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Did YOU Cheat? in The Exile Trilogy
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Profile #5
I used cheats only in dire situations. Of course, the definition of "dire situation" changed depending on what kind of situation I was actually in... ;)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Nonfiction Books You Are Reading in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #15
quote:
Originally written by Lord Baron Von Toast:

I second "Last Chance to See" along with "The Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams.
I don't think The Meaning of Liff really counts...

Even if dictionaries count, "The Meaning of Liff' is borderline-not-non-fiction. :P

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Avatars in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #15
First, I'd like to say that Avatars are one of the best innovations of the Message Boards idea. They make it easy to recognize anyone at a glance, which is a good thing.

I'm not familiar with UBB at all. I don't know whether its possible, but my favorite solution is one that I've seen used with vBulletin, which is to have a restricted list of (small) avatars that you can choose from, and good boards conduct can get you a Custom Avatar.

Failing that, it would be good to look into limiting avatars to 80x80 or some-such-thing.

Failing that, I guess we could do without them. :(

As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.

So deal with it. :P

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Nonfiction Books You Are Reading in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #7
China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston. Gives an idea of things that have happened to the Chinese through a long period of time, told through stories about her family members.

I'm not reading it right now, but I'd like to say that Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine is my favorite non-fiction book ever. Told in the inimitable Douglas Adams style, it tells the stories of his journeys to try to see many different endangered species in a program sponsored by the BBC. It's funny (the BBC has a very... unique way of waterproofing microphones) and deep at the same time! It made me want to save those poor Kakapo Parrots in a way no dry essay or inflammatory rant could. I would recommend it to all Douglas Adams fans, and anyone really.

*ahem*

Right. Sorry about that. ;)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Oh... in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #18
quote:
Originally written by hawk king:

quote:
Originally written by Archmage Alex:

quote:
Originally written by Fire Shards:

As they say, "Leave your sanity at the door."
Where is this door? Perhaps I will finally be able to locate where I placed my sanity.

i agree i agree oh leave your sanity at the door and never take it back (it's evil)

Again, a "raise-one-eyebrow" smilie is needed. ;)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
That Sort of Thing in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #41
I'm almost half-way to Journeyman! I pwn! :D

On topic: Did you know that a a woodchuck and a groundhog are the same thing?

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Relative location... in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #26
quote:
Originally written by Skippy the bush kangaroo:

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.)
Are you attempting to impy that the U.S. isn't the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? TERRORIST! :mad:

:P

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Member # 5578
Profile #5
Oh! Thanks, Dahak! Why is that, by the way? (I don't know much about normal coding protocol.)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 5578
Profile #5
Oh! Thanks, Dahak! Why is that, by the way? (I don't know much about normal coding protocol.)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Your Favorite Small Details In A Scenario in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 5578
Profile #15
quote:
Originally written by VCH:

lol somebody should put a human head in the oven. Not a goblin oven either it should be in the kings oven.
This demonstrates the reason why I think a smilie raising one eyebrow should be included with every type of boards software. ;)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Member # 5578
Profile #2
What must have happened was that I never OPENED a set of parentheses earlier, since it says "Missing (". Thanks, now that I know not to trust the line numbers I should be able to find the problem. :)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #2
What must have happened was that I never OPENED a set of parentheses earlier, since it says "Missing (". Thanks, now that I know not to trust the line numbers I should be able to find the problem. :)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Member # 5578
Profile #0
In the scenario I'm working on, one of the things that happens in the first outdoor section is that the party can go over a small, outdoor cave terrain, which gives them some gold. The script for this part looks like this:

beginstate 16;
reset_dialog();
if (get_flag(200,6) == 1)
end;
message_dialog("Oddly, you find an abandoned cave. In the center of the small cavern there is a pentagram engraved on the floor and 5 sacks of gold. You make off with the gold, probably courtesy of an evil wizard somewhere. He's probably going to kill you someday.","Oh well.");
set_flag(200,6,1);
change_coins (1 * 200);
break;

The script works fine for when I first go over the cave, but if I run the party over the terrain square again, I get this message:

o00Northwest Error: Missing ( in Line 84.

Line 84 of the entire o00Northwest.txt script is highlighted here, in an encounter script:

beginstate 14;
reset_dialog();
if (get_flag(200,4) == 1)
end;
message_dialog("Tsigardia is known for its large variety of wild animals, some of them dangerous. You encounter a group of these- a pack of wolves. Wolves don't usually attack humans, but this pack must be unusually hungry.","It looks like these animals are the dangerous kind.");
set_flag(200,4,1);
break;

The bold text is Line 84 of the file. This doesn't seem to be related in any way to the cave script... What's going on? Any help is appreciated. :)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Script Error! in Blades of Avernum
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #0
In the scenario I'm working on, one of the things that happens in the first outdoor section is that the party can go over a small, outdoor cave terrain, which gives them some gold. The script for this part looks like this:

beginstate 16;
reset_dialog();
if (get_flag(200,6) == 1)
end;
message_dialog("Oddly, you find an abandoned cave. In the center of the small cavern there is a pentagram engraved on the floor and 5 sacks of gold. You make off with the gold, probably courtesy of an evil wizard somewhere. He's probably going to kill you someday.","Oh well.");
set_flag(200,6,1);
change_coins (1 * 200);
break;

The script works fine for when I first go over the cave, but if I run the party over the terrain square again, I get this message:

o00Northwest Error: Missing ( in Line 84.

Line 84 of the entire o00Northwest.txt script is highlighted here, in an encounter script:

beginstate 14;
reset_dialog();
if (get_flag(200,4) == 1)
end;
message_dialog("Tsigardia is known for its large variety of wild animals, some of them dangerous. You encounter a group of these- a pack of wolves. Wolves don't usually attack humans, but this pack must be unusually hungry.","It looks like these animals are the dangerous kind.");
set_flag(200,4,1);
break;

The bold text is Line 84 of the file. This doesn't seem to be related in any way to the cave script... What's going on? Any help is appreciated. :)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Relative location... in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #22
Interesting... Lots of people from Europe (I think prominent enough to deserve sub-things if America was), East Coast, and Austrailia. I think that this is the first step to understanding the MEANING OF LIFE!!!

Anyway, on accents: British accents are cool because they denote class! Ergo, the British own you. Or something. And I'm not from Britain. See bottom of post.

Right.

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Your Favorite Small Details In A Scenario in Blades of Avernum
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Member # 5578
Profile #13
Oh, I never realized ovens were searchable either! I guess I'll have to implement that in a frustrating and/or humorous way in my scenario. You will never look at ovens in the same way again. :cool:

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Just curious... in General
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Member # 5578
Profile #5
I have no idea what you're talking about, so I had to vote "hate". Maybe if you could explain what this poll is about (beyond "the quirkiness"), I could regret my vote. :)

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Oh... in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #15
"It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid" is actually a Douglas Adams quote! Yes, one that is so obscure only us absolute worshippers of the man would recognize it. Apparently Douglas found it bothersome that so few people (I forget where the info came from that he got this from) knew what caused the changing seasons. And... that's what the sig means. The Axial Tilt causes the seasons. It was considered for a bumper sticker.

So, no one wins the $1,000,000 or the picture of a cat except for me. Oh well. :)

As to the Sanity, I think I've left my Sanity at many different doors. This means I would need to leave my sanity in multiple places, which means that I am now in Sanity Debt, and have been this way for some time. Oh well. :eek:

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
4543 in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #19
The lack of a point, if applied correctly, can in fact be one of the most vivid points possible. If applied incorrectly, it can bring chaos to the world and the very essence of the universe, in that the topic quickly degenerates into philisophical discussion. And, as we all know, philisophical discussion is one of the worst things that can happen to any set of beings.

Somehow.

Ri-ght...

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Your Favorite Small Details In A Scenario in Blades of Avernum
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #6
quote:
Originally written by aliklik:

as far as minor details are concerned... I enjoy when there is a lot of realism in a scenario. Examples include, boxes and chests that are not only just there, but actually contain items (as frivilous as the items may be. Also i despise when there are many bookshelfs in which only one contains anything.
Agreed. The best way to make a scenario realistic is to include those little things, like trash in crates or "useless" NPCs, that don't serve any real game purpose but still are fun when you find them. Characters that are mainly there for comic relief and that, if you take the initiative to talk to them, award you with a joke or something, are my favorite "details" in scenarios.

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Background Music in Blades of Avernum
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #7
Ambient sound does fit BoA better. How would you add music to a scenario, in case I choose to do this for my scenario-in-progress?

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Oh... in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #0
I didn't know where to post my "I am here" thread. But apparently here is where I post it. So... yeah. I am here. I have played almost all Spiderweb Games, and am attempting to make a scenario for BoA. And I will reward whoever gets the reference in my sig with either a million dollars or an ascii picture of a cat. (hint: hope for the latter.)

So... right. I am still here.

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Just a random question in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #19
I don't think I have to worry about getting Postmaster General anytime soon... :P

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
4543 in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #10
So... what's this topic for? Discussion of obscure member numbers?

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
That Sort of Thing in General
Apprentice
Member # 5578
Profile #22
Hey, this is my 3rd post! I'm well on my way to the 1,000 mark! :D

...

:(

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What kind of idiot quotes himself?
My kind of idiot!

"As to newbie questions, they will always exist. They always have existed. They will never stop existing, failing total destruction of the Universe. No, not just the world. If any newbies survived the destruction of the world, they would be asking "wy cant i breeth in teh space??!/1/!?!/!!" Only destruction of the Universe will totally get rid of Newbie Questions.
So deal with it."

It's the Axial Tilt, Stupid! -Douglas Adams
Posts: 24 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00

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