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W.T.N.T.B.D. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, November 21 2006 09:29 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by Grammatical Eros:

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So, my decision: until I will beat GF1, I won't play GF4 and I won't came here. Sorry, but I have a lot of old work that must be done even before starting GF1, some games to beat, and I'm planning to write a FAQ for GF4, so I want to play it calm.
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In that case you might want to play Gf4 first. The first FAQ that comes out shortly after the game is always appreciated, but if you wait several months your FAQ will have to compete for attention with Schrodinger's, which might be somewhat tough for your first effort.

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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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Geneforge 4 released in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 21:37 Profile Homepage #7
Talking about staying away to avoid spoilers, please don't include spoilers in thread titles. (For example "What did you think about [important character]'s death?" could be a spoiler even to people who just look at the forum's main page.)

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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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Episode 3: A New Game in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 21:26 Profile Homepage #601
quote:
Originally written by Nioca:

quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Originally by Nioca:

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The Misc. Forum isn't exactly empty...
Tyranicus hardly counts, he's in and out so much. :P
Either you're forgetting someone, or Ephesos isn't as dead as I thought.
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Originally written by Dikiyoba:

*winces* Dikiyoba was working on Chapter 13 at the time and so had a Chapter 13 mindset.
I assume this means that Ephesos really is alive. (The rat giving report might have thought he was dead. Or it just didn't want to face the consequences of telling its boss about complete failure.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
SS Forums ratios in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 21:25 Profile Homepage #42
Nioca, saying "leave your sanity at the door" to somebody who said that he hopes these boards aren't too childish might not be a good idea.

PS About walkthroughs, all of Schrodinger's are very thorough. The old Exile ones less so.

[ Monday, November 20, 2006 21:29: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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Complete Exile 2 outdoor map (massive spoilers) in The Exile Trilogy
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 14:09 Profile Homepage #16
Duskwolf and Mab, very impressive work. :)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
SS Forums ratios in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 13:56 Profile Homepage #36
quote:
Originally written by Eminent Fazure:

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In other news, Spiderweb is currently 17% female, the enormous 31+ age category is tied for second largest group, and we have nearly as many atheists as Christians. Also, Spiderwebbers are nearly as likely to be married as they are to be single with a significant other.

—Alorael, who thinks this may be the internet. Yes, it shows definite signs of internethood.
Looks like the gender of people here does change by the hour. An average spiderwebber is now a 20 year old (38%) male (87%) single (74%) bored (32%) atheist (32%). I wonder why girls usually reply to these things faster than guys. (Whenever we have a survey like this, gender ratio goes towards more male with time.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Haakaa p??lle! in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 20 2006 13:38 Profile Homepage #18
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Originally written by Second to Ten:

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—Alorael, who also is fully in favor of retributive edits. Lock your doors and threads, Spiderweb, because the mods know no fear and have no mercy. Well, okay, that's hyperbole, but still. When you post without a point you post with the devil. More slogans, too.
The problem with retribution edits is that it gives spammers the attention they crave, as illustrated by Mr. Ego right after you've made the edit threat in the stats thread.

As for Alec's suggestion to bully all "undesirables" away from these boards, I have only one thing to say:
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Originally written by The Worst Man Ever:

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Please excuse me if I find your philosophy of peace through superior firepower repugnant; I have personal as well as ethical reasons for that.
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I guess some people object to bullying only when it is directed against them, but have no problem bullying those who sully "their" turf.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Are Fyoras Cute? in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Friday, November 17 2006 20:49 Profile Homepage #23
quote:
Originally written by The Mystic:

I like fyoras because they're easy to fillet when I no longer need them. And the best part is that because of their fire-breathing ability, they're already cooked! :D

(Now that I think about it, I could go for a drayk steak right about now :) ;) ...)
Do not meddle in the affairs of Drayaks, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup. :P

(I hope I remembered that quote correctly.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Stats inside (with History special!) in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Friday, November 17 2006 14:18 Profile Homepage #30
This month we've had one of the smallest ever fractions of new members staying to post at least one post. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether the spamming spree was responsible.

PS The problem with most definitions of spam suggested in this thread is that they assume that most posts before this month had been useful. My definition of useful posting is: will the post will be useful to at least 2 people and/or interesting/amusing to at least 5 people? If the answer is no to both parts, it's spam. (A post in game boards that answers somebody's question can still be useful, but an extended conversation should probably be taken to PMs.) But that's just my personal definition.

