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| Member number | 6785 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
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| Registered | Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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| What style of graphics would you like to see in Avernum 5? in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 25 2006 18:57
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Maybe if his Jeffness got enough volunteers the A4 graphics could reach the numbers of A3/BoA. Since he said that graphics were the most time consuming part of getting A4 ready, this will be the constraint on the numbers of monsters. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 25 2006 18:19
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And the mind games continue. It's easy when you no longer have to restrain yourself as a mod. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Are Geneforge and Avernum related? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Tuesday, April 25 2006 18:12
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There is the remote possibility that Geneforge is the far distant future of Avernum. The Vahnatai have started in Avernum 3 with creating life to form the monsters they inflicted on the Empire. They are shaping life in addition to minerals (crystals). Although this is a stretch. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 20:58
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Random Randomness Causality Halfling Microcavity Nonlinear Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| "Policing" ourselves? in General | |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 18:38
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What I was refering to on Newton's theory of gravity was a reproduction of Galileo's experiment with dropping different objects of the same mass. When performed in vacuum all objects should take the same time to fall the same distant. There was an experiment where there was a distinct difference depending upon the type of matter making up the objects. It was theorized that there was a corrective force that could be measured under the right conditions. This was exclusive of Einsteinian theories, but had been predicted by someone else. I only saw one reference to this about 15 years ago. Newton's theory works for most real world situations, Einstein's usually works for those cases like those at relativistic velocities. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| A2 Walkthrough in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:51
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post 300 Click on the plants to open the path and the statue to move them. Garzhad is usually the last battle of the game not because he is so hard, but you have to fight his minions. The Exile version was harder than Avernum in my opinion. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| The Best Weapons in Avernum 4 | |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:45
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If you want a decent weapon from early in the game, the ghostly blade from the Mertis Spiral when you slay the keeper at the bottom. Decent damage and the jinx to curse monsters, although less than the oozing blade in the Honeycomb, and it has defensive bonuses. Demonslayer in the Scree Caves is the next step up in power from the ghostly blade. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Stupid Almarians in Avernum 4 | |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:40
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None of the shades are hard to kill for a party of 4. For a singleton it comes down to positioning your character so you don't get swarmed by created monsters. I found I needed to summon monsters as a wall to give me time to divine retribution the shade's monsters to oblivion. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:34
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Congratulations on 7000. If you stayed it would have been sooner. Too bad the thread was ruined by a bad rumor. At least I hope its a rumor. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Statistically Yours, on the First Anniversary in General | |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:31
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Misinterpretations occur because most of us are tired when we post or read postings. Or we just have warped minds. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 23 2006 05:28
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quote:There are almost no original thoughts in this forum. They consist of people posting their views and philosophies. Lord llama post about heaven for violent people where they fight all the time is the Norse myth of Vahalla where the chosen fighters who died in battle spend their days fighting and are raised to spend their nights feasting. The flip side of punishing violent people is given by humorist that propose that Islamic suicide bombers find that their 40 promised virgins are their baby victims and that they will spend eternity with them. There various posts about where everything comes from have been debated for ages. That is the basis for almost every religion's origin story. Terry Pratchett's Strata deals with humans terrafroming planets to make them seem that life evolved naturally on each world by planting false geological evidence. So they inhabitants planted on the world will later find fossils that make them think they evolved there. Then they find an earth that has Earth's history and continents on a flat Earth that has "magic" and a computer to control the place to keep it running. This was to show that things weren't always as people believed, but until they find blatant evidence they continue in their original views, Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, April 22 2006 18:04
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What is lacking about information on the Internet is a way to determine reliability. Any idiot with enough ability to generate a website can post anything no matter how stupid it is. Wikipedia has had trouble with altering information to push an agenda so that they've had to change their policies in order that changes could be more easily noticed and evaluated to prevent wrong information from being accepted as fact. Unfortunately information is being restricted in the education system in the US. If you don't know that it's missing you never think to look for it. Most people don't take the time to educate themselves. Now there is a push to not place information out there that might offend a group. Arizona defeated a law to require universities to provide alternate material for individuals who might be offend by the course content. That would've allowed people to continue on in their own worlds without seeing alternatives. I don't even like thinking about how Intelligent Designers want to stop the teaching of evolution just because it's not a complete theory. All science still has new information occuring that changes existing theories. The Law of Gravity was discovered by Newton in the 1600's, but there are still some scientists that think there should be corrections to it to explain deviations that are barely measureable depending on the types of matter that are involved. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, April 22 2006 17:49
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If we're going to get into the creation of the universe, then modern theory still doesn't go back to the absolute beginning. The Big Bang still doesn't adequately explain the origin of the starting point. After the initial almost infinitetesimal amount of time, theory can explain the formation of particles that eventually result in us posting in this forum. The difference between whether this is just the end result of a group of physical laws or God produced the result so it looks like it happen naturally is indistinguishable by us at the moment. So the arguments of Creationists (Intelligent Designers) over whether God created everything a few thousand years ago are flawed because there is no way to prove their time frame. Saying that we are too stupid to eventually figure out a way for life to have reached this point is a poor proof. Saying that life is too complex to evolve from simple molecules only means that the steps have been shown yet. In only the last few weeks two examples of "missing links" have been found in the fossil record. A snake that still has 2 legs like a lizard and a fish like creature that has arms. It's only a matter of time before the gaps will be filled in. Then the debate can go back to how can you prove something (God) that can't be detected. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Statistically Yours, on the First Anniversary in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, April 22 2006 17:19
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quote:I've been outside, why do you think I keep coming back here? It's hot, windy, and sets off my allergies. I'm not looking forward to weeding next week. Oh, and I'm male. While I joined in February, I made the mistake of going back through the threads at least as far as Jeff hadn't purged them to make room. That's something I not going to do again. There were some good threads still left, but I seem to have registered just after the silliness started with polls and newbies. It was enough to make me want to avoid General. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 19:53
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You could always add as level titles, Scimitar and Unspecified Services Agent, from Exile games. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 19:40
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quote:I hate to agree with you, but their seem to be two explanations. One is the kid torturing ants like in the Star Trek episode "Trelayne." The other is that God is deliberately placing limitations on his power in order to achieve some result. We're part of an experiment to see if after enough time we're all dead from self destruction (that may happen soon if Iran gets the bomb) or evolve into something better that is closer to God but of lesser power. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 18:27
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What seems to have been lost in this discussion was that while the Holocaust refers to the 6 million Jews exterminated by Hitler another 5 million people were exterminated also by Hitler. Any group that didn't fit in with Hitler's master race was to be eliminated: Gypsies, mentally retarded, handicapped, etc. That other groups would be next will never be known, but there were probalbly others that were spared because their homelands weren't occupied. Stalin kill millions trying to achieve his view of the world. You also have Mao with his revolution, the genocide in Sudan of Black Africans by Arabs, etc. Isreal is in a defensive situation. Outnumbered and surrounded it is trying to prevent its destruction. If you doubt that Hamas, Fatah, and any other Arab group wants the complete elimination of Isreal just read their own web sites. The original land of Isreal established by the United Nations consisted mostly of land owned by Jews. For all the land "taken" from Palestinians by war, more land was lost by Jews in Arab lands. If there was true oeace negotiations this would come out. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 18:05
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If you want one possible answer to why we're not still in Eden, try the Studio Foglio website in the Free section for Good Omens. Since God by definition, at least in some religions before we debate my definiton, is all powerful and all knowing then eating the forbidden fruit was already known before telling Adam and Eve not to do it. Whether or not we have free will, if God knows the future, then the action must have been planned by God. So whatever happened was part of God's design and therefore there was never an intention for us to stay in Paradise. This can start a whole new debate upon predestination and whether we truly have free will if all are actions are known in advance by God. As to power corrupting, if you don't have it before then getting it will usually affect you. Look at Aran and his wondering whether this topic was about him. The degree of corruption depends upon excercising power. The more it is used to force one's will upon others the more the others feel that it is corrupting. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Geneforge without the Geneforge in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 17:49
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I think I saw Jeff say that there were no plans for Blades of Geneforge. Not starting off as a Shaper (creating monsters) would be okay. The ability could always come later. Especially since Jeff made servile as an option. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Geneforge 4 spells in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 17:45
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Jeff will probably transfer some from A4 since it will reduce the work in graphics. After all the replacements over the years in the Avernum games, I bet we'll lose some old spells. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| is this game worth playing in The Exile Trilogy | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, April 21 2006 17:40
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Exile 1 is the oldest and you probably will hate having only a few slots to store items. Exile 2 has the best plot, better graphics, and a better game engine. Exile 3 is the surface, but you now have a weight limitation. Blades of Exile depends upon the scenario. The graphics aren't that bad and the plots are good. It depends upon what you like. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Tower Colony Gate in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 17:32
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In X's upstairs area, one door opens with the second key as a reward for killing the demon. The other doors don't have anything of value behind them. There is a mention in a very early thread about unlock and tool use. It is possible but not in ordinary game play. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Restarting or continuing? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, April 21 2006 17:26
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There are plenty of wisdom crystals in the Great Cave. There will be no problem getting tool use and mage spells high enough. You don't need tool use above 12 in the demo section and even later on in the game. You only need TU 16 for the end. I wrote a spoiler listing wisdom crystals if you wonder when you will get them. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 20 2006 19:41
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I think the explanation is that this is some sort of psych experiment involving how we perceive people. What information is most important in how we define a person. Oh well, some day Thuryl will answer if this doesn't get too far from his topic. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, April 20 2006 19:09
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quote:Most people are inherently stupid. Read H. Beam Piper's "Day of the Moron" if you want an example. They just don't think about what they are doing. I've had friends that made my school's Police Beat news column. Some boasted when they weren't named because they got away and only the crime was reported. The police are just taking advantage of technology. Besides sipping coffee and eating doughnuts while surfing the net beats having to walk a beat to get information. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |