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Member number	4045
Title	Off With Their Heads
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Registered	Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00

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"The End of Blades" Discussion in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, February 16 2006 12:41 Profile Homepage #18 Ash: You can just let JV know that you bought the game once upon a time and now need to re-download it. He's pretty good about that sort of thing. One more general thing about this topic: Saying that Blades is dead is a slap in the face to up-and-comers like Ephesos and Smoo (and dare I include myself?). Maybe we need a couple of slaps to get our scenarios done, but bear in mind that every time you say that, that's what you're doing. And the great designers for BoE were almost universally not in high school. Check out the Hall of Fame sometime. Alcritas, Stareye, Drizzt, Brett Bixler, and Measle (and probably others with whom I'm not as familiar) have all been college-age or beyond during their times of activity. There are a few notable elite designers who have been younger, but certainly not many. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Those cartoons... in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, February 16 2006 12:32 Profile Homepage #25 The best Jewish jokes I've ever heard — in fact, the only Jewish jokes I've ever heard, come to think of it — were told by Jews. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, February 16 2006 12:30 Profile Homepage #195 quote: Originally written by Rent-an-Ihrno: but im not used to that vocabulary in english. ill see through it. For you, I provide a direct link. Is your standard German R an alveolar trill, a uvular trill, a uvular fricative/approximant, or something else? (Note that each page for each sound has a sound sample on the right side.) [ Friday, February 17, 2006 07:22: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, February 16 2006 07:46 Profile Homepage #191 This is why I can't stand getting information about the Germanic languages online. It's all vague and hopelessly contradictory. I guess if this makes sense to speakers of those languages, it's okay, but I ask that you give some sort of phonetic description as well (uvular approximant, alveolar trill, whatever), so that non-German-speakers can figure out what on earth you're talking about. As always, I refer you to the Wikipedia page on IPA for the most complete and easy-to-access treatment of phonetics online. And wait... word order matters, but the language is heavily inflected (with cases, conjugations, etc.)? This is odd, but I guess I'll have to see what you do with it. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
"The End of Blades" Discussion in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Thursday, February 16 2006 07:30 Profile Homepage #8 For those who missed it, Jeff is actually considering releasing the source someday. And Blades just isn't going to die. I'm still making my scenario, and others are still working on theirs. The most important thing that any of us can do to keep Blades alive is finishing a scenario and releasing it. That means it's up to each and every one of us. TM, Thralni, Stareye, you're all working on scenarios. Finish them! Release them! And no one will be talking about the "death of Blades" anymore. EDIT: I'm reminded of a thread on the Lyceum, probably deleted now, that described the BoE community as dead sometime before the 6th Contest. TM was one of the few who was saying that he was still around and designing scenarios, but everyone else was gone. Right after that, we had the 6th Contest, with not many entries, and then the 7th Contest was one of the strongest so far. These things go in waves. [ Thursday, February 16, 2006 07:57: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
"The End of Blades" Discussion in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 22:00 Profile Homepage #1 My perspective will be, as it has always been, that those who talk about the end of Blades will always be around, just as Blades will always be around. I say this now because I probably won't be home until 9:30 EST at the earliest, and I want my point of view (that a short lull in the release of scenarios does not signal the death of the medium) to be well-known. [ Wednesday, February 15, 2006 22:01: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Utility skills in Blades of Avernum
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 21:58 Profile Homepage #0 Does anyone happen to know if, how, and where the four Jeff-made scenarios check Arcane Lore, Nature Lore, and Tool Use, especially in ZKR and DWTD? I'm particularly interested in what level of each of these skills it is reasonable to expect a party that has just finished ZKR and DWTD to have. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Hanged? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 21:13 Profile Homepage #59 quote: Originally written by Dintiradan: You are confusing the Levitical (or ceremonial) law with the moral law (such as the Ten Commandments). Morality has not changed; it is not relative to time Um, bad example. Check out that Fourth Commandment (or the Third for Catholics, apparently) again. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Wetting myself... in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 20:25 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by SupaNik : There are so many career's I'd like to do!* Taking a page from Slartucker: facepalm -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Behold the SMBTI in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 20:07 Profile Homepage #1 At this point, I am reminded of Dareva's signature. I could contest several aspects of that description of me. [ Wednesday, February 15, 2006 20:21: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 17:26 Profile Homepage #69 A quick search suggests that was exactly what he was talking about. I've edited the message to deal with the problem, but member 6772 can feel free to edit it himself in order to make the message look less tampered with if he chooses. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
should i get avernum... in Avernum 4
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 15:35 Profile Homepage #1 If you're starting afresh without any prior knowledge of Spiderweb games (or if you've played Exile or Nethergate but not Avernum), I strongly recommend starting with A1 or A2. If you're coming from one of the Geneforges, I recommend going straight to A4, which will be more familiar. But you can play the demos and see for yourself. They're all pretty representative of their respective games. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 14:01 Profile Homepage #128 Synergy: There are PMs and e-mail. You could have used other means. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 13:49 Profile Homepage #187 quote: Originally written by Rent-an-Ihrno: the german r definately is the german r. there are hardly any dialects that use a slightly different one. i know, i live in austria. I've heard from a couple of sources that several closely-related trill and approximant sounds are considered allophonic in German. They'd sound the same to any German speaker who doesn't have some phonetic background, but they're not quite the same. That is, they'd probably sound the same to you. Specifically, I'm told that different dialects of German have a alveolar trill, a uvular trill, or a uvular approximant (or even a uvular fricative), and they're all considered allophonic. This may be dying out, though, since I get the feeling that the uvular approximant/fricative is winning, so you may very well be right that there's only one kind of German R; anyone have more specific information? In fact, come to think of it, which variety of R would you describe as being the German R? [ Wednesday, February 15, 2006 13:54: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Spellbooks and Arcane Lore-Dispel Barrier is AL 5 in Avernum 4
