tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6175767646333991888..comments2024-03-28T12:11:15.628-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Wizardry V: Oh, Come All Ye FaithlessCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34439829005861596672022-12-01T08:04:40.152-05:002022-12-01T08:04:40.152-05:00re: romantic comedies:
i don't watch very ma...re: romantic comedies:<br /><br />i don't watch very many of them [because that's not really my cup of tea] - but i DID happen to catch "about time" when it was current and i can heartily recommend that, because it's a little out of the way - but also because bill nighy is AMAZING and very empathetic in it.<br /><br />it's a brilliant, very gentle little movie.lostwolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697299839262994456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88917424679492603692016-04-22T09:49:42.795-04:002016-04-22T09:49:42.795-04:00No, the origin is an old Theodor Sturgeon story ca...No, the origin is an old Theodor Sturgeon story called "The Hurkle is a Happy Beast".<br />I wish I had read if before playing the name.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48871995439897878522016-04-21T22:42:08.902-04:002016-04-21T22:42:08.902-04:00Also, I believe' tl;dr is a non-sequitur refer...Also, I believe' tl;dr is a non-sequitur reference to /cr/lf...spiffyphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833010337264886842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74606332707248011612011-12-24T21:34:59.907-05:002011-12-24T21:34:59.907-05:00Watch 50 First Dates and Click. There is just som...Watch 50 First Dates and Click. There is just something exceptional about them that I probably won't get with many or any other movies (Adam Sandler's commedy has faded for me a bit, but Happy Gilmore and Billy Maddison will live on as commedies that... Oh!...CAN'T...BREATH!HAHAHAAHAA!!).<br /><br />Also, does my "The Prestige Corollary" fit now? Huh? Huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82124268802973804122011-12-23T22:32:05.821-05:002011-12-23T22:32:05.821-05:00Canageek, thanks for the tl;dr explanation. I lear...Canageek, thanks for the tl;dr explanation. I learned something... however dubious of value. ;)<br /><br />50 First Dates is an excellent movie! Like it for the funny stuff i the sea animals, if nothing else. :)Amy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892876651484617812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17076074928675494922011-12-23T21:15:31.638-05:002011-12-23T21:15:31.638-05:00Delmoko, I didn't even know about the "Q&...Delmoko, I didn't even know about the "Q" option. Thanks a lot for that. It didn't help in this case, because by the time you posted it, I had started over with a new party. But it means I won't have to trek all the way to the castle before ending a session, and that's a big deal.<br /><br />Giauz, if it's worthy anything, people keep telling me that <i>50 First Dates</i> is "not a typical Adam Sandler movie." I just can't imagine wanting to watch a film in which Adam Sandler is the romantic protagonist. Other than that, I have a weakness for romantic comedies, too. Did you see <i>How Do You Know?</i>. I watched it a few days ago, and I can't figure if I liked it or not.<br /><br />JJ, the whole party was New Orleans jazz musicians. I was in NOLA when I started playing. Roughins = Kermit Ruffins. Dr. Whyte = Doctor Michael Whyte. 'Bone Shorty = Trombone Shorty. Bechet = Sidney Bechet. And Marsalis is, of course, Ellis Marsalis.<br /><br />It occurs to me that the <i>Wizardry</i> series is the first in which your alignment, however it starts, is at least partly affected by your gameplay. This reaches a conclusion in <i>Neverwinter Nights</i>, in which many of your actions adjust your chaotic/lawful and good/evil scales. But I agree that it makes more sense not to have designated alignments at all.<br /><br />I don't know what motivated me to use the netspeak "tl;dr" instead of just saying "summary." Too much Reddit lately, I guess.<br /><br />JavaJack, that was an impressive find! Thanks for enlightening me.<br /><br />Glad you liked the format of the post!CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17655421284759571872011-12-23T18:50:39.425-05:002011-12-23T18:50:39.425-05:00That story was hilarious, had me laugh out loud! I...That story was hilarious, had me laugh out loud! I wouldn't object if you insert those more often, especially party banter like that! <br />Happy rpg'ingSlam23https://www.blogger.com/profile/10495663272556450345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61005505380573439422011-12-23T15:46:38.951-05:002011-12-23T15:46:38.951-05:00Ahh, I love the good/evil system in really old gam...Ahh, I love the good/evil system in really old games. The only sense it makes is the sense it doesn't!<br /><br />'Course, modern games aren't much better. Isn't the amount of karma you gain from giving some dude water only a bit less than the amount you lose by murdering a guy in Fallout 3?Zinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77547701287261964022011-12-23T08:14:17.912-05:002011-12-23T08:14:17.912-05:00Alignments in CRPGs are a holdover from D&D an...Alignments in CRPGs are a holdover from D&D and even in D&D I think they were pretty useless. Luckily virtually all RPGs by now have gotten rid of them.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56315765749467866132011-12-23T00:11:48.456-05:002011-12-23T00:11:48.456-05:00I think you're doing great Addict. Stick with...I think you're doing great Addict. Stick with it. I see your guys are level 8 or 9 or so. Thats great. They will fair well on Level 3.<br />I'm around level 13.<br /><br />There is no need to make a second party. All you need is your 6 guys, and maybe a Bishop that is level 6 or 7 that sits back at Gilgamesh and you can pawn things off to him so he can identify them when you come back from a mission. That way you'll make a ton of money selling the stuff to Boltacs and not pay that creep to Identify your stuff.<br /><br />Also, you'll prolly want to create a guy that sits in Gilgamesh and just holds items you don't always need to cart around with you in the maze. I've found a ton of stuff, and with what you equip also there is limited space for picking up new booty post Calfo and disarmament of chests.<br /><br />I hope when you enter the maze you immediately cast Maporfic (lowers everybodies AC -2) and Litofeit (levetates you over pits and gas traps). Lomilwa (extended light) is also nice, but it goes out when you enter darkness. Latumapic will give you the true identity of all monsters. These can be useful (the first 2 are imperative if you ask me).<br /><br />Hope you got your guy to change alignment! I promise it will happen.<br /><br />Good luck!Delmokohttp://www.facebook.com/rj.lukacsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88060287363862180472011-12-23T00:08:10.521-05:002011-12-23T00:08:10.521-05:00I'd wager this is the origin of the "Hurk...I'd wager this is the origin of the "Hurkle":<br />http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=94JavaJackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119909779046459574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25929768912462820142011-12-22T22:50:45.150-05:002011-12-22T22:50:45.150-05:00Amy K: Annoying netspeak for To Long; Didn't R...Amy K: Annoying netspeak for To Long; Didn't Read.<br /><br />Addict: Why don't you just save up your good characters until you have a full party of them? Or can you not do that? You occasionally need a second party anyway, don't you? Why not have two parties, one for each alignment?Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32311536219008110872011-12-22T19:20:03.432-05:002011-12-22T19:20:03.432-05:00That had me chucking. But what, pray tell, is a tl...That had me chucking. But what, pray tell, is a tl;dr?Amy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892876651484617812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34468622775668403322011-12-22T14:16:47.810-05:002011-12-22T14:16:47.810-05:00But to make someone "evil" because they ...But to make someone "evil" because they killed a friendly innocent is just dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69721548276768189002011-12-22T10:53:45.590-05:002011-12-22T10:53:45.590-05:00This is why I don't like alignments in compute...This is why I don't like alignments in computer roleplaying games. There are many reasons why you might not attack priests, even if you're evil (maybe your character just doesn't want to irritate their god, or maybe your character is tired and cranky). But to make someone "good" because they decided to skip one combat is just dumb.<br /><br />At this point, I would not consider it "cheating" if you used a character editor to return him to his original alignment.The Enraged Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15506779868033710788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24955562597356438632011-12-22T09:42:28.216-05:002011-12-22T09:42:28.216-05:00Ah, the Wizardry random alignment switching mechan...Ah, the Wizardry random alignment switching mechanic...gloriously masochistic. <br /><br />Life would be so much easier if alignment were a sliding scale, and actions advanced your characters on the evil-o-meter by a predictable amount. Or if the game tracked how individual characters felt about your approach to life [MORRIGAN DISAPPROVES].<br /><br />Still, it could be worse. Just imagine:<br /><br />'BONE SHORTY: Hey, check it out, you guys - he thinks he can join us even though he's LAWFUL evil!<br /><br />MARSALIS: Law-ful! Law-ful! Na-na-na-na-nahh-nahhh!Stephen Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870830727459657131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78488711981283743162011-12-22T09:23:45.050-05:002011-12-22T09:23:45.050-05:00Dear CRPG addict,
Very nice post! You have great ...Dear CRPG addict,<br /><br />Very nice post! You have great imagination and literary skills. I am happy to say that Wizardry ditches the alingment thing in VI. In the meantime I am sorry but I cannot help you with the bug. I noticed a "Marsalis" in the party. I hope there is no Miles Davis monster stirring a brew down in the dungeon.JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82069430840141289062011-12-22T08:01:31.377-05:002011-12-22T08:01:31.377-05:00I'd just like to say how impressed I am with y...I'd just like to say how impressed I am with your rpg "work ethic". I'm sure I'd have quit this game long ago, if I were you.Nikolajnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80842648309619083902011-12-22T07:23:29.989-05:002011-12-22T07:23:29.989-05:00I always knew not indiscriminately murdering every...I always knew not indiscriminately murdering everyone I met made me a good person.Pippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83172663653331312512011-12-22T06:52:02.775-05:002011-12-22T06:52:02.775-05:00This was a very good story :) Thanks for sharing i...This was a very good story :) Thanks for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29228753755228363912011-12-22T06:19:16.648-05:002011-12-22T06:19:16.648-05:00Just to clarify what Delmoko was saying on how you...Just to clarify what Delmoko was saying on how you leave people in the maze and add them to another party is.<br /><br />'Q' to quit the expedition<br />Start a new group with room. Go to the same square 'I' inspect 'D' Dead bodies. Then 'G' them.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998931714568216400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14385229285781566612011-12-22T02:51:43.815-05:002011-12-22T02:51:43.815-05:00The Prestige reference referred to *SPOILERS*
...The Prestige reference referred to *SPOILERS*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hue Jackman's character, Anjier, constantly making new bodies of himself through his teleportation machine. It's like he goes on living for a time and then creates a new him sort of like you described with the investing some odd long hours in a game before eventually wanting to make a new profile on the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44462118020311933862011-12-22T02:44:27.596-05:002011-12-22T02:44:27.596-05:00Hey, I don't blame you for the Adam Sandler tr...Hey, I don't blame you for the Adam Sandler trog thing as I am, if you knew me like my brother knows me (and dislikes when I do this for something we both like), self-critisizing about everything I like.<br /><br />The referrence was "Ten-Clicks Rick" for rapidly clicking through all the dialogue options only to accidently start it all over again/perpetuate it. It referrences '50 First Dates' Ten-Second Tom, a man who suffered a bullet to the head while hunting and can only retain a short-term memory of 10 seconds before starting all over again with, "Hello, my name is Tom." I'm a grade-A sucker for a ROMCOM and this is at the top of my list for the simple fact that when all is said and done it is not a pointless quirky love story (can't remember one that was this humbling and heartwarming).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59246997654344631032011-12-22T02:09:43.801-05:002011-12-22T02:09:43.801-05:00Don't dump your character, he will eventually ...Don't dump your character, he will eventually turn. Wander around level 1 for a bit and attack all those friendly monsters. He'll change. I wouldn't make a new guy over an alignment issue and I've been playing Wizardry since '85.Delmokohttp://www.facebook.com/r.j.lukacsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53733013430203482232011-12-22T02:06:40.840-05:002011-12-22T02:06:40.840-05:00Hit "Q" in the maze to quick-save your g...Hit "Q" in the maze to quick-save your game. You can then hit "N" to keep playing or "Y" to quit when asked if you want to stop. <br /><br />Also, you can hit Alt-Q to automatically exit the program back to DOS. Then simply reload and go to utilities and restart your "out" party. Not sure if this is against your rules or not, but the game would be nearly impossible without this.<br /><br />There is a way to quit/leave guys in the maze. It's what you have to do to mix Evil/Good guys. You would load your good guys, go into the maze and QUIT, then ass your evil guys and SEARCH where your good guys are and pick them up. It's a real pain in the rear end to mix alignments, but it's certainly possible. (and totally necessary in Wizardry III)Delmokohttp://www.facebook.com/r.j.lukacsnoreply@blogger.com