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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General | |
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written Thursday, August 11 2005 23:04
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quote:That was not a sentence. It was what you call a symptom of logorrhoe. -------------------- 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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written Thursday, August 11 2005 22:57
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quote:Any piano players or music experts in the audience? When you're playing a piano piece, you notice a whole lot more than the ones who are listening, in my experience. Perhaps some of them wondered if they didn't remember the piece going differently, but were too afraid of embarassing themselves to ask? :P -------------------- 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 |
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written Thursday, August 11 2005 21:26
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OOC: Nice one, David. Played both characters perfectly. :D (though Shadow elves do laugh. Just in different situations... ^_^) -------------------- 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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written Thursday, August 11 2005 21:16
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quote:And if this was after you came to Spiderweb, then you shouldn't have been let out really, should you? :P -------------------- 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 |
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written Wednesday, August 10 2005 00:39
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I only have a PC. I played Homeland for half an hour four years ago (shortly before downloading BoE). The memory has not yet healed. o_o -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 23:53
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quote:Wow... it appears I didn't read that thoroughly. That, or it's been translated since last time I came there. The text, disturbingly, makes sense once translated with some semblance of accuracy. But I prefer the original. It has more charm. quote: [ Tuesday, August 09, 2005 23:56: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 22:10
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Agreed. I have never looked for non-trivial knowledge and failed to find it there, and rarely for really trivial knowledge (Can you say "All your base"?). -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 22:06
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quote:Welcome to Spiderweb, friend. Leave your sanity at the door. :) And leave ancient riddles alone for now; they just give people headaches. As for me, I doubt that Drakey has said one true thing about himself in this thread. -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 13:02
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Cortext? Ouch... well, you can see I was in a hurry. :P -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 12:59
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William Thomas Fletcher is in the public domain. Or ought to be. He approves of being posted here, but disapproves of this thread. He thinks it should be locked. Now. -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 12:48
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OOC: Unless this RP lasts shorter than the others, there might be time for you to make a come-back. Good wishes anyway, and I hope you have the opportunity to join another RP here soon: You're among the better ones here. :) I have one hour to post this, then my battery runs out. Cross fingers. IC: Melora stood in the clearing alone, surrounded by corpses. The weird character from the mountains - the one who had wept over the wolves - had left again, the other man trailing behind him. Caecus had led Sequoia, Andros and Cyrus off toward his village. And Lisha had wandered off alone. Melora looked about. What was the deal with these wolves anyway? It could not have been just compassion that stirred the man. Lisha was right: Sequoia would, could not have allowed this if it were needless slaughter. Needless? She caught herself following human reasoning again. What were the wolves to her - just other predators. She had a knife, they only teeth. That was why she was standing here, and not lying on the ground instead of these beasts. As if contemplating whether to complete the analogy by feeding off her quarry, she approached the wolf she had killed with her dagger. The carcass lay on its side, its sleek, powerful body nearly majestic in spite of the matted, gristly grey fur flecked with blood. Kneeling beside the wolf's wild face, its gaping maw, she reached out with her hand and closed those staring golden eyes. "It was your time today, brother. Whatever lies beyond, it will be your path to find out now, and not mine. You fought well, but you met your match as so many before. Who knows when the time may come for me?" Rising again, she looked into the direction the others had gone in. The mountain rose ominously in the distance to the north west, its grey and white slopes glistening in the late morning sun. It was almost midday. Caecus and the others had left toward his village, vanishing among the hills to the north. The two who had cursed them for killing the wolves had run off to the south west. What they were hoping to find, Melora was not clear about. Judging by the shouted argument the wind had carried to her ears... ...death will follow them wherever they go... and I want none of what they seek... ...You can't lift the darkness... she had the suspicion they themselves were not entirely clear about it either, or at least not in agreement. Lisha had gone to the West. Melora had to face a decision. She trusted Sequoia, but not Andros. Cyrus was a tolerable man, if he could be called that, but Caecus annoyed her nearly as much as Brail. Lisha was a secretive character, and more than likely a spy (why else would an Easterling seek to conceal her identity in these parts?), but Melora could not care less. It was not her Kingdom spying and not her Kingdom being spied on. Remembering the serene wisdom in Sequoia's gaze, she made half a step northward. And then stopped, as an uncharacteristic thought crossed her mind. They don't need me. There are four of them. Lisha is alone. Was that her thought? Inconceivable. Lisha was not the only one's whose mind must be tired this morning - blurting out her name to a stranger in such an indiscrete fashion. Melora considered her choices again, but found her feet turning westward almost of her own accord. Soon, she was running with the fast, lithe elven gait, her light boots seeming hardly to touch the mossy forest floor as she soundlessly followed Lisha. OOC: David, your call. Does Lisha want to be followed? -------------------- 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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I have never heard the term "Love Hina", and am glad not to. It does sound like "hernia". That said... [ Tuesday, August 09, 2005 05:58: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- 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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I've used Summoning on occasion, but only when I was out of spell points to do anything else (and low-level attacks wouldn't have done it). I've found it can give you a brief edge if the opponents are too tough or deal too much damage in a single round. In high level environments, that additional turn you have to chug an invulnerability potion or deal ~200 damage with another spell can matter a lot. Create Illusions yields the best cost efficiency, because the meatshield doesn't need an excessive amount of health (more than likely they're going to die in one hit anyway). But with a faster, less strong opponent (say, 3 smaller attacks instead of one big one), additional hit points can be useful as well. It depends on the situation. Edit: In BoA, of course there is the added bonus of summoning some monster the designer forgot to disable from summoning. I remember having a lot of fun with Goblin chieftains in Canopy... :D Edit2: Of course, my point can't be impartially tested by a BoE/BoA arena run. The usefulness of Summoning directly depends on how it is used - and the AI uses it in a very dumb way. [ Tuesday, August 09, 2005 05:20: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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quote:And he'd be right, no? -------------------- 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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written Tuesday, August 9 2005 03:29
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If we let Google destroy language, it will not be long before our minds are destroyed as well. With that in mind, here we go: Back to Fantasy with shareware games The game market is flooded by soulless first person shooters. Where have the real plots gone to? The small, independent game developers. By Evita Eberhard Computer games are getting ever more awe-inspiring. Polished interfaces and fine graphic details with ever more realistic splatter effects lure new players into the virtual game worlds. But do the graphics determine the quality of a game? No, say die-hard RPG fans on internet forums. Because large companies only invest in graphics instead of a solid plot or background, the enjoyment is limited, according to "Mirzel" from gametunnel.com. In Roleplaying Games (RPGs), the player directs his characters through a fantasy world, fighting against monsters and gaining experience. RPGs, especially MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online RPGs) are currently experiencing a boom: "World of Warcraft" reports 1.5 million subscribers. And while ever increasing numbers of players kill time and monsters online [hah, managed to translate the pun!], good old single-player RPGs are also gaining adherents. "In spite of the vast number of available products, there is no single MMORPG that truly deserves the name 'roleplaying game'", complains "Holy Avatar" on 4players.de, "Hack & Slay remains the priority." Those seeking a story will soon tire of multi-user-dungeons. Good stories can, however, be found with indie developers. Those who do not have a budget of millions to spend on dozens of artists and aggressive marketing play to their strengths by inventing suspenseful plots. Smaller companies like Fantasoft, Ambrosia or Anino stand up to the competition with shareware and fantasy. Absorbing background stories are also the hallmark of Spiderweb Software: With their "Avernum" trilogy and "Blades of Avernum", the tiny company in Seattle has put out one of the best and most popular RPG series today. Gate to the Underworld Avernum is a massive, inhospitable cave system deep beneath the surface. The benevolent dictatorship named "The Empire" uses it banish undesired citizens and races. You, the player, are next: Off to Avernum! Eventually, you will end up in the midst of a revolution, you must dispose of hidden toxic waste or eliminate a dangerous vampire. You are at risk of losing yourself in this fantastic secondary world: When you are still searching for the secret scrolls while light is already dawning outside, it is already too late. Your life will be changed forever - Spiderweb has just planted a non-expiring Cookie into your cerebral cortex. Welcome to the club. Spiderweb games captivate through their surprising turns, their intelligent dialogue, and an underlying Monty-Python-like humor. Not necessarily through graphical realism: Avernum uses an isometric view; the player moves his up to four characters like figures over a chess board. The classical style has its own charm, and sparks the imagination. Simple graphics require neither expensive cards nor memory, and the games run on PCs just as well as they do on Macs. The shareware price of $25 for near infinite fun is also nearly impossible to undercut. "Infinite" is to be taken literally: Spiderweb's newest installment "Blades of Avernum" contains not just four single episodes but a complete game editor. After registering "Blades", anyone can - with a little talent and some interest in scripting - design his own scenarios. A clever concept, for which RPG fan does not brood over their own ideas for a new game? Since the game was released in 2004, 17 user-created scenarios have already been published: "Blades of Avernum" is constantly growing in size and value. "I just design the sort of game I want to be playing," says Jeff Vogel, the creator of these games. Vogel, a "fanatical gamer" at 12, would soon become a fanatical programmer. While studying mathematics, he wrote "Exile", released it as shareware, and it paid off. He founded Spiderweb Software and dropped out of grad school. Eleven years and eleven games later, the company is still in business and feeding three full-time employees. Shareware against the mainstream "There will always be a market for single-player games", thinks Vogel. "Blades of AvernuM" has "sold unexpectedly well". That raises hopes. For instead of the outnumbering bestsellers that are flooding the shelves, instead of ever more bombastic FP-shooters and more simple-minded car racing simulations, we do wish a more creative background; more Jeff Vogels, for whom quality is more important than cashflow. Shareware has more style. --- (Cautionary note: I went for speed over quality because I'm lacking time. I still think it's better than the auto translator, though.) Edit: Fixed - it seems my own cortex is a little overtaxed with texts. Have I really just managed to write a single sentence with 4 x? :D [ Tuesday, August 09, 2005 22:23: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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OOC: My computer has died and I don't have time to post right now. I hope to be able to write tonight (in around 4-6 hours); please don't rush my character in the meantime or make any decisions for her (and I mean "any", not just "uncharacteristic" ones). -------------------- 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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quote:The official VID (Very Important Date) can attest to that. :rolleyes: -------------------- 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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quote:Register a new account. Easy as that. And yes, I'm doing it still. A few weeks ago, I bluffed and said I was leaving, but I returned far sooner than I anticipated (it was a time issue, and I turned out to be far less stressed than I felt). So yes, you can expect the next count this weekend, or by the 17th. Since I learnt MySQL earlier this month, I'm planning to make the data more easily accessible in a database form, but I'm not yet quite sure if that will work by this month or the next. [ Monday, August 08, 2005 22:57: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- 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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Fictional AND dead, Spring? :P In that case... Gandalf. Eferas Cirthain. Melora. Taron Gregor Merallion. Yep, I like my RP characters, but nobody can really beat Gandalf. :D -------------------- 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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quote:Yes, but sum up all his postcounts on all the boards he's ever been at, and he's still negative. In fact, sum up all our post counts on all boards remotely concerned with Spiderweb, and we still come out at somewhere below 0. :P -------------------- 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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quote:Then what constitutes the existence of a god, if not belief? If gods can exist independently from belief, then what makes God more real than Thor or Allah? -------------------- 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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Ephesos, you ignored a post. :P -------------------- 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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99,9999999999999999%? You are assuming that for every English speaking person, there are 10^16 non-English speaking persons in the galaxy. With 3.5 * 10^8 native English speakers alone, that makes 3.5 * 10^24 people. No matter what your theories regarding alien civilizations, I find that ratio to be just a bit unlikely. -------------------- 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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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. I'd make an embarassingly feeble attempt at your phrase ("Abeis si tu hic declamitabis"?) but the verb endings are ridiculously wrong. As are the words themselves, and their order. I think Kelandon speaks Latin... [ Monday, August 08, 2005 05:02: Message edited by: Aranfoolcaytar ] -------------------- 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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That is the one. There is now a translation site by the same name, although like most machine translations, it sucks. -------------------- 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 |