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| Displayed name | Drew |
| Member number | 4233 |
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| Registered | Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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| A Touching Tribute: A Satire in Song in Richard White Games | |
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written Thursday, August 25 2005 08:49
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Hey, could you post the exhaustive short history, or would that be treasonous? Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 25 2005 08:48
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There is no explanation - only Zuul. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 25 2005 08:47
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I'm thoroughly enjoying my first week of law school. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 25 2005 07:55
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Congratulations on being the best! I saw it coming three posts ago.  Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 24 2005 10:31
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Well, to be fair, you'd be hard-pressed to find a full-length RPG that doesn't feature some sort of monster plague. Else, how does one explain why civilization has allowed all those random encounter monsters to trapse about? Random monster encounters definitely are a poor excuse for content, but they definitely do in a pinch to help with character level building, which IMO plays a more important role in larger games (for purposes of both balance and plot) than in shorter scenarios, where the writer can just dictate a character level and be unconcerned with how powerful the party is at the end. [ Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:34: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 24 2005 07:20
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quote:Sorry - I was mainly going for the funny. :) Your sentence appears to be grammatically correct. I reckon you just think it reads awkwardly. I would rephrase it as follows: "I would be surprised if any prominent member of these forums were to make such a statement in seriousness." Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 24 2005 07:15
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References to turn-based combat mean the same combat system we know and love in the Avernum/Exile series. The one thing over and above all others that I hope Jeff will preserve from the other Avernums is a character's ability to take an entire action (attack, spell, what have you) when that character has at least one action point. I find the Geneforge series' take on action points to be extremely frustrating. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 24 2005 06:35
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I'm rather excited about it too. The screenshots are very preliminary, and judging the game on them now is like judging a book yet to be released based on a rough draft of the third chapter. Jeff likely will not use the GF models in his game. I do, however, think that moving to the more substantive looking graphics for A4 is a good move. I also look forward to the possibility of area-effect spells - down with rays! Give him a chance, guys! His games are what brought us together here to begin with. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 10:06
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Accepting that you have bad grammar is the first step toward recovery. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 09:45
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I don't reckon that's a very appropriate response. Maybe he was a little whiny for unjustifiable reasons, but he didn't seem very chicken. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 05:19
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I'd like to visit Chile or Argentina, and I'd also at least like to set foot on Antarctica, so that I will be able to say I've been to all seven continents in the world. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 04:53
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Yeah, but then you get the sulfury flavor of the hard-cooked yolk. I prefer a heated-but-runny yolk that I can sop up with a piece of toast, preferably buttered wheat toast. Also, shelling a hard-boiled egg is a pain, though I'm willing to concede that hard-boiled eggs are a much more practical way to include an egg in a bag lunch. Besides, anyone can hard-boil an egg. It takes skill to fry an egg well. [ Tuesday, August 23, 2005 04:57: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 04:15
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I just threw them away after cutting open the yolk to see how cooked through it was. I know it's somewhat wasteful, but eggs are pretty cheap. The most fried eggs I've ever eaten in one sitting is six. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 03:38
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The ultimate time waster I've encountered is Civilization II. You should be able to scrounge up a copy of this somewhere, though it does seem the price on Civ III has come down quite a bit - I can't vouch for this, though. One time when I had a day to kill, I went to the supermarket and purchased five dozen eggs and two pounds of butter. I then went home and spent the next several hours practicing frying two eggs over easy in an effort to get it down to an art. IMO a true test of a cook's ability is how good they are at preparing eggs, which can be quite tricky. Over the course of the day, my skills improved to a level that I don't think I could have achieved if I hadn't gone about it that way. Anyway, the eggs were cheap, and I continue to benefit from the time and money spent that day. A good use of this time would be to spend more time with family, or get something done around the house you've been meaning to (assuming you keep your own place of residence). I bet you could find something you've been putting off that needs to be done, if you think about it long enough. EDIT: Another good use of your time would be to find places to go for short hikes, and just take your cell phone along. I reckon all of us computer-bound folk (especially those of us in the US) could use a bit more legwork than we're getting. [ Tuesday, August 23, 2005 03:46: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 23 2005 03:33
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By not conforming, aren't you essentially conforming with some other subgroup of society? I promise that however you choose to dress, there is a category into which that choice will neatly put you. "There's nothing new under the sun" says Solomon, and all that. Seems to me a whole lot of bother over nothing, but individually express yourself away! :) That being said, I will vouch for the coolness of green eyes, possessing a pair of 'em as I do. :D [ Tuesday, August 23, 2005 03:33: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 23:38
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You can find him here. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 23:36
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I don't know - the Gerber knife reference was particularly clever. Wit is always appreciated, whether it's disguised in Turing tape and needle/ferrets or no. I'm just glad people know how to cut their losses when they realize this forum isn't a good fit for them. <cough! Ben! cough!> ;) [ Tuesday, August 23, 2005 03:40: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 23:33
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No worries, Dallerdin - even if you're active, you can still be nondescript. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 11:59
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You can easily jump in at the beginning of Warcraft III - the game basically holds your hand until you have a good grasp of how the units work through the single-player campaign. A well-constructed and balanced game, overall, I reckon. I had a great time playing Knights of the Old Republic as well. The engine is very similar (if not identical) to Neverwinter Night's, though much improved in many ways. A wonderful and true Star Wars experience, which is great if you're a fan, with game mechanics quite comfortable to old hands at the AD&D/d20 system. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 09:05
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Lord Nelson Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 22 2005 03:42
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Icshi, that is scrumtrelescent! :D Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, August 21 2005 10:43
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[I don't think I normally call Alo on his mistakes, few as they are - I believe Ben is the one that usually jumps on them.] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Saturday, August 20 2005 12:20
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[Alo, there's a first person reflexive pronoun in your siggy. Just thought I'd point that out for the sake of sweet Consistencia.] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Saturday, August 20 2005 12:16
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The people receiving the awards aren't necessarily rich, at least, not rich prior to the case. Ideally, the money would just vanish into thin air. That way, the problem of who gets it afterwords (because in theory, no one "deserves" the punitive damages, not even causes like the ones you named, Spring, however much they need resources) wouldn't exist. Alas. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 19 2005 11:41
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Just this afternoon a jury decided that Merck Pharmaceuticals should pay damages of $253 million to the widow of a man who allegedly died as a result of using its product Vioxx. $253 million. About one-tenth of this award was for mental pain and suffering, and the rest of it falls in the punitive damages category. Although Merck is purported to be worth $105 billion dollars, it is worth noting that there are over 4000 comparable cases filed, and the facts supporting their claims generally are much stronger than in this particular case. Having just finished reading a book about a disasterous coal mining-related accident in 1972 (a dam burst, essentially wiping out ten towns and killing 125 people) where the subsequent lawsuit and settlement netted the plaintiffs - 650 people - a total sum of $13.5 million, which wasn't chicken scratch back then, I guess I'm just a bit taken aback by the scale of the current trend in massive rewards. Are the courts/attorneys/plaintiffs going too far? Do the defending pharmaceutical companies deserve what they're getting? I definitely am of two minds about it. On the one hand, Merck was in the very least negligent in its marketing of Vioxx, and deserved to be punished for it on a scale that it could feel, hence the size of the reward. However, is it right at all that the punishment - the vast majority of the $253 million be awarded to the widow alone? What do y'all think? EDIT: I just read that Texas law (where the case was decided) significantly limits punative damages, so that the scale of the total award may be limited to about $29 million, but still - with the sheer number of cases involved, the hit to Merck will be enormous. [ Friday, August 19, 2005 11:59: Message edited by: Drew ] Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |