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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| Nazghul in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, January 21 2006 19:22
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There's a difference between outdated and ugly. Nazghul falls firmly in the latter category. I'd much rather have pure, recognizable ASCII instead of hideous graphical roguelikes. A *band-like engine that allowed the creation of plots and dialogue and specific terrain would be wonderful, but Nazghul doesn't have any exciting features that make me prefer it to other choices. Like, say, BoA. —Alorael, who has limited nostalgia for the days of older, simpler RPGs. Yes, some were gems, but there was plenty of garbage to go with them. The only difference between then and now is that now there are more fancy additions, bells, whistles, and special effects to drown out the good with the mediocre. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| I'm late! I'm late! in General | |
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written Saturday, January 21 2006 19:16
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Outsource! Really, finding people willing to work for illegally low wages has worked wonders for my posting. Some may not be entirely clear or entirely literately written, but it works. Anyway, until there are random post generators to go along with the computer science paper generators, outsourcing is the way to go. —Alorael, who is not, in fact, Alorael for this particular post. However, the vote among Aloraels has shown a 60-40 supporter of *i as whichever cop he prefers. This decision was reached mostly because *i is more likely to be vindictive and less likely to forget his grudge during his afternoon nap. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 21:36
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Nephillim doesn't match the preferred speech patterns of nephilim. Too many vowels, no F's, R's, or H's. The only M is at the end, and only in the plural form. Really, it's more likely that some confused Hebrew speaker blundered into Ermarian and caused years of linguistic nightmare. —Alorael, who tried to figure out the etymology of Dutch. It seems to be an Anglicized version of a word with the same root as Deutsch, but despite a root meaning "people" and originally applying often to German people, German became the word of choice for Deutschland and Dutch got applied to the Netherlands. Then the Amish of Pennsylvania, who called themselves Deutsch, were mistaken for Dutch. Nephilim probably figure into that somewhere. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Trainer skill listing in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 18:12
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Of course I remember that one. I could've sworn that there was another to go with it. —Alorael, who looked back at his save file and definitely sees the results of getting two points of Endurance without training. If he's insane his copy of A4 is insane with him. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Av 3, Reset Troglo mission help in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:26
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A debugging option isn't much good when even the programmer apparently doesn't know which SDFs are which. Maybe it was useful in early alpha. Maybe Jeff wrote the SDFs down like a sensible person and then shredded the documents for security. —Alorael, who is willing to give several very large and serious cookies to anyoen who figures out SDFs. Just think of all the fun time you could waste fruitlessly! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| I'm late! I'm late! in General | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:21
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Thuryl has the advantage of using a digital medium with his digital mind. My advantage has been uncovered by Alex. I suppose I'll have to let them all go. On foot. I haven't gotten enough target practice lately. —Alorael, who has never noticed that having nothing worthwhile to respond to or nothing worthwhile to say is a particularly insurmountable barrier to posting. It's practically a challenge! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Website modifications in General | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:15
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We have seen pictures of Kel. His outward appearance makes his gender unambiguous. The lack of scales was deceptive, though. —Alorael, who wouldn't want to draw too many conclusions from a few photos, though. There are always those evil people who post fake pictures. And there's always the chance of a life-altering event between those photos and now. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Terella Venia where the heck? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:09
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Which is interesting, because the entrance isn't anywhere near there. If you think of the river as an impenetrable barrier, anyway. —Alorael, who suspects that Terella was involved in some shifty activities. She supposedly fell and died, but her proximity to Nociduas makes corpse-dealing a very real possibility. Boo for Terella! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Trainer skill listing in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:04
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It's luck? Either it was Endurance in early beta, there's another Endurance reward, or my memory has failed. —Alorael, who would not be surprised at all by the last of the choices. His memory has been failing him regularly lately, although he can't quite recall how or when. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Arrgh! I don't want to pay extra! in General | |
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written Friday, January 20 2006 14:00
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Because it's a legacy of the times when there was no full version download. It's extremely easy to lose registration numbers. If you need to reregister, you lost the file that stores the fact that you have. That's also the file that generates your registration number, so you'll get a new random one. Even if you do save your registration code it won't do you any good. —Alorael, who has not lost his Nethergate CD. He also hasn't touched it since he first installed Nethergate. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Rosetta in General | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 20:51
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In case anyone is curious, it wasn't actually a standard double post. It was, in fact, a post beginning with the word "piquant" that ended up elsewhere. —Alorael, who only had one window open at the time and isn't quite sure how his post ended up in an entirely different topic from the one he thought he was posting in. Accidentally browsing in the nested version of the forums that are supposed to show you the thread you're posting in is a prime suspect. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| missing key - Thompson in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 19:26
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It's near Formello. Head a little bit south and west. If you did the quest to sancify an altar, you've been to the right fortress. If you played A1 and defeated Anastasia, you've also been to the right fortress, although it's a little more crumbled now. —Alorael, who believes the key is in the southwestern part of the map. Knock down walls and you'll find it eventually. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Quick Note About Graphics in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 19:21
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I have nothing constructive to say, really. Those are some nice chitrachs! —Alorael, who would much rather have them than clawbugs. Among other things, they're green. They also get the clawing right. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Pruning of old General Topics will begin soon. in General | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:56
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Piquant, of course. —Alorael, who would consider dining on souls if his sole (not a pun) source of nutrients were not already secured. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Av 3, Reset Troglo mission help in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:54
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Repairing complicated problems involving stuff done flags is not possible because nobody knows which SDFs do what. Sorry! —Alorael, who can only say that dealing with Elhioc for Vothkaro is in no way necessary to the completion of the game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Rosetta in General | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:52
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Carbon is run natively by OS X, which means Rosetta will translate for the chip and OS X will still handle the program. —Alorael, who would be shocked if Avernum didn't work. Supposedly the only things that will even be noticeably different are those that take advantage of fairly specific and high-end instructions. Even the snazziest new games have been running without many difficulties. Only things like Adobe's software have been disappointing. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Vahnati Allies in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:48
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If you've run into vahnatai just west of Fort Remote, they should be hostile. If they're just west of Rentar-Ihrno's fortress beyond all the pylons, somewhere northwest or even just north of Fort Remote, they're allies but not particularly helpful ones. —Alorael, who carefully preserved and shepherded the vahnatai through the Basalt Fortress until they turned out to be no help whatsoever at the end. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Observation of MLK, Jr. in General | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:45
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My actual point is that New Orleans is about two thirds black and, by some remarkable coincidence, Minneapolis is about two thirds white. —Alorael, who wouldn't actually say that the cities are opposite. Minneapolis has a wide variety of relatively small minorities. New Orleans has a very substantial white minority. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Demonslayer in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:36
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It's plausible at first glance. —Alorael, who did say that Aimee gave a hint or help. Dispel Barrier is help. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 19 2006 13:35
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The fact that my primary interaction with Japanese comes from reading TM's posts makes me believe firmly that I am better off not knowing Japanese. —Alorael, who would be afraid of any good computer translator. Translation is difficult, so the computer would have to be artificially intelligent. Very intelligent. Possibly even strongly intelligent. If an AI gets that far, who is to say that what it translates will be what was entered? "We will bury you" indeed! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Demonslayer in Avernum 4 | |
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written Wednesday, January 18 2006 22:45
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You get a hint, or help, or something. It's worth visiting. Unlike A1, though, you don't actually meet Aimee. You just get a projection, or a recording, or something magical of that sort. My memory is fuzzy. —Alorael, who would be out and about if he could be gallivanting through other worlds too. If you're given a chance to apply a word like gallivanting to yourself, you take it. No questions asked. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Will Exile ever be carbonized? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, January 18 2006 20:44
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The Xian Skull was like a cooperative game of Mornington Crescent. It almost made sense. If you don't understand what this means, you don't deserve to understand what this means. Understand? —Alorael, who made the leap from OS 9 only recently. While OS X is undeniably superior, he too was surprised by the bells and whistles on what was once a much more utilitarian interface. He can't complain about it, but he wouldn't be terribly sad if it disappeared, either. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 18 2006 20:26
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Drakey and Stareye are like good cop, bad cop, only they're the same person!!! —Alorael, who is flabbergasted and astounded. Maybe even flummoxed. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Demonslayer in Avernum 4 | |
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written Wednesday, January 18 2006 20:24
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Rone's slightly improved, actually. He's physically deteriorated, but at least his brain is all there. Solberg was never an expert in fighting demons. He just got a lot more practical experience than he wanted. He got run out of the Tower of Magi by Linda, then ended up holed up in his hideaway surrounded by minor demons again during the Empire War, and then bailed out of the Tower of Magi yet again when Linda went summon-happy yet again. Poor Solberg. —Alorael, who was happy to see that X didn't change. Patrick is dead, of course, and so is Erika. That only leaves Aimee among the powerful wizards of Avernum, and hasn't been seen since A1. The away message in A2 doesn't count. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Demonslayer in Avernum 4 | |
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written Wednesday, January 18 2006 17:38
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Because of the universal lack of acid resistance, the Oozing Blade does about the same damage as Demonslayer against most demons, too. —Alorael, who certainly got more mileage out of acid in certain important spoiler fights than out of his demon bashing bonus. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |