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Displayed name	Thuryl
Member number	869
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Postcount	9973
Homepage	http://thuryl.desperance.net/blades.html
Registered	Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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Best Games in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 23:50 Profile Homepage #21 Those two sentences were somewhat separate -- he did in fact explicitly imply that a large proportion of his players were functionally illiterate, on account of being 8-year-olds with violent tendencies. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Old physics question in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 23:48 Profile Homepage #22 It's true that they don't have to be 5 letters, though, as long as they're exactly two syllables long. "Snagot" is fine, for example. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
keygens in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 23:34 Profile Homepage #46 Well, almost never. He reads the board for each newly-released game for a few weeks after it comes out, and then he disappears again. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum I: The Movie in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:36 Profile Homepage #43 quote: Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon: I forget the name of the game, but in the mid 80's there was a game on laser disc in the arcades. It was extremely expensive, maybe called dragon quest. Anyhow. You'd be thinking of the Dragon's Lair series there. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
How to save Stroke Victims in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:30 Profile Homepage #4 Yes, this is pretty ridiculous. Pricking someone's fingers and ears is not going to do anything to clear pooled or clotted blood from inside the brain. Incidentally, the aspirin advice later in the thread is harmful if the stroke was caused by bleeding (as 1/3 of strokes are) rather than a blood clot. Even in the case of a blood clot, breaking up the clot can trigger bleeding in nearby areas of the brain and further brain injury. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 15:32: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Two envelopes paradox in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:23 Profile Homepage #65 (Note: my analysis assumes the strong version of the paradox, where the prediction is 100% accurate.) Except that how many boxes you choose to take doesn't affect your chance of winning, unless you believe that your decision now can influence what's already been put in the boxes in the past. So if you don't believe in reverse causality (and you don't believe that the aliens are cheating by changing the contents of the boxes after you choose), you should pick both boxes. (An alternative resolution is to accept determinism, in which case the question of which box you should choose is moot because you don't really get to choose. This acceptance has more force if you can convincingly argue that it's impossible to predict events with 100% accuracy in a non-deterministic universe.) [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 15:25: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Best Games in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:19 Profile Homepage #19 quote: Originally written by Fear or Favor?: I would like to point out that as of this post, BoA and Nethergate are tied in first with nine votes. BoE lags by only a single vote. The next one, A2, has six votes. Jeff, you're not reading this, but there's a message here. —Alorael, who can actually find two. One is about product support and the other about what people like in a game. Unfortunately, we've had this conversation with Jeff before, and he's responded that his forum community is not the same as his game-playing community. His implication was that a not insignificant proportion of his game-playing community is functionally illiterate. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Your gift or talent in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:08 Profile Homepage #94 From a sitting position, I can touch most of my foot to my head pretty easily. I'm not going to try it standing up, because tearing a muscle in my groin isn't my idea of a fun weekend. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I want to frolic in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:05 Profile Homepage #35 Well, she'd look silly wearing just one shoe, and I'm not sure where she could put a third. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
keygens in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 15:03 Profile Homepage #32 quote: Originally written by Icshi: How about creating a CD format that self-destructs after being used once? You know, pop in your drive, install the game, eject CD. Then the CD turns into a puddle of slime. :P I'm pretty sure some companies have actually done that (not literally with the melting-into-ooze part, but with non-reusable CDs). The trouble is that this makes reinstallation really obnoxious if it becomes necessary (eg. due to a HD crash or getting a new computer). EDIT: DL, most companies actually will send you replacement disks if you send in proof of purchase. They'll only reliably do so for a couple of years after release, though. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 15:04: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Tools, anyone? in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 05:30 Profile Homepage #4 One would have to say that even being a sellable trowel is bad enough. Having seen the quality of some garden implements that have changed hands at local garage sales, being an unsellable one adds considerable insult to injury. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Two envelopes paradox in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 05:23 Profile Homepage #60 Newcomb's Paradox is a stronger version of the one in Walter's post above, in which the predictor is always right. (The weak version as Walter posted it isn't very interesting, because once you assume the predictor is capable of error there's no longer a contradiction between its ability to predict and your ability to make a choice, and taking one box is the obvious solution.) The situation as described is impossible, which is what makes it a paradox; the trick is to figure out which part of the situation you want to declare impossible. This depends on your opinions about causality and determinism, and also on what degree of logical chicanery you're willing to have any truck with. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 05:15 Profile Homepage #37 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129871 It's a BoA editor with 3D graphics instead of the 2D approximations the ordinary editor has. Makes terrain editing much easier. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 05:15 Profile Homepage #37 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129871 It's a BoA editor with 3D graphics instead of the 2D approximations the ordinary editor has. Makes terrain editing much easier. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 04:46 Profile Homepage #22 I'd hardly call the UK a real multi-party system; one party always ends up with a majority in Parliament, and that party's always either Labour or the Conservatives. Australia has essentially the same parliamentary system as the UK, and only manages to have politically influential minor parties because of a peculiar tradition of voting for different parties in the Senate than one does in the House of Representatives. We'll become even more of a two-party state if the current federal government follows through on its threat to defang the Senate. [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 04:48: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Are stereotype's "bad"? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 04:37 Profile Homepage #14 Don't mind TM; as you may have noticed, he's sometimes TM. He's really a very good person, he just isn't always very nice. quote: Originally written by Student of Trinity: Asking whether Marx might have been an unconscious and accidental fascist ... would, of course, be asking two different questions; the former psychological, the latter historical. Is literary criticism a branch of psychology, of history, or both? (I'm not being facetious; it really does seem to me that literary critics aren't the people best placed to answer these questions. To a historian in particular, the actual content of a text is pretty much irrelevant in analysing how it's used.) [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 04:40: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
keygens in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 03:01 Profile Homepage #23 Also, everybody looks more stylish with a puffy shirt on their back, a cutlass by their side and a parrot on their shoulder. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum I: The Movie in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 02:59 Profile Homepage #30 Three main reasons. Firstly, Jeff's games have kind of a small audience. Secondly, Jeff has said that he doesn't really approve of fanfiction. Thirdly, Blades of Exile and Blades of Avernum sort of make fanfiction unnecessary. There is some Exile fanfiction in existence (Tharma wrote some, although I'm not sure if any of it's still online now), but not much. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 02:56 Profile Homepage #35 quote: Originally written by Thralni: I tried shifting the graphics to the upper left corner, but then the legs of the creature didn't show up in the editor. Did you check to see if they show up correctly in the game? Sometimes the game and the editor treat graphics differently, and after all it's how they look in the game that matters. Incidentally, are you using the 3D Editor? [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 02:56: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 02:56 Profile Homepage #35 quote: Originally written by Thralni: I tried shifting the graphics to the upper left corner, but then the legs of the creature didn't show up in the editor. Did you check to see if they show up correctly in the game? Sometimes the game and the editor treat graphics differently, and after all it's how they look in the game that matters. Incidentally, are you using the 3D Editor? [ Saturday, June 25, 2005 02:56: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Eagle's cooking recipies (and other's) in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 00:57 Profile Homepage #49 quote: 1. Get your things ready you lazy wanker. It takes three sentences to say that in Finnish? -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ideas in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 00:47 Profile Homepage #2 I've seen other games which had autocombat with configurable tactics. Autocombat is never very smart, though; in fact, if it were, it'd kind of defeat the purpose of combat being there at all. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
RW is Alive! in Richard White Games
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 00:44 Profile Homepage #8 It's still possible to order by phone, fax, email or postal mail. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
One-PC Parties Rule in Nethergate
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 00:35 Profile Homepage #16 Through a careful reading of the topic title and the content of the discussion, you may notice that this topic is about solo parties -- that is, a party consisting of just one Celt or Roman, rather than four. This makes matters rather more difficult. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Tools, anyone? in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 25 2005 00:27 Profile Homepage #2 The phrase "unsellable trowel" makes me erupt in gales of laughter for no particularly sound reason. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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