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Originally written by Altblockflote without an umlaut:

I don't know what waiting you've experienced, Arenax. I've gotten new registration codes by email in less than two days and new ones by phone immediately. Using a phone should also take care of any problems you have from switching to a new email.

—Alorael, who had a lovely time with an old Performa that ate hard disks. He went through three of them in two months, and each time required new passwords. Spiderweb was very helpful about it. No matter what you think of Jeff's BoE/BoA policies, Spiderweb's customer service is top notch.

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Avernum 4 could tell the story of the First Expedition. You know, "a small band of Empire adventurers descended to the unexplored caves where dragons and demons freely roamed etc".

Only then it would have to end with everyone being slaughtered. A pity.

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This, I believe, would be a fiercely interesting game: Skip the useless level-building since you already have Demonslayer, Giantslayer, Smite, etc, and have every tactical challenge revolve around the situations of the members of the expedition- each chapter could be the story of each member. (And it's not assumed that every one of them died- just that their equipment scattered. After all, there IS a physical exit to Exile/Avernum at that point, and since falling off of a cliff inevitably means that the person is still alive, it's plenty feasible that they might only be assumed to be dead.) The various chapters would be gauntlets where the single party member could have people join his/her crew, and most paths end in slaughter- there would be lots of fleeing.

Unfortunately, there would be few (if any) goblin dungeons and little senseless slaughtering. So much for that idea.

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I think leveling up your character is a huge part of the fun. Along with finding and stealing exciting new stuff from the still warm corpses. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to put it all on one card - which would be the plot. Don't overestimate the tactical combat part. I don't think it would be that much of a bait. Surely not with standard players who just want a standard RPG.

So yes, I'm kicking the ass of my own suggestion. Not a very commercial concept. Someone could try it out in a BoA scenario, though.

Djur: I wasn't speaking literally. Just pointing out that A4 would give the whole Avernum saga a good shake, maybe even unbalance it a little. Which we all know, of course.

EDIT: Okay then, so unbalance it a lot.

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Originally written by Marcelo:

Bah, I like the sounds, the ones with the sword are well made, nothing like smashing a spider with your sword :D

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Originally written by Lighter:

One of our early Presidents (I think it was George Washington) warned about the effects of "entangling alliances" with foreign nations. Well, we didn't listen, and here we are now. I'm not for or against Israel or Palestine; I believe that they have the liberty to kill each other if they so desire. What I'm against is our supporting either of them.

Quick poll, how many people believe we are better off for supporting Israel? Would supporting Palestine be better? How about neither?

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666 is from the numerological transliteration of the Hebrew characters forming NEIRON KAISER,

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I did some numerology for fun. Now, may I shock those who believe in the number of the Beast?

1) George W. Bush = 6
2) born July 6, 1946 = 6
3) inaugurated president of the US on January 20, 2001 = 6

What do we have here?

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Originally written by Marquis of Corrumbous:

Man, that wall thing bothers me. Here we are -- in 2004, and we are using large amounts of concrete to solve our problems. I am assuming most of us are young -- so what's up with the adults in the world? They are supposed to be our role models, and I don't think a lot of the folks on the international level are giving a good impression. There are a few good adults in the world, but as a teenager, and under the heavy influence of hormones -- DAMN ADULTS!!! WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?!?!?

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Originally written by Sarachim:

The Israeli army will bulldoze whole villages in the Gaza strip, without warning, if they consider them dangerous, and leave the people there homeless. They frequently shoot unarmed, unbelligerent Palestinians. Settlers acting outside the government's mandate are frequently even more extreme, and the army looks the other way from their activities.

The only thing keeping them from being classed as "terrorists" is that they're on our side.

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Originally written by Upon his Chest an Emerald:

The problem is not in governments claiming all terrorism is bad. It is - it's a despicable tactic, just like amassing vast arsenals of nuclear weapons and vetoing UN decisions on personal whims.

The problem lies rather in the governments (the governments concerned, at least), attaching terrorism to a specific group of people.

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Dictionaries define terrorism a tactic frequently used by militarily inferior sides in a war, or as a tool for coercion through the means of fear. They define a terrorist as someone who engages in the act of terrorism.

The Bush administration appears to define terrorism as any act engaged in by terrorists. They define a terrorist as the member of any group, organization or government that is in the way of their agenda.

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Good riddance to that slime.

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On another note, spitting on a dead man's grave is sick, no matter what views he held in life that you happen to disagree with. I have no problem with saying there is a new chance for peace now that he's gone, or that he was obstructing the peace process, but this kind of cursing goes beyond any tact or politeness. You deserve no better when it's your turn.

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Originally written by ef:

If you were driven out of your country, because somebody else happens to want it, would you consider youself a terrorist,if you fought to get it back?

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Good riddance to that slime.

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Wikipedia:

The 'New Historians' are a group of Israeli historians, who aim to submit a revision of the history of Israel and the Zionism. Relevant historians of this direction are Benny Morris, Ilan Pappe and Avi Shlaim. Their research is based on the evaluation of Israeli government documents; arab sources have been so far neglected (which has often been critizised).

Core thesis of this school is that the driving out of a part of the Arab population was necessary for the establishment of the state of Israel, an event, which so far has been interpreted as 'voluntary migration' by the official Israeli historiography. The 'New Historians' are of the opinion that the State of Israel has therefore a joint responsibility for the development of the Middle East Conflict.

The theses of the "New Historians" are under attack from both the zionistic historiography, that represents 'voluntary migration' as their point of view, and from pro-Arab authors, who accuse them to try to play down what happened.

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