Profile for Or else o'erleap.
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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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| Vahnatai in General | |
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written Friday, October 22 2004 10:41
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We could also do it in the spanish fashion, where words are not capitalized in the middle of a sentence unless they are names. Someone living in America is american and probably speaks english. The vahnatai in Olgai may be olgans (olgas?), but they speak vahnatai. —Alorael, who agrees with Kelandon except on Jeff's capitalization. Where does he insist that vahnatai is a proper word? It shows up in lowercase quite often. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 22 2004 10:18
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Lousy programmer? Maybe, but I don't see anything horribly wrong with the games' engines. BoE is the only terribly buggy one that has never been fixed, and that's more a matter of won't than can't. Lousy storyteller? He's not the best, but he's not the worst either. BoE has amply demonstrated that. Lousy businessman? If he makes money, he's doing something right. His only huge mistake was BoE, and even that sells despite its flaws. —Alorael, who won't claim that Jeff Vogel is the acme of game designers and programmers. He also doesn't deserve the demonization he gets here. It's always possible that A4 will be another Nethergate and provide us with endless entertainment... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 17:42
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American and Canadian are capitalized because they are inflected forms of proper nouns. We write human, no capital H, because it's a species, not a proper noun. The same goes for nephilim, slithzerikai, vahnatai, and troglodytes. Yes, fantasy has strange conventions on that, but Jeff Vogel sticks with lowercase. I'd say he's the authority on the matter. —Alorael, who has more trouble with deciding whether or not to capitalize skills and spells. He usually calls them Fireblast and Dexterity, with big, imposing capital letters, but not always. Yes, it's true! He's another flip-flopper! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| move mountains in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 17:32
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It's possible. I definitely remember walking through some stalagmites in the Murder Cave and the Remote Cavern, but I can't remember breaking them. —Alorael, who will blame his lack of memory on skribbane. It occupies the majority of his attention while he plays E3. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 17:28
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I'm the first to arrive on the scene, I guess. The spelling is less of an issue than capitalization. Are they Vahnatai or vahnatai? I believe the games follow the latter as a rule, but that's the point of contention among those who have mastered the specific letters. —Alorael, who would also like to point out that the word is pronounced vah-nah-teye or vah-nah-teye, where eye sounds just like the thing you see with. If you pronounce the word any other way, you are obviously a subversive. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General | |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 10:36
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Nope. The master list is a deep, dark secret! —Alorael, who won't even say how many monikers he's used so far. Keep wondering (or not)! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| move mountains in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, October 21 2004 10:31
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I don't remember any green stalagmites that could be Move Mountained in Exile. As far as I know, only the walls can be destroyed. There might be some regular-looking walls that can destroyed, but unless you wander around casting Shatter, they're probably not all that useful. —Alorael, who went through all of E3 without destroying anything less obvious than damaged walls. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, October 20 2004 11:41
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Actually, if you're quick on the trigger, harvesting fields that can't produce more than the minimum amount of food still works in a number of levels. Go figure. —Alorael, who can't speak for anything past the demo because, well, registering this thing would take far more interest than it generates even when he plays it just after accidentally opening GC. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A legend returns...with a question... in General | |
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written Tuesday, October 19 2004 11:21
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I have played the demos of all Spidweb games. I have beaten E3, NG, A1, A2, and A3. I have finished no scenarios for BoE or BoA, so I must admit that I haven't beaten them. If anything, BoA beats me. —Alorael, who has not registered E1 (although he tried once...), E2, GF1, or GF2. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Burma shave in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Monday, October 18 2004 14:41
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No, it's: "If Valorim..." "You want to save..." "Back up your save file... "Burma Shave." —Alorael, who would chalk it up to good advice in an easter egg combined with Jeff's love of Burma Shave. Go figure. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, October 17 2004 08:47
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There's another blessing pool in the Temple of Brigantes, but it's only for Celts and it can only be used twice, both times as rewards for quests. —Alorael, who isn't sure how valuable the expensive blessings are. On the one hand, they're one of the only ways to get blessed items. On the other hand, fine items are usually good enough. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Doomguard - arrgh! in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, October 17 2004 08:38
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If your priest is better at melee fighting than your archers, only he should attack. If your archers are better, only they should attack. Only your very best fighters should be dealing any damage at all, and only while heavily blessed. The rest should stand back to haste and bless the one important character or just act as meat shields for your casters. Since every hit means you have another doomguard to worry about, make sure every hit comes from the best source of damage you have. —Alorael, who highly advises against using archery unless your archers do much more damage than melee fighters. The key is absolutely maximizing damage so you minimize the number of clones who are clawing at you. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| How do we perceive fringe groups? in General | |
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written Saturday, October 16 2004 17:18
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Jews can be as bigoted as anyone else, and in Israel they have the numbers to act on it. That doesn't change the fact that anti-semitism still thrives in Israel and abroad. —Alorael, who is ethnically mongrel and religiously Jewish when not railing against all organized religion. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A3! Having Probs at the Filth Factory! :confused: in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, October 16 2004 17:16
