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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| A Change of Structure in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, April 17 2006 13:45
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Farewell, Blademaster. —Alorael, who liked his italics. He used to be special. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Statistically Yours, on the First Anniversary in General | |
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written Monday, April 17 2006 13:42
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Slarty was some kind of creepy lurking invisible newb who burst into full existence spontaneously. —Alorael, who also feels praised. Scorp doesn't deign to scorn just anyone, you know. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| E3 in may. in General | |
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written Monday, April 17 2006 10:11
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You wouldn't believe how exhausting it is to hold oneself in check for hours on end. Or, more likely, how much eyestrain results from not being able to take your eye off the scope. Maybe if E3 gave everyone a moped... —Alorael, who cannot forgive himself for omitting a critical part of his signature. He just pseudosigged in the worst possible way. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Statistically Yours, on the First Anniversary in General | |
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written Monday, April 17 2006 07:42
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Spam! Um. Thanks for the stats, Aran. Spam! —Alorael, who is at least honest about it. Come on, how many times can you congratulate yourself for having posted some number of times greater than 0 in the last month? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Change of Structure in General | |
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written Monday, April 17 2006 07:38
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I should be thankful for small mercies, I suppose. —Alorael, who will frolic his way to Postmastery once more. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Which instrument do you play? in General | |
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written Monday, April 17 2006 07:26
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I take responsibility for this topic and its death. —Alorael, who wouldn't want any anonymous locking to occur. This administration is accountable. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Change of Structure in General | |
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 20:34
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O wondrous Stareye, whose glower withers the hearts of mortals and whose sneering mockery can crush the bravest of souls, I beg a favor of thee! Liberate me from the looming bondage of Postaroni and I shall offer up a very river of libations to thy altar! —Alorael, who also would pay good money to see a title war between Drakey and *i. Just, you know, because. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 18:31
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This demands an Exile vs. Avernum argument. —Alorael, who also has a demand. He demands something that is not Postaroni. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Nethergate News in Nethergate | |
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 09:51
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I'm not seeing flashes of puns. I'm seeing constant puns. You, my friend, have achieved pun nirvana. —Alorael, who would be happy to purchase whatever form of Nethergate runs in OS X. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 09:36
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Chaotic Good Halfling Bard —Alorael, who just doesn't understand. Where did he go wrong? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Are FRPGs inherently gerontocratic? in General | |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 12:57
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You don't need to be the heroes to make a scenario good. You also don't need to be making purchases for others. Buy the Magical Whatsit for yourself! —Alorael, who wants to know whether a two for the price of one deal can ever apply to the One Artifact of Ultimate Power. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Money, before or after? in General | |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:46
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I've been taught, rightly or wrongly, that $100 and 100$ are both correct, but that $100.00 is correct and 100.00$ is wrong. 99¢ looks better than ¢99, but I wouldn't swear to it. —Alorael, whose next question is why E isn't standard notation for scientific notation. 3.44E10 is much more compact, clear, and easy than 3.44 * 10^10. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Do you watch foamy cartoons? in General | |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:39
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I think you've had your gimmick forced upon you, and it's scripts. Now if you can develop an automatic post analysis and locking script, you will have become the wondrous automod. —Alorael, who also think lederhosen would work. Really, lederhosen are always the last word, and all Germans are like Bavarians, right? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:36
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Thuryl > TM —Alorael, who has faith in Thuryl's ability to do whatever he wants if he puts his mind to it. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Registering (not quite a technical question) in Tech Support | |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:33
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Let's be honest. We don't frown on internet-speak. We practically use it as a form of profiling. Posting while less than literate is considered grounds for immediate examination for other criminal activity. No matter what you say, everyone will assume you're not saying anything worth reading because you didn't write it properly. —Alorael, who considers it partly a matter of courtesy and respect and partly one of those crazy knee-jerk community things. Spiderweb likes its proper writing. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Push, Hide, and Loot Maneuver (And Miscellany) in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 20:29
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The fight-end-teleport glitch isn't the same as the scripts ignoring combat mode glitch. I try not to abuse either, but I'm a huge fan of the fight mode, buff, wait one round, and then step forward, trigger the horrible attack, and then use your free round to wreak havoc trick. —Alorael, who has also been known to keep skipping turns until both his fighters are not just waiting but both are also waiting with 5 AP thanks to Fast on Feet. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| I learned my lesson in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 20:25
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The obvious solution is to make attacking anyone under Fort Avernum cause explosion magical decompression and kill everyone including the party. Then you'll always have access to the mage. —Alorael, who also likes humorous death messages. Can't have enough of them, especially when they're really unexpected and uncalled for. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 11:59
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In Angband, by the time you can afford the One Ring [50% off], you don't need it anymore. —Alorael, who is still amused by Roger Zelazny and company's Forever After, which describes the process by which ancient artifacts get redistributed for future heroes and even how terrible guardians can be secured. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 09:50
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If Jeff were to go to E3, he'd be going as one of the crowd. He enjoys his electronic entertainment, so he could be there, but probably not with a baby. [Edit: Uh. Who?] —Alorael, who will not be going. People will be walking around. Walking. [ Monday, April 17, 2006 10:06: Message edited by: Liff ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 09:46
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I would hesistantly tie our love of all things ancient to the various resurgences of neoclassicism, but that may be begging the question. I can understand how fragmented medieval Europe looked back on Greece and especially Rome as wonderful and powerful pasts. It's interesting to look at how much science fiction also has ancient, powerful technology, often from extinct interstellar civilizations. Other sci-fi goes with a more obvious constant progression of technology so the amazing artifact has to be brand new. —Alorael, who supposes this may have to be a question of neophiles and neophobes. Are the latter the dominant market for fantasy? That seems unlikely. [ Friday, April 14, 2006 09:46: Message edited by: What you say if you say if... ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Are fantasy RPGs inherently conservative? in General | |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 07:54
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I don't know anything about any test prep companies except for an article about Mr. Kaplan a while ago that described how he could do moderately well on tests without reading the questions at all. Gaming the system is a learnable skill! (I'm sure TPR also teaches it.) Alpha Centauri is more parody of all political systems as extremes than any serious commentary. I've always been a bit puzzled by Civ 2's government decisions, though. Communism is enormously efficient and quite powerful. Fundamentalism shines in everything but growth and science. —Alorael, who happens to be an Alpha Centauri fan. What other game lets you nerve staple your citizens and then recycle them? Some (and only some) of its atmosphere is rather reminiscent of Fallout in a good way. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 14 2006 07:41
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I'm not sure where the ancient, advanced, powerful, and ultimately vanished empire/kingdom/culture/race trope came from, but it's become ubiquitous in fantasy. Nobody is as powerful now as they used to be. Maybe it's an extension of Homeric "weak as men are now" old heroism, but it's odd. The other, somewhat related problem is timeline. Everything seems to last too long in fantasy. Everything has lasted for millenia. Not only does this become a problem of progress (where is it?), it's also one of events and memory. People are happy to talk about things that happened a thousand years ago like they were yesterday, which isn't like any human approach to history. There are also often long stretches in fantasy history of nothing happening, which is equally implausible. —Alorael, who gives Dennis McKiernan credit for one thing and one thing only. He may write the most unabashed plagiarisms of Tolkien on the market, but he at least addresses the immortality of the elves directly and well. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 13 2006 19:12
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Please do not get in before the lock. It's a pain to chivvy you all back out. —Alorael, who just wanted a chance to use the word chivvy semi-appropriately. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 13 2006 16:48
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West of the pillars. If you haven't actually seen stuff that looks like the basement of a tower and fought a bunch of hellhounds, you haven't been far enough. —Alorael, who actually missed the demon a few times because it's hiding in the shadows. It's centrally located and not hostile. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |