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Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 07:02 Profile Homepage #50
I actually suspect the boards may become less harsh if moderation steps up. Normal members have always moderated each other's behavior, and it works pretty well for newbies who make honest mistakes. But we don't have the authority to stop repeat offenders, so it gets coming up, and we keep derailing threads. That wears on people after a while, and it becomes more likely that they will be angry, rude, or dismissive instead of helpful. Plus, as more people get sucked into self-moderating and without a concrete standard of what is acceptable and what isn't to fall back upon, people develop their own ideas. This leads to confusion over what is allowed and more policing as people crack down on those who honestly shouldn't be telling others what to do.

It only takes one error in judgement or one temper to fray before a thread snowballs out of control. And there are so many of us that it happens a lot. Official mod responses are often final enough to prevent this bickering.

Originally by Slartucker:

quote:
No slight intended!
And none taken.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Because I Can: The Masochist's Guide To G4 in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, March 27 2007 05:45 Profile Homepage #29
Given how quickly you can get three levels of create thahd, essence and battle shaping skills might be more of a deciding factor.

It's a pity only the duration of restoration spell increases and not the amount of damage it heals.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 18:52 Profile Homepage #38
I advance to Finsbury Park.

Just try and stop Dikiyoba now!
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
An editor. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 15:28 Profile Homepage #74
And where do we get this editor?

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Amnesia Bug in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 14:36 Profile Homepage #1
I think that's intentional. The table room is the only way out of the scenario, so of course you want to pick up everything you had before you go. But if you don't want to leave just yet, then you don't warrant getting it back, because you haven't solved the puzzle of why you lost it in the first place.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 13:53 Profile Homepage #27
Originally by Nija_Halycron:

quote:
I could always be a mod, I play spiderweb games about 30 hours a week (Yes you did hear that right in whatever context you like) and can be on-line up to 3 hours a day, 5 if no-one else in the family needs it for something.

(Before you ask, yes you may call me a power-hungry guy but please refrain from the nOOb part thank you)
Mod positions here are like oldbiehood and custom titles here. You can't get one until you realize you don't really want one.

And Dikiyoba uses a daring bait-and-switch move to take Barons Court and cut ADoS off. We are using the 12th revision rules for this game, right?
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
G3 Help For TJC Shaper in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 12:57 Profile Homepage #10
But G1 has the awesome igotarock cheat, so it's all good. :P

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
To players of Avernum/Geneforge series in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 09:41 Profile Homepage #40
You are not helping the situation any, Salmon.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Thou hast not shown thy compassion well. Be more kind unto others! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 08:49 Profile Homepage #8
Originally by Slartucker:

quote:
Dikiyoba lost her patience.
With all due respect, I've only lost patience with Nalyd for the reason mentioned in your post. And if it appears I've gone beyond that, well, I need to know so I can step back and try again.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Member numbers in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Monday, March 26 2007 08:30 Profile Homepage #40
Originally by Ephesos:

quote:
Erm... Thralni, that sounded very out of character for you.
This is, of course, the same Thralni that talks about the almighty chicken gods and elderburry pie. "Outer spice" is absolutely hilarious, though.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Bring back Ed!!!! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 21:16 Profile Homepage #1
The old noobs only seem appealing because you forgot what they were really like now that they are gone.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
eyebeast road help! in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 18:13 Profile Homepage #1
You can't get there unless you helped the refugees in the fens get completely out of the swamp. If you had, that's where they would be.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Infernal Fameing Muffin in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 16:42 Profile Homepage #8
Originally by Narmoth Spear:

quote:
Yes but HOW IM NEW :confused:
Well, first you have to enable it for yourself. Go to my profile -> update view profile -> find the question that says "enable private messaging" and choose yes.

Then find one of IFM's posts and click on the message button (assuming he has it turned on as well) at the top of his post. From there, it's just like creating a new topic, only it will be in your profile instead of on the main board.

Dikiyoba.

Edit: Forgot quote.

[ Sunday, March 25, 2007 16:44: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Infernal Fameing Muffin in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 16:19 Profile Homepage #3
From the FAQ linked at the top of the page:

quote:
What are private messages?

The administrators of this message board may permit members to send private messages to each other. A private message is not email. Private messages are one-to-one communications that can only be read by the recipient. You can read private messages in your profile section. You can also elect to be notified by email whenever someone sends you a private message (you can set this in your profile). You can also prevent anyone from sending you a private message (also configurable in your profile). Only registered members may send private messages. This option can be disabled by the board administrators.

To send someone a private message, look for the private message icon on a post a person creates. You can send a private message through the person's member profile, or from your Buddy List, if you have added the person to your Buddy List.
Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Member numbers in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 14:43 Profile Homepage #22
Psst! IFM! When you have every other or every third post in a thread and each post is only a few lines long, you're spamming. Back off a little, okay?

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
New Scenario: Twilight Valley in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 13:16 Profile Homepage #10
You wander around, talk to people, and enjoy the story.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
New Scenario: Twilight Valley in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 13:11 Profile Homepage #8
TV has no combat, so you can do it with whatever party you want. Given the atmosphere, a low-level party may feel more appropriate, but it doesn't matter in the least.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
The U.S. and Iraq in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 13:01 Profile Homepage #78
To prevent double posts (which it does occasionally) and spamming (which it doesn't), you have to wait a minute between posts.

Dikiyoba has also discovered this includes private messages as well as actual posts.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Episode 3 Continued in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:45 Profile Homepage #477
Argh, why do you keep bringing up this thread without anything useful to say in it? (I suppose that would go for any thread, but I'm a lot more sensitive to it in this one since I monitor it so closely.)

Anyway, an update. I've got my new site and am slowly working on transfering everything (no link yet since I'm nowhere close to being done). I'll probably leave my Freewebs sites up and just add a link to them for the new site.

Actually, it's kind of nice--I haven't looked at Episode 1 in about a year, so I've forgotten enough about it to make rereading it exciting (and to catch all those little typos that still exist somehow. I swear they spontaneously generate.)

And now Dikiyoba has started every paragraph in this post with an A. Just because.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Member numbers in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 12:30 Profile Homepage #7
By the time you factor in all the people who register and never post, all the people who register to ask just one or two questions, all the people who register and just hang around for a month or two so that you never get to really know who they are and remember them, all the bots, all the multiple accounts (of both well-known and not-so-well-known people), and then finally all the well-known active posters, it's not surprising to be surprised by how quickly the numbers go up.

Dikiyoba is frequently surprised by it. Of course, Dikiyoba is also surprised to learn that Titanic is over ten years old, so...
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Geneforge 5: Improvements, Innovations etc in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 10:25 Profile Homepage #65
Originally by Nija_Halycron:

quote:
The weight limit removal was a stupid idea, whats the realisum of being able to carry around 30 pursteal breast-plates without losing a single AP?
First of all, having 30 puresteel breastplates would be very unrealistic in and of itself. Second, it's a game, which means that realism often has to stand aside for gameplay that will make the game fun. Your character never has to eat, sleep, or go the bathroom, because that wouldn't add anything to the game but tedium. If it bothers you, justify it--maybe your character throws off their pack whenever combat starts, and that's why no AP is ever lost.

quote:
I mean look, about 20-30 people here can script, 10 or 13 can mod and at least 8 can make new senarios. (A totally random number based only very lossely on what I've seen so far)
It's also worth pointing out that several BoA designers don't like Geneforge very much, if at all.

Dikiyoba.

Edit: Fixed quote.

[ Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:31: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Spiderweb Advertising? in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 08:40 Profile Homepage #3
Dikiyoba has seen a G4 banner ad on the Girl Genius website before. It's not much, but it is advertising.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Geneforge 5: Improvements, Innovations etc in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 08:18 Profile Homepage #61
Originally by Nija_Halycron:

quote:
When G5 comes out I will get the demo and if it doesn’t have at least a MAJOR rebuild I will leave Spidweb in disgust.
*rereads list of demands*

Bye! We'll miss you.

No, seriously. Jeff makes slow, incremental improvements in his games. He doesn't have the time or resources to do a major overhaul every game. And why should he? Most people grumble a bit, but buy the next game anyway. Putting more time into it and then raising the price isn't an option--there are enough young players who have trouble getting 25-28 dollars to pay for games now.

And some of your suggestions are just impractical. Ten new creation types? That's a lot, considering we only have 15 Shapeable base types now. How do you make each one unique, useful, and balanced when battle creations as a whole already fail that test? And how do you explain in-game the remarkable advances needed to make ten new creation types? I never did quite buy the new creations in G2--the base three I understood, but they were so new that being able to shape the 3-skill version without problems seemed unrealistic. Or the packhorse idea--why do you even need it? Jeff changed encumbrance so the weight of items in your pack doesn't matter any more.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Destroyer of Enemies in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Sunday, March 25 2007 07:36 Profile Homepage #17
Here is the link. You want Sarasaphilia's editor.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Boo! in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Saturday, March 24 2007 20:12 Profile Homepage #32
Originally by Nalyd:

quote:
Nalyd is mean, although he isn't jumping to conclusions here. The only concern he has for anybody on these boards is the modest recreation time they give him. He has next to zero consideration for anybody in his real life, other than for purely practical purposes.
You are currently a hypocritical, selfish, immature individual who consistently and stridently demands that others change to suit you while refusing to make any changes whatsoever to suit them. One day you will get into trouble and realize that your treatment of others means you have no one left who will help you out. And while you may delay that day by attaching yourself to whatever rules and laws you can, they will eventually fail to protect you.

As you might have guessed, Dikiyoba's patience is gone as well.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00

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