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Black shades in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Monday, September 11 2006 10:26 Profile Homepage #2
You'll get two sets of quests, actually. First you'll have to fight but not defeat the shades. Later you'll get more information and equipment for shade hunting.

—Alorael, who thinks the big hint is the fact that even when the shades have no health they still stay alive and regenerate by script.
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Because it's been forever since the last one in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Sunday, September 10 2006 15:53 Profile Homepage #47
Basics:
Age: We've been over this before!
Height: 5'9"? 5'10"? Something like that.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue

[i]Do you...[/i]
Have a tattoo? No, I march to the beat of a different drummer. You may forego the rimshot.
Have any piercings? I like to think of my wit as piercing. Unfortunately, nobody else does.
Have a bf/gf? Both is the wrong answer, isn't it? No.
Like thunderstorms? While biking, yes. On foot, no. Indoors, I'm indifferent.
Ever stop using the computer? Yes. If I had more hands and an extra set of eyeballs maybe my answer would be different.

[i]Have you/Do you have...[/i]
Considered a life of crime? You should already know the answer.
Split personalities? Yes. No.
Obsessions? I obsess but have few long-term obsessions.

[i]Right now...[/i]
Current clothes: Blue shirt and khakis.
Current mood: Satori! No, it's gone now. Dejection.
Current music: Uranus, the Magician (Gustav Holst)
Current annoyance: The need to run errands.
Current thing you should be doing: Working. Reading great literature. Running errands. Writing the great American novel. Learning from my mistakes. Setting a good example. The list goes on, and none of it is urgent.

[i]Favorite...[/i]
Drink: Cranberry juice.
Color: Blue
Candy: Dark chocolate, the less sweet the better. Maybe my taste would run otherwise if American chocolate weren't a disgrace.
Movie: Crash or Adaptation.
Person to talk to: You. Seriously.

[i]Do you prefer...[/i]
McDonalds or Burger King? No.
Root Beer or Dr Pepper? Yuck, but root beer.
Sunshine or Rain? Sunshine.
Spring or Fall? Fall.
Winter or Summer? Whichever one I'm not experiencing.
Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate.
Lights on or Off? Out.

[Edit: Messy.]

[Edited to fix a formatting code. Honestly]

—Alorael, who prefers paper to plastic and likes his babies shaken, not stirred.

[ Tuesday, September 12, 2006 05:37: Message edited by: saunders ]
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GOOGLE is GOD!! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, September 9 2006 17:59 Profile Homepage #11
Power is the derivative of work with respect to time or a closed line integral that can be simplified to the product of force and distance. Force times mass is not so useful.

—Alorael, who thinks that choosing to give something two conflicting definitions is a bad idea. Among other problems, it leads to the English language.
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Because it's been forever since the last one in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, September 9 2006 13:26 Profile Homepage #24
I think Infernal would be aware of those connotations.

—Alorael, who will think about filling out one of these surveys one of these days. Maybe.
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Mod Alerts in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, September 9 2006 09:35 Profile Homepage #15
It's always a sad day when someone starts having delusions of plurality.

—Alorael, who sadly thinks OM cannot be the next TM despite all his efforts.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Biscuittes in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, September 9 2006 09:32 Profile Homepage #11
Get a...

Never mind.

—Alorael, who couldn't quite resist. He tried very hard and almost managed to, and then the words just leapt from his fingers onto his keyboard before he could stifle them. That's his story and he's sticking to it.
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Finished Avernums in The Avernum Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Saturday, September 9 2006 09:29 Profile Homepage #8
I'm pretty sure you can run around Valorim after killing Rentar, actually. What stops you from killing her after an irritating and long battle, turning around, and walking right back out to Valorim?

—Alorael, who likes Thuryl's second to last post. It took him a while to decipher it.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mod Alerts in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 20:36 Profile Homepage #11
I was going to say TM being TM, but TM's posts were generally overlooked by moderators and he's no longer around to be an example. Yes, our standards of antagonism have fallen.

—Alorael, who things this calls for a new show. Now casting for Spiderweb's Next TM! Sign up today!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Who has the REAL OLD Exile: Escape From The Pit??? in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 20:34 Profile Homepage #13
Slowing definitely made you lose every other turn. If I remember correctly, hasting gave an extra turn after the regular turn order, so the order went like this:

All party members
All monsters
Hasted party members
Hasted monsters

[Edit: ""Quotes"""]

—Alorael, who is quite sure that the only Exile available from Spiderweb is v2.0. On the other hand, he also found a true gem of a review snippet. "Exile 1.1's hefty file size may seem excessive, but Jeff Vogel's adventure game offers commercial-quality graphics, cool puzzles to solve, and a slew of characters to interact with." So spake MacWorld in the year 1995.

[ Friday, September 08, 2006 20:36: Message edited by: Posticle ]
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mod Alerts in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 10:57 Profile Homepage #6
The real reason is, of course, that undo alarm over posts causes indigestion, and none of us indigestion.

The alert button was really only rarely used, and when it was used it was generally unnecessary. When it was necessary it was usually used to the point of spam, as Aran says.

—Alorael, who thinks a good addendum is that alerting people is only necessary in the case of extremely and immediately horrifying or illegal content. The mods do read the boards regularly and will probably notice anything that's just, say, OM being OM.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mod Alerts in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 09:07 Profile Homepage #3
But... I wanted an angry mod after me with a shotgun!

—Alorael, who also has to deliver an official warning against double posting. That is not acceptable on Spiderweb.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Mod Alerts in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 08:32 Profile Homepage #0
The mod alert button is not there, and since tomorrow it has never existed anyway. Until further notice, let your favorite mod or admin know when a thread has gone terribly awry by email. Instant message works too, although we make no guarantees about instantaneity. Call by phone if you have a number. Even regular mail with paper and mailmen (who may bear some resemblance to someone) is fine if you're not in much of a hurry. Showing up in person to let the mod or admin know may or may not be appreciated depending on who you are, who they are, and whether or not you are armed. Faxes are much better. Smoke signals are probably sub-optimal.

—Alorael, who is willing to evaluate other media for communicating dangerous posts on a case by case basis.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Jeff, Valorim was cool!! in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 08:14 Profile Homepage #19
quote:
Originally written by Tyranicus:

quote:
Originally written by Alo:

—Alorael, who would rather have a tiny and immensely developed area.
Jeff already made that game. It's called Nethergate, and is what I consider his greatest work to date. The sales say otherwise though. :P
No argument here.

—Alorael, who just took a moment to re-appreciate how different Nethergate was when it was made. Jeff switched to isometric graphics, smaller parties, a very different and more complicated skill system with no levels, and an emphasis on nudity to go with the violence. All in all, it was a big step that really should have been rewarded more.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Who has the REAL OLD Exile: Escape From The Pit??? in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 08:08 Profile Homepage #9
The addition of AP in later versions of E1 makes a huge difference, actually.

—Alorael, who is now no longer entirely sure that the original Exile had only one action per turn. That's how he remembers it, though, complete with nauseating jumps around the screen when enemies moved.
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I think in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, September 8 2006 08:06 Profile Homepage #58
Make Stephen R. Donaldson books into movies and you would either end up with something significantly different or something significantly worse. In fact, you're likely to end up with both.

—Alorael, who can see a decent life for the Gap series as an action flick. Not the most noble of uses, perhaps, but it would sell well. There are also less savory potentials that need not be examined closely.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Jeff, Valorim was cool!! in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 18:05 Profile Homepage #15
Or go to some absolutely new part of the caves, have a new villain, and do something completely original!

Jeff has at least said he's giving the epic quest to save humanity a rest.

—Alorael, who wonders why three bands of old adventurers are just sitting around now. Yes, a little bit of explanation is given, but surely there are good uses for experience and heavily armed sociopaths.
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Infallible Skeptic? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 15:00 Profile Homepage #14
Nevertheless, in this case, the art majors who say, "Don't shoot!" are right. Actually, if everyone has only one bullet, not shooting means that Larry gets to survive no matter what happens.

—Alorael, who thinks that's the only answer that's useful. If the only choices really are to shoot Moe or Curly, the latter is the only real choice because Moe's death results in a 100% chance of Larry's death.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Who has the REAL OLD Exile: Escape From The Pit??? in The Exile Trilogy
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 14:52 Profile Homepage #2
I have it somewhere in theory but not in any tangible or useful way.

—Alorael, who knows that the graphic are floating around. Kel had them up, but his page is down now.
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Pokemon Choose Your Destiny! in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 12:27 Profile Homepage #11
Cthulhu has no apostrophes.

—Alorael, who chooses m3: turn to a life of baking delicious scones. Join the local bowling league, too.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Jeff, Valorim was cool!! in Avernum 4
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 12:22 Profile Homepage #12
You can't script or program at all unless you know what you're making, but it's really not much fun to just write whatever you're told to write. Jeff has already said that part of why he writes shareware is so he can write his own games how he wants them, not how a company thinks they should be.

A team could do some of the grunt work for Jeff, but he seems like the kind of person who would rather do it himself anyway.

—Alorael, who believes Bethesda Softworks is still ostensibly working away at Fallout 3. They'd be happy to get more money, though.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Infallible Skeptic? in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 09:48 Profile Homepage #8
Actually, that's interesting. Game theory usually falls under the purview of mathematics or economics. How does it become a philosophy course, especially one that isn't dependent on complicated math?

—Alorael, who invites you to consider the course a game in which a good grade is winning. How do you optimize your chances? Apply the right degree of skepticism and wide-eyed credulity. Explain to the teacher that you're doing so and maybe he'll even be impressed by your quick grasp of the philosophical underpinnings of his class!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Random Double Take of the Day in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 09:45 Profile Homepage #17
Anarchy tends not to seem like a good idea to those with a background in understanding either human nature or human poliical edifices. It makes a perfectly good end goal, but getting there always involves some miraculous transformation (see Marx).

Liberal democracies tend to operate, naturally enough, on the principle that most people would like anarchy applied to them but not to everyone else, because other people are bad. The result is a society that regulates as little as possible while still maintaining law, order, and basic services. The degree to which those are needed and regulated is a large part of the liberal/conservative dispute.

—Alorael, who would be happy to live in an anarchic society as long as he can have all the military force on his side. This, however, is generally called monarchy, autarchy, or other not so nice names.
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Biscuittes in General
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Thursday, September 7 2006 09:36 Profile Homepage #4
Which is what Aran said, only ruder.

—Alorael, who believes this falls under the heading of saying nothing at all if you cannot contribute anything polite, useful, or entertaining. Remember, when you post without a point you post with trolls.
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