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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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, May 13 2006 09:50
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Please don't bump with spam. —Alorael, who is sure that anyone who still had a game to discuss would have discussed it. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Avernum V in Avernum 4 | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, May 13 2006 09:43
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Yes, Thuryl was directly addressing you. No, Jeff is not likely to comment, and if he does he is then legally obligated to ignore your suggestion. —Alorael, who would rather see stranded sidhe from Nethergate appear in Avernum (in a cameo, please!) than any other game cross. Or a battle between Jordan and Bojar. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Alien Blade and Mithril Broadsword in Footracer province in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, May 13 2006 09:33
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Now I don't know what you're talking about. The Alien Blade doesn't require secret passages, and none of the three Mithral Broadswords have passages that stand out. One more hint is that you're getting hints to find the materials to make mithral swords, not the swords themselves. If you've reached Footracer Province it's quite possible that you've already otherwise used two of the sets of material. —Alorael, who hopes you didn't choose to get Beastslayer or Identification. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Alien Blade and Mithril Broadsword in Footracer province in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Friday, May 12 2006 18:34
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I guess I can see the logic behind saying that the three swords are in three places rather than one, but none of them are in Footracer Province anyway. The Alien Blade may be the most expensive and unexpected artifact, but you do get some hints if you listen to a certain grumpy curse preventer. —Alorael, who wouldn't want to miss out on one of the advertised features of A3. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, May 12 2006 11:39
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What possible reason could anyone have for making a door that you either have to jump through or crawl through and that will hit you over the head or in the shins whenever you open it? —Alorael, who is actually rather curious. He thought it was one of those absurd things that only makes sense in a totally surreal dream setting. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, May 12 2006 08:34
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I remember very few dreams, and most of those are bits of ordinary life with odd twists. They're usually not surreal twists, just unreal ones. The usual daily things happen, but they happen in places that don't really exist, or with the wrong cast of characters. —Alorael, who also has recurring dreams about doors that open normally if you turn the knob one way and that swivel around a horizontal axis through the center of the door if you turn the knob the other way. He's fairly sure it represents his supressed desire for his mother. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Alien Blade and Mithril Broadsword in Footracer province in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Friday, May 12 2006 08:24
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Look somewhere that isn't Footracer Province. Try Midori and Karnold Provinces, respectively. —Alorael, who hopes he isn't missing the presence of pairs of Alien Blades and Mithril Broadswords. Those would have been nice in E3. [ Friday, May 12, 2006 08:26: Message edited by: Same Ol' Al ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 19:51
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I'm not really all that accustomed to targets who know I'm aiming at them and I'm definitely unfamiliar with targets who shoot back. —Alorael, who gets enough sniping in his daily life. Games are for escapism, not practice. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General | |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 13:40
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The consensus here, though not elsewhere, is that Argh and company are noobs. Those who are recent arrivals, as determined by arbitrary criteria, are newbies. Oldbies are, generally speaking, the one affecting a supercilious attitude towards newbies. —Alorael, who would like to request that you refrain from further speaking, individual of short tenure within these environs. Prescriptivism is for pantywaists. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 13:33
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I do have to say that I find reading discussions entertaining regardless of subject matter. It is unfortunate that Wikipedia is edited by the most passionate and therefore least reliable people conversant with any particular subject. Except pure math. And even then, it can get ugly. Newton's notation or Leibniz's? The latter may have won all the battles in the last few centuries, but Wikipedia can't exclude that NPOV Newtonian minority! —Alorael, who also just saw a cut out Doonesbury about creationism and drug resistance evolution. Plagiarism of Spidweb or by Spidweb? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General | |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 12:11
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If you have to ask, you'll never know. Getting personally insulted by certain Spidwebbers before you've even arrived in a topic is a good sign. —Alorael, who always hopes that one day he'll find himself insulted by people he doesn't know on a board on which he's never posted. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| about Nethergate in Nethergate | |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 10:41
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It has the same graphics as Avernum and for the most part the same engine as Avernum. The skills and spells are a bit different, but it should be familiar. —Alorael, who recommends checking to make sure you downloaded the game for the right operating system if you're experiencing total failure to function. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Alorael have finally get a Custom Title? in General | |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 10:36
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I do, however, have the privilege of having had the same regular title twice, and it's a title that only one other person has had. —Alorael, who feels ever so minutely special. It helps stave off the tears. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 06:59
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Which Encyclopedia is better? It's not all that clear. —Alorael, who would be careful to read the discussion and history of any Wikipedia article he were going to take seriously on an unfamiliar topic. Hot topics are sadly often hopeless edit wars and should be taken with a pound of salt. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 06:52
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quote:On whose authority do you proclaim that the FPS genre does not hate you? —Alorael, who certainly knows that it hates him. The feeling is cheerfully reciprocated. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 11 2006 06:42
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Technically, a wise man knows that the limit of his knowledge as the universe approaches infinity is zero. —Alorael, who has yet to meet a wise man who doesn't know a pithy aphorism or two. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A real poll in General | |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 15:17
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This isn't a language like Esperanto because it isn't a language. As you may notice, it is spoken exactly like English and syntactically identical to English. The only change is in spelling in order to make it more phonetic. Except the phonetics are based on transliterations of inapplicable letters from another alphabet. Really, we might as well start writing (and speaking) EuroEnglish. At least it has closer linguistic ties to English. —Alorael, who cannot bear to inflict harm upon the tongue that has played an integral role in the works of Shakespeare and Milton, two Eliots and a few others. On the other hand, it's also given us the majority of the lamentable prose and poetry on the internet. lol indede Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| HOOT in Richard White Games | |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 15:04
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The movie is mediocre? That's a shame. Everything of Hiaasen's that I've read has been sheer, insane, brilliant environmentalist and anti-corruption genius. Oh, and funny, too. —Alorael, who wonders whether implants fall under the legal definition of spyware. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 12:16
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Call him Nash Griddlesworthington. —Alorael, who neither needs nor wants to explain. It should be obvious. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 12:08
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If you've bought the Avernum trilogy but not the CD version thereof, you get $8 off for each Avernum for a final price of $21. There's no discount for Exiles, apparently, although there once was and there are still references to it in the order form. —Alorael, who wonders if you can get RW games on a CD. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 10 2006 08:26
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Since Valish is based on English, I'm unimpressed. —Alorael, who already has seen the greatest topic ever. Maybe evar. It involved papaya, mango, and copious melon. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| HOOT in Richard White Games | |
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written Tuesday, May 9 2006 18:02
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No. —Alorael, who does not approve. Do not mock Hoot. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| New Playable Race? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Tuesday, May 9 2006 18:01
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If Jeff introduces more races, which strikes me as unnecessary, he should not create new races from whole cloth. He's got a world and more races that already exist could be used if they have to be. That's goblins, troglodytes, vahnatai, and yes, GIFTS. —Alorael, whose list is not exhaustive. [ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 18:03: Message edited by: Bandage on the Uvula of Time ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What exactly are slith avatars? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, May 9 2006 10:01
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Threads are communist. From each according to his ability, and then they belong to the people. Note that ability means ability to produce good threads, not ability to press the New Topic button. —Alorael, who has another theory. Slith avatars are actually slimes created by Rakshasa. In disguise! And they have plasma blasters in their spears! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 9 2006 07:25
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I view the plot of Perdido Street Station as an excuse. It's among the most overused plots of fantasy mixed with a little gothic horror. It's just a pretext for the author to show off his handlingers, Weaver, automatic electrical sacrifice ritual machine, and cameo by traditional RPG adventurers. As I've said before, I prefer a good world to a good plot a lot of the time, and New Crobuzon is a very good steam-gothic-fantasy-Oz world. Its elements aren't unique, per se, but it comes together to be something not quite like anything else I've read. —Alorael, who actually likes Miéville's insistence on dropping references to other places and things without further elucidation or use. Torque is horrible (and a thinly-veiled reference to nuclear weapons), but it's not relevant. A city full of the undead is mentioned in passing (and more than in passing in a later book), but it's never central. It helps keep the books from falling into the trap of heroes saving the world and making everything perfect and boring. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |