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Displayed name	Ephesos
Member number	4153
Title	Law Bringer
Postcount	4130
Homepage	http://www.freewebs.com/ephesos
Registered	Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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Ghana knock US out of World Cup in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, June 22 2006 17:09 Profile Homepage #13 quote: Originally written by Sturg: Maybe Mr. Reyes can do better. Allow me to say... [i]ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!![/i] Almost a no-hitter. A one-hitter. A one-hitter complete game that lost. [i]ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!![/i] -------------------- 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
Ghana knock US out of World Cup in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, June 22 2006 08:13 Profile Homepage #2 Allow me to diplay my complete and total lack of surprise. I'm more concerned about the Cardinals, who in two games managed to give up 33 runs against the White Sox... at least I know the Cardinals have a chance of doing well. That said, way to go Ghana! Here's to an African team making it past the first round! (Granted, I think Angola still has a chance, but it's going to take some great luck) Too bad about Ivory Coast, though... -------------------- 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
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, June 22 2006 07:16 Profile Homepage #97 quote: Originally written by Mc 'mini' Thralni: humans are not the only ones who marry with eachother. There are some animals which do the same .Okay, they are not registered at the nearest tree-trunc, but they stay together for eternity: literally, until death seperates them. Its, as Ephesos said, a purely biological thing to do in the benefit of the species. With a nice word they call this: improving your own "fitness," fitness meaning, in this context, making the chances greater that your own genes are preserved. That is something we all want, no?[/QB] Groan... sometimes I hate my brain. I'm reminded of an argument-derailing point here... not all species that follow a general mating pattern go monogamous. Bonobos, anyone? They have sex with just about anyone in their group, for just about any reason. They're about as far from monogamous as primates get. This has been attributed to their generally matriarchal social setup, but it could be anything, really. But either way, their species survives just fine. I'm not really sure what this means for the argument at hand, but it's out there, and they're rather closely related to us. Next point: quote: Originally written by Hurling Frootmig: I also have a question. Are there many churches in US or Australia which agree to marry gays? Here in my city we have a fact of disassembling the whole church to the last log in the wall and to the last brick in foundation. That was made by the order of patriarch after he was informed of a fact of a gay marriage. The church then was rebuilt and its stuff replaced. Is such event availabló only in orthodox churches? Well, not completely related, but the Episcopal Church in the U.S. has recently refused to stop electing gay bishops. They're kind of apologizing to the rest of the Anglican church, but not for the elections themselves. Just for the outrage that it caused from sources outside the American branch. Here's a link to the same story on NPR. So, if anyone in the U.S. is going to allow gay "marriages" in the religious sense, the Episcopalians will be among the first (if they don't already... I can't remember). I can't help but feel proud of my former denomination. :D -------------------- 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
You'd Beta Believe It... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, June 22 2006 06:31 Profile Homepage #29 quote: Originally written by Ayami xx: New Version!! Fixed your link. I'll try and get a report done today or tomorrow... I should actually have the time. -------------------- 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
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 19:19 Profile Homepage #85 quote: Originally written by Ghost of Starman: It sounds like everyone agrees. Except for Infernal, but everyone else agrees about Infernal. This is quite odd... a political debate on Spidweb that reached page 4 without bloodshed of flamewars. With religion brought in to the debate, no less. I believe this is a day that will live in infamy. (cue the bloodshed and flamewars) -------------------- 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 favorite... in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 19:12 Profile Homepage #5 Flavor of donut: Iced jelly. Spell circle in Nethergate: Um... Nationality of jumping bean: There's a kind other than Mexican? Animal to keep as a pet: How about a hawk? Goal in life: Figure out why I still post in these topics. -------------------- 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
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 11:57 Profile Homepage #65 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: But that was a Judao-Christian concept that was taken and as such, it falls into the hands of Judao-Christins to remove it from the hands of the government, seeing as nobody else has any religious-based reason to do so. As such, your analogy is horrendously exagerrated. I'm horribly confused by this argument. Please explain it? And Nick, we already covered that quote from Infernal (aka radix). Everybody familiar with the U.S. Constitution has refuted that point. -------------------- 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
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 08:36 Profile Homepage #34 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: Tell me: Where does the idea of marriage come from if not religion? Sigh... here we go. It's an evolutionary benefit from way back when some sort of mate-bonding system was the best was to raise the kids and keep them alive. Really, it's not quite as essential as it used to be, but that's most likely where it came from. And there's a natural reason for governments to want to encourage this sort of thing, since they want to keep up a stable population base, so they should encourage the evolutionary trick that's so good at raising well-adjusted kids (in a basic, "we can cope with the culture around us" sort of sense). So you see, it doesn't have to be religious at all in origin. -------------------- 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
Avernum Walkthrough in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 08:26 Profile Homepage #2 Seconded. This looks like a good work. Perhaps it should be added to the forum header... (mods, anyone?) -------------------- 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
How did A4 do? in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 08:23 Profile Homepage #3 quote: Originally written by crpgnut: Until I see something totally new, I'm avoiding Spiderweb games. So... your point? quote: How did Avernum 4 do? Did it sell well for Jeff? I really hope it bombed. Not to harm Jeff, but to wake him up and show him that his stuff is getting really stale. If he can't afford to buy/make new graphics and sound, and if his writer's block is so bad he can't think of anything new, it might be time to just hang it up. Do you realize that if Jeff ever makes a truly horrible bomb, the company stands a chance of collapsing? quote: Does anyone really want a Avernum 5 or Geneforge 4? If so, seek some counseling. Or, maybe you're just bitter. Jeff has taken our criticisms of A4 to heart, and in the event of A5, he'll fix as many issues as possible. And now that A4 has tied up the loose, bad, threads of plot that dangled so menacingly from A3, he can continue on to something new. Graphics will slowly improve, and sound has never really been that integral to Spiderweb games. quote: From St. Louis I'm embarassed. I hope I never run into you. [ Wednesday, June 21, 2006 08:23: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 08:17 Profile Homepage #31 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: quote: Um, no. Marriages don't have to take place in religious places. If the government of the United States starts granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples, those same-sex couples can go to anyone who is certified to perform marriages, including a Justice of the Peace or whatever. If the U.S. legalizes same-sex marriage, individual people who are certified to perform marriages can still refuse to perform individual marriages, just as they do now. Only if you don't consider marriage to be religious in nature. There's a flaw in your argument here... not everyone in the U.S. does consider marriage to be inherently religious. Particularly with the volume of government benefits bestowed upon married couples, it could almost be considered a governmental institution. I mean, the only real benefit you get from a religious perspective is the privilege of being married in a church/mosque/synagogue/place of worship, and many people (same-sex couples in particular) are willing to forego that benefit in order to get treatment that all other married couples get. -------------------- 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
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 04:51 Profile Homepage #17 Wow, I wouldn't have expected this from Australia. Kind of depressing, really. Personally, I never really saw the motive for disallowing same-sex marriages. Well, I never saw the motives that made sense... I'm just familiar with the "I'm personally insecure about it" and "I am a slave to my political agenda" motivations. And then there's that wonderful slippery slope argument, as if people will suddenly start marrying snakes or something. Oh wait. People already do that? Well, that argument fails at life, then. quote: Originally written by Mc 'mini' Thralni: 2) It may be something that our very early ancestors already disapproved from. I don't know this and I also don't really believe in this. Maybe we can ask a biologist about what he thinks: can this be an inherited thing or not? Thuryl? Please, I beg of you, don't go down that road. Any biological debate which Thuryl gets into becomes incoherent to half of the rest of us. -------------------- 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
Inventions in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, June 21 2006 04:42 Profile Homepage #68 quote: Originally written by MagmaDragoon: Inventions? I would make an implant: a computer IN your arm that recarge itself with your physical energy. Yay! Let's make modern technology even more of a parasite with respect to our lives! -------------------- 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
killing the shade in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:51 Profile Homepage #1 No, you can kill the shade. You just have to play further into the game... And you need the Shade Disrupting Scepter/Control Rod, which you have to get from SERIOUS SPOILER's lair. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Just wondering in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:45 Profile Homepage #17 Genevernum and Mahnamana don't even have the same number of syllables. And it's very hard to get a sense of the tune when it's being typed. -------------------- 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
Holidays in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:44 Profile Homepage #13 quote: Originally written by Dikiyoba: I was recently informed that my backpacking trip scheduled for the end of this month was canceled because not enough people signed up to go on it. Grr! That's odd... the backpacking trip I'm helping lead at the end of August doesn't have enough people signed up for it. Creepy coincidence, or the same trip? -------------------- 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
Polaris in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:39 Profile Homepage #4 quote: Originally written by Neologism of God: —Alorael, who has just discovered the new "Adminastor" board. He's quite sure it all makes sense in a Polaris kind of way. That's what it was... a direct lift from one of the fanfic scripts, I think. -------------------- 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
Are you now or have you ever been ... in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:38 Profile Homepage #14 I have no such background. The only formal arguments I have are in my head. No they aren't... -------------------- 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
You'd Beta Believe It... in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:31 Profile Homepage #25 Report sent. -------------------- 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
Polaris in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:22 Profile Homepage #1 I bet the moment of not-working-ness was from Aran fiddling with the boards. I think this because somehow, I was able to see the admin board on Polaris for a while. I posted something to the effect of "I shouldn't be able to do this, now should I?", and the admin board returned to being invisible. -------------------- 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
Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, June 19 2006 19:32 Profile Homepage #34 Stop the violence, or I'll blow these boards to bits! -------------------- 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
Flaming my questions. in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, June 19 2006 19:26 Profile Homepage #13 I missed something here... I never saw any flaming. You've barely posted this year. I advise letting it go, and learning to enjoy the strange variety of insanity that fills the boards. -------------------- 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
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, June 19 2006 08:53 Profile Homepage #565 IC: Sequoia turned to Filbert, who still held the ring in a tentatively-outstretched hand. "You idiot, that's not going to help him. If any of us know about healing, I do, and that ring's power is but a trifle compared to the weight of Cain's possession. It could cure intense mortal wounds, but Cain is no longer fully mortal." "But... " Filbert said, looking dumbfounded. Cain simply nodded. Satisfied, Sequoia turned back to the line of runes that cut across the slowly shrinking chamber. "Our only chance is to defeat Orloki before Cain is killed by the walls. If that splinter of Orloki's spirit is freed from Cain's body, then the rest of Orloki might be able to join it beyond the runes. So we must act with haste." "But Brother..." Lisha began, but Sequoia continued right through her. "There is some power here yet, and we certainly have our own tricks to take advantage of. Whatever happens, we cannot let Orloki get to Cain, and we cannot let him best us in the fight." Sequoia half expected some protests, but none came. He turned to see the others standing there, probably still a bit shocked. Somewhat surprised, Sequoia continued. "As Cain said, we must find the knowledge that allows Orloki to control the mountain. Then, we can have much better odds of defeating him... on our terms." Cain spoke. "You should go after the Curator. He'll probably lead you in the right direction." But Sequoia was no longer listening. He was focused on the mountain, on the strands of power that still flowed through his mind, accompanied by Orloki's taint. He could feel the demon's power pressing down on the room from all sides, forcing the stones together. He could feel the stone itself silently straining back, in a desperate attempt to stay true to the natural laws. The mountain still had some fight in it. Not much, but it might be enough to press an advantage. Sequoia could hear someone trying to gain his attention, but he was busy reaching out to the mountain's power yet again. This time, he would be ready. "Sequoia!" Cain was shouting now. A burst of light entered Sequoia's mind, followed by a throbbing echo of some deep rumble. He could feel vibrations conducting along his nerves, out to the tips of his fingers, which were growing uncomfortably warm. And then he felt the power lodge in his mind, this time without as much of the taint clouding it. He could control it now. At least, he could control it for a while. Sequoia could tell that this would not last forever, and that he would eventually have to relinquish the power before it burned his body to ashes. But for now, he felt the power sweep through the core of his body. He heard a sudden gasp from the others, and Sequoia looked around. And down. The ice beneath his feet, formerly full of the tainted soot, had returned to a blindingly clear bluish-white. The circle of pure ice was slowly expanding around him, and even reaching out along the line of runes. Sequoia could see his own eyes reflected in the ice, and they were now full of a piercing white light. Sequoia pulled out the halves of his staff, which were now glowing a wild blueish green. He had an idea. He raised the chunks of oak, began chanting a spell he hadn't known a minute ago, and fired bolts of light into each corner of the chamber. Soon, the corners of the room were as pure as the ice beneath Sequoia's feet, and the groaning of black ice against white ice filled the room. The room would no longer shrink as quickly. "Cain!" Sequoia shouted. "I can give you some time, but not much." The others just stared at him. Sequoia, feeling pressure building in his brain, tried to channel some of the power out. He had taken on too much, and there was only one thing left to do. Sequoia stepped across the line of runes, his body crackling with energy as he crossed the arcane symbols. "But I swear, we will defeat Orloki in the time we have left." With a sweeping gesture, Sequoia fired a blinding flash of light at the stairwell. It reverted to pure ice, and some of the light went out of Sequoia's eyes. The power had been diverted, and now the druid would be able to bear the burden for a while longer. We're coming, Orloki... Sequoia thought, the words echoing around his energy-soaked mind. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Order of Krell Summary (Avernum RP) Save the Mountain of Shadows RP! I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, June 18 2006 20:01 Profile Homepage #12 quote: Originally written by Sir David: It's up to YOU, Gentle Reader, to determine whether the above statement was in the same vein as its predecessors or not! Stop fearmongering. It causes cancer. -------------------- 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
Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, June 18 2006 14:46 Profile Homepage #4 Hyperbolic patriotic appeals must stop, or the terrorists will kill us all in our sleep! -------------------- 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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