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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| Notice : Uber popular mod needs maid in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 21:30
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What!!!! When starting a new topic was another option???  :eek: Edit--- quote:Is this bossybot reporting for duty?? [ Monday, October 09, 2006 21:32: Message edited by: Jumpin' Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Dingaling on a donut (Ver Z) in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 21:17
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 Sadly only a few folks came up with witty captions. Happily I'm gonna list all of them anyways. Vote for two, please. Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 18 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=macRGDnIsxlJ"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=macRGDnIsxlJ"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish (Ver F) in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 21:13
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Rate them. Flying fish catch flying fish. News at 11.  Sorry this took so long, I totally forgot about the polling process. Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 19 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=SXFXSAFzzRAW"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=SXFXSAFzzRAW"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Notice : Uber popular mod needs maid in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 20:49
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Or should clean out his message box himself. Come on Aranbot, summons your messagebot to clean it out. :P It's hard enough sending hatemail without having it returned to sender. That's just embarassing. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Marralis! in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 20:32
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My only E3 save game is immediately before defeating Rentar (yet again). But I still know the answer, since Jeff kindly mentioned the town of Marish in his final text of the game. quote:So yeah, sounds like Marralis... -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 19:41
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quote:You are a bad, bad man. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 10:48
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quote:So, you like the look of this better? Does it warm the cockles of your heart to see your exact words being quoted? All it does is take up time and space, and it has become acceptable to paraphrase in some cases. I've marked above the alpha, beta, and gamma for your benefit. I'll add the :P next time, or a simple note that indicates that I paraphrased. Perhaps a time/date stamp of your original post would suffice. Rest your fears that you have an impersonator. Well, that is probably something that all of use should worry about, but it doesn't apply in this case. :P -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Rats Aplenty Released in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 10:38
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Since I am the self-appointed bearer of bugs, I've got my favorite all lined up for you. You know in the manor, when you open a certain door you get warned about guards sleeping or playing cards and not seeing you? And how most sane players will back out of the room and close the door? If you don't do that the guards attack. Even the sleeping ones. Please change the graphics so that sleeping guards don't attack me. It makes me want to hurt people. :P -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Notice: ermarian.net down for maintainance NOW in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 09:56
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I've actually started to wonder if Aran has finally been captured by the space aliens. He always seemed overly concerned about such things. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Who do you love, baby? in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 09:38
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Y'all noticed then that I left it wide open. You could have voted for all six of them. You know, in case you couldn't figure out who was who and wanted to make sure you voted for your favorite anyways... :P -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| I Am Engaged in General | |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 09:36
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So, ideally, a person should be both engaged and married. Right? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 9 2006 09:35
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Also, some of the PPP still returns that error which produces a line of code that includes the path to stealing Aran's true identity. :eek: -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Copyrights?? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 23:18
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You mean like a picture that someone owns? You can't bundle that in your scenario and spiderweb can't host it. You can ask for permission to use it for non-commercial purposes, and likely will be given the pass. Just ask. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 23:10
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We've all had to interact with the folks at Spiderweb Software, and clearly there are some favorites. So, who do you love? Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 40 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=HHfAEzIGTcPs"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=HHfAEzIGTcPs"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| What's your opinion... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 21:46
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* -S- should stand for South Park -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 21:28
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To expound on Slarty's comments, use scripts to make the undead interesting. For example, zombies are typically rotting animated corpses. Think to yourself, how can fighting a rotting corpse be made a) more difficult, b) more interesting, or c) more realistic? Should you be able to hack bits off? Are those bits still animated? Why does a skeleton suddenly become "dead"? Should it reanimate after a suitable delay? Can you totally kill a horde of undead with a suitable trick, like fire? These are the types of things that I want to experience in a scenario. Realism. Even fantasy can be realistic. Unending resources and power is not realistic. It is rather a thing which most people (read role-players) would avoid altogether. Even Jeff gave us a hint in E3 of the impossibility of certain things when he excluded the party from the Third Army outpost. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 19:49
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quote:I think you may be missing the point. We are not complaining, we are offering constructive criticism. We point out areas that we find troublesome, and offer specific suggestions that would improve those trouble spots. We also have given you positive feedback. This is not a discussion on how your idea sucks or your scenario is a waste of time. This is a discussion of ways to improve your idea and scenario so that no one will see them as sucking or being a waste of time. I think I speak for many people on these boards when I utter these words... We want you to complete a scenario. Get it? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 18:14
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Uh-oh. Now Slarty is gettin' all uppity and stuff. Quoting stuff and things like that. Knowing stuff. Better watch out. That's all I can say. Rough water ahead when Slarty is on the loose. .. ... Ayuh. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 15:23
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quote:Right, well, I assume that you are learning to make scenarios so that people can play them. So far several people have told you that they will not play certain types of scenarios, and then went on to describe how they believe your efforts will likely not be played as well. ... ... That fact, and the notion that you have to defend and correct, should be an indicator that you may want to rethink parts of your efforts. Not all of it, and maybe not even parts that some people find objectionable. But you definately have some issues that need to be worked out. If you come to this community asking for opinions, you will get them. If you ask for help, you will get it. If you decide to ignore the community, is it likely that you will be ... ignored? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, October 8 2006 12:37
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Edit - To answer your first question, you have successfully hidden that your town is ported. Make a not in the town script file to the effect that it was copied and modified and you are fine. Original message follows.... It hard to quantify gut reactions, but I've got to keep increasing my post count at all costs. Shot 1 - The lighthouse. The visual on that actually heightens (!!!) anticipation for what is to come. Make whatever is at the top exciting, new, and part of the overall plot. See CV for what not to do. Shot 2 - Wave after wave of guards is dull. Disparate groups of creatures, make no sense to me. If you want to provide a challenge, do something creative with scripting. Use 10 archers/spellcasters with a sniper script. Have them retreat when the party gets to a certain blue special location. Have a set of heavy infantry try to stop the party. Use a death_state which allows another infantry creature to "plug the line." Have the whole thing end up being pointless when the gate/door is blocked from behind and unusable. Don't use mind-controlled monsters that traditionally appear deep underground when you are presenting a scenario that takes place on a surface island. (Please.) Shot 3 - Too damn busy. No force that has the capacity to mind-control monsters is going to waste the economic resources to build that crap. Goblins are far cheaper. I realize it is neat and exciting to use beams. But don't. Beams for the sake of beams are dumb. Use the "bridge of faith" from IJ:Grail idea for your puzzle design. Simple and elegant is always better than complicated and busy. But, keep going and keep asking questions. Encouragement, encouragement, etc, etc. ;) [ Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:41: Message edited by: Jumpin' Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, October 7 2006 14:24
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This would be a good way to start looking.... -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| Rats Aplenty Released in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, October 7 2006 07:32
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Furthermore... Sneak, it seems, is the bane of my existance. This time he decided to recruit some pals to break my kneecaps while I was prepping for my rat killing spree. Not being prepared, I fleed the cave area. To my surprise, when I returned to the cave, prepared and itching for a fight, he and his merry men were gone. Never to be seen again. While I prefer to think that they came to their collective senses and decided a life of crime was not for them, it is more likely that this is a bug. :( -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
| The glittering lights... in General | |
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written Friday, October 6 2006 14:18
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quote:Neither did I. Btw, I am the thing with claws in my picture. The one sneaking up on the blond dog's ear. :) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 22:12
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Safely on to a new day, and clearly not infringing on Alec's singularity and plurality, I bring the gentle reader a new topic. ... Ah, the topic. 'splain your picture. The one in your profile. I know that it isn't you, or at least I hope it isn't. I've got one to start, not mine.  Why are three fyora staring at a bizarre imprint of Mickey Mouse's face in a wall? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 21:30
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I'm not surprised that you have been found as engaging in real life as you have been on the internet. Congratulations. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |