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gabe_billings
April 26, 2002 7:53 PM

I just thought of something that might be neat to look at. It doesn't have much value aside from the curiosity factor, but since we're all geeks we'd probably appreciate it.

How 'bout tossing together a script that will give you a list of the most frequently used characters in comic creation? Or do you already have something like that? If you do, what are they? How bout some nice graphs or something?

It's not like you've got anything better to do, I'm sure.

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KajunFirefly
April 26, 2002 8:11 PM

It has to be Tobor, surely.

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Spankling
April 26, 2002 8:29 PM

TOBOR has a sister Shirley?

I would like to meet her.

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DexX
April 26, 2002 8:57 PM

I was thinking about the idea of having a "currently online" thing, and the many difficulties associated with it. Hey, Brad, how about a little "posted in the past hour" page, linked to from the forums, and a line saying "x users posted in the past hour" on the main forum index?

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Drexle
April 26, 2002 10:52 PM

I want a pony.

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Bazilla
April 27, 2002 1:10 AM

Drexle, we all want ponies, but sometimes you can't have what you want, things cost money, and unless you're a millionaire, like Gabe, it's hard to get money for the pony. Then you start locking it up, and then the RSPCA complain about your cruelty to an animal, and unless you're a millionaire, like Gabe, you won't be able to bribe them, and get locked up yourself. So in closing, get a gerbil instead.

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andydougan
April 27, 2002 7:18 AM

Gerbils are pretty difficult to look after. My sister used to have one, and they make surprisingly great demands on your time. Gerbils should stay in the wild or in parks.

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TheElPaso
April 27, 2002 9:35 AM

And in Taco Bell microwaves.

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Drexle
April 27, 2002 9:50 AM

They read the Maniac Mansion cook book, didn't they?

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JrnymnNate
April 29, 2002 3:46 PM

As long as it counts towards saving the world, I have no problem with freezing gerbils, frying them, or vacuming them up.

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KajunFirefly
April 29, 2002 5:10 PM

Even if it meant travelling through time in a portaloo?

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JrnymnNate
April 29, 2002 7:44 PM

You can't do that. I forgot why.

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DexX
April 29, 2002 11:18 PM

That's because the gerbil (or was it a hamster?) would have drowned in the portaloo, so you needed to freeze it for a few centuries, then thaw it in the microwave (and put a little sweater on it, too).

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JrnymnNate
April 30, 2002 7:22 AM

Actualy it was a hamster.

I feel I could TAKE ON THE WORLD!

Ooo hey! lookie what I found!

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Bazilla
April 30, 2002 9:22 AM

Actually it was a gerbil.

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JrnymnNate
April 30, 2002 10:22 AM

Get your facts straight - It was a hamster.

http://tentacle.mixnmojo.com/guide03.html#079

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DexX
April 30, 2002 10:25 AM

Next you'll be telling us there was a blue tentacle involved!

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KajunFirefly
April 30, 2002 10:37 AM

The thing that always confused me was, when you were playing as Hoagie, if you shut the door to the freezer, when you went to Laverne in the future (was that her name?) it had closed, however, if you got Laverne to open it and switched back to Hoagie, the freezer had opened again.

Sorry, I played that game like 4 or 5 times.

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JrnymnNate
May 6, 2002 11:44 AM

I'm not sure... I never really played to THAT extent...

On the other hand I just beat Castle of the Winds II again... After retriving the Helm of Storms from the Demon Lord Surter, I didn't return it, but instead continued to play through the levels of the dungeon, killing all the monsters and collecting all items. I delt with the Abyess Fiends by using a Wand of Transmogify Monster and that used turned them into an animated marble statue. I managed to get my experiance level to 12 because I ran across a few of the Draught of Gain Level things, and I also bought as many of the best types of equipment I could. Some interesting ones were a sword that was enchanted to restore my mana when activated every 12 hours , and an axe that would restore my health the same way. By the time I was done, there were absolutely no monsters left in any of the 25 levels, though I think they may spawn if I leave it for long enough.

Last week I replayed Deus Ex on a better machine... the graphics were great. I'm not sure what I'll play now... though I would like to get a copy of either Return to Castle Wolfenstien or Max Payne. I havn't gotten a "new" game since Tribes though.

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JrnymnNate
May 6, 2002 11:47 AM

Oh yes, an AWSOME game that will be coming out is Star Wars Galaxies. Anyone hear of it? It's a massive multiplayer RPG like everquest and UO... I know I have to stay away from it otherwise I'll wind up like that guy in the news.

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DexX
May 6, 2002 11:54 AM

Get Dungeon Siege.

Bec downloaded the demo on a friend's recommendation.

She played it through and, despite the fact that it is a long demo for this day and age, finished it in a single 4+ hour session. Bec never plays computer games for four straight hours (well, except a few times with The Sims). I got onto it, and finished it in two sessions - total game time a bit over five hours. Then we installed it on the other PC and played it through again as multiplayer. Now Bec has started playing the single-player again on a higher difficulty level. That's close to twenty man-hours of entertainment out of a (hug, admittedly) demo. Pay day Thursday. Dungeon Siege session Thursday night.

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JrnymnNate
May 6, 2002 12:17 PM

Dungeon Siege looks awsome. I read a review in PC gamer and they said that its gonna have 3 worlds to play... instead of just the first origional one, you can move onto the second, harder adventure, and then they have a third world that's like 75% dungeon and less outdoors.

Some times it bugs me because my dad really doesn't like me playing RPG's... the one type of game i couldn't play.

However that may change when I am older and still a loser gamer.

Then again, I am the kind of person that would give up their life playing games. If I get away with it, I can spend 5+ hours playing games days in a row. I'm trying to recover now.

Today's demo's really piss me off. It used to be that there was such a thing as shareware- you got the entire first episode of a game for free, and if you liked it(which often people did) you'd want to finish the story, so you'd spend the money for the other 1-5 episodes. Now they give you a crappy set of levels that are usualy all buggy and you can't continue your progress from the demo into the registered game without starting a new game. You know what I mean? And then there's the programs that once you get, you find that they work on EVERYONE else's system but yours(though this problem was more frequent in older days). If you get a game that doesn't work, what do you do?
Download new drivers.
Look for a patch.
Re-install the game.
Wait on hold for tech support.
Finaly you bring it back for a refund to by the Add-on for a better game that you already have.

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wirthling
May 6, 2002 12:38 PM

quote:
Some times it bugs me because my dad really doesn't like me playing RPG's...

Well, playing role-playing games is the gateway to Satanism, y'know...

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KajunFirefly
May 6, 2002 12:59 PM

Guybrush Threepwood is the Anti-Christ?

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Brad
May 6, 2002 1:58 PM

If it delivers what's promised, I plan to shed my human form and move my consciousness entirely into Star Wars Galaxies. I had a pretty hardcore Ultima Online addiction going and I miss it.

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DexX
May 6, 2002 10:56 PM

I am a fickle binge gamer. If I get a game I love, I will play it incessantly, hours at a time, days in a row, loving it. I will ignore online communities and activites for a while, watch less TV (if any), and read less. I may then go on an internet binge, playing no games at all for weeks at a time...

Here's an interesting article about supposed gaming addiction that I just stumbled across a few minutes ago:

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/03/1019441429970.html

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dcomposed
May 7, 2002 1:49 AM

i bought Ultima Online twice.

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KajunFirefly
May 7, 2002 10:40 AM

quote:
I am a fickle binge gamer. If I get a game I love, I will play it incessantly, hours at a time, days in a row, loving it. I will ignore online communities and activites for a while, watch less TV (if any), and read less. I may then go on an internet binge, playing no games at all for weeks at a time...
You've just described me exactly.

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DexX
May 7, 2002 11:29 AM

I did? I don't recall using the words "skirt-wearing poof" in there anywhere... ;)

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andydougan
May 7, 2002 12:02 PM

Ohhh! Ah wouldnae take that affae him!

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KajunFirefly
May 7, 2002 12:23 PM

If I was offended, it would imply that I thought there was something wrong with being a homosexual, which there isn't, and the kilt does resemble a skirt, so I guess I should just chuckle at the corked hat wearing koala felcher!

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andydougan
May 7, 2002 12:27 PM

Ah, but now you're casting aspersions on bestiophiles.

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DexX
May 7, 2002 12:33 PM

Mmmm... tastes like eucalyptus...

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KajunFirefly
May 7, 2002 12:33 PM

But at least I avoided mentioning that the corks on the stereotypical Australian hat was were they originally carried their butt plugs.

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