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How will they do that if they haven't even left the planet yet? Surely they don't live that long.

Originally Posted By: Tirien I have to wonder why the shaper had no creations with him. The lack of creations is the only reason he got captured, which only proves that you should have a swarm of creations with you. We assume that they fell in with his battalion. Plus, you have to understand that this was entirely off the cuff.

Then who are the Sholai?

I'm individualist when it comes to fairy tales. Otherwise you don't get the moral across.

Are you thereby accusing me of being a hippie?

Help! A broken brain! And I thought it was broken already....

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Sales pitch? No, no, a hypnotism session forcing you to devote yourself to the campaign for the launch of my idea. Now THAT makes me the best.

I am definitely not the first, but if you gave me a white board, your attention, and twelve hours, I could prove I was the best.

Feedback-- 'twould be fair appreciated!

"Oh you who go about thy days saying unto one another 'Hello sailor,' dost thou know the magnitude of thy crimes?" --ZORK

***grrr*** I'm sure I could get more here with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word.

Originally Posted By: Sage of Numenor "Glass cannon vs. Punching bag" is a false dichotomy. The appropriate compromise would be "Glass-punching-cannon-bag" or "Cannon-punching-bag-of-glass." Either one would be painful to punch. There you have it. You punch them, and they hit back by piercing your fists with shards of glass. -West of House

Originally Posted By: Tirien Isnt Jeff (along with the Geneforge games themselves) the inspiration? You cant even claim that. Plus, let us know when you get sued so we can laugh. Ah, but you don't sue someone for inventing a new recipe for a dish you invented, do you? I'm doing nothing. I just threw old ideas together in a new way.

Oh, the crumbling towns of Doom! I got a jar of dirt I got a jar of dirt And guess what's inside it? *****YOU HAVE DIED***** (been eaten by a grue, that is)

I wing it. Always. Who needs a contract beforehand if they can get one later? Besides, you don't sue someone for making a masterpiece. Also, as aforementioned, I won't be the one writing it, just the inspiration...

"Glass cannon vs. Punching bag" is a false dichotomy. The appropriate compromise would be "Glass-punching-cannon-bag" or "Cannon-punching-bag-of-glass." Either one would be painful to punch.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity In Geneforge it was easier to assume that all the extra people and critters lived between the zones. Too bad there was really only that one zone in G5 that explicitly said that you had covered a lot of distance between it and the previous zone. I always thought that explaining clearly to the player that the zones represented isolated sites of special interest, rather than adjacent tiles, would have given a more satisfying sense of scale to those games. Well duh, how else did Poryphra, a city of 50,000 people, get reduced to a courthouse, bakery, smithy, temple, and two houses? If Geneforge becomes an MMORPG, which is looking less and less likely, that problem will have to be dealt with. (For more on said MMO, contact me, I've got every detail planned out, and every conundrum answered; I just need someone to write, animate, and launch it.)

Totally. That's exactly the problem we're dealing with here: do the ends justify the means? Even if you're willing to be a complete terrorist in the name of Litalia, I don't get the "total reform" ending I was looking for. Does the Shaper Council crumble entirely? That's kind of what I was looking for.

AAAAAAAA! What happened to this poor cat?!

Creepy, weird, and altogether too outrageous even for me. Yipe!

Ah, the irony of life. Okay, every one, one three. One, two, three-- [sHIFT]-D

In part 3, I have to disagree. On G2, you're right, except that's actually cool, if properly handled. It's like a sequel hook. It has to be done right, or it look really cheesy. Madmen are amazing! (as in, we all are amazing)

Yay, sympathy!

Exactly! Treat it with a sense of honor and morality! Maybe I have too much time on my hands, and I come to think of the games as a substitute for real life, but it's not likely.