Monroe

Really? I always found writing to be a very clumsy form of communication. I mean, there has to be thousands upon thousands of rules just so that it's reasonably decipherable. Even if you follow them all, at any given point the vast majority of the world will still not understand what you've written. That's no way to communicate. Animated avatars on the other hand, those could get a universal point across. Probably why they had to go.

Clever, sure. And there's certainly nothing egotistical at all about saying you're a God of your own little world.

Originally Posted By: Honor-Bound My favorites are "Postmaster General" from when it was displayed above the identical post count title and "This just feels like cheating" because it does. That's the one I was thinking of. Custom titles seem like they're for the ego heads. Kudos to you for resisting giving yourself one.

Actually, that was back during the dual title phase of the boards. Back when one had both their custom title and their normal one. So I don't think Alorael ever had just a custom one.

But things chase you so far! I was just running away from two lizards, but ended up running into a third. I just barely beat the third, but the first two caught up to me and finished me off. No offense, I'm sure you strategy types probably love this game, but I think I've seen enough. Have fun.

Pretty sure we'd lose half our mod staff if that were the case.

I just have one question before I try this game. Does it have some kind of cheat codes and/or editor that will enable me to beat the game no matter how terrible I am at it? I just got this thing about investing a lot of time in a game if there is a possibility I'll never be able to beat it. Edit: Just got killed by some slimes two minutes in. Weak. I would definitely need cheats to motivate me to continue at this point.

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES Originally Posted By: upon mars Or i shall parody this thread and stun you with my awful writing! Please, stun us! Come on now, you two. The sciency types are allowed to have their fun, too.

I remember games like that. I'm not that old, though. Games like Angband were behind their times, I suppose. Edit: Didn't you claim to be really old one time, Dantius? Shouldn't you be telling us how cool it was when television came out in color?

Stylized and cartoony FTW. Edit: Though the BoE era graphics are still better than the originals. Saying the originals are the very best is just wrong.

What does that mean? Does it mean the Julian Calendar finally an entire year behind? Someone should research that and get back to me. I gotta get ready for a few more hours of church.

They don't usually prune the game forums, just General. You might try looking through the Geneforge forums for the story. Edit: A quick search turned up this. You posted in that thread, so it's probably what you're referring to.

Yeah, by Exile 3, the graphics actually looked pretty snazzy compared to the even older ones.

Well, I got the impression they were the spiritual leaders of the horde, not fighters. The slith triad were the real warriors of their race. In the end, you were left with a few old priests to kill. It would be like defeating a Roman legion and their centurions and then in the end the final boss is the Pope and his conclave. They probably would not be that challenging.

By the final Avernum, there is at least one restaurant that serves surface food. I get the feeling that if an Avernite really cared about how his food tasted and had the cash to pay for it, it was available.

There was also that one dungeon where the hydras and chitrachs were fighting each other, though, right?

Does it still count if the site loaded way before the video and I closed out before the actual video started?

Originally Posted By: I need no introduction oh... i didn't know i use safari so it never showed up. Nobody actually checks before they click a link. Ephesos probably just said that because he clicked it without looking too.

I notice Slarty still has an animated avatar... Do I get a reward for turning him in?

Originally Posted By: *i I will make it clear that there is no directed effort on the part of the moderators to engineer the community itself beyond removing those whose behaviors become too disruptive. It's kind of sad that you felt you even had to state that fact for the record. I feel for you.

Yeah, this is something I had to discover myself. You gotta hate it when a group of non-hostile wolves is blocking access to a nest. To kill them, or not to kill them? The answer is to kill them. Anything (and in most cases, anyone) that appears on a minimap section that is not a city section can be killed with no repercussions.

It starts at avatars, but in no time they're coming for your children in the night! Really, though, this forum went for years without any kind of avatars, right? One's personality should be animated enough that visual aids aren't needed.

I like the anatomy. It's dark and cartoony at the same time, and with great details. It really is exactly what Avernum needs as far as art direction. Normally, I'd never play as that red PC in Josefo's first picture, but if he made the art, I definitely would! The third link was removed, it seems. I really want to see it now!

Wow. Normally I'd never be caught dead playing D&D, but it might be fun with that guy.

I'm one of those people that likes all the new sparkle graphics that have been infesting Jeff's games lately. Flashy and/or sparkly things strike me as innately good. To each his own, I suppose.