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US and Sudan in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 08:03 Profile Homepage #6
Do muslim theocracies have any less reason to be pissed off at how they've been treated by others than Israel does? Come to think of it, that's probably not a good direction for this thread to head in...

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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 06:26 Profile Homepage #60
Thinking you are always right correlates with using your head a lot. That definitely describes spidweb folk. I think there are more vocal, zealous people here than in most communities.

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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Sunday, April 30 2006 05:53 Profile Homepage #58
quote:
Originally written by Mc 'mini' Thralni:

I have the feeling that I'd better just shut up, but, as always, I don't like conflicts, and when there is one, I feel I must solve it.
I have to say I was somewhat surprised to hear that you don't like conflicts. Let me make a suggestion, Thralni (I do this in a constructive spirit, not a taunting one): pick your battles. You are hardly unique here in being stubborn and always thinking you are right. That describes most people on spidweb, at least most vocal people.

I think what you need to learn to do is this. Before you start arguing something on here, ask yourself: Why am I starting this argument? Sometimes there may be a good reason. Other times, it may be more valuable to listen and to learn from other people. There is no point in arguing unless (1) you know or understand things that other people involve don't, (2) these things are really important to you, and (3) the other people are going to listen to you.

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a hello and some questions in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 17:38 Profile Homepage #9
I may not be a noob, but I am not an oldbie. ...I hope.

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A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 14:37 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by Spidweb:

Once change I did forget to mention, though. I am making an effort to replace swarms of individual monsters with groups. I want to reduce the "walk 10 feet, tiny fight, walk 10 feet, tiny fight" syndrome.
That's excellent. Not only does that fit well with any story, and make the game more enjoyable, it also forces hardcore players to deviate from the tried and true formulas (agent pumping battle magic using firebolt, etc) and be more creative, which they will enjoy. I'm very glad to hear this.

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Question 2: Imbalance of Wealth in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 11:10 Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by Archmagus Micael:

To stop Poverty, we need to be able to generate far more resources than we currently do (or consume less), so that there are enough for everyone.
Um, we are already able to generate FAR MORE resources than we need to consume.

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 11:00 Profile Homepage #44
...yeh, yeh, these were a tad obscure. :P
Sources, in case it helps anyone:

Bahamut - various
Galurung - Tolkien
Nicol Bolas - Magic (CCG)
Khoth - Exile
Trogdor - Strongbad
Stanley - Xanth
Puff - Puff
Quox - Oz (Baum, not Carroll)
Falkor - The Neverending Story
Kohaku - Spirited Away
Tyranthraxus - Pool of Radiance
Fin Fang Foom - Marvel Comics
Seiryu - various
Blue-Eyes White Dragon - YuGiOh
Dragonlord - Dragon Warrior
Dragonzord - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

(and Stanley Steamer is a dragon too, albeit one named after a car)

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 09:31 Profile Homepage #41
DEATHMATCH ONE RESULTS
1. Garzahd vs. Kefka: Garzahd knows what his limits are, unlike Kefka, and is paranoid rather than flippantly aggressive. If they had been in the same "Empire" Garzahd would have found some way to do away with Kefka, no question about it. In a deathmatch, though, Kefka's manipulation of the Statues makes anything Garzahd could do null and void. Kefka, who admittedly outclassed all the other participants by a lot, wins the first deathmatch.

DEATHMATCH TWO RESULTS
1. Kelandon vs. Noam Chomsky: This fight would obviously degenerate into a prescriptivist vs. descriptivist deathmatch. Kel attacks with Latin and Greek spears, which Chomsky blocks with his Shield of Selective Example Recognition. Chomsky throws a Wh-Bomb in an attempt to irradiate Kel (Transforming his deep structure), but Kel is wearing his protective This Is How It Should Be Suit. Kel is about to gut Chomsky on his two-tined Classical Slith spear when he discovers that he has been quietly dominated by a little v hanging above his head. Thus prevented from Moving of his own accord, he is easily Merged with the straw man Kel* that Chomsky fabricates out of thin air. The two Kels cancel out and Chomsky emerges victorious.

