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Google Yourself! in General
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quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Being the home of Turkey's camel wrestling championship isn't interesting?
Well, you've got me there.

(Note to self: put wrestling camels in next BoA scenario)

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Google Yourself! in General
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As per usual, I get the Turkish city of almost the same name (Ephesus is the normal spelling)... not very interesting.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Dingaling on a donut (Ver Z) in General
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quote:
Originally written by Student of Trinity:

I almost got as far as googling 'dingal' to see what it was all about.
It's nothing impressive. Dingaling is only slightly more interesting.

:D

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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I Am Engaged in General
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quote:
Originally written by Inthrall:

Have a look at page 2.

EDIT: Oh, and im back, kinda

Welcome back Inthrall! Oh, and this is page 2. What were you pointing at?

EDIT: Of course I knew what he was talking about... right? But which images were you pointing at?

[ Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:33: Message edited by: Ephesos ]

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Marralis! in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Garrison:

Hmmm, has anyone ever considered that Malloc was named after malloc()?
malloc()? I don't understand.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Notice : Uber popular mod needs maid in General
Law Bringer
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PMs are... well, pretty stupid. But I do like the way that they're basically a private thread. Everything else about them is stupid.

quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Apparently, the salmon run has started.
Gah. Hngh... *sputter*... *hack*... *cough*

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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God, I am so mad! in General
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quote:
Originally written by I like fluffy kitties on rye:

Wii Nintendo, Wii?
FYT. :P

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum
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He's substituting the actual stuff you said for variables, basically. He means to say that you just rambled on for a while. :D

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Who do you love, baby? in General
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I voted for the spider, of course. How can you be annoyed by a GIF... oh, right.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

I think you may be missing the point. We are not complaining, we are offering constructive criticism. We point out areas that we find troublesome, and offer specific suggestions that would improve those trouble spots. We also have given you positive feedback.

This is not a discussion on how your idea sucks or your scenario is a waste of time. This is a discussion of ways to improve your idea and scenario so that no one will see them as sucking or being a waste of time. I think I speak for many people on these boards when I utter these words...

We want you to complete a scenario.

Get it?

Seconded, thirded, whatever. Nioca, if you seriously want to improve your scenario, I recommend that you speak with any of us privately. I'm sure anyone here will be happy to coach you through the "making-things-less-painful" process.

quote:
Originally written by Kel:

I haven't fully read the details of each criticism on this thread, but I think that it's worth mentioning that people trashed Bahssikava so hard in beta that I nearly didn't release it.
Let it be noted that TM has several very TM-like things to say about this statement, and let the record stand at that.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Nioca:

Then it's a good thing that dungeon isn't combat-oriented. Sure, there's a few fights. But do you honestly think that an enemy isn't going to place a few guards near the heart of it's complex?
But I see gorgons, undead, and spiders. Those are unrelated, more or less. They shouldn't be in the same section of the dungeon, at the very least.

quote:
While there are both Undead and Vahnatai in this scenario, I assure you that this is NOT Undead Valley. For one thing, the Vahnatai aren't the main antagonists, and there is no mention of Rentar-Ihrno anywhere. Yet, anyway. However, she is not connected to the story line, and never was.
I just hope you know what you're doing with those two forces.

quote:
Originally written by Nioca:


quote:
Originally written by *i:

Just to expand, the "one wrong step could result in a painful death" sounds a little too unforgiving and unfun.
That is actually somewhat exaggerated. You can make mistakes in that puzzle, but you're definitely going to pay for them. It's just that "one wrong step could result in a painful death" sounds far better than "two or three wrong steps could result in a painful death". And if I truly wanted to make it difficult, I could force the entire party to try to get through the beams. Getting through there just takes observation and timing. Though extra AP can help.

That screenshot is terror incarnate, in the sense that it makes me fear for my sanity. I wouldn't want to take a single step into that dungeon if my party's lives depended on it.

Oh, and that first screenshot? That huge tower is going to keep the party from seeing itself if it walks behind it. Thought you should know.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum
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Well, fresh and new towns are very much appreciated in a serious work... but creativity seems to be at a premium nowadays. :D

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
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quote:
Originally written by The_Other_Guy:

I quite like Avernum 4, but something very irritating is how enemies declare combat mode so early that you often can't even walk up to them in that turn, much less melee attack. :mad: I can just sit there and let them come to me, but I would MUCH rather not have the problem to begin with.
Yeah, as I recall, this led to an interesting bug-that-wasn't... being forced into combat mode by a fungus and then running away to end combat made it so that every step you took (with the offending fungus out of sight) forced you into combat mode.

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Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games."

Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.
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The glittering lights... in General
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So this is like the captioning contest thing again...

quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

IMAGE(http://stuff.ermarian.net/salmon/therealsalmon.JPG)
Lady and the Tramp done in Alaska.

Meh.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Am Engaged in General
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Wow. Just... wow.

I believe this is sign of the apocalypse #358,985... give or take ten or so. But congratulations nonetheless.

(Aside: it's interesting that a Google image search for "signs of the apocalypse" returns a picture of Dick Cheney on the first page. Not surprising, but interesting.)

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What have you been reading lately? in General
Law Bringer
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quote:
Originally written by Tyranicus.:

quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

Speaking of toilets, who here reads Uncle John's Bathroom Readers?
I do. They are quite interesting.

Seconded. We had like 6 of them at my house... I have none at college, regrettably.

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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
Helpful Scenario Tips... in Blades of Avernum
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*sigh*

You know, Dikiyoba, Nikki and Salmon kinda nailed it. I have very little else to say that can be said in a public forum.

I eagerly await the release of your scenario, so that I can gauge how well you've followed your own guidelines.

EDIT: I just had this pointed out to me... the only designer who's actually released something who posted a few rules was Bain. So your earlier argument holds no water.

[ Wednesday, October 04, 2006 18:32: Message edited by: Ephesos ]

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What have you been reading lately? in General
Law Bringer
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quote:
Originally written by Drew:

US politics are indeed in the toilet.
You needed to read something to confirm this? :D

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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
Helpful Scenario Tips... in Blades of Avernum
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Right, Nioca... you've missed my point. Half of this list is just "stupid things that people should've never put into scenarios in the first place". And I do mean people should break rules... if it weren't for rule-breaking, there's no way we would've had Mad Ambition work like it did (after all, shouldn't "Don't let split-up parties leave town" have been a "rule"?). We'd lose a lot of quality work if everyone played by these idiotic things you call rules.

They're just freakin' guidelines, so stop being so full of yourself. I'll respect this kind of stuff once you've released something.

And don't talk to me about Undead Valley. Just don't. If you do, I'll probably end up on a Shipwrecked rant.

Breaking convention is not the same as poor design. So stop treating it like that.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Happy Birthday!! in General
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quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

And good luck finding Dikiyoba's phone number. :P
She'll find a way. She always does. (Even if she has to use Tyran to do so)

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Chat Now. AIM Room Spidweb! in General
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You know, I can actually make that chat. Just for like an hour, but I can make it.

Update the iCal thing!

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
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Happy Birthday!! in General
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Happy birthday, Marl!!! Have some

IMAGE(http://www.myhomecooking.net/german-chocolate-cake/images/chocolate-cake-with-slice-out-of-it.jpg)!

Have a better week than you've been having!

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Name me! in Blades of Avernum
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I think Shambler was the original name of it, yes... but it has me thinking Pickle Grub for some reason.

If you mean a creative name, though... Pickle Grub! Or maybe just Slimegrub, or something similar.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Helpful Scenario Tips... in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Reggie Kray xx:

But didn't the Shipwrecked scenarios do this? I don't know - going by what I've heard here...
No, Shipwrecked just took the party's sanity away, bit by bit by bit by bit...

And I noticed that my rule was never added to the list. I meant it, too.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Happy Jewish New Year in General
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You know, about half of my college is Jewish, and I'm a little depressed by how most would-be celebrants are really apathetic about their holiday. It's basically an excuse to miss class and "meditate/reflect" (read: sleep in) to a huge number of people. And then they gripe about the fasting.

I know it's true for a lot of holidays across all religions... but it's still a serious downer.

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Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice.

I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion.
Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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