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Name Choice in General
Law Bringer
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Drew: Awesome.

My name was originally a fictional character back when I had it in my head to write some sort of novel. My short-lived attempts all seemed like ripoffs of Zelda storylines, but this character stuck around. I mean, I guess it still appeared in one of my half-baked stories, but other than that, it's just the name I use everywhere.

It also happens to be a Turkish city where camel wrestling apparently takes place. Pure coincidence, but imagine my surprise when playing Civilization as the Greeks and one of my new cities pops up as Ephesos. :P

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World Series in General
Law Bringer
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Agreed. Very lame.

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Graphics and the Louvre in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
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Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Lazarus.:

But I'm not sure Brett's the problem-- it's just that a lot of artists don't submit to the Louvre.
Agreed, and that was my point. I don't think anyone can fault Brett for falling out of BoX.

So the gist of what I wanted to say was this: Go submit stuff to the Louvre! :P

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Iffy's contest idea in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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quote:
Originally written by Ballad:

Besides, the closest I want to get to Dikiyoba's stories is Project Spidweb. And that isn't even based on them.
Yeah, and that one went so well... :P

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
World Series in General
Law Bringer
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Okay, fair enough... I'm just a little sensitive to big money AL teams with monstrous DHs winning anything. I'd much rather see a small-market homegrown team like the Rockies win it for once.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
SUPER SPECIAL UPDATE in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Good stuff, as always. The goblins are top-notch, which is a phrase I never thought I'd say.

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Graphics and the Louvre in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
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This is something I've discussed a bit with Niemand, but it seems that the community's graphics are getting stretched out over a larger and larger area of webspace. The Louvre is really a wonderful idea, and it really seems like people have abandoned it as of late.

I'm not saying that we can't keep graphics we've made on each of our own individual pages, but I'd just like to argue for a bit more centralization of graphical resources. We're rapidly trending away from that.

Thoughts?

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Iffy's contest idea in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Imaginative, for sure. And it shows a level of technical proficiency that's encouraging to see in any designer. However, the fact that it rips off an existing movie sinks it, as well as the fact that you don't really play it.

I'll go rent an actual movie before I watch one in Blades, methinks. This is not what the community needs more of. 4.0

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World Series in General
Law Bringer
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Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Daredevil54:

The Rockies are still a "young" team. Let them suffer a few losses to really appreciate a world series win......
Nobody else actually wants to wait 97 years, you know... but that's low. The Rockies are definitely young. They're hungry. If they can pull it off, and I think they can, it'd be amazing.

And after the 2004 Series, I can't stand to see the Sox win again.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
World Series in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Zelda:

I will admit that the Card fans do try to excercise good manners.
FYT. It's just good sportsmanship, doesn't matter where you're from.

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Go Rockies?? That's just..wrong.
I don't see why. They worked hard to get there, they haven't been to the World Series yet, and they're an underdog from the NL. That means that I have to root for them, particularly against the Red Sox, titan of the "let's have one guy that just hits" AL, who made history when they paid 50 million dollars just to negotiate with a pitcher for a contract.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
World Series in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Zelda:

Umm..and this is different..where else? I'm not excusing it, but I've also watched games in other cities and the home town crowd is NEVER all that receptive to the opposing team. When they are, it's just pity and that doesn't feel so good either.
I'm from St. Louis, and I'm kind of addicted to the Cardinals. And I can honestly say that we don't boo the visiting team all that much. We certainly don't heckle them to the degree that most other cities' fans do.

Granted, we make exceptions every now and then, like when one of our players gets hit by a pitch, or when the Cubs are in town and they score a run that puts them ahead. But even then, we'll stop booing as soon as play continues. Heck, we'll even grudgingly cheer for good plays made by the opposing team every now and then (usually more when we're winning than when we're not).

I can remember two major examples from the last game I went to. It was the last regular-season home game of this season (tickets cost a bunch, but I got a bobblehead out of it), and we were playing the Houston Astros. Craig Biggio, who has played for the Astros forever and had an amazing career, had announced his impending retirement earlier in the season, so this was going to be his last game at Busch Stadium. He got a standing ovation in his first at-bat of the game. Then, when he came up for what looked like it'd be his last at-bat, and with the score tied at one, he got another louder, longer standing ovation, and he tipped his cap to the crowd. Granted, we were all kind of hoping he'd make an out then (he did), but it was the thought that counted.

Then, same game, top of the ninth, still tied. Carlos Lee hits a two-run homer off our closer, and the crowd basically just goes silent. Minimal boos, more of an "Aw..." moment. Granted, we went on to win in the bottom of the ninth before the Houston Closer recorded a single out, but that's beside the point.

Fact of the matter is, Cards fans are the best in baseball. I have more stories, but that's the best one. Thank you and good day. :P

EDIT: Go Rockies!!! NL Forever!

[ Thursday, October 25, 2007 16:51: Message edited by: Ephesos ]

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
a question in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #31
Nioca, last I remember hearing, the HoF was basically being discontinued. The last discussion about possible HoFers was brief and unresolved, and it seems to have simply fallen into disuse.

I know this because I was one of the people nominated, and thus I followed it.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #247
(imagines a group of crickets nodding in unison)

Huh. Can't wait to be revived.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Help with dispel barrier in Avernum 4
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #2
Usually, the problem is simply looking in the wrong building. Try all of them.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
a question in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by LakiRa@:

And what does Google,Wikipenda has to do with this forum?
In the event of a spirited political/scientific debate, instead of saying "I don't know what so-and-so means," just go Google/Wikipedia the meaning of so-and-so.

quote:
[b]What are fluffy turtles?
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They actually got explained again pretty recently. Take a look over here.

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And what is mehanical pencil?
Wikipedia is your friend (as previously stated).

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Aren't this rules a little odd?
Well, yes. But that's half the fun. Besides, we're all rather odd.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
How did you guys begin? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #21
I'm pretty sure my first post was something bemoaning the nature of A3's plot compared to A2. I can't find it in the archives 'cause they're lame. :P

Then I kinda latched onto this Blades of Avernum thing.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What did you do today? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #19
Depends on when you start the day... if you start at midnight, I played Smash Bros. Melee and Wario Ware until about 3:30, went to sleep closer to 5am. Woke up at 2pm, watched an episode of South Park.

Busy, busy day. :P

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Need opinions in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #2
TGM sez:

Send it to kommari(at)gmail(dot)com

EDIT: Wrong address...

[ Friday, October 19, 2007 10:48: Message edited by: Ephesos ]

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
List of Bugs in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #2
te_can_look_at has always been broken, as far as we can tell. It's just that as scenarios have gotten more complex, we use more terrains and the problem gets more noticeable.

I think that it's just hard-coded in for some terrain slots, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
List of bugs affecting BoA Calls in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #2
...okay. Did you want me to do anything in particular with this? And I apologize, but if it's going to be a serious reference, I'll be tidying up the formatting to make it a bit more readable.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
GraphicAdjuster version 2.0.3 in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #8
...unless you use the Open dialog. Then it works.

I fail to see the problem here.

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
BoA BUGS v6.0 in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by Ishad Nha:

While I am at it, we really need a bugs page that lists the bugs in some definite order. For instance, bugs affecting calls could be listed in the order in which the calls are described in the Wiki guide.
If you'd like to spearhead that, then go ahead. Otherwise, I see nothing wrong with the current setup... designers really should familiarize themselves with the entire list.

Though come to think of it, I could modify the original post to keep things updated, since Kel doesn't seem to pop in all that much. Yay being a mod!

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
GraphicAdjuster version 2.0.3 in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #1
Yay!

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Book or Movie? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
Profile Homepage #34
quote:
Originally written by monolith94:

quote:
Originally written by Ephesos:

Good lord the movie is boring... it's pretty, certainly, but it's so boring. Like ten minutes of dialog in a 2.5 hour movie. BAD.
If your definition of a good movie is that it has dialogue, go see a freaking play.

Wow, somebody's cranky today. :P

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TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached."

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