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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, April 28 2006 13:27 Profile Homepage #38
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Originally written by 1 v. One:

Tail Spin does non-elemental magic damage. The only such attacks in the game are Tail Spin and the esoteric Poyozo Dance, so a lot of FAQs miss that.
Isn't Frog Squash non-elemental magic damage too? As far as I know it isn't treated as a physical attack.

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Originally written by TM:

2.2.3 The only way to beat Mrs. Pac-Man is to be dead, and considering that Thuryl is an atheist, he won't have much of a ghost. Mrs. Pac-Man.
To be fair, I am uncommonly fond of the undead. Doesn't that count for anything?

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DEATHMATCH ONE, ROUND FOUR
1. Garzahd vs. Kefka
Garzahd is a final boss. Kefka is four final bosses! Advantage: Kefka.

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DEATHMATCH TWO, ROUND TWO
1. Kelandon vs. Noam Chomsky
I'm superior, you're inferior
I'm the big attraction, you're the small
I'm the major one, you're the minor one
I can beat you shootin', that's not all

Anything you can do, I can do better
I can do any thing better than you
No you can't, Yes I can, No you can't, Yes I can
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

Anything you can be I can be greater
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you
No you're not, Yes I am, No you're not Yes I am
No you're not, Yes I am, yes I am

I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge
I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
I can do most anything
Can you bake a pie? No. Neither can I

Anything you can sing I can sing louder
I can sing anything louder than you
No you can't....

Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
Fifty cents, Forty cents, Thirty cents, Twenty cents
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

Anything you can dig, I can dig deeper
I can dig anything deeper than you
Thirty feet, Forty feet, Fifty feet, Sixty feet
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
I can do it quicker and get even sicker
I can live on bread and cheese
And only on that? Yes, So can a rat

Anything you can reach, I can go higher
I can sing anything higher than you
No you can't....

Anyone you can lick, I can lick faster
I can lick anyone faster than you
With your fist? With my feet, With your feet? With an axe
No you can't, Yes I can, yes I can

Any school where you went, I could be master
I could be master much faster than you
Can you spell, No I can't, Can you add, No I can't
Can you teach, Yes I can, yes I can

I could be a racer, quite a steeple chaser
I can jump a hurdle even with my girdle
I can open any safe
With out being caught? Yes, That's what I thought, you crook

Any note you can hold I can hold longer
I can hold any note longer than you.
No you can't, Yes I ca-a-a-a-an, Yes you ca-a-an

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Noam.

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2. Hargon vs. Rainbow Brite
Hargon, and I'm not dignifying it with an explanation.

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4. Ayla vs. Chun-Li
Chun-Li beats the hell out of things. Ayla beats the hell out of things in a greater variety of ways. Ayla.

[ Friday, April 28, 2006 13:47: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Yom HaShoa in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, April 28 2006 05:25 Profile Homepage #54
How exactly is acknowledging the situation in Darfur as genocide and then not doing anything to help any better than not acknowledging the situation in Darfur as genocide and then not doing anything to help?

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Question 1: Energy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, April 28 2006 03:03 Profile Homepage #77
The main problem with that idea is that building very large satellites isn't currently very cost-efficient.

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Question 1: Energy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, April 28 2006 01:39 Profile Homepage #71
quote:
Originally written by Cairo Jim:

Whoever asked me before, I have done a little bit of physics, and as far as I no It is possible. I'm thinking of having it driven by the same sort of air pressure system our lungs use, using a diaphram of some sort to control the pressure so that it flows in and out of the lungs.
You do realise that inflating your lungs uses energy from your muscles? Air doesn't just magically compress itself; you need to power an air compressor somehow. Where do you want the power to come from?

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Question 1: Energy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 22:39 Profile Homepage #69
Suuuure. Get back to me when you've built a heat engine that extends all the way from here to the sun.

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small rebel in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 21:47 Profile Homepage #1
Look around for bodies lying on the ground; search those.

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Ungrateful and hostile almarians in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:35 Profile Homepage #5
The major thing you're missing is a trainer, but I think everything he trains you in can also be trained cheaper in Silvar after killing its shade.

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I want my other two characters back! in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:02 Profile Homepage #14
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Originally written by Zeviz:

What's "min/maxing" in this context?
Character optimisation, essentially.

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 17:00 Profile Homepage #22
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DEATHMATCH ONE, ROUND THREE
1. Kefka vs. George W. Bush
Kefka already killed an emperor. A president should be easy.

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2. Garzahd vs. Rentar-Ihrno
As with X vs Garzahd, we have fairly good ingame evidence for this one. Your party can kill Garzahd but is no match for Rentar. Plus, Rentar manages to control Garzahd (albeit in undead form) in A4. Rentar wins.

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DEATHMATCH TWO, ROUND ONE
1. Thuryl vs. Mr. Potato Head
I recuse myself from giving an opinion on this one, on account of a conflict of interest.

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2. Marlenny vs. Ms. Pac-Man
What the? Um, um, Marlenny, on the grounds that she is neither a ghost nor a piece of fruit.

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3. Kelandon vs. Malcolm (in the Middle)
Kelandon looks like he could handle himself in a fight. Malcolm, well, doesn't.

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4. Alec vs. Rainbow Brite
These are just getting strange. Alec.

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5. Noam Chomsky vs. Rush Limbaugh
Limbaugh, on the grounds that he's about 20 years younger and considerably more spry.

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6. Chun Li vs. Bjork
Did you ever see the music video for Army of Me? Bjork has a Goddamned tank.

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7. Shadow vs. Ayla
Shadow, on the grounds that he doesn't need to be at level 90-something to do ludicrous amounts of damage.

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8. Mojo Jojo vs. Hargon (the Sorceror)
Wouldn't it have been funny if the Japanese prime minister during World War II had been a monkey? Then we'd have called him Mojo Tojo! And having made an awful pun about his name I'm now pretty much obliged to give the victory to MJ.

[ Thursday, April 27, 2006 17:01: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Descriptions in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 16:16 Profile Homepage #73
Honestly, it's getting to be more fun to string you along.

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Backyard Mythbusters in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 15:55 Profile Homepage #23
Butter comes in cans now?

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International Imitation Day in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 15:42 Profile Homepage #66
It should actually be "Fixed Her Typo".

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:43 Profile Homepage #11
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Originally written by 1 v. One:

ROUND TWO
1. Rentar-Ihrno vs. Titless Madonna
I'm sure TM could write an interesting confrontation scene between these two, but Rentar's pretty obviously going to win.

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2. The Wizard of Oz vs. Kefka
These matchups have somehow managed to be even less balanced than those of last round. Kefka.

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3. Garzahd vs. X
Hell, we don't even need to speculate on this one. The two of them appear together in the same game. Garzahd gives a decent workout to a high-level party intent on his murder, whereas X, well, doesn't. Advantage: Garzahd.

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4. George W. Bush vs. Guy Fawkes
Historically, Fawkes's plan was foiled by one government; I don't see how he's going to do any better against another. Bush.

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International Imitation Day in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:14 Profile Homepage #50
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Originally written by spy-there:

Alorael is an acronym for Oral Ale. (See how shallow I am, everybody?)
Well, where else would you put ale?

Wait, don't answer that.

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Yom HaShoa in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:11 Profile Homepage #36
Now, now. Everyone knows it's okay to run a concentration camp as long as you're only locking up the Japs.

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The Afterlife in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 07:04 Profile Homepage #56
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Originally written by Joe Slater:

I spent more than five minutes re-reading the topic to make sure I hadn't missed Alec's post. :rolleyes:
That, my dear, is why your browser has a Find function. Unless it doesn't, in which case why the hell are you using it?

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A4 Review. (link) in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 06:59 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by Zorro:

As I've mentioned before, I bought the damn thing. That probably says more about me than about the game.
Seriously, dude, the whole idea behind "try before you buy" is that if you try it and don't like it, you don't buy. Are you just buying new games out of fear that you'll spend all your disposable income on a drug binge if you don't pre-empt that by wasting all your money on games you don't particularly like?

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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 06:57 Profile Homepage #23
Well, yes, I thought the fact that I was being facetious in my expectation that he would be sorry that people liked his game was pretty much implied, but thank you for ruining the joke by explaining it.

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The Afterlife in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 01:41 Profile Homepage #53
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As for Alec's idea, I think that that's a pretty darn good description of hell, and it's even worse if you don't die of natural causes.
Um, Alec hasn't posted in this topic...

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Well, okay, what I mean is I think it interesting that so many people in general believe in the eternal soul, not just people on these boards. Since views about this sort of thing tend to be so diverse, it's strange to me that most people seem to agree that there is some kind of soul. I believe in no such thing. Perhaps there are many others who don't believe it either, but they're keeping very quiet about it.
What someone might say in this topic says nothing about whether they believe an afterlife exists -- remember, this is about what kind of afterlife you'd like there to be if there were one, not what kind you think there actually is.

[ Thursday, April 27, 2006 01:43: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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International Imitation Day in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 01:08 Profile Homepage #38
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Originally written by Joe Slater:

It is hard to distinguish the nuances, but I believe we are looking at old-style Djur here, not TM.
Nah, I'd say "That's basically the problem I have for writing to you people. You're only marginally more interested in my hare-brained theories and my occasional juvenalia than anyone else." is pure TM. Djur is actually capable of making sense when he wants to be understood. :P

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Deathmatch topics need loving too in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 00:52 Profile Homepage #6
1. I, Garzahd, will knock you all down!

2. One successfully destroyed half a planet. The other apparently resembles a stimp, whatever a stimp is. Going to have to go with Kefka here.

3. One owns a chain of dry-cleaning stores. The other acts like he owns a whole damn country. These really aren't very balanced matchups. Bush.

4. Fictional character with flamethrower vs. real person with explosives? Fawkes.

5. Id. Being as, you know, Oz isn't even a wizard at all.

6. Captain Planet, he's a hero; he's gonna kick the ass of Rentar-Ihrno! Okay, that doesn't actually rhyme very well or fit with the music, but it's the best I can do, so I'm giving the victory to Cpt. Planet anyway.

7. Professor X. Unless they're fighting near stairs.

8. Madonna. I always used custom PCs anyway.

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a4 is the best game yet in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, April 27 2006 00:27 Profile Homepage #21
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Originally written by Spidweb:

I do get negative E-mails too, of course. But I have noticed that, whenever I do ANYTHING different, there is a portion of my fan base that are full of rage and will leave and never come back. I still get wrathful E-mails about switching from the Exile engine to the Avernum engine. Still!
Back in my day, we moved around on rectangular tiles and we liked it! Also, we had to walk five miles in the snow every day to collect firewood to keep our computers running!

*waves walking stick angrily*

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You can't win an argument with a customer. If someone hates Avernum 5, they hate it. But, I am sorry to say, a lot of people love the direction I've taken with the series. Their feedback gets kinda sorta taken into account.
You don't sound very sorry. :P

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Question 1: Energy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 16:26 Profile Homepage #50
Mind turning that into a link? It's stretching the page, and everyone's seen it anyway.

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Chasing Rentar in Avernum 4
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 16:06 Profile Homepage #5
Uh, I'm pretty sure the spiders would have won that little confrontation anyway. They're pretty tough, and when you combine that with their tendency to induce insanity... well, the mage wouldn't stand a chance.

[ Wednesday, April 26, 2006 16:06: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Question 1: Energy in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 15:51 Profile Homepage #47
quote:
Originally written by Leena:

If it would take every car 8 hours to re-charge the batteries, then it would be impossible for every car to get charged overnight, which is when more people would be able to get their batteries charged. Unless you are talking about the car owners owning battery chargers as well, but wouldn't that cost a great deal of money? On top of the $40,000 you are paying for the car. It sounds awesome in theory, but knowing humans it’s highly unlikely to ever happen.
I would think that on top of the $40,000 you are paying for the car, a battery charger wouldn't be all that much extra. :P

On another note, what about other industries that rely on petrochemicals? The plastics industry uses huge amounts of oil; bioplastics aren't currently very good, and they run into the same problems in terms of resources required to make them as biofuels.

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