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

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ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 17 2006 03:33 Profile Homepage #33 Toriyama did ChronoTrigger? I didn't know that. Weird... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
OoC Thread for "An RP in the World of Avernum... Reloaded" in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 17 2006 03:30 Profile Homepage #350 Well, the Ndovlu mountains actually extend to both Valorim and Pralgad, with apparently more mass in Pralgad. As for the goblins, 1) it took several posts over about a week before they got halfway down the isthmus, 2) it makes sense that goblins who live in the mountains would be more accustomed to mountain travel, and 3) I had originally intended for them to be just halfway down the isthmus, but then Aran relocated his fort after we had already established that I was nearby. Yes, I still plan to post a wrapup post. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
US Conflict Avatars in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 17 2006 03:23 Profile Homepage #30 I'm a big John Quincy Adams fan. And was Canada really "very nearly" annexed? Anyway, uh, I guess I'm in. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Statistically Yours, on the First Anniversary in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 17 2006 03:06 Profile Homepage #3 Whatever made you decide to reinstate the rankings? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Results guaranteed by guaranteed results in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, April 16 2006 19:46 Profile Homepage #0 For quick comparison, I put together this chart of test results. The letters are in order of law/chaos, good/evil, race, and class, and should be pretty self explanatory. ("e" is half-elf, "o" is half-orc, and "h" is halfling; "B" is barbarian while "b" is bard; "p" is paladin not priest and "r" is ranger not rogue.) L G H F -- Marlenny L G E F -- Dolphin L G e F -- Imban L G e p -- Dareva N G H B -- Jewels N G E B -- Salmon N G E r -- Stranger N G E Cr -- Chaotic Wisdom N G e MF -- Niemand N G e C -- Zephyr N G e b -- MagmaDragoon N G h b -- Stew Boy C G H r -- Sullust C G E B -- Alec C G E B -- Ephesos C G E C -- Milu C G E b -- TM C G E b -- Nicothodes C G E b -- Erika Maroonmark C G E b -- Wz. As C G e CT -- Lenar C G e b -- Kelandon C G h TC -- Inthrall C G h b -- Liff C G o F -- Silent Assassin C G o b -- Smugglers Alliance L N H F -- MM L N H F -- Dintiradan N N H F -- Spring N N E Dr -- Slarty N N e b -- Aran L E E Mr -- i L E h MD -- Dikiyoba N E H TM -- Dead Weight C E H B -- Infernal C E H B -- Kingy C E o B -- CPeters C E o B -- Tyranicus C E o MC -- Timber-Wolf Analysis:* (39 results) Most of us are chaotic. Most of us are good and few (5) are neutral. About half of us are barbarians or fighters. Many of us are bards. There are almost no druids (2) and paladins (1). Most of us are elves or half-elves; there are no dwarves or gnomes. [ Sunday, April 16, 2006 20:07: Message edited by: 2600 Hertzballons ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Guaranteed results!! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, April 16 2006 19:14 Profile Homepage #55 True Neutral Elf Druid Ranger My class scores were 14 Druid, 14 Barbarian, 13 Ranger, but it gave me Druid Ranger. I suspect there's a bug in the test... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
"Ash is Banned" chat. in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, April 15 2006 03:25 Profile Homepage #3 Tyranicus, you nincompoop. I told you that not linking to something wouldn't guarantee it didn't get on google. I suggest you take down all those non-public chats, as you ought to have long ago... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Are FRPGs inherently gerontocratic? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, April 15 2006 02:23 Profile Homepage #21 "Where the hell did that come from?" was exactly my reaction when I got to the parts of Geneforge with the machines-that-aren't-called-microscopes looking at the tiny-scrolls-that-aren't-called-genes. It didn't seem believable because of its real world analogue, it just seemed out of place. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Are FRPGs inherently gerontocratic? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, April 14 2006 11:18 Profile Homepage #13 Khoth's description, ironically, sounds just like Angband... And YAP, I don't think that holds true for everyone -- not at all. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Are FRPGs inherently gerontocratic? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, April 14 2006 09:53 Profile Homepage #9 Old artifacts are more thrilling because they have a story attached to them. If the fantasy work doesn't provide its own story, the audience is free to extrapolate its own. Demonslayer is a good example of this. It has a long history: Karzoth, its shattering, its gathering and reforging, and its repeated use by heroes. The result is that it seems to be the most popular weapon among users on the A4 forum, even though it is significantly worse than a host of other weapons. It had similar popularity in Exile, even though it was drastically less powerful than wielding two one-handed weapons. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, April 14 2006 07:34 Profile Homepage #28 Luckily, Alex, your character is actually capable of changing colors. No, really. He has the gimmicky ability of changing his statistics and his appearance depending on what types of attacks you use in battle, as he grows older. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Friday, April 14 2006 04:59 Profile Homepage #26 Salmon, you are a straw voodoo doll who has been possessed by the spirit of peace, love, and boogie dancing. Magma, you are a dog with a lisp... you are actually Marlenny's dog. Argh is significantly faster than any of the other characters and so can take actions more frequently, which I thought was appropriate, and the graphic fit. There are little reasons like that behind most of the pairings. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, April 13 2006 16:41 Profile Homepage #13 Ephesos, you are actually a psychic ex-wrestler priest. :cool: -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, April 13 2006 15:53 Profile Homepage #9 Well, what do you expect from this kind of setup? Internet communities tend to be constantly in flux, with members coming and going in droves; if they aren't, it's very unusual for them to survive very long. I suppose the "incredible noob" question depends on how you define that phrase, but "most of them" seems like a somewhat absurd count to me. [ Thursday, April 13, 2006 15:56: Message edited by: 2600 Hertzballons ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
ChronoSpidweb in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, April 13 2006 12:23 Profile Homepage #0 I was a little disappointed with the entries in the Themed Party Contest, so I decided I had to put a real party together. Technically I guess this is more of a roster than a party, but nonetheless, here are the 44 (+4) playable characters from ChronoCross, in full Spidweb nomenclature. (I filled all available spots, so I don't want to hear any carping about being left out.) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Do we have a new moderator? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, April 13 2006 11:13 Profile Homepage #42 Brains are for boobs. Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Spidweb Community Xbox Live Party! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Thursday, April 13 2006 11:08 Profile Homepage #15 Mon dieu. I can't believe somebody appropriated a facepalm for something as absurd and unholy as praising an Xbox above an Atari 2600. For shame! -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Do we have a new moderator? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, April 12 2006 08:32 Profile Homepage #33 facepalm facepalm facepalm Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Twelve Pills in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Wednesday, April 12 2006 04:37 Profile Homepage #21 100% Success Solution (Spoiler) The trick is in maximizing collection and use of information. You need to use groups of different sizes to maximize information collection, and you also need to realize that, in a weighing of two apparently equally likely groups, it is CRITICAL to note which group is heavier or lighter, as this allows you to squeeze more information out of the same future weighings. Because if a pill X is the light side of the scale in one weighing, and the heavy side of the scale in another weighing, you know it cannot be the culprit! I'll label the pills ABCDEFGHIJKL for convenience. For steps, I'll use the following notation: each step gets a number. After the first step, =>< indicates the result leading to another step. So "1=2." would tell you that this is step 2, and you do it iff your step 1 weighing resulted in balanced scales. "1>3>5." Would tell you that this is step 5, and you do it iff step 3 had a heavier left side, which you do iff step 1 had a heavier left side. 1. Weigh ABCD vs EFGH. 1=2. Weigh IJK vs ABC. 1=2=Answer, L 1=2>3. Weigh I vs J. 1=2>3=Answer, K 1=2>3>Answer, I 1=2>3<Answer, J 1>4. Weigh ABE vs CDF. 1>4=5. Weigh G vs H. 1>4=5=...Impossible 1>4=5>Answer, H 1>4=5<Answer, G 1>4>6. Weigh A vs B. 1>4>6=Answer, F 1>4>6>Answer, A 1>4>6<Answer, B 1>4<7. Weigh C vs D. 1>4<7=Answer, E 1>4<7>Answer, C 1>4<7<Answer, D 1<8. Weigh ABE vs CDF. 1<8=9. Weigh G vs H. 1<8=9=...Impossible 1<8=9>Answer, G 1<8=9<Answer, H 1<8>10. Weigh C vs D. 1<8>10=Answer, E 1<8>10>Answer, D 1<8>10<Answer, C 1<8<11. Weigh A vs B. 1<8<11=Answer, F 1<8<11>Answer, B 1<8<11<Answer, A -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Are fantasy RPGs inherently conservative? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, April 11 2006 14:17 Profile Homepage #25 Just because something is labelled poorly or inaccurately, as is so often the case with ideologies and movements, does not invalidate the label; it makes it unfortunate, perhaps, but when enough people use the label, it is the labelling word that has to stretch its definition to accomodate the change in use, and not the faction or school of thought that has to find a new name. My description of this (unfortunately) is not descriptivist, it's simply the way things are. "Conservative" and "liberal" at least lasted longer (in the US) as meaningful words than "democratic" and "republican" did. If the word "conservatism" was suddenly being used in this way, then I'd be right behind you, but this is an old habit. In the case of this thread, Zorro was actually quite clear in defining his use of the word. The fault lies with everyone else, who apparently did not pay attention to that and assumed Zorro was talking about things he wasn't. Meanwhile, I think "romanticist" is a telling way of describing Final Fantasy, but the Bush administration? Puh-leeze... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Happy pesach! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, April 11 2006 06:30 Profile Homepage #2 "The Jewish Easter"? Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Themed Party Contest in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 10 2006 18:09 Profile Homepage #39 Technically, one of those was Tyran's, and I wasn't counting either as entries. I am still putting the finishing touch on my real entry, which will put all of yours to grand shame. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Themed Party Contest in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 10 2006 16:22 Profile Homepage #37 Salmon, post! Or I'm hogging all the blankets tonight. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Satanism in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 10 2006 16:12 Profile Homepage #40 Judaism was not even the first to do that! Jewish history is rather foggy before the first millenium BCE, and few people claim a history longer than 4000 years for it. By the time their moral code was written down in a truly codified form, a profusion of other cultures had done the same thing. Were there innovative and significant things about the way it was written down, in Judaism's case? Yes, of course. But it wasn't the first. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Satanism in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, April 10 2006 15:54 Profile Homepage #37 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: quote: Originally written by Good-Looks the Playboy: quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: Before Judaism (the first religion to forcefuly impose its morals upon its followers) nobody cared if you murdered, raped or pillaged. So long as you didn't do it to their kin This is blatantly false. The statement in parentheses is questionable at best, and what follows is totally untrue. Judaism was neither the first religion nor the first moral code. I never said it was the first religion or the first moral code. What I said was that Judaism was the first religion that forced it's moral code upon it's followers. It would probably have been more accurate if I included the word 'documented' in there, but I thought that would be obvious. Sigh. The last sentence of my post was meant as additional clarification. It was in no way meant to be equated with the first two sentences. So, let me clarify: Judaism was not the first religion. Judaism was not the first moral code. Judaism was also not the first religion to impose a moral code on its followers. Nor was it the first documented religion to do that. EDIT: quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: As for nobody caring, it is perfectly true except in the cases of governments that ruled by the word of god. And for those, a bystander would never be required to provide testimony about somebody elses crimes. Bullcrap. I'm not sure how you became an expert on all ancient civilizations, but written evidence of the fact that people "cared" about rape, murder, etc., even of aliens, exists for non-Judaic societies going much further back in time than among Jews. Ancient Mesopotamia provides a plethora of examples. What the heck is that comment about bystanders based on? [ Monday, April 10, 2006 15:59: Message edited by: Good-Looks the Playboy ] -------------------- 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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