Actaeon

I am consistently amazed at how warm spring is elsewhere. Whether or not that's a good thing is debatable. Anyway, spring remains an icy season in Colorado, like so.

Quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: Quote: Originally written by Actaeon: It's simply the first time I'd seen it in action, and I got a little excited. That's funny, you've never seen me argue with Stareye before? I was not aware of Godwin's Law at the time. Now I am. That is really all that there remains to say on the subject.

Godwin's law applies everywhere, because it does not say that such comparisons are always bad. In this case, I'd say it's moderately valid. It simply states that such comparisons are bound to occur. I'm sorry I mentioned it. It's simply the first time I'd seen it in action, and I got a little excited. It won't happen again.

Quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: This is the vibe I'm getting: orderly genocide (Shapers/Nazis) is prefered over chaotic destruction (Rebels/Soviets). So you guys all seem to prefer Hitler over Stalin. Interesting choice. Ha! Godwin's law!

I guess I\'m a leftist either way.

Hey, don't diss Ornk fighting ability. When I first showed a friend of mine Geneforge 1, he tried to kill one in the second area. It became angry and gored him to death. I was impressed enough to take on the final sections of the game with only Ornks.

Perhaps a "Help Me" here and there would be superior to operating on assumptions?

Quote: Originally written by Thuryl: It's used as the A4 opening music. Yeah, you know, I really should have used the link. Although I'm not sure I would have recognized which game the music was from, I wouldn't have been asking stupid questions.

Someone needs to explain to me why this is in A4.

Quote: Originally written by Yama: A4 is continuing to sound good. I think we're on A5 now, Slarty. I assume that was what Salmon was attempting to communicate, but I have no idea what LYT means. Liked your typo?

I doubt anyone's screwed it up that badly.

23? Really? I would never have guessed.

Why did I always assume that the three canister version of the Ornk would be an Oozebeast? It would be a darn useful creation, much better than Pyroroamers.

I seem to remember Diki having something to say about topics named after Spiderweb members. If it weren't for the recent prune, I'd go back and quote it. The general opinion was negative, regardless.

Names mean little, particularly obvious ones. When I first came to Spiderweb, I went by Mark Greenwood. Obviously, I didn't take credit for the naming of Greenwood Island in G3.

I made the graph as a rough visualization of what I thought would make sense. My y axis did not refer simply to self shaping, but also included the extreme for the Trakovites. I am entirely willing to admit that it is severely flawed, and I am willing to provide the blank graph if anyone would like to edit it. Quote: Originally written by vld: Quote: At this point, I am planning for Geneforge 5 to be the last game in the main story arc. So Geneforge 6(yes, i`m speaking about distant future) might take place in another continent or after/before many years and be more like a sidestory? Oh dear. This could be interpreted by many desperate Geneforge addicts to be a sign that Jeff may be easing toward the idea of a Blades of Geneforge game. Someone link to a page where he denies it completely, before things get out of hand! Also, although I do not know what vld was considering for G6, but I would think, if it ever got that far, that a prequel might be nice. Something to do with the discovery of shaping. Personally, though, I will be quite satisfied if Geneforge ends in number five, even relieved.

Quote: Originally written by The Absolute Value of Nalyd is Zero: But if you like surprises, don't finish all of G1 until the entire series is done . "I have it! The big secret from Geneforge I! Now, I will tell the world that the shapers..." *Sound of two shots from a silenced pistol, followed by silence.*

Very well. Although I never intended it to be more than a sample, here's a newer version: Edit: You'll find my opinion around (3,-2).

Quote: Originally written by Nico: Nico? Oh... now this could be confusing.

I quite agree with Nikki and Dikiyoba. I am halfway between the Awakened and the Trakovites. I also support the concept of a test, though I'm not sure it would be possible to get a clear result without a few directly Geneforge based questions. Edit: Also, I agree with Alorael in regards to the method of graphing. It seems, given that we are dealing with two spectra, that a traditional X/Y graph might be an order. There could be some debate as to what the origin meant, and what the extremes were, but perhaps it would look something like this: I figured that the top meant absolute, anything goes shaping, whereas the bottom was an absolute ban. The right was pro creation rights to the point of demaning compensation (Taker style), but I assumed that the origin would still be pretty mid range. Far left supported keeping creations as absolute slaves. Although the left/right dynamic seems a little skewed from a political perspective, it makes sense for a graph. (Also, I didn't know where to put the Trakovites for creation rights. They seem to support creation rights, but don't seem to have a plan for what to do with already shaped people/things. They're mispositioned, but the graph was only meant to be an example, anyway.)

Quote: Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar: You can always cheat to get cake. I have a terrible admission to make. I used the "give a snack" cheat on this one, just to save time. The only way I could think of alleviating my guilt was to find another piece later, and place it next to him, amounting to the same amount of work at a different time. That didn't work, so I suppose the mockery of my peers will have to do. Edit: More applicable quote.

Quote: Originally written by *i kicks puppies and orphans.: —Alorael, who thinks this game earned all its hype. It's a big improvement over its antecedents. Although I suppose G3 and G2 deserve that, I thought that the original was pure genius, particular given the originality at the time.

Hmmm. I had just figured that you had been blocked out of "Thuryl" because of some glitch in the UBB.

I used to have trouble with two button mice. Then, I downloaded a freeware program from vaticancity.com, and it went right to work with the candles and salt. I couldn't find it the last time I checked, but it was called macpreist 1.2 or something like that. Perhaps its still around somewhere.

I believe that control clicking on an the item's icon should give a run down of the item, but I thought that that was always the case, so if something changed... (Edit: Changed "option" to "control")