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| Displayed name | Synergy |
| Member number | 6292 |
| Title | Shaper |
| Postcount | 2009 |
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| Registered | Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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| G4-another analysis in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, May 10 2007 14:19
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Less posting. More playing. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| G4-another analysis in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, May 9 2007 18:26
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I don't want to see one more post in this thread with the word "minimod" in it. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Deathmatch Tournament -- Round Two, Part One in General | |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, May 5 2007 11:55
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quote:Die. Was that brief enough? :P ... 1 — Lazarus vs. Ephesos Ephesos really really really hates the undead. Lazarus hates being dead. Repel. Resurrect. Repeat. This contest has no forseeable end. I’m tempted to call it a draw, but the dogged antidead antipathy of Ephesos eventually tires out even the not quite dead yet. 2 — Infernal vs. Alec Kyras “You die. The girl dies. Everybody dies.” Alec triumphs through the savage strength of his convictions...but mostly by assaulting Infernal with a new, super closeup photo in which his nostril hairs can be accurately numbered. 3 — Nicothodes vs. Dikiyoba To the soothing sounds of cello death metal, Nicothodes jabs Diki the Dino with a rather cute pencil, but Dikiyoba grabs the pencil and jots off a short bit in which the Infernal Rat is resurrected to do her bidding. The rat is not daunted by terminal cuteness, and worse, Nico just had a cheese sandwich for lunch. 4 — Thralni vs. Thuryl Thralni quickly clobbers the nihilst from down under with surprisingly damaging produce, but is severely offended in the process. Thralni bolts off to lick his wounded ego, and Thuryl, severely pummeled, fails to feel any sensation of his own injuries. 5 — Delicious Vlish vs. Synergy A worthy match. DeVlish casts Terror, but Martha, I mean Valeta, er, Pepe Le Pew, or rather, Synergy, has a strong sympathetic response to this emotion of heightened anxiety and stands his/her ground, rubbing his chin and nodding his head in morbid fascination. DeVlish casts Daze, but Synergy has already entered a trancelike state using crystals in preparing for this battle, and there is little observable difference. Skunky Synergy says submit or go mad! Vlishy takes some hardcore baton damage, but does not submit, and flashes his tentacles in his most beguiling fashion. Synergy has no choice but to start preparing dinner by carving up tender Vlish flesh with some freshly sharpened New Age Buzzwords. There is no homeopathic remedy for the ensuing madness inflicted by a new dissertation on whether or not God evolves. In the end, true to his word, Vlish makes a very tasty lunch. 6 — Magma Dragoon vs. Tyranicus. Never underestimate a woad-addled Celt. Even if Tyranicus does sound a lot more like a Dinosaur Roman dictator, the Dragoon proves to be no match for this Hero of Old. 7 — Riibu vs. Archmage Alex But they are both so delightful. Almost any other opponent would die laughing, but apparently the inscrutible Finnish are immune to odd and absurd American whimsy. Alex summons a stick figure army of minions to do his bidding, but Riibu goes invisible. Alex surrounds himself with his army, and Riibu exhausts herself to death trying to force her way through the painfully pointy pack of stick-people, all the while protesting how terribly unfunny they are. Alex draws an especially funny cartoon (if you’re not Finnish) to celebrate his victory. Riibu is not around to find it especially unfunny. 8 — Saunders vs. Schrodinger Never underestimate the sturdy, patient staying power of a fluffily cute mother allied with similarly slow, yet savage turtles. Anyone who can survive the harrows of many a poo-bomb can shrug off the less than fatal FAQiness of Schrodinger. Saunders secures her victory when Schro stops to bend down and pet one of the approaching fluffy turtles. Schro succumbs. The steaming pool of estrogen that is Spiderweb bubbles happily in approval. -S- [ Saturday, May 05, 2007 17:43: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • N:R Items • The Lonely Celt • A5 Items • A5 Map Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Muffins n' Hell in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 21:44
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quote:No, you see, it wasn't a jab—it's funny because the huge picture was this picture of a great big baby and...oh never mind. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| An email from Ed?!? in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 19:54
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Yeah, y'know, malingering threads about Ed are just as unuseful as malignantly food-infested posts by Ed. Waiter! Check please. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Muffins n' Hell in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 17:28
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Oh, don't be such a big baby. -S- [ Friday, April 27, 2007 17:46: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Deathmatch Tournament -- Preliminary Nominations in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 15:49
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quote:Uh huh. But it is so much fun to inflict an Area Spell! Can I help it if my strongest attacks do a little indiscriminate collateral damage? *Synergy invokes Pun-ishment Field* [All intelligent beings within twenty tiles endure +100 Insult Damage to brain.] -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Surprises in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 10:58
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Does this fit in with the steaming pool of estrogen? -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Deathmatch Tournament -- Preliminary Nominations in General | |
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Shaper
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written Friday, April 27 2007 10:56
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quote:And I'm still sitting uneasily with my recent role of Martha Stewart. I note here no mention of my arsenal of cuttingly incisive words and brutally bludgeoning puns, not to mention my penchant for abounding alliteration abuse—these are all capable of inflicting significant damage from a safe distance. I do seem to be in the correct category and in good company. *nods to his rangey mates* -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Hi from the freetalk master in General | |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, April 25 2007 17:34
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quote:Oh, so -t h a t ' s- who we have to thank for our pseudo-official, inocuous, vacuous, inane, and insane gretting ritual. I picture Alorael having come up with it on a particularly skribbane-heavy day. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| On-game image in General | |
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written Monday, April 23 2007 17:08
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Great. Now we've armed Iffy with pictures. >:/ -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| The Insidious Infiltrator in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Monday, April 23 2007 16:27
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You know what...I think I forgot to have Val clear out the Safehouse, or else it was so uneventful, that I forgot about it...and I sure didn't document it. I did have her start in on the Barrier Zone areas, but those defenders don't offer any experience points, so why bother? The greatest moral of the tale I am unfolding is that there is a terrible price to pay for canister indulgence. No way around it. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| The Insidious Infiltrator in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Monday, April 23 2007 11:53
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Random, there haven't been any worthy drops by anyone Valeta has been mopping up lately. It's been very disappointing. The only mildly interesting thing that comes to mind is this: Polychromous Girdle — Shaper Danell (kill) — Aziraph Camp Gamma-E — +6% Armor / +10% Energy Resistance / +10% Fire Resistance / +10% Cold Resistance For the critics of the admittedly odious strategy and loyalty (or lack thereof) I am employing, keep in mind that this story represents two things. Firstly, it is an attempt to utterly maximize Experience Points and Levels attained, along with the ability to do and acquire everything possible in the game. Secondly, it is telling the resulting story from the experiences. It is going somewhere very intentional, even if there are unpleasant consequences. Yeah, Val's looking obnoxious and homicidal now, but it fits what I have her actually doing by necessity. This is not a moralistic tale about loyalties or typical game strategy. It will be a moralistic tale from an extreme angle by the time it is done. I will have commentary and conclusions to make at the end. This is not how I have played my other G4 games typically either, where I was more loyal to one cause. I am not proposing this style of game as a prefered or recommended arc for overall gaming satisfaction. This is a test. This is a test of the Emergency Broad Casting System. This is only a test. More to come. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| The Insidious Infiltrator in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 23:50
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VALETA III Chapter Five—Part Twelve (B): A Small Interlude Before Deeper and Darker Places There is another lingering infestation not far away, the very thought of which now afflicts Valeta's brain like a swarm of beetles crawling inside her skull. There is one more thing she must do before shifting gears. She pulls her cloak tightly about her and hurries back up into the snowy mountains until she arrives once more at the Grayghost Gates. She wrinkles her nose. Drakons. She despises them all. With a passion. Except her loyal pet. The rest must die if at all possible. Here it is possible. Valeta recites the familiar preparatory spells upon herself and her lizardly sidekick. She assures him that these Drakons are all very wicked and must perish. She opens the door and lets fly her antipathy in no uncertain terms. Chorss is the unlucky outlying guard to receive it. He cries out for backup before toppling to the stony floor.  From this position, Valeta is able to manage the cluster of Drakons which arrive to defend their gates and attempt to avenge the outrageous insult upon the gatesman. This only serves to insure a common fate for them all, as they perish in rapid succession. The gates to Grayghost are heaped with the dripping corpses of rapidly stiffening, glassy-eyed reptiles. After the guards are wholly spent, Valeta saunters into the compound to take out the lingering few remaining. This Drakon may be irritated, but Valeta is downright ecstatic to be removing the source of her irritation.  Sleeping on the job can be lethal.  Valeta smirks with satisfaction upon heading back south toward the fens. The Black Key stolen from Northforge is burning a hole in her pocket. It is time to mate it back to its lock and see what good or evil comes of it. NEXT: The Deep Dark Door -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| The Insidious Infiltrator in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 23:12
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VALETA III Chapter Five—Part Twelve: Solving The Population Problem Valeta notices her heart rarely stops beating at a strangely accelerated rate any more. This only passingly concerns her, as fresh blood floods into her racing mind. She is drawn back to her next steely thought, and she cannot resist acting upon it. No, she cannot pass up the opportunity to revisit the Shaper Camp near Northforge while she is in the warm southlands. Once terrifying Rotdhizons now fall like flypaper in a hurricane before devastating blasts of magic and paralyzing Drakon breath.  Val and her pet Drakon delight in making quick work of the camp's scrambling, panic-stricken denizens and their summons in several rounds of attacks upon the camp.  When she's mopped up everything that moves (and offers her any Experience Points), Val gets bored and leaves. There really was nothing too exciting here overall. The victory feels hollow, yet compellingly necessary at the same time. The Shapers must be purged from the land. Dillame is next to feel her scouring wrath. The Mayor who once gave Val a boon of Luck for flattering him shamelessly now finds himself bereft of luck entirely when he most needs it. Val vacantly yet thoughtfully relieves him of the duty of running the ghost town she has just created for him.  Inside Rivergate Keep, Mouawad's smug confidence fails to fend off the lethal assaults of the unexpected intruders.  And Duncan dutifully dies the death with the rest of them.  Valeta's toes have warmed up again, so she heads back north to Aziraph Shaper Camp Gamma. Danell does not see her fate coming and pays the ultimate price. No one can withstand the wrath of the Insidious Infiltrator. And no one will survive to report the perceived treachery.  But let it not be said that Valeta is not an equal-opportunity offender. Rebel Camp Aziraph really wasted her time with that annoying Shaper Monarch problem they were too lazy to resolve. Val resents feeling used by the over-zealous and haphazard rebels, who seem all too willing to lay her life down for the team. Now it's their turn to take one for the team. They are a threat to the future of this continent. Yes, they too must go, Val decides. She feels nothing inside, as old familiar faces crumple to the earth before her advance. Where has she gone? Where has her soul retreated? Someone else now resides within her familiar, flickering form.  This pathetic hovel needed to be put out of its misery anyway, she thinks numbly to herself, as she strides out the north gates.  NEXT: Deeper and Darker Places -S- [ Sunday, April 22, 2007 23:24: Message edited by: Synergy ] -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 21:53
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quote:You party animal, you! -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 16:40
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quote:We have a new winner. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
| Because Nalyd couldn't resist. . . in General | |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 16:09
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For the record, I will be liberally TP-ing Iffy's campground if he shows up at KoL. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 12:00
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The irony, the irony. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, April 22 2007 09:39
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Jeff has a perverse sense of humor like that. -S- -------------------- A4 Items • A4 Singleton • G4 Items • G4 Forging • G4 Infiltrator • NR Items • The Lonely Celt Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, April 20 2007 21:22
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Jewels has my vote for best dream description so far. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 16:24
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quote:Because our values play no role in how we behave in threatening situations? Really now. That's quite a pronouncement. Can't say I agree with that assessment of the human being. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |