A less presumptuous name.

Originally Posted By: WittyRuination All it is to me is a bunch of people who joined because they feel like they have to share every tiny aspect of their lives with their friends as their only means of finding acceptance in life. I think you may be confused. It sounds like you're talking about twitter

Originally Posted By: Dintiradan nearly all secondary school teachers I know teach summer school How many few secondary school teachers do you know? There are no where near enough summer school courses in my district for every teacher to instruct one. Far fewer than half of the teachers are involved in summer school programs.

Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha did you just do that to annoy me? because no one mentioned the fact of teachers. While his comment may not have been the most diplomatic, your comment wasn't entirely relevant. Sure, teachers get the summer off. That doesn't really contribute to, whose was it, slarty's (?) comment that most jobs don't get long vacations/summers off. As for teachers and summer pay, I know that at some colleges where my mom has taught, she had the option of spreading her pay out over 12 instead of I think 10 months. I'm not sure if primary and secondary (public) education offers similar programs. Now I'm intrigued. I think I'll ask someone if my school does that on Tuesday. Don't change that channel!

Unless you're using the mac app store version of the game, you can find all of the plot dialogue in a script file titled textplot.txt (on a mac).

Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha So it works doesn't it? I mean seriously, do you just quit on something when its hard to do? NO! You keep trying at that goal! Never give up! No, I'm pretty sure that it doesn't work. Just like killing ornks, you'll stop getting any exp at all after a certain level.

Originally Posted By: loyal servile of sasuke uchiha Or to get past level 52 and 50 do the iamweak code over and over. It might take a few weeks of typing, concidering it keeps giving less exp. every level. But after a few weeks. maybe even days, you can get to level 100. Two points. First, there is a point at which that cheat gives you no exp, or at least there was in earlier games. Second, the level limit in G5 is well below 100. I think that it's 61.

My district goes until the 17th of June, although seniors finished this week (ish). Maryland summers are far too hot and humid for me, being a native of Wisconsin. Air conditioning set to 68, please. My mom thinks 82 is the proper cooling temp. We just suffer until ambient breaks 90 (or higher).

Originally Posted By: meAzuma Entering from other sides of the map. You can do it in the Geneforge games by clicking an area icon repeatedly. Just so you know, there's a faster way. If you want to enter from the right and it's not the default, select the zone on the right and then, without traveling, select the target zone. You will now be directed to the right-hand entrance.

Originally Posted By: Randomizer If an NPC kills a monster than you usually don't get experience, Because of this, I hate all quests where you are required to take an NPC with you, and I always seek death kills, even if it prolongs the fight. It's a nasty habit I've gotten from playing games with finite exp and high level caps.

It goes in order of the stats. If it goes to strength, the next threw will go into dex, life, and energy, respectively. And from there, the cycle starts over.

I never had them help me, I just solo'd the entire zone. I never even got to bid them farewell, they just left while I was under the keep.

The regular medals all have their requirements posted. The hidden medals are discussed here. I don't know if someone has put together a single and easy-to-read list.

Eventually, you'll get a quest from Hand Callan to search the secure/lower cells. You can find Spiridon during that quest.

Originally Posted By: Tcheedchee Did anyone try the candles, lanterns and lamps? I have never used any sort of lighting equipment in a game that didn't feature complete or near-complete darkness. Originally Posted By: Tcheedchee It's half of the fun to have a game with secret passages and rooms, which can only be found, by finding secret switches, which should be a bit difficult to find. The problem I have with the secret switches is that either I forget about them and miss every secret area, or I remember them and spend hours combing every inch of wall in every zone.

While operating as an admin may be a general security risk, it's really quite useful for those of us who know how to use computers. I suppose that the UAC prompt isn't all that different from the mac system other than the specific content that brings it up. Whenever I do a software update or anything of the sort, I have to enter my (admin) password.

Originally Posted By: Impudent Strumpet! Originally Posted By: The Turtle Moves I'm guessing you're on Windows? Some people have been having trouble saving changes to files. I don't know much about that Basically, in Windows 7 (and if I recall correctly, Vista), the Program Files folder, and all folders and files within it, are protected from being written to, or changed. In theory it's a nice idea, but it often gets in the way of stuff like this (and more notably, BoA stuff). Wait. I'm not on Windows, so help me understand the idiocy. When you first start up your computer and make your account, doesn't it default you to an admin? So shouldn't the primary account be able to edit all of the program files?

So the whole thing with the Rapture occurring at 6pm local time. Why would any sort of divinity respect our arbitrary lines and rules governing what we think is "time?" Also, have any of our Australian members noticed any extra bodies in the skies? No? Weird, I thought we'd finally get a doomsday prediction right! Unless, of course, no one in the Eastern Hemisphere is worth saving!* *This is not meant to start any sort of race/nationalistic war. It just hasn't happened over here yet, so I can't rule any Western Hemisphere residents out.

I think this happened to me as well, and I figured that they just returned to their homes. When I went back to Avadon, everything seemed to make sense.

The specializations that you can put in only apply to the skills that you have trained in previously. If I put in a specialization in the middle before completing the middle tree, each skill that has been trained receives the bonus, and the others will receive it as soon as they have their first level.

No. They're just for decoration.

Originally Posted By: ttomm99 Also some areas of land are inaccessible do to water..any hints appreciated ...Some mentioned ruins yesterday..where? Some places are hidden until you get a quest to go back later. Some places are hidden by obnoxious and unessential switches. Some places are just there to mock us.

There are two ways. First, you can replay the game as often as you'd like and explore the different options. Second, you can find the script folder and read through the file titled Textplot.

Oh, then I think I may have gotten it. There's only the one?

1. Jeff has never been too consistent with effect names. Someone can probably look in the scripts and give you a better idea of what effects there are and what abilities/items use which effects. Keep in mind that some quests are given well before you can complete them. For Spiridion in particular, you have to wait until Hand Callan gives you a quest in the secure cells before you can find him. Also, Spiderweb is a two/three man operation, so they can't put in all the detail into the quest log that we may want. A bit annoying, yeah, but it's part of life. I never noticed any ivory skulls, so count your blessings. Jeff puts in lots of items just for variety, scene, and vendor fodder. Don't think too much about the thousands of daggers placed throughout the game, just loot anything worth anything.

I set my computer version (when I play) to let us (me and the 5 computers) pick our countries one by one, and then the game randomly places our starting armies. Australia is typically a safe bet, as the computer AIs all look for control of a continent. As long as you're the first one there, you can get it before the game starts and then take a single holding in other continents. I then slowly take over Asia. After a round or two of holding the whole thing, it's simple to plow through the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere. North America is my least favorite to start with because I can never get it before the other players all have continents. Then again, I've only ever attempted Europe a handful of times. The worst part is that, like I said, the AIs in my game all go for continents. It comes down to having an early pick and manipulating the continent selection. After that, it just takes non-suckage dicerolls to avoid, well, suckage.