[ Friday, November 17, 2006 14:24: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Friday, November 17 2006 13:51 Profile Homepage #530
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Originally written by -X-:

"Pwned"? -X- is ahamed in you, Ephesos. Ashamed.

In other news, -X- is still appearance-less! His theory is being proven true!
-X-, I thought it would be fair to give you a warning about this: If I see another post commenting about your inclusion status in Diki's script, especially in other threads, like you just did, you are going to be featured in an extra script, where you die a slow and painful death. But don't worry, you'll be quickly resurrected ... only to die an even more emberrasing death.

[ Friday, November 17, 2006 13:52: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
The Postorial Race... in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, November 16 2006 20:58 Profile Homepage #137
EDIT: There was nothing else here. ;)

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Originally written by The Stew Boy:

Riibu = Tullegora?
Forgive me asking, I live under a rock (according to my friends at school).
This is even less plausible than the Salmon = Tollegolar theory from last night.

[ Thursday, November 16, 2006 20:59: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, November 16 2006 20:45 Profile Homepage #522
quote:
Originally written by Nioca:

Wait... Ephesos is going to die?!? Now we're in trouble.
Well, people did complain about lack of permanent deaths. And with Ephesos dead and Zorro part of the party that's in big trouble, all resurrection methods might be eliminated very soon. (I am conveniently forgetting that some mage (Zephir?) managed to resurrect Ur-Noob without Zorro's help in the end of Episode 2. However, we'd still have to find yet another copy of Galactic Core for that method to work.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Forum Archetypes. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, November 16 2006 13:44 Profile Homepage #85
quote:
Originally written by Slippery Salomon:

quote:
Originally written by Garrison:

Salmon: Evil Clown, Impostor
Should I look 'em up or just assume my wicked sense of humor offends?
If your "I am ET" post was a joke, it was "not very nice" joke, to put it mildly. If it wasn't, which seems to be the common assumption, the reason for negative reaction should be obvious.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Forum Archetypes. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 16:38 Profile Homepage #59
quote:
Originally written by Garrison:

All of a sudden I think I may have found a possible hypothesis to explain why this forum tends towards proper grammar. Might it have something to do with that Jeff's games involve a lot of dialog and text? It's got even more text than text-based adventures!

But then again the primary reason is still probably that the royals and ents here are also grammar Nazis.
Grammatically correct way to start your second sentence would be either "Might it have something to do with [the fact] that Jeff's games involve..." or "Might it have something to do with Jeff's games' inclusion of..." :P

More seriously, you are probably right that the nature of the games has a large impact on the litaracy of the forum populations. This effect might be related to nature of the game as much as to the amount of text involved. (Civilization 4 forums have much more literate population than Runescape forums, despite relatively low text volume in both games.)

EDIT: Thuryl caught me before I fixed that mistake. :( :) I guess I should use "preview post", instead of posting, reading, and editing.

[ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 16:43: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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The Spiderweb Art Movement. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 11:50 Profile Homepage #96
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Originally written by Blacknight:

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Originally written by Jewels:

Well, with a heart for romantic poetry, good grammar and spelling, and a name like Blacknight, if you stick around you just may be the next protagonist of the continuing Spiderweb saga.

Tell me, how do you feel about snow?
I don't feel about snow. or feel among snow, or feel snow, period. It seldom snows here. I HAVE felt snow, and found it to be cold. Feeling it too long, in small quantities, makes it magically transform itself into water.
Jewls is probably talking about ongoing fan-fanfic story that currently includes a snowstorm, a monster plague, and, as usual, accurate portrayals of most active members.
latest thread
home page of the scripts/stories

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Forum Archetypes. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 11:27 Profile Homepage #51
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Originally written by Guardian Magma:

I may try to help, but I know only GF Series characters.
Coming up with amuzing questions is the hard part, and you can help with that even if you can't think of enough answer options. I can coordinate this if enough people are sufficiently interested. (1 person making the entire quiz can work just as well as 50 people sending in a question each, but I doubt either extreme will really happen.)

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 11:14 Profile Homepage #500
quote:
Originally written by Sirrus:

I noticed something: Why is Nikki walking to the Tech Support forum? Riibu and I are right there in General, he was just watching us... this sounds sinister.
That board contains all sorts of equipment and medicinal supplies, so it sounds like a perfect place to prepare some evil trap that will backfire, killing half the people in General.

