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Unlimited Exp Bug in Geneforge Series
Contra
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Member # 5785
 written Friday, August 12 2005 01:41 Profile #1
Someone should have told me of this earlier.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Friday, August 12 2005 01:40 Profile #85
quote:
Originally written by Frozen Feet:

quote:
Originally written by Contra:

Neither God nor Satan are persons per se, and thus void in this discussion.
That's too bad. Let's swap them to Stalin and Hitler!
Did you just compare God with Stalin? Now that would be an intresting discussion later on.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Thursday, August 11 2005 13:42 Profile #76
quote:
Originally written by Zaiu:

If we can invite fictional characters and the dead, why not ethereal beings?
Because both fictonal characters and the dead are or have been persons.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Thursday, August 11 2005 07:44 Profile #70
Neither God nor Satan are persons per se, and thus void in this discussion.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Question about inventory in Geneforge Series
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Member # 5785
 written Thursday, August 11 2005 02:00 Profile #4
You can upgrade their weapons, however. Diffrent NPCs in the game does this for you.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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What's your most embarassing moment? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Wednesday, August 10 2005 12:26 Profile #8
quote:
Originally written by Morgan:

My most embarassing moment would be waking up at my best friend's house, only to realise that at somepoint during the previous night I had written "Rhythm Has Left The Building" in permanent marker pen on her early 20th century piano, of which maybe a hundred had ever been made.
That's not embarassing, that's just bloody hilarious.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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What's your most embarassing moment? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Wednesday, August 10 2005 10:20 Profile #5
I know I have had many, many impressive accidents, but luckily I am good at repressing memories. I can honestly say that I can't for the life of me recall any single really embarassing one at the moment.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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In nearly impossible situation in Geneforge Series
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Member # 5785
 written Wednesday, August 10 2005 10:02 Profile #14
I want as much XP as possible, so I clear everything. Back in G1 I "milked" the spawners too, and kept killing the creations for XP untill they either gave too little XP for me to bother about (usually 5) or I got up to my next level. It took allot of time, but I did it.
Back then a Spawner would never "run out" of creations.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could meet one person off this board.. in General
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Member # 5785
 written Wednesday, August 10 2005 09:59 Profile #2
Myself. Then I would beat the crap out of myself so hard that I wouldn't remember who did it.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Greta in Geneforge Series
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Member # 5785
 written Tuesday, August 9 2005 09:51 Profile #2
Greta gives extra firepower.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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1000 posts! in General
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Member # 5785
 written Tuesday, August 9 2005 02:17 Profile #53
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff:

quote:
Originally written by Contra:

I want some cool, special nickname. Don't care for Veteran.

- Ego all the way.
Congratulations! You've just been blacklisted from getting a custom title for as long as Drakefyre remains administrator!
::Makes a mob call::

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Warped Tour? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Tuesday, August 9 2005 02:15 Profile #2
Eh, I go to Wasted. That's where the real bands play.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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1000 posts! in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 14:09 Profile #42
I want some cool, special nickname. Don't care for Veteran.

- Ego all the way.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
Posts: 522 | Registered: Wednesday, May 4 2005 07:00
If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 14:05 Profile #46
quote:
Originally written by Fury #2:

And do you know how many of those billions and trillions of aliens do or don't speak English? Be careful when you start throwing numbers around!

—Alorael, who doesn't even like Babelfish for cross-language definitions. It picks one meaning and always applies it, no matter how inappropriate, for most words. There are online dictionaries for almost any language you're likely to be attempting to use, and they are better than Babelfish. Mostly.
Don't get starting on me when it comes to "Probability", because I am a Philosophy student and I will never let it rest. Both you and me know that within all reason it is "safe to say" that they do not. Let's leave it at that.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Peter Jennings has died in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 14:02 Profile #3
Don't care.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Our President in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 14:01 Profile #139
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

I don't think it's even theoretically possible for "God" to be any more real than "Allah," but we've had that conversation before.

A god could be verifiably real. It'd just have to demonstrate itself and its power in a reliable, measurable way. None have lately, but they could.
If he did so, he would no longer be "God". That's the funny thing.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Know any good RPGs? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 13:50 Profile #24
Problem is my country. I found a copy of Fallout 2 for 29 dollars on http://www.apple.com. But guess what? They won't ship aboard, just the US. I had to look it up on the Swedish version of apple.com, and the price was up to 50 again.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Know any good RPGs? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 09:20 Profile #20
Anyone here know where I can buy Fallout 2 for Mac online, with a reasonable price? And not Ebay, because it requires me to sign up in such many weird ways.

Fallout 2 for PC costs me like 10 bucks on the web, but for Mac it's close to 50 bucks. What the hell is that all about? I mean, it's MACPLANET that created the bloody game..

Edit: I thought they stopped developing Realmz? Haven't seen a new scenario in ages.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 09:23: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
Posts: 522 | Registered: Wednesday, May 4 2005 07:00
If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 09:12 Profile #44
quote:
Originally written by Lt. Sullust:

quote:
Originally written by Aranfoolcaytar:

99,9999999999999999%? You are assuming that for every English speaking person, there are 10^16 non-English speaking persons in the galaxy. With 3.5 * 10^8 native English speakers alone, that makes 3.5 * 10^24 people. No matter what your theories regarding alien civilizations, I find that ratio to be just a bit unlikely.
It's not all that unbelievable when you consider there are billions if not trillions of creatures on earth which communicate in a way we cannot understand...
We were speaking about Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, where there are billions of worlds and huge numbers of aliens, as decribed by Doughlas Adams. So my numbers would be correct.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 09:15: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Love Hina in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 08:56 Profile #2
That's because most people on this forum have taste, and "Love Hina" is pretty pointless to me. it's like making Hentai without giving away any good stuff while adding some poorly thoughtout plot.

Sorry, I just can't stand it. No mean to be offencive.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 09:00: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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Quick question in Geneforge Series
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 03:05 Profile #3
You can either find one on many diffrent occasions or you can buy one from the auctionhouse in SE part of Dhonald Docks (just left of where you land the first time), or you can buy one in Dhonald East Keep, from a shop.

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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In nearly impossible situation in Geneforge Series
Contra
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 03:02 Profile #3
You haven't been around on alll places in all previouse areas, have you? You should have reached Level 20 by the time you finished the first 5-6 areas in the most SE region of Dhonald's.

But, to give some concrete help, put on all your infiltrator items (vest, tunic, gloves) and head off to the Acidic Valley. I hope you got atleast 6 Mech to begin with. This valley alone will score you enough XP for 1.5 levels.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 03:05: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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What's your religion? in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 02:53 Profile #63
The problem with all these religions is that they leave too much room for interpretation. This has many reasons; A "wiseman" or prophet often spoke in cryptic ways, to appear both wise and a prophet.

Another reason was the fear of being caught writing something illegal, and because of this you wrote in code. The Book of Revelations show many, many signs of being such a code over the Roman emperor Nero and his slaughter and presecution of Christians.

A third reason would be that many things written are /allready/ interpretations, because they were written by followers or disciples, that naturally gave the words a certain tone or wrote them down as they remebered them or wanted to believe that they were said.

None of us can put any proof behind either the Torah, the Bible or the Qur'arn, but just accept it as a part of oure faith, and have faith in what is said is true.

In the last line of today, the common man interpret the bible in his own view aswell. There are the extremists, those that take every word of said written thing as true. There are those that try and see the meaning behind the words, or those that want to decipher a "code". And combined with the Human Error, all these fight eatchother because all of them think they are in right to do so ("I have God on my side!"). It would all have been much easier if eatch major prophet had hired a secretary, and only one, to write down his words exactly as they were spoken.

Hell, maybe they have and we don't know about it.

In short, we can't be sure of any laws that are written in these texts either. Just because the Talmund or Torah lists 600+ laws does not mean there will be people that will interpret them diffrently (like Zionists).

Edit: And after all this writing i notice that Zevis had allready posted the same thing in four sentences. Bollocks.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 02:55: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Monday, August 8 2005 02:32 Profile #39
Marx spent most his life in London, where he died. He also wrote The Capital, which he did for a large crowd all over the world. Even back then, English was the international language.

Yes, Marx spoke english.

Edit: Apparently this wa sallready answered, so I will answer this instead.

quote:
Originally written by Marvin, the paranoid android:

quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Regardless, for the sake of Socrates and Augustus (and probably Marx, too, but I'm not sure if he spoke English in addition to German), we'd need a Babel fish.
babel fish. wasn't that the fish in the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, that you would put in your head and it would translate evrything what was said to you, to english?
The babelfish did not transelate whatever spoken into english, but it transelated whatever spoken into a language you could understand. If it transelated to english 99.9999999999999999(and so on)% of the Galaxy would not have any use of the babelfish.

[ Monday, August 08, 2005 02:37: Message edited by: Contra ]

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"..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days."
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If you could invite 4 people to a dinner in any form... in General
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Member # 5785
 written Sunday, August 7 2005 13:54 Profile #23
Try to invite Karl Popper and Wittgenstein to your dinner-table. If you know your philosophy history, you will know how that will end. :.Chuckles::

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