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What do people think of a capture the flag game on Acheron, if the staff were to make the flags as items that could not be teleported and that were too heavy to lift (could only be dragged?).

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Elseenas: 2) Society can be built upon the ethical premises that: a) The existence of society is necessary for the further advancement and subsequent survival of Individual...

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Wonderful! Multifaceted debate... a lot of stuff here I'd like to comment on, but first: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Elseenas: We can define "healthy" objectively, in a trivial fashion: The nominal sta...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Elseenas: Eadgydd: Healthy has certain, working parameters. Yes it is arbitrary but the term has real applicability within a given situation: defining whether an individual ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Elseenas: "Causing ruin, injury or pain; harmful" -- So is mowing the grass evil? It certainly causes "ruin, injury or pain" and can be construed to be harmful. If yes, the...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Zen: Either way, you should keep in mind that when you are debating good vs. Evil, you are actually debating the question of 'what is good?' -Zen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE...

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As long as we're dealing with definitions of evil, here are the first two entries each for adjective and noun from the American Heritage Dictionary, second college edition: adj. 1. Morally bad or wrong;wicked. 2. Causing ruin, injury or pain; harmful. n. 1. Something that causes harm, misfortune, or...

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You are right, Ashiwi, and I agree that acts that cause suffering in an individual 'for the greater good' should be included in the definition of evil. As for animal testing, I agree that testing done without regard for an animal's suffering... that is, with no attempt to mitigate its suffering, is ...

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I am no faithful sheep, following the teachings of a religious hierarchy without question. In fact I seek out discussions like this in hope of better clarifying my beliefs. I'd place the 'probability that a deity exists' (or existed) far higher than the 3% Omrec gives it, but far below the 97% he su...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Zellin: One cannot be agnostic and atheist at the same time. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This is impossible for the simple reason that agnosticism is the absence of belief, while ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by omrec: I love the human brain, and I love the wondrous intelligence it is capable of, but the fact that 90-some-odd percent of people STILL believe in some sort of God is s...

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Since people have brought up Communism in the context of a religious discussion, I need to point out: Communism, community, and communion all have the same word root. Early Christianity had more resemblance to communism than to capitalism (if you don't believe me, remember that lending money at inte...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Disoputlip: Yeah, It's correct (not that i'm a jew) Its quite simple actually. Because the reason is that you always knows for sure who the mother is. but you can never be ...

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Wow, this thread has been all over the place... except where it originally started. Getting back to the topic: The reason religious fanatics like this disturb me so much is that they look for simple answers to complex problems. The problems presented in the story, stripped of their D&D dressings, ar...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by cherzra: The Reception of the Dead Orc Inn A large counter sits nestled against the east wall here, accompanied by a huge rack behind it. It appears that this is where tired...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by groguk: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Kifle: [B] Yeah, I hate capitalism. Who doesn't, unless you are in the upper 1% that is actually benefiting. i am about as middle class a...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Miax: Does America do bad things around the world sometimes? Sure we do, all nations Do. At the end of the day, a thousand years from now, America will have an impact on hi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gort: One small addendum to the corporations "running" things to a large extent. Yes corporations have sometimes obscene amounts of power, why? Because no-one who wasn't a s...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sarvis: Mplor: Actually, it's not entirely our government at fault in this. My senior seminar class last quarter was about exactly these issues, and the common theme that ke...

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In my copious spare time, I'm father to 2 toddler daughters, homeowner, husband, graduate student in CS (working part time on Master's degree), and player, coder, area-builder for Sojourn3. I'm not sure how I find time for all that, and many times I don't. Despite my full load, I hope to have a new ...

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The line between good and evil is not clear in Harry Potter? Are you out of your mind? The whole mystique of the character is that he survived an attack by an EVIL wizard who killed his parents, and in so doing destroyed that wizard for a time. The whole underlying theme of the books is the effort t...

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No one has mentioned the most obvious...

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And unless he's related to Mr. Ed, he really is :P

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For those of you who don't remember, I wrote this way back in Soj1 for the Sisterhood guild as part of the character description contest. I was actually just a newbie then and barely got Eadgydd up to level 20 in time to enter the contest with the Sisterhood. Unfortunately the line length here isn't...

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Actually, last night Maelgwyn told me he'd saved a copy of The Rose and found it on his hard drive. I'll post it under stories. Good thing other people are more careful about saving my work than I am :P

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It's been many years (where has the time gone?) since I wrote the Ballad of the Rose. I don't know if any of you still remember it or if it's still kicking around somewhere, but I've decided it's time to take up the pen again now that I'm no longer exhausted from getting up with babies several times...

