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Just because we all love census topics in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 18:50 Profile Homepage #14
-What is the weirdest thing you've ever seen?
A spider egg sac hatching. They hatch and run off all at once in a remarkably short time.

-What is the weirdest thing you've done?
Once, I was encouraged to jump off a small cliff into a river. I spent close to an hour trying to work up the nerve to do it before deciding to go down. That was when I discovered that a rattlesnake came up behind us and blocked the only path back down from the cliff. Yet I chose to sneak by the rattlesnake rather than jump and I even picked up a piece of shed skin on the way down.

-What is the most humiliating thing you have ever done for money?
A few stupid bets for small change, nothing I really remember.

-What is the most humiliating thing you would ever do for money?
I would either wear a dress or go to a dance, but I want several thousand dollars up front.

-If you could travel back time, what historical event would you like to witness “live” and why?
I would like to go to the end of the Cretaceous Period and see what really killed the dinosaurs. Of course, I would like to live through whatever it was as well.

-If someone made a movie about your life, what would it be called?
Dikiyoba. It be a comedy featuring absolutely no romance whatsoever.

-If you were a meal how would you describe yourself?
An acquired taste.

-Have you ever gone a whole day without wearing underwear?
Not since I was toilet trained.

-What is the stupidest thing you’ve ever bought?
Whatever it was, it wasn't so stupid that I remember it. I don't buy much stuff, though.

-If you had to kill a SW member, who would it be and why?
You mean I can only kill one? Well, if I killed Lenar Labs, that would mean I killed the person who killed everyone.

If you had to pick between TM or Alec, who would you pick? and WHY?(You can't ignore the question, you can't answer neither, and NO it's not for killing.) TM, because I might as well get some BoA scenarios to play.

Dikiyoba.
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With cats I returned (cat movie inside)! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 18:05 Profile Homepage #24
It's not really in danger of being shot. It's all an elaborate ruse designed to distract the attention of passersby so that they can be shot.

IMAGE(http://www.triv.org/journal/images/loaded_cat-tm.jpg)

Dikiyoba thinks it's sad how easily these fluffy kittens can be corrupted.

Edit: Typo.

[ Thursday, March 30, 2006 20:40: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Classic RPG Heritage Poll in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 16:45 Profile Homepage #1
Ouch. Only three games. And two of them were from Spiderweb Software.

Dikiyoba used to spend a lot of time outside. Alas, those days are now gone.
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The most boring spell and monster in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 16:28 Profile Homepage #6
Well, I never found it useful. My party blesses/hastes/shields itself before going around every unexplored corner. (And then they go wander outside for a while after going around several unexplored corners.) I don't use it. Then again, I don't use exactly half of the spells in the game.

Repel spirit (level 3) is probably one of Dikiyoba's favorite spells. With it, haste (level 3), and a good line-of-sight, Dikiyoba's party can hit anything undead eight times in a single round.
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With cats I returned (cat movie inside)! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 14:52 Profile Homepage #22
No, it's probably a Scottish Fold or something similar.

Dikiyoba.
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Anyone ever dared to write a book? in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 12:42 Profile Homepage #43
Dikiyoba likes it too. Perhaps Dikiyoba will see the adventurers in the next section?
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Killing Shanti -GF2- in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 10:35 Profile Homepage #1
Well, you did it. You tell Dikiyoba.
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With cats I returned (cat movie inside)! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 10:30 Profile Homepage #18
Dikiyoba saw you lurking a few times the day or two after you created this topic. Not for the past several days, though. Welcome back.

IMAGE(http://www.dailykitten.com/kittens/1117894103DSC00203.jpg)
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The most boring spell and monster in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 10:05 Profile Homepage #4
In A2, Bind Foe at level 2. What's the point of putting something to sleep if attacking it will just wake it up? Bind Foe at level 1 was more effective for me. Of course, Sanctuary was a pretty useless spell as well.

Dikiyoba is still thinking about the most boring monster part. Ogres in A2, maybe?
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Solbergs tower in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 09:56 Profile Homepage #6
Solberg's Tower is a challenging place for Chapter 1 parties. The fire lizards there can be a tough battle as well.

Dikiyoba.
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OoC Thread for "An RP in the World of Avernum... *Reloaded*" in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 07:22 Profile Homepage #109
Dikiyoba's sarcasm detector is now very confused. Too much data for it to handle and not enough :P to keep it happy.
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15,000 Coin Limit? in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 07:19 Profile Homepage #1
Whenever I hit the limit, I just make note of it and use the character editor to set my coins down to zero. Then if I ever need money, I edit some of it back.

Dikiyoba calls it the First Avernum Bank.
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I've made a script / story in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 07:10 Profile Homepage #471
Freewebs is working for me again, so I've moved all the scenes over to it and updated the appearances page. You will notice that there are two new scenes up.

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Two of you were kind enough to leave comments on the script itself.

Originally by Redstart:

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This just keeps getting better. A good break from the old routine as well. Not that much fighting, dying and retreating going on.
Originally by Croikle:

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Yeah, more plot and interesting stuff, and less "random spidwebber kills some n00bs and dies an improbable death." I like it a lot.
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Originally by Slartucker:

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Did you intentionally create an Avernum party, Dikiyoba?
No, not intentionally. It just happened. That's my super-consciousness at work.

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Originally by Arancaytar:

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When did this turn into StarWars?
It's been called "SpiderWeb: Attack of the Noobs" since the very beginning. All StarWars parodies must have that line, even if it has nothing to do with StarWars.

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Dikiyoba.
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BIG concern, need an answer ASAP in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 06:07 Profile Homepage #17
Yes, I was refering to the pictures. I figured that since I was quoting a line with references to the pictures, everyone would understand that I was talking about the pictures. Apologies for the lack of clarity.

Dikiyoba will just say two, because nephilim seem to be built much like humans. And sliths have none because they are reptiles.
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Anyone ever dared to write a book? in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, March 30 2006 05:42 Profile Homepage #40
No one has mentioned anything about how important characters are. Obviously, this story is about the characters, since we all know the plot. I want to be introduced to the main characters over the course of the next few chapters. Who are they? Where are they from? Why are they together? How do they interact? That sort of stuff.

Quite frankly, little bit of philosophical musings in the prologue doesn't hurt in this case. It's not overly complex or absurd and it tells you a lot about Erika Redmark.

Dikiyoba.
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On Thursday I Will Meet a Former KKK Imperial Wizard in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 18:56 Profile Homepage #18
Spammed. Er, seventhed.

Dikiyoba.

Edit: Where did that extra "m" come from?

[ Wednesday, March 29, 2006 18:59: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Hi agien in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 18:12 Profile Homepage #3
Originally by Tyranicus:

quote:
I vaguely remember you.
That's Dikiyoba's thoughts exactly. Dikiyoba recalls the signature, but not the name. And it's spelled "again," by the way.
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BIG concern, need an answer ASAP in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 11:52 Profile Homepage #8
Originally by Thralni:

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Also, whe you look at the character drawings of a Nephil partymember in Avernum 2, 3 or 4, you will see that he has 2 nipples, like every normal human.
No, they don't. The nephil have muscles, but not nipples.

Originally by Delicious Vlish:

quote:
Once again, I will not tell you where my nipples are. The reason being is, once a person figures out how to find Vlish nipples, humans try to suckle on them so they can talk in a squeaky helium voice.
I never asked. Besides, I don't want your helium. If I ever want a high-pitched voice, I'll go inhale a GIFTS.

Dikiyoba thinks that if humans have one life and cats have nine lives, nephil must have five. Let's hope no nephil becomes the arch-enemy of Avernum 5. Otherwise, Avernum 6, 7, 8, and 9 would have the same villain attempting the exact same thing.
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I've made a script / story in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 11:03 Profile Homepage #466
The next two scenes are up. Unfortunately, I still can't edit my Freewebs site, so I was forced to put the next two scenes on my other site.

Originally by Wonko the Sane:

quote:
You do know that that was a joke, right?
And yet, you're three-quarters of the way there. Dikiyoba combined razordisks and reaper batons to form reaperdisks. Exactly what they look like and how they work is still open to interpretation, though.
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Teleportation Technique in Blades of Exile
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 10:49 Profile Homepage #7
The adventurers could always be "meat."

Dikiyoba.
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BIG concern, need an answer ASAP in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 09:33 Profile Homepage #2
We can't even figure out whether or not sliths have nipples. Nor can we figure out where nipples are on vlish. What makes you think we can answer this one?

Dikiyoba is not really sure Dikiyoba wants to meet those other people (and other cats) that Benamas knows.
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Anyone ever dared to write a book? in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 29 2006 07:55 Profile Homepage #34
Very little is there, obviously. What is there is extremely well-written and intriguing. So, I guess I'm part of the active audience. You don't need to fear rotten tomatoes.

Great. Now Dikiyoba has to figure out what to do with all the rotten tomatoes.
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Modern day classics in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, March 28 2006 17:29 Profile Homepage #46
Originally written by Randomizer:

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Unfortunately most science fiction books are just churned out for the money.
Originally by Tyranicus:

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That is not limited to science fiction, to be sure.
Considering that money is generally tight for most authors and that publishing companies are businesses, this is not surprising. If there's money to be made, it will be made.

Edit: Added quotes and changed sig. Somehow, Dikiyoba isn't surprised to see that someone managed to get a post in before Dikiyoba.

[ Tuesday, March 28, 2006 17:34: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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I've made a script / story in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, March 28 2006 15:08 Profile Homepage #462
Remember how I said I wouldn't be able to do a scene today? Well, I didn't realize how literally that would work out. I can't edit my site. I can look at it and I can log into my account, but I can't edit it. I shall see what tomorrow brings. If worst comes to worst, I have a backup site.

Edit: I managed to edit the counter paragraph, but this took five or six tries spread out over a few hours to do so. 36 hits in about twelve hours. Of course, about six or seven of those hits was me.

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Originally by Ephesos:

quote:
...but fix my RETRIBUTION!!! line.
SILENCE! ONLY THE UR-NOOB MAY SPEAK IN CAPITAL LETTERS, YOU FOOL!

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Dikiyoba.

[ Tuesday, March 28, 2006 20:27: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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PDN? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, March 28 2006 09:51 Profile Homepage #49
Originally written by You-know-who:

quote:
—Alorael, who wonders if superconsciousness is the result of too much coffee.
No, Dikiyoba achieves that state through drinking large amounts of soda. One might think "Aha! Caffeine!" but it's not. It's actually the carbonation.
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