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| Displayed name | Or else o'erleap. |
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| Title | Law Bringer |
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| Registered | Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 09:44
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Perhaps some here do not approve of the polyglots. And I've just stretched this past acceptability. —Alorael, who doesn't accept that fhtagot, while (probably) two syllables and ending in -agot, is proper agotism. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 09:37
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You just fabricated that, Khoth. Real 1337 h4x0r5 don't capitalize or punctuate, and I'm pretty sure some more spelling errors would be in there. —Alorael, who isn't sure if that's a statement about the nature (or maybe nurture) of people who crack games or about the cracking culture. Tangentially, he wonders if it is politically correct or not to call these people crackers. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 09:32
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The vahnatai lands of A2 are the vahnatai homeland for the particular clan seen in A2 and A3. Whoever is left with Rentar-Ihrno is probably settling a new area, which wouldn't be any more impressive than the new cities and old ruins in A2. —Alorael, who would like a little bit of Jeff's take on the slith homeland. If he threw in Lost B in A1, the least he could do is give it some thought in A4. Just a little reference would do. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 19:50
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Very few games look bad in advertisements, Kel. It's like BoX scenario plots. The general overview can always have potential. It's the details that matter, and in this case there's a whole lot of devil in them. —Alorael, who now has to ponder the irony of the fact that Homeland is one of the few games that seems to run flawlessly in Virtual PC. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 19:46
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To some extent, but most people are not skilled at cracking games and have no idea where to go or who to talk to to get cracks. Large, popular, famous games are the biggest victims, but they have so many buyers it's arguable whether they lost more in percentage. Spiderweb games are really niche games, so relatively few people probably crack them, so few people distrbute the cracks, so they're harder to get. If it's really inconvenient to get a cracked game, most people will either give up or pay. —Alorael, who supposes that this sort of game anonymity works as a kind of piracy protection. Unfortutately, it's very epensive. You lost the money you'd get from having a popular game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 19:41
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quote:At least try to read the topic, okay? —Alorael, who noticed that he'd hit 9000 only after having hit something slightly over 9000. Starting a topic late is so unhip. Besides, he has to save up for the big 10k. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 19:39
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No, UBB can't sticky. I wish there were a little more specificity (another good word, and fun to say!). I called Lost Souls, Geneforge, and E1 all okay. E1 is the only one I have attempted to register (how did I fail? Different story), and it also suffers from being the oldest. Lost Souls I wouldn't even really consider paying for even though it appears from the poll that I like it as much as the other two. And so on. But that's enough ranting. —Alorael, who doesn't think "poor" or "terrible" are quite accurate for GC. "Mind-numbing" is much more accurate. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 18:14
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I've played all three. I'd have to say that I did enjoy Lost Souls, but the other two were pain. Thus, I compromised with "Somewhat." Then I discovered that I had to have registered one of them, so I said LS. It's the one I would registered if I absolutely had to. —Alorael, who recommends GC for the stunning mediocrity and Homeland for the... no. One cannot recommend Homeland. One can only cry. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 18:04
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Every few levels you can pick a feat, which gives you a boost in something, a new ability, a new way to use an old ability, or something of the like. Sometimes you have to have some prerequisite feat or abilities already. They're much akin to perks in Fallout, if you're familiar with those games, and I'm sure other games have examples as well. They come down to a form of character customization based on adding a number of single things from a list instead of increasing a number (although some feats/perks do just increase numbers). Put another way, feats are exactly like traits in Avernum, except you get new ones every few levels and sometimes you have to meat requirements before you can add it to a character. —Alorael, who doesn't like the idea of feats in Avernum, as he said. He doesn't even love levels. Nethergate's skill system was great even if it was slightly abusable. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 17:59
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There's a series of Dragon's Lair games? Impeccable timing with absolutely no prompting once is painful enough! Drakey: Why the penchant for storing in hard copy? You still owe us a BEEP, by the way. Consider it atonement for RiB. —Alorael, who would also accept a custom title. That would be plenty nifty for him. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 17:55
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Even if you didn't know that, didn't the context give it away? How many people could explain Drakey's title? —Alorael, who is not comforted by the thought of an incomprehensible Ukrano-Italian title. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 11:48
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I'm with SoT on this one. If you're told that some people lie and some don't, why do you believe the teller? He could be one of the liars! [Edit: Botched a question.] —Alorael, who has seen an endless series of these truth-lie quesetions. Some of them are lots of fun, and some of them have been seen so often they've lost all meaning. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:48: Message edited by: Fear or Favor? ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 11:26
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The paradox, of course, is that if the word "three" is an error and should be "two," the sentence has three errors and the sentence should say three. The brain scanner can predict what will be in the boxes, not what I will do with them? That's one weird scanner. —Alorael, who would take both boxes. These aren't Schrödinger's boxes. Since the amount of money has already been placed by the time one makes the choice, taking both boxes can only result in getting more money. The amount of money in the box can't retroactively change based on a choice, can it? Besides, the scanner is almost 100% accurate, but it isn't quite 100% accurate. So maybe it was wrong and the alien can be conned out of $110,000. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 11:12
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If L. Ron Hubbard can keep selling books and presumably cashing checks while he's dead, I'm sure R. White can do the same. —Alorael, who now has to worry about being a cult dedicated creating zombies and other horrible undead abominations. Great. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 10:56
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Especially since you're in the minority here. None of the Geneforge traits bowl me over, but item crafting has some potential. A little bit of it appeared in A3, too, so it's not all that unlikely. Real-time exploration, no outdoors, and character classes are on my death list. —Alorael, who would rather see a Nethergate-style game with two almost entirely different plots based on factions than Geneforge-style cosmetic factions. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 10:51
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I would like to point out that as of this post, BoA and Nethergate are tied in first with nine votes. BoE lags by only a single vote. The next one, A2, has six votes. Jeff, you're not reading this, but there's a message here. —Alorael, who can actually find two. One is about product support and the other about what people like in a game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 10:46
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Exile has undead turning in the same way as Avernum: spells. Avernum has a single area spell: Cloud of Blades. It's not a fireball. I agree that the endless spells of dubious utility were fun, and area spells actually made combat require a little bit of thought. Since the XP cap vanished in A3/BoA, I doubt we'll see it again. But you never know. —Alorael, who isn't sure about free graphics engines. If the graphics aren't free, they're still a cost. If they're large, it hurts Jeff's mission of making his games downloadable to everyone. If they're free, then he risks having his game look like it's made with free graphics, which is "less professional" or something. And if the engine is 3D, Jeff has to program around that. 3D isn't Exile/Avernum, either. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 10:39
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quote:Many RPGs made nowadays disagree. You either control the killing and wandering only and the plot progresses will ye, nill ye, or you watch as the automated fighting extracts the viscera of your foes without your having to click even once. —Alorael, who has seen non-Tharma Exile/Avernum fan fiction while looking it up for a prior query on the subject. None of it was good or memorable, and he doesn't care to find it now. Use Google yourself. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 16:55
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But it is better to keep one's mouth closed and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt, or so Twain (roughly) said. Or maybe someone else. But it's famous, at any rate, and I'm sure it applies to posts too. —Alorael, who is comfortable with his role. After all, "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool," as Menander said. Just ask Drakey! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 16:48
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A1 has way too much wander here, kill this, grab that, talk to them for a good movie. It doesn't have any, well, plot. —Alorael, who could certainly see an adaptation that would work. Even then, to be at all true to A1 it would be very heavy on mindless action and light on plot. Most of your Avernum time is spent up to your armpits in gore. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:58
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I'm not changing my moniker because I want a different title (and certanly not that one!). I'm changing it because I want a custom title. —Alorael, who will get it. Somehow. Some day. And then all shall tremble before his Postliness indeed. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:55
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Consider my outrage at this indignity duly expressed. Hmph. —Alorael, who still ranks the titles Postmaster General > Your Postliness > Frolicking in Postland. The new one can go at the end of the list. Ick. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:46
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Jeff has written about how there's a certain level of inevitable piracy. You can just keep throwing time and money at the problem to no avail or you get on with your life. My personal opinion is that quite a few pirates would never pay for the game anyway, so they're not exactly a loss. Not that what they're doing isn't theft, but it's more like theft of potential money. —Alorael, who believes Jeff has also occasionally tried to have websites forced to remove information about how to register his games or shut down. The success rate probably hasn't been great. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:42
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Actually, authors don't die when the last word is written. They have been known to continue to write at great length about what they actually meant. We just don'ot have to listen. —Alorael, who knows that Das Kapital contains a blistering criticism of everyone who can't seem to learn proper table manners. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:35
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32. There are already item descriptions (just not in BoA, same as BoE) and materials. Mithril and adamantine show up (the latter only in Exile, I think). And jade and onyx. Vahnatai equipment, to the extent that they make equipment (exclusively cloaks, razordisks, and waveblades) exists. 33. If outdoors cutscenes are necessary, I'm sure Jeff will use them. I can't think of anywhere where they would have helped in Avernum. 34. Casting Light helps some. Waiting until the night ends helps more. 35. How often does the Empire engage in siege activities? It controls the surface already, and it only had a brief war with Avernum. 36. I disagree here. A new race is a good trick once. A new race again is repetitive. 37. Your party, by virtue of being strong enough to depopulate cities, never plays a small role in a battle. See Ornotha Ziggurat. But yes, battles could be fun if done right. 38. Spray paint doesn't exist in the world of Avernum and the Empire probably executes anyone it finds painting a tagline. More poor district awfulness would be a welcome touch though. Spells: Creating food (Manna) exists in Exile. Teleportation exists in the form of Word of Recall, which returns you to the starting town in E3/BoE. Any more generic teleportation, passage through otherwise impassable barriers, or the like would make game design much more difficult. Being able to keep players out with a wall or make them wait to be able to fly to cross that river is not a bad means of keeping party wandering in check. Wall of Force (both as a wall and as Magic Barrier) exists in Exile, and Prismatic wall is such a D&Dism that it doesn't belong. Same with turning undead. Besides, since classes don't exist as such in Avernum, there's no "cleric" to have unless you make it either an ability or a skill. The skill would be a waste and the ability would probably seldom see use. [Added: The very first firearms and even much later firearms were inferior to bows and crossbows. Either they could be unrealistic, which is common in games, or it could be a cheaper skill to learn, which would be realistic but slightly weird. I doubt A4 will be in some distant future, though. And who would want to carry around powder when someone else could be carrying a wand that shoots fireballs?] —Alorael, who is a proponent of keeping Avernum away from D&D. And classes. Classes are a form of oppression that should never be allowed to seep into Avernum. Even Geneforge comes perilously close. [ Friday, June 24, 2005 13:38: Message edited by: Fear or Favor? ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |