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Title	Raven v. Writing Desk
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Registered	Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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Things to improve Dikiyoba's ausome story! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, February 6 2007 06:41 Profile Homepage #51 I still prefer "newbie" to "newb," which is an unappealing truncation to me. I think I'm going to start using "noobie." -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Why? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, February 6 2007 03:51 Profile Homepage #49 quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: Tullegolar is a name passed down to me from my father, who got it from his father. In our ancient tongue, it means, 'star hammer.' My grandfather chose the name to replace his slave name after forging his kingdom through battle. In those days he used a mighty hammer, which he claimed harnessed the magic of the stars, hence the name. Since then, the hammer itself was melted down to make my steel crown when I decided to upgrade myself from king to emperor. The origin of the name was almost forgotten, remembered only by myself and my close inner council of eunuchs, whom call upon the spirits of my ancestors from time to time. In Breath of Fire, the StarHR was totally broken. No wonder you melted it down. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Things to improve Dikiyoba's ausome story! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 5 2007 04:21 Profile Homepage #40 Actually, you were one of the very few characters who appeared in Episode 1 and was not killed, so it wasn't all bad. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Did you guess the plot at the beginning? (Spoilers) in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 4 2007 19:45 Profile Homepage #5 I guess the Darkside Loyalists would have been better than Rentar II, but I don't find them a very compelling villain either. The one upside would be the potential to resurrect the Scimitar. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Avernum 5 Early, Early Notes in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 4 2007 19:43 Profile Homepage #161 There is one feature that the GF/Avernum 4 save game dialog desperately needs. A way to delete more than one character of the save description at a time. Or, at a bare minimum, the ability to hold down delete instead of having to press it once discretely for each character. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Things to improve Dikiyoba's ausome story! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 4 2007 19:38 Profile Homepage #35 I_am_a_Minotaur appeared in Episode 1, didn't he? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
I think i have the wrong game in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 4 2007 05:50 Profile Homepage #16 Different font. I'm talking about the one that was used for almost every statistic display and button: here. Theldrow (the font) I was actually quite fond of. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
I think i have the wrong game in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 22:41 Profile Homepage #14 Realmz had a number of problems, but (at least through version 4, as Thuryl said) it also did a number of things right. It had a very large spellbook (though a number of spells didn't work at all) and a great set of items with a nice management interface (later borrowed by the lamentably obscure Jewel of Arabia RPG). Perhaps most importantly, it had a motley assortment of graphics (and sound effects) that were vibrant, bright, and generally fun to look at. They did a worse job of setting mood than the graphics in any of Jeff's games, but they were lively and attractive, something we haven't really seen outside of E3/BoE. I remember a brief period of time when it seemed like every new program, banner, or DOCMaker readme had to involve BlackChancery. I used to wonder if Realmz was a cause or an effect of that fad. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
George Bush in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 16:09 Profile Homepage #95 Arguing on Facebook is the Only Way to Solve the Israel/Palestine Problem Be sure to read "Recent News" too, if you can access this page. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A1 ending in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 16:01 Profile Homepage #7 No, only the E2 heroes. Here's the mention -- it's Solberg: "True enough. I was one of the first wizards here. I fought in the first war against Grah-Hoth. I helped build the Tower of Magi. I had the honor of assisting the adventurers who destroyed Grah-Hoth once and for all." "Then I had the further honor of assisting the adventurers who contacted the vahnatai and helped us win the war against the Empire. I have had a hard life in Avernum, but at least it was full of achievement." "The first group? Nobody knows. They disappeared. Some think that they eventually found an escape route to the surface, though I have my doubts." "The second group? They are in Avernum still, helping repair the damage from the Avernum war and working to build relations with the vahnatai." -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A1 ending in The Avernum Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 14:04 Profile Homepage #3 In-game, you either get stuck in the castle and get killed by a swarm of guards (if you didn't get all five brooches) or Erika teleports you to safety. I don't think anything is said for sure in later games (beyond the fact that they disappeared), though it is implied that the heroes went up to the surface -- which makes sense, given that they successfully found and navigated the last remaining exit from the caves. [ Saturday, February 03, 2007 14:09: Message edited by: @ ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A Rememberance of Things Past in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 13:59 Profile Homepage #60 The Sorceror! Heh. Now that makes me think of a two-bit NPC from Arcana, a not quite terrible SNES RPG. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
George Bush in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 13:05 Profile Homepage #89 Because Israel has money? Does Israel really have any more money than anybody else? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
House Unshaperlike Activities Committee in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 3 2007 05:22 Profile Homepage #165 The biggest problem with starting over is that, due to the nature of Shaping, it would be difficult to completely eliminate Shaping power. I mean, look at what happened in G1. How do you purge not just an island, but the entire world of canisters, textbooks, geneforge components, and so on... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A Rememberance of Things Past in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 21:04 Profile Homepage #51 Heh. Well, PCs certainly multiplied into a large and somewhat diverse family, whereas Apple didn't really produce any offspring. Plus, the Apple logo used to be rainbow-colored. So. If we extend the metaphor, Unix could represent polyamory. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
E3: Woes of the magically inept singleton in The Exile Trilogy
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 20:31 Profile Homepage #3 No, it doesn't. Presumably you joined the Anama, so you have a stockpile of 128 Piercing Crystals. Right? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
A Rememberance of Things Past in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 20:29 Profile Homepage #48 I think you're right, Overlord. Dareva, it's good to see you again! And more to the point, here's why Macs are Catholic and PCs are Protestant, according to Umberto Eco: http://jowett.web.cern.ch/jowett/EcoMACDOS.htm -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Maximizing Skill points in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 18:27 Profile Homepage #8 Whoops, I was thinking about spellbooks and canisters counting towards trainer limits in G1 and G2. I'm pretty sure trainer limits are based off the same hidden variable as skill cost, though. I may be remembering the result wrong, but I know I tested putting points into Luck to see if it affected the cost at all. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Maximizing Skill points in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 17:27 Profile Homepage #5 I know scripted events and canisters counted towards cost in G1 and (I think) G2, but I thought that was no longer the case. Actually, canisters I'm not sure about since there are so few stat-boosting ones in G4, but I seem to recall the Dillame Luck boost not moving the skill cost at all. Trainers, though -- the people you can buy up to skill 2 in a skill from with money -- do increase the cost. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Avernum 5 Early, Early Notes in Avernum 4
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 13:33 Profile Homepage #139 The problem you experienced with the cave slimes was not a revival problem, it was a monster problem. Those cave slimes SUCKED. They were boring, but also numerous and somewhat difficult. At least there weren't map twenty sections of them like with the chitrachs, but they were definitely not one of the highlights of A4. Every time I hit one and it spawned multiple new slimes, I sighed. And here, here about that stupid portal. I don't think I would have minded clicking twice by itself, but it was click, load, click, load -- forcing me to alternate paying attention and waiting in a very irritating pattern. [ Friday, February 02, 2007 13:34: Message edited by: @ ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
8000 in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 13:27 Profile Homepage #17 Given what UBB did when it got a thread with over 1000 posts, it is a little disconcerting to see the user numbers get to the point of adding another digit. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Order question. in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, February 2 2007 10:12 Profile Homepage #7 If it were the same combat and statistics engine with the Exile graphics engine, I would do a little dance. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Your most amusing G1-3 stunts in Geneforge Series
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, February 1 2007 20:08 Profile Homepage #95 Some of the Sholai already look disturbingly like they are wearing TNG-era uniforms. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Firebolt base damage? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, January 31 2007 06:20 Profile Homepage #4 Actually, Firebolt did 1-6 in G1, 1-4 in G2, and 1-3 in G3. Most of the damage numbers for G1-3 are available at Rebalancing between games. It's also worth pointing out the obvious fact the Firebolt does fire damage while thorn batons and javelins do physical damage. In G1, resistances in general were uncommon so it didn't matter much. In G2+, many enemies have mild resistance to physical damage. Fire resistance isn't rare, but it's definitely less common. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Endeavor and Privacy in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, January 30 2007 08:25 Profile Homepage #64 quote: Originally written by Arancaytar: It's not like I'd lose my job (and it's unlikely he'd find the 2-3 places where I called him clueless) Well, now I would hope that he doesn't find a way to connect you to "Arancaytar"... which would be hard to do if you look at the Ermarian network... and then google it. It might turn this up. Actually, the first page of "arancaytar boss" results has "It's official: My boss is a dork" and "My boss wants me to... I feel nauseated just thinking about it." And that doesn't even touch the DailyWTF results on subsequent pages. See, this is why I got so angry about private chats being made public on certain spidweb satellites. Sigh. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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