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Homeland : The Stone of Night is now officially a freeware game in General
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quote:
Originally written by Excalibur:

Oh, I suppose turtles aren't all that great then.
Then they shall come for you in the deep dark night, philistine.

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Nikki's Nook - will you remember his name?
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The Avernum RP, OoC Thread in General
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Yay. Good!

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Nikki's Nook - forget about your house of cards, and I'll deal mine.
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What's Going On? in General
Shaper
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Interesting news topics...
I Win!!

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
*gurgle* in General
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quote:
Originally written by Azuma:

...BoA just won't cut it no more.
Heretic.

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Nikki's Nook.
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Project Spiderweb. in Blades of Avernum
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Did this need bumping? No?

As I told Nioca(?) the other week, I am still working on it, just slowly.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
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Homeland : The Stone of Night is now officially a freeware game in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jeran Korak:

I think with this great event there must now be created a new cult, for Homeland. Seeing as the RWG cult is almost certainly gone for good and Galactic Core has been permanantly returned to the grave.
I think not.

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Nikki's Nook - will you remember his name?
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Spiderweb Demographics 2008 in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Thankfully, education rarely gets in the way of human nature.
Oscar Wilde lives!

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Nikki's Nook - La maison de mon rêve?
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
The Future of Blades of Avernum in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Or, failing that, put a link to the Blades page on the main page. He used to before, right? Why not now?

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Glued much? in General
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Meh, he did it for E:R, too, which wasn't aimed at you, Tully. Unless it was, like, ya know. Subconciously.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
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Jeremy Beadle in General
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Apart from the TV (which was pretty good anyway - they show repeats sometimes over here), he was a writer, and after his TV career waned, he raised over £100 million for charity, which is all the more amazing when you consider he was battling cancer as well as the genetic disorder he was born with.

So yeah, I can live without the threat of a TV comeback, but he did a lot of other things in his life.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
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Jeremy Beadle in General
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I'm not entirely sure how many of the American people on these boards will know of Jeremy Beadle, but he passed away last night. He was only 59, and, as far as I know it was pneumonia.

Here's the wikipedia link.

It's so weird. Watching "Beadle's About" was a staple of my Saturday evenings when I was about 7 or 8...

:(

[ Thursday, January 31, 2008 00:49: Message edited by: Benjamin Barker ]

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
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Glued much? in General
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I await the day TM returns, posts once, and is then banned again.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Heath Ledger in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Beg all you want, the only reasons the Beatles made it to the big show was because they were cute and they were put on American tv. Without that, they were just another Chumbawumba.
Quoted for sheer hilarity. And Paul is dead. He came to me in a dream last night.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
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Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jewelz:

*Punches Nikki in the arm... HARD.*

What the Dickens?! Come on, Thuryl practically has a monopoly on puns around here! And I did say it didn't detract from the chapter, it's just that more Thuryl would have secured it as the sexiest chapter thus far.

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Nikki's Nook - La maison de mon rêve?
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2007 Movies in General
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quote:
Originally written by First Call:

No Country for Old Men tops my list, Juno is surprisingly heartwarming and knows when to let its jokes go, and I still want to see There Will Be Blood. Sweeney Todd is a good movie, but it's not a great movie and the Broadway musical was a great musical. I still say getting the recording of the original Broadway performance for your collection is better than getting the Tim Burton DVD, although the Burton version is worth seeing.
I want to see Juno when it comes out over here, as well as The Bucket List. They both look pretty good. And absolutely agree about Mr T - I got a recording of the Broadway musical just before Christmas, and it's amazing.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Heath Ledger in General
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quote:
Originally written by Excalibur:

quote:
So, now's a good time to place your bets. Who else is going to die by the end of 2008?
A Beatle.
:(

There's only one left anyway. Paul, George, and John are all gone anyway. Luckily, it's the best one that's survived.

[ Tuesday, January 29, 2008 08:02: Message edited by: Benjamin Barker ]

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Homeland : The Stone of Night is now officially a freeware game in General
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Profile Homepage #37
quote:
Originally written by Jeran Korak:

Thats not funny.

No, strike that. I hate you.

[Wanders off in a sulk]

Philistine. When you're able to appreciate high art, the raisins will be waiting.

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Nikki's Nook - will you remember his name?
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Spiderweb Demographics 2008 in General
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Age: 20
Birth Characteristics: An older brother, a younger sister, and a younger brother.
Gender & Sexual Orientation: Male, heterosexual.
Marital Status: Single.
Virgin?: No.
Ethnic Origin: European
Nationality: British
Languages Spoken: English, with a poor grasp of French.
Religion: Agnostic.
Economic Status: I'm with Brody. Working class, which I suppsoe fits with "poor" here.
Political Leanings: Economic Freedom, Social Freedom, which I'm hoping is right.
Highest Educational Degree Completed: High School
Primary academic area(s) of interest: the arts.
Primary Occupation: Regular Job.
Joined SW: 2003
Preferred Computer System: PC

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Nikki's Nook - La maison de mon rêve?
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Xian Chain Mail in The Avernum Trilogy
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The Tome, IIRC is in the Tower of the Magi.

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Nikki's Nook - La maison de mon rêve?
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Deathmatch Tournament -- Round Two, Part One in General
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quote:
Originally written by Jeran Korak:

Because couldn't someone else do it if Slaty is busy? Dikiyoba for example?
No.

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Nikki's Nook - we are the dollars and cents, and the pounds and pence.
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
2007 Movies in General
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quote:
Originally written by Lt. Sullust:

I Am Legend was alright until the he was rescued by the woman. If the movie would've ended just before that it would've been amazing.
It'd have been better, not amazing. But, yeah, the last 30(?) minutes of it sucked. Hard.

All those that haven't partaken of a shave of late, Sweeney Todd is a fair adaptation, and it's TIM BURTON! I did somewhat annoy the audience by singing along - although I'm sure half of them were expecting a straight-forward horror.

Erm, I liked The Simpsons Movie, but really the Simpsons was at it's best years ago now. Transformers was terrible (and not apatch on the cartoon I grew up with), and Shrek 3 seemed forced. Which, I suppose, it was.

My favourite from last year then? Prolly Spiderman 3, but that's only because I'm having issues thinking of a better one.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Chapter 17: Woad Of Bull

That is all.

Dikiyoba.

With a title like that, I was expecting more Thuryl. I was disappointed. Good chapter though.

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Nikki's Nook - La maison de mon rêve?
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
The Avernum RP, OoC Thread in General
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Bleh, you will be the death of me. Bye bye, New Sumar. :(

Edit: And just so you know, Barleycorn WILL NOT be returning to Hunter lands any time soon.

[ Monday, January 28, 2008 04:35: Message edited by: Hey, Jude. ]

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Nikki's Nook - forget about your house of cards, and I'll deal mine.
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Windows 3D editor ate my scenario! in Blades of Avernum Editor
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The moral of the story, as far as I can see, is to do what the BoA Editor Docs say: make your outdoors a few squares bigger than you want, just in case.

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Nikki's Nook - White, two sugars. :)
Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
The Avernum RP, IC Thread in General
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New Sumar

Pyke was awoken with a shout. Bleary-eyed, he got up, and hastily pulled on a tunic and some trousers, before heading outside. As he opened the door, the deadly flicker of fire played across his bemused face. A dozen workers, maybe more, used pails of water from the sea to douse the flames, whilst another, smaller group stood alongside, making sure the fire didn't spread to the crop. Eventually, the flames began to relent, and a thick, black smoke poured over the settlement. They had been lucky, he thought, still half-asleep. The fire had destroyed a barn, and maybe ten or twelve cows, which was a great loss, but the crop had survived.

Gathin would have to be told in the morning.

Delan

The dockyards of Delan were ill-prepared for the small fleet which arrived from Krizsan that misty morning. Whilst most of the goods were very welcome, Barleycorn was not. Gathin himself had seen him off the boat, and suituated him in the best guest room in Delan, after posting a small escort outside the inn. They had not had much time to talk, but Barleycorn had passed on his letter almost immediately, and Gathin read it now, in the darkness of his office.

The fact that these people thought they could negotiate, as well as thinly veil a threat if they weren't given half of Silvar confused Gathin. It was almost as if they didn't have one clear objective, but rather a mix of them that shifted in order of importance. What struck Gathin as most confusing was the rebuilding of the bridge to the east. If the Hunters hadn't destroyed, who had? A "bandit", in plain sight of both Silvar and Krizsan? Unlikely. But, if they had, why would they rebuild it? Maybe as a way of showing that were friendly whilst at the same time plotting behind the scenes?

Ah, the Hunters, Gathin thought, I don't think I'll ever understand them.

He and Barleycorn were due to meet the next morning and discuss Silvar, as well as the less important details of the Hunter-Empire alliance, but Gathin intended to give little away. If anything, he wanted to see what kind of resources these people had.

And, he wanted to know why Silvar was so important. He wasn't prepared to give up the city, especially when the Hunters had two main port towns already.

* * *

The next mornings planned meeting had to be held. Just before sun-up a single rider had arrived at the gates of Delan, somewhat anxiously - Sarrin. The guards saw her, and opened the gates to the city with bemused expressions. She'd left, and now she's back? What's going on?

As Sarrin rode through the town, several people came out to have a look, and soon, the entire population was talking about her return. As she made her way to the barracks and her brother's office, she dismounted, and began climbing the steps.

She met no resistance as she knocked once on Gathin's door, and entered. He had his back to the door, but as it opened, he swung round, expecting it to be Barleycorn. Instead, framed in the doorway was his younger sister, clutching a letter to her chest.

"I didn't... I mean, I had heard, but... you're here, brother."

Gathin moved around to hold her, as tears welled up in his sister's eyes.

"Celsa... Where have you been? What's happened?"

* * *

Gathin had re-read the letter, and thought on his response. He hated sending Celsa back through Hunter lands, but she seemed to have a rapport with these people. Rather than risk a letter, he relayed his message to Celsa, who made shorthand notes on a small piece of paper.

"High Priest Havala, thank you for this... distressing news. Clarice was a gifted woman, and it is terrible that she fell foul to the people who profess to be our friends. We are currently hosting a small delegation of Hunters, in the hope of securing a non-agressive treaty, but know that they have acted in ways that work against our very survival, and any peace between us and them is purely pragmatic." He paused. "You know how I feel about these bastards Cels, just tell them how it is. Anyway, erm, We of the Phoenix Empire wish to meet you immediately. I propose that either you make the journey to Delan, or I visit your temple in Aminro. Know that if it is the latter, though, I cannot leave until the Hunter delegation leave. Umm. That should do."

He rubbed his chin. "Offer any military support they might need. We've been able to train a fairly large number of pikemen - it's not terribly difficult to wave a big stick, after all - which we can share if it means less Hunters. But, use your common sense - you have plenty."

Celsa smiled. "Okay brother. Anything else?" Gathin nodded, and we moved to embrace her. "Good luck, and come back as soon as you can." She smiled, and left to meet her escort.

As she left, the smile faded from Gathin's face. So they murdered a citizen of the Empire? We'll see what they have to say about that...

[ Monday, January 28, 2008 04:34: Message edited by: Hey, Jude. ]

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Nikki's Nook - forget about your house of cards, and I'll deal mine.
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