2. Hargon vs. Rainbow Brite: If Hargon's power can be contained by StopSpell, then unfortunately I think it can also be contained by rainbows. As for Hargon's minions, Rainbow can easily palette swap them into weak creatures. In retrospect, this should have been any other DQ villain, as then I could make ridiculously bad puns about the Ball of Light and the Rainbow Drop. Oh well. Rainbow wins.

3. Thuryl vs. Ms. Pac-Man: "Why, Ms. Pac-Man, you don't have enough of a disturbing grin on your face. Allow me to help you." "Ohhh... Thurly. You're not like the other ghosts, are you?" "No, I'm not. That could explain why I'm strangling you with your very own ribbon." "..." Thuryl.

4. Ayla vs. Chun-Li: Well, this really depends on the medium. If the deathmatch happens in a video game, they will clearly decide that they are equally matched and worthy of respect and will get drunk on poi. If the deathmatch happens in anime or manga, it will clearly devolve into a fanservice in which they both strip and make love. If it happens on a message board, they will both get banned for their hideous command of English. ("Come party tonight." "Ha-ha-ha!" "Where from?" "Thank you!") Honestly, though, Ayla kicks harder. Ayla wins.

DEATHMATCH TWO, ROUND THREE
1. Noam Chomsky vs. Thuryl
2. Ayla vs. Rainbow Brite

DEATHMATCH THREE
1. Bahamut vs. Glaurung
2. Nicol Bolas vs. Khoth
3. Trogdor the Burninator vs. Stanley Steamer
4. Puff the Magic Dragon vs. Quox the Dragon
5. Falkor vs. Kohaku
6. Tyranthraxus vs. Fin Fang Foom
7. Seiryu vs. Blue-Eyes White Dragon
8. The Dragonlord vs. the Dragonzord

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Xylgham udwlnit skretcko!1!! in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:00 Profile Homepage #75
Minor suggestion: mention in the script when you reach the end of an act. Otherwise, when there are new scenes up, it is hard to know whether we need to check the end of the previous act, or only the new one, when there is a new act up, and especially if we are catching two updates at once.

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A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 21:41 Profile Homepage #11
Hip hip hooray! :)

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Languages in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 15:22 Profile Homepage #35
What the heck?
Even using a liberal definition of "speak" -- say, "can communicate using said language without herculean strain" -- there are very few people here who possibly speak more than three languages.

Whoever speaks four or six or nine languages, you've got some splainin' to do!

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Yom HaShoa in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 15:14 Profile Homepage #64
So, how do you propose keeping such people out of power?

I'm afraid it's not as simple a task as it sounds like.

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Descriptions in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 14:13 Profile Homepage #81
Yes. And I'm disappointed even given the number of times you have told me it would be an anticlimax.

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 14:06 Profile Homepage #40
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by 1 v. One:

Tail Spin does non-elemental magic damage. The only such attacks in the game are Tail Spin and the esoteric Poyozo Dance, so a lot of FAQs miss that.
Isn't Frog Squash non-elemental magic damage too? As far as I know it isn't treated as a physical attack.
It is non-elemental, but it's not treated as a magic attack or a physical attack -- the damage formula has nothing to do with attack power, defense power, magic power, or magic defense power. Dino Tail works the same way (as does half the formula of Frog Flare).

Technically, I think they are classified as physical attacks, but the only way to figure that out is to use it on an enemy that responds to physical or magical attacks (like the Jugglers in Magus' Castle.)

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Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 12:12 Profile Homepage #37
Tail Spin does non-elemental magic damage. The only such attacks in the game are Tail Spin and the esoteric Poyozo Dance, so a lot of FAQs miss that.

Throw increases the damage multiplier by 1 and ignores defense. So it will do about double damage against a weak enemy, and the same amount of damage against an enemy with high defense. Triple Kick, by comparison, does about four times normal damage in total, but does not ignore defense. Shadow's defense, in the late game, can typically prevent somewhere between half and three-quarters of damage (that's how it works in FF6). On the other hand, Ayla's normal attack is among the very best in her world, whereas Shadow's (without the Genji Glove or Offering, which have no impact on Throw anyway) is not. So their best attacks are a bit of a toss-up... their speed is also comparably high. Shadow will get a critical hit 1 in 32 times, whereas Ayla will get one a minimum of 1 in 5 times depending on her level. Note also that she has three chances to get one with a Triple Kick.

Anyway, think what thou wilt, but Ayla won.

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Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 10:49 Profile Homepage #35
Ayla doesn't have any spells whatsoever. She does have a wind attack -- Tail Spin -- which deals damage as if it were a spell.

quote:
Originally written by Mr. Vince PE Edshottsargh:

Chomsky is practically the voice of the American left
That's not even remotely true. Chomsky's brand of anarcho-syndicalism has very little in common with the American left aside from not being on the right.

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I am back, back to work on my editor in Geneforge Series
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 10:27 Profile Homepage #1
car 54, where are you.

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Yom HaShoa in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Friday, April 28 2006 07:54 Profile Homepage #59
Surely the speed isn't what makes it so morally repugnant, though, is it? I mean, what if the Holocaust had happened over 20 years; would it be any less abominable?

Here's an interesting (read: saddening) article about Genocides in history.

Anyway, do note the Holdomor, which featured at least 7 million deaths over the course of a year or two; although this did not involve systematic execution, deliberately engineered famine has to amount to something similar.

And in Rwanda, nearly 1 million were killed over the course of 100 days in 1994.

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Slarty
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 written Friday, April 28 2006 07:39 Profile Homepage #32
RESULTS
1. Kefka vs. George W. Bush: Though he rarely talks about it, George W. Bush has made it quite clear that he is an evangelical Christian who looks forward to the coming of the Light of Judgment. What a coincidence! Kefka uses the Light of Judgment. "Poor old... Oh well, what a worthless excuse of a President!!"

2. Garzahd vs. Rentar-Ihrno: I don't know what some of you are smoking. Let's look at the evidence. Erika provides some of the clearest. In her duel with Rentar-Ihrno, Erika has the edge, and probably would have won were it not for her curse -- which, of course, was placed by Garzahd. On the other hand, it's pretty clear that Erika could not have taken down Garzahd by herself. A band of adventurers defeats him, yeah, but they were assisted by a bevy of archmages (including Rentar herself). Also, they were the absurdly successful Empire War Heroes -- a much more impressive group than either of the two groups that defeated Rentar. Of course, Rentar can't even pierce Garzahd's abjurations at all without the assistance of a Crystal Soul. Rentar puts up quite a fight, but Garzahd wins, there's no question.

RESULTS
1. Thuryl vs. Mr. Potato Head: "Hey, what are you doing with my facial features? Aaaaggghh!!! Somebody help me, this is potato abuse!"

2. Marlenny vs. Ms. Pac-Man: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and... Marlenny? Regardless, Ms. Pac-Man has power pills. Marlenny doesn't. Sorry dear.

3. Kelandon vs. Malcolm (in the Middle): This was supposed to be some kind of geekfight, not a fistfight. Regardless, Malcolm has spent years beating up on, and being beaten up by, his three (or four) brothers. Kel has spent years beating up on, um, isometric sliths. And misconjugated verbs. So I think Malcolm has the physical advantage. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he's in a sitcom and so is required to do stupid, self-destructive things. Kel isn't, so I think he manges to squeak out a victory.

4. Alec vs. Rainbow Brite: Rainbow Brite has a number of magical powers. Simply by touching herself, she can make rainbows fly out of her midsection. Plus, she has a creepy talking horse, and a big supply of hallucinogenic "sprinkles." Honestly, Alec doesn't stand a chance. I'm afraid he'd have to resign himself to being just another Twink sidekick to Rainbow.

5. Noam Chomsky vs. Rush Limbaugh: Rush Limbaugh is spry? Have you gone completely insane? Chomsky would win the fight and the debate. Please.

6. Chun-Li vs. Bjork: Bjork has a tank. Chun-Li destroys a tank. Chun-Li has the Spinning Bird Kick. Bjork has a revealing swan dress. I think we all see where this one is going.

7. Shadow vs. Ayla: Now this is a tough one. Shadow's dog is more powerful than Ayla's dinosaur, it's true. On the other hand, Shadow throws shuriken, whereas Ayla throws people and monsters. Ayla can heal herself, but not by enough to make any difference, I think. Shadow can turn himself invisible, but Ayla can still attack with the wind if he does that. In the end, I have to give the edge to Ayla, because she can take a lot of abuse before she dies; Shadow, not so much.

8. Mojo Jojo vs. Hargon (the Sorceror): Both villains have half-successful plans that are easily defeated by a trio of heroes. Mojo Jojo creates giant robots and laser beams. Hargon summons giant demons and makes things explode. Mojo has a weakness that Hargon doesn't, though; the fragile glass dome that protects his giant brain. There's no way that thing is going to survive even one Explodet. Plus, Mojo Jojo has a music video about him... by Devo. He just can't win.

DEATHMATCH ONE, ROUND FOUR
1. Garzahd vs. Kefka

DEATHMATCH TWO, ROUND TWO
1. Kelandon vs. Noam Chomsky
2. Hargon vs. Rainbow Brite
3. Thuryl vs. Ms. Pac-Man
4. Ayla vs. Chun-Li

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Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 18:17 Profile Homepage #27
IMAGE(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:U3H6ZdU9vDgJ:www.rainbowbrite.net/museum/rainbow_brite.jpg)

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Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:46 Profile Homepage #25
TM: Do you mean your Lite Brite? As amusing as the picture of you with a Rainbow Brite doll is...

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Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 16:22 Profile Homepage #21
RESULTS
1. Rentar-Ihrno vs. Titless Madonna: The question here is whether or not Madonna's singing can cause Rentar-Ihrno's crystals to shatter. I don't think so. On the up side, though, after Madonna is killed, she stands a good chance of being revived as a lich.

2. The Wizard of Oz vs. Kefka: This matchup is, admittedly, rather unfair. Goodbye, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs.

3. Garzahd vs. X: Okay, another unfair fight. Professor X vs. Garzahd would have been much more interesting. Garzahd wins, clearly. The next round will be better.

4. George W. Bush vs. Guy Fawkes: The White House crafts scenarios very similar to the plan Fawkes participated in when they need to distract the media from actual issues. Remember that paper bag on the White House lawn? Not only would Fawkes be slaughtered, he would become political capital for George W.

DEATHMATCH ONE, ROUND THREE
1. Kefka vs. George W. Bush
2. Garzahd vs. Rentar-Ihrno

To keep things interesting, I think I'll stagger the appearance of new brackets. Some of you will find this new one more personally endearing.

DEATHMATCH TWO, ROUND ONE
1. Thuryl vs. Mr. Potato Head
2. Marlenny vs. Ms. Pac-Man
3. Kelandon vs. Malcolm (in the Middle)
4. Alec vs. Rainbow Brite
5. Noam Chomsky vs. Rush Limbaugh
6. Chun Li vs. Bjork
7. Shadow vs. Ayla
8. Mojo Jojo vs. Hargon (the Sorceror)

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Geneforge without the Geneforge in Geneforge Series
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 12:48 Profile Homepage #14
"Geneforge Gaiden"

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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
Slarty
Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 12:42 Profile Homepage #31
quote:
Originally written by Spidweb:

And sometimes the customer is a paranoid schizophrenic who thinks that my game is spying on him. (Yes. It happened.)
Out of curiosity, what game did s/he think was doing the spying? And was it anything particular about the game ("Adze-Haakai is really a spycam!")?

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Yom HaShoa in General
Slarty
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Member # 261
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 10:21 Profile Homepage #48
quote:
For all of us who do not like President Bush, he called a spade a spade on Sudan and stood up to be counted while the rest of the world debated - he called actions in Sudan genocide and pledged support because the UN wouldn't act.
*facepalm*

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