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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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written Monday, December 22 2003 20:20
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The easy solution is just to make two weapons, one ranged and one melee. Call them gun and bayonet. You could even run a recurring script to check that no character is using one without the other, although most guns can be used without bayonets and one could theoretically use a bayonet alone as an awkward knife. —Alorael, who would otherwise advise a recurring script checking that if one is wielded, so is the other. Annoying, but it will probably work. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, December 22 2003 11:34
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The people have a voice in locking topics. Let's hear it for popular moderation! For future reference, the yaoi really isn't necessary, though. A simple gigantic picture of a mango will get the message across quite nicely. —Alorael, whose 'witticisms' really aren't witty. They are snide, though, and a lot of fun for the two or three seconds it takes to write them. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 21 2003 10:38
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My signature will stand, I suppose. There's only so much fixing I can do before it becomes equally humiliating. —Alorael, who was also named Skribbane Addict for a good, oh, three or four hours. Apparently Spiderweb was not ready to handle a name change. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What are some of your favorite movies? in General | |
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written Saturday, December 20 2003 23:52
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Movies and books are really suited to very different stories. Action books are usually terrible, because action in text doesn't have quite the same impact as clashing swords, fiery explosions, and sudden gunfire that you can see and hear. On the other hand, a book can give more detail and more view into the minds of characters. Most movies based on books are bad. Some are good, but I rarely like them as much as the book no matter which order I read them in. Books written based on movies are also almost always terrible. The two media are simply too different. —Alorael, who doesn't see anything wrong with adapting a book to be a movie, or vice versa. In most cases the adaptation has to be heavy, and in the end the meaning and tone are often completely changed. If the director/author is not very good, the result is a wreck. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 20 2003 23:42
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It's been years since I've played, but my strategy was to start work on the ship immediately, and always have just enough wood to keep the work going. The rest of my people farmed in the maximum group size (ten, if I recall correctly). You'll only need three or four farm plots at once, and don't put roads over them until they no longer grow at all after planting. —Alorael, who must say he didn't think the game was particularly enthralling. All the levels are much the same. Chop wood. Plant food. Build ship. Next! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 20 2003 20:07
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 —Alorael, who just sits there quietly. He really isn't interesting at all. It's a shame he got chopped up for lunch... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 20 2003 20:00
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I'm not much of a movie person. I don't know if I've even seen enough to have favorites. Adaptation is a good one to watch five times and still not understand, though. It's not a really lovable movie, but it is strikingly bizarre. —Alorael, who would also like to give a nod to The Usual Suspects for being a brain-twister. Any movie you can't watch twice isn't worth watching once. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 20 2003 11:24
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Quiet, everyone! I said nothing wrong, and I have the edited post to prove it! —Alorael, who is absolutely never to be called Aloreal. Ever. Call him Aloolalal if you must, but keep those vowels straight! It's an ash going through a trial separation! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 19 2003 23:38
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It's a good thing our resident wolf is good at his job, or we'd all be buried under the masses of invisible newbies. Let us all take a moment from our busy lives to thank him. Oh, and toss him a newbie. He's probably still hungry. —Alorael, who is unaware of any capitalization in Hebrew. There are final letters, which is something like capitalization in reverse (well, not really like that at all, but...), there are different writing styles, but there are no capitals. Even punctuation is a modern addition. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 19 2003 23:32
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I'm a vegetarian when it comes to sushi. I've eaten several sushis with raw fish, and I just don't like it as much as a good cucumber. —Alorael, who isn't much of a pizza man at all. If he were going to eat one, it would be covered with veggies. If it has to be a pizza, at least it can masquerade as an odd salad... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 19 2003 23:23
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My name comes from the unholy abyss that is my mind. And it was created under the influence of skribbane. —Alorael, who would like to take this opportunity to once again remind everyone that his name is not Aloreal, and that he suffers needs to work on thinking before posting. He thanks you for being cooperative about that. [ Saturday, December 20, 2003 11:20: Message edited by: Alorael ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 18 2003 12:48
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I'm a decent writer, contrary to all evidence, and I can play recorder fairly well (no laughing!). I've won a handful of awards for black and white photography, but I haven't done any darkroom work recently. My abilities in other visual and performing arts are, to put it nicely, probably able to be legally termed assault. —Alorael, who has been paid to stop singing. That is quite an accomplishment if you look at it in the right light. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, December 18 2003 12:35
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I like drinking skribbane and sniping pedestrians almost as much as I love causing hair loss by telling everyone about it. —Alorael, who adores hearing about the ferret mating process. Do tell! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 17 2003 13:49
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When I was a kid, we had different light bulbs from the ones you see today. There's a good description of the contortions we had to go through to change them right here. —Alorael, who would like to know where the 1 mod who closes the topic is, and where the 1 mod who reopens it for unclear reasons is. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, December 17 2003 13:22
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Actually, I believe virtually all the Iraqis besides the Saddam loyalists, who are a tiny minority, are very grateful that America came in and ousted him. That doesn't mean they still want us there, but they're not angry that we moved in in the first place. Of course, there are only a few dozen other countries with hated dictators in the world. Is it our duty, or even our right, to remove all of them? —Alorael, who was just speaking to a journalist who was in Iraq earlier today. He had interesting perspectives from talking to different levels of the military and Iraqi civilians. He also unfailingly refused to give any personal opinions. 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 Tuesday, December 16 2003 12:48
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I think it's a bad thing that I frighten the author of tGbtC. —Alorael, who supposes this marks a huge milestone. Maybe he'd better do something drastic to celebrate... Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, December 16 2003 12:39
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Ah, but we don't. —Alorael, who was not bowled over by anyting in the story. It's not great, it's not awful. It's a story, and the accidental time travel bit has been written to death and then written some more. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, December 16 2003 12:27
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Saddam was an evil man and a terrible ruler, no question about it. Bush may be misguided and mistaken, but he's not deliberately evil and he doesn't advocate military action against his own people. Trying to equate the two is ridiculous knee-jerk Bush bashing. That said, I don't think Saddam's capture will change very much. It will relieve a few of the worried Iraqis and make Bush look more competent, but that's all. Saddam hasn't had any significance since he disappeared months ago. There will still be Americans killed there and the country will still be a mess for the foreseeable future. —Alorael, who would like to point out that most evil dictators aren't sitting on vast quantities of oil. They're also not linked to Al-Qaeda in the public mind, which makes stirring up fervor for war more difficult. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, December 15 2003 13:41
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Slings may appear again. They weren't in Exile, but they were in BoE. Nethergate had slings, so it can't require much programming. You can make custom graphics for items, but not for the missiles. Rocks look something like bullets anyway. —Alorael, who doesn't think it would be too hard to make a new misile weapon even without slings. Just give a throwing weapon the "returning" ability (if you can), change the graphic, and voila. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Monday, December 15 2003 13:23
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I'm a fan of horseradish sandwiches myself. —Alorael, who also likes water. Fill a glass with one cup of water. Serves one. Best served cold. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Sunday, December 14 2003 18:12
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According to the good Jewish tradition, I'll probably go see a movie. Otherwise, life will continue as usual for me. —Alorael, who thinks this looks a lot like what he'll be doing for Hanukkah, except for that he won't watch a movie and he will see a few relatives. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 13 2003 12:47
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You could have four games. One if you have only humans, one if you have at least one slith, one if you have at least one nephil, and one if you have at least one of each. —Alorael, who bases this on the assumption that you can't check for the presence of humans, only the absence of other races. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 13 2003 12:41
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But in Avernum you can speak in full sentences, while in Exile you are restricted to only four letters at a time. —Alor, who cant beli anyo woul want to talk like that. That woul cert put a crim in any conv you migh want to have. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Saturday, December 13 2003 12:37
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Off it goes! —Alorael, who hasn't moved a topic in too long. He should do this more often. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 12 2003 18:10
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I think that I would rather be A poem lovely as a tree... —Alorael, who just doesn't think it works. Oh well. Ogden Nash would say it better. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |