Profile for John S
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| Displayed name | John S |
| Member number | 5814 |
| Title | Agent |
| Postcount | 1115 |
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| Registered | Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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| Canopy bugbear mage in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, October 22 2005 20:22
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Good. The world needs more people like that. For reasons I will leave ambiguous. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| progress reports in General | |
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written Wednesday, October 19 2005 13:36
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quote:I used to go to a Montessori school. Screwed my social development up. I could have been popular! But instead I was stuck in Montessori, where everything is weird, thus making me weird, thus ruining my life. Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| New scenario to beta in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, October 18 2005 14:11
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quote:My bad. :o -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Elevation in Spiderweb's games in General | |
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written Tuesday, October 18 2005 13:46
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The "secret area" is actually part of a quest. Ideally, you would have gotten a special wand from someone or other which would protect against falling damage. However, it seems you never ran into the wand nor the quest. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| This is getting old. in General | |
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written Tuesday, October 18 2005 13:34
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quote:Generally, the point of a milestone topic is to celebrate the posts as a whole, not the 1000th or such. So that entire rant is for nothing. :P -------------------- I HAVE LOCATED MY CAPS LOCK KEY AND FEEL YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT! Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| ATTN ALL CULTISTS in Richard White Games | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 14:09
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This popped up in General a few months back and is slightly relevant. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Prophetic Names for NPCs in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 14:00
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The fact that there are necromancers named Necros is a theatrical effect. In games where the backstory of these characters is not inspected with great detail, I'm leaning towards the idea that rather than being the effect of nominative determinism, it is in fact the choice on the author's part to give them a relevant name. For example: Dialog 1 (Casually named necromancer): "Bob has lived on Cemetery Hill ever since his wife died." Dialog 2 (Theatrically named): "Necros has lived on Cemetery Hill ever since his wife died." See how "Bob" is quite disruptive to the building of suspense, while "Necros" makes it quite clear what's going to happen? -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| where do u get begining spells in A3 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 13:54
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quote:Oh, okay. Well, I just assumed you would have noticed that they're in almost every major city. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| In the Sewers of Shayder... in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 13:52
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You only use Bolt of Fire in the most early part of the game. After gaining about five levels, it's useless. I see no reason why 20 extra damage to one target would top 80 damage to multiple targets. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Lord Putidus help in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 13:48
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quote: quote:Actually, TM is saying that he's not a geek. Or male. Or a geek male. Whichever you find more pleasing. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| New scenario to beta in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, October 17 2005 13:39
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EDIT: Ah! So it is in the post! [ Tuesday, October 18, 2005 14:09: Message edited by: Knot Eye ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| In the Sewers of Shayder... in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, October 16 2005 13:13
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quote:*Giggle* Or maybe it was a rival mage. Fortunato was a member of the Masons, but the main charcter (whose name cannot be rememberd) is not. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| where do u get begining spells in A3 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, October 16 2005 13:09
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Once you're in the game, your character's don't automatically learn spells in accordance with their casting level. You have to buy spells from mages and priests. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| In the Sewers of Shayder... in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, October 16 2005 08:01
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That didn't occur to me because I only read The Cask of Amontillado recently, and I played Avernum 3 years ago. But it seems that that is indeed the reference. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| [E3] hostile evil acolyte in Bolton in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, October 15 2005 11:05
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This might be Avernum 3 talking, but doesn't he apologize for attacking you once you charm him? -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| About abandoned scenaios... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Thursday, October 13 2005 13:43
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I hate outdoor sections. Vengefully. Too uncontrolled. And scripting effects are much harder to enact outdoors. EDIT: "Hate" is spelled with an "t". [ Friday, October 14, 2005 13:19: Message edited by: Knot Eye ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Galactic Core in Richard White Games | |
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written Wednesday, October 12 2005 14:09
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quote:Not to burst your bubble, but we already do. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| NPC vs. PC advantages and disadvantages in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, October 12 2005 14:07
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quote:And if you funk up your game just right, the Vahnatai Warriors in the Final Gates (I think that's what the kids call it these days... Those three sets of walls filled with Vahnatai?) will actually gain health when they take damage, leading to quite trippy health levels. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Begginer in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Wednesday, October 12 2005 14:00
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Well sure, you can make the terrain and towns first, then scripts, then check everything. Or, you can make a one-town scenario. One quest, one plot. Nothing fancy, not even difficult. Then you can play it through and see where you need to improve. Then you release it for beta and other people tell you were you need to improve. And that's how you become better. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Begginer in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, October 12 2005 14:00
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Well sure, you can make the terrain and towns first, then scripts, then check everything. Or, you can make a one-town scenario. One quest, one plot. Nothing fancy, not even difficult. Then you can play it through and see where you need to improve. Then you release it for beta and other people tell you were you need to improve. And that's how you become better. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Character graphics i made in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, October 9 2005 06:34
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Outline the hands and head in black, at the very least. They're not very well-defined right now. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| neat in Richard White Games | |
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written Friday, October 7 2005 13:43
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The last real food I had was a cheap 1.50$ Spicy Chicken Sandwitch (but really a burger) from the lunch carts on the Redlands High School Campus. The last thing I ingested was a large Coke from the Redlands Boulevard Bakers. EDIT: This proves my devotion because the almighty Richard has at some point in the near past's alternate refractory future posess the mind of one of the workers and lead them in the mighty White's Revolution, which will have been in response to the dreaded Black's Revolution, which will have been a conspiracy by the evil Triad's Orange Revolution. EDIT 2: I was wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt, covered by a dark blue sweater. Oh, and boxers. I remembered to wear underwear today! Yay! [ Saturday, October 08, 2005 05:49: Message edited by: Knot Eye ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Help please. in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, October 7 2005 13:38
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Exile has Magic Map. Avernum has Far Sight. It's considerably less powerful, and only useful if you suspect you're missing something. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| Lag in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, October 7 2005 13:33
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When I went to Iran for the summer, my family's laptop became incredibly slow, with the processor operating at 100% capacity and no programs running. In the end, it turned out that the circuit rotation was different or some such nonsense; but by that time we had killed it and had to reinstall everything once we got back to the U.S. Point of the story: are you using the computer in a different locale than the area you bought it from? [ Friday, October 07, 2005 13:34: Message edited by: Knot Eye ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
| The Isle of Big-Ail in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, October 4 2005 10:58
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I'm glad you've decided to see TM in action before passing judgement, Synergy67. And whether or not TM is abrasive/funny, he's still caused pages of discussion on things more important than which party you should use. -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |