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Surprises in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #31
You're sellouts, all of you.

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #44
quote:
Originally written by Slarty 2.0:

I haven't been able to find a single line from any of the games suggesting that Terrestia is the less settled Shaper land. G4 makes it clear that Eastern Terrestia is the less settled part of Terrestia, but there's nothing to suggest it's the Shaper equivalent of Valorim.
You should read the geography thread. Micawber brought up this screenshot:

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #42
I can think of no relevant examples. The United States capital, maybe, but that was placed so that it was near the center of the country. Why would the Shapers place theirs farther away from civilization? It makes no sense. The capital must be on the other continent.

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Why there? *warning: displays secret of G1* in Geneforge Series
Shaper
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The continents were most likely settled by the time shaping was discovered.

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Surprises in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #13
Makes no difference to me, another mod is another mod. But, it might be nice to have a few more active mods around. I think I've seen Schrodinger, Saunders and Khoth post once or twice each since I've joined. And who the hell are Silent Motion and Radient?

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #24
There you have it then. I think it is fairly safe to say that the Council does not live on Terrestia.

Visiting somewhere new would be nice, but I actually really like it when you visit the same places in game sequels, that's one thing I really liked about the Avernum series. So really, there is nowhere that Geneforge 5 could take place that would disapoint me.

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #52
quote:
Waylander:
Would it be reasonable to expect a Jew to 'diplomatically' approach the Germans during the Holocaust?
They did.
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Time and time again, the Shapers have shown themselves to have no respect whatsoever for dealing with independent humans or creations.
Intelligent serviles are considered rogues and are thus also barred from existence. The fact that the Shapers approached a rogue servile (the PC) shows that they are willling to forgive their former enemies. The fact that no drakon has ever approached a shaper shows that they have no interest whatsoever in peace, and that they have no intention of stopping until all Shapers are dead. The drakons are clearly the bigger barrier to peace here, not the Shapers.

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #22
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Originally written by Suspicious Vlish:

From memory, you meet them on Terrestia after finishing every game.
The game does say that Terrestia is the less settled of the two continents, so it makes sense that the Shaper Council would be on the other one. The triad that you meet on Terrestia at the end of Geneforge 3 is not the council. Geneforge 2 says that you travel for many weeks to get to the capital. Since it doesn't mention a boat, perhaps the two continents are linked and not seperate islands like I made them in the map. I don't have a good Geneforge 1 save file, anyone care to refresh me in on the details of that ending?

[ Friday, April 06, 2007 08:02: Message edited by: Emperor Tullegolar ]

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #35
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

They hope to scare the enemy off, discourage, or punish them in that way because they can't win toe-to-toe. The rebellion attack does not fit that mold. The true target is shapers.
What do you call the unbound then? Stratagy? The drakons can't win toe to toe, so they are going to massacre half a continent worth of people to spread fear instead. The Shaper's are their target? Too bad the Shapers are based on a totally different continent.

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #32
I never said that. I'm perfectly fine with killing. I just want to make sure that the drakons don't get the moral high ground. Their massacres are far worse than the Shapers'.

Oh, and Stillness, how was I said a theory? Akhari-Blaze did say to destroy everything, that includes civilians.

[ Thursday, April 05, 2007 06:29: Message edited by: Emperor Tullegolar ]

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Which kind of spells do you like. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #8
Even though I enjoy controlling creations, I also like to destroy my enemies myself, and I like to do it quickly. So battle spells. Aura of flames being the best, naturally. I don't think I've ever even used a single blessing spell. I'll heal if for some reason I'm not cheating. I'll use mental magic only as a novelty.

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Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #429
Sure, but until there is a single drayk or drakon working for the Shapers, I can say with certainty that they do not accept them.

I think the Shapers allow serviles to join them because they are more moldable. Drakons, in their single-mindedness, would never work for Shapers. The fact that serviles would work for either side shows an adaptability that drakons lack. Drakons are blinded by their arrogance, hindering their alliances with other creations and humans. The Shapers recognize this and are willing to adapt themselves by allowing serviles to join them.

Oh, and Stillness gave up.
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Aranclonetar in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #82
Deep Space Nine was the only Stat Trek series to have a story arc, so unless you see it from the begining, it is to be expected that you won't know what's going on. I liked the story arc, it made for better characters than the other series' had.

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #26
Akhari-Blaze tells the unbound to "destroy everything." Civilians are being targeted. The Rebellion is a terrorist organization, concerned only with bringing down the current regime, and willing to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them.

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Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #426
quote:
Originally written by vld:

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edit: honestly can you imagine a drakon sweeping a floor
And i can`t imagine Monarch washing the toilet.
Way to miss the point completely. Notice the person you quoted was refering to all drakons. You were refering to a single human. You can certainly imagine a human cleaning toilets or sweeping floors, can't you?
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So we can`t assume that Shapers wouldn`t accept dryaks but you can assume that Drakons wouldn`t do any work? Double standarts?
Shapers would not accept drayks, there is no assumption here. The facts are that their existence is illegal. As for drakons not doing any work, this is indeed an assumption. I don't think the question is whether or not they would work, the question is could they? They lack fine motor skills, as has already been pointed out.

To answer rantalot's question: no one has ever shaped a physical change to themselves directly. Barzahl did create the drakons from old drayks, so I suppose it is possible to change someone. However, all he really did was grow them bigger and stronger in some vats, a specific change such as making hands more agile would be more difficult, I imagine. It would be easier to just make the next generation of drakons with better hands, which should be easy enough, but the drakons have never shown any interest in something that would not give them an advantage over enemies in battle.

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Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #422
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Stillness:
No, I agree that no man is an island. humans and drakons need others.
Humans do not need drakons.

Yes, if the serviles were suddenly gone, human society would go into a panic, and it would take some time to get back on track. The point is, it will get back on track because that's how humanity works. If the drakons did not have creations to do their manual labor, they would likely get very violent at first. Then, it's not certain whether or not they could cope at all with their poor ability to do fine labor like writing. Humans can tighten bolts if they need to, the game hints a few times (shaper ending) that drakons can not.

The point is that drakons need other creations to compliment them, humans do not. Drakons are one-sided, good at only certain things, they were designed to be this way.

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Ideologies of Geneforge (4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #15
I choose... me.

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Are Drakons superior beings? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #401
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

What does variety have to do with war anyway?
It's called combined arms. People who use it win wars.

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Aranclonetar in General
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #64
Hey, I liked Deep Space Nine. Power hungry clergy, a villain that slowly slips into insanity, mirror universe lesbians, what more could you ask for?

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Plato vs. Aristotle in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #6
Theory of Forms = Garbage

Aristotle had some pretty crazy ideas too but he is still way better than that boy-lover, Plato.

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Now is the time ... in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #103
That's weird, I thought when they recalled things like that they made you give them back.

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Where will G5 be? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #13
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I'm banking on "Other Continent." What better way to end the series than a final epic battle in the halls of the Shaper Council?

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Happy Passover in General
Shaper
Member # 7420
Profile Homepage #22
He finished Jewish, too.

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Aranclonetar in General
Shaper
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Profile Homepage #56
Voyager has more borg episodes than either of those.

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Meet the speed breed! in General
Shaper
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