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Merry Xmast to all in General
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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

Happy Odinmas?
I'd have thought you would call him Wotan, given your obvious affinity for all things Wagnerian. :P

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canisters in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

I don't understand how Litalia is able to control her new self, as that implies regressing her genes back to the way they were, somehow.
Anger management classes don't change your genes, but they can still change the way you react to situations. :P

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Shaping Skills - Create Dryak? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by Necris Omega:

I could simply resort to shaping a Drakon, but I've enough fire based damage as it is. Falling back to the Gazer is another option, but one I'm not terribly thrilled with. In any case, any advise would be welcomed.
Actually, drakons in G4 do physical damage, not fire damage. As a lifecrafter, two drakons and a gazer served me pretty well in the endgame. A drakon costs a little more essence than two drayks and has slightly lower damage output, but will survive a lot better.

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canisters in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

To reject the canisters is to doom the whole world to mediocrity and endless sqabbles over the petty things like politics.
The drakons are really big on the whole better-living-through-chemistry deal, and they don't exactly seem to have moved past petty politics.

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Greta bug in Fens in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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Originally written by blackjack:

I was poking around with the logic used in the scripts...
what happens to Alwan if you never get the pass from him in Rivergate Keep (ie you don't choose the right dialogue options or worse still your reputation is too pro-Rebel)?

If you meet him in Burwood for the end-game, is he still at Rivergate Keep if you go back?

This actually happened to me -- my reputation was too far toward the rebel end of the spectrum to get Alwan's quests without betraying the safehouse or the rebel or Trakovite agents, which I didn't want to do for RP reasons. When I went back to Rivergate Keep looking for cake in the endgame, Alwan wasn't there. So that part at least is working correctly.

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Turabi Gates-get me past the guards! in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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I was able to just draw everyone out one or two at a time and pick them off once I got drayks, but it was hard and not really worth it.

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Career Choices in General
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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

Oh, yeah, what I meant to say in this thread: a mathematician would surely say that mathematics is the least artificial of all sciences, since humans have no power to alter logic in any way.
Tell that to Arend Heyting.

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8000: Pseudoscience Postravaganza in General
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Today's name, Cryptozoology, is the study of animals that don't exist, like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and El Chupacabra. I'm tired, so go research it yourself.

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Stuck in Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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The secret passage is in the far southwest corner. You first have to remove the beam that's blocking it off by deflecting the northern beam to destroy the beam projector. This also gets you access to the second mirror which you need in order to reach the power source that you need to turn on.

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Career Choices in General
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Originally written by Kelandon:

Google yields some sites that try to translate this as "Thus do we find the stars" or "This way to the stars," but the problem is that "itur" isn't a Latin word. "Sic iter ad astra" might be "Thus is the way to the stars" or something like that, but certainly not itur.
If it's a misspelling, it's a misspelling that's been around for an awfully long time -- it was my high school's motto, and my high school was founded in 1861.

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The College motto, "Sic Itur Ad Astra" is part of a verse by the Roman poet Statius: "Macte animo ... sic itur ad astra" which means "Be of courage… thus is the way to the stars".


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For those of you who live in a cave... in General
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Originally written by Garrison:

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Originally written by Tyran:

That's not nearly as bad as the man who was asphyxiated by methane from his own flatulence.
Where did you hear this from? Give me a source and I will be pleasantly shocked.

The Darwin Awards listed this as "confirmed" at one point, but then they rechecked it and it turned out to be an urban myth.

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8000: Pseudoscience Postravaganza in General
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Today's name, Spoon Bending, is the bending of a spoon or other metal object, supposedly as a demonstration of psychokinetic power. In reality, bending a spoon isn't that hard; all that's needed is to distract your audience while you apply a quick, firm pressure to the spoon with your hand. Alternatively, a trick spoon can be used, requiring only a barely perceptible flick of the wrist to bend.

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Career Choices in General
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My situation is a little complicated; I've just completed a degree in biomedical science with honours in zoology (my graduation ceremony is tomorrow, in fact), but I'm applying for a postgraduate degree in scientific communication with a view to becoming a science writer. (I'm somewhat better at writing than I am at lab work, and a lot better at writing than I am at field work.)

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Stuck in Exodus in Blades of Avernum
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Originally written by Kelandon:

Did you go through the Frost Lizard Lair? If so, you may have an item that could come in handy in getting across that river.

An item that will become a special spell as soon as I get around to it.

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8000: Pseudoscience Postravaganza in General
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Today's name, Spontaneous Human Combustion, is an alleged phenomenon in which a person suddenly and without apparent cause catches fire. SHC victims have been reported to be incinerated in a sudden burst of blue flame, utterly destroying most of the body but leaving the feet undamaged. In other cases, severely charred corpses are found in rooms which otherwise show no sign of fire damage.

However, examining supposed SHC cases reveals little or no evidence for the more dramatic events; supposed eyewitness accounts of SHC events invariably turn out to be second-hand anecdotes at best. In fact, the vast majority of "SHC" cases have been a person found burned to death at home, hours or days after last being seen alive. Many SHC victims are heavy drinkers, and probably passed out due to alcohol intoxication before their clothing was ignited by a spark or a dropped cigarette. The fire can continue to burn slowly but intensely using body fat as fuel. SHC cases tend to occur in a closed room, so there are few drafts of air that could spread the fire and ignite other objects in the room. When the feet are spared, it is most likely because they have more bone and less fat than the rest of the body, and fire tends to travel upward.

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I was afraid this day would come.... in General
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Nø.

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Physics Background in General
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Originally written by 28th Parallel, 7th Perpendicular:

And Flat Earthers, and Hollow Earthers, and the list goes on. But I still think the nuts pick the other sciences.
Ooh! Ooh! Remind me to do Expanding Earthers later. :P

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Today's name, Abiogenic Petroleum, is the theory that fossil fuels don't actually come from fossils at all. While small amounts of methane are indeed produced underground by abiogenic processes, scientific consensus is that the vast majority of hydrocarbon deposits come from breakdown of formerly living matter. By contrast, abiogenic petroleum theorists claim all our fossil fuels actually well up from deep within the earth's mantle, and that there must be huge untapped deposits of oil deep underground (despite the fact that when searched for, said deposits have failed to materialise at the locations abiogenic petroleum theorists predicted). Abiogenic petroleum theory is a fine example of motivated reasoning, as its proponents use it to justify not researching alternative fuels.

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Physics Background in General
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Originally written by Est. Perpetuum:

Overall, though, it's probably earth sciences that attract the least attention period and thus the fewest nuts.
See my name today for a counterexample. :P

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Today's name, Hollow Earth, is pretty much what it sounds like: the theory that Earth is actually hollow. But wait, there's more: there are entrances to the inside of the Earth at the north and south poles, there's a second sun in the centre of Earth, and an advanced civilisation (which, depending on who you ask, may or may not consist of reptilian Nazis) lives on Earth's inner surface.

Hollow Earth theory has a history dating back to the 17th century -- back then, people at least had the excuse that explorers hadn't yet reached the north and south pole, and we didn't have modern seismographic techniques for examining the inner structure of Earth.

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I Have A Beef With You All in General
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Originally written by Garrison:

In fact, can you even articulate his original argument after all that clutter?
Our problem with him was precisely that we didn't think he could articulate his original argument.

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I Have A Beef With You All in General
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Originally written by Garrison:

Also, concerning my "apparent obsession with consensus-building" (or whatever Thuryl eloquently phrased), I always try to empathize with both sides before I take a stance. That quality tends to promote my perverted sociopathy unfortunately.
Dude, I'm all for moderation. But it's like the Pope says; truth can't compromise with error.

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Spiderweb Games Engine Preferences Poll in General
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Originally written by Tyr's Severed Arm:

Anyway, the slings were never common, and in general were significantly weaker than melee weapons and magic, so it's essentially the same paradigm.
I dunno. I used them a lot in Nethergate and BoA, and in Avernum/BoA they were basically as good as most bows, and only a little worse than blessed bows or crossbows.

They sucked in E3/BoE, but then so did all missile weapons.

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Physics Background in General
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I did one unit of university-level physics, but the subject was targeted toward biology students (most of whom hadn't done any physics in high school), so it actually wasn't all that far above high school level -- mostly just basic mechanics and optics and a bit about their applications to biology and medicine.

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Spiderweb Games Engine Preferences Poll in General
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The hardest question for me to answer was the AP system. They all have their advantages and disadvantages, and I'm not yet sure which I prefer.

Regarding question 11: the worst thing about losing grid-based targeting was that it's no longer possible to attack invisible creatures with spells.

Regarding question 18: generally speaking, armor that reduces damage directly is more useful at low levels, while armor that reduces damage by a percentage is more useful at high levels (although Exile and Nethergate manage to make direct-reduction armour useful at all levels, since damage scales relatively little as level increases). A Fallout-style hybrid would probably be ideal.

Regarding question 20: Exile, Nethergate and Avernum all had slings, so there aren't really any SW games in which there's no missile attack that doesn't use significant amounts of resources. (Woo, a triple negative!)

Regarding question 23: Non-random unlocking was first introduced in BoA.

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