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Because I Can: The Masochist's Guide To G4 in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, February 17 2007 22:59 Profile Homepage #5
Ooh. I'm tempted on that basis alone. :P But I think the fact that you've played the game already would give you a pretty sizable advantage in such a contest.

I like the stick idea if only for comedy value. A Servile named Ug, who also never trains in Leadership ever. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Because I Can: The Masochist's Guide To G4 in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, February 17 2007 22:03 Profile Homepage #0
I've started playing G4, and geez. It's just WAY too easy. It seems a decent game so far, but the combat is so unchallenging and tedious that I'm getting quite bored.

So this means I have to give myself a challenge! :) Thuryl already did Onan the Barbarian, so it has to be something tougher than no magic, no canisters, and no creations. I want to do something really ridiculous. I'm thinking something like no training, or maybe a Servile who isn't allowed to do any damage himself and must rely purely on his creations. I'll start this challenge tomorrow night, so feel free to come up with intensely difficult suggestions and/or cast votes until then.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
I am 22 today in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, February 16 2007 16:47 Profile Homepage #31
And I can even tell which scenario that is. Scary.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
I am 22 today in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, February 16 2007 07:10 Profile Homepage #24
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

Happy birthday. According to the Wall Street Journal you are in the age range where your free time to game is rapidly decreasing.
Woah. How'd they know? *tinfoil hat*

Thanks everyone. And, uh, thanks for the bra cake Andraste. What the hell? :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
I am 22 today in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, February 15 2007 13:09 Profile Homepage #0
And for that matter, I am 22 every day for the next year. After that I shall be 23.

The pain of growing old is countered by this being the best birthday I've ever had. :)

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Music! 'Cause we all like it! in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Sunday, January 28 2007 21:23 Profile Homepage #12
Favorite Artist(s): Switchfoot, Plumb, Jars Of Clay, U2, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Greg Sczebel, and many others.

General Time Frame: Mostly current, though I have a good selection of favourites from the eighties onwards.

Favorite Genre: Punk Funk. But more broadly, Hard Rock.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, January 26 2007 12:52 Profile Homepage #18
I wouldn't want every Blades scenario to have save points, but I'd welcome it as something unique for one scenario. But of course you'd also want to make sure that the scenario itself is designed unlike other scenarios (less nasty suprises, easier combat, etc), with the saving system in mind.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Post here if you still play BoE in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Monday, January 15 2007 12:50 Profile Homepage #1
Heya.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Let's Play Avernum! in The Avernum Trilogy
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, January 10 2007 12:06 Profile Homepage #6
Hey, cool. I sometimes lurk those threads. Kind of weird to be silmultaneously referred to as "The yokels on the official forums [getting very excited] over G4 like they do for every new release" and "The picky as [something very picky] people on the Spiderweb boards", though. :P

And if you did a Let's Play Blades of Exile thread, I would love you forever. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
New Year's Resolutions! in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, January 3 2007 17:32 Profile Homepage #23
My New Year's Resolution List:

1. Make list.

Well, I can tick that off now. All done for the year! :)

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Avernum 5 Early, Early Notes in Avernum 4
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, December 9 2006 11:46 Profile Homepage #52
quote:
Originally written by Lenar Labs:

No wall bumping = :)
FYT.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Contest Judging Registration in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 28 2006 15:01 Profile Homepage #15
This is probably the wrong time to say this, but I think I might have to drop out.

Sorry.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Request for Kel in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, November 25 2006 14:39 Profile Homepage #5
Yes, and he was tasty. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Happy Thanksgiving Day in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 23 2006 21:05 Profile Homepage #22
quote:
Originally written by Cirion Actaeon:

Late November is essentially winter in most of the world...
1 out of 2 hemispheres. That's half, not most.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Contest Judging Registration in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, November 14 2006 16:38 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Jewels:

I have both if you need another judge.

I've decided not to enter Redwall so I can judge all categories.
I think more scenarios are needed more than more judges.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Contest Judging Registration in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, November 11 2006 12:48 Profile Homepage #3
I'm up for both.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
1994 Backwards Is 2006 in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Friday, November 10 2006 13:15 Profile Homepage #60
Alec: Not sure. I'm not at all familiar with American state politics. But it could well be that the Iraq war motivated a lot of left-wingers who normally wouldn't have voted to do so.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
1994 Backwards Is 2006 in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Wednesday, November 8 2006 15:09 Profile Homepage #23
I'm in the boat that says this doesn't necessarily signify a shift to the left. It's just that a lot of middle-of-the-road people are pissed off about Iraq.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Twist or No Twist? in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, November 4 2006 17:29 Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

The player doesn't need to see it coming in advance, but it's essential that it make sense in hindsight. I can't stress that enough.

Having the villain concoct a clever plan offscreen and then implement it at the moment when it will have the greatest possible effect is a good plot twist. Having demons that nobody has mentioned before appear from out of nowhere and start wreaking havoc is a bad plot twist.

Basically, if the villain uses resources that the player doesn't know he has, it starts to look as if the designer is pulling things out of his ass.
I recommend reading this post about half a dozen times, to make sure it all sinks in.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Mindcontrol - sort of in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, November 4 2006 17:24 Profile Homepage #20
Personally, I'd erase a few of my more embarrassing memories. :P

quote:
Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Anything good that religion has ever done could have happened just as easily without the religion part. Can people not be taught compassion without also being taught servitude to a mysterious unknown power?

No, all religion does on its own is divide people. Without it, there would be one less wall.
People can be compassionate without being religious, sure. I would consider it illogical to be so, though, so in my case at least, I'm a much better person because of my faith.

[ Saturday, November 04, 2006 17:25: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Bush and Kerry to be wed on Brokeback in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Saturday, November 4 2006 15:01 Profile Homepage #4
Adventurer's Club is pretty good for a beginner scenario, assuming you don't mind a very big scenario with a large amount of (not terribly difficult) combat and occasionally getting stuck for a while.

Nephil's Gambit is also good, with an excellent storyline (one of the best, I think), the combat isn't too hard, and it's big without being as massive as Adventurer's Club. However, you WILL need to consult the walkthrough at one point.

I tend to think Nightfall is a really good scenario to start with. The combat's easy, there's a lot of humour, and since there's three ways through, if you get stuck going one way, you can backtrack and try another.

quote:
Originally written by Lazarus.:

Emulations, Roots, and Apology are easily the best 3 of the scenarios I've played (Although Roots has crazy hard combat.) Outside of those, I'd also recommend Drizzt's trilogy.
Apology isn't a walk in the park, either. Emulations isn't too hard, though perhaps it would be better to play the other scenarios in Stareye's series first (even though the links are pretty loose).

Drizzt's trilogy (The Forsaken, Brotherhood Of The Hand, Shadow Of The Stranger) are very good scenarios, becoming increasingly so with each installment. Brotherhood and Shadow are a bit tricky in places, but after Forsaken you should be okay. One point - the readme doesn't specify this, but the plot of Brotherhood makes a lot more sense if you play as a human singleton, and all the scenarios make more sense if you use different parties for each.

I wish I could recommend one of my own scenarios, but they're all crazy-hard. :(

[ Saturday, November 04, 2006 15:09: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
X in General
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Thursday, November 2 2006 18:50 Profile Homepage #2
X

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Should Geneforge have been a pure sci-fi game? in Geneforge Series
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, October 31 2006 20:44 Profile Homepage #0
As is well known, the original plan was for Geneforge to be a fully sci-fi game, but this was changed because Jeff was scared that if it was too different, it wouldn't sell. The question is, would the sci-fi version of Geneforge (and resulting sequels) have been better than what we have?

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
G4 Preview in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, October 31 2006 20:40 Profile Homepage #7
Or the whole scale of combat is dramatically ramped up. Intead of starting off fighting Fyoras, you start fighting Drayks. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
G4 Preview in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, October 31 2006 20:22 Profile Homepage #5
I'm pleasantly suprised, and cautiously optimistic.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00

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