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Your musical tastes in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:36 Profile Homepage #11
I also like classical music. Some jazz, too, but mainly classical, and mainly baroque out of all the music lumped together as classical.

—Alorael, who just doesn't like vocals. He can't explain why. There is no reason for it at all, but he doesn't like them.
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Pronunciation in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, April 29 2006 08:30 Profile Homepage #22
For a mixture, I pronounce it CHIT-rack.

—Alorael, who pronounces rakshasa TEE-EM.
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Writter's Block in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 21:47 Profile Homepage #27
But do they have the iPod's panache? I think not!

—Alorael, who finds it absurd that there are still websites that require IE (or Netscape, usually). The world needs to acknowledge the advent of Firefox. Some love for Safari would be nice too.
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How did you discover Avernum? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 21:42 Profile Homepage #72
quote:
Originally written by Bomber:

How did you win A2?
By completing the game.

—Alorael, who can be a little more specific. He undertook all the steps necessary to complete the game as well!
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Languages in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 15:56 Profile Homepage #38
You mean we have to communicate when speaking? There go most languages. In fact, I think I've been reduced to grunts and vague gestures.

—Alorael, whose signal to noise ratio is 0.
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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 09:32 Profile Homepage #33
1.4.1: Garzahd failed to destroy a ragtag nation of exiles with the help of an army even before a plucky band of adventurers appeared on the scene. Kefka succeeded in mass geographical and topographical rearrangement even after being attacked by heroic misfits. Kefka for the win!

2.2.1: Kel is a left-leaning linguist. Chomsky is practically the voice of the American left and a renowned linguist. Despite Kel's vastly superior Blades abilities I'm afraid Chomsky takes the lead and holds it.

2.2.2: Hargon, but that may be wishful thinking. In fact, it's certainly wishful thinking. But I refuse to believe that Rainbow Brite could do what the iconic trio of unnamed cousin heroes did!

2.2.3: Thuryl shows promising signs of passing his Turing Test. Ms. Pac-Man just eats a lot, and I'm sure Thuryl can reverse engineer her biology to create a better Ms. Pac-Man anyway. Thuryl wins!

2.2.4: Ayla. Elegant finesse and blinding speed versus sheer, unbridled brute strength? It's really no contest at all. Besides, Chun Li has no dinosaur and does not travel through time. If all else fails, Ayla can just take beat up a very old and feeble Chun Li.

—Alorael, who would like to know which round will have Raven vs. Writing Desk.
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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 09:13 Profile Homepage #39
A2 and Nethergate both begin by giving you a limited area to roam until you complete task, then a larger or different area until you complete another task, and then a huge area in which to do whatever you want. Nethergate gives you a set order for major quests, but that's it.

A2 has as many endings as A1 and more than A3 or A4. Nethergate has one ending with two sides. Geneforges have a lot of endings.

—Alorael, who would hate to put words in Jeff's mouth about innovation. Sometimes it just has to be done, though.
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Test of patience in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 07:46 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
Thanks to Schro:
Walk along the
path, ignore the wheel, then make it to the lever. Pull it, and pilot it out to the water area, and take the upper path. I'll let you figure this out, but it's not too hard. Then just keep pushing the block up the stairs. The block won't fall off the cliff either. Move back onto the rune, and uh oh! Just push it south through the secret door. Jump down after it, and move it back onto the rune. That's it.
—Alorael, who has also discovered certain salutory effects of bashing heads into walls. His own or others'.
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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 07:42 Profile Homepage #37
I played E1 a lot and still enjoyed A1. I think the key is that E1/A1 treats the world as a new world, so everything is explained and there's a sense of discovery for the characters even if there isn't one for the player. A4 barely even mentions some of Avernum's strangeness.

—Alorael, who wonders if this correlation means A6 will have to expose another part of the surface. Maybe Doston!
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Languages in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, April 28 2006 07:40 Profile Homepage #14
Ani hablo English, español, y ktzat meod ivrit.

—Alorael, who spent an inordinate length of time deciding which languages got which words.
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Writter's Block in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:36 Profile Homepage #15
IMAGE(http://gameimage.egchina.com/mythII/fetch.jpg)

—Alorael, who had to fetch a fetching fetch.
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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:31 Profile Homepage #23
1.3.1: Kefka. While both Kefka and Dubya have been accused of destabilizing the world, Dubya just causes, you know, instability. Kefka managed a pretty good Book of Revelations piece of work.

1.3.2: Rentar-Ihrno. She's the final enemy twice and immortal twice. Garzahd is a final enemy once and a helpless final dungeon minion once.

2.1.1: Thuryl. He has a masterful knowledge of many subjects, but has not yet passed the Turing Test. Mr. Potato Head is a toy with interchangeable parts that has not passed the Turing Test. The match looks very even until you factor in Thuryl's apparent ability to inspire fervid lust in all who behold him. At that point it's obvious, isn't it?

2.1.2: I resist the urge to pun badly and say Marlenny. She's got one more degree of freedom, a more varied diet, and hapless men in the palm of her hand.

2.1.3: Kel. I don't think Malcolm could make TM nearly as angry. Malcolm also doesn't speak Latin or Greek, never translates parts of the Bible, and won't debate conlanguistics. (Neologism, ha!)

2.1.4: Alec. Cuteness and sparkles are no match for two-fisted fury.

2.15: Noam Chomsky. Give Limbaugh a bottle of OxyContin and the rest is a cakewalk.

2.1.6: I had to Wikipedia both to make a decision, but I'll go with Chun Li. A singer, even a singer with tanks, cannot stand up to martial arts. Everyone knows martial arts can deflects shells and crush armies.

2.1.7: Shadow. Shadow is accompanied by a dog and Ayla is accompanied by (apparently) a dinosaur, but the former is somehow much more dangerous than the latter. Shadow throws pointed things while Ayla throws rocks. Shadow represents civilized deadliness while Ayla represents ignorant barbarians. It's obvious, really.

2.1.8: Hargon. A villain in a true RPG classic would never be defeated by a former lackey. Well, not unless the lackey was an evil minion who overthrew the former evil overlord to become the eviler overlord. (See Kefka.)

—Alorael, who can't wait for 4.1, 2.2, and 3.1 concurrently.
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International Imitation Day in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 12:03 Profile Homepage #59
quote:
Originally written by spy-there:

quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by spy-there:

Alorael is an acronym for Oral Ale.
Well, where else would you put ale?

Wait, don't answer that.
:) correct! Are you imitating David now? =p

quote:
Originally written by Wild Kinky Slugs:
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Alorael is an anagram for Oral Ale.
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FYT
Wrong, Kinky. Your text would have been: "Don't you mean anagram as opposed to acronym?" Don't mess up the libretto :P

edit: Wait, are you intending somebody? FYT, hm, hm, hm, FYT? WTF, it's too vague.

quote:
Originally written by Slarty:

Wow, I come back to the boards after twenty years and I stumble on this topic. What a coincidence.
"_" Too short; could be everyone from Cairo Jim to Robin. Geeze, where have I read this before? Another hint, perhaps? *blinks hopefully*

quote:
Originally written by Alorael:
*facepalm facepalm facepalm*
:D FYT (sorry, I couldn't resist)
tl, dr

—Alorael, who may or may not have giggled like an entirely different stereotype.
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Writter's Block in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 11:47 Profile Homepage #8
What is acceptable between friends and what is acceptable in the public setting of these boards are not the same. That's quite enough slurs.

—Alorael, who rather fancies his mod hat. Isn't it fetching?
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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 11:43 Profile Homepage #29
Hey, I think A4 is a vast improvement as an action RPG, and I really have no objection to improvements over the previous combats, which were not nearly as much fun as A4's. I just think a brilliant and different story would be nice too.

—Alorael, who also wouldn't say no to beautiful (but still low requirement) graphics, a moving score, or free money with every game purchased.
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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:33 Profile Homepage #10
1. Garzahd. He's so powerful that he gets an entirely unexpected cameo two games later!

2. Kefka. Honestly, I think clowns win most deathmatches.

3. Jefferson. If Dubya can't win the War on Terror, what makes the War on Jefferson any more promising? I think we've seen too many poorly conceived and poorly executed wars from the president already.

4. Guy Fawkes. Everyone dreams of blowing up the government once or twice, but Fawkes had the gumption to try it. He got a national holiday out of it, too!

5. Wizard of Id. Alphabetical advantage.

6. Rentar-Ihrno. I don't think Captain Planet can summon enough undead minions or ur-basilisks. This is assuming an E3/A3 Rentar, of course.

7. X has survived demons several times, wandering adventurers, and apparently age itself. Is there anything he can't do (beside hurl anvils)?

8. Cordelia. The Story About the Baby surely explains everything you need to know.

—Alorael, who has another to add: Ed vs. Argh!
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The Afterlife in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:27 Profile Homepage #57
quote:
Originally written by Joe Slater:

"Times 100" sounds like a lot, but for those of us less gifted in applying mathematical operations to theology, can you describe that in more concrete terms? :)
Heaven is the value of happy as the limit of good approaches infinity. (Assuming a spherical, massless Jesus, of course.)

—Alorael, who wonders if St. Augustine's Law can be used to find the the beatific flux through a divine surface.
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International Imitation Day in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:10 Profile Homepage #47
quote:
Originally written by somebody:

Blah blah blah!
*facepalm*

—Alorael, who couldn't just leave out his signature no matter how much it spoils the effect. Sorry.

[ Thursday, April 27, 2006 07:11: Message edited by: Thurymbancaytar ]
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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:05 Profile Homepage #24
quote:
Originally written by Spidweb:

You can't win an argument with a customer.
Of course not. The customer is always right.

—Alorael, who imagines that when customers disagree this chestnut may be problematic.
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The Afterlife in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:54 Profile Homepage #39
For that, I think I'd take a Homer the Reluctant Soul approach. When you're alive, you've got only that life in your mind. After you die, you get all the memories you've ever had back. It's probably awkward when your staunchly conservative soul goes through a life as a hippy.

—Alorael, who can't get worked up about not existing. There are really much more unpleasant things that happen daily. In fact, nonexistence is the least unpleasant state imaginable. It's also the least pleasant, but think positive!
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Yom HaShoa in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:46 Profile Homepage #26
There have been many tragedies. Natural disasters, wars, diseases, and so on and so forth. Very few of them have been deliberate, systematic attempts to annihilate a group. Even fewer of those have been as meticulously organized and carried out as the Holocaust.

The dropping of atomic bombs on major Japanese cities was an undeniable tragedy. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone who denies it. There's still argument over whether more lives were saved in the long run by forcing an end to the war through atrocious and immediate civilian casualties. I don't know enough to even comment, and I doubt there will ever be a consensus, but the difference is that there was a productive point. The Holocaust didn't help anyone.

The burden of proof is on the proposer, but we've seen plenty of pretty good proof of the Holocaust. What evidence or support do you have for the Holocaust not being real?

—Alorael, who is willing to accept that Hitler had his good points. Everyone does. However, as a leader and maker of public policy, you'd be very hard-pressed to find a more abominable human being.
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The Afterlife in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:34 Profile Homepage #36
Really? Oblivion isn't scary. The wonderful thing is you're not around to worry about it.

—Alorael, who is more worried about discovering that some obscure religion with a really unpleasant afterlife and no sense of humor got the afterlife right. That would be most unfortunate.
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Question 1: Energy in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:26 Profile Homepage #40
Running out of uranium is not really a problem. Running out of the cheapest and easiest uranium, maybe, but there's more if more time and money is spent on getting it. Comparatively, even expensive uranium is cheap for its output, so that's no terrible barrier. Breeder reactors are also much more efficient, so instead of wasting most of the uranium we could stretch the easy uranium we have to 500 years or longer.

Fusion sounds great, but nobody has made it work yet. I don't know enough to say how close the trials like ITER have come to delivering the superior power source of the future that fusion proponents seem to expect.

—Alorael, who would like to point out that in addition to the cost benefits of nuclear power they also don't pollute on a massive scale like most current methods of power generation do. That's attractive as well.
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The Afterlife in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 08:36 Profile Homepage #31
Maybe the afterlife is like Lost Souls!

Or maybe it's like being a magnetic monopole with a rotation period of square root of negative e.

—Alorael, who figures that individuality has no reason to exist post-mortem. If there is one and only one God, your entire existence is already part of him anyway. If there are more gods, well, maybe you get divvied up among divinities.
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