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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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Mods of yesteryear in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 16:31 Profile Homepage #18 I liked it better when it showed mods on the front page of the boards. Drakey couldn't do sneaky things that way. —Alorael, who moves to bring back avatars, bring mods back to the front, and ban stupidity from Spiderweb. Huzzah! Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 16:29 Profile Homepage #175 Eliminate haste entirely! Make players earn their AP! —Alorael, who considers the haste-bless pre-battle setup an unconscious reaction by now. It really would work almost as well to have the spells cost a much larger amount of energy and give them a duration like Enduring Armor's. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Please, spare my Karma! in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 11:03 Profile Homepage #6 If you mention karma it goes down. That is the function of karma. —Alorael, who has not rated anyone in the last two or three years. Maybe four. He doesn't think it's worth the effort and he has a mental filter to block out karma and the rating buttons now. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mods of yesteryear in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 11:01 Profile Homepage #15 Lady J was one of the very few unduly elected Misc. mods. I don't think she was ever a General mod. Scorpius cannot be described. He can only be experienced. —Alorael, who isn't quite sure how some of the first mods became the first mods other than early arrival and duration of stay. Scorp is something of a case in point. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Stalking With a Vengance in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 08:44 Profile Homepage #8 That certainly sounds like Dragonlords. Isles of War was bad but never that bad. —Alorael, who expended unnecessary effort in proving this true. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Code of Community in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 08:33 Profile Homepage #61 Arctic is a very snuggly but moderately tentacular Finn who eats invisible newbies. His absence can only mean that he is defending us from the ravening invisible hordes. —Alorael, who has always wanted to raven. Or at least wreak. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mods of yesteryear in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Saturday, July 22 2006 08:31 Profile Homepage #11 Schro is an admin because he threatened to ever so slightly disturb the orbits of celestial bodies so that they would crash into the Earth and destroy us all if we didn't give him dictatorial power. He's also a very kind and patient man who would never abuse such power. Alcritas is a giant of the BoE world. His arc series of scenarios is one of the major reasons to play BoE. You should have voted for Alcritas. —Alorael, who thinks it would be more accurate to say that TM was a mod of GF until Scorpius started to suck. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mods of yesteryear in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Friday, July 21 2006 23:28 Profile Homepage #6 Drakey, Schro, and i don't count as ex-mods on general principles. —Alorael, who recalls that Geneforge was released in late June of 2002. TM ceased to be a mod in April. There was no incongruity. Except for the one that goes without saying. Posts: 14579* \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I'm a Runescape freak how about you? in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Friday, July 21 2006 20:42 Profile Homepage #14 If I wanted to have fun with MMORPGs, I could go with all kinds of choices that aren't Runescape. There are the favorites like World of Warcraft and Everquest and I'm not sure what else now. But those aren't free. Games like Shadowbane and Anarchy Online are, though, or you could go with the smaller setups like Dofus, Graal, or many others. And there are always those MUDs that keep out the riff-raff by avoiding pretty graphics. quote: Originally written by Bomber: the rest i have not or never will try. This is what is wrong with the world. —Alorael, who has never had much interest in Runescape. He has no intense loathing for it mostly because he has spent only five minutes on it before going back to something else. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mods of yesteryear in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Friday, July 21 2006 14:02 Profile Homepage #0 It occurred to me that I probably can't list everyone who has been a mod on the UBB. This calls for an appeal to the akashic records of Spiderweb, or at least the assembled memories of everyone here. In no particular order... Lightning Exiled: Misc.Timon the Minstrel: Misc.Alec: Misc.Djur: Misc.TM: Many of the forums.Scorp: Many of the forums.Lady J: Misc.Drezin: Exile Trilogy? Was it Drezin and not another member?MM: Wasn't a mod on the UBB, was he?omlette: Exile TrilogyZeviz: I don't rememberEdward Jonathan Jackson Lemur: (Did I get that right?) Misc, I think. Maybe not on the UBB. Maybe I'm making it up entirely.Alcritas: Misc. But it was never meant to be...—Alorael, who welcomes any additions, subtractions, modifications, or addenda. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Using archery in E3 in The Exile Trilogy
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Friday, July 21 2006 13:42 Profile Homepage #8 The Great Potato is Drakey. —Alorael, who equipped all his archers with returning ammunition and rarely used any of his bows. The time spent shooting is better spent charging so as to start applying two-bladed fury. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Resistance and Stupid Characters in The Avernum Trilogy
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Thursday, July 20 2006 18:25 Profile Homepage #6 A1 has three game-winning quests, one of which is decidedly less glorious than the others. A2 also has three, all of which are related to defeating the Empire. A3 has one and only one quest, and you're working on it from day one. All three games also have piles of minor kill this, fetch that, deliver this, find that quests. Avernum 3 is the largest, so it has more of those. —Alorael, who still think A4 deserves recognition for having the most drawn out minor quest. Lark is at least good for a full game of entertainment. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Resistance and Stupid Characters in The Avernum Trilogy
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Thursday, July 20 2006 13:10 Profile Homepage #2 You can also ask questions with motives other than getting literal answers. For example, if you ask someone what Unspecified Services is (or Covert Ops, actually, since Unspecified Services disappeared in Avernum), you may be more interested in hearing what they think of it than what they think it is. —Alorael, who is sure many people have used such inquerical manipulations before. He is also sure that the previous sentence was an unabashed excuse to create the word inquerical. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Where are the Geneforgers? in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Wednesday, July 19 2006 13:39 Profile Homepage #30 Geneforge is newer, so I'd expect more active discussion about it to be visible. People have already done their gabbing about the Avernum trilogy and by now A4 should be dominating the babble. —Alorael, who is quite certain that Jeff knows TM's opinion of his games. On the other hand, TMs are part of life on the internet and he increases the value of Blades significantly. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Which game to get? in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Wednesday, July 19 2006 13:34 Profile Homepage #32 There is a remake of Nethergate in the future, but it's the unforeseeable future. —Alorael, who wonders what would happen if you put a cat in a crystal ball with a capsule of deadly poison gas with a 50% chance of being opened by radioactive decay. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
[bug] cast mage while armored in Avernum 4
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Wednesday, July 19 2006 13:30 Profile Homepage #4 There was a time when you could have any character cast during another character's turn. Those were fun beta days. —Alorael, who really never had that much trouble with freezing. Fleeing was a far more frequent and lethal threat. You only get one round to cast Unshackle Mind before the character is too far away and probably getting eaten by a grue to boot. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Code of Community in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Wednesday, July 19 2006 13:28 Profile Homepage #41 quote: Originally written by Lenar Research Facilites: #60: Only Dikiyobians are allowed to speak in the third person. —Alorael, who disagrees fervently. Speaking in the third person is a crazy thing to do. See #1. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Wednesday, July 19 2006 13:24 Profile Homepage #161 It's not all that uncommon for double posts to happen when there are two different large posts or pieces of posts that need quoting. If you don't want to work out the tags and copying and pasting by hand you can click quote on both of the posts, open two reply windows, and copy one of them into the other. —Alorael, who doesn't do this very much. It's usually more work than just writing out the tags. In fact, he can't remember when he's done it at all, but he's sure that he has. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Off the top of your head in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, July 18 2006 10:45 Profile Homepage #102 The Arrogant Worms have made many days. I particularly like "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" and "I am Quebecois." —Alorael, who wonders if anyone has done a thorough study of red light behaviors in various countries and regions. Yes, this is relevant. Apparently Quebec has a very loose relationship with red lights. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Hey look! It's still the seventeenth! in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, July 18 2006 10:37 Profile Homepage #10 Nothing was active. Having a highest monthly post count under 200 is a far cry from the spam-fests of months past. —Alorael, who thinks single-handedly trying to fix that probably falls under the heading of doubleplusungood. It's a pity. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
V for Valkyr in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, July 18 2006 10:29 Profile Homepage #15 "Non-pharmacological drug" is an oxymoron. I'll leave it at that. —Alorael, who is quite sure that there are those who can write quite coherently while impaired by various substances both illicit and licit. He's even fairly sure that it's been done here before. No, he's not talking about skribbane. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Ideas for a Nethergate 3 in Nethergate
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Tuesday, July 18 2006 10:24 Profile Homepage #13 Since he'll be updating with the same engine, as has been made clear, and since he has been pretty clear in the past that no sequel, prequel, sidequel, or other quel is even on the back burner, you can sleep soundly. —Alorael, who wouldn't mind something Nethergate-esque with the Geneforge engine. He still doesn't like real-time very much, but he'll take the joys of Nethergate where he can get them. Not that this makes any difference because Jeff is not making any new Nethergate other than the one that's just more pieces for the old Nethergate. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Just payed through the celts and wondering... in Nethergate
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, July 17 2006 20:08 Profile Homepage #8 This is an evil act. This thread is no true survivor, as its several years of dormancy attest. If I could I would delete the degrading spam and let the true never-ending thread reign supreme. —Alorael, who will instead just complain about it. He does what he can. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Worst game possible: First round in Richard White Games
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, July 17 2006 17:32 Profile Homepage #29 It's the journey, not the destination. I'd be happy to play a great game with an impossible ending. Okay, not happy, but I'll take whatever amazing I can get. —Alorael, who thinks Homeland meets several of the criteria listed here. Oh yes. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Which game to get? in General
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, July 17 2006 14:45 Profile Homepage #18 Get the demos. They really tell you what you need to know, especially about engines. If you like the Exile engine, be aware that Exile 1 shows its age and Exile 2 is also a bit cruder. Exile 3 and Blades of Exile are both nice. All the Avernums are solid, although A1 has no quest log. A2 is generally considered to have the strongest plot, but A1 is the beginning and introduces the world of Avernum. A3 is unquestionably the largest and has more stuff, but the plot itself is simple. It's still fun! If you like the Avernum engine, Nethergate has the same engine (nearly) and has the best plot of any Spiderweb game. It's got woad! It's got bloody sacrifices! It's got madcap faerie critters! Try it. It also has two separate plots to follow depending on your party type, and they're very cleverly intertwined. I am not a big Geneforge fan, so I'll leave that to those who know. Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum are both games that you can't get a good sense of from the demo. The real selling point is the ability to play scenarios made by anyone and everyone. Blades of Exile has a huge repertoire of extremely good scenarios, so if you like the E3/BoE engine you should strongly consider buying it. It's also got a very easy to use scenario editor if you want to make your own. Blades of Avernum is newer and harder to use, so it has fewer scenarios. —Alorael, who doesn't think Spiderweb games tend towards 8 hours, but they're also not 40 hours. Maybe 20 is closer. It depends on how much of the not technically necessary but rather important things you do. Avernum 4 is on the shorter end of the spectrum, but that's not a problem per se. Nethergate is short too and it's wonderful. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00

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