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Displayed name	Arancaytar
Member number	2984
Title	Law Bringer
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Registered	Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00

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Signatures... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 08:09 Profile Homepage #41 Under normal circumstances, no. This, however, is meant to be a joke, exaggerating and ridiculing the characteristics of a dumb signature on purpose. Also, turn of the cAPS-lOCK. It makes you look like an iDIOT. ;) -------------------- 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
Alorael? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 07:59 Profile Homepage #5 Nothing, because it seems almost too pathetic to arouse his attention. Now if you took it out of the signature, and put it at the end of your post, where the Real Alorael Signature(tm) goes, mmmh. Also, you need the — dash. A - won't do it. :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
Signatures... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 07:09 Profile Homepage #37 quote: Originally written by Ultimate Weapon Custer: My signature is perfect. So is mine. [ Tuesday, July 20, 2004 07:11: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
I was playtesting my scen, and something really cool happend. in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 03:23 Profile Homepage #5 Someone mentioned Terry Jones as an originator of the idea you posted at the start of this thread. You then seemed to connect Terry Jones with the quote "Give us a nut, give us a nut, give us a bloody PISTACHIO!", and I just pointed out the only time I'd seen the quote was from Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic. ;) Not connected to your scenario at all, though I think a Talking Parrot would be an idea I should try some time in BoA... :D -------------------- 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
I was playtesting my scen, and something really cool happend. in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 02:48 Profile Homepage #3 I thought that nut quote was from Douglas Adams, in The Starship Titanic... but maybe he just stole it from Terry Jones? -------------------- 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
Naming Creations in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 02:38 Profile Homepage #43 I name my Thahds after my history teacher. :) Though 'Dubya' has been a personal favorite for a time now. My fyoras are usually named Mozilla, for reasons I myself don't know (I use Opera :P ). -------------------- 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
Naming Creations in Geneforge
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, July 20 2004 02:38 Profile Homepage #43 I name my Thahds after my history teacher. :) Though 'Dubya' has been a personal favorite for a time now. My fyoras are usually named Mozilla, for reasons I myself don't know (I use Opera :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
Signatures... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 22:46 Profile Homepage #32 The problem is that there's usually too much I want to say in my signature. I always wanted to have some philosophical quote (I like to sound profound), some sort of Bushism (funniness brings some credit as well), and a self-referential quote.... Then there's this nice cynical song text by Rheinard Mey, the nicely surreal Coleridge poems 'The Ancient Mariner' and 'Khubla Khan'... Then all those obligatory links to Polaris, Santharia, and all those boards, then my website... Then the links to annoying sites, like the Zombie joke... It gets to be too long after a while. That's why I took most of it out. :) [ Monday, July 19, 2004 22:58: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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 trouble with democracy is every idiot gets a vote. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 21:21 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by ButteredToast: Its not so bad in a communist country only the bureaucrats get to vote, in the a theocracy only the priests get to vote, and in a dictatorship your vote is already decided. In the US, many people have a vote, but the ones who decide are the oil companies. :P quote: But then, those who are impaired in such a way would not end up going to vote, don't you think? They might have relatives who would take them by the hand and lead them to the ballot... "look, dearie, here's where you make the cross..." :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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 or Nethergate 2 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 10:50 Profile Homepage #33 A sequel to Exile 1??! :confused: Does he mean a remake of E2? Or something in between the two? Or is it Exile 4, which would be a sequel to Exile 3, and thus indirectly a sequel to E1 as well? Imban, when I said 'plot', I actually meant 'background information' (the first cannot be good without the second). And when I meant 'background information', I mentally included 'Geography'. [ Monday, July 19, 2004 22:55: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
General Archives in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 06:14 Profile Homepage #1 Yes, that's a question I'm interested in as well... Is it accessible online? -------------------- 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
Avernum 4 or Nethergate 2 in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 04:13 Profile Homepage #25 quote: Originally written by Imban: If it's A4, it'd be nice if it actually fleshed out some official backstory. Including, like, geography and such. But meh. That is actually why I'd like Avernum 4. I guess I'm a die-hard optimist concerning Jeff's views on plot and backstory... I've been here only just over a year, so I haven't had much opportunity to be disappointed. On the unlikely chance that Jeff reads this (and the chance it makes more of a difference than the dozens of times I'm sure people have said this): ______________________ Here's a little reasoning which I hope isn't too wide of the mark (never having had experience with game designing myself): - 8-year-olds who have no interest in plot quality or background will probably prefer their games with flashy graphics and realistic special effects. - A game should (ideally, of course) have a balance between graphic quality and plot, which add up to make it a fun experience. Nevertheless, to an extent one of the factors can make up for lack of the other. - Of the two factors, graphics take a lot more resources than the relatively small amount of time, thought and creativity that needs to go into plot development to make an interesting game. - Real-time, 3d, high quality graphics are too expensive in production to pay off for a small company. The production of games with such graphics is pretty much reserved to large companies. - Conversely, Spiderweb has the advantage of compactness. Where a hundred of people may have to coordinate their progress in developing a game, such exchange is more efficient in a small company. Plot ideas, story and such will be easier to coordinate and plan. --> Following this, why shouldn't Spiderweb concentrate on its strengths? And that's all of my two cents. :) -------------------- 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 trouble with democracy is every idiot gets a vote. in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, July 19 2004 03:30 Profile Homepage #1 How do they determine whether someone is an idiot? If they do it with IQ tests, they need serious help... :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 temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Naming Creations in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, July 18 2004 02:13 Profile Homepage #34 I don't think it is, actually. Now if he did 'Drakefyre_', and imitated the signature, it would be another thing... -------------------- 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
