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| Displayed name | Or else o'erleap. |
| Member number | 335 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
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| Homepage | http://www.polarisboard.net |
| Registered | Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 9 2005 23:46
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In that sense, completely free speech (and writing) would also make copyrights impossible. Those restrict someone's ability to speak or write too. Thinking of government secrets as information that the government has copyrighted for its own protection covers the only justifiable exception to free speech that I can think of. You have the right to say or write anything you want as long as it's your own original words, but when it's someone else's, that other party may have the right to prevent it from being said. —Alorael, who is not ready to believe that open-source everything is viable. Open-source government will be a long time in coming. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 23:42
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No, there isn't a level editor. If there were, I'd be tempted to register. —Alorael, who still thinks Lost Souls is the most promising of the RWGs. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| INTJ? ESFP? in General | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 23:41
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Spiderweb distributions versus general distributions would be interesting to look at. Just at a glance I can see that the INTJ population is extraordinarily large. Actually, I think it may be the most common reported type right now, and that's not proportional. —Alorael, who is sure that there is a plan behind it. A master plan. Get it? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VIII in General | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 23:39
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Armand Assante in Judge Dredd. —Alorael, who has somewhere to go now. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Requests for future games in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 18:10
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I played Exile first and I prefer Avernum. —Alorael, who was going to make a point about BoA and then didn't. It stuck around in place of BoE. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Sci-Fi and fantasy authors... in General | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 14:08
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Don't read Wolfe for the plot, because you won't understand. Not the first time through, probably not the second, and maybe by the third you'll give up on ever finding it. It's about a very different world. Even if you never do quite figure out what all those oddly named weapons are and whether they're pointed metal sticks or futuristic energy blasters, or what exactly a cacogen is and why they're around, Wolfe creates a world worth reading. —Alorael, who can't spel, cant spell, cant' spell! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Requests for future games in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 14:04
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I'm also one of the people who prefer Avernum to Exile. The dialogue system happens to be a large part of it: I just like Avernum's setup more. Nethergate was okay, but I prefer full sentences and I prefer having new conversation options presented when they should be available so I don't have to go through a list of buzzwords I've picked up. Equally importantly, Avernum doesn't let you skip plot because you already know the right words. "Divu" in E1 and so on. I already explained why Jeff is opposed to putting music in his games. As long as he has septuagenarian Eskimo customers on dialup, no music. —Alorael, who admits that Nethergate was huge step forward over E3/BoA for dialogue. Exile had clickable dialogue words, but seeing blue prompt words instead of having to click at random is much, much nicer. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 11:57
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Bizarrely, not only have I found that all but one or two books of the ten Black Company books is in stock just about everywhere, it also seems that it's not always the same book. By visiting several different bookstores and Amazon it's quite possible to purchase the entire series in new copies. I've heard that Cook's real magnum opus is another series. He'll have to look into it. —Alorael, who may as well toss in another few authors. Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz is post-apocalyptic sci-fi like nothing else. It's not really a book written for sci-fi fans, but it is a great book. Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun is a somewhat Vancian mix of sci-fi and fantasy with a healthy dose of confused dream thrown in. It's completely bewildering and still both a great work and a great read. [ Friday, December 09, 2005 14:08: Message edited by: Vizhunairee ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 09:37
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Goodkind's politics interfere with his stories. According to him, it's deliberate. (Also according to him, he doesn't read any fantasy, which includes Tolkien.) Brooks was one of the earlier folks to jump on the Tolkien imitation bandwagon, and he has his role in the formation of modern fantasy too. Although he has Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, and Gnomes, they aren't really the same as their Tolkien or D&D counterparts. On the other hand, I just don't really like Brooks' style, and his later books have only gotten worse. I haven't read any Landover books, but my understanding is that they're comic, or at least very light, fantasy. That's always worked well with the earthling style: the incongruities are funny. It's the serious stories that bog down, and even the humor often gets stale. Turtledove is very imaginative in all his books, although his alternative histories are where I think he really shines. I've read one Marco book (Eyes of God) and found it largely uninteresting and not worth the time it took to slog through. I'm willing to give him another try, but I don't have any high hopes. Trademarked worlds always have more bad than good, and my understanding is that Dragonlance is no exception. Weiss and Hickman started out by writing what I've heard described as a great adventure that reads like an RPG log (and was, in fact, turned into a D&D campaign), but it's nothing more. —Alorael, who feels obligated to toss another author onto the pile: Glen Cook. He managed to create a great, unique world in his first Black Company trilogy. Then he wrote another book, which was also good. Then he spewed out six more Black Company books that each fell farther from the wonderful beginning. Perhaps deciding to take a few characters from one setting and dropping them in another while losing several plot points along the way is a bad idea? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 09:16
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Avernum was definitely a step down in graphics, but I happen to think that Geneforge looks okay, and A4 looks fine. It's definitely not the same style as Exile, but I like it. The button change is a matter of taste. I don't really care that much, although now that you point it out I suppose E3/BoE does have the prettier buttons. The font I don't care so much about. If it's legible, it's fine. I don't particularly need even modest frills like serif fonts. On title screens I disagree: Avernums 1 and 2 have the best, although the humor of the E3 "Yarik's Temple" adventure is a plus. I'm not sure why Jeff has chosen to make the intro screens less exciting. I do know why music is out: MIDI doesn't sound all that good, and Jeff doesn't want to bloat downloads by adding nice music. Even if it's not much of an expense, adding a single piece of music doesn't add much you can't do yourself with your own music, and adding a track for all different environments and occurrences would add a lot of size to the downloads, which would hurt those dialup users who download Spiderweb games. —Alorael, who also liked Exile. It fit with part of the slight deliberately generic air of Exile/Avernum, and it also gave the E3 opening a better beginning: "Exile - v.t. to banish or expel..." Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Political Compass Reloaded in General | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 09:09
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Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.26 I've moved left economically. Spiderweb is still an influence, and I leave it to you to call it good or bad. —Alorael, who still thinks the difference is decisiveness. He hardly chooses any "agree" or "disagree" options where he can feel strongly instead. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VIII in General | |
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written Friday, December 9 2005 09:06
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Pfft. A two step chain is a two step chain! Now I have nothing. —Alorael, who will wait for inspiration (better than last time, hopefully), a helpful hint, or an endless chain from Sullust to link into. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What are you favorite fantasy authors? in General | |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 22:46
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Funny you should mention it... [Edit: In a post this short it shouldn't be hard to get things right!] —Alorael, who encourages everyone to direct posts to the other thread. Minor necromancy is okay when the thread is close to identical. [ Thursday, December 08, 2005 22:46: Message edited by: Dire Whit Char ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 22:36
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Don Knotts in The Shakiest Gun in the West. —Alorael, who foresees problems. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Questoins Questoins in Nethergate | |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 18:08
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So, who wants to make me a Nethergate mod? —Alorael, who would be willing to hold mod elections here. Nethergate-style elections. Whoever can best prove himself or herself blue, nekkid, and cool. Alternately, contestants may choose to prove themselves well-armed, violent, and cool. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 17:57
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Icshi: According to your O+ blood type, you are robust, ambitious, and self-confident, which makes you a natural leader. Just don't let yourself slip into ruthlessness, arrogance, vanity, or insensitivity! —Alorael, whose blood type is C++. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 13:04
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I've taken this test and others like it too many times to give meaningful results. I'm presumably still INTJ as well. —Alorael, who feels a warm tie of kinship with the man who can create Art with a capital A. Heck, maybe it's even Arte with a gratuitous E! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Movie Trivia Challenge: ROUND VII in General | |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 12:39
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Kevin Smith in Dogma. If you've got a good character going, why give it up? —Alorael, who certainly hasn't given up his character. It's what makes him so lovable! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Farewell, pale imitation! in General | |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 11:06
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Fantasoft and Spiderweb use several of the same graphics. I think they paid the freelance artist(s) together and then shared the art they bought. The games use extremely different engines and have very different plots. Specifically, Realmz scenarios don't really have any plot, and Divinity, the Realmz version of Blades, resulted in the production of a large number of decent scenarios that came with required paid registration. Something is very wrong with that. —Alorael, who also cannot express how much it bothers him in Realmz that his party often ends up co-occupying space with people, tables, trees, and houses. That's not right. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 09:31
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Now I'm getting an under construction notice instead of the expiration notice, but there's still no sign of the Fantasoft that we all know and that maybe some of us love in a twisted way. —Alorael, who would be most saddened if Squish disappeared. How many games can call themselves a clone of Lemming, not Lemmings? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 8 2005 09:27
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Will Ferrell in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. —Alorael, who has a moderately long connection to work with. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 7 2005 21:44
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Edward Asner in the season-appropriate Elf. —Alorael, who finds that this game brings up more and more movies he'd rather not have in his head taking up valuable disk space. Lobe space? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 7 2005 18:16
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Oh. Yes. Well. Monosyllables in self-defense! To be fair, Osama ben Ladden is a lot closer to correct than quite a few mangled Arabic to English translations. I still want to know who's responsible for the bizarre idea that for Arabic and only Arabic there should be K-like sounds represented by Q. Why Q? But enough hobbyhorsing. —Alorael, who now wonders if Oussamma ben Laudun has been hiding in plain sight for some time. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 7 2005 18:06
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You're either looking at the wrong site or a cached version. As far as I can tell, Fantasoft's website is entirely gone. There's no news because there's nowhere for it to be. Just a big notice of expiration to remind us all of our mortality. —Alorael, who thinks he'll go kill some deamons [sic] in Realmz to cool off. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 7 2005 13:11
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At least three possible choices are not people in the strictest sense of the word. I leave the determination of which three (or more!) as an exercise for the reader. [Edit: English good talking!!!] —Alorael, who always encourages his readers to get more exercise. Then you can feel less guilt when enjoying the gift of the man (person?) who invented chocolate. [ Wednesday, December 07, 2005 13:12: Message edited by: Hairier Erratic Aircrew ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |