Xaiya

>.> You can always be like Dinti and make the plot purposely bad in a way that makes it funny.

Geneforge is not linear.

yeah, but you could probably sell the magic item and be set on ice cream for a while, if not for life. Plus with plenty of root beer and coffee to go with it. I've discovered that rootbeer floats with a hint of coffee is quite good. And don't true roguelikes have permadeath anyways? If they have save/load, it's to take a break for later continuation.

I'm pretty sure a magic item that boosts your skills for real would be worth far more than a bowl of ice cream.

You forgot "Both", "Neither", and "Together". People exist for all of those. I'm more of an "eat when I'm hungry/when it's there" sort of person, so I don't really actively care about snacks. Still, I do like both sweet and salty things, just not together. Cinnamon rolls are nice, but so are tortilla chips, for example. I don't lean in either direction.

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Calc-based physics, calc II, and cultural anthropology. Should be interesting, even with the drone of a calc professor and the Miss Smack The Table Over and Over and Over anthro professor. I will also say that custom textbooks are evil. Near-impossible to find online, forcing you to buy at the college bookstore. I can only hope that with selling it back it won't cost me too much more than the usual. That is disgusting. I, personally, do my own work and never for anyone else. I would rather fail than turn in someone else's work. Even if it is something I'm both struggling in and I don't really care about, I will do my damned hardest to succeed on my own work. Which I have.

This sounds horrifying. MMOs can be done well, yes, and there's nothing wrong with speculating on something that will almost certainly not happen, but let's not bring up the horrors of children being obnoxious on a game you're trying to relax on playing.

I'm not really much of a movie person, but I did happen to see four 2013 movies, which is strange seeing as I'm usually late to watching any. I didn't see any of these in theater, so I can't comment on that aspect, but here we go: Pacific Rim: Awful. I personally feel it is far overrated. Obviously it wasn't meant for its story, but it doesn't even try to be decent, except for, surprisingly enough: I am normally very good with my suspension of belief, but some elements I just could not ignore being so laughably (or depressingly) absurd. Pacific Rim is probably best seen for its action if it is to be seen at all, but even the action is really quite disappointing. The scenes feel clunky and, while destructive, are not entertainingly so. Star Trek: Into Darkness: It's worth a watch, even if it isn't spectacular. I have not seen the original series, so I lack some context to judge it with, but overall I'd say it's ok. Iron Man 3: Meh. Re-watching the first would be more entertaining overall, but it did have some nice elements to it. Particularly, it showed that Tony Stark is Iron Man even without his suit (In other words, not totally worthless outside of it), which was nice. The action scenes were particularly neat, even if there was very little fully suited-up Iron Man action. I'm not a fan of comic-books, but if I watch anything involving heroes from them, it's going to be with the human ones. Kick-Ass 2: Cute. Funny. Perhaps not as crudely funny as the first, but certainly worth a watch if you're not squeamish and don't mind crude sexual innuendos. Do be familiar with the first, though. My only complaint:

Geneforge 5 is most similar to 1 and 2 in terms of multiple factions. 3 and 4 just have two sides, but they're still fun themselves. My personal suggestion is to just play all of them in order so you can follow the story. If you're not playing for story (which would be weird, since that's one of the if not the best aspect to SW games, but you also didn't list that, so 'eh), then you should still be fine going in order, but 4 and 5 may be more fun. 4 introduces new classes and creations and 3 has a couple rather annoying aspects, so it may be worth it to skip 3 if time/money is an issue and you care not for the story.

There's definitely a reference to ZKR and the first scenario from BoA at some point in the second trilogy, though I can't quite remember where or even which game.

Especially if they're embarrassing.

The RP shall now be known as "From the Ashes" (FtA). The follow-up of the discussion can be found here: https://calref.net/v...&p=24874#p24874 This concludes the business of this thread. If you're still interested in participating or in simply following FtA, it'll all be going down at CalRef. Feel free to join us on the chat or comment in the OoC thread with questions.

The chat has been postponed one day to 3:00pm/15:00 (MST) Sunday, December 15th. Apologies if this causes anyone to have to miss it.

Hmm. Turkey is ok, but I'm much more a fan of gobbling down pumpkin pie with lots of whipped cream. I'm not fat, though, so this is still a paradox. I've beaten most of the games, after all. I can't shake the feeling, though, that adding time travel to the mix won't help this paradox one bit.

Excellent idea. I'll probably post either the log and/or a summary. Also, as we figure more things out, we'll be making use of the RP wiki in order to make info easy to access.

The discussion on all things about the RP will begin at the CalRef chat on 3:00pm/15:00 (MST) Saturday, December 14th.

...read my post again. I was talking about the way people do acronyms, "BOE" vs "BoE". I am well aware as to who Bob is.

Am I the only one bugged by people saying "BOE" rather than "BoE"? Not to say it's an issue, but more to wonder if anyone shares this peculiarity. ...or are you not talking about the BoE board, and BOE is some other acronym? If that's the case, then I've forgotten a lot about the Episodes.

A1 is awfully, awfully clunky, though, and it doesn't even have a quest log. A:EftP to A2 might not be too jarring if you've been playing games since at least the 90s. If you're a younger gamer, though, just playing the older ones at all might be more difficult depending on your tastes, so you may as well start on A1. A2 and A3 are less clunky than A1 and definitely worth a play even with having older engines and being juxtaposed by the newer SW games, in any case.

Uh, tip: if you're wondering if a particular word works, ask Diki personally instead of letting everyone know of the word in case it is valid and most likely killing it. In any case, the first letter of the first word must start with 'r'.

Uh, isn't this already done to an extent? The later Avernum games and the Geneforge games all have an overal map, and all games have more detailed maps per area that you fill in as you explore. There's nothing wrong with a grid design. If you really don't like it, there's Geneforge. The last comment with the sprites just sounds like a personal opinion of yours rather than a real suggestion. A hunger system can be done well, or it can be annoying. Most likely, it'd end up being annoying. Jeff did hunger in Exile, so there's a small possibility it might reappear, in any case. Having a house where you could dump all of your crap sounds actually pretty useful, but nothing horribly elaborate like you described. Jeff is but one programmer. Figuring things out is one of the neat aspects of RPGs. You can't have everything done for you. There's plenty of people analyzing everything on the forums if you really want help, though. I'm pretty sure that the caps are soft rather than hard, and for the ones with hard caps, you'll probably never reach them. Of course, I might be wrong since I haven't played the newest games, but this is the case for the early Avernum and Geneforge games. The Avernum/Exile games actually originally had outdoor sections, specifically 1-3/Blades. You can also see your enemies approaching, so random encounters aren't entirely random and potentially avoidable if you know how. Useless items are part of the charm in the amount of detail Jeff puts into his games. Just don't pick up those unsellable trowels. Uh, no. I'm sure there's dozens of links someone could provide that could explain no better than I could for SWOnline, so I won't. As for factions, have you played Geneforge 1, 2, and 5, by any chance? That's pretty much all I have to comment on here, though I should add that Jeff rarely reads the forums. It's unlikely that he'll see this, so the most you'll get is discussion by other forum members. If there's something you really, really want to tell Jeff, there's a section on the website that'll let you know where you can send your suggestions so he'll actually see them. Besides that, welcome, and leave your unneeded sanity at the door! What is your native language, out of curiosity?

This: It's pretty much going to be a blank slate except for the few things we take from UtSS that we liked. The chat is to discuss it and do initial worldbuilding.

About a year ago, I made a poll to figure out the interest of people here in a written RP. There was clearly some interest, with an emphasis on fantasy, faction and player, and limited magic. For a while, myself, Sylae, and Nalyd have discussed our interest in rebooting UtSS, which is similar to the above except it only had a little of the fantasy element. However, it's clear that even if we were to reboot that world, the vast majority of worldbuilding would need to be redone. And this is where you, the interested potential players, come in. Right now, we don't quite have a name, and though we have an idea of the setting, it is probably best left to conversation. There is lots of delicious, delicious worldbuilding ahead. There's only two things we know for certain: 1) It will be hosted at CalRef. 2) A participant will have the option of just controlling (a) nation(s), (a) character(s), or both to allow choices in how someone can participate. There will be a discussion on the CalRef chat to talk about the RP and to do initial worldbuilding. Registration is required to reach the chat. CalRef registration currently requires approval, so message Sylae or myself to get your account approved. Please note that the chat may not be appropriate for all ages. Additionally, the RP may explore more adult themes (No explicit gore or sex, though it may be implicitly mentioned. Most likely there will be some swearing, at least.), so be warned. If you are interested in participating in the discussion, please use this whenisgood. If you've never heard of it, click. It'll be self explanatory. Also, there is a box with which you can write your name. Please write the name you affiliate yourself with on SW in the box. Comments are welcome, but not required. http://whenisgood.ne...ion/UtSS_Reboot I left it pretty open to get a good time. These days are after my own finals, and presumably the finals of others, so hopefully at least some time will be open for everyone. Joining it is not required for participating in the RP, but it's recommended so you can join in on the initial worldbuilding and provide your ideas on your character(s) and/or nation(s). We welcome those who have a decent grasp of English grammar (don't worry, we won't yell over silly stuff like the oxford comma, just be decently educated) and are willing to work with the others. You will need to be able to keep track of lore and universal laws to be able to write, though the RP wiki should help. You don't need to be an expert craftsperson of writing (hell, I'm not, far from it), or even good--we will be as willing to work with you as you are willing to work with us. Commitment to the RP is requested. On the off chance you suddenly have to drop out, someone can take over, but we'd rather avoid this. When I feel there are enough responses, I will post the final date and time of the discussion. Please ask any questions you may have. Thank you for your interest; I look forward to it!

Fool! If unsellable trowels truly were chatoic evil, we would all be doomed. They are actually True Neutral, and are simply watching and waiting. We should hope they do not take interest. They also tend to be extremely stupid sterotypic trash mobs. Sapience seems to be the exception, not the rule, as far as I've seen, though I could be wrong since I'm really just looking at Avernum for my interpretation of goblins and from what I've heard overall of the two. If this is the case, then really only the leaders can have an alignment. Though this point is moot since it seems all of the leaders seem to be chaotic evil anyways.