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Displayed name	Walter
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Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 21:20 Profile #8 quote: Originally written by Stugri-La: There are also a few specialty coins. One that comes to mind is the Mercury Dime, an ordinary-sized dime with a portrait of the Greek God Hermes (winged helmet and all) instead of Roosevelt. I don't see how you call that a "specialty coin", thats just a really old design. I don't think any of the current designs (or before changes in the last few years of nickles and quarters) were from before the 20th century. In the 20th century there were 2 different pennies (3 tail designs), 3 nickels, 3 dimes, 3 quarters, 4 half dollars, and 5 dollar coins (including the 2000 one). Half dollars were not made from 1978 on (or in 1975), dollar coins were not made from 1936-1970 and after 1979 until 2000. Lincoln pennies date from 1909 (lincoln memorial tail from 1959), Jefferson nickels 1938, roosevelt dimes from 1946 on. No person has ever appeared on US currency while still alive. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 21:04 Profile #3 just checked the exchange rate and found that 1 us dollar is equal to about 1.3 australian dollars. So its interesting that australia makes 3 different coins bigger than the biggest currently made us coin. also i see you didn't mention a 1 cent coin. How long ago did they stop making those? I suspect many countries have discontinued coins with greater value than our 1 cent coins currently are. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
keygens in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 21:00 Profile #12 Its effects are less noticeable for larger selling games, but as it impacts sales by a significant percent, it will likely impact how many quality games get produced and how big a budget thier development gets. (if the amount earned by a big budget game was bigger companies would be willing to risk spending more money to make a good game.) So while some people may like to say there's no real victim in such crime, the victims are all people who like to play games, not just the shareholders of the game making companies. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Just In Time For the Elections: Political Compass! in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 20:34 Profile #22 But which of the two parts you disagree with will determine weather it goes to the left or right. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Just In Time For the Elections: Political Compass! in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 20:19 Profile #20 I think that there are some serious problems with that test. First of all, some of the questions don't really have a place in a political test. Sure, one posistion may be common in certain types of governments, but it could either be a coincidence, or they may just be using it as an excuse in order to take power for thier real main objectives, but the position itself doesn't indicate a direction on that scale. I also am confused by some of the question which seem to contain two different statements (likely with a "but" between), where I find myself agreeing with one part but disagreeing with another. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Can anyone figure out this riddle? in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 20:01 Profile #6 Yeah, that's what I had in mind. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Avernum I: The Movie in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 19:40 Profile #17 Nah, none of the avernum games include a single example of an inter-species romance. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Potara: The Fusions in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 19:39 Profile #29 I'd fuse all republicans in important political offices with fat, ugly people with drug addictions and a history of violent crime. Lets see them get re-elected after that. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Can anyone figure out this riddle? in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 19:16 Profile #2 Actually that wasn't the answer I had in mind. There exists an entirely different way to solve this. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Can anyone figure out this riddle? in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 19:06 Profile #0 If no one can figure it out, I'll post the answer sometime tomorrow: You are traveling in a strange country where half the people lie with every single thing they say, and the other half never tell any lies. You are trying to reach a certain town (call it town A), and you reach a fork in the road. There were signs at each path but they were knocked down in a recent storm so you aren't sure which is from which path, one says it leads to town A, and one leads to town B. A person from this country, who you don't know if he is a person who lies or not, approaches you and tells you he will answer only one yes or no question from you to help you figure out the correct path. How do you find out the correct path from him? -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Two envelopes paradox in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 18:59 Profile #56 How about this one: You meet an alien who informs you that his race has a brain scanning device, which when used, afterwards a computer can analyze the scan to determine, with over 99% accuracy how that person will react to any given situation. He uses it on you, then has two boxes brought out. He tells you that one of them contains $10,000 and the other one contains either $100,000 or nothing. You can choose to either take just the box that might have a hundred thousand, or both boxes. But if the brain scanner and computer predicted that you would take both boxes, it will be empty, whereas if it predicts you will take only the uncertain box, it will contain the money. What should you do? -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Avernum I: The Movie in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 18:38 Profile #14 How about this movie: http://www.theonion.com/2056-06-22/news/2/ (This is just satire supposed to be a newspaper from the distant future). -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
keygens in General
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 18:34 Profile #10 It is really unfortunate, but apparently there are people who spend thier time coming up with things like keygens, and post thier work in ways that it's easy enough to find for someone who wants to look for it. Maybe they are just doing it because they think something like "Hacking is cool!" Not sure if Jeff is doing anything about it, but some such sites it may be possible to get it taken down by complaining to thier hosting company, but others it might take a costly, lengthy lawsuit with no gaurantee of success, and they'd just post their works elsewhere afterwards. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Geneforge features in Avernum 4 in The Avernum Trilogy
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 18:27 Profile #0 What features first found in spiderweb games in the Geneforge series do you hope are used in Avernum 4? How about hope are not used? Poll Information This poll contains 2 question(s). 36 user(s) have voted. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=VaiSlWPSilob"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=VaiSlWPSilob"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Purification Plant Golems in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 11:15 Profile #12 Well you only need 3 magic shaping to make a searing artilla, which should have a high enough level at creation to be useful, or alternately hows your fire shaping, don't roamers spit acid as well? And if the acid is why searer is effective, couldn't you try using burning spray instead? -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Game finished : remaining quest in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 11:01 Profile #24 quote: Originally written by Worst_enemy: Did it ever occur to any of you that he could have pumped up his creations by having them gain xp? He could have kept the fyora the entire game and made sure it never died, right?? It looks like he did that anyway judging by the fact that that fyora is level 35. Still if you invest heavily enough in intelligence, usually at the time you can first make higher tier creations you can create them at higher levels than your old creations have grown to, and they are also generally stronger for their level by the creation types inherent properties. Usually it does seem that instead of pumping up creation stats its more effective to create higher tier or more creations. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Your first crafted item in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 10:54 Profile #8 Also although the description from using a blessed stone on a piece of armor says "enchantment: dodges blows", by looking at your stat screen you can discover that what that really does is improve the armor percent by a few points. Also, as for finding better enchanted equipment, many of those can still get an additional enchantment too. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Avernum 4 Complete Wish List in The Avernum Trilogy
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Friday, June 24 2005 10:49 Profile #85 quote: Originally written by Verelor: 16.- Some very masked and criptic Geneforge series references thrown into the dialogue could give Spiderweb loyalists the reward they deserve. Am I the only person who spent much time carrying around the Xian skull in Avernum 3? Cause that's already been done. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Game finished : remaining quest in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Thursday, June 23 2005 09:08 Profile #20 Intelligence has 3 effects: increases essence, increases energy, and increases resistance to mental effects. As for by how much, you essence and energy are based on a small base value plus your level times intelligence times a factor based on class. Health works the same way but with endurance. Agents get the most energy but least essence, guardians get the most health but least energy, and shapers get the most essence, but the least health. The other difference between classes is how much the shaping, magic, and combat skills cost in skill points. Because of this agents make few creations for two reasons. First of all they have to spend disproportionately more skill points to gain shaping skills. Second of all they get the least essence but are supposed to rely heavily on spells, so they need almost all of that essence for spell casting. As for saying pumping intelligence changed little for essence at the start for an agent, I believe you get .5 times level times intelligence, so at level 1 most of your essence would come from the base value, with only 1 more essence for every 2 intelligence so it is much more significant at higher levels than the first few levels. And remember the agent also needs intelligence so they don't run out of energy casting repeated high level spells. [ Thursday, June 23, 2005 09:11: Message edited by: Walter ] -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
What's your fave way to play? in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Wednesday, June 22 2005 19:14 Profile #4 I normally play with shaper with a big investment in leadership and mechanics, and most of the rest of the points going to intelligence or getting enough shaping skill to make the best creations I've learned the ability for. I normally manage to keep around 3 of the best creations I have the abilities learned for. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
A4 in The Avernum Trilogy
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 23:44 Profile #19 quote: Originally written by abbaon: I hope Jeff brings back the time limit from A3. I love an RPG that discourages exploration. It doesn't really do that. I explored every single part of the outdoors, did every quest, and fully explored every single dungeon, finishing well before the tower of magi disaster. The only reasons you would be taking long enough for towns to be destroyed is if you don't use horses or spend a lot of time doing courier missions. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Grah-Hoth's treasure in A1 in The Avernum Trilogy
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 23:39 Profile #2 I haven't played all the way through avernum, but I remember it was simply impossible to take in exile. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Training question. in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 23:32 Profile #4 Note that for trainers that train statistics (such as the guy in east medab that trains combat skills), it also counts weather you've put skill points into that skill. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Training question. in Geneforge 2
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Tuesday, June 21 2005 23:32 Profile #4 Note that for trainers that train statistics (such as the guy in east medab that trains combat skills), it also counts weather you've put skill points into that skill. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00
Game finished : remaining quest in Geneforge Series
Walter Infiltrator Member # 878	written Monday, June 20 2005 11:43 Profile #4 Unless you are using mellee weapons theres no need to pump strength much more than is needed for the equipment you wear, as you can always fight your way through an area, then go around and pick things up afterwards, or drop lots of stuff right before entering a battle. -------------------- Warning: Posts may contain misspellinks and typo.s Posts: 409 \| Registered: Sunday, March 31 2002 08:00

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