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| Displayed name | Kelandon |
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| Title | Off With Their Heads |
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| Registered | Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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| Alright, NOW what in General | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 20:21
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The comment. The administration's explanation. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| Where is unlock level 3? Av 1 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 18:58
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Depends on which game. Are you playing A1, A2, or A3? In A3, it is in the House on a Hill, near Sharimik. Don't remember A1 or A2 -- looking them up now. EDIT: In A2, according to the Crystal Source, it is in a "[t]ome in Erika's Tower. To break the seal on it, you need a Blessed Athame." EDIT 2: Silver seriously needs to get Avernum Annotated Maps back up. I don't remember A1 at all, and it doesn't seem to be online anywhere. [ Sunday, July 17, 2005 19:02: 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 |
| Regrettable But in General | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 17:19
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quote:Don't worry — I'm not offended at all by your choice. I very nearly gave my votes to Imban 4444, so I can hardly fault anyone for whomever they chose to give their votes to. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| "Blades of Geneforge" in General | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 16:31
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quote:Are you sure it wasn't called "Doom Demon Echoes IV: The Lost Island of the Valley of the Big Quest for the Lair of the Undead Goblins and the Revenge of the Dragon-Killing Moon-Sword"? Also, the Lone Wolf books are written in second-person. Anyone read those? They were my introduction to fantasy when I was about six. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| Regrettable But in General | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 16:24
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I waited this long to post because I wanted to let things settle down some before I added potential fuel to the fire. *sigh* I didn't realize it would get this out of hand. For anyone who's still wondering, the message that I sent to Stug basically explained my reasons for distributing the votes the way I did. I had to choose three from among Aran, Thuryl, Stug, and Alec, and I chose to support Aran, Thuryl, and Stug. My reasoning pretty much boiled down to four things (in order of importance): 1) Aran, Thuryl, and Stughalf all seemed quite capable of being mods, 2) I didn't think Alec would make a good mod here on Spiderweb, 3) I didn't think that the administration would approve of him as a mod anyway (remember this is all subject to Drakey's approval), and 4) He hadn't been very nice to me in the campaign. No back-room conspiracies, just a simple recognition that when Dolphin gave her votes to Stug, my candidacy was no longer viable and I had to choose to back those whose were. This isn't a popularity contest; it's an election for mod of General, and I wanted to support the candidates that were the best for the job. Yes, Aran and FBM, this action was undemocratic, but the rules were undemocratic to begin with, and Alec wrote the rules. I can't fathom what he expected to happen with the vote-shifting rule except what did happen — if it was not written for the express purpose of allowing someone to do the sort of thing that I did, then why was it there? And for that matter, I didn't decide this election. I just acted last, so my action was most conspicuous. TM and Dolphin also played a significant role in determining the outcome, as did the voters: I gave very few votes to Aran or Thuryl. The #1, #2, and #4 candidates from the primaries made the run-offs, and Stughalf only trailed Alec by 4 votes, putting them in a virtual tie. The voters did this as much as me — I just acted as a tie-breaker. I'd think that if my voters trust me enough to be a mod, they'd trust me enough to judge who else could be a mod. And my candidacy was not just a joke or an attempt to mess things up. I could moderate General. I explained what I'd do: try to keep the environment friendly and open. There was the whole Manhood Typing Party business, but that arose during the time when Zeviz was touting his EVOL party, and it wasn't even my idea; it was just what I ended up being called. I was a serious candidate, and while I may not have gone as crazy about it as others, I think I was credible. But alas, it was not to be. Alec's modship was not to be, either, but I don't understand why he felt that his only option was to leave. I still lurk on Desperance, but I haven't posted in a while, and I don't think I will for a while yet, out of respect for his space. TM's banning was also unfortunate, but I think it was coming anyway. I'm sorry to have been a catalyst for both of these issues coming to a head, but I think that they were going to turn out this way regardless, if not here, then somewhere else soon. Anyway, sorry for all the controversy, and I hope that clears up my end of things. I'll probably stay out of the rest of the election proceedings and probably won't post on this thread again. [ Sunday, July 17, 2005 17:21: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| Difficulty - does it ever get harder? in Geneforge Series | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 05:43
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If he said what I think he said and then changed it to "forget this," the edit was probably a good idea. -------------------- 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 |
| Difficulty - does it ever get harder? in Geneforge | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 05:43
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If he said what I think he said and then changed it to "forget this," the edit was probably a good idea. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| "Blades of Geneforge" in General | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 05:08
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quote:Perhaps we need to remedy this. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| I need a COMPLETE walkthrough. in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 05:04
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Specifically, if you can't find it, I refer you to the VoDT FAQ. -------------------- 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 |
| Unhandled Exception Error in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 22:25
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Glad you enjoyed 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 |
| "Blades of Geneforge" in General | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 17:37
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That's second-person narration, not second-person perspective. The latter is a little harder to imagine. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 Question about the Slith and Nephilim in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 14:55
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quote:That's not even remotely what I said. I said that civilization requires tool use. Intelligent life can exist without civilization, you know — humans did for hundreds of thousands of years. I think Alorael sort of beat me to this point, but I can't stand being misquoted. EDIT: Uh, Micawber, the mammals that developed a couple hundred million years ago don't much resemble the mammals today. From what I understand, planetary features do play a significant role in determining limits on size and other traits. [ Saturday, July 16, 2005 15:00: 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 |
| Just say no in Richard White Games | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 14:48
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But... but... RW didn't make Homeland.... Besides, we all know that Drakey's a Mac user and so is RW. Coincidence? I think not! Anyone see any similarities between War on Bigail and Ocean Bound? I don't, but I haven't played either. :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 |
| May you rest in peace... in General | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 13:15
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That was perhaps a few too many vertical lines. It's stretching the heck out of Today's Daily Topics, the prevention of which is the purpose of my post. [ Saturday, July 16, 2005 13:15: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |
| Just say no in Richard White Games | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 12:05
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quote:RiB is Galactic Core 2. Pass it on. -------------------- 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 |
| Unhandled Exception Error in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 05:57
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Updating the .bas file doesn't fix the underlying problem. The main change between versions was in the file slithhomedata.txt. You may still experience crashes later on. Do a full update. -------------------- 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 |
| Unhandled Exception Error in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 21:52
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Then I refer you to my original post on the matter. EDIT: Specifically, download the new version and replace your old folder with the new one. The error ought to go away. [ Friday, July 15, 2005 21:53: 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 |
| Unhandled Exception Error in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 21:43
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Open the readme in the Bahssikava folder. What version does it say the scenario is? [ Friday, July 15, 2005 21:44: 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 |
| Unhandled Exception Error in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 21:34
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Are you playing with v1.0.6? If so, upgrade to v1.0.7, and hopefully this will go away. -------------------- 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 |
| Possible name change? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 21:10
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If so, we can still call it the AT (Avernum Tetralogy). :D -------------------- 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 |
| What do YOU want to see in G4? in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, July 15 2005 05:04
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quote:I keep re-reading this, thinking there's some sort of violation of the Code in here, but I simply cannot find a genuine one. Carry on. :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 |
| Ghostly Bracelet in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 20:33
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Oh. Hah. That's kinda funny. The special rectangle you have to enter in order to trigger the dialog to take the item is placed on a stone circle, but stone circles have full move blocks. In other words, you have to enter the stone circle in order to get the Ghostly Bracelet, but it's impossible to enter the stone circle. As far as I can tell, this was an oversight on Jeff's part. -------------------- 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 |
| How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 18:51
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The answer to all of these is invariably: "It depends." Gratuitous, unnecessary violence and obscenity are annoying; if I wanted that, I'd play GTA. However, violence or even obscenity done well are very effective and useful. Like everything else with Blades, there is no formula here. [ Thursday, July 14, 2005 18:51: 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 |
| Ghostly Bracelet in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 16:28
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Seletine's always correct. In this case, he only has half the answer, though. You have to approach the ghost before ending the curse and you have to fight and kill it. The thing is, you have to have done something elsewhere to make it angry, or else it won't give you the option of attacking it. I'm trying to track down what these SDFs mean, and I'll edit my post or post again once I've figured it out. EDIT: Okay, I see. You have to attempt to trap several other ghosts throughout the outdoors. Find the ghost wandering around northeast of Blinlock — it should run away from you, but not very far. It'll pop up a dialog; choose to "Trap it." It will shriek and go away. Then find the shade in the forest northeast of Pangle. Do the same thing. Finally, find the shade, uh, kind of across the river from the ruined city west of Sweetgrove. This should be east of the second shade. This one will flee you completely, not necessarily staying within bounds. Trap it again. Once you've tried to trap all three shades, go back to the ghost in the stone circle and choose to fight it. When you kill it, enter the stone circle, and choose to take the item. After all that, you should get the Ghostly Bracelet. [ Thursday, July 14, 2005 16:39: 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 |
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written Thursday, July 14 2005 16:11
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That 30% figure... is that of eligible voters? Turnout of registered voters hovers around 50%, I think, so that's a believable figure, given that a significant number of eligible voters aren't registered. Part of the reason is intimidation: "I don't know anything about the candidates or issues!" This is exacerbated by the fact that, from what I understand, American ballots are ridiculously complicated compared to many other nations'. Those from outside the U.S., how many offices and issues do you have to vote on when the executive comes up for re-election? For comparsion, on the last presidential ballot in Berkeley, CA, I voted on six offices (U.S. president, national Representative, national Senator, state Senator, state Assembly member, and local Rent Board member) sixteen state propositions, and twelve local measures for a total of thirty-four votes. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. 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 |