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If you deleted A3 from your computer and it's a PC, you probably unregistered as well. This won't affect your ability to end the roach plague, but you should email Jeff Vogel the name and address you used to register before along with your new registration number so you get your new code. On a Mac, you may or may not have to re-register. It should be fairly obvious. —Alorael, who can't think of many GIFTR in scenarios. Even the GIFTS are less than popular. And in E3/A3, only the GIFTR are intelligent. The hostile roaches are also stupid roaches. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| After all these years, WTF in General | |
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written Saturday, October 16 2004 07:38
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25 avatars per page, even fairly small ones, can make loading pages a painful task for those of us still on dialup. —Alorael, who suffered terribly from the enormous avatars (Paterick's, anyone?) despite having a fast connection. Still, they did help identify the TGMs of the world. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| WAHHHH!!!! in General | |
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written Saturday, October 16 2004 07:32
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The email you used was mung13, a hotmail address that I have butchered to limit spam. If you set up an emergency question of some kind or happen to know what password you would have used, it's not too late! —Alorael, who hopes that you can at least provide your social security number by way of identification. No, it's not for nefarious purposes at all! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 15 2004 20:34
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Hi, Mung! Yes, you are still remembered by at least one person, and I bet that mentioning the "Everyone Join" RP will jog a few more memories. Spiderweb has an automatic password mailer. If you can still get to your old email address, you can get your password back. If not, you'll have to prove your identity. A few simple blood tests, finger print comparisons, retinal scans, and dental examinations will do nicely. —Alorael, who does not claim to speak for Drakey. But if you have those labs on hand... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Blades of Exile or Avernum? in General | |
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written Friday, October 15 2004 20:31
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BoE has enough scenarios to keep you playing forever. It has enough good scenarios to keep you playing for a very, very long time, and there are still more being made. It has brilliant works that will never be ported to BoA. If you can handle the engine, and it really shouldn't be hard after the first readjustments, it's a great thing to buy. BoA is more of an investment in potential scenarios. What you get now isn't impressive. In fact, I'd say Nethergate is probably a better purchase than BoA. But the BoA scenario editor is extremely powerful, so when the scenarios really get rolling, we can expect great things. If you're an aspiring designer yourself, the two are very different. BoE has some very well-known bugs that are annoying (not ruinous, but annoying), but it's easy to use. BoA requires more real programming without a GUI to help you along, but it's far more flexible. You can do far more with BoA than with BoE. As for Nethergate, it's a great game, but it's not really on par with the potentially endless hours of gameplay from BoE/BoA. I'd advise getting it eventually, but if you're on a tight budget, a Blades game should come first. —Alorael, who still hopes for Nethergate sequels, prequels, and other quels made with BoA. The engine is slightly different, but surely some brilliant person will pull it off... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 15 2004 20:21
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MM was one of the original members on the Ikonboard as well. He stopped being a moderator quite a while before he left, but he did leave. —Alorael, who believes MM still posts every now and then, though his account name is prone to spontaneous changes. He even posted recently, didn't he? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Nethergate gets no love! in Nethergate | |
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written Friday, October 15 2004 13:18
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It's in Reptrakos' hoard. You can nab it without making the dragon angry if you have something (the Nimble Fingers trait, high dexterity, or something like that), and you'll get Sylak's Nourishing Bowl too. —Alorael, who actually likes that item. It's one of the few Sylak items worth having, and it's a literal lifesaver in Annwn. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, October 15 2004 13:14
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Spoiler, obviously... and the answer is yes and no, depending on a certain decision you make in E3. —Alorael, who would say that the answer is more yes than no simply because most people choose the lethal option and because Erika's death has become part of the Exile/Avernum unofficial history. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, October 14 2004 13:11
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I have only one account and have only had one account. —Alorael, who has had over a hundred monikers. He's starting to run out of inspiration, not that any of them were ever particularly inspired. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A2 Resolution in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, October 13 2004 11:39
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There's an option in the preferences to query for resolution change on startup. Either use the keyboard shortcut (control-P?) or go hunting through the menus for the preferences window. —Alorael, who isn't sure what's wrong with changing resolution. It resolves a lot of problems. Har, har. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Burma shave in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 17:38
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There's that, but there are also four signs in a row in E3 somewhere in the north (near Moon, perhaps) that read: "Before they send us..." "To the grave..." "The Alien Beasts use..." "Burma Shave." —Alorael, who never found Burma Shave jingles very clever. Just omnipresent and interestingly delivered. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 12 2004 11:40
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I played it and even kept it on my computer for a while before deleting it with extreme prejudice. It's not terrible, but it's not a lot of fun, either. It fails the effort to interesting ratio test. When I'm terribly bored and braindead I just play solitaire or Sparkz. —Alorael, who isn't sure why he hates the game less than Galactic Core. The lack of humiliating stupid AI may be part of it, but it just may be less prone to tripping some primitive lizard brain hate response. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |