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Do we still have to pay? in The Exile Trilogy
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 02:53 Profile Homepage #13
And that's where the discrepancies are going to come in. But I won't be miffed unless he changes the name "Ermarian". That'd be nasty.

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THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 02:46 Profile Homepage #238
quote:
Originally written by For Tomorrow Is Always A New Day:

IMAGE(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7095/jaspy4qt.th.jpg)

It's meee, looking really really moody. Darn passport photos with their no-smiling rules...
That's you, FatBatMonkey? Or am I mixing up member numbers again?

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"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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Did you miss me? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 02:17 Profile Homepage #14
Actually, like in real life, society will notice you only if you do something wrong. Nobody ever notices the quiet, law-abiding people.

Perhaps that is what causes all the attention-seeking spam here, too.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Did you miss me? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 01:06 Profile Homepage #12
quote:
Originally written by ben4808 [1950 - 2100:
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quote:
Originally written by Kingy:

With a post count below 400 people will never know when you are and when you arn't around because there is barely any difference.
And Jeff just had barely over 400. ;)

But it still sounds to reason, but it seems that whenever Jeff posts in makes quite a bit more stir than another random newbie.
That's because Jeff is *expected* to post on his own board. It's like the difference between a rarely seen party guest dropping in and the host arriving.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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windows RG in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 00:58 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Toenail1000:

I liked it.
Me too. A year ago.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 00:54 Profile Homepage #158
OOC: Ephesos - it's one relative oldbie making inside jokes to another. Be glad you didn't see the RP it referred to. :P

IC post is on the way, but I need time to finish my work first.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 00:52 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by Drakefyre:

quote:
Now that Drakey has decided that custom titles don't necessarily have to have anything to do with the people who have the titles
I protest. Every custom title is appropriate to its person.
In that case, this Important Date would like to challenge you to an explanation. :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Fatal Computer Game Marathon in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 00:51 Profile Homepage #4
I read this story 2 years ago. And again a year ago, and again a few months ago.

Are gamers dropping like flies, or is it being constantly retold?

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
What the heck? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, August 16 2005 00:48 Profile Homepage #43
I find it funny that when people come here, most of them assume that there is something wrong with the board and expect the community to change to accomodate them. I remember this from myself.

The first step of becoming an oldbie is to realize the reverse is true.

You will know someone has failed in this if their last post includes the line "Don't bother responding". Even if they return after that, they will always be shamed by the memory of this infantile outburst.

[ Tuesday, August 16, 2005 02:12: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Monday, August 15 2005 12:13 Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Zeviz:

There is. It's called "the list of Canned members." :P

When did these boards get such an obsession with postcounts? Quantity of posts is usually inversly proportional to quality.
It's always been that way, but interest increased after I started doing the statistics.

Which are due in two days, by the way, if I can make it. I'm overhauling the script and make it feed into a MySQL database rather than a text file (which will increase performance enormously I suspect).

My original intent of showing people that they're posting too much crap and should watch the quality has been lost, somehow. o_O

[ Monday, August 15, 2005 12:16: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Our President in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Monday, August 15 2005 03:37 Profile Homepage #174
quote:
Originally written by Orison of the Agnostic:

Wouldn't an invisible city cause problems? I know perfect morality would abound and it wouldn't have to be so embarassing, but fumbling around to try to find the door and falling down the stairs on a regular basis would get old quickly.

—Alorael, who suspects God hires good, dependable contractors to build Heaven. He probably hires them from Hell, too.
It would make most sense for both to be built by the same contractors. Sort of like most countries at war are provided with weapons by the same supplier. :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Monday, August 15 2005 03:28 Profile Homepage #96
quote:
Originally written by ben4808 [1950 - 2100:
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I'll bet heaven has self transportation suits that are activated by a touch screen on a PDA running a map program. :P
Coming from you, the idea of a modernized heaven sounds funny. :P

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 14:20 Profile Homepage #155
ooc: t zephyr no silvermins plz k? :)

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Protecting Pictures in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 14:16 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by ben4808 [1950 - 2100:
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But then you can still bring up the source code, get the URL of the picture itself from there, paste it into the address bar, and then save the image using normal means. :D

But yeah, anyone without a basic html knowledge may be rendered clueless still.
That is what I said. It only succeeds in annoying people and keeping out the clueless. In fact, any site which implements the code I've posted above is sure to earn my undying hatred. :P

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Protecting Pictures in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Sunday, August 14 2005 13:17 Profile Homepage #5
1. There is only one way to prevent people from downloading your pictures: Don't upload them.

2. There are several ways to make your website highly annoying to view in Internet Explorer (such as preventing right clicks, calling alerts when the mouse goes over a picture, etc.).

Conclusion: Don't try. You annoy your audience (at least those who haven't yet switched to Firefox), and it still takes less than a minute to get at the pictures.

Put up a copyright notice, and there you go.

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However, if you *really* want to piss off people and prevent at least total computer illiterates from getting at the pictures, put this in your image tag.

<img src="http://yourpic" onRightClick="alert('PWNT!!!')" />Where "PWNT!!!" can be replaced with any other text that will appear in an alert window.

[ Sunday, August 14, 2005 13:23: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Did you miss me? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 05:25 Profile Homepage #1
This thread is making miss missing you. :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
What the heck? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Saturday, August 13 2005 03:58 Profile Homepage #18
quote:
Originally written by arkadilo:

quote:
Originally written by demonslaeyr:

Oops.

Another One-star vote.
Real mature.... And this is a veteran member?
Whoops! Another one. Or one in spirit anyway, since you shut it off. :P

[ Saturday, August 13, 2005 03:59: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 12:33 Profile Homepage #146
OOC: It really was high time for that, Drakey. Much as I am personally opposed to controlling other characters, there are limits.

Still, I should be thankful. David's post wasn't very much to go on for continuing a conversation.

IC:

"Fool." The word was spat out, but it did not refer to the one being spoken to. They were already a few minutes gone from the place where they had met Brail.

"You reckon we should have killed him?"

"Safer. You did say a little much."

"I?" Lisha frowned.

"We said a little much." Melora's mouth twitched. "It might have been beyond prudence, and as for surprise, we could have overwhelmed him there and then without any banter.

"What did we gain from this? We have loot to lug around, a few extra rations, and a fool who will wake up by tonight."

"He can report nothing of value. He was sent here with the order to investigate the finding that a spy has been dispatched from the Eastern lands. If he was smarter than he seemed, he now knows that that spy is a woman named Lisha. He knows nothing of what I seek."

Melora hesitated, then decided against. They were not yet trusting each other enough for overly many questions.

'You want any guidance?' she remembered grimly. At that point, Lisha had stepped behind Brail and struck his solar plexus, after which Melora finished it with a punch on the back of his head with her dagger's hilt. 'That was a No.', Lisha had said while he crumpled. Melora had kept silent.

The loot was disappointing. The rations would last them under a week, and the weaponry was inferior to their own - just standard issue. The Aramian King, it seemed, had inherited Albert's miserliness.

There was fresh blood coated on one of his daggers. From how Brail had handled himself (or gotten himself handled) in combat, he was not a fighter. Melora remembered a distant scream she had heard echoing through the woods while following Lisha - but she did not think much of it. Someone who managed to get himself caught and tortured by this fool probably deserved it.

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"What do you seek here?"

"I didn't ask you that." Melora was short-spoken. "I am going to the mountain. Like you, and everyone else in this blighted area."

"You do not seem to be the type to crave gold."

"Nor do you. And your sovereign, if the tales be true, needs more gold like the great planes of Shanaar need more sand. But not all treasure is silver and gold." Melora realized she might have said more than she meant to, and was silent again.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 07:04 Profile Homepage #53
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

I think Marlenny is the new Rosycat.
Given the age difference of approximately 4 years, I fail to see a parallel. Also, Rosycat was roleplaying. :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
What's happening? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 05:09 Profile Homepage #4
Unless UBB is different, only an admin can change sigs (if mods could, couldn't they change titles? If they could do that, then why in hell is Alorael still 'Your Postliness'?!?). Whoever changed his signature must have had access to either the database, the admin panel, or his account. If someone were trying to cause havoc with the first two, there'd be worse trouble than a fixed signature. That's why my guess is the third.

It need not be Schro - it could even (gegging pardon) be JadeWolf himself! :P

[ Friday, August 12, 2005 05:11: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Which Spiderweb Soft. Games do you like? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 04:38 Profile Homepage #5
BoA, BoE, Avernum 3, Exile 3, Avernum 1, Exile 2, Avernum 2, Nethergate, Exile 1, Geneforge 3, Geneforge 1, Geneforge 2, in order of preference.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
What's your most embarassing moment? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 03:26 Profile Homepage #28
Hyperventilating to fall unconscious? Sounds like an interesting way to meditate... ^_^

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 03:18 Profile Homepage #143
This won't do.

Spring, please fix your post. Neither Lisha nor Melora are open about their names, by custom of their race or occupation or both. Neither are they talkative.

They are also not fools, nor blind, nor deaf. Even a spy (and one like Brail especially, who appears to be so bungling that he actually tells them he is a spy) could not hope to approach them or startle them without the both of them being upon him.

Remember that Melora had no hostile intentions toward Lisha, and they still immediately attacked each other on reflex when they met. As things are, if Brail entered the scene at that moment, he would be killed or at least injured severely enough to be at their mercy.

This way, it makes absolutely no sense.

Edit: Thanks, Drakefyre. It's always good to have people you can depend on. :)

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Note: This Roleplay is NOT set in Ermarian. There are no Kingdoms in Ermarian, nor dark elves, nor desert lands, nor most of everything else that is part of our setting.

This means Avernum, Exile, and any other aspect of the game series does NOT exist in our setting.
Up to now, all such mentions have been more or less trivial, which means it is not that disastrous. I'm pointing this out before anyone involves game aspects more strongly within the plot.

[ Friday, August 12, 2005 08:16: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Which Spiderweb Soft. Games do you like? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Friday, August 12 2005 03:06 Profile Homepage #1
You were warned that people would be annoyed, were you not? :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
What's happening? in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Thursday, August 11 2005 23:06 Profile Homepage #1
Your account password apparently got compromised somehow. I'd change it before someone else does.

[ Thursday, August 11, 2005 23:07: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ]

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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