Naming Creations in Geneforge
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, July 18 2004 02:13 Profile Homepage #34 I don't think it is, actually. Now if he did 'Drakefyre_', and imitated the signature, it would be another thing... -------------------- 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
Paradox Entertainment in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Saturday, July 17 2004 02:11 Profile Homepage #5 'Abandoned' caused me to look the dates of the posts... Alec: written July 16, 2004 12:00 AM spy.there: written July 16, 2004 10:40 AM Do we have some sort of a time machine here? :confused: -------------------- 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
Poor Man's Starbound? in Richard White Games
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 23:51 Profile Homepage #46 Outrunning the feds on Sol with my Thunderhead (named, oh so appropriately 'Death Defyer' :P ), after refusing the Vell-os was something... But I have to admit that after stumbling into the Bureau storyline three times in a row, I peeked into the walkthrough to see where I went wrong. Turns out this little cargo run to Sol is the culprit... what a surprise. :D [ Friday, July 16, 2004 23:52: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Poor Man's Starbound? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 23:51 Profile Homepage #46 Outrunning the feds on Sol with my Thunderhead (named, oh so appropriately 'Death Defyer' :P ), after refusing the Vell-os was something... But I have to admit that after stumbling into the Bureau storyline three times in a row, I peeked into the walkthrough to see where I went wrong. Turns out this little cargo run to Sol is the culprit... what a surprise. :D [ Friday, July 16, 2004 23:52: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Signatures... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 23:33 Profile Homepage #17 Why did I know, as soon as I saw the topic title, that this discussion would turn to Alorael within a day? :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
AGE? HOW OLD ARE WE? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 12:52 Profile Homepage #32 I sometimes wish to be 11 now... and I'm about to turn 17. -------------------- Visit The Santharian Dream and its RP board. Or the Encyclopaedia Ermariana! Got a brain? Go to Polaris! "It is as if everyone had lost their sense To a conspiracy for downfall and desperance And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey (freely translated). Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Signatures... in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 10:27 Profile Homepage #3 Signatures are good if you want to say something really witty, but I've noticed that the best joke goes bad if it gets old, and there's no better way to let a joke grow old than set it to automatically display any time you virtually decide to open your mouth on this board. :rolleyes: Poems are a different story. And then there are the links of course. No signature is complete without the link to some weird old site. :D [ Monday, July 19, 2004 23:01: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
AGE? HOW OLD ARE WE? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 09:43 Profile Homepage #21 quote: Originally written by Archmage Micael: Some of the 11 year olds I know are a lot nicer to be around than the 19 year olds. That's not the point. Without any value judgment involved, 19-year-olds are different from 11-year-olds far more than, say, a person at 90 from a person at 78. -------------------- Visit The Santharian Dream and its RP board. Or the Encyclopaedia Ermariana! Got a brain? Go to Polaris! "It is as if everyone had lost their sense To a conspiracy for downfall and desperance And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey (freely translated). Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Poor Man's Starbound? in Richard White Games
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 02:33 Profile Homepage #42 Sit tight as the famous thread goes into its 3rd year, with not even 2 full pages. :P I loved EV Nova (which is the only one I played of all of them). Of all games I've seen which end with the player ending up as powerful as the universe, sort of, this is the only one that cannot be classed as plotless stuff for 8-year-old juveniles with an ego complex. I think it manages to achieve this by putting the god-power outside of the game, and into the background story. Where in the actual action do you possess any uber power? You can't use all those weird mental powers or 'weaves' in a battle, right (in as far as I played the game; I've only finished the Polaris plot so far and haven't got far with the Rebel one yet)? The only time they're mentioned is in the text. Seriously, this game and Asimov were the two things that made me stop hating Sci-fi. And that's something. ;) Edit: 42nd Post! Go Douglas Adams! [ Friday, July 16, 2004 02:38: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Poor Man's Starbound? in General
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 02:33 Profile Homepage #42 Sit tight as the famous thread goes into its 3rd year, with not even 2 full pages. :P I loved EV Nova (which is the only one I played of all of them). Of all games I've seen which end with the player ending up as powerful as the universe, sort of, this is the only one that cannot be classed as plotless stuff for 8-year-old juveniles with an ego complex. I think it manages to achieve this by putting the god-power outside of the game, and into the background story. Where in the actual action do you possess any uber power? You can't use all those weird mental powers or 'weaves' in a battle, right (in as far as I played the game; I've only finished the Polaris plot so far and haven't got far with the Rebel one yet)? The only time they're mentioned is in the text. Seriously, this game and Asimov were the two things that made me stop hating Sci-fi. And that's something. ;) Edit: 42nd Post! Go Douglas Adams! [ Friday, July 16, 2004 02:38: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- 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
Erika is a stuck up ***** in Richard White Games
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Friday, July 16 2004 02:17 Profile Homepage #3 This is the right board for a thread like this. Galactic Core has been the Beyond Misc of Spidweb for ages now, hasn't it? -------------------- 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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