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Displayed name	Grain of Salt
Member number	6652
Title	Infiltrator
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Native Americans in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Sunday, May 7 2006 12:27 Profile #5 quote: Originally written by Redstart: Of course what happened to the native Americans was a travesty, but on the other hand, this board probably wouldn't exist if it had not occurred. I severely doubt it was necessary for thousands to be slaughtered in order to create the nation. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Games in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Saturday, May 6 2006 16:09 Profile #43 You could just search google. Fine, I'll do your grunt work. PC demo here. Mac demo here. Information here. Official website here, but it appears to be down at the moment. EDIT: See Thuryl? I'm all nice and helpful :P . [ Saturday, May 06, 2006 16:13: Message edited by: Little Billy Sue ] -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Church of the Nine-Headed Cave Cow in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Saturday, May 6 2006 12:02 Profile #1 Aww, great. Now we gotta teach about the Cave Cow in public schools. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Avernum V in Avernum 4
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Friday, May 5 2006 13:29 Profile #281 I shall not comment on the rest of the plotline, but please, please, please do not have a massive army made out of giants, trogodlytes, gazers, demons, and undead. We're really, really tired of all those things. Massive hackfests are not good. And if you must, at least create original enemies -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
If You Were President... in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Friday, May 5 2006 01:07 Profile #64 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: People from India and the Middle East are by most standards "Caucasoid." I'm not aware of a solution to this linguistic problem. Saying Indian and Middle Eastern works pretty well. But anyway. Politicians say "black" and "white". Teachers say "black" and "white". Blacks say "black" and "white". Whites say "black" and "white". Saying anything else gives the person on the street an impression that we're distant and naive and don't actually know anything about them. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Xylgham udwlnit skretcko!1!! in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Friday, May 5 2006 00:50 Profile #117 Oh, no. How are we possibly going to find any ununquadium? I don't even know what it is! -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
What style of graphics would you like to see in Avernum 5? in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 12:36 Profile #36 He added the improved chitrach graphics that someone here posted to A4, didn't he? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
An Empirical Analysis on GF3 Diplomatic Agents in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 12:25 Profile #4 I did something like this, but to the extreme, without killing anything at all. It was interesting, and I actually thought it was much easier than playing as a shaper, say, and fighting things. Jeff did a nice job of making the game easy to play with diplomacy. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
If You Were President... in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 11:25 Profile #41 Alas, what have I created? Ah well. Time to jump into the flaming fiery flamepit! Joy! Being utterly and completely race-blind isn't going to solve any problems. If we could make all of society utterly race-blind, it would, but we can't. There's a definite inequality, and not doing anything is not going to magically solve the problem. Racial quotas, though, is wading pretty deep into hot water. Being rich, white, and privately educated isn't a crime and shouldn't be a crime. People aren't going to be happy if they're kicked out of a college and never did anything to deserve being kicked out. Plus, will a white harbor positive feelings about blacks if he thinks they got him kicked out of college? Alternate solutions, such as magnet schools, are good but can't really solve everything. I think that Affirmative Action should be implemented but only in very problematic areas. It might work as a temporary measure too. Game, set, match. Flame me! -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 01:59 Profile #110 And plus, the ingrained obedience is genetic. If rebels can make themselves able to destroy Shapers by pointing, they'll probably find a way to get rid of the obedience. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Yom HaShoa in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Thursday, May 4 2006 01:12 Profile #75 Well, they do. And people who overthrow them inevitably become politicians themsleves. It's a vicious cycle. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
NBA Playoffs in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Wednesday, May 3 2006 15:21 Profile #14 As a really, really short guy, I detest basketball and american football and refuse to watch them unless I am forced to. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Wednesday, May 3 2006 13:00 Profile #99 Wasn't Gull Island in G3 full of self-shaping serviles? I thought they used canisters, at least. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Yom HaShoa in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Wednesday, May 3 2006 12:52 Profile #73 We don't have much choice but to rely on politicians. They run the world. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
If You Were President... in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Wednesday, May 3 2006 01:50 Profile #0 Inspired by a topic over at NationStates... If you were president/prime minister of the U.S. or your country, what would you do? How would you solve the current issues facing your country? Would you? What would you do in the long run? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
A Few Advance Notes On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Wednesday, May 3 2006 00:57 Profile #236 The rebels at least have delusions of freedom. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Tuesday, May 2 2006 15:07 Profile #50 I never played much of Baldur's Gate at all, but the parts I did play I found immensely enjoyable. Why? The game world responds to your actions. Murder random elves for their treasure and the police-mages track you down. They actually chase you. Individual party members abandon you, people respond when you kill their cows, etc. It was a very immersive experience. EDIT: Typo. [ Tuesday, May 02, 2006 15:08: Message edited by: I Would Have Been Your Daddy ] -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Tuesday, May 2 2006 11:38 Profile #65 quote: Originally written by Delicious Vlish: I'd like to see an Infiltrator class. Stealth and mental magic out the wazoo. Daze, dominate, terror, stun, etc, as well as the standard unlock and such. But no battle magic available. Such a character would be a load of fun. The inability to wear armor. Physically fragile. This would be an especially awesome character if the stealth system was redone. The current system of running past guards very fast is rather counterintuitive, not to mention too easy. Perhaps there could be an Exile-esque invisibility spell, and then rework the system so that if you see something, it sees you. You'd have to cast it, sneak into closets or something to hide out and cast again, then jump from hiding place to hiding place. That'd be cool. Of course this is all irrelevant if Jeff has finished the engine already, which he probably has if he's done the first five areas. But we can hope. Have you finished the engine, Jeff? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Stereotypically Yours in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Tuesday, May 2 2006 00:49 Profile #75 Well... how many people do you know that can lick their own tounges? It's pretty hard. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
US and Sudan in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 15:23 Profile #37 quote: Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas: What are you talking about. It nearly has. Yom Kippur war, six day war, etc. I'm not presuming to know more about Israel's history than a citizen of Israel, but didn't the Six Day War resulted in Israel gaining a lot of territory and defeating three countries in six days? Hardly "almost destroyed". Even the Yom Kippur War ended with not all of the territory regained, and in fact helped diplomatic relations. In any case, nothing like open war is going to happen now. Israel has proven that it is very hard to beat in armed conflicts, and has the backing of the U.S. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
US and Sudan in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 13:49 Profile #24 Okay, I'm wrong on that point. What I'm arguing against is that doing anything else results in instant loss. Israel's lasted for quite a while, and it's not going under overnight. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
US and Sudan in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 13:35 Profile #19 I mean the countries and their leaders. The muslim theocracies you refrenced. They're not about to declare war. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
US and Sudan in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 12:43 Profile #17 No one is going to out-of-the-blue destroy Israel. They might want to, sure, but the people at the top didn't get there by being insane enough to actually try. -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
A Few More Advance Words On Geneforge 4 in Geneforge Series
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 12:39 Profile #40 What about groups of many weaker enemies? -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00
Xylgham udwlnit skretcko!1!! in General
Grain of Salt Infiltrator Member # 6652	written Monday, May 1 2006 11:15 Profile #97 I tried descrambling "dohesae fhosad xrazxar", but no luck. Hmmm... an undead Ur-Noob? Just to burn Ephesos's eyes out... -------------------- But I don't want to ride the elevator. Posts: 420 \| Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00

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