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Registered	Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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Shapers keeping secrets in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, September 7 2006 23:12 Profile Homepage #59 quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: Finally, why would you destroy the geneforge? It is the pinnacle of shaper technology! It is the next step in evolution! To deny this to the world would be tragic crime, the genocide of the future, if you will. Even assuming that others have a right in principle to attempt to overthrow you, why on earth would you want to help them gain the ability to do so? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I think in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, September 7 2006 22:58 Profile Homepage #54 quote: Originally written by Sturg: With poker and the best players in the world, 80% of the key of winning is luck. That 20% edge makes a huge difference in the long run, though. There's a reason why the same people get into the finals every year. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Infallible Skeptic? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, September 6 2006 23:39 Profile Homepage #5 A friendly reminder: even if you don't believe what your professor tells you, it's important to act like you believe it when exams come around. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I think in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, September 5 2006 19:46 Profile Homepage #14 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: Baseball is possibly the most boring sport on TV. Someone's never watched Test cricket. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Stuck in Za-Khazi Run in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, September 5 2006 13:27 Profile Homepage #10 Khoth's lair is at the end of the scenario. You can't miss it. As for the crypt, you're going to have to disturb a few bodies to get the key you need. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, September 4 2006 04:49 Profile Homepage #294 quote: Originally written by i: a writing eye cloud* A most serendipitous typo, bringing forth as it does images of a gazer coiling an eyestalk around a fountain pen and putting its thoughts to paper. What kind of poetry would a gazer write, I wonder? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
The King is Dead (Others are as well.) in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, September 4 2006 04:44 Profile Homepage #11 quote: Originally written by Lt. Sullust: As it turns out, the Crocodile Hunter is also dead... :eek: Although not, unfortunately, by the agency of a crocodile. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, September 3 2006 03:22 Profile Homepage #290 quote: Originally written by Valcrist: I agree. I was so surprised to see a gazer imprisoned. Um, there have been gazers in the game since Avernum 1... -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Stuck in Za-Khazi Run in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, September 2 2006 22:42 Profile Homepage #2 The mushroom charm is definitely the best reward to take if you're trying to get as much as possible out of her. You can find the opal without her directions, and you can steal the dragon scroll from her after getting the charm. (Be prepared for a fight, though.) -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 3 on Intel Mac in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, September 2 2006 17:32 Profile Homepage #2 Also, please don't cross-post. I provided a possible solution in Tech Support already. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge 3 on Intel Mac - fails to start in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, September 2 2006 17:30 Profile Homepage #2 Sound-related errors can usually be cured by opening a copy of GarageBand. Really. Try it. [ Saturday, September 02, 2006 17:30: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Using BoA to tell a story in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, September 1 2006 16:31 Profile Homepage #22 quote: Originally written by Lenar, Inc.: What if one created a tag or several tags using skills that can't be trained in, or the skills that require base skills to train in? In essence, a combination key of skills, with a different key generated from the different sub-scenarios? One could potentially manipulate the key, of course, but why would one want to, if they wanted to play corectly? Well, because the only skill that can't ever be trained in is Dread Curse, which doesn't carry over between scenarios, and any party above level 20 or so is likely to have access to multiple special skills already. What you could do, I suppose, is give the party, say, a necklace, and tell them to put it on their lead PC at the start of the next scenario. (Call it a ceremonial necklace or something, given to commemorate the party's achievements in the first scenario, and start the next scenario with a ceremony in which the PC is expected to wear it.) Have the item give an unusual combination of stat bonuses that another scenario designer would be unlikely to give to an item by chance -- say, +1 Strength, +1 Quick Strike, +1 First Aid and +1 Luck. Check the lead PC's stats at the start of the next scenario, then destroy the item in the necklace slot and check his stats again -- if the changes in stats match up with the loss of the stat bonuses given by your tag item, he was wearing your tag. Creating multiple tags (to check on multiple things that may or may not have been done in the first scenario) is just a matter of adding more items in different slots. Of course, you can always give back the items you destroy if you want the party to be able to keep them for the next scenario. With this method, a player with a basic knowledge of scenario design could still create a fake tag, but it's unlikely that anyone would stumble across one by accident. A word of warning: it's a good idea to only give the party tags for doing good things, or for avoiding doing bad things. If you give the party tags for screwing up, they can easily trick the next scenario into thinking they haven't done them by throwing away the tag items. [ Friday, September 01, 2006 16:47: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Journey from the North Scenario Discussion in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, September 1 2006 16:26 Profile Homepage #28 Well, assuming we're talking about custom graphics in bitmap or PICT format, they should compress down to a mere 10 MB or so, even assuming they all end up being used. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Shapers keeping secrets in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, September 1 2006 16:21 Profile Homepage #37 quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: If nuclear weapons weren't proliferated, war between the United States and the Soviet Union would have been inevitable. Neither side wanted to attack the other due to the fear of the power of such weapons and, thus, major conflicts were avoided. The same can be said for the power of a geneforge. Who is going to attack someone with supreme power? Even better if multiple people have this power, because they will balance each other out. This logic only stands a chance of working if both sides are sane, which people who have used the Geneforge are manifestly not. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
WoW in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, September 1 2006 16:02 Profile Homepage #23 Bait? Moi? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
WoW in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 31 2006 18:56 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Raka shaka laka: Why not? "Discussion of illegal activities". Read the CoC. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Using BoA to tell a story in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, August 30 2006 00:00 Profile Homepage #16 quote: Originally written by Ash Lael: quote: Originally written by the Great Potato: And a way around it is to include the saved game, but have the scenario already started and the PC inside the scenario. This is actually a really cool idea. And if they start it with any other party, they arrive in a walled room with nothing but an exit from the scenario. :-) I considered doing exactly this for Roots, but eventually decided it was more trouble than it was worth. After all, it's a hard scenario, and if somebody needs to use a god party to finish it, I'd rather they did that rather than gave up on it completely. I will be using extreme measures to enforce premade party use in Idols, though. I pretty much have to, since the scenario detects which one of two premade parties you're using and changes the plot accordingly. (That's right, it's a two-scenarios-in-one value deal. Limited time only, while stocks last.) [ Wednesday, August 30, 2006 00:08: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
One Planet Down, Eight To Go in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, August 29 2006 00:54 Profile Homepage #38 Yup. It was the ancient Greeks who named the planets in the first place, after all. The word "planet" itself comes from the Greek word for "wanderer", since planets were seen to move around in the sky rather than remaining fixed as the stars do. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Web hosting: Advice required in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, August 28 2006 12:41 Profile Homepage #1 Djur has some spare bandwidth. He may be willing to exchange it for sexual favours. In all seriousness, I understand he's getting a pretty good deal on hosting. It'd probably be worth asking him what hosting service he's using, since I can't recall offhand. [ Monday, August 28, 2006 12:42: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I need advice in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, August 27 2006 18:17 Profile Homepage #4 quote: Originally written by Drakefyre: Useless skills: Dexerity Missile Weapons Battle Shaping Luck (get one point) On the other hand, Delicious Vlish swears by Dexterity, Missile Weapons and Luck, and he's one of the best GF strategists around here, so YMMV. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, August 27 2006 18:14 Profile Homepage #273 quote: Originally written by Undead Tool: —Alorael, who never hopes to have to choose between Angband's rod of probing and Geneforge's rod of succor. Or D&D's Immovable Rod, which gets even more suspicious when you realise it's listed in the same magic items section as the Bag of Holding and the Portable Hole... Okay, so my ulterior motive in replying was to quote your current PDN in this thread for posterity. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 26 2006 23:36 Profile Homepage #271 You were being vulgar. I was being suggestive. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Anagrams in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 26 2006 17:04 Profile Homepage #75 quote: Originally written by Goldman N. King: If you can get something that good from Riibu, try getting something in any language out of Goldenking! I'm sure you could do it, I'd try but I'm lazy. Lend ginkgo. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Avernum V ideas in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 26 2006 14:35 Profile Homepage #264 I'd like them better if only I could say the phrase "living tool" without giggling. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Dinosaurs Are Alive in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 26 2006 14:07 Profile Homepage #102 quote: Originally written by The Stew Boy: If so, are there any 'superinsulators' that will not conduct electricity no matter what you try? Nope. Everything will conduct electricity a little bit if you try hard enough to get it to do so. Pure silica is pretty close to a perfect insulator, though. [ Saturday, August 26, 2006 14:08: 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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