Old Black Isle board

[Dark_Raven]

David Gaider?

[Wistrik]

Mind you, between BGII and ToB, my experiences from putting forum member tributes into games has taught me only one thing: it's really best not to do that.

I agree with your conclusion. Aside from the possibility that you might accidentally offend the one being tributed, you also run the risk of breaking the fourth wall and spoiling immersion for the more serious players. It's a bit like encountering a local news headline in the middle of a good book; sorta spoils the mood. Or to be really tragic, like Christopher Reeve's character in "Somewhere in Time", when he's experiencing the love of his life and is suddenly torn away because of something that literally breaks his fourth wall and ultimately causes his death.

 

I didn't recognize the name "Lanfear" from anywhere, so she was just another crazy werewolf to me. On the other hand, "Kcolssed" in BG was obvious; my first thought on seeing him was "what is this game reviewer doing in my game?" I later removed him with an editor.

Edited December 2, 2006 by Wistrik

[Calax]

It'd be funny to walk into a bar in Neverwinter and see Hades, Volo, Meta, and Cano (if he still posted here regularly) bickering about local politics.

[metadigital]

It would only be funny if I was winning.

[Dark_Raven]

Hades would win. He would go postal if he thought he was losing the argument.

[Lord Chaos]

I only came here because a friend of mine is featured in the NWN2 Credits. Kind of nice considering we never got credited in IWD2.

 

As for the old BIS community and all that, I think Linkin Parks "In The End" describes that pretty well for me. In the end it doesn't really matter.

 

Good luck to all of you out there.

[aftenkap]

Does anyone have these any more?

 

 

I only have this one. 

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I have:

 

LOL

Rules Lawyer

Skool'd

This Thread Sucks

You Lose

 

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You Win

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No I don't have you win. I have added Drama and Nice Theory to my collection.

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I could add to your collections, if you want...

I have:

 

Bury This Thread

Drama

Fanboy

No

Point Not Found

Radical

Ruleslawyer

This Thread Sucks

Troll

Trolling

Wrong Forum

You Lose

You Win

 

And: ah, those were the days

[Gromnir]

My only regret from those old boards (the pre-BGII days) was that I think Lanfear was a bit offended by her appearance in BGII. She never contacted me about it, but I had several others mention it... and it's too bad, as I'd intended it only as a tongue-in-cheek tribute. She was always kinda crazy about Coran, after all, and she's one of the main reasons that he was in BGII at all.

 

Mind you, between BGII and ToB, my experiences from putting forum member tributes into games has taught me only one thing: it's really best not to do that.

 

Ah, well.

 

David Gaider

Witer, Bioware corp.

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big surprise that the german chick turned out to be humorless?

 

Gromnir were never a huge fan o' lanfear, but we started to dislike her right 'bout time that the submit-a-character contest board meltdown occured. she were one of the peoples complaining rather than congratulating.

 

oh well, is probably not right for Gromnir to be critical when she is no longer 'round to defend herself.

 

HA! Good Fun!

 

btw, coran were a terrible bg1 Character. coran gots more backstory than any other joinable npc, but it turns out that he is a deadbeat dad w/o real regrets? we actually felt bad 'bout saving him in bg2.

[Deraldin]

I could add to your collections, if you want...

I have:

 

Bury This Thread

Drama

Fanboy

No

Point Not Found

Radical

Ruleslawyer

This Thread Sucks

Troll

Trolling

Wrong Forum

You Lose

You Win

 

And: ah, those were the days 

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I actually lost them all last time I reformated, which was after that post that you quoted, but thanks to Sargy I now have the complete set. Do you have both LOL versions?

[aftenkap]

I could add to your collections, if you want...

I have:

 

Bury This Thread

Drama

Fanboy

No

Point Not Found

Radical

Ruleslawyer

This Thread Sucks

Troll

Trolling

Wrong Forum

You Lose

You Win

 

And: ah, those were the days 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I actually lost them all last time I reformated, which was after that post that you quoted, but thanks to Sargy I now have the complete set. Do you have both LOL versions?

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Nope. And neither do I have the Skool'd one...

[~Di]

...the submit-a-character contest board meltdown occured....

 

*shudder* I remember that. A whole bunch of people behaved really badly, IMHO... not that I ever wore a halo myself, but that was just... wrong. Not the old board's finest hour, for sure.

 

btw, coran were a terrible bg1 Character.  coran gots more backstory than any other joinable npc, but it turns out that he is a deadbeat dad w/o real regrets?  we actually felt bad 'bout saving him in bg2.

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Hehe, Coran and I had a ... special relationship. Yes, he had the morals of an alley cat, but since I couldn't get Kivan's mind off his dead wife... well, a girl needs comfort, y'know? Initially I thought poor Coran's fate in BGII (and Lanfear's, for that matter!) was kinda cruel... but eventually I realized the appropriateness of the love-em-and-leave-em Casanova being betrayed by the one woman he came to truly love, and being murdered by the one woman who truly loved him. A dog killed by an even bigger dog. Ah, the irony.

 

P.S. - Heya, Dave. So good to see you again!

[Lord of Bones]

...the submit-a-character contest board meltdown occured....

 

*shudder* I remember that. A whole bunch of people behaved really badly, IMHO... not that I ever wore a halo myself, but that was just... wrong. Not the old board's finest hour, for sure.

 

btw, coran were a terrible bg1 Character.

[Deraldin]

Well look at the thread I've just found... I doubt anyone would remember me, but hello Blackisle remnants...

 

I was wondering who it was that dug this up this time. I do indeed remember you.

[Gorgon]

Only the rarest of threads attain litchdom. Finally killing them would entail severing their limbs and burning them at a crossroads

on a harvest moon.

[Tale]

Only the rarest of threads attain litchdom. Finally killing them would entail severing their limbs and burning them at a crossroads

on a harvest moon.

I can supply the fire!

[Guard Dog]

It'd be funny to walk into a bar in Neverwinter and see Hades, Volo, Meta, and Cano (if he still posted here regularly) bickering about local politics.

Thats is a heck of a good idea. I am so going to do that in my NWN2 mod.

[Xard]

How's it coming up btw?

[Calax]

It'd be funny to walk into a bar in Neverwinter and see Hades, Volo, Meta, and Cano (if he still posted here regularly) bickering about local politics.

Thats is a heck of a good idea. I am so going to do that in my NWN2 mod.

actually you should pull volo and cano and put yourself and taks in as you two are now some of the more active political debaters.

[Guard Dog]

It'd be funny to walk into a bar in Neverwinter and see Hades, Volo, Meta, and Cano (if he still posted here regularly) bickering about local politics.

Thats is a heck of a good idea. I am so going to do that in my NWN2 mod.

actually you should pull volo and cano and put yourself and taks in as you two are now some of the more active political debaters.

Heh, Taks will get in but not me. That would be a little narcissistic. Besides I was already in NWN1. I'm standing outside the Shining Knight in the City Core. .

 

As for the mod, all of the dialog, journal entries, floaters, and most of the scripts are written. I write in Word then copy to the TS. About 1/2 the areas are done in at least rough form, some are pretty much finished. Heck all the writing weighs in at 65000 words not counting scripting. I wrote most of it during downtime at work.

 

Back OT, I was lurking on the BIS forums during the submit-a-character mess. It was a shame something that could have been a lot of fun turned into such a debacle.

[Lord of Bones]

W00t, I've not been totally forgotten. Here's to hoping a part of the Blackisle community will forever live on. Where are they all, these days? Is there one community with most of them in or has everyone drifted?

[Deraldin]

W00t, I've not been totally forgotten. Here's to hoping a part of the Blackisle community will forever live on. Where are they all, these days? Is there one community with most of them in or has everyone drifted?

 

The two major places that I've seen them around have been here and over at The Lair. Unfortunately the lair has been limping along on life support for a while after a couple periods of extended downtime. :sad:

[kirottu]

I hate this thread.

[Gfted1]

^Hehe, even he came back.

[Big Bottom]

I almost made that list.

 

In fact they shut the board down just as I was hitting my stride.

 

<---Jumjalum

[Calax]

:looks at the top 20 here:

 

wow... I didn't realize that I was the 18th highest poster here. also the latest joiner on that list.

 

whups Darkraven is the latest.

Edited October 22, 2007 by Calax