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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 29 2007 09:45 Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by LF:

Hell, I don't see the difference between all of them. They'll all rip you off about the same.
Sinks don't sue when you make a few mistakes here and there with the plumbing.

—Alorael, who can think of some unexpected differences even in similarities. Both can explode violently if you manage the plumbing poorly enough, but sinks do it more often and people do it more excitingly.
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What a long strange trip... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 29 2007 09:42 Profile Homepage #51
If that's not enough, loving relationships also reduce your risk for a number of diseases and significantly increase your life expectancy.

—Alorael, who believes there was still some question as to whether the benefits were for the lover or the loved, as its usually difficult to do testing of non-reciprocal relationships. Hope for the latter and fools to gull into thinking you care!
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items in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, March 29 2007 09:37 Profile Homepage #5
He has, sort of. He's said that he doesn't want to make any more Blades-style editors because they're a lot of work, a lot of headaches, and not much in the way of profits. No Blades of Geneforge means no Geneforge level editor.

—Alorael, who supposes you could wait for Spiderweb to start making games open source. It's only been 13 years since E1, so you'll have, oh, two decades to wait for Geneforge to become open source. Give or take a couple of decades, but without the take.
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Now is the time ... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 12:13 Profile Homepage #38
All standardized tests have flaws. IQ tests have really big flaws. To be honest, I think we'd probably be better off with only very specific tests. If you have supposedly learned underwater basket weaving, an underwater basket weaving test should be less subject to the vagaries of who's taking the test than very general aptitude tests. Specificity isn't perfect, but it's probably better.

Given a hypothetical and probably impossible test that truly did test aptitude in all possible fields of human endeavor, though, I think you'd probably get most people assigned to work they like. Most people I know who aren't enthusiastic about their jobs aren't very good at them either, and most people who are enthusiastic are also good. The problem then is filling the posts that require no real aptitude and those that just aren't enthralling for anyone.

—Alorael, who sincerely believes that every job goes better when the one performing it is satisfied with the work. He just can't picture undiscovered masses with a pumping gas as their calling.
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What a long strange trip... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 12:05 Profile Homepage #41
quote:
Originally written by Meta-Undead:

Suffice to say, he's the closest he can get to resembling happiness now. Y'know, in a cold, hard, practical way. :cool:
UM, you can feel better now. Aran, you can feel positively fantastic.

—Alorael, who has fallen deeply in love at first sight at least three times since coming to Spiderweb lo, these many years ago. It's a pity most of the wonderful women he meets are on foot. Some loves are destined to end in tragedy.
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Alorael for Admin in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 07:29 Profile Homepage #47
quote:
Originally written by upon mars:

How about this:
Why can't we choose to elect the most old most well rated members of spiderweb software?
And then after having elected him as a mod he would become an adminstrator after being a very active moderator.
There are extremely infrequent moderator elections, but part of the problem is the UBB's limit on admins: four and only four per section. There's only so much room when there isn't any significant mod turnover.

—Alorael, who still can't say anything about those smoky back room politics. Except, of course, that tea samplers are the keys to power.
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Star defender game in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 07:25 Profile Homepage #2
I give this first post a 30% chance of bot. If not, read the Code of Conduct. No advertising here, thanks.

—Alorael, who prefers the original old games to most remakes. Spiffy graphics always seem to come with a sad assortment of failures to craft a decent remake.
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Exile or Avernum in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 07:21 Profile Homepage #23
I'm not attached to the increasing costs, but I like having secondary skills based entirely on the other skills you have. I also like having the base value of some skills determined by other skills, although that seems to have been mostly removed from the more recent Spiderweb games.

—Alorael, who isn't quite sure how Avernum discourages jacks of all trades. Increasing costs should make it more worthwhile to invest a little bit in many things. No, it may not work out, but fixed costs are a step in the wrong direction.
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Something I never understood in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, March 28 2007 07:15 Profile Homepage #28
Aren't horses mentioned somewhere in at least one Geneforge? It's still possible that it just never caught on. The world of Geneforge seems to require draft animals, but that could be all that horses are for. Or, in a pinch, you could get a thahd to do it.

Maybe it's just a cultural thing. Part of the appeal of cavalry has always been that infantry is just considered less glamorous and glorious. The top dogs of Geneforge aren't even necessarily fighters themselves, though, just the ones who can produce the most battle-worthy creations. There's no incentive to get on a horse and charge into battle against the vlishy hordes.

—Alorael, who suddenly and irrelevantly started wondering if young shapers are taught how to fight while standing next to healing and essence pools. Getting stabbed, burned, and then healed up would definitely make the lessons stick.
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Alorael for Admin in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:55 Profile Homepage #34
Aw, this topic really makes me miss TM. He would have known just what to say in a thread like this. I really do appreciate the gesture, irony and all. Sadly, you just don't understand the deadly world of mod board politicking. My rise to absolute power was thwarted by the Off-White Lemon Triumvirate back in 2003.

Sorry, guys.

Oh, I forgot the most important part!

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

—Alorael, who also blames Drakey and his monomaniacal quest to prevent the attainment of a custom title. Curses upon you, Drakey! Curses!

[ Tuesday, March 27, 2007 18:59: Message edited by: Thought ]
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Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:45 Profile Homepage #79
That's because he hasn't brushed up on the rules anytime recently. If he'd checked the rules clarifications from Cramshaw 2002 he'd know why he's where he is now.

—Alorael, who will pull an E5xE6 on Green. That puts him two turns from Limehouse.
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Exile or Avernum in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:40 Profile Homepage #5
Avernum is newer and awesome! Exile is also awesome without being nostalgic. Well, okay, E2, E3, and BoE are. E1 is just a bit too crude for me.

Oh, yes. I do feel some nostalgia for the games, but they're awesome without that too.

—Alorael, who prefers Avernum by a comfortable margin. He can appreciate reasons to disagree, though. Sometimes you just want to Mindduel someone.
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The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:37 Profile Homepage #106
quote:
Originally written by Excalibur:

However, I have found illegal activities Clinton did that are backed up by actual evidence and not just rumors.
...
There isn't actually evidence for this, but that is very suspicious.
I find this very suspicious.

—Alorael, who has it on the very best of authority that Bush has pesronally murdered kittens and spoken disparagingly of your mother. Dante says so!
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Aranclonetar in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:31 Profile Homepage #14
The member who posted immediately prior to you.

Dr. Johann Georg Faust, "Man of the People" #2984.

—Alorael, who just noticed that Aran's only a round thousand off from 1984. Coincidence... or sinister coincidence? You decide!
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What happened to... *POSSIBLE SPOILERS) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 14:38 Profile Homepage #14
In this case you could write a post, a post-post, a post-post-post, and so on. Actually, better skip the post-post-post. PPP is already reserved.

—Alorael, who wouldn't go talking about post-scripts, though. Add all this garbage to your scripts and G4 won't work at all even without questionable editors tacked on.
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Now is the time ... in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 14:31 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by Ktgsvgnfgn:

No matter the system, the end result is always the same: Oppression.
Making a change in degree is making a change nonetheless.

—Alorael, who doesn't think idealism is required for improving the world. It's okay to be cynical as long as you're not defeatist too.
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The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 26 2007 14:28 Profile Homepage #93
Conviction requires impeachment. I don't think anyone could get even that far with Bush, although I don't really understand why other than knee-jerk partisan politics. And general gutlessness.

—Alorael, who also gives anyone unsuccessful at trying to start an impeachment process four months at most before they get Plamed somehow. Or just sent to Guantanamo.
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Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 26 2007 14:25 Profile Homepage #29
Sometimes you get to be a mod by winning an election, which means you do want to be a mod. Unless you're Alcritas.

You really want harsher mods? Somehow I doubt that. Most people who are well-liked push the envelope plenty, and many newcomers who are insufferable don't actually do anything wrong. These boards are just a form of advertising for Jeff, more or less, and he doesn't want to drive away customers. (Does keeping the worst offenders around drive away customers? Probably, but not as quantifiably.)

More ranting and raving at people who don't quite manage to fit in can be arranged. Actually fixing the fact that not everyone fits in is impossible.

—Alorael, who will enter with a classic backing to South Kensington. Wippleham might be boring, but it's a solid opener, and he defies you to find a way around it.
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To players of Avernum/Geneforge series in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 26 2007 14:19 Profile Homepage #47
E1 has a noticeably different list of spells and a very different set of costs for them. E2, E3, and BoE have identical or very close to identical spells.

—Alorael, who agrees that the Exiles are much prettier than Avernum, or at least that they managed it by the time E3 rolled around. He's not true that's still true for Geneforge, but he also thinks the Avernum engine has the prettiest terrain to go with its ugly monsters.
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The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 26 2007 12:14 Profile Homepage #88
quote:
Originally written by Infernal Flamming Muffin:

Actually, Bush will get kicked out in 2008 or below!
Not unless he's successfully impeached, and I rate the likelihood of that even lower than a formal apology from him for making a mockery of American diplomacy, American law, and the American electoral college system.

—Alorael, who should give credit where it is due. The electoral college can make a mockery of itself quite well without any outside help.
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Something I never understood in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, March 26 2007 12:11 Profile Homepage #15
The biggest problem is probably size. A horse and rider should take up more than one tile. Actually, so should dragons, but a shrunken horse and rider made to fit in one tile would look bizarre. Then again, Jeff managed in A3, so it's possible. I think he's just used to thinking about guys on foot, and that works for me.

—Alorael, who doesn't see why anything hostile would spawn from a killed rider. Many attacks could just as easily kill the rider first, or both.
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Nethergate: Resurrection in Nethergate
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 18:32 Profile Homepage #77
quote:
Originally written by Warmaster Kermanuiouss:

I just tried the demo but I couldn't even play it because things kept layering so I couldn't read item descriptions or anything. Anyone know whats wrong? :confused:
For one thing, you're playing the original Nethergate. It's not the same as N:R and it's rather old. It's quite likely that it won't work right on newer systems, but fairly soon you should have a shiny updated and upgraded version to try.

—Alorael, who has rather enjoyed the OS X slowing of Nethergate. It's no fun to play, but the lively intro music slowed and transposed into a funereal minor key is priceless.
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Range of Experience in Richard White Games
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 18:29 Profile Homepage #22
I tried to become a deivore once. The priest gave me a funny look after the third wafer.The only way to pull it off is bit by bit, piece by piece, service by service, as a Christian.

—Alorael, who has to thank Anasurimbor for reminding him of that particular quip. See, gimmicks aren't all disaster!
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The U.S. and Iraq in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:52 Profile Homepage #75
quote:
Originally written by Infernal Flamming Muffin:

The day Bush is kicked out of the White House forever is the day I celebrate!
January 20, 2009. Mark the date.

—Alorael, who is terribly disheartened by the whole impeachment process. For every misdemeanor Clinton committed Bush has at least one high crime.
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Member numbers in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:45 Profile Homepage #11
Oldbies aren't just those with low member numbers. If you have to talk about it you'll never be it.

—Alorael, who supposes nobody would be an oldbie if nobody talked about it. But wouldn't that be like a communist oldbie dictatorship of the elitist proletariat?
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