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If canisters were real... in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Friday, December 29 2006 09:58 Profile Homepage #47
Originally by Nikki:

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Seriously though, I don't know if I'd use them. People can be manipulated in ways not involving raw power, and I've always been good with words...
So, just the ones that improve your leadership then? :P

Dikiyoba would only use a few, just enough to survive these turbulent times (and get the cool glowing skin) but not enough to lose control.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Best (and Worst) Movies of the Year in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Friday, December 29 2006 09:42 Profile Homepage #37
Originally by Khoth:

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Pirates of the Carribean 2 (the pacing was all off)
It would have been a lot better without the cannibal island. It was stereotypical and irrelevant, and the movie was too long anyway.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
If canisters were real... in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 28 2006 20:21 Profile Homepage #36
Originally by Garrison:

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This is probably a dumb question, but since I have not played much past Geneforge 1, I do not know whether there is a sect that opposes the Shapers without advocating creations' rights. Is there such a group?
The Barzites in G2, led by Barzahl and based in a city called Rising, had such a stance. If you've been paying attention to Emperor Tullegolar, you know their philosophy well, because the Tullegolites are basically just Barzites with a new name and leader. There's a reason Emperor Tullegolar is based in New Rising. :P

Edit: Lord Safey, no more double posts please. If you have something else to say, edit your old post instead.

Dikiyoba.

[ Thursday, December 28, 2006 20:22: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 28 2006 17:21 Profile Homepage #822
Chapter 23: "They're coming!"

Originally by Jewels:

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Why did TM get turned away? He has a temporary place in the 8th contest forums at the moment.
Well, in theory, this story is taking place before the judging is. Time flows strangely here.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
If canisters were real... in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 28 2006 12:37 Profile Homepage #21
Originally by Arachnid:

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quote:
"The Geneforge swirls and pulses before you. You don't dare touch it again. A second dose would undoubtedly kill you."
Taken directly from the Southforge Citadel script.
So it depends on the geneforge. Here's how the original one is described:

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"_Then, when the chosen is rewritten, the pool may do no more. The changing will be done and no more changing can have any effect. The user may swim in the pool safely. Such will be the power._";
---

Originally by Eater of Pancakes:

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Why does Dikiyoba refer to Dikiyoba in the 3rd person?
Because Dikiyoba can, of course.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
If canisters were real... in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 28 2006 11:50 Profile Homepage #18
Originally by Arachnid:

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It is widely assumed that using the Geneforge a second time would be fatal...
Where did that come from? Dikiyoba is only familiar with the the book in G1 that says after using the geneforge, the user will be able to safely swim in it. It's impossible to use the same geneforge twice, because there's no genes able to be rewritten.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
More Exodus Help Needed in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 28 2006 11:16 Profile Homepage #4
Originally by Commodore Redmark:

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After that, I believe Kass tells you to get help from him. Then you can take the camp.
It's Pithoss who tells you what to do next once the expedition is inside the city. You can't ask Kalthanas for help without talking to Pithoss.

Dikiyoba.
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deamons in Avernum 4
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, December 27 2006 09:36 Profile Homepage #3
Well, there is a portal to hell in The Za-Khazi Run (although as Alorael said, the game never calls it that). Jumping through it gives you a description of lava and fire, but no souls.

Dikiyoba.
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GeneForge 3 Final Mission in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 22:14 Profile Homepage #1
There should be a second boat at Dhonal West Docks. Search the area carefully and a message box for it should eventually pop up.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 18:29 Profile Homepage #810
Chapter 22: Scrying and Swimming

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
New Year's Resolutions in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 18:15 Profile Homepage #20
Originally by The Stew Boy:

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I've just bought a pet llama. It's quite cute, but it keeps chewing on all the wires. Anyone else have this problem?
So, your New Year's resolution is to get your llama to stop chewing on wires? :P

I remember resolutions coming up before, and I said that I would stop smoking. I still don't smoke and it's unlikely that I ever would, but I still hold to that resolution. :P

Dikiyoba will probably wait to make a more serious resolution until 11:59 on New Year's Eve. Then Dikiyoba will probably resolve to stop waiting until the last minute to do things.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Exodus Help in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 16:39 Profile Homepage #3
Originally by Thuryl:

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These errors are annoying as all getout, and very hard for designers to track down.
They don't even have the decency to appear in the same spot for all PC users. If they were predictable, they'd be easier to fix or at least to work around.

Anyway, hold onto your buggy save file. Kelandon is planning to take another look at Exodus soon.

If you want to work around the Unhandled Exception, back up the file t2Riverbank. If you get the crash after moving into the new town, try replacing move_to_new_town(0,14,23); with move_to_new_town(3,11,13); If it crashes just after Kass speaks, find where he talks and insert move_to_new_town(0,14,23); right after run_dialog(1);

Dikiyoba can't guarantee that it'll work, but it might.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Best (and Worst) Movies of the Year in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 16:08 Profile Homepage #10
Originally by Garrison:

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Good lord, an argument about whether the quality of a book affects the quality of a movie based on it will go nowhere.
And yet we do it anyway. :P

Originally by Tyranicus:

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With Eragon, they were starting with a terrible book, so the movie was bound to suck.
Not necessarily. Bad books (or at least obscure ones) can make good movies, too.

Dikiyoba thinks that Eldest could be a halfway decent movie, since the crippling flaw in the book was that Eragon and Saphira do nothing until the very end of the book and these sorts of movies tend to end up with unneccessary action sequences. Plus, Eragon's brother leading the villagers to safety could be good if done right.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
do you know the origins of the shapers in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 12:16 Profile Homepage #13
Well, not exactly. The game implies that the Shapers could have found something in the ruins that helped them discover genes and the geneforge. On the other hand, there are no books or records of the Shapers exploring the ruins and finding something useful. (There is a book about an expedition, but by that time the Geneforge was already underway.) The spirit in the temple says that the Shapers never came and talked to it. So it could have been nothing but coincidence that the discovery of shaping and the discovery of genes happened on the same island.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Heusstes in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, December 26 2006 08:20 Profile Homepage #13
For all we know, Heustess and the Shapers never met. The Shapers probably didn't explore the ancient ruins much when they came to clean up the island. After all, the Shapers would be more concerned about the Geneforge and canisters than ancient ruins. All they would have to go into the wastes for is to get Goettsch, and he could have easily been killed by the PC or moved to be closer to the geneforge once Trajkov was dead. And a lot of the serviles survived by hiding in the wilderness or wastelands. Heustess is probably still waiting in the same spot for someone to come, not knowing that they already did.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Boiling Mudpits - SPOILER - Hidden Room in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Monday, December 25 2006 20:51 Profile Homepage #8
Originally by Randomizer:

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I could usually guess in Exile and Avernum where a hidden room would lie by looking at the automap.
And there was always the Magic Map/Far Sight spell if that failed.

Maybe the real reason so many Shapers and rebels are insane is from all the times they can't find where a lever or their stash of loot is.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Friday, December 22 2006 19:19 Profile Homepage #806
Originally by Ephesos:

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Shhhh! The laws of reality will hear you!
The funny thing is, no one reacts to Drakefyre casting Exile spells in Avernum. :P
:P
Originally by Nemesis:

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*glances around, now wary of this legendary "UBB", that is rumored to occasionally eat posts*

EDIT: What the…?
Not always. Sometimes, like in this case, it just swallows them and spits them back out. :P

Originally by Arch-Mage Solberg:

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I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but unless Jeff wants it down...it stays. :cool:
Could you at least change it so it is more like quotes in other people's signatures? The empty space and bold makes it too distracting (and therefore annoying) the way it is.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Random Weirdness in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Friday, December 22 2006 18:11 Profile Homepage #5
Those kitties are weird. They keep jumping back and forth from looking cute to looking angry, and it's quite distracting.

Dikiyoba shall contribute this.
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Avernoss? in Blades of Avernum
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Friday, December 22 2006 13:27 Profile Homepage #2
It's Exodus, and the camp is downstream, just past the waterfalls. It's pretty tiny.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Merry Xmast to all in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 20:35 Profile Homepage #18
Is there something wrong with Dikiyoba if Dikiyoba finds Tyran's spider cuter than Alorael's?
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
do you know the origins of the shapers in Geneforge Series
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 19:56 Profile Homepage #10
You have to touch all the pylons in the waste areas near the city. I think the first one is in the Drayk's Vale and then go in a circle from there. I forget the direction, but you'll know you're on the right track if the pylon doesn't do anything to you. If it shocks you, you have to start over. Once you've touched all the pylons, the runes in the temple won't make you feel bad anymore and you'll be able to cross safely.

Dikiyoba.
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Merry Christmas! (Statistics 2006-12) in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 19:50 Profile Homepage #40
No, it was today. UBB just doesn't store old member information like names and post counts. Instead, it updates them whenever someone makes a new post in the thread. (Most of the time; UBB is inconsistent.) So, since Robinator posted in this thread when Dikiyoba had 2501 posts, Dikiyoba's old post updated to that.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Merry Xmast to all in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 18:14 Profile Homepage #12
That's because Ramadan ended in October this year. :P

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 16:05 Profile Homepage #786
Chapter 21: A Narrow Escape

Originally by Nioca:

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I really haven't read much of that thread, so I missed the notice. I noticed it when I was establishing a tab on Episode 3.
What? You post here excessively multiple times every day and yet you still don't obsessively track every thread? Dikiyoba is disappointed in you. :P
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Merry Xmast to all in General
Dikiyoba
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Member # 6600
 written Thursday, December 21 2006 15:48 Profile Homepage #10
It's yellow-green. :P

Dikiyoba.
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