Amentep

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat.

Did you ever read the thread I linked the last time Bethany as a romance came up? http://forum.bioware.com/topic/124511-bethany-as-love-interest/ And for bonus points: http://forum.bioware.com/topic/191432-good-news-for-those-of-us-wanting-to-romance-bethany/ I think there were other threads, but the new Bio forum is hard to search...

Since TrueNeutral is now a mod, if this thread did come to be about him (and not alignment systems like D&D as it was to start), wouldn't he have to close the thread because it'd become off topic? ObTopic: I think its a wise move to eschew alignment systems like D&D.

Learn something new everyday, never heard of spodie before.

Is that a hat? Don't want to be a pedant, but 'Pulp' is good. Pulp is Robert E. Howard. Pulp is Fritz Lieber. Bio has created a new flavour of lameness based on schmaltz, adolescent angst and hyper-sexualised fan-service. Whatever it is, it isn't pulp. You've seen the covers of some of the pulps, yeah? And you still say this with a straight face? I mean no comment on schmaltz and adolescent angst, but the pulps have the reputation they do (rightly or wrongly) because a large percentage of their covers were half-naked (or even naked) women imperiled. Even Conan's home in Weird Tales wasn't immune - see this gallery of Margret Bundage art - http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/2013/03/01/90-years-of-weird-margaret-brundage-cover-gallery/ And Bundage was a great cover artist, but she was certainly playing up sex and/or violence in her covers.

Lightbulbs, internet message boards? Where will it stop?

Problem with the weeping angels is they should never have brought them back. Like every villain, the more you see them the less interesting they are and they don't really stand up to repeated viewings in the way the "army" villains (Daleks, Cybermen) can. I liked Eccleston and early Tennant (despite RTD's really terrible attempts to inject family drama in the show) but by the end of his run, Tennant wasn't interesting and the stories just felt weak (I pretty much dislike most of the specials, for example, most of which were poorly executed even if the base idea was solid). Moffat era has had some dud stories (A Town Called Mercy may be the worst episode of the new series), but I've liked the characters enough to forgive those. But again part of his problem is relying on the Angels (and creatures with similar hooks to the Angels) and how poorly they fare in repeated use. It'd be like Pertwee facing the Daemons every third episode and the Chronovores every fifth. And yes the sonic screwdriver is more of a "get out of jail free" card now than it was when they destroyed it in the 1980s precisely because it became the solution to too many problems.

Well just in terms of naming mods: kattja (BG2?) Pirotess (BG2?) Melodie the Lady Paladin Alla'Deaty Kate [Gold?] Fionavar (Tech files, Industry news) Magena J.E. Sawyer (Ye Olde) Sir Buliwyf Kevin Osburn Rivanstar Mistress Lady of Pain (Torment Forums) Namirrha Sir Boris Michel Onkel (Tom's Music Corner) Petrond Silverbow (BG?) KraziKat (Admin) Lord Chaos hankinator (Fallout?) helgi (Ye Olde?) BIS_FRENCH (Tom's Music Corner) Rachel Xandar Dae'Ithil The Citybuster (Ye Olde) Overseer (Admin, multiple users including JE Sawyer and Feargus Urquhart) Derek French [aka BIS_FRENCH?] Kevin [not Osburn?] Alan ray Dave Maldonado Darren Monahan MaxiMoose KillRoy The guy who modded the BG: DA boards on Interplay went on to be a mod for Snowblind Studios and I can't remember his name for the life of me.

Well, I happened to agree with another poster that it was hard to be a moderator and a member with one account because the lines became blurred. So when I volunteered to mod PST's forum because it had no mods but a lot of good information that needed stickying, I also asked them to change that account, then recreated my normal account so there wouldn't be confusion over whether I was wearing my mod hat or not. And they nicely agreed! But I really wasn't a spammer so much as...persistent. I guess it depends on what time frame you want. Moderators and sub-forums changed (IIRC both the TORN and NeverWinter Nights forums got removed, for example). I can't recall what all was on the Interplay threaded forums (seem to recall they had a lot of broad game categories, then games that fell in each category) What I recall from the early BIS board was - BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Feedback BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Story Discussion BG2 and Throne of Bhaal Troubleshooting BG2 and Throne of Bhaal SPOILERS Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Discussion Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Feedback Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Tips and Tricks Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter Troubleshooting Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster (later HoW: Trials of the Luremaster TORN Feedback TORN S.P.E.C.I.A.L. System Discussion TORN: The World of TORN Black Isle Studios General Feedback BG1 and Tales of the Sword Coast Discussion (later Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast) Fallout Miscellaneous Planescape: Torment Discussion (later, Torment Discussion) Tom's Music Corner WAY WAY Off Topic Ye Olde Pages of Historey (later, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Political Stuff) Before volunteer mods it was Overseer, Derek French (also BIS_FRENCH?), Kevin (not Osburn?), Alan, ray, Dave Maldonado, Darren Monahan, Kevin Osburn, MaxiMoose, KillRoy, and JE Sawyer listed as mods. Other than BIS_French on Tom's music corner, JE Sawyer on "Ye Olde" I don't remember who modded what (well Overseer was the admin account). Xandar was the first volunteer mod, IIRC. I remember Onkel was volunteer mod for Tom's Music corner. After volunteering, I had PST and I think we all had WWOT eventually due to a persistent spammer who loved to spam threads with dozens upon dozens of BISIMGs on the weekends; during the Interplay boards era and before stepping down I had PST, Run Like Hell, and Hunter the Reckoning. Before I volunteered, KraziKat became the primary admin for the boards and the Overseer admin account wasn't used as much.

...hehehe...damn, 'Tep; that Kirby Dance was the beginnin' o' me downfall from kranky-arse ol' troll ta Xandar's spammin' buddy & Alla's Sing-a-Long partner...Rayt e'en called me out on it, said I was gettin' soft...hehehe...but, fer you, ol' friend: DANCING KIRBY!!! (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> (>'.' )> Huzzah! To be fair, it was either referencing the Kirby Dance or ask how far a dragon could fly from Lac Dinneshire... I'm in stealth mode... Remember my primary account I switched to be a mod only account for the Planescape: Torment forum... ...and then I re-registered as Amentep so I could spam my little heart out. Amentep is Lady of Pain. Also, I'm sure Amir ul'mumineem went by another name as well. Curses! Rumbled! *runs away* IIRC, my combined total for both accounts was over 5000.

Hmmm, I may have to name a character Ghost Bleach then. Because its too awesome to not have the game in some way.

"Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" sequel "The Lost Skeleton Walks Among Us" is up on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1911769963/the-lost-skeleton-walks-among-us-larry-blamire-sci Lost Skeleton was a hoot, one of the best comedy homage to 50s low budget sci-fi/horror films ever done. The sequel was pretty good as well. A third time would be great.

To be honest the paranoid part of me would be wondering if there was a problem with the wires on the stairwell bulbs. Does it have dual switches (ie you can turn it on/off at the top of the stairs or at the bottom)? Could there be some sort of problem with one of the switches? Although, weirdly, with bulbs flying over the place, Gfted might have been right about witchcraft...

^Here I'd have figured you'd diagnose light-bulb cancer. Could the surge have knocked out power in your house and somewhere down the line outside of the house? In that scenario when you fixed the breaker you still wouldn't have been getting power at night but would once the power company fixed the power coming into the house. Or was it only the lights affected? I've had single bulbs partially break their filament and work hours after popping, but unless your lights were strung in some sort of bizarre series that wouldn't explain anything.

Reminds me, I'll have to dig out the last post counts and share them.... Another thing, remember those stupid popularity threads? All the nominees pm'ing everyone to vote for him or her. I must have sent DOZENS of pm's promising special favors if they'd vote for me. LOL! I remember those "Write something about the person above you" threads. I think I once called Amentep the god of all comic book knowledge. To be fair, I think the truth is "pretends to be the god of all comic book knowledge". I'd probably cringe at some of my answers now (and probably will cringe at my answers now in the future). *looks at pictures* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111onetwothree This is probably an abject lesson in how nothing put up on the internet ever really goes away. Also, I miss your Kirby dance bit Seriously though, its like a flood of memories seeing some of those names. Particularly the people I hadn't thought of in ages. Oh man! Yeah seems kind of odd that someone took your old name then never even used it. What were they thinking? Perhaps Ace should try to log in as ApocalypseCow, click the "forgot password" and see if it goes to an old email account? I kid, remember WWOT posts here don't add to the post count and its also possible any posts made on that account were deleted or something. I still remember the chess competition in IRC and being frustrated that the only action I saw (I played the Queen's bishop, IIRC) involved being taken near the end of the game while the King's Bishop moved all over the place (and the player playing the King's Bishop didn't even show up!). It seems so silly to be frustrated over it now...

The way I see it, in regards to Kickstarters at least, is that they already have my money. They could go belly-up without releasing anything, that was the risk I accepted when I pledged. So a delay is meaningless as long as the thing comes out. The only effect mismanagement in the case of a Kickstarter could do, at this point, is keep me from pledging from future Kickstarters by that company or persons involved.

As long as it comes out, I'm okay.

As kirottu pointed out earlier in this thread, spiders aren't insects! :D Nah, they are all from the same family... critters that need to be squashed Why squish spiders? They're hunters and eat insects -including ones you don't want in your house. You really should take them outside if possible* (and I know sometimes it isn't possible). I'd much rather have some good spiders around the house than a lot of other insects. Pretty much the only bugs that are "squish on sight" to me are the parasitic (fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, etc) and roaches inside a house (roaches that don't live in houses are okay). *probably helps there isn't a high population of spiders that can kill or seriously damage humans where I live. I wouldn't touch a spider in Australia without a scientist to confirm what the heck I was dealing with.

Too often narrative storytelling that views itself as mature tries to prove its maturity by showing explicitly how it has the freedom to do mature things, which in turn makes the mature elements seem gratuitous and thus immature.

And now I'm thinking of the "wood for sheep" gag in Knights of the Dinner Table (said during a game of The Settlers of Catan, IIRC)

If there is sex...real time with pause or turn based?

Go. Its not like you can't leave if you're not having fun. Unless its, like, a kidnapping themed party or something.

Damn you Facebook! I'm too much of a "Luddite" to go on to it. I am a dinosaur slowly watching my internet fossilize!

Yeah, I miss Hell Kitty too. For that matter, anyone know what happened to Ariane who Onkel's typo was to?

What's this thread without a Lord Howe's Walking Stick?