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Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, July 5 2006 23:41 Profile Homepage #123 quote: Originally written by Retlaw May: But does this hakujin's poem fit any of the haiku variations then? There are no standard English haiku variations, because haiku is not an English poetic form. Attempting to directly transpose the form of haiku into English is just as absurd as trying to transpose iambic pentameter into Japanese would be; the concept of an iamb is meaningless in a pitch-accented language. [ Wednesday, July 05, 2006 23:43: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, July 5 2006 14:27 Profile Homepage #115 quote: Originally written by Retlaw May: I am guessing that you were trying to make a haiku, but the middle line doesn't have 7 syllables... 5-7-5 You may want to edit that soon considering its topic. Technically, a haiku is divided into seventeen on, not syllables. And many translators don't follow the 5-7-5 pattern when translating haiku into English. [ Wednesday, July 05, 2006 14:28: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Beta Call for Exodus in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, July 5 2006 14:23 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Originally written by Raiden: Do you have a save file for a party that has just finished Bahssikava: unfortunately word "just" has 2 meanings on my language,so i cannot be sure what you mean,in anycase if you mean group that has finnished bahssikava yes,if you mean has only finnished bahssikava then no. He means a party that has finished Bahssikava and has not finished any scenarios after finishing Bahssikava. It's okay if it's finished other scenarios before Bahssikava. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 13:18 Profile Homepage #110 quote: Originally written by ThirdParty: If more people were allowed to shape, then there would be more accidents, but they'd each be quickly contained. (Having an evil drakon or two wandering about wouldn't be a problem if every town had ten mages in it--some human, some drayk--capable of shaping, not fully trusting each other but obeying the laws because each is outnumbered.) The ending to Geneforge 1 in which you leave the Geneforge intact would seem to provide a compelling counterargument to this claim. Giving everybody access to near-limitless power doesn't seem to turn out well in practice. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 04:28 Profile Homepage #103 quote: Originally written by Student of Trinity: And Shaper discipline even functions as a kind of enabler, because the Shapers do not just believe in control in the sense that they think that control is a good thing. They also believe in control in the sense that they believe their controls are effective. This is how Shaper discipline and Shaper power-lust strike their truce, by deciding time and again that the risks are adequately managed. Then in the aftermath of a disaster, they conclude that just a bit more restraint was all that was missing, seal everything up, and try again somewhere else a few years later. "It would have been fine if we had just been a little stricter" is the same line we can hear from any mad rogue. Well, the Shapers could of course stop conducting research entirely, and stick with the creations and spells they've got. But is this a realistic alternative? We've seen that the technological advantage the Rebels possess has been enough to make them a serious threat to an empire spanning two continents; it seems that the nature of power in the world of Geneforge guarantees that any faction which does not continually strive to acquire new knowledge will render itself irrelevant in the long run. And if it's true that the kind of power Shaping allows cannot in principle be kept under control, surely the sensible thing to do is to throw one's lot in with whichever side promises to hold back the chaos for longest. What's scary is that the Shaper/Rebel conflict isn't even close to a worst-case scenario yet; a degree of order is still maintained, and Shaping technologies are still in the hands of relatively few people. Imagining what a real proliferation of uncontrolled power would look like makes it very clear why moderate factions such as the Awakened did not and could not survive. Concerns like servile rights simply become irrelevant when everyone with any power is trying to crush everyone else to prevent them from doing the same. Treading water to stay afloat does you no good when you're swimming with sharks. [ Tuesday, July 04, 2006 04:35: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 04:13 Profile Homepage #11 Not all towns have jobs that appear only after other jobs are completed, and those that do don't have many. There are one or two in some towns, and none in others. The most notable is a series of three jobs in Fort Remote to find alchemical ingredients, which have to be completed in order, with increasing rewards for each. [ Tuesday, July 04, 2006 04:15: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Updated sex ratio of Spiderweb in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 04:11 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Drow: 3. Biological facts rank above psychological ones. If you're not interested in the psychosocial aspect, you shouldn't call it gender. What you are asking for is people's sex. You're old enough to say that word now, you know. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Bride of the Abominable Photo Thread in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 04:04 Profile Homepage #41 Everyone's gay for Thuryl. It's a scientifically established fact. You wouldn't argue with science, would you? Having said that, I'm really much more interested in praise and adulation from women, preferably living in or near Melbourne, Australia. Being admired from afar is only fun until you come to expect it. [ Tuesday, July 04, 2006 04:08: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Journal in Your Records in Journal in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, July 4 2006 00:05 Profile Homepage #1 Ever noticed the little book icon with the word "Record" under it in the bottom left hand corner of every dialogue box in a special encounter or when you're talking to someone? Click on that, and the contents of the dialogue box you're currently looking at go in your journal. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 20:01 Profile Homepage #168 Congratulations, Alo: you've just succeeded in giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "pork barrel". -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
What do you think of A4 in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 13:50 Profile Homepage #8 The job boards don't have infinite randomly-generated jobs like in A3, though, which might be what he meant. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Wow (G4) in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 13:45 Profile Homepage #96 quote: Originally written by Elijah: Massacreing a entire city is just as bad as killing a single child. From a legal perspective, it isn't: the European version of Fallout, for example, had to be censored to remove all the children. There are genuine issues that game developers face here, much as they shouldn't be. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Bride of the Abominable Photo Thread in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 13:25 Profile Homepage #22 quote: Originally written by Rufus Rothgard: ...wait a second. ルッチ君, did you take those pictures with a mirror? Nah, the camera just does that for some reason. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Intel Mac: what about the save files? in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 13:19 Profile Homepage #3 Email Jeff about it. You haven't by any chance been running Windows on your Intel Mac, have you? Windows eats resource forks, and Jeff still uses resource forks for things like custom graphics because he's a freaking dinosaur. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
dont like summons? in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 05:00 Profile Homepage #16 I assumed he was writing some kind of poem. Like e.e. cummings, only in reverse. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Bride of the Abominable Photo Thread in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, July 3 2006 03:33 Profile Homepage #0 So I finally got around to uploading new photos of myself. The picture quality's not great since I'm using a low-end camera phone and I think the background lighting is a little too bright, but I've been messing around with the phone all day just to get it to work properly and I'm not prepared to spend any more time on it right now. Here goes. Thuryl as you know and love him, only a little older (20 years old as of Saturday): Thuryl engaged in contemplation: Thuryl in full ceremonial regalia: Post photos of yourself if you've got 'em. [ Monday, July 03, 2006 03:33: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
a question about the spell "daze" in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, July 2 2006 04:15 Profile Homepage #1 Don't trust flavour text. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Almaria in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, July 2 2006 01:34 Profile Homepage #6 The fact that you can get north of Fort Emerald without permission from Houghton is the bug. There used to be two ways to do it: by casting Dispel Barrier on the barriers in Fort Emerald, and by the gate in the bandit outpost north of Fort Saffron. Both have been fixed in the most recent version, but if you've already triggered the bug by taking the crystal box then there's nothing you can do about it. You'll just have to finish the game with Almaria still hostile. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Spells in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 16:06 Profile Homepage #13 Well, yes. That's why it costs a comically huge amount of energy. It's not as if you can go around blasting things with Auras of Flames all day long. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Character Traits / Adventure Log in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 16:02 Profile Homepage #2 To be fair, the character was a level-1 singleton. A level-1 singleton is going to have problems with anything. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Graphics Hoard Unleashed Upon Ye in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 15:51 Profile Homepage #11 Have you checked these graphics to make sure there's no white in them? BoA interprets white as a transparent colour, and some of those highlights look pretty white. [ Saturday, July 01, 2006 15:51: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
dex vs armor in Avernum 4
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 15:41 Profile Homepage #7 Why on earth are you letting them attack twice? If you're not killing most of your enemies within one round of seeing them, chances are that either your party or your tactics could use some improvement. In the early game, your durability will be low: Endurance doesn't have much effect until higher levels, and you don't yet have access to good armour. So you should focus on developing an overwhelming offence, to make sure nothing lives long enough to kill you. Run around hasted in combat mode all the time if you have to; a hasted party with a decent balance of offensive abilities (including melee, archery and spells) can and should take out any wandering monsters with little difficulty. [ Saturday, July 01, 2006 15:45: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A question about G2 in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 02:58 Profile Homepage #4 Eh, it's not enough of a surprise to be worth playing through the rest of a game you don't like just to see it. It's basically just a really big Drakon. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Graphics Hoard Unleashed Upon Ye in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 02:56 Profile Homepage #8 I think the idea is that the vile magister is incorporeal. See the red glowy eyes still winking out at you as its clothes and weapons fall into a heap? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Teleportation memory. in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, July 1 2006 02:51 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by jockmo42: Hmm... all these methods sound kinda iffy. Though some of them are rather ingenious. Yeah, the limitations of BoE mean that doing anything really neat with it tends to involve bending the system almost to breaking point. Usually a few cracks still show in places despite our best efforts to paper over them. [ Saturday, July 01, 2006 02:52: 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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