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:50 Profile Homepage #4 Ah, that's what you meant by skill points. You meant actual skill points, not levels gained in the skill. Just checking, because these numbers seem otherwise rather low. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Hanged? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:49 Profile Homepage #42 Arranged marriage is vastly better than legalized rape. I've indirectly known some Indian couples who were arranged by their parents and have lived happily together for their entire lives. This sort of custom is rather less likely to end in happiness all around. Islamic law is more open to interpretation than some would have people believe. The shari'a has adapted over time, and it has developed differently in different places. Polygamy is one good example. Muhammad said that each Muslim man could marry up to four women, as long as he could treat all four of them equally. This has often been interpreted to allow men to have multiple wives (although not hordes of women treated purely as property, as was the case before Islam — Muhammad and his message actually dramatically improved the status of women at the time). However, an argument surfaced, not long after the rise of Islam, that it's impossible to treat four different women exactly equally. Therefore, a man can marry only one wife. Many modern Muslims believe that this is the true meaning of the words of the Qu'ran. Some things are pretty much set in stone. A Muslim has to pray five times every day unless he or she is in immediate physical danger. But most things are open to a lot of interpretation, if only it were in the interests of the interpreters to give a more modern spin on these things. Personalities are in play here as much as the ancient message. [ Wednesday, February 15, 2006 07:52: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Spellbooks and Arcane Lore-Dispel Barrier is AL 5 in Avernum 4
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:27 Profile Homepage #2 In particular, what is AL 3, 4, 6, 7, etc.? What level of skill does that actually represent, and why did you decide to represent that level of skill with something other than the amount of the skill? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
SupaNik, will you be my valentine? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:23 Profile Homepage #115 Drakey's comment is a reference to an old Desperance thing. And it si teh trooth!11 Anyway, I had a decent V-Day this year, for once. I watched some of the Olympics (I never watch the Olympics, but I did yesterday) and had some Martinelli's. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
omg I am teh USPS in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:19 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Arancaytar the Grey: Just wait, Kel. I've overtaken you before, and I can do it again. :P But you had almost a year head-start on me, so I win overall. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Wednesday, February 15 2006 07:14 Profile Homepage #120 Aran's right. SW has been much worse from time to time. TM: Yeah, I thought this whole thing was pretty stupid, too. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
omg I am teh USPS in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, February 14 2006 19:56 Profile Homepage #0 -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
SupaNik, will you be my valentine? in General
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, February 14 2006 19:47 Profile Homepage #107 Several years in a row I contracted mysterious illnesses on February 14th, including one that sent me to the emergency room. It wasn't until later, when someone pointed out that I kept getting sick on Valentine's Day, that I realized that this string of coincidences had kept on going. Take that as you will. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
The nephilim language in The Avernum Trilogy
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, February 14 2006 18:34 Profile Homepage #185 quote: Originally written by Slartucker: quote: Honestly, I disagree with Slartucker here. All verbs require a subject. Transitive verbs require an object. I think that saying that transitive verbs require a transitive subject just confuses the issue. But in Nephilian, the subject of a transitive verb is in a different case from the subject of an intransitive verb -- so this is quite relevant information. Yes, but defining a transitive verb as one that has a transitive subject seems odd to me. The only way to tell a transitive subject from an intransitive subject is by its case, but the only way to know what case the subject ought to be is to know whether the verb is transitive or intransitive. This is horribly circular. One can avoid that by saying that a transitive verb requires an object, and then one can describe the use of the cases from there. So yes, give that information, by all means, but don't define it that way. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
A4 Bugs in Avernum 4
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:14 Profile Homepage #60 quote: Originally written by Derakon: When targetting a spell, clicking on an invalid square does nothing. Clicking on a party member cancels the "targetting spell" mode. This means that if I accidentally misclick, I have to determine if the misclick was on random terrain (in which case I can just click on my actual target) or if it was on a party member (in which case I must re-cast the spell). If I fail to re-cast after targetting a party member, then my mage charges into melee. Not good. Yes. I found this phenomenally annoying. But I figured that it was so built into the interface that it wasn't likely to change, so I don't think I even bothered to mention it in my beta reports. What would've been really nice, and possibly not too difficult to implement, though, would have been consistently different cursors for ranged attacks and melee. I found my mages running into melee far more often than I expected. I also found out the hard way that if a priest tries to cast Heal on someone out of range, the priest will run into range. It'd be nice if that just gave a message about being out of range. [ Tuesday, February 14, 2006 16:19: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
A Few Advance Notes On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Tuesday, February 14 2006 16:01 Profile Homepage #70 Hmm. I can find no proof that sliths have breasts (that is, more than simply pectoral muscles), and all of the images of sliths conspicuously lack nipples (although they appear to be of male sliths). So I can't find conclusive evidence either way. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00

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