Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Hey, I'm new to the Geneforge community. I would like to say hi to everyone. Also, how to I export a picture into a URL to use as my avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Welcome to Spiderweb! Leave your sanity at the door. You want an image hosting service. ImageShack is a pretty standard one, and it's fairly self-explanatory from the site. —Alorael, who has noticed that he no longer has a copy of his own avatar. If he loses his link, as happens on occasion, he'll be in trouble. Time for a backup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 *leaves sanity at the door* I like cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I have an avatar now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 0,o where did you find that? Or did you make it yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I photoshopped a picture I found to make it. Which door do I put my sanity at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Painted Lady Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I need some help with my avatar. I have an 80x80 pixel picture on ImageShack. I take the option of "URL for forums" and I get the code for my picture. It is shown here, so obviously I have a legitimate URL. When I paste that URL into the slot on my profile page and click "Submit" I get an error message saying "Invalid picture type." There is a second URL for forums which does the exact same thing. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Originally Posted By: Painted Lady I need some help with my avatar. I have an 80x80 pixel picture on ImageShack. I take the option of "URL for forums" and I get the code for my picture. It is shown here, so obviously I have a legitimate URL. When I paste that URL into the slot on my profile page and click "Submit" I get an error message saying "Invalid picture type." There is a second URL for forums which does the exact same thing. Any ideas? Don't use the URL for Forums. Use the Direct Link option. The boards need to have a direct link to the image you want to use as an avatar. To expand on that a bit, image hosting services usually offer variations on the URL with formatting added for social networking, forums, so forth. They're all the same URL, just with various tags added to them. However, when you want/need to put in an image URL for avatars and such, you just need the plain unmodified URL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Painted Lady Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks so much - that worked great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 nice avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Painted Lady Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I like yours too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nobody is going to say they like my avatar? Pity. I curse you all to hell. Just kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 It's not new. It's also not made by you, and it's familiar to everyone who's played Geneforge already. —Alorael, who somehow gets some dissonance between "pity" and "cursing." On the other hand, you seem primed for a career in megalomaniacal villainy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 He isn't even human Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I changed my name, buy it still says the last post was by my old name... I guess it won't be now that I submited this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 The boards don't update everything immediately. There's some lag before all your old posts update with your new displayed name and new post count whenever you change your name or post. It's not a terribly long lag, but it does exist. —Alorael, who is the expert on both changing names and changing post counts. And his margin of expertise by experience isn't terribly different for the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Alorael It's not new. It's also not made by you, and it's familiar to everyone who's played Geneforge already. It's also quite fuzzy, which knocks the appeal down a bit more. And... wait, how long ago did you resize your avatar, Alorael? (It's been ages and Dikiyoba just hasn't noticed, right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I haven't done a thing to my avatar in years. —Alorael, who hadn't noticed any change until you pointed it out. It does look smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I think what happened is that the maximum avatar size got reduced. Anything larger than the maximum gets automatically scaled down to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus He isn't even human Rude! You can't talk down to drakons, we can do all the crap you humans do! We have hands and feet and apposible thumbs and reproductive organs and heads! We think no different either >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Quote: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? This seems appropriate for the Drakons somehow. I wouldn't be volunteering to tickle one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I will tickle it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton You can't talk down to drakons, we can do all the crap you humans do! We have hands and feet and apposible thumbs and reproductive organs and heads! Of course we can't talk down to drakons. Drakons are like twelve feet tall. (Twelve feet is a guess. Dikiyoba did a quick search and couldn't actually find the exact height of the average drakon. All Dikiyoba found for measurement is that they have claws the length of a human forearm. But that doesn't necessarily mean much; they could be only eight feet tall but built like Therizinosaurus.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I think that we should all go and tickle some drakons... ~Pyrrhus tickles the fat grey thing called Trenton.... Awwww he is a cute puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus I photoshopped a picture I found to make it. Which door do I put my sanity at? Right here, of course. http://stuff.ermarian.net/alexdrawings/fluffy3.GIF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 oh that door.... I understand now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Micawber Quote: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? This seems appropriate for the Drakons somehow. I wouldn't be volunteering to tickle one though. I'm not sure tickling works through scales. —Alorael, who also isn't so convinced that drakons bleed. Is there evidence for that? Yes, they leave bloodstains when killed, but that might be some kind of death-triggered transmutation. At least there's solid combat evidence of death by poison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 what if we cut off some scales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Actually, I believe this image shows the correct method of tickling a drakon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 it looks like it is laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I always imagined battle alphas as more along the 8' line. And drakons between 12 and 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Pyrrhus I think that we should all go and tickle some drakons... ~Pyrrhus tickles the fat grey thing called Trenton.... Awwww he is a cute puppy *Trenton the drakon is not amused at being called a fat grey thing. So he sends some Un-bound ones Pyrrhus's way * Anywho, I always pictured a thahd at eight feet, a battle alpha at nine, and a drakon somewhere at 11-15 <.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 The artwork seems to vary a bit, but generally: thahds seem about human height but broader. Alphas are a little taller, maybe seven feet. Drakons and tralls seem somewhere in the ten to twelve feet range. The one type of creation whose size remains really obscure to me is the glaahk. They're pretty tough front line fighters, so presumably they're not much smaller than humans, but they could be the same size, or bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Anyone else here think that serviles are short. I think maybe somewhere around 4 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I actually can't remember the physical descriptions, although I'm sure they're most detailed in G1. My impression is that they're only slightly shorter than humans if they're shorter at all, probably no less than five feet on average. And they certainly seem hunched, but that might be a standard obsequious posture. —Alorael, who would like to imagine that serviles actually have telescoping bones and change size so that they're always just slightly smaller than their overlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Skwish-E Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Astral Cupholder —Alorael, who would like to imagine that serviles actually have telescoping bones and change size so that they're always just slightly smaller than their overlords. Until they are ready for all-out rebellion and shift to full size, shedding their humaniform skin and becoming ... UNBOUND SERVILES!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Alorael My impression is that they're only slightly shorter than humans if they're shorter at all, probably no less than five feet on average. There's a great line in either G1 or G2 about an exceptionally tall, imposing servile warrior who comes all the way up to the PC's shoulders, so their average height is probably like four feet. Of course, the average height could vary. The Shapers developed multiple races, and we know intelligence and stockiness varied between the servile types, so height might vary between the types as well. If the quote was from G1, then we know that PC was only familiar with the slender indoor, bookkeeping type(s) and has no knowledge of the heavily-built servile type(s) used for mining and other hard labor. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I would say that the G1-G3 servile is 4 feet and the G4 and the G5 servile is 5ft to 5 and a half feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I think it sucks that they took away geneforge one and three shaper graphics. Geneforge ones was awesome. You get two creased red,blue,green or other colored eyes in a dark hood and robe, so it was creepy. Geneforge 3's robes were nice and flowing. I liked them Geneforge 4-5 I didn't like lifecrafters. You can see their long hairy legs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Geneforge 4 and 5 shapers have the same robes as the G3 shapers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt MMXPERT-seraph of thermodynamics Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I don't think he knew there was a "see shaper classes" button in the character select. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 What? There is? Are you pulling my leg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 It's only in Geneforge 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Pyrrhus Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 the G2 guardians in the Drypeak town are too common. there are 10 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Frickin sweet! Why haven't I noticed that before? Do the have different stats than the rebel graphics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Originally Posted By: Trenton Do the have different stats than the rebel graphics? In theory, no. In reality... there's a bug that gives the three shaper classes a large defensive bonus to various forms of damage, which makes them better than the three corresponding rebel classes (warrior, lifecrafter, infiltrator). Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Not much of a difference then, however i created a shaper anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 They're the same in skills, but it's a pretty substantial resistance bonus. The guardian also gets a hefty bonus to starting essence, I believe, but it's balanced by slightly slower essence gain. —Alorael, who would still take the guardian over the warrior. You get a nicer sprite and better resistances for tanking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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