Profile for Jumpin Salmon
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| Displayed name | Jumpin Salmon |
| Member number | 5755 |
| Title | ? Man, ? Amazing |
| Postcount | 4114 |
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| Registered | Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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| Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General | |
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written Saturday, September 22 2007 15:12
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Huh. It really wasn't that long of a delay. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Argon - "I'm at a loss for words..." Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| A Public Opinion Survey in General | |
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written Friday, September 21 2007 07:32
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quote:The Mongols had banditry. Any people that created metals could be robbed, and likely were favored targets. India would be likely, except for the rather torturous journey through the mountains in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There was also trade. The metal producing from the Caucus Mountains would have been easily transported to Europe or Asia via the inner coastal waterways, and was likely "discovered" fairly soon after the Europeans began their attempt to retake the Holy Lands. But you are mostly right about the Mongols, they didn't carry much goods, so any steel was likely in the form of swords, arrow heads, or decorative objects. Not likely they would waste time carrying ingots when they knew they could just return later for another session of tariff collection. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| How Did You Find Spiderweb? in General | |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 23:03
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quote:Yeah, a lot of us feel she is a bit wordy, and she has been listening to her fanboys. Check out episode 3 to see just how minimalist she has become. Episode 4 seems to be evidence of the author backsliding into verbosity, but it's not over yet. She still has time to tighten it up and release a nice short story. Edit - Episode 3 seems to be lost! Has she become so strict in her editing that she can remove even the underlying file structure? What will the critics think? [ Thursday, September 20, 2007 23:05: Message edited by: Jumpin' Sarrrcasmon ] -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Raise your hand if you LOVE Linear RPG's! in General | |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 14:29
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This is the perfect time to plug KoL since it already has a strong contingent of SW friendly players. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 12:21
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Can you be happy with the knowledge that I (and likely many of your other supplicants) had no clue what a KOTOR was until I googled it? -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 11:51
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quote:Actually, I was telling you that it is okay to have your own perceptions of things, and to feel that other people are doing things the wrong way. It's not okay to tell people how you feel about their manner of doing things, unless it is likely to injure them or another. See, now I have to put a caveat in there, because you seem to enjoy your little anecdotes about how people can be complete idiots sometimes. But I suppose you would have volunteered to stand on that road, in the dark, in the rain, trying to wave down passing cars to warn them of the busted bridge. Right? That is the message I got from your judgemental post about those crappy neighbors. The ironic thing, and bear with me here, is that we seem to have a lot of common ground and could have been amicable in all our discussions. But you introduced religion, and specifically how right yours is, and how every other interpretive religion is incredibly wrong. You don't seem to accept that other people can be happy in their beliefs when they disagree with yours. Your original post seemed to imply that you were happy with your interpretation of the Bible. I only wish you had added that you were unhappy with every other interpretation of the Bible. It would have made this conversation a whole lot simpler. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| A small inconsistency... in Nethergate | |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 21:54
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Those pants... I swear to god I've pictures of relatives wearing that exact pair. Vogel! How did you get that picture? :P -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 19:48
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I used to, but now (irl) I mainly just mind my own business. Most people have enough on their plates already without being told in laborious detail just exactly how wrong they are going about things. I mean, they are wrong, but to hell with them. Right? -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 16:42
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I still maintain that it was man that caused the bible to be transcribed from oral to written history. Any spiritual guidance that can be found is purely accidental, but that doesn't lessen it. Isn't it enough that an individual can find value in a book, without having to convince others that the value they have found is wrong? I find the whole direction this dialog has taken to be depressing, as it shows in exquisite detail what is wrong with religion. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 12:02
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Use the following to shorten your links. [url=http:\\blah.blah.blah]Descriptive phrase[/url]kthanks.-------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 09:12
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Not having done any research, I would hazard a guess that Europeans were physically larger and more able to support the armorweight. Prolly their Neanderthal heritage. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Blades of Avernum Improvements in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 08:47
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Hasn't Jeff mentioned that he isn't likely to spend a whole lot of time repairing this program? I know that having BoE in open-source is exciting, but I get the feeling that it isn't likely to happen to BoA for quite a while. And Thralni is also an active designer. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 08:41
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Just because it is today, the pirate would kick the ninja's derrière, and then stagger into the other four arenas and summarily defeat all the other combatants as well. Even the Celt. Arrr. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Ordering Headaches in General | |
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written Tuesday, September 18 2007 16:01
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quote:Misc? -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| How Did You Find Spiderweb? in General | |
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written Sunday, September 16 2007 13:04
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I got a letter from Seattle with a registration code and key, and the suggestion to visit their interweb place. I never did that until I 1999, when I was quickly dismayed to find that the forum was full of people like Drakefyre who frowned upon the suggestion that shareware ought to be freeware. Fast forward a few years and I visited again, reading about Blades of Avernum, and then registered so I could start asking stupid questions and giving suspect advice. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Man or God in General | |
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written Sunday, September 16 2007 11:02
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quote:Why would that god care one whit about humans, and what we thought? Do hummingbirds have faith? What about inanimate objects? What about other forms of life in the universe? You still fail to convince that humans, a silly looking hairless mammal whose sole offensive and defensive weapon is his engorged brain, are in any way more special than any other thing in the universe. That is where religion fails to sway. It's fine if you know why you need religion, but to claim it is anything other than an opiate is ridiculous. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| How Did You Find Spiderweb? in General | |
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written Sunday, September 16 2007 00:01
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I listened to part of that concert. It sounded excellent. I especially liked how there was a lot of drunken swearing. That was cool. :D -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| How Did You Find Spiderweb? in General | |
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written Saturday, September 15 2007 16:55
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Trick question. You don't find Spiderweb, Spiderweb finds you. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Ordering Headaches in General | |
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written Friday, September 14 2007 15:58
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Yup. You can order it, pay for it, and then Jeff will send you that magical key via email. Just make sure to put in the correct registration ID on the order form. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, September 14 2007 10:37
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Not that there is ever a wrong time to mention this, but Dr Chiu's Immortality Device should stop those pesky life after death questions. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Why I Will Not Play Avernum V in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, September 14 2007 07:51
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quote:Finally Fantasy! Don Qui Kong! -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Why I Will Not Play Avernum V in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, September 13 2007 22:58
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The zombie is respecting the OP's right to feel the way he does about all of Jeff's works. Now, why are so many people trying to rationalize him out of his opinion? -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 13 2007 15:29
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Yeah, those bad tags like totally distracted me from the, um, things that were being said. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 13 2007 11:23
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quote:Traditionally, when discussing religion, evil refers to choices that are contrary to the will of the god or gods under consideration. It may be that casual readers of this thread see it as a discussion rotating around religious belief, a conception for which they shouldn't be blamed. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 13 2007 09:53
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All joking aside, you seem to interpret the bible according to your perception of "rightness." It would seem that, given your seeming desire to enlighten, you would be more precise in your words. Because we all know that, while debilitating, addiction to heroic persona is not a life threatening state. :P -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Thralni - "a lot of people are ... too weird to be trusted" Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |