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The next Scenerio Design Contest? in Blades of Avernum
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Meh, I guess it doesn't really matter in this community. We say horrible things about each other's work all the time without regard to how rude or stupid we sound. (And I don't mean constructive criticism.)

In a normal situation, I would want to be able to speak freely in a judging forum and would figure that immediate release of the comments would impair that, but here, I guess the judges can speak freely anyway, since we don't seem to care if people read even our harshest criticisms.

I suppose I retract my statement, then.

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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.

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Geneforge Beta Testing in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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There may not be an opening yet. Jeff started beta-ing A4 long before he asked for beta testers for it; he just used testers who had a bunch of experience testing for him before.

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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
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The next Scenerio Design Contest? in Blades of Avernum
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I'd also prefer that the judging forum remain hidden from the general public for much longer; releasing the scores and comments immediately seems a little frightening. I'd much rather that we wait a year after releasing the results before opening up the forum to the public (or something like that).

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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
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Question? in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Grail Shadowblade:

how many shades are used?
I admit that I am not a graphic artist, but why on earth does it matter?

I admit also that I don't know and would answer your question if I could, but I can't.

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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.

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Question? in Blades of Avernum
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Yeah, I'm not really sure that I understand the question either. Chapter 4.1 of the docs for the editor says this:

quote:
How Do I Make a New Graphic?

Any graphics editing program. MS Paint. Photoshop. Appleworks. Paint Shop Pro. Just paint it.
Graphics intended for different purposes need to be arranged in the sheet in different ways (more on this later), but your graphics have to have these qualities:

They need to be at 72 dpi.
They need to be either 8 bit (a 256 color palette) or 16 bit.
16-bit color is the "thousands of colors" that Thuryl mentioned.

[ Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:15: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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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.

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cryoa? in Geneforge Series
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Resurrecting an old topic in which the last post explains that you shouldn't resurrect old topics is kinda foolish.

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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.

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Is Geneforge 1&2 adictive in Geneforge Series
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So you know, it's generally considered polite to leave old topics alone unless you have some very good and clear reason for reviving them.

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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
Santa problem. in Geneforge Series
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If there's nothing else wrong with the game, I wouldn't worry about it. You're not missing much if you miss maybe one bit of dialogue.

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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.

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Alec Kyras: An 19th Birthday Retrospective in General
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quote:
Originally written by The Worst Man Ever:

It's still astoundingly impolite, but hey, your call.
Remember that the next time you address me as "Watts."

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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.

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Icshi's Whereabouts in Richard White Games
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quote:
Originally written by This tex:

Pater Albion noster, qui es in caelis,
Sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua,
Sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
Sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.
FYT. Really.

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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
Shaper hypocrisy vs. Shaper tragedy (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series
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As far as I can tell, the distinction you're drawing between humans and GF creations is that the creation process itself is different for both, and humans are simply harder to create — this splits humans and GF creations into two categories, hard to create and easy to create respectively.

The distinction that others have been drawing is that the end product is intelligent — this splits humans and serviles and drakons into one pile and most other creations into another, intelligent and not intelligent respectively.

I'm not sure why the fact that something is difficult to create therefore makes it more deserving of freedom and self-determination than the fact that something is intelligent does, but then, I'd have to think about it to argue the other way, either. I think that there is something to the intelligence angle — I can't think of a particular reason that horses, for instance, need to be rid of the oppression of the bridle — but I can't immediately articulate it.

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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
Shaper hypocrisy vs. Shaper tragedy (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series
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quote:
Originally written by Savage Ed Walcott:

I haven't seen any convincing overriding factors, only analogies to infants and human slaves (which I don't accept)
The point of the analogies to human beings is that your principle — if you can make it, you can break it — seems to apply equally well to both humans and to GF-style creations. You have yet to make a reasonable distinction that shows why your point of view does condone killing GF creations but doesn't condone killing people.

EDIT: By the way, this is a standard counter-argument strategy. I'm simply showing that your basic premise leads necessarily to an unacceptable conclusion, which proves (by contradiction) that there's something wrong with the premise in the first place.

[ Monday, August 07, 2006 13:31: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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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.

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Idea for realsing creations in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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I kinda like this idea.

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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
Santa problem. in Geneforge Series
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Which GF are you talking about? And what is the actual name of the character that you're calling "Santa"?

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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
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Avernum 3, v1.1.4 Crashes in Tech Support
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Oh, is that what the problem is. I'd experienced it myself, and I just assumed that it was a Classic-to-OSX conversion issue that would go away if I just started a new game. I'd just never bothered to start a new game.

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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
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Hitchhiker Media Poll in General
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quote:
Originally written by Mu:

I am far less inclined towards igniting corpses in everyday life.
Were I one to put things in my signature, this would go in my signature.

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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
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Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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New version sent. There are about four or five significant things I'm still working on (and it'd be nice if a couple more people *cough* *Aran* *Nik* *cough* got a little further and sent reports). After I get those things resolved — a week or two, maybe? — I'm going to put a new version on my website and open the beta up to anyone and everyone. That'll be the second round.

One thing I forgot to mention in the e-mail: I re-did the shops, but I think that you won't be able to see the difference until you start the scenario over again.

[ Saturday, August 05, 2006 20:42: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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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
Shaper hypocrisy vs. Shaper tragedy (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series
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quote:
Originally written by Savage Ed Walcott:

If you can make it, you can break it. That's the idea in a nutshell.
I am intrigued by your support for, among other things, infanticide.

Thuryl: Yes. Yes, I did.

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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
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Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Shaper hypocrisy vs. Shaper tragedy (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series
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I would think that the onus is on you to explain why a thinking, feeling being should be completely at someone else's disposal, creation or no.

This is, by the way, analogous to another question: if there is a god like the Christian God, and if He did create us, are we by the very act of creation therefore obligated to serve Him, or must there be some other justification in addition? Ultimately, the answer to that question, I feel, is that there would have to be an additional reason, namely that God's commands are inherently good, since gratitude for creation (or whatever) is not by itself sufficient to make us slaves.

[ Saturday, August 05, 2006 05:47: Message edited by: Kelandon ]

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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
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Shaper hypocrisy vs. Shaper tragedy (SPOILERS) in Geneforge Series
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Drakons do pose a different — and interesting — dilemma: what do you do with a group of sentient beings of whom a sizable number (the majority? a large majority, even?) are powerful, dangerous, and violent to the point that they represent a threat to society?

Killing all of them seems too extreme, because some of them may not be a threat individually. Leaving them alone isn't an option, because they'll go on rampages and kill people. Targeting individuals is hard, because so many of them are problems.

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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.

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The Great SW Photo Captioning Contest in General
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Yes, it would.

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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.

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Books and movies in General
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Books based on movies are often terrible, so it's better to watch the movie first and then probably never read the book.

Movies based on books can be good or bad, but it's highly unusual for the movie to be better than the book, so it's usually best to read the book first.

In short, start with the thing that came first.

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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.

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Hitchhiker Media Poll in General
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The poll is kind of pointless if you're not familiar with one or the other.

I liked the books (all of them). For whatever unjustifiable reason, my favorite character was Random, and my favorite sequence was the one with Murray Bost Henson.

I also liked the movie, although it was entirely not how I pictured the books. It was funny in its own right, though, and I felt that it conveyed at least the spirit (if not the fact) of the books well.

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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.

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