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The Car may be gone but the most important thing is that he survived. Life is more important than a vehicle which gets you to places quickly. There is so much more to life than people think, which is why i hate it when i hear of people committing suicide and ending their life before they get a chance to experience the joys and wonders of the world.
Glad he survived. I've not got a lot of words to say but, to the guy who nearly died in the accident (Who is also the developer of my #1 favourite game in the world which is ToME): good luck and heal up. Drink a hot cup of Tea while dunking biscuits in the tea and enjoy a video game or movie. Great way to relax. :)
Try to take a break from development and rest and remember, every living being has many reasons to live and you developing games is only a small reason. The biggest reason is to be a part of this world and you living and caring for all your family and friends and relatives gives you the biggest purpose in the world that many of us carry.
Keep on living, dude! :)
-TheRealXludo73
Keep in mind that in the opening chapter of the Analysis of the Races we are given Loremaster Greynot's assurances that as a Higher human he would attempt to remain neutral - the hint here is he does not. He is disparaging towards Cornacs and praising of Highers. The lore itself is not to be trusted, as also follows with the lore from the halfling, Rhaloren, orc and Zigur perspectives.
Also note that the socio-economic differences as well as the biological differences will have an effect on both races. Cornacs tend to have less wealthy and educated upbringings compared with Highers. But harder lives make them more adaptable (hence the category point and lower experience requirement).
The Higher "special powers" are mostly biological (due to magic blood and selective breeding), but they're for gameplay purposes. If Highers were gameplay wise identical to Cornacs there'd be no reason for them to exist in game. For the same reason the other humans races mentioned in the lore can't be played - there is no gameplay imperative for them. And generally the Cornac power is considered superior to the Higher special abilities, with most players choosing Cornacs over Highers. The social situation in the game declaring Highers as better is partly a lot of hot air enforced by discrimination.
I'll give some thought to adding some more lore to balance out the opinion of Cornacs. So far my main concentration has been on emphasising the racial divides between the other species.
Looks awful, good thing you weren't hurt!
DG, I'm not sure that what you skidded on was grass. Sounds more like a slippery rock to me. (I'm sorry, but I /had/ to get you back for all those fragile Insane mode characters wrecked by those silly traps.)
I can totally feel you about the shoes, btw--there's nothing like a good pair of suede shoes, but they're maimed by the slightest drop of water. Count your blessings if they escaped unscuffed.
Do get well! Oh, and play some twitch games once in a while, not just roguelikes.
I've noticed when one of your summons die, they remain in your party menu, clogging it up.
There are only three clues, but there are two "elements" mentioned in each.
When you click on a orb you get something like "a fire is burning inside" etc.
Anyways, the order is like this:
Water -> Dust -> Wind -> Seed -> Magic -> Fire
Click yes on the orbs in that order and the door will open.
I'm not sure where on the wiki info like this would go, so someone who knows better can feel free to repost/move this there.
The basic steps that worked for me in Xubuntu 12.04 (Precise):If you're using normal Ubuntu (specifically, with Unity) you might have to adjust the windows-and-icons bit below a little. I'm using xubuntu specifically to avoid Unity, my knowledge of how it works is at the very-beginner level.
More detailed info for windows-and-icons users:- You can unzip untar the downloaded file by finding it in your Downloads directory (probably something like /home/(yourusername)/Downloads/t-engine4-linux32-1.0.0beta40.tar.bz2) and selecting Extract Here from the context menu. You only need to do this once per release.
- Look in your newly created t-engine4 directory (something like 't-engine4-linux32-1.0.0beta40') and double click the file t-engine to execute it.
More detailed info for command-line users:I am a total Ubuntu/Linux neophyte.
I would like to see an entry decribing in detail what steps I should follow from the time I download the LInux tarball from the site. I also need to know how to run the program once it is unzipped into the correct place
Thank you
Get better soon!
Interesting, well I definitely notice an increase on my end since b38 :)
Didnt increase.
Random is random :)
Chance is 1/25
What a terrible accident! The RNG was definitely on your side. I wish you a speedy recovery.
Is it me or did the rare spawn rate increase last patch.. and not the random elite? was that noticed by anyone else but me? Or is this intended?
can't believe i missed this yesterday glad your ok and best of luck healing
Though it's not really clear as to which side of this rather robust debate you consider absurd.
For what it's worth, I hope everyone keeps playing. ToME is the finest roguelike I've seen in thirty years.
This is exactly my point. Highers are physically superior to Cornacs in nearly every way, and tend to rule over them as a result. Beyond what the raw numbers tell us, outlined in my most recent comment to TehRei above, our sole informant Greynot tells us that Highers tend to be nobles and scholars (and vice versa), whereas the only careers we see described for non-adventuring Cornacs are "manual laborers" and "bandits." Is there any other point in the game where we see Highers making disparaging remarks about Cornacs? Do Cornacs themselves dispute the demonstrably greater abilities of the Highers? So how can we call Highers "racist" if all they're saying is that they're superior to Cornacs?
Racism is an irrational sentiment based on xenophobia and hate; the Highers seem to be basing their beliefs instead on indisputable and obvious physical facts. This is why I think it's so important for the Human narrative to be expanded in this game: although it's not on purpose, it's the game that ends up looking racist, not the members of the race itself. If the narrative would incorporate more racial tension between the two human groups, and perhaps make Highers' abilities appear more artificial, this effect would vanish. "Higher" would just become an affectation, rather than a simple, accurate description.
The point that everybody seems to agree on is that Highers are explicitly a different race of humans; if they weren't there would be no point in having a discussion about racism to begin with. Yes, they are supposed to have magic in their blood, as did the people of Atlantis and Númenor.
TehRei is right; the "separate but equal" concept of avoiding racism doesn't work. The Supreme Court itself weighed in on this one, and if my history degree is functioning properly the phrase "'separate but equal' is inherently unequal" was employed in the majority opinion. If someone has to sit at the back of the bus because of their race, it's racism, pure and simple.
I wholeheartedly advocate the idea that Highers only think they're superior, and that's why I suggested the narrative be expanded to reflect this in my original post. I'm just not seeing it in the game mechanics or narrative as they now stand. The narrative says little about the Highers' opinions of themselves outside of the Analysis of the Races, and even that is explicitly retrained by scholarly neutrality. Everything I'm seeing in the game mechanics appears to indicate that they really are correct in their self-assessment.
Highers get positive modifiers to two thirds of their attributes and a full suite of racial superpowers, necessitating a 15% experience penalty for balance. They're blond-haired, grey or blue-eyed, have fair complexions and average six feet tall.
Cornacs get an extra category point, the second-lowest life per level and (by far and away) the worst overall stat modifiers in the game, at least based on what I've personally unlocked so far. As if this weren't bad enough, they're also the only race to receive no special abilities whatsoever. They have brown hair and eyes, ruddy complexions, and average 5'9". About the only other thing I can see that they have going for them is that their overall weakness makes them immune to the experience penalties the other races must contend with. So at least they learn fast, which is a good thing, because they tend to get beaten up by halflings a lot.
Sorry the debate is annoying you, TehRei. Your input has been quite valuable to me, as has your polite and balanced approach to the topic at hand. I thank you for both.
Good god man, that picture is just scary. So glad you survived, looks like you're on Adventure mode :)
Awesome! Glad to see the accident didn't affect your hands too much. ;p
I've dug a lot of the walls looking for more signs but only found one hidden area and only 3 of the clues.It looks as though they're not here or I'm going to have to methodically dig away every wall I can :(
You'd have to have a halfling foot hanging from your mirror to be any luckier. That is by all accounts one of the worst wrecks I've seen in a long time. Here's to a quick recovery and a new car soon. Just take it easy for a while, 'kay?
-Nim
I'm from Ukraine, so sorry for possible bad English )
It's very good to know that you survived such crash!
I've been enjoing ToME for a couple of months now and some of my colleagues are already addicted too)
I would like to send a few EURO to support you but my VISA is valid for internet payments only in Europe and CIS countries (
Be careful when driving and good luck :)
You definitely earned that blood of the life vial! Just take care.
so good that you're relatively okay, save for the loss of your car. stay tuff!
That's a pretty amazing wreck to walk away from. Hope you get better soon, and that you got reasonably good painkillers until then. :)