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Book or Movie? in General
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Originally by Taliesin:

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In that case, you probably wouldn't have the patience to read the sequel, Eldest. Now that is a great book. Much more originality (well, originality period), more than one plot (three or four subplots), character development of more than just Eragon, etc.
Ick. Dikiyoba found it to be far worse. Okay, sure, the brother and villagers subplot was fairly interesting. But it just serves to highlight the book's problem--anything involving Eragon was either really, really boring (and the elves had to be the worst offenders) or horribly contrived.

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Canister happy in Geneforge Series
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Schrodinger's walkthrough says there is one in Maker’s End on Gull Island and another in Benerii-Eo Vat Core on the Isle of Spears. It also looks like Khyryk can train you in it as well.

Dikiyoba.

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1 in General
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Look, could you stop with all the disparaging spam in this thread please? Dikiyoba finds it irritating because it looks like you're being disruptive for disruption's sake, or just as a way to boost your post count. If you have a reason why this thread bothers you and you can't just stop paying attention to it, then state it--Dikiyoba is all ears. But please stop posting comments like "Spam + You guys + UBB = Broken Forums.", okay?

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G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally by the Ripper:

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...but I believe they could manipulate Genes without understanding the mechanisms behind it. Similar to how early humans unconsciously selected aurocs into cows without realizing what they were doing.
I definitely agree that Shapers are engaging in genetic engineering. I guess my point is that they go about it very differently than we do. Shapers live in a world of essence and magic, not DNA, cells, and radiation. Our way of thinking about how shaping could work is probably radically different than a Shaper would see it.

Dikiyoba.

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Book or Movie? in General
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1. I like reading novels. (Mostly fantasy, mystery, sci-fi). Unfortunately, I don't have as much time to read as I would like. And it's been a very long time since I've read one I really, really liked.

2. Isn't there some saying about mediocre books making good movies and good books making mediocre movies? I'm going to assume that's generally true, because I tend not to watch movies very often.

3. Why?

Dikiyoba.

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The Political Compass (Armed and Dangerous) in General
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Hmm. Choosing to strongly disagree with every question results in (0.00, -4.36) while choosing to stongly agree with every question results in (0.00, 4.36). Disagreeing with everything results in (-0.25, -2.41) while agreeing with everything results in (0.38, 2.41).

Yes, Dikiyoba was bored.

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G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally by Nalyd:

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By the way, it is Nalyd's impression that Shapers Shape by creating the zygote of a base creature, bombarding it with different types of radiation, and accelerating the growth process.
Judging by the PC's reaction to those magical microscopes in every game and a book in G2 (the one in Drypeak), Shapers don't know about the existence of DNA or even cells. (I have no idea how much they understand of heredity--probably not a whole lot.) I don't think they'd know what a zygote is. They'd need a more-developed creation to experiment with.

Dikiyoba.

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The Political Compass (Armed and Dangerous) in General
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Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

Dikiyoba.

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Dude, knock it off. Just because you aren't amused by this thread doesn't mean other people aren't. Please stop posting intentional spam.

Dikiyoba.

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Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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Chapter 7: One Step Forward, One Step Back

Originally by Salmon:

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Out of curiosity, do the various spellcasters have to even have the bodies of the deceased in order to revive them?
Only Ephesos does.

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Any chance you could work toward a Tuesday, Thursday release schedule?
Let Dikiyoba think abo... No.

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Originally by Ephesos:

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Ah, but is it reversible? Can

??Be held equivalent to

!!!!!!!!If so, then truly this new maths is hyperbolic!!!!
Yes, but the people who do that don't get invited to the parties. :P

Dikiyoba.

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!!! + ! = ?
As in "? + ? = ??"?

Dikiyoba.

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Quest Giver? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Captain Zakary will give you the quest. Talk to Egeland as the first step toward completing it.

Dikiyoba.

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Thankgiving Census in General
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Originally by Goldenking:

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6. Asking questions about Thanksgiving in the middle of October?
Thanksgiving in Canada was yesterday. Now does it make more sense?

Dikiyoba.

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Thankgiving Census in General
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1. My immediate family isn't responsible for the turkey. We bring the appetizers. The bean dip is most definitely a 5.

2. Cranberry sauce is pretty good, though I don't associate it with Thanksgiving as much as I associate it with canned green beans and the rule that every dinner must include a fruit and vegetable.

3. Yes, but there are always desserts I like more like blackberry cobbler, cinnamon muffins, cream cheese brownies, and cherry cheesecake.

4. I have absolutely no idea what happens to the turkey neck.

5. I hate it. Sorry.

6. A Connect Four tournament.

But since Dikiyoba won't be going home for Thanksgiving this year, a lot of this won't actually apply. Or maybe it might. Dikiyoba doesn't know what Thanksgiving Day will be like this time around.

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Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded. Something like that anyway. in General
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I would wish that A) The mages have grown in power for increased post-count, G4 spells and more experiance. B) The back-round and basic feel to the stories had evolved some-what with the new Episodes and C) That the members had at some point (From episode 3 onwards at the very latest) that they need some kind of concrete defences after they were almost destroyed by 1) The Noob army 2) The thing and 3) Rats Aplenty.
A. They have. It's just been a very slow progression, otherwise magicians would end up being walking WMDs. For instance, Ephesos learned Return Life in Episode 3.

B. I don't understand what you mean. What exactly are you expecting? Some history? Character development? More description? A different tone? Something else?

C. There are defenses. We haven't seen them yet, but they're there.

Dikiyoba.

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Goodbye! Goodbye for... a while! in General
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http://xkcd.com

(And if we can't call you Nija, then what are we supposed to call you?)

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Bye, Aran. Have fun and keep busy. (So you won't be tempted to find a way to connect to the Internet somehow and embarrass yourself by posting all the time after creating this thread. :P )

Dikiyoba.

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Return of the Admiration of Evil Poll in Blades of Avernum
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Hey, at least Rentar isn't responsible for Foul Hordes. She still has some good in her. :P

Dikiyoba.

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Could we stop with the requests (whether direct or implied) for bigger and better parts please?

Originally by Arancaytar:

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Also, wtf? I lie to Nicothodes and sic her on Nikki? What kind of mod or mostly non-evil character am I supposed to be anyway?
You gave Nicothodes an opportunity to engage in her favorite hobby of stabbing people and gave Nikki material to write brilliant poems about by making his life miserable. It was clearly a selfless and noble deed. :P

Dikiyoba.

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A Perfect Forest in Blades of Avernum
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Do you have Klinger with you?

If so, you need to head straight for the city hall to talk with the mayor.

If not, Klinger is in the jail of Vikida and you need to go rescue him before the plot can advance.

Dikiyoba.

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So many choices, So little time. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Dikiyoba doesn't pay much attention to the Agent/Infiltrator, so Dikiyoba can't help you much. But if you want the full magic-wielding experience, stay away from the first Geneforge for now. It has far fewer spells and is therefore more difficult to play.

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Return of the Admiration of Evil Poll in Blades of Avernum
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It's been so long since I've played some of these scenario that I no longer remember who the villains are. Oh well. At least it made voting easier.

Oh, and Dikiyoba's vote goes mainly to the Prize. Its fascinating backstory, fleshed-out motives, and ability to garner sympathy while still being pure evil surely make it one of the best BoA villians of all time. :P

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Chapter 6: No News Is Bad News

Also, Dikiyoba finally put up the Appearances page.

Edit: Fixed link.

[ Friday, October 05, 2007 15:34: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]

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HELP WITH NETHERGATE in General
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As far as the bridge goes, just sell something so you do have enough coins or use the character editor to give yourself enough coins, whichever is easier.

Dikiyoba can't help with the other question, though.

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SpidWeb Boards.. in General
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Originally by Thralni:

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*cough* Look at that nice little bar at the top of your post: see the edit button? Use it to edit your post so you can take out that obviously unnecesary and slightly dumb comment that an edit button should be included.

Thank you.
I know LakiRa@ has edited posts and has probably seen some very obvious examples of people editing posts before, so I think the intent of that post was "We don't need a delete post feature since we already have an edit post feature", not a request for an edit post feature.

Dikiyoba.

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