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Statistical Survey in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Sunday, October 31 2004 01:20 Profile #6
Technically, I would have thought that Spiderweb had only two employees, Jeff being the employer.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Where is BSC? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 25 2004 13:06 Profile #2
quote:
This alarms me: BSC was here and at Polaris the last time the 9th of September!
You know him, he was a frequent poster, thus his disappearing must have a serious reason.
Hopefully he is only in jail or in hospital.
Hopefully? Hopefully?

People drop in and out of Spidweb all the time. It's part of the natural course of a community - he probably found out that real life was more interesting.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
What makes a good quest? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 25 2004 00:24 Profile #10
I fail to see what the problem is in the types of quests. After all, I can't think of a situation in life that isn't people orientated, object orientated or place orientated. You're giving yourself fairly wide variables there. It's all a matter of what you bring to the table - there will always be room for imagination and originality in any medium, be it literature, life or computer gaming.

That said, many RPGs are becoming infuriatingly repetitive, but I'm not sure whether that has more to do with the quests or the medieval fantasy background that most of them are set within.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
SHOPS - SHOPS - SHOPS> Oh, and more EVIL shops! in Blades of Avernum Editor
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Friday, October 22 2004 09:29 Profile #2
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Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
SHOPS - SHOPS - SHOPS> Oh, and more EVIL shops! in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Friday, October 22 2004 09:29 Profile #2
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Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Next Spiderweb Game in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Wednesday, October 20 2004 05:58 Profile #5
Ignore FBM (there will be no copyright issues), but still don't e-mail him with ideas.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
How do we perceive fringe groups? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 18 2004 07:18 Profile #20
The gist I got from your line of argument, Drakey, is that since Americans commit similar atrocities, it is ok for the Israelis to do the same.

Actually, I'm not sure I want to argue this again. While I disagree strongly with Drakey's opinions on the Israel/Palestine issue, we've had the discussion before and never come to a resolution.

[ Monday, October 18, 2004 07:19: Message edited by: Morgan ]
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Beta-Call for Canopy in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 18 2004 07:12 Profile #9
Name: Morgan.
E-mail: morgan @ 3-c.coop
Programming Ability: Nothing to complain about.
Playing Ability: Surprisingly good.
Previous Beta Experience: Pretty much everything out for BoA, excluding APF.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Basalt Walls in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Sunday, October 17 2004 09:11 Profile #2
The ones in Exile have a darker red and the black spots seem wrong somehow. Other than that, good.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
My theory on stupid people. in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Tuesday, October 12 2004 05:55 Profile #6
quote:
All people are stupid including myself.
I think "especially myself" would have been more accurate.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Stem Cell Research in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 11 2004 21:31 Profile #2
I believe that since embryonic stem cell research is banned in the US, the scientists are having to resort to using stem cells from the nose. I hear it has something to do with curing spinal cord injuries.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Ethics? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 11 2004 21:28 Profile #56
The problem with a one child policy in some countries is that it leads to a small young workforce that has to support a large elderly population.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Ethics? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 11 2004 09:10 Profile #54
quote:
A statement like all people should have not more than three children under any circumstances regardless of who they are would have eliminated my picking up on bias.
I don't quite get your meaning in that sentence, but I'm guessing that you're saying that you don't approve of banning people from having more than one child.

If so, what would you do in a situation such as there is in China? If China did not enact their one child policy, soon enough they would have had millions of people dying of famine, simply due to overpopulation.

Which would you say is the lesser evil? People having fewer children, or famine?

quote:
I used Catholics and Islam as examples
That wasn't my problem with your post. My problem was you, quite unjustly, accusing someone of racism without any proof whatsoever.

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If you cannot function socially or emotionally in every day life it doesn't matter how intelligent you are.
Sure it does. Some of the greatest minds in history have been socially retarded.

If you are going to screen diseases using genetics, why not select a predisposition to intelligence as a trait (providing you had the scientific capacity)? Surely you would consider it better to be intelligent than to be stupid.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Ethics? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 11 2004 07:23 Profile #49
quote:
Originally written by Coffee, Eggs, Hash Browns, & Toast:

Education is not directly correlated to intelligence. The reason people have more children is cultural not because they are stupid. Catholics think it is immoral to use birth control and abortion for example-- therefore they have more children. A large portion of the immigrant population is Catholic especially from the Latin American countries in the United States. The "stupid" statement is barely hidden racism in this case.
That's twisting Thuryl's words so much it's unreal. Not once did he make any mention of Catholics or their likelihood to reproduce.

And there is a correlation between intelligence and education, if not a very strong one. The only thing that prevents it from being a strong correlation is the inefficiency of the education system when it comes to working class children.

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There are also many types of intelligence which can be tested for. Ultimately, emotional and social stability are more important than intelligence in many cases.
I'm very distrustful of the psychology behind the "many types of intelligence" theory. It's always appeared to me that it's simply a method that the education system uses to try and convince its pupils that they are all intellectually equal. As far as I'm concerned, you can fit most people's intelligence into either practical or academic.

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With free genetic testing two things happen. Most people refuse to have retarded children or handicapped children. Thus there are less people who are "stupid" which is an obnoxious statement.
I see no reason why, if we have the power to do so, we should not predispose children towards intelligence.

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In India and China there has been explosion in the birth rate of boys I think it might be as high as 10 boys for every girl in some areas. This will eventually cause a population die off in some areas of the world about 2-3 generations from now. It will also hopefully change the attitude towards women in these areas.
In China at least, that occured as a side effect of the one-child policy. In a society where boys are favoured over girls strongly, women were aborting their female babies and trying again for a boy.

A population die-off, however, is exactly what is needed in places like China. It wouldn't be so much a die-off as a decrease in birth rate, which could only be a good thing.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Music?? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Saturday, October 9 2004 07:09 Profile #10
Right now, my iTunes rotation consists of Bad Religion, Fugazi, Gang of Four, the Liars, the Minutemen, Morphine, Pixies, Mirah, Nation of Ulysses, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead, The Books and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Politics in Exile? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Thursday, October 7 2004 21:41 Profile #35
Oh, calm down TM. I wasn't being remotely serious having a jibe at you.

But, yeah. Mistake acknowledged. Blame lack of sleep and too much alcohol.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Politics in Exile? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Thursday, October 7 2004 10:15 Profile #28
I think it has been articulated before that you are an idiot. Please check your political ideologies before you open your mouth again.

Anarchism and communism are diametrically opposite to each other as political belief systems, in terms of how it has been interpreted on the modern political stage.

[ Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:18: Message edited by: Morgan ]
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Politics in Exile? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 21:41 Profile #26
Yes, he is. But bear in mind being both communist and anarchist is a contradiction in terms.

Not that that would bother TM.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
How to use a found scroll ? in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 07:19 Profile #1
A scroll is a one-time use of a spell - it does not make you learn the spell itself, you simply get the benefits of it for one time only.

To use it, go to the inventory window (where the picture of your character is) and find the scroll in your inventory. Then click the sun like button on the bottom right-hand side of the item.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
The Scenario That Wasn't. in Blades of Avernum
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Monday, October 4 2004 09:23 Profile #3
Alot of this plot seems to be unnecessary filler - if it were ever to be used as a workable plot, it would need to be streamlined somewhat.

Also, it seems fairly standard Avernum fare - no break from the traditional scenario structure.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
How to raise money? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Sunday, October 3 2004 21:51 Profile #70
While an E grade may technically count as a pass, FBM, you know full well that it doesn't actually count for anything unless you get C or above.

If you're going to follow those guidelines to pass rates, the only thing that isn't a pass is a U grade. More sensible people, of which Daily Mail readers do not count as, would generally agree that if you do not get one of the top four grades, it does not count.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
How to raise money? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Saturday, October 2 2004 02:06 Profile #56
Don't talk rubbish, FBM. 30% of my year is not expected to get five A-C grades, and we're the best year the school has ever had. To say that the exams are nigh on impossible to fail makes me believe that you read the Daily Mail far, far too much.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Spiderweb Software - One Year On in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 21:32 Profile #14
I think I came around in late 99, so about five years.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 21:30 Profile #57
Ignore post.

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Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
How to raise money? in General
Morgan
Shaper
Member # 22
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 06:34 Profile #35
Not that there's much correlation between IQ and anything at all.
Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00

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