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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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Law Bringer
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:21
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What I got before, roughly: Social -8, Econ -6 I'm sure it's still accurate. —Alorael, who has lost faith in his ability to take the test without compromising his results by having taken it before and having definite expectations. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 18:04
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Yes, Jeff does express a lot of hate. His column was (is?) called the Grumpy Gamer. What do you expect? [Edit: Some of this comes from Jeff's interviews, too. Look around the main Spiderweb site in links and in the news.] —Alorael, who would post a link if he could find a live one. Google still has a few cached, and you can find some links to individual articles if you look hard enough. Play around with "Grumpy Gamer" (not to be confused with the blog) and "Jeff Vogel." [ Thursday, June 23, 2005 18:05: Message edited by: Evil Autocrat ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Two envelopes paradox in General | |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 18:01
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quote:You increase your chance to 1/2 instead of 1/4, but unless the lifeline works exactly like the doors (you pick, then two of the choices you didn't pick are eliminated) it's not as good as the door trick. That one relies on the non-randomness of the information you get. If you could pick one answer and then reveal two of the three others as false, you'd have a 3/4 chance of getting the question right by switching. That's the difference between this gameshow paradox and the three doors game, which isn't a paradox. The latter relies on gaining new information on probability. The former gives you no new information, so no matter how you crunch the numbers you're still guessing. —Alorael, who will nonetheless use these letters are proof that the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence. Probability does not lie! Please ignore the garbage in and garbage out. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 15:11
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quote:—Alorael, who thinks that just about sums it up. For the record, Jeff Vogel apparently heartily endorses Kel's policy. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 15:06
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If a game has a combat engine designed to handle vehicles and mounts, well and good. If not, tacking them on is probably a bad idea. The concept is good, but if it's just thrown into A4 without proper attention, it would be a Bad Thing. Still, trampling over the puny goblins with your elephants is a very, very good image. I have no interest in management chores in RPGs. Jeff apparently doesn't either, judging by his Grumpy Gamer articles. Heck, he even grumbled about having to remember a torch while dungeon crawling (despite Exile/Avernum's heavy light requirements!). If a horse could starve to death, mine would, and I would get frustrated. —Alorael, who would like to cordially remind you that the Code of Conduct forbids even masked profanity. Everyone at Spiderweb is expected to just say "No!" to ****. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What gender is Sulfras? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 13:07
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It's a giant, fire-breathing lizard. It has no children and no apparent desire for them. As far as I'm concerned, it can change its gender all it wants as long as it gives me the Onyx Scepter on request. —Alorael, who actually could see how that might be feasible with enough magic and different anatomy. Sounds more like a Khoth trick, though. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 13:05
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TM makes the CoC cry once again. —Alorael, who wishes he would just sthu. Oh well. Maybe when he's dead? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 13:03
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27, which I missed before: Like being able to pick new traits every few levels? Sure, why not. Sounds like Fallout perks to me. Then again, I don't really see why either. 28. Not worth the effort if it doesn't effect the whole game. Unless it's going to be Nethergate on a larger scale, I can live quite happily without it. 29. A custom house? Sure. Rank? Already happened to some extent in the form of clearance. Political power, forts, and minions to command? This isn't an RTS game. An Avernum RTS could be neat (and it could be awful), but A4 isn't it and I've seen very few RPG-RTS mixes that were worth the effort. 30. Discrimination drives away customers. What do you really want here? I can't think of anything that gender would plausibly effect except skills, and that's a setup for angry customers. Some dialogue changes? Maybe, but Avernum's setting has established gender equality already. Cosmetic details would be okay, but again not worth the work. 31. If there were mounted fighting in A4, maybe. If your vehicle doesn't change your fighting ability, though, there's no need for much variety. Camels in the desert would be realistic but unnecessary. —Alorael, who can barely keep track of his boats and horses anyway. He'd be sure to lose something if he had to remember where he left camels and elephants too. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:54
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There are four possible eliminations from the General mod roster. I'm hoping it doesn't come down to a cage match. They don't let guns in, y'know. —Alorael, who would like to think of himself as the soul moderator of General. He's got heart, too. No huggles, though. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Debate #1 for Moderator Election in General | |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:50
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The "fagot" incident was clearly "communication... intended to harass, belittle, humiliate, threaten or cause embarrassment to a fellow member," and only the most literal-minded would claim that it wasn't "hate speech against a certain group of people, due to their religion, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, etc." There is leniency and there is negligence, and that would fall under the latter category. Everyone arguing otherwise is either pushing an agenda or forgetting the realities of the beginning of the problem because of the results. Linda's reaction was excessive in one case and ludicrous in another. That's not Zeviz' fault. Accusing him because he chose to consult rather than use his temporary admin position to impose punishments is questionable, especially when you then accuse him of having a grudge. If he wasn't impartial, shouldn't he have asked for a second opinion? —Alorael, who doesn't agree with the apparent repeat of Zeviz open season. Maybe it wasn't a great idea to drag up ancient history, but it was at least relevant. Zeviz' actions then were not criminal and not malicious. And everyone hearing the whole thing only now, everything has been so skewed by bias and time that you probably can't even tell what actually happened without careful post analysis and some healthy interpolation. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:48
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It's not that the animations trouble my computer. It's that the animations take time, as animations must. In Avernum, you press a button and your characters have relocated almost instantly. It's a convenience issue, especially when you have a whole map to walk across. Starcraft has animation and needs it because it's a real-time strategy game. Geneforge isn't, and the combat isn't real time. Nor would I like it to be. If it were, though, then real-time, animated walking would also be necessary. Jeff has claimed that he avoids music also because it makes the downloads significantly larger and he doesn't want the games to be inaccessible to those still on dialup connections. He hasn't mentioned the cost, but hiring someone to make your music probably isn't high on his lost of priorities either. If you really want music, play your own. (On this, though, I agree. An optional and additional download of music wouldn't hurt. I can see why Jeff doesn't do it and I don't mind, but with the right music it could be nice.) —Alorael, who would have to lock almost every single thread if going off-topic were so criminal. Conversational drift happens. Conversations would be pretty boring without it. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:32
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Looking like Geneforge is a fine thing. I'll be the first to admit that Avernum's graphics were a step down from Exile's where characters and monsters are concerned. Geneforge is much prettier. Having animations that slow everything down would not be so nice. Having a check-box for animations/no animations would be simply lovely, actually. It would come close to making everyone happy. —Alorael, who just stumbled upon the remarkable resemblance beween Fallout and Geneforge in many respects. Real-time wandering and turn-based combat, dialogue fun based on stats-skills, (ostensibly) being able to win through wits rather than mass carnage, etc. Plagiarism is a time-honored game design trick, and at least he picked a good game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:27
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Have fun, Aran! If you don't, you just wasted your precious campaign time for nothing! —Alorael, who has to point out that this has a remarkable resemblance to a more honest "I'm leaving" topic. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:20
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No, it doesn't. It's new to your characters ("This... is a tree!") but not to you as a player. The places are new, but it's back to completely unoriginal fantasy setting. The caves in Avernum 2 aren't new anymore, but what they lack in unknowns they make up for in seeing how things changed. —Alorael, who missed Fort Avernum and also missed it being called Fort Exile. At least Tor made it out even if he decided not to hand out goodies anymore. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:14
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You get a number of votes equal to the total number of candidates, Ben. —Alorael, who hasn't counted them yet. You can do it on your own time, and hopefully get it right. No chads, eh? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 12:11
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Since Exile is for all intents and purposes the same setting as Avernum, and since BoE has been out for years and generated plenty of story, I think Jeff has already shot continuity in the head. We've discussed it before. I also dislike Geneforge. I don't like real-time at all, I don't particularly care one way or the other about animation, and I just don't like the slightly different mechanics. No secret doors? No outdoors? No thanks. —Alorael, who agrees to some extent with TM. Nothing in Exile/Avernum is innovative gameplay, and very little of Geneforge is. If you're playing for that, you're playing the wrong game. What they have is setting and world-building. Sure, it may not always be carried as far as it could, but it's there and worth seeing. (Incidentally, this is one reason why I like A1 more than A3. The caves are a different setting. The surface is a boring, generic setting, and all the repressiveness mentioned in A1 vanished.) Nethergate has the most atmosphere at all, and despite gameplay almost identical to Avernum's, it's considered a success. So there you have it: innovative environment, not innovative programming or game design. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 23 2005 11:59
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Yes. It will come with a new title, but that title will just be added to the regular list. —Alorael, who may have to find some way to become an admin just so he can have a custom title. And not just any title, mind you. An ever-changing custom title! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 17:26
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I merely wish to be the Supremely Illuminated Hierarch of the Galactic-Bound Order of Lost Souls. I shall be properly addressed as "Your Postliness," and all bows must reach at least a 97 degree angle at the waist. —Alorael, who will not only have robes. He will also have a tall and precarious hat from which many inscrutable objects of deep spiritual significance depend. And he will have fine cloths stuffed in his ears. All important men of the ecclesiastic persuasion should be deaf to the words of those who do not follow the True Faith of White. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 17:21
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That only proves your guilt. You also get to have your leg broken. By wild beasts. —Alorael, who believes the difference between the SEP and EVOL may only be semantics. One says it like it is, and the other says it like it is but manages to make it more upbeat. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 17:15
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I think it's worth pointing out that Jeff Vogel almost never visits these forums and doesn't take suggestions—even eminently practical suggestions, like fixing egregious bugs—from his customers. Besides, for everyone who wants something, someone else won't want it. Yes, that even goes for vahnatai as PCs. —Alorael, who would apologize for raining on a paraded if the parade weren't all about arguments anyway. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 13:59
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A vote for Alcritas is a vote for victory! —Alorael, who has contributed nothing but murk. He'll just add once again that this is a glorified and complicated popularity contest. If you like someone now, you'll like him or her as a mod. If you don't like someone, moderatorial power won't help matters. If you need speeches to help you figure this out, then you don't deserve your thirtysomething votes. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 13:52
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Not to mention all the blood from ritual sacrifices. Blood stains are the worst to get out of clothes. Fortunately, my attention to garb is such that I just find the first available laundromat and live with the stains that make me look perpetually unkempt. —Alorael, who also favors darker colors in part because of that very dirt. Although it's surprising how grime seems to come in equal parts black and white so that no matter what you wear you get visibly dirty. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 13:31
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Please don't revive dead topics if you don't really have anything to add. —Alorael, who would especially like to avoid any chances for overzealous moderation in this time of political turmoil. To stop someone from locking this topic for no real reason, he's going to lock this topic. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 22 2005 13:30
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I'm not actually running, Aran. I refuse to cede any autocratic power to democracy, and that makes running again redundant. —Alorael, who thinks there may have to be some chad inspection on just who's in this thing. Perhaps a day or two for a final list to be assembled from all the candidates and then for all the candidates to correct errors would not go amiss. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Elections : The Conspiracy Thread in General | |
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written Tuesday, June 21 2005 21:20
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If you actually managed that, Kel, I'm in awe of your... dexterity and willpower. —Alorael, who promises that a vote for him is a vote for nonspecific impediment to all progress future, present or past. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, although he is not running, he can retroactively undo all that has been done. And that is what conspiracies are all about. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |