
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quote:That is so true. I downgraded back to 98 after finding the 1,000,001 ways ME sucks. ("I didn't think it was possible, but this both sucks and blows at the same time" ~ Bart Simpson) ---Your Windows running maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| What could be next, I wonder? in General | |
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written Saturday, October 25 2003 06:27
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quote:Hm. Exile 1, Exile 2, Exile 3, BoE (Za-Khazi Run)... Well if you count that the Tower had to be redone in the Avernum series, not completely but to a large extent to accomidate the new engine, one could say he's had to recreate the Tower seven times thus far, soon to be eight with the Za-Khazi trip. Also, because he had to do the Tower of Magi destroyed in both Avernum and Exile 3... that would make BoA Za-Khazi his tenth time doing the Tower of Magi. Dang. No wonder he objects. ---Your Tower of Magi tourist, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| the inventory thing thing in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, October 24 2003 13:55
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I don't know why Jeff decided to change the position of the status screen to the left. It will be somewhat annoying for many old Avernum jockeys, but it isn't the first Spiderweb game with the stat screen on the left. Nethergate's status was on the left after all. Maybe Jeff just got tired of having the screen on the right all the time. The Avernum series, the Geneforge series, the entire Exile series... I guess he wanted a change. Then again, these are very preliminary. He might just decide that he had a good thing going with the last design, and everything gets put back as it had been. Frankly, I don't think it is that important a feature. If all the hype Jeff is putting towards this is justified, I think few people will even notice. Between the "Avernum"ing of BoE and the ability to write your own scenarios in the Avernum engine... even the original BoE scenarios will be revamped. Who knows... maybe in the Avernum engine, Jeff will be able to make the Za-Khazi Run fun to play. Then again, maybe Ornks will fly... ---Your "Avernum"ed maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| How long you been playing Spiderweb in General | |
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written Sunday, October 19 2003 07:26
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I cannot exactly pinpoint when I first started playing Spiderweb... I remember that I first got Exile 2 on a large demos disk and that it was the only decent thing on it. I also remember that this was using the very first graphics set. If anyone can get a rough date out of that, well more power to you. ---Your longtime Spiderweb maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| My pity for the people of California.... in General | |
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written Friday, October 10 2003 12:11
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I honestly don't see why so many people seem to get all afraid of California's governor. The legislative is all democratic. He'll get -nothing- done. Sure, that can be a bad thing, but that means the damage he does will be minimalize. I just pray he's better than the last action "hero" who took a governorship (Ventura, MN.) Your Democratic maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| suggestions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, October 7 2003 11:22
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quote:This is a definite. On one hand, it is completely senseless. On the other, it completely defies Jeff's dedicated animosity towards kung-fu movies. I realize that a damage limit is a must when it comes to a game like Avernum 3, but in BoA, with different scenarios and settings where the expected damage can be worlds apart, it just won't work to have the same system. Someone is going to make some monstrous scenario where the weakest, most prolific being has more than 900 hp, and at 200 max (the unarmed loophole is not realistic for the majority of players) damage, the party is royally screwed when they come up against the monstrous mega-death daemon lord of super pain the scenario has as it's boss with over eight jillion health (Seige of Sighing Mountain anyone? :rolleyes: ). Sure, the above will likely be a wondrous flop of a scenario, but it will happen. I don't agree with a limitless damage cap, but it has to be altered in someway from the Avernum 3 system. Personally, I wouldn't mind if Jeff just turned around and decided to re-implement the Avernum 2 system. --- Your BoA awaiting maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Evol companies, races, and a stupid question in General | |
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written Friday, September 26 2003 13:56
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This is honestly the first time I've voted in a poll where "WTF" was a possible candidate... Oh well. Bashing the American president in a way, and after going to Alaska and learning a great deal of the Valdez oil blunder, Big Oil got my vote hands down. And of course, one has to vote for the Sniper toting, highest board post counting, moderating Alorael. After all, the board has had entire multi-page topics with his name on them, more than once I believe. If you can beat that well... then you can finish this sentence for me too. ---Your lazy, er... time efficient maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| just a thought in General | |
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written Wednesday, September 24 2003 14:30
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Crimes... most my crimes have to do with media pirating. Music mostly, but also a great deal of movies and handful of games and programs from more faceless companies like Microsoft ('Stealing is a faceless crime! Like punchin' someone in the dark!' ~ Nelson Muntz). Probably the largest legal offense I've been involved in is the destruction of a stop sign. Other than that, I'm blatently law abiding. Really. ----Your legal maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Fan "Graphical Mods" in General | |
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written Friday, September 12 2003 17:16
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Graphic modification is a long time Exile and soon to be Avernum tradition with BoA coming. This was something I myself was working hard on... unfortunately, my efforts died rapidly as my hard drive crashed, erasing -months- worth of custom graphics and other art... ----Your fuming, angry, enraged maniac, Necris Omega [ Friday, September 12, 2003 17:17: Message edited by: Necris Omega ] -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| "98% of all statistics are made up" in General | |
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 14:00
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Death has a 100% mortality rate. ----Your statistical maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Boards down? in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 26 2003 10:18
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You weren't alone - I suffered this same problem and am still perplexed. My initial theory was that some power-hungry mod decided to ban me for some reason (this was when I initially got out of bed if anyone finds this "logic" offensive") but I knew that made no sense later. Later still, I found that all of Irony Central was down and thus knew it to be a technical problem. Other than that, I know nothing further. ---Your in-the-dark maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| A couple of graphics ideas, a couple questions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, August 21 2003 12:01
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I really don't think Garzahd would have to control Prazac for means of starting the war. In the original Avernum, he had already mentioned the oncoming war, even before Hawthorne's fall. Even without Hawthorne's death it probably would have happened anyways. Besides, after what Avernum did to the Empire I don't think Prazac could have stopped the war even if she wanted to. She's the Empress, sure, but as shown in Avernum 3 by her fears of "certain parties" who would not take kindly to knowledge of her consorting with Avernites, she's not all-powerful. It only makes sense after a crime of such magnitude it would be out of her hands. Though it does make sense that someone else would be in charge of the Empire if for just a little while, I just think Garzahd was too busy to take the position of ruler. What with preparing for war than later slaying Avernites and binding his soul to demons and all that wonderful villainy stuff twisted archmagi like him have on their planners, I simply don't think he'd have the time. I think it's more likely that someone else partially ruled until Prazac was fully able. Maybe some temporary crisis counsel or something. Besides, with a mentality like Garzahd's, one would likely get more satisfaction from killing things than ruling a nation anyways. ---Your mage butchering maniac, Necris Omega. -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| A couple of graphics ideas, a couple questions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, August 20 2003 08:42
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Garzahd ruled the Empire? Well all canon evidence supports more that Garzahd was never the official the ruler of the Empire. He was definitely their head military and arcane leader, but I don't think you ever hear the term "Emperor Garzahd". If you look at the set of statues in one of the Empire Fortresses in Avernum 2 (I think it is Fort Kolthtar, but don't take my word on that) it suggests Empress Prazac ascended the throne almost instantly after her father's death, and definitely states she was ruling by at least the time of the war. (Side note - can anyone one explain how a person can "rest powerfully" as stated on the statue of Hawthorne? I guess if one snored really, really loud, but... that doesn't typically involve the dead, does it?) Besides, Garzahd was an even greater psychotic crackpot than Hawthorne. Sure, he might have slaughtered thousands and exiled many more to Avernum, but at least Hawthorne didn't go and turn himself into a demon. Sure, the Empire hadn't always produced decent leaders, but I severely doubt anyone would want Garzahd in charge. Both Garzahd and Hawthorne were nuts, but at least Hawthorne wasn't a hellbent archmage. And once more, with a mindset like his, he was probably far more preoccupied with revenge than ruling. Even the small glimpses into his existence in the first Avernum showed he was eager to go all Hitler on Avernum even then. It just doesn't seem to make sense to me that Garzahd would have been put in charge of the Empire as a whole. --- Your Avernum Historical scrutinizing maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Razordisk Frisbee Golf Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| What *does* FLCL mean, anyway? in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 20 2003 08:05
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FCLC... I look at this in a similar light as Seinfeld - it's an anime about nothing. It's the kind of anime no one understands because you're -not- supposed to understand it. Sure, there's some sort of background plot that ties everything together somehow, but that isn't really the point- it isn't meant to be one of these hardcore serious plot revolving animes and that's meant to be watched for a story. FCLC is meant to be watched because it's so weird, so utterly insane it's entertaining. ---Your Adult Swim watching maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) - Influences? Players? Opinions? in General | |
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written Monday, August 11 2003 19:16
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I think I have been misinterpreted by a handful of people. When I say that I can understand how some religious factions can see D&D Satanic, I don't mean I agree with them, nor do I mean they're even right. I was meaning that the extreme amounts of math that can possibly be involved reminded me of some angsty-goth emo-kid cutting themselves, and was joking about the implications of this. In other words, I was using it as a metaphor to express my overall hatred for math. Now, I suppose some of you could convince me that D&D doesn't require large amounts of math/algebra to play, and I can see that a little in Neverwinter Nights. However, when I mentioned I have friends obsessed with the game, I mean in such a way that they subject themselves to what I see as insane amounts of freelance algebra. True story: I see one of them at their desk, frantically scribbling down literally pages of calculations and beating the living snot out of his expensive graphic calculator. Now, this would not surprise me - this friend of mine is an extreme math buff taking Advanced Quantum Four Dimensional Super calculus. I go up to him and ask how his homework is going, and he replies, "Homework? No, I'm just trying to figure out what of these two items is better for my D&D character." This of course scared me. From this moment my resolve to join my friends in the realm of D&D burnt up in a flurry of visions of myself in some high school math class, twitching with boredom until my head explodes and interrupts the amazing man-without-a-personality droning on at the board about some Quadratic Formula. I'm not a math-phobic, and I am capable of passing math without much intellectual strain. However, math has been nothing more but mental torture in its sheer repetitiveness and the seeming pointlessness of it all. I am more than certain there is an all-powerful, all meaningful use for it - I simply have yet to find this use to justify it. ---Your Math/Algebra/Geometry/Trigonometry/Calculus avoiding maniac, Necris Omega. -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 11 2003 08:21
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Looking at everything Spiderweb Software produces; one is brought deeply into the realm of RPGs. Possibly, the name most synonymous with the very concept of RPGs is Dungeons and Dragons. Thus it came to me the curiosity of relation between Avernum/Exile/Geneforge/Nethergate players and Dungeons and Dragons and the correlation of the opinions therein. Personally, I do not play D&D directly. I have a great number of friends who do (some bordering obsessive) but I look at the hand drawn math involved and I suddenly can see how a great deal of religious people condemn it as Satanic. It’s mental masochism. It’s raping your brain with a calculator and a set of eighty-five dozen sided dice. I do however, play Neverwinter Nights, a D&D based computer game for the likely very few who have not heard of it. I don’t mind math just so long as I don’t have to do it. ---Your Dungeons and Dragons pondering Maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
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written Sunday, July 27 2003 12:51
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I was reading through the FAQ to the boards and what not, (why? 'unno. FAQs are there to be read I guess) and I began to wonder, has anyone actually achieved the post-count title of "Your Postliness"? The person with the highest post number I can think of off hand would be Aloreal, but I was just wondering if anyone has actually gotten to/past 7500 posts. ---Your odd question asking maniac, Necris Omega. -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| GF2 For Mac! in General | |
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written Friday, July 25 2003 06:26
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Ah, the next in a great (albeit short) line of Spiderweb Software games has been released. For some people, Geneforge 2 is a long awaited epic, a finally come drink of water after the other Spiderweb Games have become stagnant with over use. For others, it means we're one game closer to Blades of Avernum. For others still it is an annoying reminder that Jeff uses Macintosh and won't be releasing it for the rest of us for some time. Ah, the compatibility problems of two different OSes... it bites. For myself especially, seeing as my computer is having extreme technical difficulties and cannot run any games outside of Spiderweb releases. ---Your Geneforge 2 awaiting maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Just a bit of art... in General | |
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written Wednesday, July 23 2003 14:41
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My thanks to those who took notice of my efforts. I hope to have some more stuff up sometime soon... maybe. As for those of you who tried but couldn't see it, I sincerely apologize. Tripod is a travesty of a joke of an internet provider, and I regret ever having chose it. Normally it’s annoying enough when your have to take the trouble of copying the URL, opening a new window, pasting the URL, and waiting for the image to load when it WORKS. Why it hasn’t worked for some people; well that’s beyond me. Staple your questionnaires to the skulls of whoever designed and programmed Tripod. To remedy this, I will upload the above picture to my Deviant account whenever I my lazyness subsides enough to get one. And finally, in response to Aloreal's suggestion, I would be happy to give a link to a webpage alternate… if I actually used Tripod for an actual webpage. I only use it for uploading pictures and backing up files (like my Avernum registration, but that’s another fiasco…). As of now, I lack the programming talent and suffer from an even greater affliction of a severe drought of motivation to create a page worth viewing. I hope to cure my ignorance by sometime next year with a few classes on the subject, but until then… --- Your hopefully artistic maniac, Necris Omega -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Just a bit of art... in General | |
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written Wednesday, July 23 2003 07:24
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A simple rendition of one of the most famous objects in Avernum/Exile. Demonslayer If this link fails to post a proper image (which I'm betting it will. I could go on about how awful Tripod is, but won't) copy and past the URL into a new window. -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
| Poll for anime lovers!!! in General | |
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written Sunday, July 20 2003 21:58
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quote:Okay, here we go... I wanted to leave my response as it was, but I can't say I didn't see some half-thought post like this coming. This brings me to a Rant: First off, swearing is against the CoC. Second of all... HAH! Plot? PLOT!? DBZ has about as much plot as roll of toilet paper, and only a fifth of the intelligence. It's an animated version of the power rangers with just as bad of acting and plot and frankly, the same viewer age group. Unless you happen to in elementary school you should be ashamed of watching DBZ. quote:Such vulgarity is bound to get you the attention of an angered Moderator. Further, this only shows the kind of intelligence and grammatical abilities of a DBZ fan. This in turn reflects the show itself. It seems so lacking in sheer sense than it siphons off that of those who watch it. DBZ isn't an anime, it is a virus. It is a cerebral virus intent on destroying all thought by numbing the mind and congealing it into thin, runny ooze. DBZ is subliminal Parkinson ’s disease applied in 30 minute doses. DBZ is not only a crime against Anime, but a crime against HUMANITY. I usually am 100% AGAINST censorship, but here, I’ll make a really big exception. ---Your Ranting Maniac, Necris Omega P.S. I foresee this topic to be locked very soon. May the Moderators forever shine their light upon the Spiderweb Boards -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
