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Displayed name | Thuryl |
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Homepage | http://thuryl.desperance.net/blades.html |
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artifacts in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, August 8 2007 22:29
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quote:I made it as a no-magic singleton because I needed the resistances, although when I wasn't fighting enemies that used fire or magic attacks I'm pretty sure I switched back to the Girdle of Endurance. (It's also one of the earliest artifacts you can make. Depending on your perspective, that's either an advantage or a trap.) [ Wednesday, August 08, 2007 22:30: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
A3 Mystery Island in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Monday, August 6 2007 00:54
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quote:Are you sure there isn't a secret passage in the cave wall? There usually is, in cases like that. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
What sound does a Swedish lightsaber make? in Avernum 4 | |
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written Friday, August 3 2007 05:25
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It's used as the A4 opening music. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
How about some Player Reviews... in Nethergate | |
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written Friday, August 3 2007 01:46
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quote:Not very. It's possible on Torment difficulty, but hard (especially for Romans). Of course, if you're playing as a singleton you're probably doing it partly for the challenge anyway. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, August 1 2007 21:59
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quote:So I take it you haven't played Planescape: Torment either. Kids these days. [ Wednesday, August 01, 2007 21:59: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Fat Attack? in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 1 2007 21:50
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quote:Um, fat people are let on the show and thin people aren't. That's discrimination. Whether it's justifiable discrimination is a separate question. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Za-Khazi Run - Opal Citadel in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Wednesday, August 1 2007 17:52
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quote:It's really not that hard if you don't waste time. Don't rest outdoors, don't do things that the game says will take a lot of time, and whatever you do make sure you get the shroom charm from Morog. quote:You only need one of them (although you can get extra rewards for giving him more than one). Did you actually offer the item to him? [ Wednesday, August 01, 2007 17:53: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
G5 wishlist. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, August 1 2007 17:50
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quote:Knights of The old Republic. No, I don't know why "The" is capitalised and "old" isn't. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Fat Attack? in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 1 2007 15:41
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quote:Correlation is not causation: if you actually read the study itself, you'll realise that all it found was that obesity tends to cluster in social groups. This could simply be because people with similar habits and traits tend to associate with each other. [ Wednesday, August 01, 2007 15:43: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Avernum 5, July Update in Avernum 4 | |
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written Sunday, July 29 2007 17:51
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Starship Troopers is a lot less funny if you've read the book. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Social Degradation and Religious Decay (Split from "Life on Europa") in General | |
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written Saturday, July 28 2007 15:12
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quote:That's kinda hard to do, since most prophecies tend not to come with time limits. Matthew 16:28 is a bit of an embarrassment, though, unless you believe in the Wandering Jew. [ Saturday, July 28, 2007 15:13: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Social Degradation and Religious Decay (Split from "Life on Europa") in General | |
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written Friday, July 27 2007 19:08
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quote:For one thing, it would suggest that perhaps it's easier to make a few lucky guesses than you would have us believe. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
seclulded forest areas in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, July 27 2007 16:17
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You're a Shaper, not a lumberjack. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Life on Europa in General | |
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written Friday, July 27 2007 16:02
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quote:Replace the words "intelligence" and "mindless" with words pertaining to some other property, like "solidity" and "non-solid", and you'll see how vacuous your argument is. If you pour liquid nitrogen into water, the water will freeze solid. If liquid matter can confer the quality of solidity to other matter, then why can't mindless matter confer the quality of intelligence to other matter? This counterargument goes back as far as Aristotle's time, by the way (although, of course, they didn't have liquid nitrogen back then). It really would do you good to get acquainted with some actual philosophy. [ Friday, July 27, 2007 16:07: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 27 2007 00:41
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quote:Ah, but you're still relying on the assumption that universal unity is good! God's existence does not automatically make that assumption true, and therefore you're appealing to a morality independent of God. How would you argue that God was the source of all moral authority to someone who believed that universal unity was a bad thing? [ Friday, July 27, 2007 00:43: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 26 2007 15:37
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quote:Well, lots of Christians refer to God as Jehovah. He's also professed annihilationism, though, which is a doctrine that tends to be associated specifically with Jehovah's Witnesses. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 26 2007 05:51
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quote:I don't always know when I'm trolling either. Does it matter? An idea is an idea, whether the person proposing it sincerely believes it or not. quote:"Everything exists because of his will" implies "he could will everything to not exist", does it not? In other words, you're saying that God's moral authority derives from his power to destroy the universe on a whim. If that's not fascist, I don't know what is. [ Thursday, July 26, 2007 05:55: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
A3 Skills in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, July 26 2007 00:55
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You're thinking of BoA. The secret skills in A3 can only be raised by trainers or equipment. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 25 2007 23:44
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quote:There's a name for the belief that the ability to do something creates a right to do it: it's called fascism. quote:Everyone is involved in politics. It's not something you can opt out of. To the extent that your actions affect other people, your actions are political. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 25 2007 19:24
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quote:When there are Dominionist Christians out there who still want to see adulterers stoned to death, we have to take these things seriously whether we would like to or not. I've received threats in the past from Christians who objected to certain of my political activities, so this is something that hits a little close to home for me. [ Wednesday, July 25, 2007 19:29: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Need a contact form in Tech Support | |
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written Tuesday, July 24 2007 03:07
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Um, you might want to read the forum description again. This is a forum for technical problems with Spiderweb Software games, not a general-purpose tech support forum. Now, there are a lot of very friendly and computer-literate folks here, so you might get a response anyway. But don't count on it. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
GF3 endings in Geneforge Series | |
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written Monday, July 23 2007 21:30
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There are only two groups in GF3, and it's generally best to pick one and stick with it. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, July 23 2007 21:17
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quote:One of these things is not like the others, and your mischaracterisation of Catholic theology makes me wonder how much you really know about any other theology. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Is illegal downloading such a bad thing? in General | |
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written Monday, July 23 2007 18:45
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quote:Justifying copyright law in terms of some notion of natural intellectual property rights is dicey at best, for reasons including but not limited to the ones you point out. Therefore, the justification normally used is basically a utilitarian one, similar to that given for patents: if the first person to come up with an idea isn't given the exclusive right to profit from it, people will be less inclined to come up with new ideas. On the other hand, people still produced great works of art before copyright existed, so the utilitarian justification is dicey too. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Is illegal downloading such a bad thing? in General | |
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written Monday, July 23 2007 15:57
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Maybe in the post-copyright era we need to see a return to the concept of patronage, where the fabulously wealthy pay artists to create art for themselves and let everyone else have access to it. There are certainly enough fabulously wealthy people and enough aspiring artists to make the system viable. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |