Major General

The game. It is bought.

So long as no one is Tim, I think we'll be safe.

Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: Major General My member ID was in the 1800-1850 range if memory serves. Name was possibly Thanatos or other greek deity involved with that domain of work. I think I caused some minor chaos when I was here. I apologize for that in advance. I'm guessing this is you, since the email is cmdr.thanatos@gmail.com. If you want to use this account and can't remember the login name or password, I, or one of the other mods, can help you with that. Oh man, that is me! I'll try and figure out my name/id in the morning.

Originally Posted By: Only the LN die at median age So who were you, Major General? At several points I was the only mod without a custom title. It became a running joke that Drakey, then the admin, wouldn't give me one solely because I was the token mod and high postcount member without one. When I hit 10k posts I switched to changing my name daily in protest. —Alorael, who changed his name exactly once before that. He was "Skribbane Addict" for just a few hours before the outcry made him switch back. My member ID was in the 1800-1850 range if memory serves. Name was possibly Thanatos or other greek deity involved with that domain of work. I think I caused some minor chaos when I was here. I apologize for that in advance.

I'm curious, just because Jeff has finally made the (wise) business decision of shrinking demo size: Is the game as big as the old ones? Bigger? Smaller?

Originally Posted By: Harehunter Originally Posted By: Major General On the original subject, I was bullied until the day I stood up for myself. After showing a willingness and ability to fight unprofessionally and win, I was left alone by the bullying class. I continue to hold my position that there are many ways to stand up to a bully. The only important thing is that you do. In some cases it is not necessary to resort to violence, in some it is. I used the Casey Heynes approved solution. Ignore, deflect, destroy. I'll also say I despise violence. Finally, I'll say that when violence is necessary, I'll use every possible, most effective means available.

Excellent. Life goes on!

Originally Posted By: Lilith Originally Posted By: Harehunter How do you know this? Which congressmen would like to see lynchings? Let's bring them up on charges and impeach them. We have a legal system to deal with it. Let's use it. Otherwise the accusations have no basis. are you suggesting that wanting someone to be lynched is illegal? i'm not aware of any US law to that effect in any case, if michele bachmann's noose-around-the-White-House ad isn't proof enough for you then nothing will be. as far as i'm concerned, it's proof enough for me. Don't worry. Obama has already commended the labor leader that plans to "take those SOBs out". Violent rhetoric abounds on either side. Taking either side seriously on those comments in ludicrous. On the original subject, I was bullied until the day I stood up for myself. After showing a willingness and ability to fight unprofessionally and win, I was left alone by the bullying class.

Also, tell me Alorael is somewhere here. I'd like to know that some things still remain the same.

I've never bought your games. Ever. I've freeloaded off your demos since the 3.5" disk. Then after going to college, working several jobs, paying off my college debt, etc. I boot up Steam and suddenly see Avadon. Released by you. And I get paid in 4 days. You still make demos. I ran into the Demo Demon. I miss the Shareware Demon, and I think the Demo Demon would be better replaced by the Indie Demon. But that is my only complaint. I look forward to actually buying your games in 4 days, sharing my thoughts, and purchasing the Exile/Avernum back catalog before the year is out. Thank you for all the good memories in gaming, and I hope you continue to crank out good games!

Exile 1.0 is one of my all time favorites. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian abyss is another all time favorite.

I left my sanity at the door well before the misc forum went away ages ago.

In the long days of yore when I was a lad, I played the shareware games Jeff released repeatedly. By repeatedly I mean a lot. I never got around to buying the games. But today looking at another game released on steam (Avadon) I was suddenly reminded of how much fun I had in Exile, and look forward to buying all the wonderful spiderweb games of my youth that I only ever got as far as the shareware demon in. Thank you Jeff for all the wonderful memories of caves spells and crazy sorcerers.