jdreyer wrote on Feb 18, 2016, 04:06:

rudra wrote on Feb 17, 2016, 21:54:

Cyanotetyphas wrote on Feb 17, 2016, 21:44:
Those elements exist for only a fraction of a second when you slam atoms together. They're considered man made because they are not stable and not found in nature, but they theoretically can exist and you can predict their properties based on the empty spots on the table which is neat.

Who has angered the volcano god?
You have angered the volcano god!

Although still unstable, those "manmade" elements often also exist in trace amounts in the earth's crust (Neptunium) and heavier elements are thought to be created (before quickly breaking down) within certain environments, like the hearts of stars.

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Cyanotetyphas wrote on Feb 17, 2016, 21:44:
Those elements exist for only a fraction of a second when you slam atoms together. They're considered man made because they are not stable and not found in nature, but they theoretically can exist and you can predict their properties based on the empty spots on the table which is neat.

Who has angered the volcano god?
You have angered the volcano god!

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You know what what really gets me mad in this life?
The goddamn periodic table of elements
They've got 109 or so naturally occurring elements

Then they've got 10 or 11 of these non-naturally occurring man-made elements.
They give them names like Einsteinium and Californium and Nobelium

And what I want to know is..
If they're man made..
Then how the hell can they be elements, huh?

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i definitely thought of 'phone home' before enemy territories.. had to check this thread before i realized what the hell this was

most yawn inducing game ive seen in a long long time

got no clue - thats why im wondering what the hell they plan on doing

2nd edition in the BG era was so convoluted and crazy, with the double and triple multiclass shit and all that madness, all the specialist wizard schools and the different cleric stuff

its 100x more complex than 5e - thats why i dont think it will fit the flavor at all

but who knows

dude that chick was hot as hell.. shes got a playboy spread from back in the 80s.. check it out

i think the original BZ was the first game I marathoned .. was living at my desk for like 2 days straight on this motherfucker

good times

Ive been playing it and enjoying it despite the almost total lack of *actual* RPG gameplay.. its more like a mega-uber-far cry type experience, with my stealth melee guy

thing is its hard to get really into it when you are playing a latino dude named "Dirty Sanchez" who sounds like the most whitebread motherfucker on the planet.. kinda kills it a bit, but i take it as some kind of supercheese movie or something and that at least salvages that

of course, with the perks ive got and so on, its like god mode even on the hardest setting, so thats kinda fucked too

i can only play a few hours at a time, i think ive got maybe 20 over the past few months.. finished like 10% of the whole game or something ridiculously small - thats the big draw for me, the monster epic size of it, the seemingly limitless world

but the settlements and building stuff is such a joke, its worse than a joke even

well, that last Dragon Age was pretty shit as a RPG..

maybe they are making GTA in Space

CJ_Parker wrote on Feb 16, 2016, 13:21:
Well, that 2013 stuff is apparently obsolete because Beamdog is releasing the new Siege of Dragonspear expansion soon. If they were "stopped from touching D&D materials at all in June 2013" then that seems to have been of short effect. They obviously did resolve the "contractual issues" in the meantime or there wouldn't be a BG2EE and also no all new SoD expansion.

you still arent hearing what im saying about D&D licensing being apart from BG licensing

if they are somehow grandfathered into a 2nd edition license, thats one thing... i was talking about their inability to get a license for 5th edition... but looking at that page i see the hasbro logo, so i guess they are good to go

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CJ_Parker wrote on Feb 16, 2016, 10:44:

rudra wrote on Feb 16, 2016, 07:58:

CJ_Parker wrote on Feb 15, 2016, 23:31:
How exactly is it "far out of reach" for them?

because Hasbro owns the D&D license.. im not talking about Obsidian or Black Isle here

maybe Im wrong, who knows.. Id figure its not easy to get, but maybe they are ready to whore it out to whoever

Not sure what you are talking about because Beamdog are knee deep in working on the Baldur's Gate license and working with D&D. As I said, they did both Enhanced Editions of BG1 and 2 and will be bringing out a new BG expansion (Siege of Dragonspear) in the near future.

You don't really get more hands-on with the license than these guys so I don't understand how you can say that the license is "far out of reach" for them when in reality they gotz their fucking paws right on top of it!

im pretty sure the current BG licensing doesnt extend forwards to the modern, 5th edition D&D.. it wasnt sold to WoC until 3.5, and I think that whole issue is from a separate "interactive D&D" license

again maybe im wrong.. lets see if google knows..

random look at a BBS:

Atari stopped Beamdog/overhaul from touching D&D materials at all in June 2013. "Contractual issues" are the official reason. They continue to sell BG:EE and make sure they're the only one selling the game.
On the other hand, Hasbro, who actually own the D&D materials, have absolutely no problem Beamdog/Overhaul making games using their materials (they actually love it, according to Trent Oster).

CJ_Parker wrote on Feb 15, 2016, 23:31:
How exactly is it "far out of reach" for them?

because Hasbro owns the D&D license.. im not talking about Obsidian or Black Isle here

maybe Im wrong, who knows.. Id figure its not easy to get, but maybe they are ready to whore it out to whoever

and yet we still arent talking about the thermite cuts on the world trade center... hell even JFK is long forgotten

see, its far far far too late - big brother is just another water cooler conversation for all the sheep, its already sanitized, already accepted, already a joke

chickenboo wrote on Feb 15, 2016, 22:46:
I don't know much about 5E but if it's anything like 3E

its more like 1st edition than anything else.. but not quite as archaic and bare bones

if you remember the monk from 1st edition - its like each class is that kind of thing, where they get specialized stuff every few levels or whatever

combat is back to mostly mental based rather than miniatures on a tabletop, rules are super simplified

5e Baldurs Gate wouldnt be the same... also im willing to bet the license is far out of reach for "beamdog" lol

Undying was a pretty awesome "psychedelic horror" game.. also, Lovecraft + Clive Barker

jdreyer wrote on Feb 15, 2016, 13:30:

Creston wrote on Feb 15, 2016, 10:39:
Last earthquake in OK (over the weekend) was a 5.0. They keep going up in severity too...

Dude that frakking sucks.

ETA: Ninja'd.

just wait until the entire regions water table is contaminated... that should be fun