Profile for Slp006
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| Displayed name | Slp006 |
| Member number | 5986 |
| Title | Warrior |
| Postcount | 154 |
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| Registered | Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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| The International Baccalaureate Program in General | |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:53
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Has anyone heard of or participated in this horribly flawed system of "world" education? Based on the comments and topics I've seen in these boards, Spidwebbers seem to be perfect prey for it... Intellectual (or semi-intellectual, or just eccentric) individuals who are psychologically masochistic to some degree. [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 21:54: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Avernum I: The Movie in General | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:37
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Amazing. TM, I applaud your cynicism (the modern definition, of course). you seem to really have blunt realism down to a science. I respect that. At least now I fully understand why you call yourself Marx's Martyr. I'm sorry that capitalism turns everybody into tools. I know it's offensive to some people. I think we could make a movie, or at least a documentary, out of the last section of this thread. Maybe it could have Avernum races in it. The capitalists could be Slith. And I had no idea my previous post was full of typos. I usually read before I post...that's so sad. Oh well. My knowledge of Hegel is limited to what is contained in Sophie's World, but I think it had the gist of his philosophy down pretty well. [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 21:43: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:06
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Even though I only get ten turns (erf. I was just getting the hang of killing things too), from what I can tell, it's actually...okay. I like it. It reminds me (to a fault, actually) of the Master of Orion games except more...primitive. I happen to be one of those rare types who is willing to quickly forsake challenge in a game for the sheer pleasure of sating my inner megalomaniac, so I think GC and I are a good match. And why not? 15 bucks is pretty cheap... :D I think you've made a convert out of me. ring the bells. EDIT: Is there any way I can register it? It seems like I'll have to send Jeff a special e-mail. [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 21:20: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| A Trip to the Confessional in Richard White Games | |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 20:38
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Icshi's fervor has inspired me to download the Galactic Core demo! I must see how a game can produce such strong emotions solely based on the fact of how bad it is! :rolleyes: [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 20:39: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Avernum I: The Movie in General | |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 20:05
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I've never read Foucault, but I know he had many views defining the modern age. I also know that he could have used some major Prozac. History is bound to repeat itself, so the gentrocracy that is being attacked now will eventually be replaced by another one. Religion has always been ruled by followers of old ways, combatting some sort of neo-belief. I hope that makes sense. You sound bitter about people in general. There are some, you know, that aren't going to snub you if you provide a good explanation for something, so matter how "old-fashioned" or against the common beliefs it might be. At any rate, I don't think it's good to give up on humanity as a whole. Life becomes miserable when the majority of the people you know seem like dirt. Your last comment was rather humorous. It's also true, to a very very small degree. Every idea stems from some sort of template. Oh, and sorry about going off-topic, everyone. I couldn't resist making a philosophical comment. [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 21:38: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| How did you first see or hear about spiderweb games? in General | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:31
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I learned about Exile in a similar fashion, but I was really young then and my parents were stingy with stuff they'd buy me. I re-learned about Spiderweb a some time ago when I was doing a search for highly-rated shareware games for the Macintosh. I still didn't have money for Avernum, so I checked back much later and Avernum 3 was out. I had money to spend this time, and Av3 got me hooked. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| The best thing about the Internet is... in General | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:26
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quote:I see much irony in this statement. Those who steal credit card numbers are often poor white trash. And Al Gore is a hacker, apparently. :D . But on a more serious note, Technology and its various branches can become extremely convoluted. Such is the natural way of advancement. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:13
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Is everyone happy with the cultures they were born into? Generally speaking, I'm fine with being a typical Anglo-American, but sometimes I wish I wasn't. My own people can be horrendously stupid. Often. :P [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 19:13: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Dedicated to the GF3 Community of Editors in Geneforge Series | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:05
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Thank you very much for clarifying, Dolphin– you saved me from a long post. As for the speed of your creations overwhelming your agent's, that comes from the fact that I only made shapers really fast. However, making an agent fast is simple enough. Open up gf3itemschars.txt, and find these lines: begindefinecreature 6; import = 0; cr_name = "Agent"; cr_graphic_template = 120; cr_max_health = 20; cr_max_energy = 20; cr_max_essence = 10; cr_regen_rate = 2; cr_energy_regen_rate = 2; cr_walk_speed = 24; //base_speed; cr_base_level = 1; cr_sound_when_slain = 106; change the walk speed from 24 to 100, and your agent is good to go. EDIT: Of course, that's assuming you were having a problem. If you were merely commenting on how you play with the scripts, then I offer my apologies for providing assistance when it wasn't wanted. [ Sunday, June 26, 2005 20:28: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Cant find Wand of Inferno in Geneforge Series | |
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 03:06
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You're trying to do the quest for Hawthorne, right? Well, you're probably looking in the same place where you found the prism (Kentia Mines), which is a bad idea, since there's no Wand of the Inferno there. It's in a room in the northeast corner of an area called the Inner Mines, which can be accessed by leaving east from Kentia Mines. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Avernum I: The Movie in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 23:04
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I agree. I was just trying to be humorous. Oh well, it's late, and my humor can get a bit stupid. :P . The Internet is not good for conveying sarcasm. I think Spidweb games should just stay...games. Sure, they might make a Doom movie or a Resident Evil flick or a Tomb Raider film or whatever, but they're usually horrible. It's hard to adapt video games to the big screen, and I haven't seen a good one yet, frankly. Jeff's name isn't exactly the biggest one out there, and a bad movie might not be good PR for the software. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Can't access creator's hall or the plant!!!! help? in Geneforge Series | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 22:54
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You killed Lord Rahul? No... that can't be right. You're probably talking about Diwaniya. If you've killed Lord Rahul, then you'll have to start over, because you're not supposed to be able to kill him yet. If you killed Diwaniya, the you're ok. Just go into Inner Dhonal's Keep and talk to Lord Rahul. He's hard to miss. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Avernum I: The Movie in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 22:14
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He's a Marxist, and apparently a die-hard one. They never seem to want to explain anything to the bourgeoisie. It's a religion, I tell you. That's his way of saying, "Repent, heathen!" -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 22:06
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Oh, right. Sorry about that. I forgot that shot spreads and becomes useless at long range. Still, though, we might be dumb enough to try shooting from that far away with a shotgun. It's funnier that way, I think. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| keygens in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:55
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How often does Jeff actually read the boards? -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:49
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I still like Steve Irwin. He's insane. Insanity happens to be very entertaining to me. I never believed that all Australians were as crazy as he, that would be something tantamount to comparing all Americans to Michael Jackson or George W. Bush. Politicians get me, and so does the cold, but I've grown up in a place where the two seasons are wet and dry. It's usually quite warm, here. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| The best thing about the Internet is... in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:42
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Finish this statement. Or, come up with one of your own, I don't really care. What do you like best about the Intarwheb? Personally, I like having information about almost anyone or anything in the world at my disposal. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:33
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Wow. Life in Canberra must be really difficult if alcohol sells so well. Yeah, Kel. And if we think Australians talk funny, imagine what we think of the Far East! United Statesian ethnocentrism irritates me to no end. It makes me feel like the world's trailer trash. I picture a guy with a shotgun standing atop the Statue of Liberty saying "Git orf mah proporty, dang ferriners!" I can't help but laugh at the irony of that scenario. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 21:37: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| keygens in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:25
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I guess it's our job as loyal supporters of "The Shareware Concept" to take the moral high ground and never use a crack of something. Circumventing security will always be a problem as long a someone really wants to get somewhere he or she is not entitled to access. Most immoral people aren't wise enough to find an intelligent way to steal something, so all we should do is hope that the few smart ones grow a conscience and continue to buy our on software. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General | |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:10
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And what's it like having everyone say the capital of Australia is Sydney? Canberrans are probably very irritated at this, I imagine, right? Addition: Yeah. Taco Bell stuff is completely American. Mexican tacos, from what I hear, are now much less like the original Mexican Taco and more like the American stuff to please tourists. And what does everyone think about people from the United States trying to own a continent (or two, since there is a South America as well)? [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 21:16: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 21:08
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Ah, there's something that's cross-cultural. We're all fascinated with things that sound foreign because humans are ethnocentric. All anyone has to do to sell something to another country is make it sound exotic and the blokes will eat it up. An old teacher had a joke that the French sold hose-water in Evian bottles because Americans were so naive. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:58
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you're kidding. So all of us U.S.'ers are being duped by the ads that say it's Australian for beer?! Your criminal ancestry enables you to have a keen sense of corporate marketing, then! :) And I mean that in the most lighthearted sense, by the way. Not _yours_ specifically, but the colonial ancestry. And you probably already knew that. So I'll just end this post now and stop eating foot. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, June 25 2005 20:48
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I can buy that in a second. But it seems now that more and more Americans have grown tired of "every man for himself." A large minority of Americans now believe in the Canadian philosophy: the government should look out for the little man. Many are tired of being tools of the "capitalist" American government and complain about it. Just look at the extreme liberals in the political compass thread. Personally, I think that life is meant to be difficult, a classless society cannot exist because humans, regardless of culture, are greedy things, and every organized government is bound to anger a lot of people with a certain degree of corruption and an appetite for power. Salmon's philosophy thus also has a point. Humans, across any culture, have a need to complain about any given situation. Hence, we have clashing gubernatorial parties. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 20:49: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| I want to frolic in General | |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 14:12
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Congratulations, I suppose. Thank you for proving to those below your Rabbity-ness that we are indeed inferior. We all must engage in random frolicking to chatch up... or at least, eat fresher dust kicked up from Kel's posting heels. :P Edit: I wonder how many people will bow down to my unbelievable eight posts?!?! ... yeah. Like maybe the dirt on my desk. Keep frolicking, Kelandon sir. [ Friday, June 24, 2005 14:16: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
| Elections: The Registration Thread in General | |
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written Friday, June 24 2005 13:29
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I'd like to vote as well. I'm rather new to the boards, but I've spent a great deal of time lurking over the past week. I know who deserves a mod spot. :) EDIT: You're right, of course, Spring. I guess I got a little overzealous. I won't be voting this time. Perhaps next time will be different. [ Friday, June 24, 2005 21:48: Message edited by: Slp006 ] -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |