Profile for Or else o'erleap.
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| Displayed name | Or else o'erleap. |
| Member number | 335 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 14579 |
| Homepage | http://www.polarisboard.net |
| Registered | Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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| What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, July 29 2006 18:31
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There wasn't really any reason for Nethergate's enforced order of major quests, but it never bothered me. It also helps to keep the Celt and Roman party rivalry reasonable. Once you can head west of the Ruined Hall you can travel all of Shadowvale anyway so it isn't such a restriction. —Alorael, who actually thinks games usually benefit from being linear. Very few games can pull off E1/A1's mostly aimless wandering without becoming so unfocused that they aren't fun. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 23:38
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It is most emphatically not indelible. The question is how much collateral damage is acceptable in expunging the offending posts and possibly resuscitating the thread. —Alorael, who can only add that if the UBB were slightly better, this would be solveable. Then again, if the UBB were slightly better this would not be a problem. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 21:16
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Long post crashes aren't the same as long thread crashes. And posting the Kama Sutra is a flagrant offense on several accounts. —Alorael, who is mostly strongly annoyed by it. The fact that this causes bad things was already stated many times. This was done deliberately to cause said bad things. It was done with material that is most definitely not wanted on these boards. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Castle Storage Room... in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 13:48
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[Edit: I just accidentally killed this post. The gist is that the door is not meant to open and there's nothing inside anyway. Don't worry about it.] —Alorael, who apologizes for the inconvenience [ Friday, July 28, 2006 21:23: Message edited by: Evidence of Unreality ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum Tactics in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 13:47
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You're posting on a heavily Mac-using shareware forum. I'd be surprised if at least half the people here hadn't played EV or at least its sequels/remakes. —Alorael, who isn't sure what the proper term is for the EV games. Successors? Cash cow buddies? Partners in galactic crime? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 13:44
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There is nothing old about Angband, although I'm on hiatus after my most recent death. To poison. After killing Qlzqqlzuup. Oh, the pseudorandom! —Alorael, who wonders who this Julian Lighton is and whether he knows he's now the Angband maintainer. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, July 28 2006 13:38
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The surface is a generic fantasy world. It is boring. The less involved it is the better. Avernum has become too much of a playground. Every conceivable threat should be ground into a fine, reddish powder. The only thing left in the old, boring Avernum is politics, and Avernites don't really go for politics much. What does that leave? The frontier. Onward and downward! [Edit: I am literate.] —Alorael, who hopes for more vahnatai, maybe vahnatai not related to Rentar-Ihrno's bunch at all. He'd also like to see (apologies to Kel) more about the slith lands below Lost Bahssikava. [ Friday, July 28, 2006 16:58: Message edited by: Evidence of Unreality ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 27 2006 20:39
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I should have said "for you non-Americans." —Alorael, who realizes that he has now quite possibly irritated anyone living south of the United States (Canadians don't seem to mind). Please note that there is no other acceptable adverb or shortened noun for the USA. There have been plenty of "United States" but only one "of America." Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 27 2006 16:03
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It's only a little bit bad for being spyware. It's mostly bad for being a grotesque piece of software that I detest intensely. Unfortunately, MPlayerOSX and VLC refuse to play the few Real-only files I have, so I still have RealPlayer sitting on my computer. Yuck. —Alorael, who uses Safari most of the time and Firefox occasionally. He has briefly considered giving Shiira a try but can't work up the enthusiasm. His browsers of choice do everything he needs. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 27 2006 15:53
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web.archive.org/web/19970328060704/http://www.spidweb.com/ I'd guess, oh, 3/28/1997. That's 28/3/1997 for you Europeans. —Alorael, who has no idea what 060704 is. Maybe 6:07:04 in the morning? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum Tactics in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, July 27 2006 15:50
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Tactical RPG isn't the same as real time strategy or even real time tactical. It means turn-based, among other things, and not at all based on the kind of resource gathering and research that goes into most RTS games like the Age Ofs. —Alorael, who could see a decent RTS game coming out of Avernum. And no, he's not thinking of the Empire War. The First Expedition would work wonderfully as a Myth-like game (or a Myth 2 mod) and the settlement of Avernum by the first exiles would make a good standard build, recruit, and conquer game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 27 2006 15:46
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Old is the Gold Box Games, LucasArts point and click adventures, and Roguelikes. The 2000's don't count at all, and anyone calling them abandonware has a loose definition of abandoned. —Alorael, who has fond memories of old Sims and a soft and squishy part of his heart (yes, groan, it's called for) for Descent. That was really the first and last first person shooter with which he had any degree of skill. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| AV2 - Swords question. in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, July 25 2006 21:03
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Because of the damage formulas, the greatsword will do more damage when you are at higher levels and have more points put into melee skills. On the other hand, the difference is so small that the shield is likely to be more significant. —Alorael, who thinks the real problem, if problem is the right word, is that greatswords tend to be weaker than their two-handedness suggests and waveblades are stronger than other swords. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 25 2006 21:01
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There are four NPCs who will join you in A1, A2, and A3. All of them tend to be powerful, especially if you get them early. Their levels depend on your levels but their starting skills are preset and level-independent. —Alorael, who has heard that they have slowed experience gain and leveling to compensate. Since he never keeps them he's not sure how bad it is. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 25 2006 13:47
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My experience with SimEarth left me with a burning question: what is a trichord? It looked like a three-armed sea star if I remember correctly. That's the tri, and I suppose possibly each one has a (noto)chord, but what are they based on? —Alorael, who likes any game in which the time required for the animation of a nuclear explosion to complete is much longer than the time the radioactivity remains in the area. That's what happens when thousands and thousands of years fly by each second. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 24 2006 20:52
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I'm not sure what Wikipedia you used, but I had no problem. I also owned Sim Isle (or SimIsle, apparently) at one point, but it's long lost in the detritus of time. —Alorael, who definitely does not consider Sim( )Isle as fun as Sim City. It's not even as much fun as really, really bad puns. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4 | |
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written Monday, July 24 2006 13:35
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Randomized three dimensional mazes would be neat! —Alorael, who would hate to see all the "Help I can't get through this maze" questions that could only be answered with "Good luck." Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 24 2006 13:27
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Given the way Avernum works, sometimes letting the player control additional characters is more likely to be irritating than interesting. Making any tactical considerations work in Avernum would first require an engine overhaul resulting in a need for tactics. —Alorael, who wouldn't say no to a more tactical Avernum. He would say no to Avernum Tactics. He prefers his RPGs unmixed. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, July 23 2006 11:11
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I've always wanted to be an all-purpose nominal protagonist! —Alorael, who has also always wanted to viciously assault someone with a flower. Where's his bainbloom? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, July 23 2006 10:05
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Poster #1: You have pointlessly spammed. Don't. Poster #2: It was Andrew, not Alec, and it crashed the boards. Maybe that needs to be added to the CoC. Poster #3: Why? —Alorael, who is in before the lock by zero seconds. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |