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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 Saturday, June 18 2005 13:47
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This comes close, and this is the real deal. It also makes Seletine suspect. —Alorael, who is glad to see another meta-relevant topic for the list. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 18 2005 10:40
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That's BtI, actually. —Alorael, who will note that Kel, Aran, and Thuryl have an edge. No moderators currently have titles shared by anyone else (well, except for BoE posse), and those three meet the requirement. Dolphin, you'd better find a custom title quick! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 18 2005 10:36
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It's somewhere past Fort Remote in southwestern Avernum, but since I teleported in and only returned on foot, I don't remember exactly where. The portal code can be found in one of the rooms next to Mahdavi's in the Tower of Magi. —Alorael, who believes but isn't positive that you need to speak to Erika and Athron before you can get in. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, June 18 2005 10:06
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I have the proper number of organs. And an extra incisor. That's very special. —Alorael, who can also consume mind-boggling immense quantities of skribbane and still hit a small target from 300 yards. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 21:25
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A minimum age on drugs is an obvious clause, and yes, underage drugs probably wouldn't increase with legalization. It's not like all kids drink, and for those too young to use the drugs legal for others even the law wouldn't really have changed (though penalties might). Jurisdiction is an entirely different can of worms. —Alorael, who can barely manage a straight line sober and who cannot recite the alphabet backwards in any way, shape, or form. No, this is not entirely due to skribbane. It's never come up, but he'd have to ask for a breathalyzer test to spare himself added humiliation and suspicion. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 21:19
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The very subtle appended editing messages will go entirely unnoticed. —Alorael, who is pretty sure there were better plots in the halcyon days of conspiracies. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 19:55
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I beat the rush, but unfortunately it's only for the day. I'll have to see about coming up with replacements. —Alorael, who might make many M monikers. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 19:48
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I don't think SMoE felt pressure. He just made a bizarre decision. —Alorael, who wouldn't even put SMoE on the heavily conservative side, though for Spiderweb he's far right field. Didn't he come out only modestly in the first quadrant on the political compass test? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 19:46
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Has there been any effort to devise such drug tests? Having to deliver a battery of tests rather than a single one would be an inconvenience and an expense even if such tests existed. Then again, there's really nothing to prevent one from driving while high right now by that rationale. Seems like there's a hole somewhere. Somewhere I picked up the idea that drugs would have to be used in a controlled location. While that would solve the resale problems, especially to minors, the number of people who would choose to use drugs outside of the safety and comfort of their own homes might be very slim. And it's more expensive. To be honest, I don't know where I came up with this preconception. —Alorael, who will now have to find a way to lock himself up temporarily with an easy victim whom he must consume to survive. You haven't enjoyed fine cuisine until you've compared it with long pig. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 19:41
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There seems to be a perception that being a moderator is a tough job. Actually, it's just reading posts and posting as usual. Occasionally, you deliver a warning, which seems to go unnoticed. More often there is damage control to be done by topic locking. You've all seen what the mods do. Don't tell me your impressed, because then I either have an expensive egress to show you or you're lying. Because the basic qualifications for being a mod are something that everyone should be able to meet (though not everyone does...), it really is mostly a glorified popularity contest with some people rendered ineligible by their obvious lack of impartiality. It's not as though being a mod carries a stipend, any glory, or throngs of men, women, and tentacles who hang around you at all times. Really, since the death of Misc, there's just no fun in moderating anymore... Nostalgia!!!!! —Alorael, who brings you a rumor from a darkened third floor window in Alaska that a certain skribbane addict may be interested in discovering whether two moderator slots can be set to the same account number. Perhaps topics can be even more emphatically locked? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 19:30
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A few notes on sidetracks to the debate: The drugs in question are mind-altering drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs are a separate problem. (Incidentally, I don't see why they have to be illegal, except that sports teams don't like them). Driving drunk is no better and no worse than driving while incapacitated by any drug, and should be treated the same way. That does bring up the question of transit. If you can't drive yourself home after smoking pot (and you shouldn't), let alone using LSD, is this going to require major mass transit changes? But I digress. Gaining money from drugs as it's gained from gambling is part of Alec's proposal. The problem is that drugs can be physically addictive and directly cause physical and mental damage. Mainly, gambling is another issue. So is murder, though, and it's become part of our debate. —Alorael, who didn't know about murder for necessity. Does that also permit cannibalism, by any chance? And why does Thuryl know all of these fascinating things? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 12:16
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I checked various internet archives but couldn't come up with anything conclusive.This is certainly an exercise in selective memory, though. Freud would have a field day with this! —Alorael, who appeals to all oldbies who remember those good old days of three digit post counts. Anyone remember the order? As long as it's being asked, Morgan was third and Saunders fourth, right? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 12:13
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Actually, the real reason was the fact that the GC forum existed and none of the others did, although some members wanted to discuss those others games once in a great while. Since I can't create new sections but I can edit the ones I mod, and since I was a mod of Galactic Core, RWG came into existence. —Alorael, who is saddened. His momentous change went unnoticed by the one person who has a legitimate reason to care! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 12:07
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As long as the mod(s) up for replacement aren't the ones counting, it probably doesn't matter. Then again, favoritism could happen. Unless you suspect all the mods of conspiracy, though, it's probably fine. As has been pointed out, Drakey has divine right anyway. He might as well count votes too. —Alorael, who prefers open election. Then there's obviously no fraud, although there can be intimidation. PMs to vote counters would also work, though discrepancies could really make another chad nightmare. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 11:56
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You can kill the Tower of Magi Haakai in the unregistered version (and got the Onyx Scepter)? Are you sure it wasn't another Haakai? There are several. You can't get all of Demonslayer in the unregistered version (of THAT I'm positive!), but if you've already defeated the Haakai then I don't think Solberg says anything of particular import. —Alorael, who definitely missed his chance to clean out the ToM in his unregistered E1 game. Considering how long he spent chafing at that registration barrier, maybe he should have tried out a few old haunts with more fervor first. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 08:02
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You're either counting the IB or you're incorrect. I'm pretty sure I was the first to 1000 on the UBB and Morgan was the second. That was the first time I realized that I was a shameless spammer. It was not the last. —Alorael, who is now a repentant spammer. See, he's only 14th now! He's recovering! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 07:50
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Stranger: Yes, ending both drug-related crime and drug use would be nice. Nobody knows how to do that, however. Illegalization certainly hasn't done a great job with either. The rationale behind Alec's proposal (and he pretty much articulated my own beliefs) is that relatively few people will start using drugs simply because they are legal. No, there aren't stats, but it seems plausible, at least. Fear of health and financial consequences is at least as much of a motivator as fear of legal consequences. Zeviz: That's a problem I've considered and to which I've never come up with a great answer. I think legal drugs could avoid many of the expenses of the current black market, so I'm not sure how much costs would be cut other than by cutting drugs with other substances. The real deterrent is the fact that quality-controlled drugs are available, making illicit purchases much more obviously risky. And how many drug dealers would stay in business with legal and legitimate competition? For evidence, I'd like to ask where the tobacco black market is. If cigarettes are so highly taxed, why isn't underground cigarette sale such a problem? The more obvious problem is adults buying the "official" drugs and then reselling to minors for a small profit, or just giving it to friends (much like some young adults do for younger friends with cigarettes and alcohol). There's no great solution to this that I can think of any more than there is one to cigarettes or alcohol, but at least with quality assurance you know nobody is giving a buddy a lethal dose by accident. —Alorael, who can at least see one obvious benefit of legalization in the Alec sense. If illegalization hasn't stopped drugs, and it hasn't, than it's at least nice for the government to get a cut of the profits via taxes instead of hemorrhaging money for drug control and imprisonment even if the actual use rates don't change or increase. Cynical? Absolutely. Financially sound? Ask someone with a background in finance, but it seems like it to an uneducated eye. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 07:33
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I have actually burnt water. It wasn't very clean water, but I did manage to pull off the cliché in bad cooking. Otherwise, I tend to suffer from Thuryl's problem, only I exacerbate it by trying to correct ratios that I think are wrong even when they're right. Then I end up with too much of everything in the wrong proportions. —Alorael, who is also notoriously bad at following directions. This makes many recipes disastrous. The difference between Tbsp and tsp, a cup and a quart, or 200º and 300º can be remarkable. This as also led him to the creation of "death soup" by adding two cans of chili pepper instead of two canned chili peppers. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 07:25
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Speaking as someone who played both GC and Homeland, I can say that while GC bored me immensely, Homeland made me seriously contemplate deleting Virtual PC from my computer as a prophylactic measure. GC is spectacularly not good. Homeland is spectacularly bad. —Alorael, who isn't sure where the idea that SubTerra is lumped in with RWG came from. It's very obviously below RWG in its own section. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 07:16
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SMoE has acknowledged that his actions were perhaps—just perhaps—ill-advised. That's pretty close to a full admission of guilt. —Alorael, who believes Formerly is commenting on a Mafia-esque air in the sense of intrigue, backstabbing, and bodies found floating in the virtual harbor. While the absence of smoky back room conspiracies and evil plots is occasionally regrettable, it really is more fun in retrospect than in action. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 17 2005 07:11
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quote:You, my friend, have your priorities mixed up. Thomas Covenant first, Harry Potter later. —Alorael, who would have been in a bookstore at midnight to get the latest Thomas Covenant if he had learned that it had been written on time. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 16 2005 16:17
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Thanks for the warning. —Alorael, who will add that anyone coming to your house conducting a survey probably should be avoided anyway, even if he does not want to see your bum. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 16 2005 16:08
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I'm missing about half of everything that came between Compost Stellae and All Lost, which is approximately May 5 to May 17. —Alorael, who is always happy to impersonate himself. It's a shame that he has to use a period to do so, though. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 16 2005 16:03
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I can recall three elections, and two of them went well. One of them had a slightly conspiratorial aspect, but it was all clean. I, of course, was elected even more questionably than Bush. —Alorael, who believes that the UBB limits itself to four mods. Yes, it's UBB-ish. And he'll never give up his ill-gotten power. You hear? NEVER! Ahem. But hey, there are some openings on RWG! Who wants bear the title of Galactic Core maven? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, June 16 2005 15:58
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The real story of Polaris, which differs from ADoS' account mainly in order: Scorp put up a banner calling ADoS a lagot. Disgruntled people congregated in a chatroom, which eventually resulted in the email that got Scorp and TM (go figure) demodded, caused a great deal of anger, and led to the first of three (that I can remember) Misc. mod elections. I recall no further details, but the first board was an Ezboard and it crashed my browser, so I bowed out after doing not a whole lot. I like conspiracies. Polaris survived for no particular reason and picked up different people along the way. It also migrated to MyIB, Invision, a different Invision, and yet another Invision with some temporary boards in between. —Alorael, who can't do anything on JadeWolf's forums because he won't register. He can, however, make life on Spiderweb unpleasant. He won't, though, because he doesn't really care about those forums. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |