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Recipes in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
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Member # 5268
 written Sunday, April 3 2005 14:06 Profile #3
Either that or has access to a hint book...
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Khor's Deeps (possible spoilers) in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, April 3 2005 14:03 Profile #4
While your circumstances may differ, I can confirm that it is possible to obtain the key as a loyalist without killing Agatha. I recall that the path I took was to ask Khyryk for assistance or guidance multiple times.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Do you think there is a Hell? in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Thursday, March 31 2005 14:18 Profile #56
"He's dreaming now," said Tweedledee: "and what do you think he's dreaming about?"

Alice said "Nobody can guess that."

"Why, about you!" Tweedledee exclaimed, clapping his hands triumphantly. "And if he left off dreaming about you, where do you suppose you'd be?"
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
canister effects in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Thursday, March 31 2005 14:06 Profile #10
quote:
Originally written by Dolphin:

I'm at the point where I have used enough to have nasty thoughts, but I still have control. If I keep using them will I harm everyone before gaining information, or will it stay with thoughts of lashing out?
Given that my general style of play is to kill all and sundry the canisters just streamline the process - none of this useless blather, asking about their health and their mother and how things have been going - would you like a nice cup of tea dear? Can I fetch your dressing gown? Afterall, if you are an uber-shaper what do you care for the throughts of puny creatures?

In sum, you are already corrupt - you might as well make sure that you are absolutely corrupt. It does not in anyway prevent you from finishing the game.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Do you think there is a Hell? in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 20:00 Profile #49
quote:
Originally written by Dolphin:

That is not spreading the good word of his faith. It is saying it is the only right faith. Didn't Jesus teach expectance?
No, it's perfectly consistent.

Jesus said "No one comes to the Father except by me" and "I am the way, the truth and the life". One may agree or disagree with those statements, but Jesus most certainly did not say that it doesn't matter who you believe in. Jesus was willing to accept anyone as a follower. He did not say that people who did not follow him would go to heaven anyway.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Do you think there is a Hell? in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 19:41 Profile #47
Dear Millicent,

Matthew 28:18-20 "[18] Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age."
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Another Pathetic & Premature Geneforge 3 Topic in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 16:12 Profile #7
But what about the combined areas with two maps in the one zone - did you think about that? Does 91 zones include or exclude those?

[ Wednesday, March 30, 2005 16:13: Message edited by: Skippy the bush kangaroo ]
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Which class first time? in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, March 30 2005 14:50 Profile #5
I chose Shaper. But Shapers are pretty weedy. This means that they are not inherently easy to play because you need to be careful that nobody can attack you. Blink or get lazy and you may find yourself having to reload. Your creations are useful for most compbat, but if ever an area effect spell gets cast you are frequently toast (Aura of Flames - Mmm, yes! I like my Shaper all crispy thank you!).
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Geneforge 3 available for Macintosh in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Tuesday, March 29 2005 14:28 Profile #36
quote:
Originally written by Tbg10101:

I don't like how you pick things up though. Kind of a hassle to do all of that mouse moving and clicking ( i don't use the keys, to far apart)
I'm not sure what your problem is - the computer generally has two input devices the mouse and keyboard. If you don't use the keyboard you will have to use the mouse. Inherent in using the mouse as an input device is clicking and draging. For many things it is not the most efficient input device - try typing a letter just using the mouse and some kind of character selection matrix. Frankly, I find it trivial to hit 'a' or 'b' or whatever when I want to pick up something from the ground. My left hand is on the keyboard anyway, 'a' is right on the home row, 'b' is a whole centimetre away from my pointer finger. I must be missing something...
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Geneforge 3 available for Macintosh in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Monday, March 28 2005 18:03 Profile #24
quote:
Originally written by Icshi:

I wish the floating text on the screen would stick around longer.
Press 't' to bring it back up if it disappears before you can read it.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Why does no-one notice you're a prodigy? in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, March 23 2005 14:14 Profile #1
There are multiple explanations for this:

1. It wouldn't be interesting otherwise. Do you wonder why there are so few books written about ordinary people doing ordinary things? Arthur Miller was revolutionary when he wrote 'Death of a Salesman'

2. Think about all the times you die. In actuality, you are an amazingly lucky and seemingly skilled individual if you string together all the tight situations you somehow survive to get to the end of the game. You manage to display prescience on a scale that is unimaginable to ordinary NPCs - casting bless just before the critical fight, never walking into an ambush unprepared, always having the right item available - sheer genius! Consider playing the game where death is final? Do you think that you would move so fast or so recklessly? (e.g. Compare it with Angband the way it is meant to be played)

3. You succumb to temptation and suck down experimental drugs like they were candy - it's much hader if you don't indulge in 'canisters'. A standard comic book motif is the genetic mutation caused by random forces turning Joe Average into a superhero - why should this be any different?

4. You actually have some inate potential for greatness that is only revealed by trying circumstances. This is, fundamentally, related to point 1 and brings this list full circle.

Should you wish to play a game where you don't achieve much of anything and can't defeat any large monsters I would suggest you write it yourself. I don't think there is a very big market for them.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Geneforge 3 Questions in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Monday, March 14 2005 13:36 Profile #10
quote:
Originally written by Poot:

It is all legal, no piracy there.
Don't be so certain. I'm not going to say its wrong - just illegal.

Work that is subject to copyright does not go into the public domain because the copyright owner does not enforce it or goes out of business. It is, in fact, one of the complaints of Eldred in the current Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of copyright law. The law may be an ass, but it is still the law.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Relative location... in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Tuesday, March 8 2005 14:29 Profile #25
If you don't think there is any difference between Canada and America go to Niagara Falls. The difference between the two sides is huge. The American side is full of "Tourist Information" booths (a.k.a. commerical operators trying to mislead visitors) and really cheap and trashy motels. The Canadian side has a better class of shysters and trashy motels. (Not to mention the fact that they offer a better exchange rate on Canadian/US currency.)
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Blades of Geneforge in Geneforge Series
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Monday, March 7 2005 15:32 Profile #30
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff:

The problem with releasing a scenario editor and then releasing another game in the series afterward is that by releasing a scenario editor, he is basically giving us the world he created. Then, by releasing another game afterward, there's a very good chance that what he releases will directly contradict what the scenarios say.
Why is it that Ambrosia Software manage to make games with editors (the Escape Velocity series) that generate huge numbers of scenarios that are generally mutually contradictory and they are still wildly popular, but here there is an obsession that all scenarios must fit into a seamless whole?

I find the distinction between the two communities striking.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Blades of Geneforge in Geneforge 2
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Monday, March 7 2005 15:32 Profile #30
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff:

The problem with releasing a scenario editor and then releasing another game in the series afterward is that by releasing a scenario editor, he is basically giving us the world he created. Then, by releasing another game afterward, there's a very good chance that what he releases will directly contradict what the scenarios say.
Why is it that Ambrosia Software manage to make games with editors (the Escape Velocity series) that generate huge numbers of scenarios that are generally mutually contradictory and they are still wildly popular, but here there is an obsession that all scenarios must fit into a seamless whole?

I find the distinction between the two communities striking.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Avernum Mage Poll! Who was craziest? in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, February 2 2005 16:09 Profile #11
Of course, one could go with the much simpler "Arch-incantor" if one was looking for a masculine form. Back-formation leads to such wonderful oddities of speech.

My personal favourite is the Australian habit of saying orientated, or worse reorientated. Orient works just as well and is easier on the lips (and ears).
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
naming a character in Avernum in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Monday, January 24 2005 15:46 Profile #8
Mercutio
Tybalt
Paris
Portia
Prospero

Can you pick the theme?
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Age Poll in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, January 16 2005 14:33 Profile #25
...and why do you have to vote to view the results?

If you do that it increases the chances that someone will just lierate (the correct form of the verb "to lie" for this situation I'll have you know, the noun form would be lierator) to see the results. Seems kind of pointless.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
cystal soul A2 in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, January 9 2005 13:44 Profile #1
Qu'est que ce?

Ia mh ain gsometrou ble read ingy o urpost can yourepos tinenglish

Of course you could read this post and put two and two together - if that was your thing.

And anyway, what is this cystal soul thing? It sounds like a very nasty disease you can get from poor hygene. You know those things can get to be the size of basketballs and you need very skilled surgeons to remove them. Remember, wash your hands after feeding your dogs.

[ Sunday, January 09, 2005 13:54: Message edited by: Skippy the bush kangaroo ]
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
A2: How to get the Pyrogs quest? in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, January 5 2005 20:00 Profile #4
>I am ashamed to admit that in fact I missed that secret room. I fell off that rugs trap and never made it back.

I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it - the same thing happened to me. (But maybe I have no shame :) )

Indeed, it strikes me as a very easy thread to loose and picking it up again at the end of the game when you realise you missed something is very difficult. I resorted to using the Walkthrough to work out exactly what I had missed when I couldn't find the third crystal even after killing Garzhad and getting the 'Game Over' text.

[ Wednesday, January 05, 2005 20:01: Message edited by: Skippy the bush kangaroo ]
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
A2: How to get the Pyrogs quest? in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, January 5 2005 14:35 Profile #1
It is very explicit when it happens and so I suspect that you haven't got the right evidence.

Certainly when I played A2 the first time it was the last thing I did - after killing Garzhad when I was cleaning things up. This suggests to me that it is easy to miss.

At any rate, there is a section in the NE corner on the upper floor of Limoncelli's lair where the floor drops away and it dumps you outside - you need to search the cabinets in the room on the other side of this corridor. If you haven't done this, do so and everything else should follow.

If you don't have the specific quest to go to Pyrog's you won't be able to get in - I take it you don't...
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
Hidden secrets in signatures. in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, December 12 2004 19:00 Profile #3
... and many people think they can see the face of a man in the moon. Doesn't mean there is one there. And what about all those geological formations that kinda-sorta-maybe look like a big leek if you squint and wear green tinted glasses?

One of man's greatest abilities is to distinguish patterns in seeming randomness. One of man's greatest failings is to see patterns that aren't there. (I guarantee that the next lotto numbers to come up will be based on the birthday dates of someone's relatives.)
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
THE WORST MAN EVER: Worst Men List (Initial) & Discussion in General
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, December 12 2004 16:53 Profile #9
I must say that Mary Queen of Scotts must rank highly on the worst man scale. I'm sure she would be a worse man than, for example, Adolf Hitler (even accounting for his apocryphal singular gonad). I'm not sure where Margaret Thatcher would rank - many have questioned her gender.
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
A2: Honeycomb brigands in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Sunday, December 12 2004 16:26 Profile #0
I have just cleared that nest out but was wondering if it was possible to do it any earlier than I actually did.

It seemed to me that you needed dispel barrier (and move mountains) to do it. And to get dispel barrier you needed to kill Limoncelli.

The type of party that can kill Limoncelli is going to seriously outclass the brigands in the honeycomb. At least that is what I found.

Is it possible to either do it without dispel barrier or get dispel barrier earlier?
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00
A1: Killing King Micah in The Avernum Trilogy
Skippy the bush kangaroo
Warrior
Member # 5268
 written Wednesday, December 8 2004 14:40 Profile #8
10 reasons:

1) Ultima I
2) Ultima II
3) Ultima III
4) Ultima IV
5) Ultima V
6) Ultima VI
7) Ultima VII
8) Ultima VIII
9) Because it's traditional
10) Because I can't kill Alaric

[ Wednesday, December 08, 2004 17:25: Message edited by: Skippy the bush kangaroo ]
Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00

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