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Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, October 27 2004 20:29 Profile #60
You're from San Fransisco. You don't count.

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Ghost Stories in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, October 27 2004 19:30 Profile #11
Oh yeah? So that's why you walk around dressed like satan and threaten people? I get it. I really do.

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Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, October 27 2004 19:28 Profile #57
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Also, what exactly are they objecting to? I would think that an airline would profit from the perception that they have sexy flight attendants. It's not like there's any nudity — it's just her legs.
"A US airline attendant is fighting for her job after she was suspended over postings on her blog, or online diary."

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Tuesday, October 26 2004 20:11 Profile #52
My final statement on the subject:

It lies beyond this link.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Ghost Stories in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Tuesday, October 26 2004 19:11 Profile #1
We don't celebrate pagan feasts, you heathen. We burn huge bonfires to keep the dark forces at bay, and pray to all saints available.

Honestly, what has become of evil if people celebrate it by dressing funny and whine for candy? That's pathetic. Poor evil. Another one bites the dust.

M.R.James could probably help you with the ghost stories.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Tuesday, October 26 2004 01:16 Profile #47
The next person who is planning to leave could leave behind some sort of (preferably mysterious) message. "If I suddenly disappear, call this number/contact this person/go to Paddington station and look behind the third bench from the right".

Already I can see the chain of clues that would lead us from the smoky bars of New Orleans through the cafés of downtown Paris and (preferably) end in a wild car chase somewhere on the Siberian tundra. Druglords and mafia enforcers would also be great. And exploding helicopters.

Think you could do that? Please?

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Friday, October 22 2004 02:25 Profile #8
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

I don't think anyone (shut up, FBM) is actually that different on these boards from how he or she is in real life.
I'm not nearly as witty in real life.

EDIT: I dare you to say it.

[ Friday, October 22, 2004 02:26: Message edited by: Kreshweed ]

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
favorite monster in The Exile Trilogy
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Thursday, October 21 2004 20:37 Profile #1
Dragons have more personality than most (I don't consider Exiles and Imperials to be monsters, though I suppose you could). Technically there's only five of them, but still.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Cyber Culture/ What is real? in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Thursday, October 21 2004 20:34 Profile #3
Yes, you are all faceless freaks to me. And please, no more picture threads. I'm very happy with you being faceless freaks. The thought that you would be persons is scary as hell. I mean, I would have to start thinking about what I say. Maybe even care about what you say. And treat you with respect! And stop pretending to be what I'm not!

Please, be faceless freaks. Everybody will have a better time.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Who is your favorite exile? in The Exile Trilogy
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Tuesday, October 19 2004 01:36 Profile #1
Patrick. He was obviously jealous of Erica, Solberg and the more powerful wizards, but still did all he could for Exile. And he even managed to live the good life, with his wife. I think he is one of the more intriguing personalities in Exile.

Of course, if you'd get to choose from all the Exiles, I'd say Nance and Elspeth. They're not deep or anything like that, but they give the whole Exile thing a human face. They hang around from the beginning to the end, and their fates impersonate that of Exile's. Their characters are thin as paper, and still they somehow manage to change during the trilogy.

Of course, there are many other characters that also hang along. But Nance and Elspeth are still... the most human. The innocent. Those who suffer. Those who flee the war rather than go kicking Empire arse. Those who get separated and reunited. Those who actually live their lives. It's hard to explain, but I don't think I've found anything similar to them in other games.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Index in The Avernum Trilogy
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Thursday, October 14 2004 21:28 Profile #6
Become..? On SW..?

Heavens, no! We were just expressing our condolences. What poor luck!

EDIT: :P

[ Thursday, October 14, 2004 21:28: Message edited by: Kreshweed ]

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Index in The Avernum Trilogy
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Thursday, October 14 2004 19:43 Profile #3
Heeeyy, Kelandon is a Blademaster! When did that happen?

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
My theory on stupid people. in General
Sebald
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Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, October 13 2004 02:23 Profile #33
No, Thuryl is stupid too. He's just good at pretending not to be. Short sentences and long words usually do the trick. Watch and learn, son.

Of course, none of this matters since you are stupid too. We are all stupid. Better run through the jungle.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
My theory on stupid people. in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Tuesday, October 12 2004 21:44 Profile #29
Heeeyy, a stupid theory topic. I once made a theory on stupid people. The basic idea was that they really, really are stupid. Stupid as in stupid. It was the poor man's revenge towards the all-people-are-equal-and-good stuff I had been fed for all my life. Because people aren't equal. Some are stupid. Then I realized I was no different in their eyes. Oh. A pity. I was rather unwilling to give up my theory, however, and so I settled for the following:

If you are a person, people think you are stupid. You think you are not stupid. Sadly, you are stupid. This because of the fact that you think you are not stupid. If you think you are stupid, you probably are, too.

I know. I'm rather amazed myself. It's like a philosophy. Just accept that people really are stupid heaps of dung no smarter than you. I guarantee your life will be much easier and happier. It's like... nirvana. The simple life. Freedom from almost everything. You'll realize how life was meant to be lived.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Good news! in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Sunday, October 10 2004 19:37 Profile #1
Nice. Until you find this.

* Mobian (Sonic the Hedgehog, but only certain universes)

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Music?? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Sunday, October 10 2004 19:32 Profile #38
U2
Pink Floyd (mainly "Comfortably Numb" over and over again)
Bruce Springsteen
RHCP
Jethro Tull
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Simon & Garfunkel
Moody Blues
The Beach Boys
The Eagles
The Grateful Dead

Make of that what you want.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Ethics? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Thursday, October 7 2004 19:38 Profile #1
1. There is no right or wrong moral system.

2. There might be a right moral system, but we have no chance of knowing it and living by it. Which leads us to point one.

You must define what "right" is. Believe me, no divine/supernatural/cosmologicl thing will come and tell you the "ultimate thruth and how things should be done etc". When you have defined thruth and right, live that way. You don't know if it's right, but it's the best you've got.

Not hurting people is not "right". It's just that people prefer having it that way. If you like it, follow that code. It isn't the ultimate thruth, but it can be quite nice, nontheless.

Crimes are defined by belief systmes. Laws are based on belief systems. Crime is not more or less than law. It's just different ways of looking at something.

Of course, if you don't want to spend your life in jail, you'd better follow the widely accepted belief system we know as "don't steal from others - don't hurt others". Aka the law. Democracy rules.

Why do I always end up with so twisted views? I shouldn't think so much.

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and I hoped this had something to do with the first post.

[ Thursday, October 07, 2004 19:39: Message edited by: Kreshweed ]

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Ending Anama membership w/ false rings? in The Avernum Trilogy
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, October 6 2004 21:16 Profile #5
I think I once made up some sort of list after fooling around with the editor. I suspect it rests in the gentle waves of oblivion now, though.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Politics in Exile? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Monday, October 4 2004 19:23 Profile #11
The sliths! The sliths and the, uhh, native Americans! That's the missing link!

You can thank me now. Hmm?

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Books! What're you reading? in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Sunday, October 3 2004 21:10 Profile #21
"Jag har sett dem", a collection of poems by Bo Carpelan. I should read more, but Vvardefell takes up a lot of my reading time.

Oh, and TM = teh bigwig.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 19:37 Profile #56
quote:
Originally written by Corrigere:

quote:
Originally written by Seaweed:

Avernum 4 could tell the story of the First Expedition. You know, "a small band of Empire adventurers descended to the unexplored caves where dragons and demons freely roamed etc".

Only then it would have to end with everyone being slaughtered. A pity.
This, I believe, would be a fiercely interesting game: Skip the useless level-building since you already have Demonslayer, Giantslayer, Smite, etc, and have every tactical challenge revolve around the situations of the members of the expedition- each chapter could be the story of each member. (And it's not assumed that every one of them died- just that their equipment scattered. After all, there IS a physical exit to Exile/Avernum at that point, and since falling off of a cliff inevitably means that the person is still alive, it's plenty feasible that they might only be assumed to be dead.) The various chapters would be gauntlets where the single party member could have people join his/her crew, and most paths end in slaughter- there would be lots of fleeing.

Unfortunately, there would be few (if any) goblin dungeons and little senseless slaughtering. So much for that idea.
I think leveling up your character is a huge part of the fun. Along with finding and stealing exciting new stuff from the still warm corpses. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to put it all on one card - which would be the plot. Don't overestimate the tactical combat part. I don't think it would be that much of a bait. Surely not with standard players who just want a standard RPG.

So yes, I'm kicking the ass of my own suggestion. Not a very commercial concept. Someone could try it out in a BoA scenario, though.

Djur: I wasn't speaking literally. Just pointing out that A4 would give the whole Avernum saga a good shake, maybe even unbalance it a little. Which we all know, of course.

EDIT: Okay then, so unbalance it a lot.

[ Thursday, September 30, 2004 23:07: Message edited by: Seaweed ]

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Thursday, September 30 2004 02:44 Profile #38
Avernum: The beginning
Avernum: Genesis

Avernum 4 could tell the story of the First Expedition. You know, "a small band of Empire adventurers descended to the unexplored caves where dragons and demons freely roamed etc".

Only then it would have to end with everyone being slaughtered. A pity.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Wednesday, September 29 2004 19:12 Profile #34
My retro-active spoiler-alert just kicked in.

EDIT: Notice how my post count is 667? Meaning I passed 666. Without making any noise about it! I think I deserve some recognition here, what?

[ Wednesday, September 29, 2004 21:24: Message edited by: Seaweed ]

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Avernum 4 in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Monday, September 27 2004 19:26 Profile #15
I think it is great news, as I never thought of BoA as an Avernum game at all. I also agree with Alorael, it's a fine world and we've been away for too long already.

Then to the bad part. All great works come in trilogies. I can't see how Jeff could squeeze out something new and engaging from the world of Avernum. It's all been used by now, really. The beginning, the struggle and the end. If unlucky, we will just recieve some poor BoA-like extended scenario, which has nothing to do with Avernum itself.

I'm not saying Jeff couldn't pull it off. I just don't see how he's going to do it. He must have something really special in mind, though, if he's ressurecting that olde beast. Let's hope he simply surprises us all and blows our minds away.

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Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00
Non-SW game recommendations in General
Sebald
Lifecrafter
Member # 3310
 written Monday, September 27 2004 04:02 Profile #33
quote:
Originally written by And the marijuana leaf.:

Morrowind : Game of the Year Edition
I'll second that. Morrowind will rock you like nothing before. Nothing for you I-play-every-second-Sunday-if-it-would-happen-to-rain. It's hardcore, sonny, and eventually you will cry like a sissy boy. And surrender your life. Oh yes you will.

Since I always recommend Fredrik Pohl's Gateway, I'm going to do it know. Play it.

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