Profile for Student of Trinity
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| Displayed name | Student of Trinity |
| Member number | 3431 |
| Title | Electric Sheep One |
| Postcount | 3335 |
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| Registered | Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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| The Big Decision in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 27 2005 09:08
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You can string along both sides until the end of Dhonal's Isle, when you have to commit yourself in order to leave the island. But then on Gull Island you will be offered a chance to switch sides again, and you can effectively revert back to middle-of-the -road, doing quests for everyone -- for a while. I'm not sure what would happen if you tried to fulfill both sides' final missions on Gull, but there certainly isn't any way to really stay middle of the road: either mission is something unforgivable from the other party's point of view, and you have to do one to get to the next island. So by the time you reach the Isle of Spears, at the latest, you are committed one way or the other. The price you pay for deciding late is that people on either side will be reluctant to train you. So if you want to get the most training possible, pick your side early and stick with it. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Battle Creations in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 27 2005 08:54
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I'm on Spears now as a canister-free Loyalist Torment melee doubleton Guardian half-caff Americano latte with no ice ... I mean, a Guardian with decent Missile Weapons (10) (unchanged since Harmony), but mainly relying on melee attacks, with Alwan but no creations, on Torment, has never touched a canister or been shaped in any way. It really hasn't been bad. Some finesse in making contact so as to avoid engaging too many enemy at a time, but I had to do that sort of thing with my Agent and Shaper too. I've never gotten effective creations with any Guardian, so I wouldn't know about Clawbugs versus Thahd Shades. But you can do quite fine without them. I'd be a singleton, except that I want to see what Alwan has to say. Except for a few spots on Harmony. Quite a few, actually. Those were very tough. I don't know now whether the problem was just hangover from my initial over-investment in Parry (which is good, but not so good you should sacrifice everything else to start it at 10), or too much hoarding of my Speed pods and wands (from not realizing that there would be plenty more ahead), or just a tough patch for Guardians no matter what they do. Whatever, nothing since then has been as difficult. So if it's the Harmony Blues that are getting you down, cheer up, life does get easier. [ Friday, May 27, 2005 09:00: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Monastery key in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 27 2005 08:41
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Nope. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Monastery key in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 27 2005 06:16
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There's a 'monastery key' that you find in a Gazer's blue box in the Monastery of Tears. Does it actually do anything? All the doors and boxes in the place seem just as hard to open after you have it, which is a drag because my Guardian is mighty low on living tools. He feels he's earned his loot, but this accursed key doesn't work: AAARGGG! -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Music in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Friday, May 27 2005 06:10
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Context matters. When I was doing infantry officer training once, an instructor came into a room, took in its substandard condition at a glance, and made a declaration in which fully half of the words were essentially the same four-letter word, modified into two different nouns, an adjective, and a verb. The remaining words were mostly prepositions. In that setting, that was effective communication. This is a different setting, and I share Ash Lael's sentiments. All this gratuitous crudity is about as novel and impressive as picking your nose in public. Defending it is absurd: the fact that there is nothing wrong with it in absolute terms doesn't change the only relevant fact, which is that this is not the place for it. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Pick up lines in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 12:02
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I have no experience with pick-up lines from either side, but some of the above lines strike me as gene pool heroism. Humanity will be grateful. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| RWG needs less spam... in Richard White Games | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 09:08
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Sodium nitrite is a very remarkable chemical compound that results from the carefully titrated combination, under properly controlled conditions, of Demon Bile and Tincture of Mandrake. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The artifacts (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:53
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The Oozing Blade is quite a bit better than the Claymore against golems and Drakons, and it seems to be fine against Gazers, Drayks and Glaahks. It is awful against Rotghroths. The Frozen Blade doesn't seem to be that great for damage, though it has a nice slowing effect and a cool sound effect. I gave up on it quickly, though. The Puresteel Soulblade is pretty good, but my tests weren't that extensive because by the time I got it there wasn't much left to fight. The Oozing Blade is most definitely worth keeping for a melee Guardian. Pack it along with the Claymore -- it's worth switching back and forth. I doubt any of the other weapons in the game are important competitors for those two. [ Sunday, June 05, 2005 09:03: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The Next Run in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:43
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I don't think there is a stunning enhancement, alas. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Undead Topics Need Loving Too (aka "Give Me Your First-Born") in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:34
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What is the etymology of 'moniker'? -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The Next Run in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:24
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True, but I went in there my first run on the principle of exploring everything and applying the ingenuity Lord Rahul so wisely praises. This game has rebel Shapers, traitor Shapers, deluded Shapers, corrupted Shapers, heretical Shapers, and mind-controlled Shapers. Who knows what dark secrets might be hidden in Lord Rahul's private rooms, which it would be your duty as an unwavering loyalist to expose? -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| mutant dryak in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:21
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Not if you only just got the quest to find it. You can't get into its cave otherwise. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| mutant dryak in Geneforge 2 | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 06:21
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Not if you only just got the quest to find it. You can't get into its cave otherwise. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Two Years and Two Days! in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 04:15
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Of course. Somehow, the wisdom and the world-weariness just drip from every punctuation mark, even in the briefest of posts. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| mutant dryak in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 04:11
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Clawbug Canyon -- pretty far East for Barzite lands, but I guess technically so. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| mutant dryak in Geneforge 2 | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 04:11
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Clawbug Canyon -- pretty far East for Barzite lands, but I guess technically so. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| The Next Run in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, May 26 2005 04:09
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Losing War Blessing and Protection will hurt a lot, I predict. In the dicey early Guardian game, they so often make the difference between a kill and a wounding. Losing Mental Barrier will also be very bad in some places. One thing that may help a fair bit is bringing lots of Shaper contraband in to be burnt -- you can get a good weapon as a reward. Just remember, though: while you're out fighting for your life against the hordes of rogues, Lord Rahul's Puresteel Plate and Guardian's Claymore will be gathering dust in his closet -- and not helping the Shaper cause at all! (If this were G3, that last argument would only have been available because my Leadership was above six, and it would make you concede and turn robber.) -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 13:27
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This is why I thought my little episode had something to do with karma. My restrained response mysteriously had the optimal effect. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Two Years and Two Days! in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 10:06
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I am number six on this month's list! That is too high. I must cut down. EDIT: Doh! [ Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:07: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:59
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Speaking of karma: Last night around midnight somebody's car alarm kept going off outside our apartment. It was a block or two away, but really loud -- that siren sequence -- and it was going off continuously for over half an hour. It was raining, but I wanted to track down the car and at least leave a nasty note for the owner. So I wrote a restrained angry screed, threatening wrecking bars on the next offense, and sealed it in a ziploc bag. I hiked out to the shrieking car and put the bagged note under a wiperblade. Then for good measure I gave the side of the car one moderate kick, and tried both driver-side door handles. The car finished that alarm sequence and stopped. If I had any idea why my actions shut the car up, I'd be proud of the results of my initiative. As it is I'm spooked, though I slept a lot better just being spooked than I would have listening to that alarm all night. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Paradox of Technology and Jobs. in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:48
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Well, I guess I have to agree. Having lived in several of these different 'industrial democracies', I find them all reasonably comparable in general standard of living. If you're wealthy you do a bit better in the US, and if you're not you do a bit better in Europe. The political influence of campaign donors in the US is maybe not so much a problem as a perceived potential problem. It seems worrisome to a lot of people. But so far, at least as I see it, the extent to which corporations have influenced American public policy to the general public disadvantage doesn't seem much greater than the extent to which governments everywhere exhibit some form of corruption or incompetence. And Andrew's argument, that if American corporate plutocracy actually did start doing major public harm it would be abolished by angry voters, seems sound to me. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Challenge: spiced ham in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 04:12
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You really have to watch what you say about Vlish around here, people. Brain-eating tentacled monstrosities have feelings, too. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Two Years and Two Days! in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 04:07
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A Blackberry is the currently leading palmtop e-mail platform. With reference to some recent veiled exchanges in this topic about cell phones, I cling to the hope that Blackberries don't include a 'vibrate' feature. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Challenge: spiced ham in Geneforge Series | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, May 25 2005 03:54
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Hey, do Ornks really count as battle creations? I wondered about that, but I didn't think any shaping skills would boost their level. I'm not sure Porky is as mad as the Vlish Lord, since he's only doing this crazy stuff for one zone. Maybe just temporarily incapacitated from eating spawned luncheon meat in the refectory of the Monastery of Tears. [ Wednesday, May 25, 2005 03:58: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
| Paradox of Technology and Jobs. in General | |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, May 24 2005 18:47
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Yeh, I thought about Italy. But I concluded that it wasn't really corporate plutocracy in the sense I had in mind: in this case the politician owns the corporation, not the other way around. I'm not saying it's not a problem for Italy, though. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |