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| Title | This Side Towards Enemy |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Saturday, June 26 2004 13:12
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Die again. Alec, you erred in declaring FBM the king of kings. None can deny that this title rightly belongs to Slasher, who I dub the king of kings of kings. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 26 2004 13:10
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#375? Were you originally vgmaster or was that somebody else? Either way, I remember you from way back when. It's also nice that the 'I'm back' thread has been forsaken. More power to avoidance of the new topic button! Aran, I'm going to quibble (because otherwise this post is spam) and say that setting rather than the fairly simplistic plots are what make the Spiderweb games attractive. That and the fact that you get the first quarter free. Would anybody like to post links to their writings? -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 26 2004 04:32
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I write a little. Nothing I'd want to publish. Other than that, poor motor skills and lack of patience and imagination put a stop to creativity. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 25 2004 13:09
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If my times on buses today has been any indication, millions of morons. All with their irritating uninformed opinions (and not coincidentally, irritating voices.) Most of whom described watching the match as 'painful.' I bit my tongue and just managed to avoid suggesting that they nail their tongue to their gums as a memory aid to prevent them misusing the word 'painful.' -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 25 2004 07:35
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quote:WTF? -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 25 2004 07:34
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I think it's nice to see Chaldrath again. I also think some other people in this thread need a large dose of self-awareness. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 24 2004 13:22
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Enough with the emotive adjectives and nouns... I for one am quite prepared to accept that the meat on my plate required something to die. You may not be and prefer not to eat meat. That's your choice. I don't believe in preaching against it and can't find any decent reason why it is of necessity actually bad to be a vegetarian. If you could do the same we'll stop thinking of huge bloody steaks, you can stop telling us we're facillitating brutal murder, you can go back to eating soya and lettuce and I can get back to selectively breeding bunny rabbits for cuteness and strangling them with my bare hands. Fair? -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 24 2004 13:17
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I only bothered watching the last 15 minutes of extra time and penalties. The Portugese goalie was pretty cool. Tomorrow, myself and some friends will be sticking up a bunch of Portugese flags and playing the Portugese national anthem loudly. And the day after that, nobody will attempt to talk to me about football for another 2 years. Hooray. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 24 2004 09:38
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Sarua, what you were talking about is irrelevant. I was providing a counter-example to your rather spurious argument. If you criticise BoA scenarios for not being part of the Avernum canon, you're essentially saying you prefer the Avernum canon. And if the Avernum canon displays the same changes of aim... Aran, a good plot needs motivation. The motivation for the Vahnatai to attack the Empire is horrifically sketchy and they are portrayed as almost entirely homogenous, showing Vogel's irritating tendency not to bother developing villains properly. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 23 2004 10:33
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Do we have to have this argument? Because I've been building up a stockpile of flawed and inflammatory anti-vegetarian arguments, and really don't want to have to share them. Lets just agree that everybody likes brains, only some like them on their plates and others inside their skulls. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 23 2004 10:30
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quote:You know, there's a reason Exile/Avernum 3's plot is generally considered to be the worst of the trilogy. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 22 2004 10:22
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I can never be bothered with additional email addresses which limits my production of new accounts. Mind you, all my new accounts have been created by getting a hotmail account, taking the message and leaving the account so it gets destroyed. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, June 22 2004 10:19
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quote:I wasn't aware we had an intellectual in our midst. You might want to read the posts by Djur and Alec in this thread. You might notice something. Or suffer an embolism trying. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, June 21 2004 12:04
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How about a game where you have a paddle on either side of the screen which you can move up and down and a ball bouncing in between the two paddles, with the idea being to get the ball past the other player's paddle? -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, June 21 2004 07:43
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And prepare to be irritated by cliches. Welcome, always nice to have a new member who's literate. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, June 21 2004 07:39
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A slight dampness in the ground and high humidity slowed the fire down slightly but persistence and a strengthening wind meant it was only a few minutes before the fire caught. The smell reached Kenthred and Chadussid moments before they saw the first licks of flame through the trees. "It appears the demons are trying to save you some effort. Might be an idea to move." Chadussid nodded and moved off south. "Not that way. We don't want to waste time going round it. It hasn't engulfed the whole area. If we move fast, we can get on the leeward side of the fire." "Accepted. What do you plan to do when you meet a horde of demons on the other side?" "If they're imps or something similarly stupid, we can convince them we're working for Garath now. I've got a couple of bracelets in my pack I looted from some temple somewhere. They don't do anything, but they look vaguely demonic. Take one." Kenthred reaches into his bag, picks out a pair of bracelets decorated with a sigil resembling an S and throws one to Chadussid. "And if you see any humans or higher demons, kill them on sight. If they've got a spear, give it to me. Lets go." Chadussid and Kenthred step between two of the more advanced prongs of the fire and out of the view of the reader. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 20 2004 02:03
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Well, revival is sometimes tolerable. It's reviving topics when you have nothing to say that's frowned upon. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, June 20 2004 02:02
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"That's all very well, but long term plans aren't much use here. First order of the day is not dying." "That means you lot need to get well away from here. Selger might be the right place to regroup, demons don't need to inhabit the town per se. But I don't care. Just get away and use your initiative." Kenthred beckons Chadussid over. "You and I aren't going with them. The two of us in the dark can cause more damage than a large group of wounded, bumbling and arguing fools. Besides, it'll make you marginally less likely to have to deal with a dagger in the back." As the rest of the group move off, squabbling as quietly as possible about eventual aims, Chadussid and Kenthred stride through the forest the other way. About 300 yards further on, both stop at once. An inhuman grunt is heard, swiftly followed by strange high-pitched giggling. The pair begin to flank the location. Kenthred gets a clear view first. The creature is as large as a Shetland pony, with a huge black mane, legs with an unfeasible amount of bony protuberances above the hooves, burning red eyes and row upon row of teeth. Behind it half a dozen kobolds dance about like maniacs, presumably with some small item of loot. Kenthred's gaze returns to the creature. Whilst the rest of its body is blacker than the darkest night sky, its teeth are a shining white. He counts two rows of teeth, a mixture of incisors and oversized canines. Briefly, he glances to his side and notices Chadussid has very nearly enveloped the kobolds. He turns back to the creature. It's name, he recalls, is a Nightmare. This thing is not even half grown. They have six rows of teeth, he recalls. Suddenly, he steps out into the clearing and slams the butt of his spear into the ground. The Nighmare notices him and unleashes a barbarous roar. As its mouth opens wide, Kenthred observes the third and fourth rows of teeth. He takes a step forward. The Nightmare charges. No mortal beast could reach such a great speed so quickly. In little more than a second, it is upon him. As it leaps, Kenthred spots the fifth row of teeth, full of premolars. He adjusts the angle of his spear slightly. And as the spear enters the Nightmare's brain through the roof of its mouth, the end in his hands snapping off as this happens, he sees the sixth row of teeth. Then draws his sword and in the same smooth movement, ends the creatures writhings. The entire affair was over within three seconds. As the startled kobolds rush forward, Chadussid somersaults through the air. Two of the kobolds collapse with blades in their backs. The remaining four pause, unsure where to turn. And through hesitation, they are lost. Kenthred lunges towards the nearest, the point of his sword going straight through its fragile brain casing. Chadussid abandons his blades and breaks a kobold's neck with his hands. Kenthred knocks a kobold off its feet with a huge downward smash from a shield and as he goes to finish him off, the last kobold attempts to make a break. He goes two steps before Chadussid delivers the grave gauche. "That wasn't too hard. Pity it didn't achieve anything." Chadussid shakes his head as he bends over to retrieve his weapons. "Rubbish. That Nightmare's roar was pretty loud. Every demonspawn within half a mile is going to come investigate. I'd call that a pretty good lure." "Then we'll have to do this quickly." A look of confusion momentarily crosses Chadussid's face, almost instantaneously replaced by Kenthred's boot. Kenthred drags him into a nearby thicket, shoves him up against a tree and as he frisks him for weapons, begins to speak. "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you out of pique or ambition. I'm only going to kill you if I think you're making things more dangerous for me. OK?" Chadussid nods, a small discrete movement intended to look nothing like a potential hostile act. "Now, I have some questions for you. Lets start with this. What are you doing here? You aren't just here because you wanted adventure. You said yourself that the Corps sent a representative. They knew a Corpsman was in Selger. They knew there was great potential for danger. "Yet they sent a young Master Sergeant. The Corps fetishises youth, but even taking that into account you've risen quickly. "And you aren't an officer. I recognise your accent. Educated at a top school, scion of a provincial gentry family, the sort which always fills the regular military. "That you went into the Corps isn't too surprising. That you didn't become an officer is. In fact, it stinks. It suggests the Corps had better uses for you. "In fact, I don't believe you're as ignorant as you pretend. I think the Corps has a better idea of what's going on out here than the crown. I think the Corps knew one of their men was still alive. "I think you've been tasked to either kill him or bring him back. And I think their must be a reason they chose you. "So what is he? Uncle? Older brother? Tell me, and make your lie convincing. The sooner I know why you're here and can therefore work out why the rest of us were allowed to tag along, the sooner I can give you back your weapons and we can show Garath how you really do a blood eagle." -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 19 2004 11:38
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(OOC: My last post is relevant, except for a few lines. Kenthred wasn't just saying Rey should not use the demonslayer, he was saying he shouldn't use a sword. And if he wasn't using it, somebody else should have been.) Eferas raised his hands. Though unsure it was a good idea to actually kill somebody, he did not want his threat to be shown to be so empty nor to allow Chadussid to browbeat the rest of the group into following him. Merely to stun him slightly as he had to Law would seem sufficient. A pulse of anger went through him. Perhaps Chadussid did deserve to die. It might at least remove a source of dissension. For a fraction of a second, he considered. And collapsed, having been kicked hard in the backs of the knees. "You might be powerful, old man, but you're too slow and conflicted. He could probably have taken you whilst you pondered whether he deserved to die. Leave the rashness and stupidity to those of us with more practice in those arts." Kenthred then extended his hand to help Eferas back up and addressed the group as a whole. "Well, it doesn't seem likely that anything's going to stop these fights. I'm not going to lecture you or make another threat. But whilst you were brawling, I learnt something." "The demons didn't attack. If any of the group who just came in were possessed, they'd have chosen that moment to attack and so would their buddies out there." "However, we still can't leave until we're properly organised. Law, Sadith and Sylvain are going to have to tell their stories." "Then at some point, at least some of us are going to have to visit Selger and try to find out what happened. If there are any other survivors, we'll want some kind of beacon here so they can get closer." "And I say we forget about that temple. We just need to get out of here. We or somebody else can come back at a later time when we're properly prepared." -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 19 2004 09:55
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Nor would the Avernum games were realism a greater concern. Your point being? -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 19 2004 09:53
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I think you came back about two years ago. Having an additional account isn't actually useful. If you should need to use another account, you can just register a new one. Boredom, being universally reviled or having your account crashing and burning are about the only reasons for getting a new account. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 19 2004 09:48
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One man's meat is another man's poison. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 18 2004 01:12
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"Rey, put the sword down. You think demons won't sense the power of the weapon? Even unwounded you wouldn't be strong enough to form the centrepiece of an attack. Take the shield instead. You don't need any co-ordination to use that and I'd rather you knocked demons down with it and needed someone else to deliver the coup de grace than that you had a sword but no defence and you got killed. Get somebody to follow you and knife anything you knock down." "Stick with me and give the sword to somebody big enough and stupid enough to wield it." As Rey considered, Kenthred wrenched the sword from his hands and handed it to Oskoth. "Another one of the adventurers must be able to use this." -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 18 2004 01:03
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Viking meant raider by the 12th century, and vikingr was to raid. However, there's still some dispute about whether that was the original meaning, or whether it originally meant 'one who comes from the Vik' and eventually grew synonymous with raiding. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 17 2004 09:19
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(OOC: Tunnels? Doesn't that seem slightly too convenient to you?) "Garath, I would like you to witness that our two friends are seemingly on the brink of violence. I would like you to note that I am holding what appears to be a crossbow of the 193 pattern coming from the Malney Manufactory." "I would further like you to witness that I am holding this weapon only for the good of the group. I would like you to witness that should either Mr. Law or Sgt. Chadussid care to continue their quarrel by violent means I will be forced to shoot the agressor for the good of the group. I think you will agree that in this case one might consider it to be self-defence and an aid in restoring discipline." "Has that got your attention? Then stop squabbling. Chadussid, if you're going to make accusations you can't back up, watch your back. When there's a killer running around wearing your uniform, you don't want anybody to think you might be a double agent." "And your rank and unit mean nothing. We aren't a military group." "Mr. Law, if you think that a tunnel from here to Selger built in a hurry is completely structurally sound, you're either a master architect or an idiot. Nothing suggests the first. And if you think that we can get the whole group down this tunnel, you're away in fantasyland." "That's not to say it's useless. If you can collapse the tunnel loudly enough, it ought to draw some of the demons away. But I just don't believe that tunnel is safe." -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |