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Dikiyoba
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 written Thursday, January 19 2006 14:36 Profile Homepage #23
Unless there was a very, very simple language to translate. Besides, people don't always translate exactly want you want them too.

obscene this is promises. in There Dikiyoba nothing post,

.eja za amaja ekan.
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Demonslayer in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 18:19 Profile Homepage #11
That makes sense. And it may also explain why he didn't get a replacement for Cheeseball. But he didn't seem very impressive in A2 either.

Dikiyoba can't wait for the windows version of A4 to come out so Dikiyoba can find all this out on Dikiyoba's own.

Edit: Rephrasing.

[ Wednesday, January 18, 2006 18:21: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Demonslayer in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 17:57 Profile Homepage #9
From A2, I thought Solberg was supposed to be some demon-fighting specialist, yet he needs an adventurer's help?

Dikiyoba.
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I'm late! I'm late! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 16:20 Profile Homepage #21
According to the link, I've now beat out TM for spot number 10 (at least for now). Weird.

See! Look where talking in third person can get you.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Eshalon: Book 1 - anyone intrigued? in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 16:12 Profile Homepage #11
Originally written by Arancaytar:

quote:
Oh, and am I the only one who opened this topic expecting a novel (because of the Book I)? Or just the only one disappointed when it wasn't?
Dikiyoba thought it would be a book too but Dikiyoba wasn't too surprised or disappointed to find out it wasn't. Not much suprises or disappoints Dikiyoba anymore. But it would be nice to have a topic about some good (or bad, since Spiderwebbers enjoy a good gripe) books.

Edit: Spelling.

[ Wednesday, January 18, 2006 16:13: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Cheeseball :( in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 15:51 Profile Homepage #9
Chitrach. Chitrachs.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Best way to kill damned slimes!! in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 14:26 Profile Homepage #9
No, they would be less useful. At some point, something becomes so low that only something lower can be better. And if the stupid pyroroamers were gone, maybe they could be replaced with something better.

Dikiyoba also thinks the idea of exloding slimes is funny. Gloop, gloop, boom!
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I don't find the wheel to open the grate in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, January 18 2006 14:20 Profile Homepage #17
Moral of the discussion: Don't sell anything that looks odd or interesting the first time through.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Cheeseball :( in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 20:19 Profile Homepage #4
How many feral and outdoor cats actually die of old age though? 20 is the noteworthy number though, just like 100 is for humans. Is it the real average? No? Is it the highest? No. But it sounds good.

At any rate, Cheeseball appears to have lived a long, glorious life, even if he was bored for most of it.

Edit: In support of the protest of the base 10 system, Dikiyoba is celebrating Dikiyoba's 191 post.

[ Tuesday, January 17, 2006 20:22: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Yarrr... Linux! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 20:14 Profile Homepage #78
The newest generation of Americans are expected to live shorter lives then their parents. This, of course, is partially to blame because of our affulence and poor lifestyles.

Either way, it's not a good sign when adults say, "I'm glad I'm not in your generation. It's much more difficult." American society clearly isn't making the best of choices.

Okay, so Dikiyoba lied. Dikiyoba has more points (or something resembling them) to make.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Yarrr... Linux! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:57 Profile Homepage #76
Originally by Alorael:

quote:
If you know a way to make communism work, please share it. I think almost everyone acknowledges that communism is a great system on paper, where none of the problems that crop up in the real world plague it.
Uhh...make a RPG game in a working communistic country? Okay, out of ideas. Seriously, it is just constantly trying to find the right balance between pure capitalism and socialism.

Originally written by Kelandon:

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However, the good news is that it is likely that eventually mechanization will make menial labor jobs less and less useful and a high standard of living more and more accessible, with the result being that eventually everyone will be able to be a part of some sort of working class at least (rather than being desperately poor).
The problem is, menial manufacturing jobs are being replaced with menial service jobs. So it's not likely to become true. Expecially since there has been in increase in poverty and a decrease in the middle class for the past several years in the US.

I wonder how the economy and society would be different if money was pumped into the middle class instead of the poor and the insanely rich.

Originally written by Semodius:

quote:
Before I try to un-hijack this thread, I must congradulate everyone who posted here for their very excellent ideas!
Semodius, you will never get your thread back. Oddly enough, it's one of the more on-topic threads around.

Edit: Okay, that's enough. Dikiyoba has no more points (or anything resembling points) to make.

[ Tuesday, January 17, 2006 20:07: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Observation of MLK, Jr. in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:49 Profile Homepage #19
Different cities attract different groups of people. As it should be. Just find the city that works for you. Or go live in the country if you don't like cities. The more one area becomes like another, the more frustrated people get.

Dikiyoba.

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If you don't like rain, don't live in western Oregon and Washington.
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Level Caps... in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:44 Profile Homepage #21
Dikiyoba keeps the difficulty as high as possible so the game doesn't get boring and adjusts to the next lowest level to beat those battles that are just a smidgen too difficult and it is too much of a hassle to come back later at a higher level. Or if a higher level would make that tough combat too easy.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Shaper Crypt in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:36 Profile Homepage #12
I thought in your original post that you already had one from the Western Wastes?

Dikiyoba apologizes for the confusion.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:34 Profile Homepage #47
It's funny, because in the end text of G1 (if you play pro-Shaper) the surviving Sholai (the ones who don't use canisters) meet with the Shapers, the two cultures interact, and your character actually goes to Sholai lands.

Dikiyoba thinks that the biggest downside to G2 and G3 is the forced and rewritten history of G1.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Oh no you don't. There is no disadvantage when soloing. in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 19:30 Profile Homepage #10
Ah. The knowledge brews. Dikiyoba sees your point. For a party of four, they aren't critical (and Dikiyoba never has enough money to buy them anyway) but for a singleton, they would be extremely valuable. But special skills are expensive for full parties and singletons alike.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Best way to kill damned slimes!! in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 16:58 Profile Homepage #7
Originally written by VCH:

quote:
I love the exploding slimes. I hit and boom.
Forget pyroroamers. Dikiyoba wants to be able to create exploding slimes in G4.

Edit: Fixed quote.

[ Tuesday, January 17, 2006 16:59: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Cheeseball :( in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 16:55 Profile Homepage #2
The "average" cat's lifespan is twenty years but some can live 30+ years, in addition to a few years gained by being an intelligent familiar. But if Cheeseball had lived through the original trilogy, it would already be old and wouldn't live the thirty or so years between A3 and A4.

Dikiyoba hopes that Alorael will not ignore this post, seeing as it is beneficial to his theory.

Edit: Sig change.

[ Tuesday, January 17, 2006 16:56: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Can't delete demo in Tech Support
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 16:22 Profile Homepage #7
Computers are fickle that way.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Time Limit Discussion in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 15:48 Profile Homepage #12
Originally written by Thralni, Nephil translators & co.:

quote:
Dikiyoba: if you want to explore evry inch of the scenario, then first finish the scenario, and afterwards you can start looking at places you didn't have time to look at.
If that is possible, Dikiyoba will gladly do it. But how do you propose doing that with The Za-Khazi Run? If you mean by playing the scenario through once and playing it again later, Dikiyoba has already done that.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Dispel Barriers in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 15:34 Profile Homepage #4
At least three of them do. Use piercing crystals and shattering crystals wisely because there aren't enough of them in the scenario to open all the spots.

Kelda was based in Maraliss (sp?), but the shop there is abandoned. It's the one that can't be entered without a piercing or shattering crystal. She probably left. And the private home isn't explained. I would guess that it is Avizo's but I have no proof.

Dikiyoba.

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Mage: Well, did you hide all the piercing crystals?
Apprentice: Yep.
Mage: Where did you hide them?
Apprentice: Behind a force barrier.
Mage: You idiot! What good are they to us there?
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Fungal Caverns-VoDT in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 15:17 Profile Homepage #3
It would be nice if the Fungal Cavern related somehow to the rest of scenario. The bandit's hideout and the goblin valley were tied into the scenario but the Fungal cavern was just there. There was no backstory or relevance to the plot.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Can't delete demo in Tech Support
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, January 17 2006 15:08 Profile Homepage #3
You don't happen that program or any program that uses it open, do you?

It sounds silly but Dikiyoba doesn't know how many times Dikiyoba tried to rename, move, or delete a file that Dikiyoba had open.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Yarrr... Linux! in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, January 16 2006 16:55 Profile Homepage #61
Now we get non-economic panics. Ahhhhh! The world will end on midnight of January 1, 2000. Oh. Never mind. It will happen sometime in 2016.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Geneforge 4: "Not a Shaper" in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, January 16 2006 15:19 Profile Homepage #42
Well, Jeff did say somewhere that he wanted to make G4 very different than A4. Of course, that doesn't mean that G4 will be very different than the other three Geneforges.

Dikiyoba thinks that the Shapers should use the gene-viewing eyepieces to make creations evolve faster and easier and put anyone who modifies a human (or is modified) to instant death. No more canisters and an interesting plotline.
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