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Displayed name	Ash Lael
Member number	5491
Title	E Equals MC What!!!!
Postcount	1861
Homepage	http://www.onewayfm.com.au
Registered	Friday, February 11 2005 08:00

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what is YOUR fav band or type of music in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, August 20 2005 20:40 Profile Homepage #17 I'm on a bit of a Switchfoot bender at the moment, but like most people here, I have so many favourites it would be essentially meaningless to list them all. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
What's your most embarassing moment? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, August 20 2005 04:27 Profile Homepage #76 quote: Originally written by dreamqueen: Ash Lael - you must be one clumsy shearer - I lived on a farm for 15 yrs and in all of the shearings and crutchings i have never seen someone do something like that with a handpiece - accidentally cutting the sheep - yes. Just out of curiosity how pissed off were you with the sheep when you cut yourself????? :P I was about to do the neck, when the sheep kicked and my flimsy hold gave way. Where there had been a sheep's neck bent over my knee, there was now only a knee. Thus, the injury. In my defense, I was 14 at the time and not exactly an accomplished shearer. :P I had (and still have) a violent hatred of sheep in general, but I can't remember if I felt any special ill will towards that particular one. But I probably did. And keeping the wince-inducing stories coming (some beauties in this thread), one I forgot earlier. I actually got run over once when I was young. [ Saturday, August 20, 2005 04:28: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Your platform in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Thursday, August 18 2005 20:54 Profile Homepage #28 I have to work with OS/2. Edit: On reading the comment about Windows 3.1, I removed the "pfft". [ Thursday, August 18, 2005 21:01: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
What's your most embarassing moment? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Wednesday, August 17 2005 23:08 Profile Homepage #52 Oh, are we playing the "brag about your horrific injuries" game? Let's see, probably the best I can do is the time I stuck a handpiece into my knee. However, I've seen a lot worse. I tore a piece of skin about the size of my fist off a sheep's back once... have broken a few legs and ripped a few tails off as well (all accidental, I assure you). On the other end of the scale, I watched my brother get kicked in the face by a cow - needed a fair few stitches for that one. He has a nice Harry Potter-esque scar on his forehead now. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Our President in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, August 16 2005 14:54 Profile Homepage #186 Not sure what the point is in bringing up a post I made nearly two weeks ago, but whatever. I don't believe that I was quoting you out of context. I was simply being pedantic - Dolphin claimed that Seperation of Church and State was in the constitution, and I pointed out that her statement wasn't technically accurate. [ Tuesday, August 16, 2005 14:54: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Do we still have to pay? in The Exile Trilogy
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 15 2005 17:54 Profile Homepage #12 quote: Originally written by PantherShadow: If someone did a (really, really good, hyper-accurate) BoE version of A4, I would buy BoE for that one reason alone. Hint, hint, all you BoE experts with too much free time. BoE already has Exile IV: At The Gallows. -------------------- 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
SW has a new untitled Guru in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 15 2005 14:07 Profile Homepage #15 quote: Originally written by Zeviz: When did these boards get such an obsession with postcounts? Day 1. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 15 2005 04:33 Profile Homepage #225 quote: Originally written by Thuryl: I've completely lost the ability to tell whether people are being sarcastic. Damn, now I don't know whether or not to take this seriously. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Sunday, August 14 2005 20:33 Profile Homepage #220 Control is definitely the right word. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
What's your most embarassing moment? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Thursday, August 11 2005 23:37 Profile Homepage #24 Sitting behind a microphone gives me a great many opportunities to publicly embarass myself, and I take quite a few of them. Leaving the mic on while singing along to the music rates highly. And of course, informing everyone that they can expect local fosts and frogs in the morning while doing the weather. [ Thursday, August 11, 2005 23:42: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Wednesday, August 10 2005 16:17 Profile Homepage #14 Probably Measle. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, August 9 2005 23:09 Profile Homepage #12 FYI, Leave your sanity at the door is a relic of Misc, which famously suffered a spontaneous existence failure as a result of idiocy levels reaching critical mass. Don't take it seriously. -------------------- 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
Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, August 9 2005 22:41 Profile Homepage #10 quote: Originally written by Marvin, the paranoid android: (Well, I would give it a try, but chances are big I would avoid it too). This sentence makes no sense. -------------------- 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
Would Exile make a SWEET movie? in The Exile Trilogy
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, August 9 2005 17:26 Profile Homepage #13 I think the name "Exile" works better, which is the only difference that could possibly translate to screen. People are saying that the movie would be really long, but I disagree. You'd struggle to find stuff worth putting on screen, I think. I'd rewrite the story entirely, keeping only the setting. -------------------- 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
How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Tuesday, August 9 2005 17:15 Profile Homepage #43 Certainly Johnny Favourite is a well-made scenario, I'll give it that. It does what it sets out to do very well. I just don't like what it sets out to do. -------------------- 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
Warped Tour? in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 23:27 Profile Homepage #1 Most people here hate punk? Really? Obviously, I haven't been to any of the shows. But I'd like to, if only for Relient K. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
What's so bad about it anyway? in Richard White Games
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 22:53 Profile Homepage #8 Me. I haven't played them. :P -------------------- 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
THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 21:41 Profile Homepage #154 Hey, if you think that's bad, you should see my shoes. :P -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 21:15 Profile Homepage #152 I dunno. Probably. I bought it second hand a while back. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Some questions about scenario design in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 21:04 Profile Homepage #7 Sure thing. aussie (at) onewayfm (dot) com (dot) au. -------------------- 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
THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 21:01 Profile Homepage #150 Resurrects topic, killing puppy in the process A better, more recent shot of me hard at work. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Some questions about scenario design in Blades of Exile
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 17:38 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Zeviz: I am thinking of trying to make a scenario for the peal contest and I have some questions about scenario design: 1. How long does usually take to design a town with a lot of dialogue and a few minor quests? There's no usually, really. Depends on who you are and how quick you are how much you put into it, and all kinds of things. The important thing (I think) is to spend the bulk of your time on the things that are most important to your scenario. If you have good characters and the scenario is mostly about them, spend the time on their dialogue. If it takes you a couple of afternoons, so be it. But if you just want to make a town to go and buy/sell stuff with one character you get missions from, that's quick and easy and should only take about an hour. In response to your question to Thuryl about taking 3-5 months on a scenario, bear in mind that most towns/dungeons don't have lots of dialogue. It sounds like this town is your centrepiece. For a short scenario, I don't see any point in making more than one actual town, anyway. [quote]2. How long should a scenario be if it's important for the player to develop a connection to some characters in the story? (I want to try something stronger than just saying "you've been best friends for several months and you feel terrible about his death".)[/quote]Length is unimportant. If you talk to Bland NPC #342 seventy times, he's still a bland NPC. I say make sure you have a good character, and then demonstrate that character to the player. People will always feel drawn to interesting characters. The important thing here is to SHOW, not TELL. Don't say "Your buddy is a reckless troublemaker, but also as loyal a friend as you could ask for." Have him egg you on into doing something that could get you in trouble, but when you get caught he takes the blame. Think of Pirates of the Carribean. Jack Sparrow enters the movie sailing towards the harbour standing proud and triumphant high in the rigging... of a dinky little boat. Then it starts to fill with water. So he starts bailing - but just enough to get it up to the pier, where he casually steps off the boat as it disappears into the water like he's done it a million times before. By the time he's walked twenty steps he will have both bribed and robbed the quartermaster. There you have a character that the audience has developed a connection to in two minutes flat. Length is irrelevant - it's what you do with it. [quote]3. When making a scenario, should I start by writing out dialogue, or by completing town design and coding? Should I work first on story or on quests?[/quote]Depends on the scenario and your own preference. I like to have the story all worked out beforehand, and then design and test each "building block" (see article) individually, and do the bits that stick them together last. [quote]4. Is it worthwile to make half a dozen possible endings for a very short scenario, or will it be just a waste of effort, since players are unlikely to play through more than 1 or 2 times?[/quote]Depends what your intention is with those half-dozen endings. You could be building them not so much so that everyone will play all of them, but so that each player will get the ending that suits him best. Or something. Anyway, I played Election three times to get all the endings, for what it's worth. -------------------- 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
Scenarios in Blades of Avernum
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 14:50 Profile Homepage #4 I prefer starting with a new party for each scenario (I like to mess around with different structures and suchlike to stop it from getting boring), but if a scenario is actually designed for a new party it'll be way too easy for my liking. :P Seriously, just go for it. -------------------- 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
What's so bad about it anyway? in Richard White Games
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, August 8 2005 04:44 Profile Homepage #2 The consensus seems to be that they aren't actually bad as such, they just lack good. -------------------- 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
Death to Anama!!! in The Avernum Trilogy
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Saturday, August 6 2005 21:07 Profile Homepage #20 The Anama make life way too easy. You can have 6 level 1 priest/fighters casting Avatar before every combat in Exile. -------------------- 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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