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I am the village idiot. I swear to goodness, I deserve the imbecile of the year award. There's a damned scroll bar. The mission is there.

Okay, I have a serious question. I played through the game on medium difficulty. I got past New Life and took a couple tries at the New Orleans mission. It was late, so I quit and came back. When I started the game again, the Crows mission wasn't shown, so I figured maybe I should just do New Life again. Okay, did that, the game dumped to the character menu of missions. Notorious by its absence was the Crows mission. Fine, maybe a small glitch. I started a new game at Expert and went through all of the missions. I started a couple nights ago and finished New Life and then stopped after taking a couple tries at the New Orleans missions again. Once again, I didn't have a lot of time so I stopped. Same thing. I can't access that mission. It's really irritating. Anyone know what gives?

Mills has actually been posting quite a bit over in the NWN2 fora. For folks interested in NWN2, there's some great information over there. http://nwn2forums.bioware.com/forums/searc...postType=recent

Quit debating your spamming skills, dammit. Instead, comment on the fact that we can't rely on fireball to open every chest in a room without destroying the contents. This is good news.

Are we sure Sony did this? I mean, nowadays, I just figure someone's cooking all this stuff in his basement. Still, I wouldn't put it past either of them. Sony and Microsoft have really made themselves look pretty bad to anyone following these things.

YES!

No, I saw it mkreku. Actually, I tried to see it this afternoon while I was working on my laptop at a place with a filter. hahaha. I was denied because of the hitman blood money tltle. Anyhow, I looked at it again at home. I thought, "oh, the humanity."

That was a most amusing account, Child. That was great.

For New Life, I

So charge, my plead is guilty.

Nah, chics are like games. Some of them are easy difficulty while others are hard. Others are always set on nightmare level with bad graphics and an unpleasant gameplay mechanic. The point is, write up a report or otherwise make some fiction. I believe we should stop calling these threads TOMBS, however. The point has switched. It has evolved to more of an internet sharing between friends. I like the old reports and I appreciate Moth for doing them. ...But reports are just part of the sharing.

HAHAHAHAHA You're so danged bad, pixies. Sometimes I simply can't believe you. Okay, well, as a moderator and such I feel compelled to say... blah blah blah do a report, someone. My overly sweet, fluffy reports are a thing of the past for now, so someone throw something out there. Moth? Blank? Baley? Pixies?

meta, you're a meanie. You know that? Could someone do a review for meta? I tell you, I just can't seem to throw out reports like I did of old.

I'll go even further, Lancer. My problems with 2nd edition were never really all that much about "intuition" or "simplicity." I do think the basic 3.x rules are more intuitive, which is probably an area on which we'll never agree. On the other hand, I understood THAC0 and all the rules, so that wasn't a problem. My biggest problem with 2nd edition was the fact that I was constantly dealing with players bringing out alternate rules, some of which were okay, but most of which didn't lend themselves to a fun game. Moreover, even the player would get tired of the alternate rules. No, it didn't stop me from playing 2nd edition DnD. I played and enjoyed it. Still, it was a pain. Now, we've got the exact same thing happening with 3rd edition. Alternate rules. Tons of extra books detailing huge variants. Dammit, one of my players wanted to switch to a bird creature PC in the middle of a campaign. hahaha It just makes for more work. So, between the time you started this topic, at least a little of the shine has rubbed off of 3.x. One of the reasons I liked 3.x is the streamlining of the rules. Now we don't even have that. Yes, I do prefer 3.x, but the nature of RPG publishing means that WotC will continue to throw out all these optional books to muddy the waters on their own ruleset. Of course, I tend to look at these things from a DMs perspective. I might have different feelings if I got the chance to play a character every now and then.

All fair enough. Actually, I honestly didn't realize you were being light-hearted. So, I guess the point is, we're not lost souls. Merely wandering monsters, tearing big holes in the fabric of the RPG universe.

Me too. I don't understand what's offensive, but everything looks okay to me. Of course, I'm probably like the guards in Hitman. I'll be standing there thinking everything is okay and someone will come up behind me and strangle me with the fiberwire.

I only patronize you because there is so much to patronize. You might be a rocket scientist, but pushing for a confrontation doesn't seem particularly smart. I notice that you're all about credentials. I mean, you don't like alan's views because he doesn't have the rich experience you claim to enjoy. When someone else comes into the thread with a comparable history, you feel compelled to pull out a rocket scientist card? For the record, I believe you. I just think it's irrelevant and I have to wonder what compels you to fall back on such an argument. Making up for other... deficiencies? I will gladly "go there." I'm a bit uncertain as where that is, but I don't think your credentials as a rocket scientist really make for much sale in regards to judging an RPG. Have our best RPGs come from NASA? As for your other comments, I'll gladly let folks read our comments and decide as they will. However, I will so one thing, your manner and your tone have been hostile since you re-entered the thread. When someone calls you on an offensive comment, you rely on the stale excuse: It's a joke. Frankly, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that the bulk of participants in this thread don't seem to hold to your opinion. Recalcitrance is no substitute for a good argument. Jediphile and I disagree on this subject and our parroted arguments actually strayed away from the entire 2nd/3.x debate for quite a while.

All of your kindness and support have left me at a loss for words. So...

Yeah, well I've been tempted to slaughter everyone in New Life with the pruning shears. New life is actually quite good because you can literally slaughter everyone very easily. Doing it with the fiberwire would undoubtedly be a real pain, but you can treat the level like a shooter and just go to town.

Actually, Lancer, we were having quite an intelligent debate regarding this before you came back to gloat concerning making such a great thread. The fact is, however, that this thread is not yours. You say, "[m]an this thread of mine's is STILL alive.. After half a year?" This thread stopped being yours the second someone responded to it. I give you credit for creating the thread, but the most intelligent and reasonable debate came after you left it. "Damn, I don't know if to feel flattered or ashamed that this thing is still kicking." Neither. I think you should be glad that we have the opportunity to debate. Personally, I'd appreciate it if you kept the level of the debate we've had over the past several pages. If you start trolling "your own" thread, then I'd imagine you should feel ashamed. Otherwise, you can feel happy to have created an entertaining thread.

Yeah, but I'm a recycled moderator. I can't be much worse than I was in the dark age of Eldar's terror. Anyhow, already having had a welcome to the mod team thread some time ago, I imagine I'll probably lock this one when I get up tomorrow. I want to leave a little more time for complaints and gleeful ribbing.

That's undoubtedly what happened with me. I was getting a little too "edgy" and so the "man" co-opted me. Now I'm just another suit. They did promise me a raise, a company car, a corner office, three personal assistants, and lifetime supply of Starbucks. Going to the mod side was never an easier decision.

I had no witnesses, but five kills. I don't see how I can get the microfiche without but I restarting on Pro right now, so we'll find out. The first level doesn't really count, but I only scored a talented Marksman. I also left no witnesses, although I can only guess that's the case from reading the newspaper article concerning the assassination. Also, there's a woman in the room with the boss gangster and I have to give her the chop as well. I hate that. Finally, I plugged the last gangster while he stood on the bed so I didn't get his weapon. Doesn't matter for the first level anyhow, I guess.

Very nice. BTW: I redid New Life and had five shots five kills. It was sweet. I could have managed to get two kills if I would have been patient, but I just couldn't help but smite Vinnie. It was quite surreal to calmly walk out of the house while a whole swarm of feds were running into the place. Absolutely crazy.

Frankly, I look forward to the day when we have more mods than members. Then we'll all be member mods. Except for the mods who are not members because we have more of the one than we have of the other.