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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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| Inevitability in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, January 29 2004 17:46
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I disagree. The Odyssey is more about the adventurers of a small band. Amber would work, but it's based more on character conflicts, diplomacy, and warfare than on individual heroics. They're there, but they're not as prominent. —Alorael, who wouldn't say that Amber couldn't be adapted to make a good scenario. It just wouldn't be a standard scenario, and it probably couldn't stand on its own without being based on a known story. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Troglodytes, the other dark meat in General | |
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written Thursday, January 29 2004 13:34
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There's no clear link between the sliths to the vahnatai besides the very circumstancial evidence used to support the vahnatai creationist theory. None show up in the vahnatai lands, and although the vahnatai have heard of sliths (I recall this from somewhere), no living vahnatai has ever seen them. —Alorael, who at least knows that's true of the clan met in E2/A2 and E3/A3. The other vahnatai clans may live closer to sliths. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| (Geneforge) Shapers Origins in General | |
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written Thursday, January 29 2004 13:04
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If shaping works anything like science, which it seems to, then probably a small group of people first discovered shaping and formed the core of an organization. The council, the paranoia, and all the rest are all to common consequences of the human drive for power and the elitism that goes with it. —Alorael, who will send this off to Geneforge land. Bye, topic! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Inevitability in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, January 28 2004 14:32
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I wouldn't bet on inevitability, though. Nobody has made LotR in BoE form. —Alorael, who doesn't think it lends itself to scenario form at all. Most (good) movies/books don't. They're too character-oriented and not so combat/puzzle oriented. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| HAPPY FUN MUSIC VIDEO POST-ALONG TIME!!! in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 27 2004 17:18
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From a second perspective, you do not approve. —Alorael, who does not approve either. Whoops, that's third person again. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Homeland question in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 27 2004 17:15
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The game has a very poor [insert aspect of game here. Any aspect you'd like.]. It is an unfortunate piece of code. —Alorael, who agrees that the combat system is exceptionally bad. Good combat can make up for many things, but Homeland doesn't even have that saving grace. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| I am not trying to sound persistent, but... in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 27 2004 13:17
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Oh, no! Quick, before they ferret out all our secrets, we must squirrel away the files! —Alorael, who might go so far as to do it in an evol fashion. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Which operating system do you use? in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 27 2004 13:12
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Mac for me. I've been using Macs since Mac OS existed, and I'm too old and set in my ways to change now. I also have real problems with windows, but that's just me. —Alorael, who is still using Mac OS 9, actually. He's too set in his ways to switch to X. Well, that and he has very few OS X native programs. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 27 2004 08:54
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Um, sir? y = z + 5 y + 10 != z + 10 y + 10 = z + 15 z = y - 5 y + 10 = (y - 5) + 15 y + 10 = y + 10 10 = 10 —Alorael, who does not approve heartily of Alec's proof. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Side of Victory in Nethergate | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 17:21
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I had a much, much easier time with the Celts. I think I overuse magic. The Celts don't need to carry around all the items like lockpicks and torches because they can use magic. A few energy potions can easily get you through most areas, and if you run out you can leave and rest. A few points of sling skill can make druids useful even without spells, too. —Alorael, who also had supply problems as Romans. He ran out of lamps and candles, javelins, and healing potions. He wasted skill points on magic and ended up with puny semi-druids. Ugh. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Dumb Newbie question in General | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 17:16
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Arctic must feed. If he does not, he will not be able to selflessly battle the yaoi hordes to keep these boards safe and clean. Well, relatively safe and clean. —Alorael, who would thank the newbies for sacrificing themselves to Arctic. But they're not around to appreciate it, are they? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Homeland question in General | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 17:07
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Homeland is the game we love to hate. It deserves brutalization even more than Galactic Core. GC is just boring. Homeland is awful. —Alorael, who draws the line at games where you walk around slowly in real time in order to run into a snake, which you fight in a clunky, counterintuitive manner with the aid of your dog. There is no part of the game that does not scream for help. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The System is Down in General | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 16:59
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Polaris is not exactly fine, but we have an interim board here. Not much is happening, but we should move again to a permanent home soon. —Alorael, who agrees. Discussion of Polaris can be held on Polaris. This topic has served its purpose. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Senario idea... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 10:19
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The Lyceum could have a Holy Grail scenario contest. Everyone would have fun making the scenarios, and then they could be judged based on how closely they stick to the movie and how good they really are as scenarios. —Alorael, who would actually rather not see the Lyceum sacrifice its dignity and pride that way, but it could be done. Mind you, actually winning that would get all your scenarios banned from all the nice parties... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Spiderweb Software: The best thing in 2003? in General | |
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written Monday, January 26 2004 10:07
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Blades of Geneforge is also expected, but Jeff is probably only working on BoA right now. He's moved the deadline back several times already, and I'm sure he'd rather not do it even more. —Alorael, who would really like to know what world Jeff intends to use after he's done with Geneforge. He has only really created two so far, Avernum and Geneforge. Nethergate was different, but it required less imagination and more adaptation of history. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! in General | |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 17:14
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Name me one time that the United States has, as a whole, assigned Jews to a position of inferiority. There has been discrimination, of course. There has been widespread discrimination. It was never institutionalized like the racism against blacks. To the best of my knowledge, Jews were never subject to slavery or Jim Crow laws. The Holocaust was an aberration, not the norm. Yes, Jews were labeled and exterminated. That happened in a handful of countries. America's Jews all chose to immigrate. They were not captured and imported as free labor. They were never regarded as something other than human. Yes, they struggled with racism, but they started off ahead of the blacks and were up against a much lesser degree of hatred. There was a time when it was illegal to educate blacks. When have Jews ever faced anything like that in the USA? AA does not admit anyone who does not meet the standards that all students are held to. It simply gives blacks a higher priority assuming they meet the minimum criteria. They don't have to work harder, or they shouldn't; black students are not out of their league when they are accepted, AA or no AA. —Alorael, who would say that the intent of Jim Crow was malicious. It helped nobody and created a system obviously harmful to a large group. Affirmative action is benevolent in intent, obviously helps a group, and has little negative effect. The key is that it does not label blacks as superior. Affirmative action comes from the acknowledgement of an existing problem. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 13:34
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 —Alorael, who has summed up his thoughts neatly in that one image. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 13:20
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Jews were never systematically opressed by the United States and Judaism is something one chooses for oneself. It's also not immediately obvious like dark skin. And right now there is really no large category of poor, uneducated Jews. There are poor, uneducated Jews, but they aren't a demographic group of their own. Jim Crow laws harmed blacks without really bringing any benefit to whites. Affirmative action, for all the complaints it receives, aids blacks without significantly harming whites. There are a few highly publicized cases involving AA, but acceptance into college is such a bizarre, arbitrary process that AA is the least of its problems. —Alorael, who doesn't see what's so racist about Alec's comments. If you're getting C's, whose fault is it really when you don't get into the Ivy League school despite family money? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Scenario Making in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 09:52
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BoE is very intuitive. As long as you can stick with your scenario, you can make oen without too much trouble. It may not win accolades from all who play it, but it will be decent. BoA has more complicated scripts. I'm not sure if you have to dig into the coding or not. If you do, it will be significantly harder to make a scenario. The engine is different enough that it will probably help only moderately to have worked with BoE. —Alorael, who suspects that experience with designing anything will be the most useful. The key is having enough willingness to experiment with the editor and enough dedication not to drop your project halfway through. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Troglodytes, the other dark meat in General | |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 09:46
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The Empire didn't succeed with the nephilim, though, or the dragons, goblins, and gremlins. They accepted the giants and gazers into their own armies. Their policies aren't as complete as the games imply. —Alorael, who agrees that a few pockets of troglodytes may have survived. Not the ones that appear in E3/A3, certainly, but there's plenty of room in Valorim, to say nothing of the other continents. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What are some good RPGs? in General | |
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written Sunday, January 25 2004 09:34
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Exile 1, 2, and 3. Blades of Exile Avernum 1, 2, and 3. Blades of Avernum, when it comes out. —Alorael, who will make no apologies for giving the obvious answers. If you ask on the Spiderweb boards, be prepared for Spiderweb game recommendations. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, January 24 2004 09:28
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I never said I agreed with it, and I never said I thought it was right. I just said that I understand where the racism comes from. —Alorael, who still doesn't understand how whites can resent blacks. Yes, there are downtrodden, second class white citizens. But they are invariably put into their position by other whites. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, January 24 2004 09:22
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I didn't actually want to lock the topic before. I do now. —Alorael, who can do the job right when he sets his mind to it. Huzzah! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 23 2004 18:47
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Black racism makes sense. Historically, they've been the slaves, the second class citizens, the victims. Whites have always been the slaveholders, the "more equal" citizens, and the victimizers. No, that doesn't always hold true, but most of the time it works out like that. Black resentment of whites makes sense. White resentment of blacks makes no sense. Both are wrong, but one is ridiculous on top of that. [Edit: Identity crisis!] —Alorael, who has just ended up parroting what others have said. Oh well. Maybe repetition in different words will emphasize the point, or maybe he'll earn points for redundancy. [ Friday, January 23, 2004 18:51: Message edited by: Alorael ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A little thought experiment in General | |
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written Friday, January 23 2004 18:41
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Box A makes no sense. Taking both boxes still guarantees you the minimum of £1000. —Alorael, who is sure the alien will predict that you'll try to break the rules anyway. Burly men will come and dissuade you. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |