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Childhood's End in General
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OK, not that last one, but still.

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I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
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Well my original idea was to just boot them from the scenario if they loaded an improper file. The problem with that is that if a player accidentally saves over their save file with an improper one, they're screwed. Which would tick off a lot of people. It can be fixed-- TM's system is about a million times better-- but I'm too lazy to go back and fix Frostbite to make it work.

Oh, and "Load Point" just doesn't have the same ring to it. :P

Thralni: It basically is just a new wrinkle in gameplay, nothing plot specific.

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I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
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I'm good at faking it. :P

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Annual Contest Survey in Blades of Exile
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Out of the contests, which do you feel had the highest quality of entrants? The Fourth I guess.
Out of the contests, which do you feel had the lowest quality of entrants? Probably the third. Apology and Brotherhood rocked, but it got thin in a hurry after that.
Out of the contests, which results do you most agree with? The Sixth
Out of the contests, which results do you least agree with? Well the 3rd was pretty questionable, but instead I'll go with the First BoA contest.
What is your favorite scenario out of those who won a contest? Emulations
Which scenario do you most think should have won its contest that hasn't?* APOLOGY GOT SCREWED!1!!!
Which contest winner do you most think should not have won its contest?* Masks
Do you plan to enter the 9th Contest when it comes? Yes
Do you plan to judge the 9th Contest when it comes? Yes
Overall, which contest do you think was the best, in your opinion, taking everything into account? The Fourth. Great scenarios, results were pretty consistent. All around good.

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Custom titles in General
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Posting in Title threads is bad karma.

Feeling... unclean.... must... purify....

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I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
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Well it's impossible to stop them from actually saving. So if they overwrite their save file accidentally, they'll have to make it to the next save point without dying to overwrite it with a legit file, or just suffer the stat penalty.

Is it intrusive? I don't know, some people might say it is. That said, it's a new challenge, and at least with the new "mobile save" people who don't want said challenge can just ignore it with just a stat penalty. The penalty will only be an issue for people using the prefab, who are looking for a challenge to begin with and probably wouldn't be bothered by the save point issue.

Thanks for the feedback thusfar, keep it coming. :P

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I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
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OK, what if I included a function where you get 1 or 2 mobile save points? It's a short scenario, so two should be enough to get through the scenario, even if you get in a jam and need to leave the computer.

Perhaps using a mobile save would cause a stat to drop, or lose a potion, or some other penalty? Any thoughts on whether this would make things better/worse would be appreciated.

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I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
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The idea: allow the player to save only on save points (Think Final Fantasy). I originally was brainstorming a way to use save points with a branching plot in mind, basically to discourage the player from selecting every option to get the plot result he/she wants, but came up with nothing better than "Please only save on Save Points". Well I came up with a way to pull it off while in the middle of Frostbite, which certainly isn't a branching plot. I figured I'd include it anyhow, to work out any kinks for future uses.

So, my fellow Blades enthusiasts, it is now time for my question: How much would this system annoy you? A simple yes/no answer is all I need, "Yes I'd like it or at least play it", "No, It'd annoy me enough to stop playing." I understand a lot depends on how it's executed in game; for this poll just try to think how much it'd please/bother you to not be able to save whenever you want.

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"The Order of Operations" in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Reviving is excusable, throwing away scenarios is not. GIVE THEM LIFE, DAMN IT!

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A Statistically Happy New Year! in General
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Well I'm glad I came out of this investigation clean. Don't worry Tyran, I'll pardon you once you step down!

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Graphics Hoard Unleashed Upon Ye in Blades of Avernum
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*Bump*

I just wanted to point out that since Ermarian changed it's address, Rakshasi's graphics can't be viewed anymore. Do you have your own site or any place else where we can see them?

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Who's Planning To Compete in the 1/10 Contest? in Blades of Avernum
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I will have an entry. Hear about it here.

[ Friday, January 19, 2007 21:21: Message edited by: National Champion UF Gators-- Again ]

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Research? in General
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quote:
Originally written by Ephesos:

(Guess my major. Anyone?)
Does it count as a guess if you've already told me, but I've since forgotten?

Oh, and another thing I was reasearching was the new state minimum wage. I think I'm getting screwed.

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HLPM update in Blades of Avernum
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quote:
Originally written by Imban:

Since it came up in the Exodus thread, maybe you could consider capping the learning of Summon Shade to level 5 for any level of party, including god.
He's not concerned.

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Research? in General
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Prospective colleges, and the work I'll have to do therein to get my degree. (I sure hope I'll be able to figure out calculus, it's like a family curse or something)

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Exodus update in Blades of Avernum
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If you're concerned with this, just take away summon shade. If you're feeling charitable, then give it back at the end of the game, let them go break somebody else's scenario. :D

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Hey Look, I'm playing Subterra! in SubTerra
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OK I figured it out, although it was such a stupid problem that it took an outsiders perspective to figure it out.

I had F Lock on (Who knows why) and after complaining to my dad about how F10 wasn't working, he figured it out. It works now, although I don't know why the shortcuts were still working when F Lock was on.

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Item Collection Scenario in Blades of Exile
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Jeff's around, everybody act casual. (*Whistles nonchalantly*)

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8th Contest Comments Up! in Blades of Avernum
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I think both Slarty and Bain's averages should be listed. Slarty's tell whether a judge deterred far from the consensus, while Bains tell whether a judge was particularly "friendly" or "unfriendly." (For Example, Bain is very unfriendly, TM is very friendly.) This way designers can lament how the luck of the draw and what judges they got stuck with is the reason they lost. :P

Oh, and you can see some of Tyran's longer reviews at the Lyceum; for some reason he felt it necessary to chop them down to one-liners for the purpose of the contest.

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A new remake in Blades of Avernum Editor
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Is there any way you could make it so that one could turn on height labels for drawing terrain or floors in 2D mode? As it is, whenever you place a terrain all the height labels go away-- it would be nice when drawing hills if you could make them stay, especially since that's about the only thing I use 2D mode for.

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A question of Avernum Engines in General
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I've always used a mouse, except when I use a keyboard to travel rapidly in the outdoors. That was really great in Exile, when you couldn't click and hold.

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8th Contest Comments Up! in Blades of Avernum
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Shouldn't this be linked to from the Lyceum? The last two contests were there, so it seems this one should be there as well.

Oh, and I think Tyran's graphic should be something Nethergate related, and Kelandon should be a slith or something.

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Avernum 2 Singleton[Almost] in The Avernum Trilogy
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Mystic: I was really talking about E3 and BoE, where it's a challenge but certainly not impossible to pull off. I can't say I've ever played Exile 1, though out of the Avernum's I think A1 was the hardest in the early goings and thus the roughest on singletons.

Mars: I have absolutely no idea what you just said. Oh, and congrats on your canning.

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Scripting Contest? in Blades of Avernum
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I think the idea was to just show off your best script, although what "best" means is kind of hard to define.

Now a Pearl script contest, that would be interesting.

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HLPM update in Blades of Avernum
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Better god gear and more books; I am well pleased.

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