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Oh my God, you just can't make this **** up. in General
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Eh, I can sort of see where he's coming from. Sometimes I've hoped I'd contract a terminal illness so I wouldn't have to worry so much about the future.

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countering freezing? in Avernum 4
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Originally written by Micro Phage:

Riposte is a quick thrust given after parrying/deflecting an opponent's lunge in fencing/sword fighting. And/or a retaliatory action, maneuver, or verbal retort in tongue fu fighting.

Hey, it's after 2am here. What'd you expect? ;)

I agree that that's the dictionary definition of riposting (I fenced for 5 years, after all; I do know what it is). However, since in Avernum 4 it's possible to riposte while frozen solid and incapable of movement, that can't possibly be what riposting actually is in Avernum 4. Hence my proposed alternative definition.

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countering freezing? in Avernum 4
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Riposting is, uh, the art of holding your sword at such an angle that opponents accidentally run into it while attacking you. Yeah, that's it.

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The Signature of Your Dreams in General
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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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All the same, rebels have come very close to successfully completing two Geneforges, and both only failed due to dumb luck (a remarkably talented apprentice in the right place at the right time). Eventually the Shapers' luck is going to run out.

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weight suggestion for G4 in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by Retlaw May:

Such a beast would have to be massive and heavily armored. Such a beast would be slow and if you wished for it to follow you, it would slow you down to an enormous degree.
What makes you say that? An elephant's average walking pace is much faster than a human's, and elephants can carry a decent amount of weight.

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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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It seems to me that the discussion about possible leadership systems is rather akin to shifting deckchairs on the Titanic. Once the secrets of building a Geneforge become common knowledge (and the way things are going, it's only a matter of time), a few big words from on high aren't going to stop any reasonably well-resourced group from making an army of walking, talking nuclear weapons.

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Oh my God, you just can't make this **** up. in General
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Originally written by Jewels:

Everybody dies.

and

No one can take it with them.
(for the proverbial challenged, 'it' being ones possessions when they die)

Hey, speak for yourself. I plan on being cryogenically preserved.

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Chop Sockey, Your Favorite Bad Kung Fu Films in General
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Officially, swelling of the brain, possibly related to an allergic reaction to a painkiller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee#Death_by_.22misadventure.22

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how to please khoth? in Blades of Avernum
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The best thing to get from Morog is the mushroom charm. You can then steal the scroll from her (but get ready for a fight after Morog sees you on your way out).

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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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There's some truth in what you're saying. Remember Trajkov, who was able to stay at least moderately sane even after using the Geneforge? Whatever you may think of his principles, that fact alone made him an exceptional individual -- and the worse things get, the more I'm inclined to think it might have been better to just side with him in G1 after all.

All the same, he was just one person, and still mortal even with all his power; there's no guarantee his replacement wouldn't be just as corrupt as the rebels we see today.

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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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I doubt it. When all's said and done, the fundamental conflict between the two sides is that both of them want absolute power and only one of them can have it.

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What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
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Originally written by Green Apple:

Melee attacks just send a message that you can't talk in combat mode.
To use a melee attack on a friendly or neutral target, you need to click the Attack button once you're in combat mode. It's the one with the sword on it, immediately to the left of the Quick Spell slots.

[ Tuesday, July 11, 2006 00:02: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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how to please khoth? in Blades of Avernum
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After you've already given him one of the items you need in order to pass, you can still give him the other items for some very nice rewards.

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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
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What do you call the current situation if not war? Don't forget, the Shaper empire produced the rebels in the first place; what makes you think they won't keep on producing more?

Our argument isn't that peace is a bad thing, or that the rebels are good; it's that the Shaper empire may well have been doomed from the start because its existence relies on power of a kind and magnitude that cannot help but corrupt those who wield it. The Shaper empire cannot refuse to use its power or it will be crushed by those within it who have no such scruples; and it cannot use it to its full potential, or it will become what it fights against.

Basically, we're all screwed no matter who wins. For all the high words being said on both sides, the Rebels aren't really fighting against the Shapers' principles; they're the progress of the Shapers' knowledge and power carried to its logical conclusion.

[ Monday, July 10, 2006 23:50: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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Oh my God, you just can't make this **** up. in General
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Originally written by Jackpot:

But if you're a vegetarian who craves meat there is something wrong with your vegetarianism.
No more so than with a pacifist who plays violent video games.

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Off the top of your head in General
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Originally written by Jewels:

I can appreciate a good rap. In my less conservative years, I've sung along to I Like Big Butts. Ok, ok so I still sing along... but very, very quitely.
You mean Baby Got Back?

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Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Okay, fair enough. Though I'm given to wonder why we're specifically talking about evangelicals, since they don't seem to be particularly prominent
Well, the short answer is because you're both an evangelical Christian and one of the participants in this debate, while so far nobody in this topic has so vocally used Catholic or Anglican values to inform their position.

Oh, and also because your religion is involved in a global conspiracy to rule the world with an iron fist, while the Catholics gave that up decades ago. :P

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However, I think the foreign aid example is probably a better one to illustrate the point I'm making. Now, I wholeheartedly believe that relieving third world poverty is a very good thing. That's why I sponsor a child. However, is it my right to impose my morality on others who may not agree? And isn't that what I'm doing, by supporting the government spending taxes on foreign aid?

What I'm getting at is that I think that the argument "The government should not impose the morality of the majority" seems to only apply when the majority is not overwhelming. I think you're quite happy for the government to impose morality when 99.8% of the population agree with it.
A libertarian, of course, could coherently argue against your position by simply asserting that it's also wrong to force people to pay taxes for foreign aid. But I'm not a libertarian, so I'll have to use a different strategy.

The poor in third world countries cannot eliminate the harm caused to them by poverty, so since they can't help themselves, somebody else has to help them by eliminating their poverty. People offended by gay marriage can eliminate the harm caused to them by gay marriage by ceasing to be offended by it, so there's no need for anybody else to help them by eliminating gay marriage.

In short, unlike poverty, gay marriage doesn't harm anybody who doesn't choose to be harmed by it.

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What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
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Originally written by Klintor Tazzankah:

I'm a little unconfortable too in see some forged creatures graphics used as wyrms, shamblers, etc.
Are very different world and so the creatures (The eyebeast, a beholder, i forgive)

I don't much like the other new monsters-built-around-graphics either, but the eyebeasts have been there since Exile/Avernum 1.

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Worst game possible: First round in Richard White Games
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Originally written by The Lurker:

What's Cell Block? Is it a level? Or a hidden minigame, like Castle Ethilo? And more importantly, can it be found in the full shareware version (that's the only one I have)?
It's a third-party level.

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Hmm? I honestly cannot recall seeing Muehlenberg on the news even once. I see Cardinal George Pell heaps, though, and in terms of evangelical Christianity, I'd say Brian Houston has a higher profile.
Muehlenberg gets soundbited fairly often on current affairs shows and the like, and also gets the occasional interview. I'd never heard of Brian Houston until now; I'd heard of his church, of course, but the man himself doesn't appear all that often on the 6 o'clock news.

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As to your second point, "most of us" is John Howard, Kim Beazley, Peter Costello, Kevin Rudd, Barnaby Joyce. It should be patently obvious that they take a more moderate stance.
Most of the people on your list are Catholics or Anglicans. I was, as my post indicates, referring specifically to evangelical Christians.

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Naturally, I'm sure this has been proposed before. in General
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Originally written by Mu:

Well yes. I mean, nobody wants to read about people randomly wandering and killing.
I dunno. The Dice Man was a pretty good book.

:P

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Originally written by Ash Lael:

Suprisingly enough, I have been listening to my side's arguments. And while that's a point of view that exists, I don't believe it's prevalent enough to gain any sort of traction without other reasons to go along with it.
In my experience, however popular it may actually be, it's the point of view that's given all the airtime in the mainstream media. Bill Muehlenberg is basically the public voice of evangelical Christianity.

If you don't like it, speak up and tell the world most of you don't agree with him.

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new freakin' monsters ideas in Geneforge Series
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Originally written by MidniteNightingale:

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

We're especially hard on grammer.
I assume you're referring to grammar? Ah, the irony.

Yes. The intentional irony. Thanks for ruining the joke by pointing it out.

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Alorael in General
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Originally written by Mc 'mini' Thralni:

people, emagine this: YOU are Ed now, and you would see that people talk about YOU. How would you feel?
Like I should stop looking at this forum.

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