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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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| mathematical miracle in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, November 7 2004 13:23
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The weight given to your karma votes is affected by your karma. No, not the karma of your account. Your karma. —Alorael, who hopes he was good in his previous lives. He'd hate to vote for no good reason. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Hypothetical in General | |
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written Sunday, November 7 2004 08:10
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I don't think I could look anyone in the eye, whip out a gun, and leave a mess. Moral considerations aside, I don't have the stomach for that. Given the chance to engineer someone's death more impersonally, though, I might do it. Invisibility and impersonality are dangerous things, as the internet shows nicely. —Alorael, who very much hopes he never gets the chance to test out this situation. Even if he did pull it off, he'd spend the next few decades in terror of being discovered and feeling guilty of murder. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Golem Factory - hayulp! in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, November 7 2004 08:05
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Be sure to destroy the golem generators and bring more energy potions than you think you'll need. You'll need them. —Alorael, who also recommends using excessive caution when rounding corners. Running into hordes of golems who are inaccessibly located past laser barriers can be hazardous to your party's health. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Does anyone have the old versions of Exile? in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, November 6 2004 18:59
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The original version of Exile 3 isn't significantly different from the current version. It's only E2 and E3 that got graphics facelifts and some other changes. Doesn't E1 have APs now instead of the old one man, one action system? —Alorael, who confesses that he doesn't play the older Exiles very much. Yes, he is one of those Avernum lovers your parents and certain board members tell you to avoid. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| X... Man or Woman? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, November 6 2004 18:39
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And Sulfras switches too, doesn't he/she? Motrax and Khoth remain comfortably male, at least. The former is too old to try these newfangled geners and the latter is too preoccupied with deep thoughts to bother. —Alorael, who is pretty sure X was male when he was on the boards. That's as good a basis for judgement as any. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Being kept out of Sharimik in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, November 5 2004 12:45
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End the slime or roach plagues to get into (I think) Sharimik, Lorelei, and Gale. Gale is the city that requires the crawling through a hole. —Alorael, who isn't sure if Ernest's portals can also get you into Sharimik or not. It seems likely, but he's never tried it. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| the last battle in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, November 3 2004 17:57
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Please refrain from posting spam. If you don't have anything to add, please don't add anything at all. No, "lol" is not something. —Alorael, who brings you this warning on behalf of people who do not lol when reading lol. In fact, they are likely to simmer silently instead, and nobody wants that. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 2 2004 12:37
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It takes a rather large lack of concentration for it to become noticeable on online forums. Poor coordination only becomes an issue online when it makes your typing loOOk lieEK tHISSsssSs!!11111, which yours does not. As for eccentric behavior... Well. Most of us have our eccentricities, but some are more eccentric than others. I must regretfully inform you that you aren't even close to the top of my oddball list. —Alorael, who still maintains his claim that the internet is, if not the great equalizer, than at least a medium through which stereotypes and prejudices have to be filtered differently. It is the Literate Man's Burden to take care of the poor AOLspeeking masses. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Merry Christmas in General | |
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written Monday, November 1 2004 08:45
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Passover. Good food, good (and less good) family, and listening to very small people struggle valiantly with Hebrew. What else could one want? —Alorael, who definitely got his priorities right there. Matzah may have an unfortunate resemblance to cardboard, but matzah ball soup is worth the pain. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, October 31 2004 08:55
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Since I started changing my PDN every day and thus looking at my profile every day, I've noticed that votes of (presumably) 5 raise my karma about 0.005 points, while votes of a smaller number (I'd guess 1, but it's just a guess) lower my karma about 0.02. I get more positive votes than negative ones, and the end result is that I am pretty much exactly were Drakey is. —Alorael, who sometimes wonders how far the UBB rounds karma. It obviously keeps more than two decimal places, but eventually karma has to become literally useless, right? It may take billions of votes, but unless karma weight hits a bottom cap, it will happen eventually. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, October 30 2004 22:14
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Radiant pretty much sticks to Galactic Core. As far as I know, the only times he has every posted elsewhere were when he was looking for Leylines testers in General. —Alorael, who will brag about the number of karma votes he has gotten even if the votes themselves are irrelevant. Either he inspires strong emotions or he posts so much that people feel compelled to comment through karma. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| How do you say it? in Nethergate | |
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written Saturday, October 30 2004 09:22
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I say AN-win, for Annwn although I've heard from a friend who knows a thing or two (but no more than two) about Gaelic that it should be Anoon. It's also commonly written with an F and/or a Y in there either instead of or along with the W. Make of it what you will. [Edit: The word is Welsh, though. Now I must even further question the authority of my friend on the subject.] Aethdoc is AITH-dock to me, or sometimes ATH-dock when I'm in an Old English mood. According to Irish Gaelic, "ae" should be a long A sound, I think. [Edit: I have no idea what language Jeff was channeling on that one, though. I'm fairly certain not everything comes from Welsh. Shadowvale is a mishmash of cultures, which makes some sense if the magical folks from all over the world are arriving.] I pronounce Goagh-Nar as GO-ag NAR on absolutely no authority. —Alorael, who is positive that there is a right way, or maybe several right ways, of pronouncing Annwn. The rest may have come straight from the mind of Jeff Vogel, so you can pronounce them however you want and declare yourself to be the one true authority. [ Saturday, October 30, 2004 14:04: Message edited by: Ghoti ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 29 2004 13:28
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Because the majority of computers run Windows, the majority of viruses are written to run on Windows. If everyone got Macs, that would change overnight, but for now I enjoy downloading all the viruses I can find, stacking them in a folder, and laughing at them. —Alorael, who wouldn't actually try this. You never know when someone might decide to make a cross-platform virus, and there are plenty of Mac viruses too, though they are a minority. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Next Spiderweb Game in General | |
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written Friday, October 29 2004 10:05
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Jeff always makes his games by himself. It's only the ones made by other people that are, well, made by other people. As for the "pseudo-3D RPGs" or, more properly, isometric RPGs, Jeff has already said that he might be tempted to try something different if it weren't such a risk. Despite naysayers here, the games do sell well. He can't please everybody, and he knows he pleases somebody enough to fill his wallet when he makes another Avernum. —Alorael, who also wouldn't mind seeing something different. But he still enjoys the Avernum style, and he doesn't think a one man operation like Spiderweb can compete with the big boys in the maintream market niches. Besides, who knows if Jeff could make a decent strategy game or first person shooter or whatever? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| the last battle in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, October 29 2004 09:49
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If you have the activated amulet and Erika is still not showing up, you haven't focused all the lasers. There are ten of them, and if you redirect them in the wrong order you may find that the beams block your path. Turn off the offending laser, go past it, and then focus it again. —Alorael, who does not like looking for missed lasers very much. It can be done, though, and it sounds like your problem. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 29 2004 09:46
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Proper spelling, capitalization, and punctuation are all good too, and avoidance of internetisms (lol springs to mind) may earn you a modicum of respect. Really, it comes down to the contents of your posts. If you sound like a nice, intelligent person, you will get good votes. If you make people angry, you will get bad votes. If nobody understands a thing you post, you may get any kind of vote at all depending on how much you amuse and/or irritate those who read your posts —Alorael, who also recommends bribes. A few dollars can go a long way when placed into the right hands. Consider yourself nudged significantly. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, October 28 2004 16:41
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Posting more than once in a row is generally frowned upon. If you have more to say, say it in your first post or use the edit button located above your post to add it. Too much spam will result in bad things. —Alorael, who wouldn't worry too much about karma. Nobody pays any attention to it. If you're not around enough to be recognized, everyone judges you on a post by post basis. If you are recognized, you're known enough for people to have formed opinions that karma won't affect. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A3 bug? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, October 27 2004 11:25
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Cloud of Blades causes this problem as well, but Cloud of Blades is a far more useful spell. —Alorael, who usually hopes to kill enemies with the first appearance of the cloud. Otherwise, just use it sparingly enough that you don't cripple your party. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| When did you start spidweb'ing? in General | |
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written Tuesday, October 26 2004 10:32
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I started with E1. I want to say it was all the way back in 1994, but I'm not sure that's absolutely accurate. It has been quite a while, at any rate. —Alorael, who can say with certainty that it was more than eight years ago. That's a lot of hours spent in virtual caves! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What makes a good quest? in General | |
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written Monday, October 25 2004 17:21
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I'd say quests become better when you are given a goal, not the actions you must take to accomplish it. Hence, in place of "assassinate the king so that his less genocidal son inherits the throne," you might be told simply to "stop the genocidal purges of fluffy bunnies and puppies." You can kill the king, convince him to love fluffy bunnies, or kidnap him and usurp his power for yourself. Obviously there are still good and bad ways to pull this off, but even simple things like "retrieve artifact A by killing dragon B or convincing dragon B that you are doing it a favor by showing it recall order C (artifact A contains small parts and is dangerous if swallowed)" are better than simply killing the dragon or giving the dragon something else in exchange for the artifact. —Alorael, who still cares more about the plot in which a quest is couched than the mechanics of the quest. That's the problem with so many sidequests. They scream meaningless sidequest at the player. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, October 23 2004 18:44
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Since I apparently failed to communicate, I'll try again. I'll even make an attempt at brevity! Nethergate is a game about mythology. Retrieving artifacts from the land of the dead and slaying horrible monsters are both tasks that anyone familiar with myths and legends would recognize. —Alorael, who doesn't say that it makes the boring quests less boring. It justifies the existence of those quests, though, so that they're boring for the sake of atmosphere, which makes them less boring. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, October 23 2004 09:20
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The difference in Nethergate is that the quests are from the mythology where slaying the great beast and retrieving the powerful talisman aren't tired old clichés. The world of Nethergate is the world where that's what heroes do. Yes, it's a modern remake of it, but I wouldn't want to read a rewrite of the Iliad with deep, introspective characters and heart-wrenching melodrama. Nethergate may use the same formula as Avernum, but in Nethergate the world is made for that kind of thing. —Alorael, who agrees with Kel. There's something fun about the Exile and Avernum games. Nethergate has that same spark, but it's even bigger. Yes, there are countless reasons why Jeff's games are bad, but they're fun, and that's the point of a game. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, October 23 2004 09:12
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I have learned that an online friend died as well, and from what I saw and felt, it's no different from losing a friend that you've met in person. There was mourning, even a virtual funeral. I agree that you get to know someone very well online. I'm not sure I'd say that you know them better than you would be meeting in person, because I've never had any way to compare, but it's possible. Somewhat relatedly, I consider this a good reason for goodbye topics. They may be irritating when someone who you don't know at all posts one (would you care if a stranger told you he was moving away?), I'd rather know that someone left than be left wondering what happened. After the aforementioned death, I spent the next few months worrying about everyone I didn't hear from including friends I know in person but don't see frequently. —Alorael, who would contend that it doesn't really matter whether or not you know the "real" persona of an online acquaintance as long as your constructed version is consistent. If you think you're communicating and you're happy, good for you. It only becomes a problem when you mix the online with the real world and find that it doesn't match at all, and I suspect that this would be a fairly infrequent occurrence. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| blessing pools in Nethergate | |
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written Friday, October 22 2004 19:50
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Near Vanarium, also outside of the area you can reach in the unregistered version. —Alorael, who was disappointed not to be assaulted by large hordes of Haakai there. A large stone circle just got his hopes up. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 22 2004 10:43
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Yes, the Temple of Brigantes is in the registered only part of Nethergate. It's off to the west/southwest of the bridge, near the Ruined Hall, I think. —Alorael, who doesn't think he's ever put a potion in a blessing pool. Does that work? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |