Arch-Mage Solberg

Originally Posted By: The Mystic Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg I agree with the vastness of Exile 1's demo. You can easily get up to 20 hours of playtime before you've done absolutely everything you are able. And you did all that in one session, I trust. Seriously though, E1's demo is (self-censored) HUGE; you can go just about everywhere in the eastern half of the game. I sincerely doubt there are too many other games with that big of a demo area. Other games claimed that the demo was half the game, but lied. Exile 1: Escape from the Pit is the only game that I know of that its demo truly is half of the game. (And that goes for other Spiderweb games) Post #560

I can't wait. I just ordered Avadon online and expect to get it by Thursday. I also got A5 and A6 also. I already had A5 registered but this time I'm getting it on CD. Once A6 comes in I'll have all 6 Avernums on my computer. Now I just have to wait for the remakes. At least I know where to go for answers. Post #559

Wizard and witch are the same thing except that one's a man and one's a woman. Lark would then be a witch! Post #558

Originally Posted By: Necris Omega I did like Solberg, and love how he went out in the very end, but... the whole "cowering in a tower for two games" kinda knocks him down a few points. What, Avernum can't be buggered to arm, oh... say, some elite adventurers with a certain demonslaying blade and get him out of there? ... I know right! Leaving Cheeseball and me to rot in there and defend for ourselves. Originally Posted By: Necris Omega Still, probably #2 on my list. Second only to Erika...I'll take that! Post #557

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES 9. How many current or former "satelite boards" can you name (boards created by Spiderweb members and adavertised to some portion of the membership here as another place to gather)? I had one about 2 years back. Obviously, that was a bust! Post #556

I was talking about the kids as a majority. Obviously there will be a few who are curious and try the games, but not many will. Post #555

Originally Posted By: Rowen At a post rate of 3.073 posts per day I have reached the high and might state that everyone else on this forum has already achieved. High quality spam. I remember that spam would lead to the coveted title CANNED. Good Job 0n your 1,000th post! As a fellow spammer (but with much less posts) I feel good when I post. Post #554

Maybe the Dragons just like to get their Drag on! Sorry...I couldn't resist. Post #553

I appologize for the delay in answering your question. Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg I was under the suspicion that the ENTIRE Bible is God's Word. Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg His 'needs' are only ascribed to him. The old Biblical writers wrote about what they knew. Even today we can not comprehend the mind of God, how do you think they felt? They just ascribed to God things they they themselves felt or thought. Which is it? They are both true. There is no contradiction. According to Second Peter 1:21 God's Spirit moved upon the writers of the Bible. They could not fully comprehend what the Holy Spirit was telling them so they put in to words as best they understood what the Holy Spirit was trying to tell them. Does the original writer's (or even a later copier's) interpretation of what the Holy Spirit was trying to tell them mean that it is no longer God's Word? I really do believe the entire Bible is true, but you still have to understand that these people lived thousands of years ago and didn't experience the things we do today. Also, the Bible was copied over and over by hand over the course of several centuries. Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES <b>A TIMELY REMINDER</b> Religion is not off limits as a conversation topic here. However, this is not the best place for detailed expositions of personal religious views, nor is it the best place to cross-examine those views. Also, please remember that there may be many people here who disagree with your views, whether you are theist, atheist, or something else entirely. Therefore, it is polite to say "according to my views" or "according to the Bible" or "according to such-and-such a group" before stating things like "God did this" or "God does not exist". That makes it extra clear that you respect people whose opinions differ from yours, and is a great way to prevent flame wars. Is this just a nice way to end to our discussions? Post #552

Originally Posted By: Lilith Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg His 'needs' are only ascribed to him. The old Biblical writers wrote about what they knew. Even today we can not comprehend the mind of God, how do you think they felt? They just ascribed to God things they they themselves felt or thought. what happened to believing all of the bible What does that have to do with what I said? Post # 551

Originally Posted By: Metatron For an unfettered omnipotent abstract being, he seems to need many arbitrary things: His 'needs' are only ascribed to him. The old Biblical writers wrote about what they knew. Even today we can not comprehend the mind of God, how do you think they felt? They just ascribed to God things they they themselves felt or thought. Quote: one day of rest and worship for seven days of work, It was six days of work and the seventh was His 'rest' day. He didn't realy need to rest, he was setting up the future calander for the Hebrews to live by. Quote: three days to resurrect his son, It was prophesied that Jesus would be in the heart of the Earth for 3 days. Matthew 12:39 Quote: ten people in a city full of sinners, God knew that Abraham would never be able to get even 10 righteous people out of Sodom and Gomorrah, but He knew that for Abraham's sake that Abraham would at least have to try. It's like learning from your mistakes. You can tell your kid not to do something. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they just have to learn on their own that life has consequences to their actions. This story of Sodom and Gomorrah is found in Genesis Ch 19. Quote: seven plagues. I believe you're refering to the ten plagues of Egypt. God used the plagues for three purposes. 1. To show His power to the Egyptians. The Egyptians would need to be weakened in order for the future state of Israel to thrive. 2. To show his power to the Israelites. Many Israelites had begun to serve the pagan gods of the Egyptians. The plagues were used against the Egyptians to show the Israelites that the Hebrew God is more powerful than any Egyptian God. 3. To show his power to other nearby countries. When the Israelites did leave Egypt, they didn't know how to fight (for the most part). News of the plagues was sure to spread to nearby countries. They would not dare attack them for fear that the same thing might hapen to them. Quote: And does it take time for him to think? I would think not. I haven't come across a passage in the Bible where God needs time to think. Quote: Why is his favorite number seven? I guess everything revolved around the Creation. It took 7 days, so I guess the number 7 just stuck. Quote: Why does he have a gender? He is ascribed gender by the early Biblical writers. In essence, God has no gender but retains the characteristics of both seeing as both male and female were created by God. Quote: Asking these sorts of questions makes this mind of God seem like an imperfect system. I can understand something tangible having physical limitations, but why would there be limitations or arbitrary constants that keep on reappearing? Trying to put human emotions or behaviors into the mind of God is confusing. We will probably never know (this side of Heaven) how God's brain works. I'd say that it is something similar to ours but infinitely better. Post #550

Originally Posted By: Harehunter I scraped Silver's Avernum 1 for exactly the same reasons that you are. As long as this continues, Avernum will outlive even the youngest of us. Future generations will be able to look back on us and say "they actually played this stuff"! No disrespect is intended. Kids today scoff at some of the stuff some of us 'older' people played as kids. My nephew absolutely refuses to play any of my Nintendo NES games like Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Donkey Kong, Double Dragon, and TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project. If he and other kids is like that after only 20 years, what are kids gonna be like in 60 or 70 years? Post # 549

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Originally Posted By: Lier Beneath the Silent Skies You can interpret different bits of it differently. Let's say that there's about 7 or 8 verses that talk about Believing and being baptized to be Saved and about 2 or 3 that talk about being Baptized to be Saved. You have to look at the entire picture and not base your beliefs on those 2 or 3 verses while neglecting the others. Post #547

That's pretty cool! I'll have to try that sometime. It'll definately come in handy. Post # 546 P.S. Welcome to Spiderweb Software...Please leave your sanity at the door!

Originally Posted By: Lilith Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES I also think it would be easy to make the argument that not all of our personal identity is really essentially us, that a lot of things are indeed tied to the physical state of the brain and get lost with our bodies, but that some essential things hang out with consciousness instead. honestly this just seems like wishful thinking to me. how do we pick and choose what parts of us are really us and what parts aren't? It's like that with the Bible! You have one group saying that they believe one part of the Bible but this other part. Or that they agree with what one part says but not some other spot. I was under the suspicion that the ENTIRE Bible is God's Word. If you can trust what He says in one spot...why not the other? You can't just say that you believe that God is Love and Forgiveness without also believing that God is Justice, Jealous, and Patience. Post #545

Originally Posted By: Trenton Uchiha, rebel servile. skip one, try two. 1 only has what? 40 spells? and none of them are sommuning. BUT, on a brighter side of exile 1, the demo is awsomly huge, because you can go ANYWHERE from fort exile, to the long river and lake on the west side, you can go from the tippity top near motraxes cave all the way down to the tower of magi, then all through the honeycombs, and as far left as almaria! I agree with the vastness of Exile 1's demo. You can easily get up to 20 hours of playtime before you've done absolutely everything you are able. Post #544

Originally Posted By: FnordCola God's consciousness is described in human terms all the time in the Bible. Random example among many: "Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." -Exodus 34:14, NIV. Jealousy is a human emotion, herein ascribed to God. Are these descriptions metaphorical, using human attributes to describe similar but less comprehensible divine attributes? Quite possibly. That's one reading, while another is that God has human-like qualities. Neither is objectively right or wrong. Attributes normally ascribed to humans, but also ascribed to God are called anthroprmorphisms. We are made in God's image, is it any wonder that we are handed down some of God's attributes. We cannot really comprehend what God's attributes are really like so we discribe them with the attributes that we, ourselves, experience. In reality, what we call man's attributes seen in God, is really God's attributes seen in man. The attributes we experience are to some lesser degree than God's. Post # 543

Someone tries to write a story based on the first Geneforge and people beg for more. While I do the same for the first Exile/Avernum game and am handed nothing but sarcasm and ridicule. Here is the forum I'm talking about. Post #542

It was just a quick little retort I typed a the time. Did it have value...probably not, but I said it anyway. That may or may not be what you thought I would say but there it is. Post #541

I've never had a custom title and frankly I'm fine with that. Custome titles seem due to those who have given something towards these forums or Spiderweb Software in general. I don't post often enough to give me a better post count, and I've never made a scenario (either BOE or BOA). Some of my posts, I admit, were completely off the wall. Looking back, I consider myself very lucky to not ever have been BANNED (even if one or two times I seemed to deserve it). One thing I hate about my current title is that it says Sorceress...that's a title for a woman. I'm a man and would like to be called a Sorcerer! Obviously this is just a generic title meant for everyone around this postcount, but it just seems a little weird, huh? Post #540

First off I want to appologize for not writing sooner. I see that this forum was busy since the last time I was on. I will try to offer my explanations and rebuttals as I'm able. There's quite a few things to talk about and close to 25 posts since my last one so let me pick a few and get to typing. Originally Posted By: Erasmus However, I don't see it as chance but rather as eventuality, given enough unwitting attempts, our type of life happened, and might happen or might have happened already or might will happen elsewhere. p.s. I don't believe those are the only two solutions, I believe the vector could be longer Most of life is built upon two choices; Live or die, get married or stay single, work or don't work, etc. I might get a little carried away with the choice thing sometimes but when looking at it head on this really is a choice of either one or the other. If I asked you if you believed, there's only two answers you can give me: yes or no! You either believe or you don't. No matter why you do believe or no matter why you don't believe, there's only two choices. You can say that you don't believe because it doesn't make sense, but isn't that a choice you just made. You listened to the arguement, thought about it, and rejected it. Obviously the same can be said for the reverse, also. this that Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg Originally Posted By: Alorael So for atheists, it's really much more comforting not to believe! Comforting! Living in fear of the tiniest chance that we might be right. So let me get this straight, you believe that the universe came into being by chance and that when you die, nothing happens (by nothing I mean spiritually). Is this correct? I believe it would be a lot more comforting to be a believer. (I'm just stating my opinion) As a Christian, do you live in fear of the tiniest chance that the Muslims might be right, and you are going to Hell? Nope, not one bit! Originally Posted By: Dantius In all fairness, when comparing what are, IMO, the two strongest arguments for theism and atheism (Pascal's Wager and the Problem of Evil, respectively), atheism really has a much better case, especially when you take a second to realize all the little holes PW has in it, especially compared to how totally ironclad the PoE is. Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES Right. What I was trying to say was that theism implies belief, and Pascal's wager does not actually involve belief, so whatever it argues for, I would argue it's not theism. I've read a little about this on Wikipedia. In all honesty, I've never heard of this until now. He's saying "that even if the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a rational person should wager as though God exists" and for those who don't sincerely believe he tells them "to live as though they had faith, which may subvert their irrational passions and lead them to genuine belief." What is this? The first part says that 'if' there's no solid evidence, then one must wager one of two ways; for or against the existence of God. Pascal tells us of the enormous benefit of betting in favor of God's existence. The second part (as said by Lilith) pretty much says 'that you could fake it till you made it.' That is about as far from Biblical teaching as one can get! I do not think that Pascal's Wager should be someones arguement for Theism! Post #539 P.S. Sorry about the length.

Originally Posted By: Erasmus Originally Posted By: Arch-Mage Solberg So let me get this straight, you believe that the universe came into being by chance and that when you die, nothing happens (by nothing I mean spiritually). Is this correct? You seem to keep insisting of adding the word chance into your description, this is not true for all atheists, the universe(multiverse, hyper-verse etc...) just came to be, not by chance but by a method we do not know anything about (yet or even ever). For the pure atheist, who does not believe in the existence of the super natural and the spiritual, the "soul" is the sum of his genetics and his life experiences stored in our muscle memory (reflex), organ damage and the brain, and when we die our body rots away eaten by bacteria, virus and carrion and continues the cycle of life (assuming one wasn't cremated or dies in space). It is all about chance or luck. If any of the varying characteristics of our universe was even a little off, human life could not exist. If the Earth was either a little closer to or farther away from the Sun... If the size of the Earth were either smaller or larger by as much as 2,000 miles... If the moon's gravitational pull were too large or small... The fact that humans are alive is due to either one of two solutions. 1. That some intelligent omnipotent, omniscient, living, loving holy being (who I believe is the God of the Bible) created the universe for the sole purpose of us inhabiting it. 2. The unthinking universe somehow came up with the perfect ingredients to produce life. You say that I keep 'insisting' that chance had something to do with it. Maybe it's you who 'insists' that it's not! HERE! Post #538

Originally Posted By: Let me Alorael that for you. Uh, okay... The website uses sophisticated software to analyze your internet connection, your location, and your posts to determine your age. If your age cannot be determined with 95% certainty, Spiderweb Software's agents are sent to figure it out. They are equipped with suits and dark glasses, but standard protocol requires them to don an appropriate disguise before coming within 15 miles of a target. So that's who those guys were. I was starting to get worried about them, but if they're from Jeff, they can't be too bad...can they? Post # 537

I put down the Sorcerer's Stone to read this book I found at the library. It's called The Biblical Basis for Modern Science by Henry M. Morris. So far I'm only on page 63, but it's a fasinating read! Post # 536