Triumph

LOL. Some of the stuff in that article isn't all that far from things that happen in AIMHack...

"Machintosh - the apple that can break the sound barrier!"

KOTOR 2 was pretty buggy, and likely to give you trouble, but KOTOR is just all-around excellent!

On March 22, 2010:

 

On March 18, 2010:

 

On March 21, 2010:

I will NOT be around on Sunday to sub, so Duck better step up and play his character.

Wow! Cool map!

Yay for Diki and Boregloaf! *cheers for spinning death-goblin*

 

I'll be happy if Bloodmarsh has to wait because then the next Selos session can be sooner.

 

...Rowen, your profile picture is strange and yet amusing.

I guess my problem, then, must simply be the lack of numeric keypad. I think most laptops lack that, don't they?

 

I just thought I remember playing some form of Exile back in the (on a desktop, admittedly) using the arrow keys. Well, whatever. Thanks for the comments!!!

In the interest of making the stats match the way the character acts...

 

I had a LOT of fun with some of our...discussions. :-)

 

Oh, and you really can't criticize us for getting lost. Just saying. :-P

 

Also, it's crazy that I rolled seven natural 20's last session, and NO 20's at all this session. Time and chance and all, but still weird.

 

We are a crazy group of jungle explorers. Silly bandits should beware.

 

I loved some of the comments about Boomy:

 

Lanrezac

"Nixak...are you SERIOUSLY going to try to infiltrate Sarden, city of bandits and assassins, feared throughout Mote, with a pet boom squirrel? Because that just screams 'trouble' to me."

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Nioca

(I just realized how weird other people might find Nixak when his pocket suddenly and inexplicably booms)

But, as I already mentioned, I have a Macbook, so none of those things help, unfortunately. Ah well. I'll survive without BoE. Still, it's awfully weird why the arrow wouldn't work.

The preferences menu has no options that have to do with control, and there're no instructions with the game that give any instructions or list of key functions. I'm really puzzled.

I have a different question about "how to play," that I'll just poke into this topic: is it possible to use the arrow keys? I have a Macbook, and I downloaded the open-source version of BoE, and it works okay...except that it ignore the arrow keys completely. I can only move using the mouse. Is there something I can do about that?

Boom squirrel, Nioca, boom squirrel FTW.

Epic jungle trek! Huzzah! Featuring wild boar, opportunities to get pet boom squirrels, potentially hostile jungle dwellers, bandits, lots of rain, and a journey to the mythical city of Sarden! Contact Zarusa for details should you wish to organize a trip for YOUR dysfunctional group of adventurers!

 

(My summary of the session in advertising form. )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

 

It's fascinating to see which places in the world don't observe Daylight Savings Time. Thank you, Ephesos, for making AIMHack such an educational activity.

Thank you, Diki, I have now been enlightened!

Objection, your honor! In the first place, that comment, (in parentheses) was by me, (out of character), not "Lanrezac." Hence the use of (parentheses) rather than "quotation marks." Second, being me, I know that that comment was in reference to the 20. Rolling a natural 20 is always impressive, even one is only succeeding at doing something foolish. The evidence submitted by Miss Vitze's lawyer, Mr. Sarachim, does not mean what he thinks it means.

 

I readily admit, however, that Lanrezac lacked decisiveness, was led astray Vitze, and failed to try to intervene as he should have, instead letting passively letting Vitze run amok. Thus I stated above that he had learned his lesson and would not be so passive in the event of future such actions by Vitze.

What's more likely, that we'll meet another angry mob, or that Vitze will do something crazy? Yeah, I thought so.

Even if we do meet another angry mob, I assure you Lanrezac will not DELIBERATELY incite them to attack the most powerful wizard the party has met and for whom the party is supposed to be working.

Yay! Whatever painful punishment Zarusa metes out , I, at least, have learned my lesson. Next time Vitze does something crazy and self-destructive, I should promptly whack her until she stops.

In G3, the Ornk canister is hidden in Khor's Deep; a hidden lever or switch (I don't recall which) opens a hidden room containing the canister. I actually missed it my first couple playthroughs.

You asked for it....

You may look down your nose at JRPGs, but Chrono Trigger is STILL an outstanding RPG, lo these many years since it first came out. I actually played it for the first time this past fall, with DS port of it, and much enjoyed it.

I think factions can be cool, I'd just want some of them to be remotely likable, or else include to choice to ignore them. One of the things that annoyed me about G3 (besides the boat system) was being forced to choose between murderous rebels with occasionally quasi-nice-sounding ideals and the harsh-and-mean-sounding Shapers who didn't murder people right and left but were still rather cruel. If all the groups are stupid, at leave in the freedom not to join. But ideally there should be factions that actually have appealing qualities. The factions in G1 and G2, and G5, included some very interesting and thought-provoking groups.

Blue and Green are pretty nifty flame colors. I remember seeing a chemistry demonstration that showed how burning certain substances could achieve unusual flame color. Neat stuff.