PS Since monster plagues tend to come in groups, I wouldn't be surprised if somebody ends up resurrecting Ur-Noob again. Tyranicus can't be the only character who has revolving door into afterlife. :P

[ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:21: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Satisfaction Guaranteeeeeeed! in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 10:54 Profile Homepage #15
So now I can register A4 just to return it the next day. :P

More seriously, this is a very customer-friendly move for a software company. I am tempted to buy some Spidweb game just to support the company that is willing to offer money-back guarantee. Exile trilogy is now only 25$, so it might finally be time to get that CD. I might do it when/if registering Gf4.

[ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:59: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Forum Archetypes. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, November 15 2006 10:45 Profile Homepage #49
quote:
Originally written by Delicious Vlish:

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We need Spiderweb Flame Warriors. Like a Shaper. Somebody who creates monsters to fight for him. Agent. Somebody who walks in to a thread and nukes it. Erika Redmark, Solberg, Cheeseball, a Dervish, etc. Famous spidweb characters recreated as flame warriors for the spiderweb community.
Sounds like a fun idea. The results would be relatively easy, but coming up with several dozen amusing questions might be harder. Any volunteers?

[ Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:46: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, November 14 2006 11:11 Profile Homepage #76
I also got Zorro!
And Maximus.
And Lara Croft.
And Neo.
And ...
The problem with taking the quiz in character is that it's pretty easy to see which answers will yield which results. :P

[ Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:12: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
The Postorial Race... in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, November 14 2006 11:05 Profile Homepage #100
quote:
Originally written by Slippery Salomon:

quote:
Originally written by Zeviz:

Any bets on when Nioca is getting Canned? If 700 posts on a slow month, mostly including personal conversations, IBTL posts, and other random junk aren't grounds for canning, I don't know what is. Or was that part of rules suspended for this month?
You witnessed the first post race, right? What are the rules? And who was first to Guru?
That race took place on Misc, which was the official spam board and was deleted in about a year because of exessive spamming. I had to check Web Archive for dates and numbers, so the dates of reaching 1000 posts might be off by about a week. (I have to look at post counts on dates pages were archived and didn't want to spend whole day digging for precise numbers.)

First person to 1000 posts was Alorael, who had made about 1400 posts in about 3 months. That's less than 500 posts per month. Next were Morgan, Drakefyre, and Saunders, all with about 1000 posts after 4.5 - 5 months. So that's about 210 posts per month. I don't remember (and couldn't find) who was the fifth person among first 5 people to reach 1000 posts.

This means that even during that legendary spamfest, at the time when boards were much more active (with more discussion on game boards) and had an official spam board, top posters were posting less than the top posters this month.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
The Spiderweb Art Movement. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, November 14 2006 10:54 Profile Homepage #92
quote:
Originally written by Nikki x:

My First Collection of poetry, in a text dump, that will one day (hopefully) be published...

Please read it! And comment. With the weird guy please, Alec!
Good poems.
I personally prefer something a little more upbeat (and fully rhyming), but they were well-written anyway.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Runescape anyone? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 13 2006 18:25 Profile Homepage #447
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Originally written by Andraste:

Gah! Necro'd!

And a Runescape topic. Can it get any worse? This died for a reason...
You could just start a KoL topic, instead of complaining about this one. "Don't argue about tastes." (Or whatever the English version of that saying is.) Considering the number of Spidwebbers who play KoL, I am surprised a topic about it hadn't been started yet.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
The Spiderweb Art Movement. in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 13 2006 18:21 Profile Homepage #82
In that case, welcome to the boards. :)

That was a very nice entrance.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Renovations... in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, November 13 2006 13:09 Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by YRUAPC:

I thought the avatars were disabled for reasonable if not entirely sound reasons of other peoples' bandwidth. Pruning to save bandwidth was the decision that baffled me. I do have a few memories of Djur ranting about how there's no waste of bandwidth when the images are hosted by other people, though, so maybe the reasons were retroactively altered.
No, Jeff was saying that it was the waste of his bandwidth. I am still confused by that claim, because I don't think externally hosted images use any of Spidweb bandwidth. (I guess UBB might be storing all avatars locally, but I don't know such details.)

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—Alorael, who put excessive effort into this post. A cookie to those who notice and don't complain.
1 cookie here please. (Does it count if I noticed only after reading your sig?)

[ Monday, November 13, 2006 13:10: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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