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Do not seek to hide your jealosy behind ridiculous questions! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, August 22 2007 12:45 Profile Homepage #19
Or if they're ironic, or if you've got enough presence that nobody dares accuse you of creating mindless topics.

—Alorael, who should start milestones at random times and claim that they're E-performance art. It would be perfect!
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The REAL list in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 22:25 Profile Homepage #10
You could attribute Polaris to the original band of murky conspirators, but many of that band have little or nothing to do with Polaris now. Logo is the host, so he's the best, but does it really need one name attached to it? It's a forum. It's by everyone on the forum.

—Alorael, who thinks all forums make more sense without any particular creator. Also, a disclaimer about how it's impossible to include absolutely every satellite board would help.
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0MG!!1 I 4M T3H UBER-4W3SOM3!!!!111!! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 22:15 Profile Homepage #1
Hax!!!!

—Alorael, who is pretty sure that the answer is no, and you didn't even ask a question.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Xbox 360 XBLA support in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 16:23 Profile Homepage #14
Jeff programs for Mac first, though. Hell to port backwards probably isn't his cup of tea, and starting on PC probably isn't either.

—Alorael, who at least hopes not. Getting the games first is nice Mac perk on Spiderweb. (Cue Mac vs. PC flamewar and queue topic lock to follow.)
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Ahht in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 16:20 Profile Homepage #3
Galleries display items to their advantage, to say nothing of the ambience that is supposed to inspire appreciation of art. Garage sales usually display items poorly and have all the ambience of someone's garage. I think the difference of opinion is totally unsurprising.

—Alorael, who thinks it's also similar to the Joshua Bell in the subway. When you go to look at art, you see art. If you're not expecting it, you're in a different mindset and you can easily completely overlook it. The subconscious is a powerful thing.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Music in Avernum 5 in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 16:12 Profile Homepage #6
I'm indifferent. Most computer games have disposal music, and Jeff doesn't have the budget to do better. It would be nice to have a way to select your own tracks for various occasions (battle, towns, caves, and so on), but that's work without any real benefit for Jeff.

—Alorael, who frequently finds himself turning off games' music to use iTunes anyway. Unless there's a chance of getting Avernum scored by Howard Shore, no music is good music.
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Do not seek to hide your jealosy behind ridiculous questions! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 16:10 Profile Homepage #6
I once again find myself making threats. The next person to talk about newbs/noobs/n00bz and Iffy at anything even remotely resembling the same time will be shown no mercy.

For Iffy:

IMAGE(http://images.neopets.com/items/bd_muffin_fire.gif)

—Alorael, who has nothing constructive to add, except that travel makes him cranky.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Couple of Questions in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 20 2007 06:09 Profile Homepage #1
1. Yes, it's a good idea to get a scale as soon as possible.

2. They're a pain. Higher magic resistance may help, and a Crystal Amulet helps a great deal. You're always at risk, though. The best thing to do is save first and be ready to play through the encounter many times.

3. I'm not sure if all merchants have the same prices when you sell your items, but it's not tied to the prices that they have when selling. Most give you the same amount no matter who or where they are.

4. Yes, you'll need to buy or find spells as you improve your druids. You only get free spells when creating a character.

—Alorael, who hopes this helps. He is also reminded how much fun basilisks aren't. Instant death is not a high point and A4's freezing is a huge step forward.
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What is the highest lvl for all avernum games? in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 20 2007 06:06 Profile Homepage #7
A2 has a level cap at 50, which is apparently reachable. I've never made it there.

—Alorael, who doesn't consider more than quadruple digit caps a cap at all. They're more like cheating disincentives and possibly dead man's switches.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A little confused in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, August 18 2007 07:31 Profile Homepage #3
Avernum is a remake of Exile with a significantly different engine. N:R is a remake of Nethergate with something that's more like the latest version of the engine that was in its first incarnation at the time of the original Nethergate. There are a few gameplay tweaks you'll notice, particularly the addition of a level system. There are a couple of new dungeons. Other than that, N:R is supposed to be as close to the original as possible.

—Alorael, who thinks it does a good job with that. Since Nethergate is one of Spiderweb's gems, there's really no reason for Jeff to go mucking around with it when for less work he can make it accessible to newer hardware and operating systems.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I Seek to Obtain the Meaningless Approbation of my Fellows in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, August 17 2007 08:51 Profile Homepage #36
That's even worse spam than most of your spam, Iffy. This is a warning. Stop it.

—Alorael, who thinks that this is as good a time as any to add the reminder that Canned is only a letter away from Banned. Spamming has been known to induce letter shifts.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Internal Software Prediction Metrics Survey in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, August 17 2007 08:49 Profile Homepage #4
Just because it's real doesn't mean it's not spam.

