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Pets? in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #8
We have three parakeets back home (it was four until July, but one of them died as the result of a freak accident), plus the four or five stray cats that enjoy using our patio for sunbathing.
I do have a very strong attachment to the black housecat that belongs to my girlfriend's family.

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The Silent Assassin took his pet paintball gun out for a run this afternoon.
The local police are still baffled over the rainbow that has been painted on the back of one of the patrol cars...

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Uncle Sam Wants You? in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #19
18/20.
I would rather like to know what Patrick Henry has to do with loyalty.
And yes, I got that one right.

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The Silent Assassin believes that the Party uses these tests to maintain its differential status from the Proles, thus suppressing them.
Or was that William Smith?
I don't remember.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
New Website in Blades of Avernum
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #6
My site has it linked, as well.
(Dangit, Kel... I wanted to be the first one. :P )

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The Silent Assassin has learned quite a few things about safety this year.
For example, only yesterday he discovered that leaving a lubricant spill on the chemical lab floor can lead to an unanticipated impact upon the back of one's helmet...

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #32
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Actually, Jumpin' Salmon, you're being secretly mind-controlled by some person who can't count. But Arancaytar is also being mind-controlled by the same person, so it looks like he's the person controlling you.

Is psychiccontrolbot not running properly, Aran?
You may want to have one of you check up on it.

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The Silent Assassin just discovered that he left his spare set of scuba flippers in Detroit.
It's not much of a problem. It just means that he can't wear blue socks for a while.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Harmonious Dischord in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #41
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

[QUOTE]Nightwish is one of the ones that I actually ended up liking.

Nightwish does have a sound that is quite unique...
What songs have you heard?

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The Silent Assassin has a strange addiction to some very stereotypical polka music.
An addiction that, I must add, may lead to his eviction.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Baccarat or Blackjack? in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #1
In before the lock. :D

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The Silent Assassin is musing on the minor membership stat boost that this -real- spam will cause...
Irony abounds, no?

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
October Posting Stats Thread in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #45
quote:
Originally written by Tyranicus.:


To spam!

Okay, now you're overusing it.

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The Silent Assassin likes spam.
Oven baked with brown sugar melted over the top and served with cherries.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
November Posting Stats Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Poll in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #5
I personally predict a slight slump from the current trend, calling it at an average of 151-175 posts per day.
I'm not sure that we can keep this up forever.
And I want to be wrong.

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The Silent Assassin believes that self-fulfilling prophesies are only what we make from them.
I thought that was the point.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The long awaited Census topic! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #78
quote:
Originally written by Spookee Salmon:


We find the idea of the Silent Assassin in a leotard to be both repelling and appalling.

Now go fix your spelling before I sic Drakey on you.
:P

-Views Salmon's post-
-Looks at own post-
-Moans in shame-
-Bangs head on corner of desk. Many times-

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Speaking of odd typos, the Silent Assassin once decided that it would be amusing to rewire the keyboard on the PC belonging to a local US Senator.
He came back frustrated, telling me that the man's spelling was only helped by the incident.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Harmonious Dischord in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #5
I'm listening to my roommate whine about his accounting homework.
-sigh-
I think I will put some Nightwish on, to silence him for a few minutes.

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The Silent Assassin once Listened to the Band, but it didn't tell him a thing, let alone that he could make it alone.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The FRAPGVRUKCP: now with twice the posting action! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #4
Diki's been on the boards 24 days longer than Lenar Labs has, with 1668 more posts than we have...
So that's an average of 5.37 more posts per day...

So now she's only 5 and a half times more than we have... a step down from 9 times as many posts as us.
But not a bad thing.

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The Silent Assassin has spent the last hour in a staring contest with a cat's eye glass marble.
I think the marble is winning.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The long awaited Census topic! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #69
ET: I stand corrected, on the first point.

Nik: See Tyran's Post.

EDIT: I FIXED IT, OKAY?

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The Silent Assassin has taken up ballet in hopes that he will find some sort of work application.
He's already found a way to rig a leotard with rapelling wire...

[ Wednesday, October 25, 2006 06:23: Message edited by: Lenar, Inc. ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #92
Even the Ur-Noob was posthumously assigned an element, Nioca. You're not in any trouble.

Although, randomly killing people off does tend to get old very quickly.

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The Silent Assassin disagrees with the latter statement.
I won't argue. He has a right to disagree.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The long awaited Census topic! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #55
quote:
Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Since when is violence a prerequisite for being a trade hub? Trade hubs should be places of tolerance, and under Islam, they were.
[Grimm self-censors his initial response because he has a feeling that one of the mods would do it if he didn't]

I hate to bring up the rather blatantly overlooked fact that only after the Muslims forcefully conquered the area trade routes did they have peace... because after a brutal war, they were the only show left in town...
And at that point, you weren't allowed to be anything but Muslim if you actually wanted to get inside one of the trade posts...

Oddly enough, the Middle East trade area was best kept peaceful under the rule of the Roman Empire... who was invited into the area to help solve political disputes.

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The Silent Assassin believes that JJ Thompson should not have existed.
I haven't gotten a rationale out of him yet.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #79
quote:
Originally written by Dintiradan:

And yet more useless DikiStats!
My line ranking in Episode 2 has very little to do with my involvement... you get silenced by a Thing and see how much you have to contribute. :-P

In hindsight, it was probably for the best.

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The Silent Assassin is quite proud to have a 100% key line rating from Dikiyoba's works.
I'm never going to hear the end of this...

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Census Slartificus in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #3
Favorite adjective -- "rambunctious"
Favorite city founded before 0 -- Rome
Favorite computer or video game released before 1990 -- The Legend of Zelda
Favorite historical war -- The Maccabean Revolt
Favorite method of execution -- torture
Favorite philosopher other than Socrates -- (dangit, slarty) Probably John Locke... I'd have to think about it for a while to be sure...
Favorite poet -- Robert Frost.
Favorite politican (living or dead) -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Favorite scurrilous talk show host -- Is it sad that I actually had to look up scurrilous? I generally don't listen to or watch talk shows.
Favorite young children's book (i.e., a picture book) -- The Snowman

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The Silent Assassin has been locked inside of our safe deposit box for the duration of the Exterminator's visit to the Bunker.
This way, nobody gets hurt except for the mutant roaches.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
October Posting Stats Thread in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Jewels:

I think the UBB was having troubles before we decided to have our spamfest which sent it over the edge.
Spamfest.
Sounds like an odd sort of block party that I would never want to attend.

My appreciation to the Wise and Most Admirable Arancaytar for saving what he could of an interesting little thread.

So... the last topic we lost was TM's moniker topic, right?
If I recall correctly, that one had over 400 replies, crashed the boards entirely, and got WKS temporarily banned.
What's the scenario here?

Wait! I'm calling it now! UBB is going to be the main enemy in Episode 3!

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The Silent Assassin read this post and could do nothing but shake his head at the seeming randomness of my chain-of-thought structure.
If he wants random, he can go back to spinning that stupid wheel to determine how to pull off a job.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
The long awaited Census topic! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #14
When was the last time that:
You showered? This morning.
You lost your cell phone? Where? I have yet to lose my cell phone.
You lost your keys? Locked them somewhere? I locked them in the car yesterday. :( Fortunately, I have a spare set.
You cut your hair? July, I think. I need a haircut.
You overslept? Thursday.

Current:
Mode of transportation? The bike is currently out of commission, so just the Thunderbird.
Book you are reading? Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks.
Model of cell phone? It's a Samsung. Don't know more than that.
Jewlery you are wearing? The standard watch and gold promise ring.
Game you are playing? Rome: Total War, though I shall be catching up on BoA after I win.

Fav:
Cartoon? you can include cartoons that you used to like Pinky and the Brain.
Baseball team? Philadelphia Phillies. They're my home team.
Location? I know of this really nice spot out in the middle of the Pine Barrens, where the turtles get to your bait before the fish do.
SW oldbie Alorael
SW newbie? Tyran

Have you ever?
Stalked someone? No
Been in love? Yes
Missed TM? For too long.
Gotten lost? I'm not lost! I simply haven't been found yet!
Thrown a pie at someone? I've been on the recieving end several times. does that count?

Random
First quote that pops into your head? "This is me and the bull and... I think that's the bull's cousin." - Larry the Cucumber
Name a red object in your room There's a red heart balloon left over from yesterday's gig.
Name a song that makes you sad My Immortal - Evanesence
If you could remove a person from history, who would it be? Albert Camus. No more existential misconceptions about Sisyphus.
If you could call someone a 'best friend', who would that be? Um... Professor Moriarty. Just because.

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The Silent Assassin has come to the realization that it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
The large quantity of sodium chunks that he stored in the bathtub last night is a very good example.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Episode 3: A New Game in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #67
The Peanut Gallery demands that I post.
Don't shoot the messenger.

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The Silent Assassin is offended by being type-cast as a being of random wanton destruction.
He may cause wanton destruction, but every step of said wanton destruction is logically planned well in advance.
He goes on to say that he has never once borrowed finger paint for anything (liar), and it is very difficult to stick out one's tongue when one wears a sinister helmet.
Just ignore him, Diki.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
What do you do when you're on the boards? in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #15
Generally, I check the boards in my standard rotation of blogs, websites, and webcomics, which occurs every few hours or so.
Oftentimes, I will be on aim, but I generally focus my attention to the web page.

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The Silent Assassin got us thrown out of a party last night by shoving someone's face in a bowl of dip.
When I asked for an explaination, he told me that he was having a Seinfeld moment.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Engine or Data Error? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #8
Okay, I've got it.

The BoA engine, I guess the latest version, has an issue with the icon adjust feature that the 3D editor doesn't agree with. I can't explain it, and would prefer not to.
I just happened to find an answer to this particular problem.

So.

IMAGE(http://photos-817.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v47/66/76/141300885/n141300885_30349817_7691.jpg)

I tried a variety of tests and found that you never actually needed the custom water floor.
The script that I finally got to work is:
quote:
begindefineterrain xxx;
clear;
import = 165;
te_suppress_floor = 0;
te_icon_offset_y = -92;
te_height_adj_pixels = 92;
te_is_bridge = 1;
I used regular surface water (floor 57) underneath of it, and it worked fine.
The only issue is that the walkway doesn't show up in the 3D preview in the editor: the walking man gets elevated above the water with nothing to walk on. The walkway does preview in 2D mode, though.

And now that my migraine has worn itself off... I'm going to bed.

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The Silent Assassin is off in Dreamland.
He plays Kirby way too much.

[ Friday, October 20, 2006 22:35: Message edited by: Lenar, Inc. ]

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Engine or Data Error? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #6
te_supress_floor = 0, huh?

quote:
Originally written by Dahak:


However, I am not and I used to.

Okay, are you saying that you've seen it at least once in-game without the black floor?

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The Silent Assassin has announced that Thursday is now officially "Clobber your roommate with a pizza day."
I have a whole week to prepare. :D

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Engine or Data Error? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #4
Would someone mind taking a screenshot of the bad rendering for those of us in the minority OS?

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The Silent Assassin has spent the day working on a personal challenge: constructing a device that is lethal at 50 yards, using only an unsharpened no. 2 pencil, 2 pounds of broccoli, and six thick blue rubber bands.
The pumpkin farm down the street is going to be very upset come tomorrow.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Don't touch that dial! in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #6
Lost.

End of list.
I don't really know what's on TV right now, and generally don't have time to watch it.

I am trying to catch up on Stargate SG-1 via netflix.

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The Silent Assassin does not have a list.
Deranged subterfuge waits for no man, or for odd, masked, skeletal avatars for that matter.

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00
Praying for God's forgiveness even now... in General
Lifecrafter
Member # 6700
Profile Homepage #12
I already saw it when checking the URL on your site, Diki.
I'm looking forward to it.

-goes to get sig break thingy-

DANGIT JEWELS, YOU BEAT ME TO IT

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The Silent Assassin has organized a parade in his honor.
Isn't that cute?

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-Lenar Labs
What's Your Destiny?

Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable.

All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure.
Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00

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