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Member number	6600
Title	Councilor
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Registered	Friday, December 23 2005 08:00

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Welcome Back, TM! in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 17:26 Profile Homepage #3 Originally by Marlenny: quote: That has to be the saddest attempted I've ever seen at an April Fools Day joke. Edit: Wait, I just saw the "Bored and tired" thread :P They're both still better than Nemesis's prank at Shadow Vale. :P Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Now is the time ... in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 17:02 Profile Homepage #78 The problem with that is that a lot of the conditions we suffer from are either environmental (pollution, poor lifestyle) or appear in middle or late age, after people have children. We're not likely to cure Alzheimer's through evolution any time soon, so we might as well try to cure it. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 16:48 Profile Homepage #323 Originally by Retlaw May: quote: Both sides of this arguement are making assumptions. Both sides feel that their own assumptions are more valid or implied through the story line, but they are still assumptions. Oh, of course. We can try to base our assumptions on the game as much as possible, but there are so many quotes, so many things left undiscussed, and so many different ways of interpreting the quotes that sticking entirely to the game is impossible. It's not what you argue, it's how you argue. Originally by Emperor Tullegolar: quote: As I said before, when the desire for control is no longer there, humans still make the strongest creation of all (Barzahl and Monarch's creations). Neither Barzahl nor Monarch are typical Shapers, though. According to Zakary, Barzahl was "smart and talented. He could have been a fantastic Agent, or even a Shaper. Very skilled." Then he used a large amount of canisters on top of that. Monarch is so unnaturally powerful that people ask whether he's a PC from an earlier game and he has also used many canisters. We haven't seen any genius "Shaper" drakons yet, so we don't know what one could do. Ghaldring is a brilliant leader, but I don't remember anyone saying anything about his brilliant ability to make creations. And while drakons use the geneforge, they don't use canisters. I confess that I have not been to see Monarch's toughest creations yet, but somehow I doubt he was ready to mass produce the Titan like the drakons did with the Unbound. And he had no control over his creations at all without the control rod, while the drakons can control the Unbound--just enough to get them through rebel lands without harming anyone and keep them in Shaper lands. So the drakons could probably create something even stronger than the Unbound if they really wanted to throw off all control. quote: What makes you say this? What makes anyone say this? I have not seen this supposed skill that people always talk about. Because there's something different about this rebellion. The Shapers have conquered the known world, exterminated all other cultures, and put down every other rebellion. But this time, multiple generations of Unbound result in secure rebel lands and Shaper lands being torn apart, one generation results in a stalemate, and no Unbound results in the Shapers still having no control over the Ashen Isles and keeping records of this rebellion--something they've never done before. What's different? The drakons (and drayks). The humans and serviles helped, but they were so incompetent they lost Illya and practically lost Burwood. The drakons are not inferior to the Shapers. Originally by Lord Safey: quote: They are loseing prehaps the shapers do have superior resoruces and man power but if they are superior shouldn't have they over come that espically consdiering the drakon geneforge and the advantage of suprise. 1. Geneforges aren't all that powerful. Look what it did to your PC in G4--gave the ability to shape (not powerful in and of itself), and a few very basic skills. 2. The rebellion was winning when it had the element of surprise. They took over half a continent. But as soon as the Shapers recovered, they used their numbers and resources to beat back the rebels. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Stairway Released! in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 08:42 Profile Homepage #5 3 minutes, 55 seconds. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
A2 Energy Pulse Mind Crystals in The Avernum Trilogy
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 07:20 Profile Homepage #1 Originally by Dumatoin: quote: Do these ever do something at some point? Say when a characters INT gets high enough? or are they just cursed items that you can sell? I'm pretty sure they won't ever do anything good for you. Store it to sell later. quote: I am constantly running around with 15000 gold, and have piles and piles of treasure laying around the store room of Silvar, hoping adventurers don't seek me out to slay me for my treasure horde like i'm some dragon. :P That is usually the point where Dikiyoba buys a lot of spells or special skills, even for characters that don't need it. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Info on Upcoming Scenario in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 07:11 Profile Homepage #5 Originally by Coronach: quote: coughdatecough What do you mean? Smoo talked about a scenario taking place within a single town way before now. :P Dikiyoba thinks it will be teh bestest scenario evar!!1 Or something like that anyway. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Sunday, April 1 2007 06:51 Profile Homepage #312 Originally by Emperor Tullegolar: quote: So they have all the time in the world to lounge around and argue with each other, but when it comes to making cutting edge new creations to help them win a war 'for their very survival,' they don't have time for it? Does anyone remember any quotes that give the timeframe of the Ghaldring-Salassar political fighting? I know the drakons didn't become excessively arrogant until several months before your character shows up, but how long have the drakons been squabbling with each other? quote: But really, you're coming at this with the wrong assumptions, the drakons do make mistakes, lots of them. Look at the dumping grounds Waylander pointed out earlier. They make tons of mistakes. Non-creative, really crappy mistakes. They have a lot more resources than you give them credit for, they just haven't produced anything near as good as the humans have with them. The Shapers make all kinds of mistakes too, they just reabsorb them immediately if it's apparent they won't work out. Sucia Island has two zones dedicated to holding creations in storage until the Shapers determine that they are good enough to keep and Barzahl had a similar zone (plus the thahd dumping grounds). The drakon dumping grounds are the exact same idea, just with less control (or not, in the case of the thahds). And while drakons have plenty of resources, they don't have the resources of the Shapers. The drakons are a race and culture that is extremely young and they only hold one section of the continent. The Shapers have had hundreds of years to develop standards and control (the earliest Shapers destroyed Sucia Island with their lack of control, remember?), plus they have a continent and a half of people to work with. So in terms of numbers and organization and all the benefits that come from that, the Shapers are superior. But the drakons have enough skill and enough technology over the Shapers to surpass them (in Shaping skills at least) if they can somehow survive and develop to do so. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Really anticipated ideas for A5?? in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Saturday, March 31 2007 16:20 Profile Homepage #100 Originally by Arch-Mage Solburg: quote: The writing could look like anyone's. The only way it 'looks' like mine is because of the graemlins. Anyone can use those just like me. :cool: Everyone has a slightly different writing style and there was nothing suspicious about "your" post. Someone would have had to been paying an awful lot of attention to get both the writing style and the graemlins down right. Anyway, start logging out and don't post here whenever you are extremely tired or under the influence of any sort of drug and hopefully this won't happen again. Dikiyoba. [ Saturday, March 31, 2007 16:21: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ] Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Long time no see in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Saturday, March 31 2007 05:37 Profile Homepage #4 It means that you've consistently been too spammy and will get banned if you don't show improvement. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Amnesia: the garbageman in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Saturday, March 31 2007 04:41 Profile Homepage #10 Like Old MikeS said, you can open up the file apollyon.txt and read the riddles and their answers. If you have a specific one that is causing you problems, then you can ask about that one. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
The Episodes: the poll in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 19:57 Profile Homepage #15 Finally, my reputation doesn't precede me. Anyway, I think I've finally got enough done to reveal my new site. Only Episode 1 is finished, but that's all you really need, right? The saga begins... (No, Dikiyoba doesn't require that you read it all if you don't like it. Just enough to understand what everyone is talking about.) [ Friday, March 30, 2007 19:58: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ] Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
tell me in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 18:36 Profile Homepage #1 Dikiyoba suspects five, but Jeff hasn't said so explicitly. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
The Episodes: the poll in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 17:38 Profile Homepage #11 Originally by IFM: quote: I meant the "Dikiyoba's story" Episodes. They know, they're just toying with you. Spiderwebbers like to do that. Oh, and Aran... you really need to reign in your bot... it keeps stealth-editing Dikiyoba's story, and it's a horrible author. :P Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
The Episodes: the poll in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 17:01 Profile Homepage #8 Um, Salmon, are you talking about the ones where Andraste becomes an administrator, you do a happy dance, Dikiyoba speaks in first person, Zeviz gives us all custom titles, and we all talk about Geneforge 4? Because those aren't Episodes 4-6, those are KoL chats. Dikiyoba knows it can be confusing at times, but just remember that from now on. :P Edit: Typo. [ Friday, March 30, 2007 17:04: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ] Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 16:37 Profile Homepage #301 But, the Shapers already had five Infiltrators in Burwood, including one who knew where Quessa-Uss was. The drakons didn't know how much time they had before they were discovered, and it would be foolish to assume they had unlimited time before they had to act because once the Shapers had a good idea of where Northforge was, they would fast. (And they did move fast. They made a camp they couldn't get dislodged from, found a route past the Grayghost Gates, and entered Northforge without a lot of help from your PC.) Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 16:10 Profile Homepage #299 I think it's worth pointing out that: 1. The Shapers haven't invented much of anything truly new for a long time. Kyshakks are probably the most original, but they're still giant reptiles, of which there are already plenty in existence. War tralls are almost exactly like thahds and battle alphabets, just more powerful and the ability to throw rocks. Wingbolts are mainly artilas combined with bats. Barzahl modified vlish to make eyebeasts, drayks to make drakons, and battle alphabets to make the rots. There's nothing wrong with that at all, but the Shapers aren't exactly coming up with all-new, never-seen-anything-like-it-before creations anymore. 2. The drakons can't afford to mess up. They don't have the time or resources for that. Maybe they want to be more creative and maybe they don't, but they are practically forced to improve what they know already works since they can't afford the risk of the new creations failing them. Imagine what would have happened if the drakons had invented eyebeasts instead of the Unbound--the eyebeasts would have revolted or fled and the drakons would have been doomed. Or what if the drakons had invented the kyshakks instead? The Shapers have the numbers to make up for their lousy to-hit rate. The drakons don't. So, given the situation and what little we know about the drakons, creativity isn't a valid comparison to determine superiority. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Now is the time ... in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 15:44 Profile Homepage #58 True, but there are also places like my high school, where both men's restrooms were on one side of the building and both women's restrooms were on the other side and there wasn't always enough time to get across the building and back to class without being tardy. But Dikiyoba wasn't being too terribly serious there anyway. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
My game and editor keeps crashing, can anyone help? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 15:03 Profile Homepage #1 Try redownloading the latest version. If that doesn't help, give more information so we know exactly what you are doing when something goes wrong. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Really anticipated ideas for A5?? in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 14:56 Profile Homepage #88 No, that's not it, because the inventory system in G4 doesn't bother me hardly at all. If anything, you have more control because you can put things wherever you want in the inventory now. I guess it was a combination of factors that added up in a way they hadn't in other games, because almost everything that bothered me appeared in a different game without me having problems. First, I'm an obsessive-compulsive gamer who has to pick up everything I see right now and not later after I've killed off every monster in the area. But there's nowhere to put the stuff--I can't throw all the useless stuff outside and have it be gone forever, or jump zones to drop stuff off--so I spent a lot of time encumbered. Dealing with one encumbered person is manageable, but two or three or four is a real pain. And then, finally, putting everything down was slightly annoying because you have to move your mouse to all of the individual squares instead of just one repeatedly and drop it off in a small box in the corner of the screen as opposed to wherever in the main playing screen. Dikiyoba. [ Friday, March 30, 2007 14:57: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ] Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Now is the time ... in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 14:38 Profile Homepage #56 He did say gender and not sex. Besides, there's always budding and parthenogenesis. :P Dikiyoba wonders what a removal of gender would do to public bathrooms. On one hand, it would be a lot easier to be able to use the first one you came across instead of trying to find the correct one and would save on construction costs in places where the bathrooms are rarely used. On the other hand, bathroom breaks in a large group would take longer since there would only be one bathroom instead of two. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Really anticipated ideas for A5?? in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 14:07 Profile Homepage #86 Originally by Randomizer: quote: The best thing that was transferred from Geneforge was the character inventory system. Really? Dikiyoba hated that inventory/encumbrance system. Dikiyoba isn't really sure why it was so annoying to Dikiyoba, but it was. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
characters and creations that join you in g4 in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 13:49 Profile Homepage #2 Originally by Randomizer: quote: Quessa-Uss Gates - I think with high leadership you can get the drakon to help in your duel with Scourge Northforge Citadel - can get drayks for the Testing Inner Shaping Hall - can get drakons to defend against Shaper invaison Yes, you can get Teliamerus to help you against Scourge Vossizon. It should be noted that the drakons (and I highly suspect the drayks) don't actually join you. They don't take up a party slot and you can't control them in battle. Dikiyoba. Edit: Fixed quote. [ Friday, March 30, 2007 13:49: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ] Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
cheats in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 11:14 Profile Homepage #1 Yes. Here. Have fun. And please, only use one or two graemlins in a post at most. Having that many is distracting. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
The U.S. and Iraq in General
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 09:07 Profile Homepage #137 Originally by Excalibur: quote: As I said, the public lets the government get away with things, even though they shouldn't. "Pardoning" the government will lead to horrible conditions in the future, and then you guys will think it's relevant. Except that every investigation, debate, documentary, etc. about Waco is resources, people, and time not being used to investigate the current administration and what it's getting away with right now. And what's happening right now has a lot more impact on the future than what happened in Waco. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
[GF3] Tips for higher difficulty settings? Also, batons and Daze? Also, tip @ Rahul. in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba Councilor Member # 6600	written Friday, March 30 2007 07:00 Profile Homepage #13 Originally by Student of Trinity: quote: There's no movement grid visible, but there actually is one, and it's hexagonal. Are you sure? I thought I remember Jeff saying it wasn't hexagonal. Not that Dikiyoba remembers where he might have said that. Posts: 4346 \| Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00

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