—Alorael, who at the very least things it's badly mistargeted. Goodbye!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Frustrated in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, August 15 2007 19:53 Profile Homepage #4
First Aid is useless, but potions and healing spells are your friends. Roman strategy is all variations on a theme of charge things and hit them a lot. You'll just have to do that to goblins far more often than anything else in the beginning. I don't think there's anything you're well equipped to take on other than the Ruined Hall and maybe some outdoor encounters of (surprise!) goblins.

—Alorael, who recommends Roman Training and specialization. Pick at least one character, probably the first, to do hitting things and only hitting things. Strength, a weapon skill, and Roman Training are all you really need. Armor Use helps later.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, August 15 2007 08:55 Profile Homepage #6
The greenhouse gas disbelievers are the same kind of lunatic fringe in their field as the intelligent designers are in evolutionary biology. They're vastly outnumbered, and they're outnumbered by a large number of experts who don't have any obvious bias. Since I am not an atmospheric chemist or climatologist, I think going with the majority is the most reasonable decision.

—Alorael, who also doesn't particularly care about the cause of global warming. It's happening and it is a problem. Even if greenhouse gases aren't the primary cause, if a reduction would reduce warming then it needs to be done. Even natural global warming is catastrophic.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I Seek to Obtain the Meaningless Approbation of my Fellows in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 13:36 Profile Homepage #26
Aran will never catch up that way. I post and delete more often than he could ever dream. Unless, of course, he made an even more efficient bot to do it.

—Alorael, who now has to wonder which of his gimmicks have survived into the mind of the present. Is he more closely associated with scripts or sniping? Do people fear to steal his skribbane anymore? Does anyone avoid ambling in Alaska?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
What was the last book that made you go "Wow"? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 10:53 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by No more muffins:

Have you guys ever considered that I am intelligent (which I am)?
Since you keep telling us, yes. You really shouldn't tell us, though. Actions speak louder than words. The act of self-aggrandizement drowns out what you're actually trying to convey.

quote:
Besides, I am young so I am not fully mature.
That's why there's some skepticism about your book.

quote:
Yes, this post is spam. But it is a reply to what other people have said.
No, it's not spam. It's relevant to the discussion.

—Alorael, who facepalmed no fewer than four times while reading this thread. That's close to a record for something that hasn't reached page two yet.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Message Boards in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 10:43 Profile Homepage #20
Puberty is no more an excuse than being nine years old, fifty, or really tired. You are who you are. It may explain, but it doesn't excuse.

—Alorael, who has heard many things attributed to the horrific hormonal tempests of puberty. Memory loss is a new one.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Exp Glitch? in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 10:42 Profile Homepage #3
Are you sure everyone didn't gain a lot of levels when you killed something with melee? That would explain why you're not getting more levels for more puny enemies.

—Alorael, who also wouldn't be terribly surprised if some remnant of the old experience oddities remain. You wouldn't happen to have a friend from Vanarium with you, would you?
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
What was the last book that made you go "Wow"? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 07:31 Profile Homepage #6
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (and Murakami in general) makes me go wow, but mostly in a mystified way. In a good mystified way.

—Alorael, who definitely wowed at Cryptonomicon too. And it was a year ago that he read it. Almost to the day! It's getting to be time to read it again. The Baroque Cycle was even wowwer, too.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Message Boards in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, August 14 2007 07:26 Profile Homepage #15
Hey, after a few thousand of those signatures I'm surprised I've gotten as as few wrong as I have.

—Alorael, who has no comment on Alorale. Oral Ale, however, is a most terrifyingly potent beverage. To forestal the inevitable questions, no, you still can't have his skribbbane.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Message Boards in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 13 2007 19:41 Profile Homepage #8
Age counts for something, right?

—Alorale, who certainly think they deserve recognition if The Roost is on the list. And the one that even Iffy admits you've never heard of, too.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A Pol. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 13 2007 07:21 Profile Homepage #14
Argh.

—Alorael, who is guilty of a very minor but embarassing crime. Pointing it out would be both mean and spam. Seriously!

[ Monday, August 13, 2007 07:25: Message edited by: Ekahedron ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
A Pol. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 13 2007 07:21 Profile Homepage #13
Using science to trump language isn't being scientific. It's being deliberately obtuse.

—Alorael, who would not rely on the intelligence of Spiderweb to get things right. Spiderweb's intelligence is grievously misused on a daily basis. It is to be feared, not embraced.
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It's spelled GUARDIAN in Geneforge Series
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, August 13 2007 07:16 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by No more muffins:

I didn't actually read the previous post.
Fixed Your Typo.

—Alorael, who gives Thuryl a lot of credit for explaining with style. He even did better than using it in a sentence!
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