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| Displayed name | Jeros |
| Member number | 6102 |
| Title | Shock Trooper |
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| Registered | Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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| Who's your role model? in General | |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 16:11
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Oh okay. It was just that the name Hawthrone is more common in the field of sociology as the guy who brought the idea of observant behavior. His theory was that people work and react differently when they are being watched and they know it. The author himself is a first for me, as I tend to not read a lot of books, rather I read research articles on human behavior and social well being. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Say your prayers... in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 13:30
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quote:Slanting? As in changing my opinion when I receive criticism or becoming open minded in an odd sort of way? Just curious. It does seem pretty ironic and obvious that my opinions seem biased against the topic in question, but that's how I am. Sorry if being open minded means offense to others. To me, personally, there is nothing wrong with prayer. Prayer encourages conformity for a lot of families, whether a loved one is sick or is at the dinner table. It is just I was raised as an atheist and nothing else. Our family follows the a lot of the same moral qualities that brings us closer; it just doesn't involve religion. I wonder if there was a world w/o religion...would there be more or less conformity between friends and family? That all depends on the bond of loved ones and the individuals that bring them together in the first place... [ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 13:42: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 13:28
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quote:Are you talking about the Hawthrone effect, as in you react differently when people are observing you or the actual person? [ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 13:28: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Outright spam or intelligent stupid comment? in Richard White Games | |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 10:41
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I'm surprised that this topic thread isn't locked. I see so many locked topics in a row around here, almost 7 to 8, most of them talking about SPAM itself or something about Bork and being locked out by Alorael or Drakey. I wonder on when was the last time that this board was seriously used to talk about any RWG. I personally have never tried any of them, but they're really that awful? [ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:42: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 10:25
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Arguable to a lot of people, but a valid point. Science can actually be used to help people. Um....medicine, surgery, technology, etc. They both are sort of "leaps of faith" if you put it that way stranger. Religion is conformed hope while with science, you never know if the medicine or surgery that might help you could kill you as well. Alas, this thread is supposed to be about role models, though I don't mind the whole science to logic to religion debate either. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 10:09
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It's true that science doesn't prove any more than religion, but that's just what my parents think, not to me personally. It's also true that science and logic don't always mix, though in some cases they do, if people believe the theory enough, even if it's wrong. EDIT: I meant that science and religion do not go hand-in-hand and do not prove more than one another. Sorry for the typos. Like Lt. Sullust said, nothing. [ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:16: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 10:03
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I know that this sounds like a corny thread, but I'm just curious in the different role models that people around here appreciate or conform to. I have my parents as role models, even though they despise religion and believe the whole world revolves around science and logic. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Say your prayers... in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 3 2005 09:44
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I'm atheist as my family and I do not practice, believe or follow any religious activities. With praying, that's sort of a "no-no" in my family as my parents raised me that God exists only in people that believe in him and that every "miracle" in the world has some kind of explaination, minus the supernatural stuff. Although my parents crammed stuff into my head at an early age that "religion" is just a way to keep people to conform to a society and to have "hope", I still believe, somewhat, in supernatural stuff. Though I was raised this way, I personally do believe that we all have one God and that we should do good things for others so that good comes back to us. I'm guessing a lot of people probably do follow this concept as well and are probably atheists themselves around these boards. This concept probably would be the one thing that would sort of make me a non-atheist as I believe in the whole "universal God" thing. As for the question, I do not pray for any of the 3 food servings of breakfast, lunch (or brunch), dinner, and the occasional snack. I do, however, have the manners to wait before everyone gets their food first, then I begin to eat mine. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion of comformity. This was just how I was raised. EDIT Post Statement: A person who can get by w/o religion and have no one to pray to or to depend upon would be quite a success story to me. Almost everyone I hear of around me gets success because of religion, hence the "faith", and people backing them up. It's rare to find someone that is a complete individual, meaning that they follow nothing of a society or it's conformed religious practices, even mixed representations. Of course, we know those people as either insane or psychotic. EDIT Post Statement 2: For those that may be offended that my parents raised me as treating religion as "false hope" is a misunderstanding. I simply meant that our family doesn't use religion, and some people use it to satisfy their needs of "faith" to conform to society, but rather through hard work and dedication throughout your life. Our family values do follow a lot of guidelines that religions use; we simply do not believe or practice them through religion, hence our position of being atheists. My apologies if this was offensive to anyone. I personally am not against religions, I just chose to not follow in one. Hopefully, this clears up my previous statements that avoids future arguments. Thank you. EDIT Post Statement 3: Now stranger, I also do not want to start any arguments as well. Hopefully, my previous post statement will clear things up a little better. My fault for making it sound too cold hearted. Thanks for your input. [ Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:49: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Scariest thing... in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 2 2005 12:28
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"The greatest fear is fear itself" Though everyone has some sort of phobia or thing that has scared them in either a fictional world (video games, dreams, etc...) or reality, being scared or fearing something is usually caused by the unknown variables surrounding that situation. If you are unsure of something or you've experienced something scary first hand, it causes a sense of having an unknown void. I think it's the sense of uncertaininty and "ill-being" that causes things to scare us. For example, It's like when some people are scared of water for the first time when they swim, because they are unsure of the water or are scared of drowning. If the person, over time, learns to swim and becomes accustomed to water, that person starts to overcome that fear, since the unknown variables are not a void mystery anymore. If there truly is a "fearless" person around here, I'd like to hear about it. It appears that everyone who has replied here has a phobia or has experienced a scary thing. EDIT: In my lifetime, I have yet to find or know such a person who fears nothing and that the world fears him/her instead, other than the common assumption of being God; I mean a fearless mortal/human. [ Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:34: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| I am wed. in General | |
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written Tuesday, August 2 2005 12:01
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Although I do not know you that well, congratulations nonetheless on tying the knot. May your marriage life be full of happiness and wonderful memories for years to come. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 1 2005 21:09
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Hmm...interesting scary things that people have experienced first hand around here. Anyone have any uncommon phobias by any chance, besides spiders and heights? By uncommon phobias, like a fear of clowns or a fear of going to the dentist or something like that... -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Long-distance relationships? in General | |
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written Monday, August 1 2005 19:13
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A long distance relationship probably could work out successfully, as many have replied about already, if the two people really knew each other really well. The problem is, real-life standards when people meet for the first time could be a different story. If a long distance relationship is based merely on IM, phone talk and exchanging pictures, there's sort of that fine line of communication, especially if the couple has already met or are apart from each other because they're married or in a long term relationship. If vice-versa were to happen, well, it may not work out as well. I personally have not gone through a long distance relationship, but that's just my opinion of it, based on what I've seen some friends of mine who have hooked up through online dating. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 1 2005 19:07
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By scariest thing, I mean a moment in your life in which you were scared stiff, whether it was a scary movie/video game, something very horrible that you've witnessed first hand, etc.. To me, it was playing Fatal Frame 2 for the first time on the PS2 scared me a whole lot at first, then it took me a while to get used to the game, that was until I tried to play the game at night with all the lights turned off and I couldn't sleep that morning. EDIT: Come to think of it, ever since I played Fatal Frame 2 on that fatful night w/o lights, I never had the courage to play it again. Perhaps I should try playing it again tonight. [ Monday, August 01, 2005 19:20: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Favorite game... in General | |
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written Wednesday, July 27 2005 15:01
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It doesn't have to be an RPG. I mean, any game, whether it's a video game, board game, a game you play to amuze others, sports, etc... I personally do not have a favorite game as I played a lot of video games when I was younger and not many stood out to me. Oh, and has anyone heard of "Tales of Phantasia" by any chance? it seems everywhere I go, people have never even heard of this game. [ Wednesday, July 27, 2005 15:23: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| "Death At Chapman's" Questions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, July 24 2005 16:22
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I was a good scenairo to play nonetheless. A good hour; it was just kind of short and I really thought that it could of gone a little deeper in the whole "Death" thing. I mean, like it could have had more towns to see where Death went or something, to spice it up a little. [ Sunday, July 24, 2005 16:25: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| I have to admit... in General | |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 10:12
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Speaking of Avernum, I haven't played that game since it first came out. That makes me want to play it again. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Dream Job... in General | |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 10:08
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Don't we all want to be God, to some extent? Seriously though, I mean an actual job you could have on Earth and not of a super-natural realm that can't be scientifically proven. [ Friday, July 22, 2005 10:10: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Getting bored...help! in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 10:07
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Is Jeff really planning on making a GF4 or BoGF? I probably wouldn't mind or care for it, but I'd have to agree with a lot of the posts around here stating that Jeff should focus on making new games instead of sequels to them, unless the sequels are something fresh and innovative. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 10:03
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What would be your dream occupation if the opportunity and resources were available to you to obtain it? By resources, I mean if you were given enough time flexibility, you didn't need to worry about financial obligations, and you had the right network of people that gave you this dream job. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| "Death At Chapman's" Questions in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 09:38
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Say, the part where you fight Death, how do you kill the guy? Also in Death's domain, what's the meaning of the coffin and the spector that doesn't talk to you? I got that Death Charm from that one storage basement from that trapdoor next to the pillar in the School of Magery, but that charm does nothing when I click on the button. Death appeared in that area and nothing happened. I'm kinda stuck now so any advice on where to go from here would be appreciated. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 22 2005 06:50
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For those that may not know where this scenairo came from, it's from Erik Westra's website. It was one of those scenairos that, for some reason or another, wasn't on the scenairo download list on SW's website. Anyways, I got the key from the publicist and gave the note to Malone and talked to that one priestess at that stone place southwest of the town of Olsen. Now, how do you get into the gatehouse if there's nowhere else to go? Also, when will there be more new scenairos to download? Just curious. [ Friday, July 22, 2005 06:58: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| A Waste of Time? in General | |
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written Thursday, July 21 2005 19:07
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Time wasted depends on what a person's definition of "time being wasted". I actually have a small group of close friends here in LA, but since I have the summer off on college classes and they're all on vacation or back to their homes for the summer, I spend occasional time on these boards or go to work. Some of the topics are outright weird around here, while some are quite interesting to respond to or have a discussion upon. I personally do not think that these boards are a waste of time, rather it's a good way to see and view people's opinions on things they agree or disagree upon, even my own. Though there probably are some people on these boards that have difficulty making friends in reality, since human interaction actually involves more than just talking, these forum boards are a pretty good place to make friends, though chances are you'll probably never meet them, and discuss stuff on. [ Thursday, July 21, 2005 19:08: Message edited by: Jeros ] -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Whats your favorite creation? in Geneforge Series | |
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 13:24
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You should avoid double posting and just add two posts into one through editing instead. Anyways, I think that Eyebeasts are good creations to use and Fyonas are good to use in the early and mid portions of the game. Thylads do look a lot like stone golems of sort, but I personally never use them. Since I pretty much used a Guardian Shaper, I relied more on physical combat than creations. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 13:24
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You should avoid double posting and just add two posts into one through editing instead. Anyways, I think that Eyebeasts are good creations to use and Fyonas are good to use in the early and mid portions of the game. Thylads do look a lot like stone golems of sort, but I personally never use them. Since I pretty much used a Guardian Shaper, I relied more on physical combat than creations. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
| Mad Ambition bug in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 13:19
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Say, the starting area in "Mad Ambition", after you survive the ambush from the nephils, when you return to the same area and cast Far Sight, there's a whole bunch of graphics of buildings that you never enter for the entire scenairo. Is there any way to access these areas or is this just a game bug? -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |