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Character Names in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 19:00 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by Nick Ringer:

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Esther is Persian for "star," derived from Ishtar (a Hebrew Goddess). Queen Esther, in the book of Esther, saves a lot of jews from racial persecution. Most likely chosen for "star" significance.
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It's actually the other way around. Ishtar is the Persian Goddess. (I think a goddess of war.) Esther is the Hebrew version of the name.

According to Wikipedia, Esther is unrelated to Ishtar and means either "star" in Persian or "hidden" in Hebrew: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther

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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
Mind Azzo Crystal in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 11:03 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by LadyCroft:

How do i get past the damaging floors
Combat mode is very helpful. Or you can keep clicking on the other side in town mode. Either way, put on as much fire-resistance equipment as you have and cast Augmentation on yourself if you still die.

Another benefit of doing it in combat mode is that you will not have all your creations coming along and getting fried.

[ Monday, May 15, 2006 11:04: 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
Character Names in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 10:34 Profile Homepage #6
My Shapers are named Zeviz and Guardians (and evil Shapers) are named Veziv. Sometimes I also use other variations on this sound pattern.

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Originally written by Miya:

My Agent is often named "Ayame", " Kaiya ", or "Kaida". All of which are Japanese names, as is my current PDN. This comes from early childhood experiences that bring back fond memories, as well as the type of bodywork I do.
Does that mean you study Japanese martial arts?

[ Monday, May 15, 2006 10:35: 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
Shopping Problem in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 10:24 Profile Homepage #13
quote:
Originally written by Leena:

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I haven't played GF2 in a while, but I thought that you buying things from them did give them money. Not much, since they rob you, but some.
The prices shopkeepers charge you depend on whether you are a member of their sect or an enemy sect. Even if you are unalligned, some prices depend on your pro-servile/pro-shaper reputation. However, the best prices are usually given only to sect members.

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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
Questions... in Avernum 4
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 10:15 Profile Homepage #4
First a warning: if you plan on playing A3 and don't want plot spoilers, avoid these boards until you are done with the game. :) The identity of main villain behind the plagues in A3 tends to show up randomly throughout the boards.

As for the order in which to play the games, I suggest playing them in order both because the plots are a continuation of each other (revisiting old cities in A2 is more fun if you had seen them in A1), and because the engine evolved over time (so going from newer to older games might be frustrating).

The earlier Avernum games arguably have much better atmosphere and stronger plot, but less sophisticated engine, so the experience will be different from A4.

EDIT: I'll second Kel's suggestion to look at Exile (same plots as Avernum, but a much older engine), and especially BoE. You can find reviews of BoE scenarios here: http://p080.ezboard.com/fthelyceumfrm27

[ Monday, May 15, 2006 10:19: 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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Games in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 10:06 Profile Homepage #62
quote:
Originally written by Archmagus Micael:

Malfador

Great games, for the most part.

Space Empires IV is the best out at the moment in Space Strategy, Space Empires Starfury you play as a starship captain, Dungeon Oddessy is just painful, and Space Empires V is going to be amazing.

Ofcourse, I think they're only for PC, which is fair, as MAC users seem to get all the other decent games first.

- Archmagus Micael
If you like Space Strategy games, take a look at Galactic Civilizations 2. ( www.galciv2.com ) Their customer suppor is what all shareware companies should have (multiple patches addressing user suggestions, programmers active on forums, etc.) and the game has [one of] the best AIs in strategy games.

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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
internet connection in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 10:02 Profile Homepage #22
I have dial-up at home, because fast connection at work is enough for most things I need. And I am sufficiently used to dial-up to not mind the long download times.
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Originally written by Lenar Research Facilites:

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At school, I use the campus broadband connection which, though claiming to have higher speeds, gives me a ping akin to a 56k connection.
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The responce time (which is what you get from ping) is unrelated to throughput. My connection at college also had throughput of several hundred kps, while having ping times worse than a dial-up.

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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
Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 09:53 Profile Homepage #66
Since it's impossible to use tone of voice, or expression of face over Internet, smileys have to be used as a replacement. I see "lol" in that context. Other expressions, such as "rofl", are a result of inflation where "lol" is used so often that some other expression is necessary to indicate actual laughter.

It's possible to replace all smileys with stage directions (*chuckles*, *smiles sadly*, *smiles warmly*, etc.), but typing those out would look even more out of place than typing "lol" or " :) ".

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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
United 93 in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Monday, May 15 2006 09:21 Profile Homepage #42
EDIT: Putting back in the part that TM replied to:
The reason Americans responded so strongly to 9/11 is that it awoke them to the fact that America isn't as invulnerable and omnipotent as they thought. There were some comparisons to Pearl Harbor in terms of an effect on American public. In this context, the actual death toll of the attacks isn't very relevant, although the fact that it was the largets terrorist attack of its kind can't be ignored completely.

WWI officially started after assasination of a single (although very important) person, so you could look at that as another example of the importance of attack being unrelated to death toll.

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Originally written by George Gammell Angell:

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Is there a particular reason why the president adamantly refuses to affirm that there will be no nuclear strike? Currently it sounds like "we don't intend to as such, but all options are on the table", which is somewhat reminiscent of cold-war politics...
He is trying to play bad cop with Iran while Russia and China play good cop. Unfortunately his bluff is so transparant that it's likely to do more harm than good. (A nuclear strike would probably be the only thing more likely to end a politician's career than ordering a draft. So with US military tied up in Iraq, Bush has no way to carry out his threat by either conventional or unconventional means.)

[ Monday, May 15, 2006 09:44: 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
Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Sunday, May 14 2006 00:08 Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

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Perhaps a list could be constructed to clear the confusion. However, that could also lead to more tension in the community...
A list would only aggravate the debate between those that were insulted at either being on or left off the list. Also it would depend uon whether this was a list of oldbies or newbies.
A list of secondary and tertiary accounts, on the other hand, would be quite useful.

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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
Heaven and Hell in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Saturday, May 13 2006 21:17 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by s:

What exactly is the difference between "maybe" and "don't know"?
The difference is that "don't know, don't care" joke was copied from my graphics poll, while "yes, no, maybe" are serious answers to the question.

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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
Avernum V in Avernum 4
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Saturday, May 13 2006 21:05 Profile Homepage #314
quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

Lost Nethexermumforgeland Core: You, an adventuring party comprised of Roman legionaries and Celtic warriors, stumble across a planar gateway. On the other side, you discover an entire nation of exiles living in caves. However, a shadowy force is altering the Exiles' genetics, causing their very appearance to change. To stop this conversion (or to aid it; the game has a multitude of different endings), you must journey deep into the core of the Exiles' homeland. There you must retrieve to Stone of Night, and make the choice of freeing or subduing their lost souls.

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:P for clarity.
lol
Don't forget the game mechanics: The game uses primarily graphics from Homeland, with PC graphics being a choise between a Geneforge Shaper (for humans), an Exile cave lizard (for Sliths), or an Avernum Haaki (for Nephils). The PCs, in addition to their race, can choose culture with Romans specializing in combat skills and getting attack bonus v. Pylons, Demons and Snakes, while Celts specialize in magic and get a bonus v. Spawners, Goblins and Giant Snakes. There are also Shaping skills that can be unlocked by defeating Rentar Ihrno's ghost. There is also a side-quest to resurrect Erika, completion of which lets you take her into your party as an NPC. Another side quest involves constructing and using Geneforge.

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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
Shopping Problem in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Saturday, May 13 2006 20:29 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

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Zeviz: What are "Obeyer Lands"? You mean the Loyalist?
Yes, the lands near the start. There is a farmer in one of the areas who asks you to find his lost servile.

After checking the Shrodinger's faq, I see that the farmer I was thinking about is in The Craigs area and his servile is in the Crystal Caverns.

[ Saturday, May 13, 2006 20:31: 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
Dreams in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Friday, May 12 2006 11:29 Profile Homepage #34
I almost never remember my dreams. Even if I am woken up at an unusual time and wake up in the middle of a dream, I forget it almost immediately. There are only 5 dreams I remember: 2 from many years ago, 2 from a couple years ago and one from a few months ago.

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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
Shopping Problem in Geneforge Series
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Friday, May 12 2006 11:11 Profile Homepage #2
Don't forget about the shops in Obeyer lands (in addition to the ones in drypeak, there are a couple farmers in nearby areas, whom you can trade with).

If you don't care which sect you support (or if you plan on joining takers later), you can quit Awakened to be able to use Barzite shops. Aside from that, your only option is to avoid angering Takers until you empty all shops in their lands.

If you play as unallied, you can use all shops in the game and most of them will still run out of gold, so joining awakened early wasn't very good for maximizing your item-selling potential.

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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
Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 12:45 Profile Homepage #16
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

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How much time someone need to become a oldbie, then?
You are an oldbie if you can tell people around you "back in my days..." without one of them saying "well, back in my days..."

So you are an oldbie when talking to people who registered last week, unless Kel is around. If he is, he becomes an oldbie unless Aran is around. If he is, he becomes an oldbie unless Alorael is around. If he is, he becomes an oldbie unless ...

quote:
Originally written by The Stew Boy:

This board isn't that old. I mean, that makes Spidweb a newbie, doesn't it?
There was Spiderweb community on various mailing lists and message boards long before this board was created.

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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
Avernum V in Avernum 4
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:56 Profile Homepage #297
Aussieavernum, if you want that scenario idea to be more realistic, you could say that, instead of collapsing most of the caves, the quake cracked cave wall, opening a passage towards a new section of the cave system. (I suspect Jeff will do something like this for A5.) And a reason for food shortage could be a crop-killing mold whose spores were carried out of the new cave system (by wind, travellers, etc.) Finding a way to eliminate this mold could be a major quest in your scenario.

quote:
Originally written by Ephesos:

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I really want this thread to die.
Then don't post in it. :P

If you don't want Blades to die, don't laugh off potential new designers every time they come up with an idea. Instead, tell them how to make it better.

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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
Registration code no workee in Tech Support
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:42 Profile Homepage #1
The registration code will be different every time you install the game.

E-mail the company ( spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com ), explaining your situation and they will send you a replacement code if they are ok with you running the game on "somebody else's machine".

PS In your e-mail, don't forget to mention the new registration number that the game has. (You'll note that it's different from the old one.)

[ Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:45: 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
Church of the Nine-Headed Cave Cow in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:36 Profile Homepage #41
quote:
Originally written by Dhole:

Which country is that - the US? I hope not... then again, their legal system is crazy as hell anyway. :rolleyes:
I suspect it's the country where the copyright law says "the copyright shall last long enough after author's death to make sure Disney characters will never come out of copyright."

(That's not what the law really says, but it's been extended every time Disney copyrights were about to expire. So currently copyrights extend to something like 70 years after author's death.)

Back to the divinity of the 9-headed-cave-cow, did any of His and Her followers have any mooving religious experiences recently?

[ Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:37: 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
Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:29 Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Dhole:

Dude, I'm a newbie, and I've been here for precisely three years (minus three days). :P

I also realized it had to be a mistake as soon as I saw the thread.

It's a bit like a topic titled "RiB is out!"
I think there was a topic "RiB is out!" at some point. :)

It turned out that it was April Fools joke.

[ Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:29: 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.
Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
"Terror's Marlenny" contest in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:10 Profile Homepage #26
quote:
Originally written by Slalmarlentyrancaydarephtuckelecoba:

Zeviz: that link actually makes my web browser quit. Was that intentional? ;)
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I am not sure why that happens. It's a regular picture on ImageShack. The only thing I can suggest is trying a different browser. (I had no problems with IE and old Mozilla.)

[ Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:31: 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
NwN Scenario in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 11:07 Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Delete Immediately:

Which Encyclopedia is better? It's not all that clear.

—Alorael, who would be careful to read the discussion and history of any Wikipedia article he were going to take seriously on an unfamiliar topic. Hot topics are sadly often hopeless edit wars and should be taken with a pound of salt.
That's why I prefer Google. That way I at least know who wrote the material I am reading and can figure out their bias.

As for Nature's study, I assume that they checked scientific articles, which are Wikipedia's strength. (I assume few people would try to use a page about Theory of Relativity as the soapbox for their political views.) If Nature looked at articles on history and current events, I suspect results would be quite different.

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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
Native Americans in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 10:58 Profile Homepage #60
quote:
Originally written by too kraut, don't read:

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You want a positive way out for the Natives?

[sarcasm] Learn from the Israelis:More than 60 percent of Israeli Jews believe the government should encourage Arabs to leave the country. Just turn them into immigrants somewhere else. It is well established that immigrants do better.[/sarcasm]
This attack was unnecessary and irrelevant to the thread. (Considering that some Jewish families have been continuously living in Israel since long before the Arab conquest, Jews are the ones you should be comparing to Native Americans.)

Now to the substance: How else should Isrealis react to your Palestinians' election of a party whose platforms says: "... nevertheless, the Hamas has been looking forward to implement Allah’s promise whatever time it might take. The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!" After Palestinians elected the party whose charter calls for completion of Hitler's work, you can't blame Israeli Jews for feeling just a little threatened.

EDIT: Remove the irrelevant quote about "Lands conquered by Islam by force". We are talking about present day anti-semitism, not ancient Arab Imperialism. If you want to see this quote, read the Hamas charter linked above. I found it a very revealing reading.

[ Thursday, May 11, 2006 17:22: 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
Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Thursday, May 11 2006 10:30 Profile Homepage #1
Moderators have Blademaster title only on boards they moderate and in their profile. Since Alorael doesn't moderate tech support, he has a regular post-based title there. "Frolicking in Postland" is a regular post-based title for having over 10,000 posts. (Used to be 5,000 until *i changed the title structure.)

Custom titles take presedence over anything else, so since most mods have custom titles, Alo and Seletine are the only mods who have regular titles on boards they don't moderate.

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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
"Terror's Marlenny" contest in General
Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, May 10 2006 21:37 Profile Homepage #18
My entry.

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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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