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Displayed name | Thuryl |
Member number | 869 |
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Homepage | http://thuryl.desperance.net/blades.html |
Registered | Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Social Degradation and Religious Decay (Split from "Life on Europa") in General | |
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written Thursday, July 12 2007 20:21
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quote:But... that's exactly the question I asked in the first place. :confused: quote:It's times like this that I really have to wonder whether you actually read what we write or just skim it. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Europa, God, and you, or Where it all fits. in General | |
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written Thursday, July 12 2007 01:03
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There is a God, and He hates you and wants you to suffer. Yes, you, dear reader. No, there's nothing you can do about it. If you love God, it's best to do the most charitable thing possible under the circumstances and pretend he doesn't exist. quote:Actually, a lot of Protestants say that line too, using "catholic" in the original sense of "universal" -- that is, a universal communion of believers. [ Thursday, July 12, 2007 01:05: 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 Thursday, July 12 2007 00:44
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quote:Even the bit about not coveting one's neighbour's goods? Because it seems to me that historically, societies that have tried to take that part seriously have fallen into stagnation at best. quote:Whether you like it or not, words mean what their present-day users think they mean, and that means that Christianity is whatever most people think it is, whether you like it or not, and whether Jesus would have liked it or not. That's how language works. quote:Pursuant to this, I can't resist making a Rawlsian argument at this point. Stillness, are you really saying that you would rather live the life of a randomly-selected person somewhere in the world at some time of your choosing in the past than the life of a randomly-selected person in the present day? Really? If you can seriously contemplate answering "yes" to that question, I think our worldviews are too different for us to have anything to say to each other. [ Thursday, July 12, 2007 00:52: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- 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 Tuesday, July 10 2007 17:07
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quote:I don't know why you see a decline in morals. As far as I'm concerned, the average citizen of a modern First World country is more moral than the average inhabitant of any other civilisation in human history. For one thing, we don't keep slaves. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Video Game Addiction in General | |
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written Sunday, July 8 2007 16:54
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quote:It may be all in the mind, but the mind is all in the body. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
The Forgotten zone in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, July 6 2007 15:16
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quote:I got to 134, at which point the game became literally impossible: the rate at which artilas were appearing and spitting acid was faster than the minimum delay between shots. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Project Spiderweb. in Blades of Avernum | |
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written Friday, July 6 2007 15:12
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quote:Well, it's a Demon-type monster in BoE, if that tells you anything. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Video Game Addiction in General | |
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written Friday, July 6 2007 14:47
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85% of prescription drugs are derived from plants or fungi anyway. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Quick Blood Pressure Dude Question in General | |
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written Friday, July 6 2007 14:04
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As a rule, people who are banned should not be rewarded with cute titles. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
OBoE Scenario File Format in Blades of Exile | |
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written Tuesday, July 3 2007 16:53
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quote:In that case, wouldn't it be more sensible to just give three options whenever the user attempts to load a BoE scenario in the OBoE Editor: Save, Save As, and Cancel? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Ave 3 end game in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, July 3 2007 16:50
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Note that the game is supposed to end when you finish it (unlike A1 and A2, which let you continue playing), but not with your party dying. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Getting Drunk in A3 in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Tuesday, July 3 2007 16:49
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The only in-game effect is a reduced hit rate. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Free Creations in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Tuesday, July 3 2007 14:48
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quote:She'll leave you at the beginning of Chapter 5. It's pretty fun to take her into Quessa-Uss and watch her freak out, though. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Video Game Addiction in General | |
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written Tuesday, July 3 2007 14:39
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quote:Is using a washing machine instead of washing your clothes by hand a form of laziness? If so, is there anything wrong with it? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Spears Questions in Blades of Exile | |
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written Sunday, July 1 2007 17:58
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quote:I'm pretty sure it prevents you from getting the best ending, but you can still finish the scenario. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Game Breaking GF3 bug.(bypassable) in Tech Support | |
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written Sunday, July 1 2007 16:12
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It is a bug, but not a gamebreaking one. You can still get the rebel ending even if you kill her. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Vacations/trips in General | |
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written Sunday, July 1 2007 15:54
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I just got back from a 3-day holiday to Sydney. It was pretty awesome, but I'll feel a lot better once the corneal sunburn wears off. :( -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Skills and Levels in Geneforge Series | |
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written Tuesday, June 26 2007 22:01
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Hooray! Let's make SW games pander to the 8-year-old market even more than they already do! -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
OBoE Suggestion List in Blades of Exile | |
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written Tuesday, June 26 2007 21:57
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quote:Some scenarios with premade parties actually use this functionality to give the player little bonus messages in the names of the nonexistent characters when the party is killed. Changing the Kill Party node to work more "correctly" does seem worthwhile, but I'd recommend retaining the old functionality by default for the sake of backwards compatibility. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Video Game Addiction in General | |
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written Monday, June 25 2007 21:25
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People engage in addictive behaviours because they have nothing better to do. This is true even for drugs which create a genuine physical dependence. If you stick a rat in a tiny cage and offer them a choice of water with or without cocaine, they'll take the cocaine. Put the same rats in a richer environment with lots of things to do, and most of them will eventually switch back to plain water. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
King of The Sunset Strip. in General | |
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written Saturday, June 23 2007 23:36
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quote:Alec still posts here too. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
King of The Sunset Strip. in General | |
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written Friday, June 22 2007 23:39
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quote:You mean in a forum that was deleted later on. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
Help! Script Cheat Problem in Geneforge Series | |
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written Friday, June 22 2007 17:33
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quote:Your creations' statistics, including walk speed, are saved in your save file, so they're preserved even if you change the creature scripts. The only way to get creations with a normal walk speed is to absorb them and make new ones. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, June 22 2007 17:21
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Um, he still posts here. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
OBoE Suggestion List in Blades of Exile | |
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written Thursday, June 21 2007 06:07
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quote:This can already be done in regular BoE. Check out the Wandering Will Fight node. quote:This can be done already with special items, but I think that having regular items which could be used to call special nodes is a good idea if it can be implemented. EDIT: Well, fine, ADoS. Go ahead and get in while I'm writing my post. :( [ Thursday, June 21, 2007 06:09: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |