Scoutdog

Scoutdog

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In any case, I think the question should not be what fits reality, as the game's reality is pliable enough to make just about anything work (preasence of the channeler's hereditary magical ability combats deformity?), and the question should be more along the lines of what would be better from a strategic POV...... my money's on less chance of deformed/wierd/superhuman offspring because hyperpoweful RNGs always leave me feeling just a bit cheated.....

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[quote]Elemental beta looking good...fun to see the AI striking back when I tresspass in their territory. [/quote]Gee, I sure hope that this doesn't mean a Civ-4-style closed borders system...... that would be a LOAD of headaches..... oh well, there's always the beta......

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Banned for banning thanks. Now I have no excuse for eating an entire turkey every year. Wait...... why would I even need an excuse to eat an entire turkey?! Thanks for depriving my relatives of an excuse to crawl out of their caves and annoy me!

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I for one would like to see some really wierd stuff such as..... Giant mushrooms that slowly spread across the entire map. You can get rid of them if you catch them early, but eventually they wil expand over the entire map. Chupicabras. Many, many chupicabras!!!! Killer starfish: those basket-star thingies, except on land and very, very fast moving. I've always been fascenated by creaures with unusual numbers of legs..... odd numbers are o

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Going to have to look into this Truespace thingy once my main computer is back online..... great find, Psy!

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Reply to Barad-Dur in War of Magic

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="15" id="2365724"] Quoting Scoutdog, reply 14 ... and how did you get that screenshot?!?! It's waaay higher-res than anything I've been able to get with the camera-pointed-at-the-screen approach.... Skip the hardware middleman, press PRT SCR on your keyboard, open MS Paint, and press CTRL+V or click Paste on the Edit menu. [/quote]Tried the direct approach, but it doesn't work with Wii or GameCube discs. Or m

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[quote]Personally, I like games where even "long shots" happen once in a while.[/quote]Same here, but when long shots become the norm, then by definition they also become very, very short. Hence the 10% rule of thumb, which does in fact mean that any given random event (be it a special tech, critical hit, or super stack appearing) should occur only 10% of the time or less.

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Reply to Barad-Dur in War of Magic

NICE! Any chance I could eventually get you to do some modelling for my Metroid mod project? (I saw you on my thread a while ago, so I know you're interested)..... and how did you get that screenshot?!?! It's waaay higher-res than anything I've been able to get with the camera-pointed-at-the-screen approach....

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