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| Displayed name | Djur Revolutions |
| Member number | 3149 |
| Title | Babelicious |
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| Registered | Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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| What are the names of the people in your parties? in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Friday, August 13 2004 11:00
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Yes. Yes, I do. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| What are the names of the people in your parties? in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Friday, August 13 2004 10:54
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I just read the name of this thread as "What are the names of the people in your panties?" -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Alexandra now includes Spiderweb Reviews! in Blades of Exile | |
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Babelicious
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written Friday, August 13 2004 08:50
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I graphed the average, and the SW scores deviate enough that the curve looks pretty ugly compared to CSR. Not worth it. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Who do you think will win Ansari X Prize? in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:48
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It's called Google. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Alexandra now includes Spiderweb Reviews! in Blades of Exile | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:35
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Following are the ten scenarios most differently rated at SW and CSR. All are rated more highly at SW than CSR. Grinch, The (-6.61) Curse of Rentolhm, The Compositus Labyrinth Mairwen's Crystal Bandit Busywork Green Meadows Dragon's Eye Realm of the Dragon Knights, The Gray Moon: The Hand of Darkness (-3.87) -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Pied Piper Project 2 - The Boards Strike Back in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:32
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quote:He doesn't run his own server. He uses shared hosting, and only has 500M available. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Good C++ books? in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 16:31
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A good programming book shouldn't require you to be on any given system. The fundamentals of programming nearly any language are identical on all systems. First C++ book I came across was C++ For Dummies; it was good, but that was in the days when the "For Dummies" books didn't suck. Now they do. Avoid. I'd recommend C++: The Complete Reference, but it's crap. I threw out all of my C++ books a while back, so I can just tell you what not to buy. :-p "The C++ Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup, however, is the best book on C++ out there. It's written by C++'s creator. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:54
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That'd do, although there are always caching strategies. I wouldn't expect any more from Vogel than from myself. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:54
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That'd do, although there are always caching strategies. I wouldn't expect any more from Vogel than from myself. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Alexandra now includes Spiderweb Reviews! in Blades of Exile | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 15:33
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Since you're busy archiving, I went ahead and did a few comparisons.  Speaks for itself. This is only comparing the surprisingly small intersection of scenarios reviewed at both SW and CSR. [ Thursday, August 12, 2004 15:33: Message edited by: Andrea ] -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| BoA Editor Suggestions in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:55
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I want there to be no limit, like a real programming language not designed by an imbecile. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:55
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I want there to be no limit, like a real programming language not designed by an imbecile. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Doom 3 in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 14:34
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 -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Doom 3 in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 13:59
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quote:It's not that we didn't believe it'd be good. It's the rest of what you said that made you sound like a pompous buffoon. And how you claimed you knew how good it'd be without having ever played it, of course, and then claiming that in fact you HAD played it because you are a famous game critic and smartey underwear model. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Pied Piper Project 2 - The Boards Strike Back in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 13:56
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LET IT BURN Why waste your time on backing up megabytes of old religious arguments, "SLITHS VS. NEPHILIM LOL" and "USELESS POLL!!!11one" threads? Find a couple of threads worth saving, save those, and let the rest go. The really important stuff will live on in memories. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Alexandra now includes Spiderweb Reviews! in Blades of Exile | |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 12:35
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I think it'd be interesting to normalize Spiderweb scores (by doubling them) and compare them to Alexandria and Lyceum scores. What the deviation is, etc. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 12:33
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How about getting rid of the 64000-line limit for scripts? -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 12:33
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How about getting rid of the 64000-line limit for scripts? -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| What are the names of the people in your parties? in General | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 11:18
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Spigot Rands Pants Deuce Atandt Bung -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| "Unknown Command" Error? in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 10:52
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Might you have a stray double-quote somewhere earlier in the file? If so, you should consider using an editor with syntax coloring in the future. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Thursday, August 12 2004 10:52
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Might you have a stray double-quote somewhere earlier in the file? If so, you should consider using an editor with syntax coloring in the future. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| Doom 3 in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 11 2004 19:58
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I have all of those except the GF3. (Still running on a GF2GTS.) It's a pretty good game. I'll probably buy it once I upgrade my video card and they release the Linux version. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| HAHA in Richard White Games | |
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written Wednesday, August 11 2004 17:47
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 I'm sorry, but this just kills me. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
| A Dialogue in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, August 11 2004 10:39
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Josip Tito: I broke Kel's HLPM. :P Ioseb J---: Oh? Josip Tito: Yes. I discovered a fairly crippling bug. Josip Tito: It arises out of the fact that BoA's engine treats spells and recipies as items in shops. Ioseb J---: Ah. Josip Tito: It means, for instance, that if you go through the Level Builder twice, the shops have twice the number of levels of spells. Ioseb J---: Weird. Josip Tito: So if previously you could only get the spell at level 2, you could now get it at level 4. Josip Tito: It happens because BoA's advertised features fall short. Ioseb J---: Ah. Ioseb J---: Just get Jeff to fix it. Josip Tito: Pff. :P Ioseb J---: I'm sure he'd do it if you asked him. Ioseb J---: Make a post about it. Josip Tito: Yes, but we'd have to wait a few months until the next update. Ioseb J---: Explain what happens and what should happen, and I'm sure he'll attend to it promptly and release a patch. Ioseb J---: He's a responsible businessman, and I'm sure he'll listen to his customers. Ioseb J---: I mean, I've heard all this stuff about how he's turned over a new leaf with BoA, and he's decided to start listening to the people who paid a hefty price for his software. Ioseb J---: Are you telling me that all this optimism and trust in a man who's shown repeatedly that he neither understands nor cares about his customers was misplaced? Josip Tito: Well, when you put it like that, I suppose I should just leave it in his hands to fix the editor. Josip Tito: I mean, how long am I realistically going to have to wait? Ioseb J---: It couldn't possibly be something like six years. Or forever. Josip Tito: (and I don't want to hear any jokes about BoG - because we all know that Jeff's not the kind of guy to bleed a franchise dry) Josip Tito: No, I'm sure he won't announce lockdown on this product in the next, oh, two months. Ioseb J---: Because every good developer knows work on a major product is never done, and feature enhancements and bug fixes are the way to gain repeat customers. Josip Tito: Oh, you don't have to tell that to the likes of Jeff. I mean, just look at his track record. Josip Tito: Granted, he might have been a little slack on BoE, but I think we were all a little hard on him about that. Ioseb J---: I know! Crippling bugs and missing advertised features are no reason to force his dozens, perhaps hundreds of customers to download a couple megabytes in bug fixes. And imagine the compatibility issues if someone actually tried to use a feature that was claimed to work? Josip Tito: Yeah. They are all very good reasons for putting idiotic players who are too dense to look on the web for updates above hard working designers. Ioseb J---: Definitely. I mean, what do those designers think they are? Paying customers who provide hours of superior play value for free, thus making purchases of Jeff's game worthwhile? Do they really think that they contribute to, nay, are the primary reason for Jeff Vogel's sales of Blades? Josip Tito: After all, the prime base of Vogel's sale is eight year old kids - and what do they want with complicated (not to mention interesting) plot lines. Za Khazi Run is good enough for them! Ioseb J---: Exactly! There's no way any designers, no matter how highly educated, intelligent, creative, and devoted they are, could ever make a scenario as good as Bandit Busywork! Josip Tito: Bandits Busywork gave the player exactly what they wanted - plain, simple, easy fun without having to do any laborious thinking. Ioseb J---: Because people don't like tactics, or plot, or good town design! They just want to go hack up some baddies and score some "phat lewts!" Josip Tito: I know I'd much rather play BoE than any other commercial RPG for the sole reason that I am in much need of said phat lewts. Ioseb J---: God bless Jeff Vogel and his wondrous skill at crafting games! Hail him for his amazing and cunning business model of advertising the moon and selling hunks of green cheese! I am in awe at his ability to scam pre-teens and their parents out of their hard-earned money for constant retreads of the same material! Josip Tito: I mean, what is the point of a capitalist state if not to try and steal money off kids? [ Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:50: Message edited by: Andrea ] -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 11 2004 08:28
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Hmm. I think I signed up here to post in TM's Inn of Blades topic. (DAMN YOU) -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |