Have I been playing too much Geneforge?

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AuthorTopic: Have I been playing too much Geneforge?
Michael Pearson
Apprentice
Member # 7091
 written Tuesday, May 2 2006 21:18 Profile #0
I'm sitting here thinking about Geneforge, and I'm also thinking about Jeff/Mariann's new child.

"Man, they must be really low on Essence by now."

Kill me.

...

...

"They should give this one +2 int - she'll be controllable that way."

"I guess if they get tired they can always Absorb her.."
Posts: 6 | Registered: Monday, May 1 2006 07:00
The Lurker
Shock Trooper
Member # 6821
 written Tuesday, May 2 2006 21:21 Profile #1
quote:
Originally written by Michael Pearson:

Have I been playing too much Geneforge?
Yes.

That said, it was quite funny. :D
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Mr.Bookworm
Warrior
Member # 7002
 written Tuesday, May 2 2006 21:24 Profile #2
I would advise seeking professional help and deleting Geneforge from your computer.

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Polaris
Posts: 193 | Registered: Thursday, April 6 2006 07:00
ReMeMbEr
Agent
Member # 6581
 written Wednesday, May 3 2006 02:52 Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by Mr.Bookworm:

I would advise seeking professional help and deleting Geneforge from your computer.
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Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, May 3 2006 18:29 Profile #4
It's never too much until carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists makes using the mouse impossible.

Although taking a break might be helpful. When you see the game in your sleep you are nearing the end.
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Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Wednesday, May 3 2006 19:26 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

It's never too much until carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists makes using the mouse impossible.

Although taking a break might be helpful. When you see the game in your sleep you are nearing the end.
Don't be discouraged by such a minor obstacle as carpal tunnel syndrome! Simply switch from mouse to trackball and continue until you can't move your fingers either. :)

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Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, May 3 2006 19:59 Profile Homepage #6
I think the seeing Geneforge in your sleep is more worrisome than the carpal tunnel. The carpal tunnel can be blamed on other things. Seeing Geneforge in your sleep can't be explained away so easy.

Despite the fact that Dikiyoba sometimes sees Dikiyoba's self as a small, orange dikiyora plotting to build a Geneforge that gives massive amounts of power solely to Dikiyoba, Dikiyoba doesn't think that Dikiyoba has played too much Geneforge. It's not like Dikiyoba has attempted to create that Geneforge yet.
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Geneforge_Fan
Apprentice
Member # 7040
 written Sunday, May 7 2006 13:50 Profile Homepage #7
If you cant move your fingers, you can always use your nose or just hold a pencil in your mouth. If you start screaming in pain from that, toes are always available. Eventually, you will end up with full-body arthritis. :)

Also, seeing Geneforge in your sleep isn't that worrying- seeing it while you are awake might be a little.....odd. :eek:
Posts: 6 | Registered: Sunday, April 16 2006 07:00
Nick Ringer
Shock Trooper
Member # 6754
 written Sunday, May 7 2006 20:21 Profile #8
It's when your hallucinatons include serviles that you know something is wrong.
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I have visual hallucinations, but they're typically just lights and movements. Sometimes people. Nother from Geneforge (yet).

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Posts: 284 | Registered: Tuesday, January 31 2006 08:00
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Monday, May 8 2006 17:11 Profile #9
See serviles isn't so bad. It's when they starting talking to you that's the problem. Especially if it's not with deep respect because you are a shapeer.
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Nick Ringer
Shock Trooper
Member # 6754
 written Monday, May 8 2006 19:10 Profile #10
What did I mean when I said "nother?" I mean, I know what I meant. But why in Terrestria did I type "nother?"

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Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 11:45 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

See serviles isn't so bad. It's when they starting talking to you that's the problem. Especially if it's not with deep respect because you are a shapeer.
It's still not that bad as long as you don't go into a store and try to open every jar of pickles and put in your hand, hoping that it's a "canister".

PS This is beginning to sound like a kind of "10 signs you've played too much ..." thread. :)

[ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:46: Message edited by: Zeviz ]

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However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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Dolphin
Shaper
Member # 5437
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 12:09 Profile #12
Or whenever you're in public you feel the need to wear hooded robes to hide your glowing skin.
Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
Nick Ringer
Shock Trooper
Member # 6754
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 13:55 Profile #13
I have wished many times to have a long robe.

Not a jacket like "The Matrix" followers would wear, not a trenchcoat. A Shaper cloak.

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Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 13:55 Profile Homepage #14
Originally by Zeviz:

quote:
PS This is beginning to sound like a kind of "10 signs you've played too much ..." thread.
Thirty signs that you've been playing too much Geneforge:

1. You're trying to create your own Geneforge in the basement of your house.

2. You count serviles to lull you to sleep.

3. You expect everyone outside of your clique to automatically give you respect and loyalty.

4. You frequently mistake pickle jars for canisters.

5. You wear hooded robes whenever you are out in public to hide your glowing skin.

6. You are disappointed that you are only allowed seven pets and only four types of pets.

7. People frequently ask you questions about your moral beliefs and spread your answer to everyone they meet.

8. You have red eyes in every photo and in real life, too.

9. You are already stocking up on candy canes in preparation for Geneforge 4's release.

10. You get angry a lot. NO, I DON'T! TAKE THAT BACK, OR I'LL KILL YOU FOR NO APPARENT REASON!

Edit: There. Dikiyoba put together ten things.

[ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 19:15: Message edited by: DIkiYOUba ]
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Dolphin
Shaper
Member # 5437
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 14:47 Profile #15
11. You look for "NY" labels to see if items belong to people.

12. You wish you could load a save file when you've done something you regret.

13. When you come to a locked door you throw your hands in the air in hopes that it will magically open for you.
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Zeviz
Nuke and Pave
Member # 24
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 15:05 Profile Homepage #16
What have I started?! :)

14. When a conversation gets uncomfortable, you press Esc key on your computer keyboard, hoping this will end it.

15. Whenever you enter a house, you have an urge to pick up everything that's not nailed down.

16. When punishing your dog, you tell him "If you do that again, I will absorb you."

17. When your dog misbehaves again, you try to absorb him.

18. When you get a cold, you get into your car, drive out of town, and drive back in, expecting this to restore your health.

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Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword,
For it too has the power to kill.
However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword,
Can also have the power to heal.
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Bojan
Infiltrator
Member # 5754
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 15:53 Profile #17
quote:
12. You wish you could load a save file when you've done something you regret.
Heh. I do that sometimes.

[ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 15:54: Message edited by: I_am_a_Minotaur ]
Posts: 626 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 18:48 Profile #18
19. When you are carrying too much you drop the extra stuff in a pile expecting it to be there when come back later.

20. You keep trying to use cheat codes and wonder why they didn't work.

[ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 17:33: Message edited by: Randomizer ]
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Mr.Bookworm
Warrior
Member # 7002
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 18:53 Profile #19
21. When your beloved hamster/rabbit/gerbil dies, you expect to see a puddle of blood and 5 coins.
22. You start telling people that you've just used a bad canister when you have sunburn.

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Polaris
Posts: 193 | Registered: Thursday, April 6 2006 07:00
Dolphin
Shaper
Member # 5437
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 19:08 Profile #20
23. When the sight of broken bottles makes you crave another canister.

24. When you ask your friends and neighbors if they have any quests for you.
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Mr.Bookworm
Warrior
Member # 7002
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 19:35 Profile #21
25. When you threaten to absorb a waiter's leg if they don't serve faster.

26. You absorb the leg anyway.

27: When you fly to Indonesia and start shooting "Drayks".

[ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 19:35: Message edited by: Mr.Bookworm ]

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Polaris
Posts: 193 | Registered: Thursday, April 6 2006 07:00
Michael Pearson
Apprentice
Member # 7091
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 19:40 Profile #22
There's a bit of an population expansion policy going on down here in .au, amid fears that we'll have a balloon of retirees and no youngins to support them in twenty years time.

One of the recent campaigns is:

Have three children.
One for Mum, One for Dad, and One for Australia.

So these days whenever I summon my third creation, he's "for Australia".
Posts: 6 | Registered: Monday, May 1 2006 07:00
Mr.Bookworm
Warrior
Member # 7002
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 19:55 Profile #23
quote:
Originally written by Michael Pearson:

There's a bit of an population expansion policy going on down here in .au, amid fears that we'll have a balloon of retirees and no youngins to support them in twenty years time.

One of the recent campaigns is:

Have three children.
One for Mum, One for Dad, and One for Australia.

So these days whenever I summon my third creation, he's "for Australia".
Uh, Michael, this thread is about one man's fierce, epic struggle with Geneforge-related dementia.

That said, why isn't it "One For Austraila" instead of "for Austraila"?

EDIT: Play till' your body crumbles into dust and you're reanimated as an Agent Specter.

[ Tuesday, May 09, 2006 20:03: Message edited by: Mr.Bookworm ]

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Polaris
Posts: 193 | Registered: Thursday, April 6 2006 07:00
Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, May 9 2006 20:26 Profile Homepage #24
Originally by Mr. Bookworm:

quote:
Uh, Michael, this thread is about one man's fierce, epic struggle with Geneforge-related dementia.
Well, he should know. He started it. Therefore, his comment was on topic. Even though the thread has moved on to a massive awareness campaign alerting people about the signs of overGeneforging.

Dikiyoba.
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