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It is scary how well this works...

Mine is Mitzi Pinewood.

Uthgar's is Sergeant Pepper Nevada. Ok, that doesn't work as well. Maybe Sergeant Nevada? That's what you get for naming your dog after a Beatles album...

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My initial reaction when disease went in: Why? I suppose I should just wait and see how this affects gameplay, and have some faith that it will be 'fun' like Altherog says, but I'm having a hard time imagining how it is going to enhance the game. If it were fun to have a disease, why would you bothe...

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Gindipple, congrats! Ushug, if at age 21 you have been in 15 relationships, and never cheated... that still means you have had a new partner an average of every 6 months... assuming you started somewhere around the age of 15. And to be cheated on 38 times in such a short space... where are you findi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kiloppile: The one thing that may spare us much of the bloodshed is the Northern Alliance. Unfortunately, they control approximately 5% of what we call Afghanistan at this p...

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It seems increasinly clear that Osama bin Ladin is behind Tuesday's coordinated hijackings and attacks, even though no one will officially confirm this. The Taliban continues to refuse extradition of Osama, ('the guest' as they refer to him) and it is fairly certain that they are complicit in the at...

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As far as I can see, the only people with a real reason to complain about the hitroll changes are rangers and rogues. Warriors and paladins never needed as much hitroll as rangers and rogues, and they can tank, so even if they aren't hitting as much they are still useful to a group. But hitting is l...

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OMG TAMRA! I thought you had dropped off the face of Toril! And now I can't even remember what color Rose you were... --Eadgydd (or Hroswytha, as you first knew me) P.S. I remember Myranthea, Jarid... it was the first zone I ever explored outside Waterdeep. I'd love to see it brought back for just a...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by D2: How bout this? Number in game : 0 Can be worn on : TAKE HEAD Set char bits : NOBITS Extra flags : MAGIC ANTI-GOOD NOBURN LIT NO-THIEF Anti flags : NOBITS Weight: 5 lbs,...

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Since this thread has turned into a discussion of how/when reboots should occur: First off, it seems to me that long uptimes are a GOOD thing, because people start to do things that aren't just the same old horsepucky. Maybe if the game has been up for 30 hours and people are starting to get bored, ...

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Well, I can't sleep and this thread seems to have strayed a bit off-topic into esoterica, so... Everyone here seems to be answering the question based on the cheating being a one-time, "Omigod, what was I thinking" thing. No one has touched the other scenario, where: a) You intend to continue cheati...

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Again we get back to the issue of handouts versus dicing. What I am trying to get at is the fairest way to do dicing, if you do it that way, or the fairest way to do handouts, if you use that method. I see merits to both. Dicing has also been called 'lotto' and like a lottery you are happy if you ge...

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I'm glad to see some constructive discussion here, as I was afraid I might just be opening a big can of worms. I agree with Galorian that it's a lot easier to do handouts fairly when you have a small group that keeps adventuring together until all are equipped. It's much harder to do handouts in lar...

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I couldn't find the age-old thread on this topic, so I'm posting it anew, after being in a group where eq split left some people feeling gypped. What is the best way to distribute eq in a large group? Handouts, or dicing? Can anyone think of a different method that might result in fewer hurt feelings?

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Hmmm. I keep meaning to set up a wave file to play Wagner whenever I enter Jotunheim.

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Abue, Having pkill would not help people 'get along.' That is the same reasoning that starts wars. (I don't like your religion, philosophy, or what you say about my people, so I'll kill you.) What makes people bother to get along is not fear of being killed, but fear or meeting someone again and nee...

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I really liked the fact that the afk toggle was made automatic after a period of no activity, because if I left the keyboard for longer than I had planned I didn't have to worry about going back and toggling afk. Also, if I got the AFK response to a tell, I knew that someone really WAS afk. I also l...

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Yasden! Just now read your post. I remember that time in Tia believe me! Because Ilsha offered to use Fade to get our corpses, but Essete and I refused because we didn't want to get set to -1000 and I didn't want to lose my Avenger. Here's what happened: After a group led by Mplor cleared all astral...

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Hmm... last thread I responded to (Delayed spawns) I seem to have shut down nicely, no replies for several days. Let's see if I can do the same here *nods to herself smugly* Here goes: After reading all the discussion I honestly don't know whether random loading eq would improve things, though it se...

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First, a couple points of fact: 1) Random loads do not necessarily make eq pop more often. Eq can be coded to pop only once per boot, at a random time, or, only a very very small percentage of the time. 2) Eq coded to pop a very small percentage of the time can be controlled to pop say, once per day...

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