Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I just found in Avernum 2 behind the shrine of crystals a vahnatai mage named mentos, and in the text when you talk to him it says his friendliness is a "fresh" experience, and he offers you candy that it says makes your mouth tingle. Anyone know of any other odd jokes like that in these games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Verelor Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I think I do. In Avernum 3 in the Portal Fort at the beginning of the game if you talk to the sage there it says he has a rainbow-colored pen. If you ask him why, he says it represents him and gives him pride. Lol. Basically, it's a deeply embedded reference to him being "fairylike". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 There are a number of rainbows in Upper Avernum. I believe either Elspeth or Nancy also has one somewhere. Malloc and Calloc are functions as well as towns. Four characters from Trainspotting appear somewhere in Bigail. Shayder, I believe. One town has characters from Babylon 5. Again, I'm not sure exactly which, but I think it's Golddale. Krizsan Province and Lt. Mariann Krizsan in A2 are both named after Jeff's wife, of course, and there are rumors that all provinces in A3 are named after women who have been involved in Jeff's life. The GIFTS (Giant, Intelligent, Friendly, Talking Spiders) are loosely based on Spider, the company mascot tarantula. The Monastery of Madness and the Generic Dungeon are both obvious jokes. —Alorael, who is sure there are more. Probably a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 The town of Wainscotting in A3. Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... Wainscotting ... sounds like a little Dorset village, doesn't it? Wainscotting. Jeff left out the killer sheep that the Monty-Python sketch had though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Soul Proprietor:there are rumors that all provinces in A3 are named after women who have been involved in Jeff's life. What about footracer province? I doubt he knows a woman named footracer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Footracer may not be a common surname but a Google search reveals that it certainly exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 You're right, didn't expect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Not in the Trilogy, but in BoA, several South Park characters show up in ASR in Zaskiva. Well-known, but worth mentioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Ash Lael Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Soul Proprietor:Krizsan Province and Lt. Mariann Krizsan in A2 are both named after Jeff's wife, of course, and there are rumors that all provinces in A3 are named after women who have been involved in Jeff's life. Source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Specifically, this bit of the chat: Quote: SpidWeb : Omigod, I'm glad someone asked that. Everywhere I can. Friends. Books. Movies. Place names I get from atlases. The provinces in Exile III are named after women I've been ... ummmmmm .... intimate with. (Does that violate AOL TOS?) (Or just the bounds of good taste?) From this, some have inferred that whoever Ms Midori was, Jeff doesn't like her very much any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Or Shirley Monroe, his ex-wife? There are also secret hidden strings in the Exile games. In Exile III, Anaximander strips for you, and there is anti-Catholic text in one of the previous games, as well as some lesbian references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 The lesbian refrences is mainly two characters found in all 3 games (Nance and Elspeth), and is very strongly implied though not explicitly stated, but is by no means hidden. By the way, what do you have to say to anaximander to get that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 They're in the text of the game, but there's no way to actually trigger them in-game -- you have to poke around in the game files using a resource editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 The hidden Nance and Elspeth strings are much more forward and explicit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Characters called Patsy and Eddy (from the TV series Absolutely Fabulous) appear in Blosk in Avernum 2. In Avernum there's a fort called Saffron (another character from Ab Fab). Edit: Saffron is also a spice of course, so the latter could be a coincidence. But Patsy and Eddy live next door... Edit 2: Just noticed the sage in Blosk in E2 is named Saffron too. So that makes 3 characters in the same town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I think it's probably a coincidence. Most character references are all characters and all in one town. Fort Saffron matches better with Fort Emerald. Both are named after substances that are also colors. —Alorael, who will now have to go poking around with a resource editor again to find more hidden goodies. And baddies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Okay, Drakey, I give up. The Anaximander strings are easy enough to find, but where are the others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Soltedas Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Ephram in Silvar mentions that some guys might be jealous of his big sword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 They're in E1 and E2 strings, but in a different place because they occur in dialogue (I think). In the Towns file, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Thanks. I might get around to going on another fishing expedition for them later; I'll be sure to note their locations for posterity if and when I find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I poked around for a good, long while, but I didn't find anything. They're not in any obvious place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Is there a utility that can either search through a resource fork for specific pieces of text or dump the strings into a data fork? That'd make looking through it a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I always used ResEdit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Thuryl:Specifically, this bit of the chat: Quote: SpidWeb : Omigod, I'm glad someone asked that. Everywhere I can. Friends. Books. Movies. Place names I get from atlases. The provinces in Exile III are named after women I've been ... ummmmmm .... intimate with. (Does that violate AOL TOS?) (Or just the bounds of good taste?) From this, some have inferred that whoever Ms Midori was, Jeff doesn't like her very much any more. Why, what's so awful about Midori Province? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 It's rather abused by its plague, don't you think? [Gah! A typo!] —Alorael, who thinks Monoroe really got the short end of the stick. Gale has golems and zombies who just can't hold their drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Gah! There are only two 'o's in 'Monroe'! Monoroe was an early-version typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door.: Quote: Originally written by Thuryl: From this, some have inferred that whoever Ms Midori was, Jeff doesn't like her very much any more. Why, what's so awful about Midori Province? Midori was also a lich in Exile 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Go ahead and slay me for replying to an older topic. Done? Ok. The isolated hut in A2 (near the Motrax hospital cave) is a safe house for Ethridge and Tori. Sun symbol with a circular rainbow around it adorns the doorway. One bed, if you were curious or slow. *this message sponsored by melissa and amos?* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Espionage Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I found a really good one, somewhere in Avernum 2, i cant remember i think in south west Avernum. There is a Woman named Eddy and she has been kicked down into Avernum with her friend Patsy for being too loud or something (anyone seen the show Absolutely Fabulous would understand) **** i just realised that someone else posted this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Synergy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 As a local of the Seattle area and a Mac user, I am doubly-pleased having Spiderweb nearby to take some pride and pleasure in. It also gives me some obvious inside scoops of a few more of these naming sources. In Avernum 3: Paulsbo, Port Townshend, and Bremerton are towns on the Olympic Peninsula here in Washington across Puget Sound from Seattle...it takes a ferryboat ride or a long roundabout drive to get to them from here. And...it's completely eluding my recollection at the moment, but in either Nethergate or one of the Avernums, there is a complete town with residents named after characters in one movie, TV show, or book...and I can't remember for the life of me what that was, but it made me chuckle....anyone remember specifically what I am vaguely recalling here? My first post here, by the way...just finished the three Avernums and BoA in rapid succession. Monroe is also the name of a nearby city which houses a large prison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Alorael:Four characters from Trainspotting appear somewhere in Bigail. Shayder, I believe. One town has characters from Babylon 5. Again, I'm not sure exactly which, but I think it's Golddale. —Alorael, who thinks you're thinking of Golddale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk John S Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Interior Analog:It's rather abused by its plague, don't you think? —Alorael, thinks Monoroe really got the short end of the stick. Gale has golems and zombies who just can't hold their drugs. GAH! There is no "who"! My world has rotted into an ORANGE! And is it really necessary to second your own opinion, Alorael? (See the above post if you're confused) And lastly, thread necro is for ugly people. Even if Salmon already did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 The signature adds emphasis. Gale has not only the worst of the plagues, which would be bad enough, it also suffers from rampant skribbane addiction. Mon(o)roe is everywhere you don't want to be. —Alorael, who actually would like to be there, but only long enough to restock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Sarachim Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Quote: Originally written by synergy67:As a local of the Seattle area and a Mac user, I am doubly-pleased having Spiderweb nearby to take some pride and pleasure in. It also gives me some obvious inside scoops of a few more of these naming sources. In Avernum 3: Paulsbo, Port Townshend, and Bremerton are towns on the Olympic Peninsula here in Washington across Puget Sound from Seattle...it takes a ferryboat ride or a long roundabout drive to get to them from here. I played E3 before I ever visited Seattle. When I noticed these towns on a map, my first thought was "Wow, I didn't know Exile was that famous." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Necrophilius Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 how to find those Anaximander strings and anti-catholic stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm guessing they ran a variant of strings on the executable. You can find text dumps for the trilogy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Anaximander unzips his robe and steps from it. His body is much better developed than you would have thought. The reward for your long, hard adventures is at hand You rapidly convert to Catholicism. The demons flee in horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Necrophilius Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 uhm... i meant, how to find em in game. Is it ever possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Most text sections like the above are definitely not accessible through playing the game. Meaning no matter what you do in game and pick for a dialog option is going to result in that text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila The Lost Anvil Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 In Avernum 3 theres a man name "McDonald" in one of the upper avernum towns (forgot which) and when you buy something... I won't spoil it for you, check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Artemis~ Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 ANVIL, QUIT TEASING US! TELL ALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Open the Avernum 3 text dump. Search for /McDonald/. ??? Profit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila The Lost Anvil Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Using text dump i got this: "McDonald's RationsMcDonald sells fine examples of Avernite cuisine. This means that his goods will sustain life, but not happiness or hope. Surely someone here will get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Misc Staple Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Originally Posted By: Necrophilius uhm... i meant, how to find em in game. Is it ever possible? I definitely remember seeing the Anaximander strip in-game (I wish I could forget), but I have no idea as to what triggered it (a bug?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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