Recent content by SchnorriS

In the beginning ... (dun dun daaaahhh ...) religious institutions used to control marriage. Eventually, because it became a matter of public policy, governments became involved. For many many years, religious marriage and civil marriage were conflated; very few people now think of the two as...

Arrgh! No, I hate it. I feel someone is trying to manipulate me, and I feel it's a crutch propping up bad comedy shows. It's the worst when the laughs sound exactly the same for every joke.

Argh! you beat me to it. I remember feeling absolutely gobsmacked when I realized that the inability of the Nameless One to permanently die was the central point of the story! No pretending to "re-wind" when you goofed and had to load your previous savegame. Yes, his companions were truly...

When players master DDO, they use the terminology to be as accurate as possible (unless their brain works like mine, then they have to use "thingy" and "whatsit"). When they don't know you, they assume you are as familiar with the game as they are. My experience, as both beginner and...

Well-said, clem ... have you seen Ghoste's shadowmage videos on YouTube? He completes Redwillow solo by (ideally) killing only the orange names to get the 4 items, and all the giants at the end. He also uses summoned creatures for distraction. It seems that many players who solo or short-man...

If I could add to lerincho and ntomlin: 1) Turbine has departed from PnP 3.5 rules in a number of places to implement the spirit of D&D in real-time combat (for example, using a mana pool instead of number of spells per day); there have been lively forum discussions about those design...

Well, in psychology, the standard for "does X have a problem with Y" is: does behavior Y interfere with X's work and with relationships? Yes? Then you have a real psychological problem. As I'm sure most people have seen, there are common things to become "addicted" to (both legal and illegal...

My target is 20% and $1/drink, but I'll round off and/or throw in loose change. People may be tipping less because of the downturn (although what they are doing in a casino if they are feeling poor enough to not tip I'll never know ...).

Thank you Rhob! To share credit: I think just about every point I've made has been mentioned already by one DDO player or another here within the last week. Also, DDO players with WoW experience have given their thoughts in the DDO forums from time to time. I know there are many people...

I don't, because I would take them home and then not use them. I'd drown in little condiments packages. Not the way I'd like to go! =8-)=

sneakthief KVB and Rhob make several good points. I would emphasize: 1) Unlike many other MMOs, your loot is your loot. No one can ninja it. 2) there are lots of common areas, but your party quests in its own private instance. No one can steal your kills or hog the monsters. 3) each party...

I think for a game to be a WoW-killer, it will have to be enough like WoW to attract its players. If it is too different, it won't appeal to the WoW fans. BUT. *If* this new game is too much like WoW, then WoW's players will stick with WoW because 1) they have already invested quite a lot of...

I play on the Thelanis server, mostly from 10pm to 1 am Eastern US time and occasionally during the day. I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability, expecially about class, gameplay, quests and such. If I'm not in or about to enter a quest, I may be able to get a lowbie character...

1) Coyle gets his (but not from us) in Southern Threnal, and all too quickly for my tastes. Remember, the chance to do in Coyle was a wish from the Djinn of the Cake (after make my character a dragon mage); the Djinn tells you "sorry, someone beat you to it." 2) one other escort comes to...

1978-1980. there was a simple artillery game on our school's Commodore 64s: elevation, range, fire - kapow! (you had to supply the kapow). first "console" was a Coleco brown box hooked to the TV antenna with 4 black & white Pong-type games. 1976 or 1977? first "pc" game was on a Kaypro II...