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- Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Stupid Stocks
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4798
Re: Stupid Stocks
I've just told you that heart surgery is performed "by removing the old heart and putting in the new one." And Sarvis, bear in mind that even this is misleading - he's described a specific type of heart surgery (a transplant), and not all heart surgeries in general. Such is the nature of ...
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:56 am
- Forum: T2 Areas Discussion Archive
- Topic: Max stat items equal to 1
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1611
Re: Max stat items equal to 1
Gormal wrote:Why are your posts
so oddly formatted and
difficult to understand?
It is clear
Communication in Haiku
That is all
- Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:55 am
- Forum: Logs
- Topic: The TRUTH comes out!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2584
Re: The TRUTH comes out!
Wow, that's one hell of an overreaction. Nilan, there are hundreds of funny logs like this posted on the board. The game sometimes comes up with scenarios that, taken out of context, can make people laugh. Don't take it so personally!
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:38 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Got Cognitive Ability?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3755
Re: Got Cognitive Ability?
Get her to give me my answers! PM them on here or something...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:35 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: One for the questers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 498
- Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Stupid Stocks
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4798
Re: Stupid Stocks
Stocks and shares are a long term investment. Put the certificate away somewhere and forget about it for the next ten years. Then cash in and be rich. Sod's law says that the moment you buy a stock, the value will drop. Especially during an economic downturn. But over the long term, stocks and share...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:13 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Tinkers bag
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2803
Re: Tinkers bag
Klandal wrote:So what you're saying is... The situation has been handled...
...which reminds me of a certain god-damn slippery mage...
*sigh*
- Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:43 pm
- Forum: T2 Announcements Archive
- Topic: Beer for Everyone!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9765
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Sad News: Cardolan/Garal/Kossuth/etc.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11968
Re: Sad News: Cardolan/Garal/Kossuth/etc.
He will be sadly missed :-| My sincere condolences, he will be in my prayers.
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Shev? Shar?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7819
Re: Shev? Shar?
Pril wrote:Seriously Jake back off I asked Shev a simple question. If i wanted you to be a jackass I would of asked you for YOUR input.
No no no, you would *have* asked for his input. Just because Jake is pulling a unicorn doesn't mean it's OK to make mistakes.
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Evilrace/Goodrace
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10470
Re: Evilrace/Goodrace
A lich is not a lich. E.g. a dragon that becomes a lich is a dracolich, and a yuan-ti that becomes lich still can't wear earrings. You don't grow ears just because you lich. No, but you can fashion your own and spend 1000 years enchanting them to become a part of your undead skeletal corporeal exis...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:42 pm
- Forum: Logs
- Topic: My first time in BC - Successful CR!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1311
Re: My first time in BC - Successful CR!
Nicely done, Timok :-)
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere
- Replies: 143
- Views: 18780
Re: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere
kiryan wrote:get scuba certified kelly. I think its pretty cheap, < $200.
Laurel might get pregnant again and I don't want to scuba alone.
Show some restraint and she might not! Simply decide which is the most important 'S' for you... :-)
- Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:36 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Tiamat July5th 12pm Eastern Time!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 26857
Re: Tiamat July5th 12pm Eastern Time!
Dammit, I am going to have to work until late on Saturday.
Please remove my name from the list :-(
-simon
Please remove my name from the list :-(
-simon
- Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Assassinate does not break Invis spell?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 737
Re: Assassinate does not break Invis spell?
Assassinate does not make you enter combat, so invis does not drop. If you fail the assass and enter combat, it does. The behaviour is fine as is - there are very few places it can really be abusde (partly because every mob and their dog can di anyway, welcome to escalation).
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:45 pm
- Forum: Stories
- Topic: New Tel'Arato Challenge - Limericks! (NSFW)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10116
Re: New Tel'Arato Challenge - Limericks!
A teleport beacon named "Corth"
had the poetic skills of a Dwarf.
Folk would say, "my good man,
your rhymes do not scan!"
Which was true, he would make the last line as long as he wanted as long as it made a sound ending in "orth".
had the poetic skills of a Dwarf.
Folk would say, "my good man,
your rhymes do not scan!"
Which was true, he would make the last line as long as he wanted as long as it made a sound ending in "orth".
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:41 pm
- Forum: Stories
- Topic: New Tel'Arato Challenge - Limericks! (NSFW)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10116
Re: New Tel'Arato Challenge - Limericks!
Of Gormal the Warrior they say
that he muds non-stop: night and day!
But say the word "goat"
and he'll stop and take note,
and do anything rather than "play"...
that he muds non-stop: night and day!
But say the word "goat"
and he'll stop and take note,
and do anything rather than "play"...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:34 pm
- Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
- Topic: Wipe?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 30095
Re: Wipe?
The proof is common sense....the dyeing pbase, lack of noobs, and the enormous benefits a pwipe offers compared to keeping the 20 afking vets that are here now... I sincerely doubt that implementing pwipe would bring a significant number of new players to this mud (or not wiping would prevent them ...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:23 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Serious Network/Lag Issues
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11644
Re: Serious Network/Lag Issues
Servers run many routing and firewall functions and routers aren't really that much different from servers anyway. Far be it from me to ever respond to a Teflor-owned thread, but someone might read this and still be learning about computers. Xkcd said it best, "This is IMPORTANT! Someone is WR...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:07 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Tiamat July5th 12pm Eastern Time!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 26857
Re: Tiamat July5th 12pm Eastern Time!
Dammit folks, the guy is leading, let him do as he pleases. If you don't like the leader's ideas, don't follow.
I for one think Nerox has done well to state up front what he is doing, and choose to go along (although how I'm going to get Eki to change into a Ranger I don't know!)
I for one think Nerox has done well to state up front what he is doing, and choose to go along (although how I'm going to get Eki to change into a Ranger I don't know!)
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere
- Replies: 143
- Views: 18780
Re: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere
Alta wrote:What if I go to Ross and get it for really cheap? I'll even take your mom and she can get us the Senior discount at Ross as long as I go on a Tuesday.
I had no idea either that Ross was really cheap or that he does senior discounts on Tuesday's (although I'll trust to Mike's mom's experience).
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:06 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd
- Replies: 1
- Views: 324
Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd
Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games. They contain seemingly rigid rules that, in practice, require a certain amount of adaptation for your own tastes. So how come cooking gets its own TV channel and role-playing games don't even get a show on G4? Maybe the po...
- Wed May 28, 2008 7:02 pm
- Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
- Topic: Toril 2.0: Status Update
- Replies: 16
- Views: 28949
Re: Toril 2.0: Status Update
A silly marketing comment. Edit your post such that the "what's done" looks longer than the "what remains to be done", and not the way it is now. Your "what's done" list actually is longer. It just doesn't look it, for two reasons. 1. Your formatting on "what remai...
- Mon May 26, 2008 9:34 pm
- Forum: Logs
- Topic: Corth's Banning: The Log
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1821
Re: Corth's Banning: The Log
Teyaha is wrong. That is all.
- Mon May 26, 2008 9:32 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Serious Network/Lag Issues
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11644
Re: Serious Network/Lag Issues
Targsk is right. Teflor is wrong. That is all.
- Sat May 24, 2008 8:35 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Democrat walking away from her house...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3944
Re: Democrat walking away from her house...
Bear in mind that, when a bank loans money on a house, they value that house. They make a decision, saying "This house is worth X to us as a bank. If the guy can't pay, we'll have got the house for X". When property prices go down, the bank might lose out. They are taking the same risk as ...
- Sat May 24, 2008 8:25 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: gas stimulus package?
- Replies: 146
- Views: 13894
Re: gas stimulus package?
Here in the UK, in the last year the average price of Petrol (what you call Gasoline) has gone up from 90p per litre ($6.80 US per Gallon) to £1.15 per litre ($8.70 US per gallon), and diesel has gone from 95p per litre ($7.20 US per Gallon) to £1.35 per litre ($10.22 US per Gallon). The effect on a...
- Fri May 23, 2008 12:10 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Democrat walking away from her house...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3944
Re: Democrat walking away from her house...
Walking away from a non-recourse mortgage that your underwater on isn't good behavior or bad behavior. Nor is it criminal behavior. There is no moral element to it. Its smart behavior. Its only central planning socialist types who think that the economy can be managed. In reality, the economy is si...
- Fri May 02, 2008 7:18 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Art appreciation and discussion
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1896
Re: Art appreciation and discussion
One of my favourite paintings of all time. I've spent literally hours at the national gallery sitting in front of this painting (and many others - it's one of my favourite places in London):
- Fri May 02, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: An Inconvenient Truth
- Replies: 133
- Views: 13184
Re: An Inconvenient Truth
That is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. Yes, one might choose to be a doctor and work as a volunteer in Africa or something. The difference is you can't call that successful. The volunteer doc in Africa doesn't make any money. He also doesn't have to deal with administrative issues or oth...
- Thu May 01, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: Logs
- Topic: Never gets old
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1475
Re: Never gets old
And you are currently praying for the following spells: 4 seconds: ( 7th) full heal You can pray for no more spells. < 586h/859H 128v/128V > < P: sit > A duergar raider skulks north. A duergar raider skulks north. A duergar raider skulks north. A duergar raider skulks north. A duergar raider skulks ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:43 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: safe for work picture
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5211
Re: safe for work picture
Dalar wrote:btw the op was in very bad taste. the image is just plain fucked up.
This I strongly agree with. Seriously, I'd like to see that first image removed if anything.
(Posted while working in Pretoria, South Africa. This really isn't a laughing matter.)
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:37 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The Ant and the Grasshopper
- Replies: 82
- Views: 6807
Re: The Ant and the Grasshopper
The best way to build a civilization is with most of the populace facing starvation! Are you quoting from THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM by Emmanuel Goldstein? Since I've been asked by a number of people what this is about (and by the way all of you could jfgi ), this was the ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:33 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: advertisement
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2764
Re: advertisement
Isn't there a rule about making money off the forgotten realms name? I thought that TSR would come down hard on anyone doing that. Perhaps that's why it makes sense not to collect until there is a well defined plan and it can be shown that the money isn't going in as "profit" for those run...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:11 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Fixing anytime soon?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1106
Re: Fixing anytime soon?
Res'd: int 60 mem time for e f e 38 int 68 mem time for e f e 42 INT 76 mem time for e f e 52 int 92 mem time for e f e 124 int 92 mem time for e f e 11 (out of fx) That's exactly what I said it would do. As an added bonus, I got cofen to kill one of his characters. That earns points, right?
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:09 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Fixing anytime soon?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1106
Re: Fixing anytime soon?
your mem times decrease until the last tick and then jump up all of a sudden for that last tick. This is incorrect. Mem times get longer and longer as you get out of res fx. Go and die then reprioritise a spell over and over, you'll see it get longer and longer until you get out of FX and then it'l...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:26 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Fixing anytime soon?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1106
Re: Fixing anytime soon?
your mem times decrease until the last tick and then jump up all of a sudden for that last tick. This is incorrect. Mem times get longer and longer as you get out of res fx. Go and die then reprioritise a spell over and over, you'll see it get longer and longer until you get out of FX and then it'l...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:47 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Fixing anytime soon?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1106
Re: Fixing anytime soon?
Gormal that's not the issue. The issue is the tick before you are out of res fx you get HORRID mem times. So if you mem right after fx your mem times are actually better than if you try to mem when you are almost out. Sorry, but isn't that better for players than the other way around? After all, if...
Re: Nerdrage.
Would you believe that this isn't the first time someone threatened to hurt me in a game? Here's the WoW thread I posted about the guy who threatened to bring the Hell's Angels to my house and break me in half. (Scroll down to post #70 for the summary of the entire thread.) OMG Gormy, hadn't you be...
Re: Nerdrage.
For what it's worth, the spectre jokes are about the only thing that made last night's Magma run bearable. I call that a valid contribution to society.
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:00 am
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The Ant and the Grasshopper
- Replies: 82
- Views: 6807
Re: The Ant and the Grasshopper
Sarvis wrote:The best way to build a civilization is with most of the populace facing starvation!
Are you quoting from THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM by Emmanuel Goldstein?
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:44 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Average Joes ITT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1546
- Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:48 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Vortex Cloak
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5721
Re: Vortex Cloak
The thing with mirror images is that its a class-only spell being given to others on top of the buffs that they are getting. Making the vortex cloak displace every 24 minutes would be reasonable too I think. Actually I really like Mirror Image as the proc for this cloak, because of what the Vortex ...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:15 am
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Vortex Cloak
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5721
Re: Vortex Cloak
I think making it 1/week is a great idea. The cloak has good enough stats that folk will want to wear it all the time, so it will charge. The proc should exist as a life saver if things go wrong.
Note: this isn't Tiamat EQ :-)
Note: this isn't Tiamat EQ :-)
- Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: T2 Announcements Archive
- Topic: *******Guidelines for using this BBS*******
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11783
Re: *******Guidelines for using this BBS*******
Thanks for the Mori. I read that without looking first at the date.
These guidelines are not enforced :-|
These guidelines are not enforced :-|
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:03 pm
- Forum: T2 Announcements Archive
- Topic: Upgrade to PHPBB3
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11939
Re: Upgrade to PHPBB3
The 'subsilver' style is still available. You can change to it in your preferences. I can't use the black background setting either. Very cool, the world is right again, many thanks. Edit: how odd, quotes aren't working. Although on this board that may be a good thing... Edit: You had "disable...
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:10 pm
- Forum: T2 Announcements Archive
- Topic: Upgrade to PHPBB3
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11939
Re: Upgrade to PHPBB3
Could we please have at least one style which is black on white instead of white on black? Not fussy about it, just a white background like I had before :-)
- Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Archive
- Topic: We need BBS rules clarification
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24740
- Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Archive
- Topic: We need BBS rules clarification
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24740
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:01 pm
- Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
- Topic: Editing - Be Patient
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6178