Profile for Chief Spider watching The Simpsons
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| Displayed name | Chief Spider watching The Simpsons |
| Member number | 6068 |
| Title | Shock Trooper |
| Postcount | 209 |
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| Registered | Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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| "A4 Almost Doomed!" in General | |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 09:28
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I just hope to Deus that the walking system doesn't have the same annoying quirks that Geneforge had, like how the map doesn't automatically move for you, and that all the other buttons below aren't to confusing to figure out. :rolleyes: By the way, the title of the post is the title of the e-mail I sent him. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| "A4 Almost Doomed!" in General | |
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 07:09
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I sent a letter to Jeff Vogel recently (and as always, got a prompt response): Dear Jeff Vogel, "I saw the screenshots for A4, and I hope you're not sticking with them! The characters especially look so bland and heartless! You should hire a graphics designer to redo the images, while there's still plenty of time before you release it. You probably don't look on the Irony Central boards often, but you REALLY should see this one to see what some people are saying about it: http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002781#000014 Maybe Geneforege sold for a while, but Avernum depends on its strict turn-based system to sell. Please, Please, Please, at least look at this link, and realize that other people are posting similar opinions in other topics. -In the immaculate intentions of the Giant, Intelligent, Friendly, Talking Spiders, Your product-buying consumer item-purchaser slave thing, Christopher Fossedal" Response: "I'd be careful to not judge too much from a few early screenshots. Avernum 4 is completely turn-based, and adheres closely to the Avernum system. I don't think people will be disappointed. -- - Jeff Vogel Spiderweb Software, Inc www.spiderwebsoftware.com"[/url] What do you guys think? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Who are you? in General | |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 07:01
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I'm Christopher Fossedal, 19 and extreme Catholic. I'm studying to become a pathologist, but I hope to leave Washington State soon to be a part of the disaster relief in Louisiana. Responding to the Meyers-Brigg "personality quiz" which I've seen before, I'm an INFP, the same type as Abraham Lincoln. :cool: -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Weird Vahnatai in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, September 3 2005 06:52
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Yes, but a little too so with "Middle Earth." Why the heck did there have to be a "Middle in it?" :confused: Oh, and my new Vahnatai discovery: Mind Crystals are really just Crystal Souls that have gotten sooooooo old that they aren't of any guiding use anymore. So they give one last gift as a sense of fulfillment... or drain your mind as a final strike before they go to Hell... Amazing! Absolutely Amazing! -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Quartz Crystal locations A1 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, September 2 2005 14:01
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You couldn't remember where to get the last crystal? I don't remember where the crystal cave is!!! Shoot me. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Weird Vahnatai in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 09:58
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Yes the bone thing was a joke, as were the other things. As for the Vahnavoi thing though, it couldn't have been avoided since they're undead, and undead leave bones behind. It's just the graphic, it doesn't really mean anything. But here's something I'll bet you didn't know: When the Vahnatai go into "resting," they get into the crystals by opening them up like doors (the crystal coffins have hinges on them, with body depressions, just like human coffins). There's really no other way. Any ways, I've discovered that instead of food, they fight each other in their minds and then "think-eat" each other! And instead of breathing, they absorb the minerals from the crystal coffins of the dead Vahnatai! Teleporter crystals serve as waste recepticles. This is why Vahnatai resting sites become ruins after so long. Facinating! :D -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Weird Vahnatai in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 08:43
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One thing confuses me about the name: Are we supposed to capitalize "Vahnatai?" I mean, we don't often capitalize "Human," but the Vahnatai are often so full of themselves, and it is refering to a specific race. Maybe we should start capitalizing both. Here's another fun fact about the Vahnatai: You know how the Vahnatai are so flexible? It's because they don't have bones. :eek: -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Hurricane Katrina in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 08:37
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It seems to me (from all those pictures) it's more of a flood than an hurricane. In which part of the Gulf did it start? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 14:56
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Doesn't mean I can't make up extra! Here's another one: Do you know how today's Vahnatai are so thin? It's because they obey the teachings of the Crystal Souls so much, and the Crystal Souls, having become bored after so many millenia, decided to teach an entire race the philosophy of anorexea... :eek: -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| 1000 Posts! At last! :D in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 14:46
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No one cares about my 74 posts. *sniff* -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Avernum 4 Poll in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 10:11
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No, undead sound more like the dragons' doing. And by the way, I hope to God that the Geneforge graphics are only the experimental kind, like before he finishes with the grid. The map characters look absolutely horrible! -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Hurricane Katrina in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 09:50
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Sorry for the gallows humor, but [*deleted*] (Not seriously. Forgive me. I'll delete it if anyone's offended.) [ Wednesday, August 31, 2005 08:34: Message edited by: Chief Spider watching The Simpsons ] -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Lighting Outdoors??? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 09:46
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Just use a torch or a light spell at night. I think it works best in A3. ;) -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 09:03
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I just don't get it. And with what I've heard and the bit I AM able to understand, I hope I never do. :confused: I think I'll make up some Vahnatai stuff of my own! I'll be called "Doctor Vahnatai," and everyone will come to me for all their questions about Vahnatai with totally clever, made-up answers, even though I don't particularly like them. For example, do you know who REALLY made the crystals that Vahnatai love so much? The slimes! That's right, before Rentar Ihrono "created" (kidnapped) her own, some slimes would freeze themselves into crystals just before they died! I discovered this during field work, and exclaimed, "That's astounding, simply astounding!" :D -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| What do you do whenever...... in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 08:40
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I keep ALL of my Spidweb games I've registered :) . I absolutely HATE Geneforege, though, and although I've tried to give it a couple of chances, it just doesn't get through to me. :mad: :mad: I HATE GENEFORGE!!! :mad: :mad: -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 29 2005 10:40
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I didn't see anything about budding. Where is it? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Lighting Outdoors??? in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, August 29 2005 10:13
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I've gotten light outside before... Maybe it's at a certain level, or you weren't doing it at the right time of the night. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Av 2. Is there a bug where items disappear. in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 15:29
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And the item-drop system has been changed to make sense; archers drop bows, sliths drop spears, etc. It didn't make any sense whatsoever in the Exile games. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, August 27 2005 14:27
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What I meant to ask was it was possible for them to do... that thing where a mommy Vahnatai and a daddy Vahnatai come together to... satisfy their "urges"... if it was possible to do with the little space they have on the little "beds" that look like saw horses with yellow spider webs spun between them. :confused: And if what Penultimatum said was correct and they really "bud" and don't get pregnant, how do the Vahnatai have any real fun? :P -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 19:43
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I've seen that site before... before I even came to these boards, a few years ago, I found that site and the Vahnatai language. I have a copy of some of the language copy and pasted into a file. How did you find out so much about the Vahnatai language, anyway? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Spider Cave: Exile II in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 19:30
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Yay! Then I can have some helpers clear the thick webs at the NW of the spider cave (near my little hill) where we put the bodies of all the mean, nasty people who didn't want to be friends and all their silly stuff! -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
| Bahssikava in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 15:03
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Hey, you know that scenario "Bahssikava?" Lots of you have played it before right? Well, I just wanted to take the time and the audacity to create a new topic thread just to say that that game is PERFECT. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it, no negative aspects to that scenario whatsoever, and there will be no more posts after this. -Signed in blood, Christopher -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:48
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Okay, I just drew up two ideas. I'm going to make photocopies and send them in to Spiderweb Software to see what they think. I'll ask them to post them so you guys can see. They will give you nightmares. -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:23
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Nice try with the dog, except that dogs aren't sentient beings that have their own language. I also don't see why humans can't take up learning Novah either (eksept that their lang gwage is stupiderer and hard to figer out). And I'm not satisfied with the "crystals are like waveblades" answer. There is something deeper, and I wish someone with great authority would answer it... JEFF VOGEL, I SUMMON THEE!!! *cricket* Finally, I can and WILL discover what a pregnant Vahnatai looks like. I already have some theories based on what I just thought of right now. I'll draw some up! First, I'll need to distinguish between a male and female Vahnatai. To the Vahnatai women's dressing room! -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 26 2005 14:04
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I wasn't angry, and I haven't had any caffine today. It was partly a humor post, and I REALLY wanted to see what someone would visualize a pregnant Vahnatai as! Speaking of which... I know it would probably be very similar to human practice, but, how do they... um... like... you know... on those flimsy little hammocks? Is it... like... easy? -------------------- "Sometimes I get all hungry! And then I catch some flies! They fly into my webs! They are really yummy guys!" -Spider Posts: 209 | Registered: Monday, July 4 2005 07:00 |