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Regrettable But in General
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quote:
Originally written by Stugri-La:

Ash- Take offense if you wish, but that comment was not meant as an attack upon your character. I feel that you have been somewhat dishonest in this case alone. Aren't we all, at times?
The first sentence does not go with the second. Honesty is a big thing for me.

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Sex is easier than love.
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How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by Stugri-La:

Well, if you've played Fallout, many prostitutes in the game do exist just to have sex with the PC. However, there are a few around that possess considerable character depth, so they aren't all present just to please the PC (and take his money).

I find Slack's use of prostitutes clumsy and somewhat wasteful, but he's got a decent idea going. Nothing enhances the seediness of a town like a prostitute or three. I just wish he would give them a bit more character depth.

Haven't played Fallout.

In the end, it's a taste thing. If you don't mind that some people will avoid your scenario because of the content, do what you like.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum
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I'd like to differentiate between having a prostitute in a scenario and having the option to use her 'services'. Trouble in Mendor includes a brothel, but you do not have the option to have sex with any of the ladies. Slack's scenarios all include prostitutes purely for the sake of the sex - no character depth or anything like that. It is the latter that I object to.

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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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Originally written by Stugri-La:

I will assert, though, that your claim regarding your motives in this discussion is entirely untrue. I doubt that you care at all that Kel has been "unfairly attacked." You're posting here solely for the purpose of getting a few licks in at Alec and TM, and to claim otherwise is disingenuous.
I am not a liar, and I do not appeciate being called one.

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How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum
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That's a good point, actually, and that sequence was easily the best part of Quint. So maybe I'm wrong. :P

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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If You Had A Billion Dollars... in General
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Originally written by Mister Maoben:

If you had a good paying job, saved a lot, created a bunch of high-interest CDs, and continually invested your money wisely, you'd be quite well off into retirement.

The problem is, most people don't do this, and instead spend their time in front of the computer replying to message boards. Well, maybe not exactly that, but whatever.

While you may not get a billion dollars, anybody could be content with a million or so, provided it wasn't wasted.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Originally written by ef:

What are you after, Ash? Trying to provoke TM to forget all restraint and get himself banned again? Why not stop now. It won't lead anywhere.
TM is responsible for his own actions, not me. What I'm trying to do is defend a member who has been falsely and unfairly attacked. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Originally written by spy.there:

Mr. Kyras indeed didn't post anymore. His retreat saddens me badly.

I'm glad that TM didn't stay away after his ban. TGM did. Djur disappeared also - and now Alec. It frightens me that the community started to dislodge some of its most brilliant, interesting members. To what will it lead? Dictatorship of mediocrity?

:) seeing Alec's actual picture in his profile lets at least hope for further opposition.

You're too new to remember, but Alec has left forever before. He'll be back eventually.

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Originally written by Stugri-La:

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Originally written by Frankie Vallium:

Meanwhile! Can we not try and feign some respect for the unusually terse Mr. Kyras here? Or, failing that, a topic-locking...
That respect does not seem to be forthcoming, and as such it seems that a lock is the only sensible course of action. Ash, Sully and co. are seemingly filled with the fury of a thousand bereaved mothers and will not cease in their attacks otherwise.

Please note that I have not responded in a hostile manner to anyone, and I don't think Sullust has either. I haven't thrown insults around and I certainly wasn't the one accusing someone else of 'placing his flaccid, elongated clitoris where he knew it had no place.'

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Originally written by Lamentable Loss:

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so Alec calling his actions shameful is uncalled for and transparently mean-spirited
M'dear, are you actually inferring that there is a problem with being transparent? If he was "mean-spirited" and grumbled, privately, to everyone, would that have been more acceptable to you? He may well have had questionable motives, but he hardly denied such. He seemingly has not lied. Is there a problem with being honest, if the truth isn't smelling of roses? Sweaty left testicles to you, sirrah.

Congratulations! I award you the grand prize for missing the point. If you had been paying attention, you'd have noticed I used the phrase "transparently mean-spirited" because that is the phrase Stug used to describe the actions of myself and others. So take your sweaty left testicles back and deliver them to the correct address.

[quote]TM has a good point, painful as it is, for me to admit such. Kel ran a campaign on a joke principle. He seemingly had little intention to take it seriously, by the time that voting came about, so we can hardly say that he had the community's best interests at heart.

While it was his democratic right to run, that doesn't mean that it's right to nonce up a serious matter, with a joke for a principle.
[/quote]What? Are you saying that nobody could have seriously thought Kel would be a good mod? Or are you saying that his choice to support Stug, Aran, and Thuryl over Alec was an obviously non-serious choice? I'm really confused as to how you can think that anything Kel did 'nonced up a serious matter.'

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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A few things to respond to, so forgive me if I happen to double post.

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Originally written by Frankie Vallium:

Creator, this election concerns you almost as little as it does Kel. Why you bother typing so voiciferously confuses me. To wit:

- Kel doesn't give a rat's ass about any sense of community
- Alec does
- Kel unilaterally set Alec up the bomb regardless

I'm saying that Kel is a dick on account of his placing his flaccid, elongated clitoris where he knew it had no place.

Meanwhile! Can we not try and feign some respect for the unusually terse Mr. Kyras here? Or, failing that, a topic-locking...

The election doesn't concern me in the slightest. It's an idle curiosity at best. The reason I'm participating in this topic is because I see someone being unfairly attacked and wish to defend him. Plus, I like a good debate as much as the next guy. :)

I fail to see how Kel has less of a 'sense of community' than Alec (whatever that even is) nor why that matters. The rules didn't say "you can only transfer your votes to Alec, because he is a better candidate than Stug, Aran, or Thuryl, and it is the only responsible action for anyone who has a sense of community".

Kel was not "placing his flaccid, elongated clitoris where he knew it had no place." He was applying the rules, as written, to support the candidates he preferred.

And I think it's terribly inconsistent of you to insist on respect being shown for Alec while insulting Kel in the same breath.

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Originally written by Stugri-La:

The most important point that you and some of the others are missing here, Ash, is that Alec began this thread only to announce the withdrawal of his candidacy. Not once has he called for any actions to be taken as a result of the injustice he has perceived. I agree that he would have been out of line in proposing a repeat election or something of the kind, but he has made no such propositions.

Alec is guilty only of openly expressing his legitimate suspicions. As such, I find the enthusiastic abuse heaped upon his head by yourself and others to be thoroughly uncalled for and transparently mean-spirited. I suggest that we leave this issue be and allow Alec to leave here, if he so wishes, with the dignity he deserves.

See, all we've done is exactly what you say Alec has done. From where I'm standing, Kel did nothing wrong, so Alec calling his actions shameful is uncalled for and transparently mean-spirited. Not once have we called for Alec to be banned or anything like that. We were just expressing our legitimate suspicions.

[ Friday, July 15, 2005 20:59: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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How evil is too evil> in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by Pitt:

I'd like to see a scenario where the adventurers play the bad guys for a change.

I'd also like to see a scenario with an R rating that actually deserves it. If you can do that tastefully, you deserve a pat on the back, as this game doesn't really lend itself to such.

Johnny Favourite.

Toast, the reason that people objected to the prostitute is that that author always includes them, entirely gratuitously. It's not that people are prudes, but when you throw in sex for the sake of it, it's tasteless and vulgar.

Sex crimes are generally a bad idea for Blades, I'd say. They just don't work within the medium. The only time I've seen rape used effectively as a plot device in Blades was Nikolai in Roots - and it was hardly a pivotal event. Basically just a backstory thing. True, no one has really tried, but there may be a reason for that.

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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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Originally written by Stugri-La:

I'm assuming that the "two people" you're referring to here are TM and myself. I'll concede that it certainly seems that TM dislikes Kel, but that doesn't apply to me. I don't dislike or hate Kel at all, and he knows this. I might at times take exception to his words and actions around here, but that certainly does not constitute hate. As far as the Blades politics that created this rift between Kel and TM in the first place, I have no opinion on any of it.
Fair point, and said very reasonably. However, I was referring to Alec himself and not you. While you did defend Alec, you did not attack Kel unfairly, as Alec and TM did, which is what I was objecting to. True, you did say that you saw nothing wrong with Alec's statements, which would imply that you agreed with his assessment of Kel's actions as "shameful", but it's not explicit so I ignored it.

The simple facts of the matter are:

1) Alec made the rules.
2) Alec lost under those same rules.
3) Alec blamed and insulted Kel unfairly.
4) A bunch of people stepped in to defend Kel.
5) Alec got huffy and announced his departure.

It's got nothing to do with feuds or bad blood.

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Lucien 'Thuryl' McMahon Is Naked in General
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Because I can't be bothered. :P

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If You Had A Billion Dollars... in General
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Oh, giving it away. That's easy.

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Lucien 'Thuryl' McMahon Is Naked in General
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No, really, it won't work. How close to Warnambool do you think Canberra is?

But for the record, we broadcast on 91.9 and 94.3 FM.

Edit: Flamefiend, or Crunchy Frog as he goes by on these forums, lives in Canberra too. I have no idea if he's tuned in at any point.

[ Friday, July 15, 2005 00:05: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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Spring, read the thread, eh? He hasn't retired from the election race, he lost that. He's supposedly retired from the community, so he supposedly won't even be reading your post.

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If You Had A Billion Dollars... in General
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Originally written by Ms Marlenny:

I agree but I don't think there is need to worry about what to do with the remaining millions. There is so much stuff you could do with the money, and if you knew how large my family is, you would be surprised at how fast the amount money goes down.
How fast do you spend money? For me, a billion dollars would be 50,000 years wages. There's no way I could spend that much.

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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I was not aware that the community sucked, that mods had much power to change that, or that you of all people had problems with being a dick in general. And hey, maybe making sure Alec couldn't mod was his way of making the community suck less. :P

Edit: Okay, now taking bets on how long Alec will stay gone forever for this time. I say two months.

[ Thursday, July 14, 2005 22:51: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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Lucien 'Thuryl' McMahon Is Naked in General
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Not in between, because I have only worked in Canberra and Mt Gambier. I could give you the frequency, but there is no way you would be able to tune in. Likewise with the website, but we don't stream audio at this stage (I'm hoping it happens soon).

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Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
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quote:
Originally written by Custer:

quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

So complain about the rules and the guy who wrote them.
Forgive me for not foreseeing the abuse of the rules which would remove me from the running. I can assure you it was an oversight, as I would not wish the underhanded tactic used to remove me on anyone.

From where I'm standing, it was an application of the rules, not an abuse. You can't say "A candidate may shift votes given to him to other candidates" and then act indignant when someone does that to get the result they want. Well, you can, but it makes you look stupid.

I find it noteworthy that the two people who have been the most enthusiastic about defending your words are those who like you and hate Kel. I do not find it surprising, but I find it noteworthy.

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So complain about the rules and the guy who wrote them.

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1=2 is a lousy opinion.

If your opinion is that 1=2 is not a lousy opinion, then by inference, that is a lousy opinion.

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SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice.
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Lucien 'Thuryl' McMahon Is Naked in General
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On reflection, not really. It's just that they want to kidnap Thuryl's babies and raise them as their own. It's okay after all.

[ Thursday, July 14, 2005 17:56: Message edited by: Ash Lael ]

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