Profile for Dintiradan
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| Displayed name | Dintiradan |
| Member number | 6670 |
| Title | Guardian |
| Postcount | 1509 |
| Homepage | http://dintiradan.ermarian.net/ |
| Registered | Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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| The Spiderweb Art Movement. in General | |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, September 20 2006 11:20
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A day late, but here it is: -------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl $DeadMans{Chest}+=(15*$Man); $YoHoHo and $a, $bottle->{rum}; $Drink and $the_Devil; $had_done for ($the_rest); $YoHoHo and $a, $bottle->{rum}; # Really, you people are so boring # writing poems in a natural language. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Soon there will be no need to do this in General | |
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written Monday, September 18 2006 18:03
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The declining joining rate is nothing to worry about; it has been foretold. Soon, the eternal month shall be over, and October 1, 1993 shall finally arrive... -------------------- (Notices that the Church of Banjo hasn't been mentioned, and pouts in a corner.) Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Messing with time... in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, September 18 2006 07:06
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I had a similar idea a while back for a scenario I'd probably never get around to doing. It would take place in a city, and thieves would come out at night. Basically, there'd be two copies of every town section, one for night and one for day. Ticks would never advance until you entered an inn. When you went to sleep, you could tell the innkeeper whether you wanted to get woken up at night or during the day. Don't know if this helps. Modifying the way time advances is much more slick than my idea. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not use hostages as bait in a trap. Unless you're going to use them for negotiation or as human shields, there's no point in taking them. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| An insane idea, but... in Avernum 4 | |
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written Saturday, September 16 2006 09:45
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I refuse to believe any of these conspiracy theories until one of them features a vahnatai in a tutu (I'm still trying to figure out why that was the first thing to pop in my head after reading this article). Really, the most likely reason why beings with the power of shaping life exist in both Avernum/Exile and Geneforge is because JV likes the idea of beings with the power of shaping life. After reading the latest Terry Brooks installment, I think that not joining Avernum with Geneforge would be a very good idea. -------------------- See the l0veli lakes Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| What have you been reading lately? in General | |
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written Friday, September 15 2006 07:52
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I just finished Armageddon's Children, by Terry Brooks. Whoa, dude! I totally didn't see that coming... </sarcasm> -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will make several ludicrously erroneous maps to secret passages in my fortress and hire travellers to entrust them to aged hermits. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| How would you do it? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, September 14 2006 12:12
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By Alorael quote:I've got a pretty good evil laugh in Settlers... -------------------- This post brought to you by the joys of Unix. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Finished Avernums in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, September 14 2006 08:03
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You know, there's a reason why D&D 3.0 stopped allowing summoned creatures from being able to summon allies... -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I am using the hero's girlfriend as a hostage and am holding her at the point of imminent death when confronting the hero, I will focus on her and not him. He won't try anything with his true love held hostage. On the other hand, the fact that she has been weak, slow-witted, naive and generally useless up to this point has no bearing on her actions at the moment of dramatic climax. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| New Scenarios in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Monday, September 11 2006 05:56
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Legacy of Darkness, oddly enough, is still on track. I've probably got around ten hours left of designing, then alpha testing. Expect a beta call early October. Another reason why people don't talk about their scenarios is because they suck. At least, this is why I don't talk about mine much. After returning to it after over three months, I realized I didn't really like the plot any more. Oh well. -------------------- Roll the dice to see if I'm getting drunk! - The Dead Alewives Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| BoA BUGS v6.0 in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Sunday, September 10 2006 18:41
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Ampersands aren't outputted when placed in strings. For example, if I had a book containing the string "PAYROLLS & PAYCHECKS - ...", it would be outputted as "PAYROLLS _PAYCHECKS - ..." (I could be wrong about the number of spaces, but there was an underscore printed). On an unrelated note (and probably not a bug), animated terrain is not animated when you have fast effects selected in the preference menu. Caught me off guard when I was testing some of my terrain (What? It's written exactly the same as in this scenario, and it works there... or not... hmmm...). -------------------- Wi n0t trei a h0liday in Sweden thi yer? Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| The King is Dead (Others are as well.) in General | |
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written Friday, September 8 2006 07:41
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Order Mage is dead. Rest In Pieces. -------------------- Disco is dead too. Thankfully. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Infallible Skeptic? in General | |
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written Friday, September 8 2006 07:35
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By Croikle: quote:No, I had already posted two screens worth on the course's board. Then the prof signs on and says that you don't need any math to solve the problem. :( -------------------- Saying 'Savey?' at the end of an arguement does not make it a legitimate proof. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 7 2006 11:22
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By Ephesos: quote:PHIL 325: Risk, Choice, and Rationality, if that helps any. For Alorael, I'm guessing the philosophy aspect comes from rationality. Anyway, to maintain this thread's usefulness: -------------------- Larry, Moe, and Curly are having a pistol duel. Larry has an accuracy of 0.3; Moe, 0.8; and Curly, 1.0. Each round, everyone must fire one and only one shot. Larry fires first, then Moe, then Curly. Where does Larry's best chance of winning the duel lie: shooting at Moe or Curly? (And please: don't say things like Larry runs away, or Larry disobeys the rules and doesn't shoot. Art majors seem to think of this as 'creative thinking'.) Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Pokemon Choose Your Destiny! in General | |
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written Thursday, September 7 2006 11:11
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Can the general public suggest other alternatives? This is SpidWeb General after all, not a cheaply made linearly designed GameBoy cartridge. How about: (g) You get your pet to retreat and sit down next to the grandson, explaining to him the eventual consequences of a life full of violence and spite. (h) You sneak up behind the grandson and beat the living tar out of him until he calls off his pet. Personally, I like (i): You beg Arancaytar to smite the grandson with all the incomprehensible power of C'thulhu. EDIT: Choose your destiny? -------------------- (Picks up a picket sign and begins campaigning for equal representation of the elements Air and Void.) [ Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:12: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Random Double Take of the Day in General | |
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written Thursday, September 7 2006 11:01
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By Anarhiztok: quote: quote:... Okay, you try making them. -------------------- Random topic shifts, we salute you! [ Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:02: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Relative ages? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, September 7 2006 10:55
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By Kelandon: quote:I believe all Triad members get the standard issue snake staff. The real question: does Drakey have one? -------------------- All your snake staff are belong to the DL. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 7 2006 07:44
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Unfortunately for me, Peasantvision means I can only watch the CBC, which means I get to choose between Canadian content and BBC. It's either Doctor Who or Coronation Street... (Places a vote for hockey.) By Drew: quote:Have you ever watched televised darts? Still, darts could become interesting to watch: blindfolded darts, darts while drunk... my personal favourite is scraping the dartboard altogether: have the contestants throw at each other! While drunk and blindfolded! -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I appoint someone as my consort, I will not subsequently inform her that she is being replaced by a younger, more attractive woman. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 6 2006 19:01
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Alright, so today was my first day of classes (blows raspberry at all the early-starters), and one of my Arts options is a philosophy course on gaming theory. After spending about half an hour telling us that the course is a real philosophy course and giving us a pep talk to keep us motivated through the year (which made me apprehensive; why not let the content speak for itself?), the prof made us swear the following pledge: quote:I get what he was saying, but it got me thinking. I'm wondering what other people think of this: I have made mistakes in my ideology in the past. I will undoubtably continue to do so in the future. I am not infallible. I have left mistakes go uncorrected for a long time, even when other people tell me to fix them. So why should I hold myself as the final judge to what is true or not? -------------------- What if they run out of ammo? - Question from an Art major in response to a well-defined gaming question. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Assigning Strings to Variables in Blades of Avernum Editor | |
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written Wednesday, September 6 2006 11:09
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Don't worry, I didn't. Anyway, went over my code, changed everything so it used the buffer, and now it works. Why assigning a string to a declared variable gets a semicolon error is beyond me. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not appoint a relative to my staff of advisors. Not only is nepotism the cause of most breakdowns in policy, but it also causes trouble with the EEOC. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 17:41
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Yes, I did declare it as a string. Guess I'm going to have to change my code. The only thing is that I'm getting errors from scripts I alpha tested before, script I could have sworn worked fine before. Oh well. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If my mad scientist/wizard tells me he has almost perfected my Superweapon but it still needs more testing, I will wait for him to complete the tests. No one ever conquered the world using a beta version. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 14:39
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Umm... string = "string";There's an error for every instance of this, at least in Alint.EDIT: Beat to the post... by two seconds. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will never tell the hero "Yes I was the one who did it, but you'll never be able to prove it to that incompetent old fool." Chances are, that incompetant old fool is standing behind the curtain. [ Tuesday, September 05, 2006 14:40: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 11:47
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I've been getting a lot of errors from Alint in my scripts. All of them original when I assign a string to a variable. Is something else wrong, or do I have to use buffer calls instead of assigning strings to variables (I really want to make sure this is the problem before I go over all of my scripts)? -------------------- We interrupt this scheduled quote to bring you a rant. Again. WHAT? "WE HAVE DETECTED THE PRESENCE OF SPYWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER! PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A FREE SCAN?!?!?!?!?!" Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 5 2006 06:41
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By Sullust: quote:You nearly gave me a heart attack; I thought you were talking about Klein at first. In keeping with the spirit of Canadian content: Canadians killed and injured yesterday by American 'friendly fire'. Again. Youpi. I realize that close air support is vital in Afganistan, but just imagine the backlash if it were the other way around. -------------------- We interrupt this scheduled quote to bring you this rant: DOESN'T ANYONE ELSE REALIZE THE #&%@#@$@% HYPOCRISY OF ADWARE POP-UPS??? Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, September 4 2006 10:20
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Nikki, didn't you just finish a scenario? LoD1 needs a few dialog changes for a VTE, some scripting for a boss battle, and alpha testing. Since I'm lazy, expect a beta call sometime in early October (give or take infinity). -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will funnel some of my ill-gotten gains into urban renewal projects. Although slums add a quaint and picturesque quality to any city, they too often contain unexpected allies for heroes. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
| Oh no! Beta! in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Saturday, September 2 2006 10:16
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Finally, the Cave of No Return gets some company. I'm nearing completion for my pidly scenario, but this should be a welcome break. Name: Dintiradan OS: Windows 98 E-Mail: dintiradan@yahoo.ca BTC ID: dintiradan -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not hold lavish banquets in the middle of a famine. The good PR among the guests doesn't make up for the bad PR among the masses. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, September 2 2006 10:00
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By VCH: quote:No, silly. He made us money with all those cutbacks, remember? quote:I had to rant somewhere... -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not devise any scheme in which Part A consists of tricking the hero into unwittingly helping me and Part B consists of laughing at him then leaving him to his own devices. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |