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    I picked it up from MUD games.. and I'm pretty sure that's where the use originates too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exy View Post
    Wait, Soirana is a he? I always assumed she was a she, due to her name ending with an A.
    I used to think that too. till i saw him postin' a bondage image.
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    Currently trying : Entertaining girlfriend. Very, Very, VERY hard.

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    I've heard mob used quite a lot while playing World of Warcraft. I played for 5 years but no longer play.

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    Okay, so, it's apparently a term that is used in this sort of game. I find that a source of vague but definite relief. I don't play many video games and it's nice to have my weird itchy discomfort with people misusing the word "mob" explained -- they are just using a term of art that I am unfamiliar with.

    Also please encourage Soirana to post nude pics b/c otherwise I'm still p. sure she's a lady.

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    (5/8/2010 2:31:52 AM)

    14:28 <Soirana> hello dumb
    14:29 <dumbgut> ello
    14:29 <dumbgut> soirana, aka hotchick
    14:29 <Soirana> lol
    14:29 <dumbgut> will be interesting to see if your alias gets further than the regular you
    14:29 <Soirana> if i was it, i would have already played
    14:29 <dumbgut> true
    14:30 <Soirana> you know how much patience i've got
    14:30 <dumbgut> honestly don't look for hotty to show
    14:30 <Soirana> afraid to be beaten by girl
    14:31 <Soirana> He/she changed avatar picture
    14:31 <Soirana> So i guess it is not one time joke
    14:31 <dumbgut> if it was actually girl, which i doubt
    14:32 <Soirana> you actually have zero reason to believe i am not girl
    14:32 <Soirana> except few fake pictures
    14:33 <dumbgut> you have taunted elone in the past
    14:33 <dumbgut> saying "not bad math for a girl
    14:33 <dumbgut> doubt that is something a gal would say
    14:34 <dumbgut> 'hotchick' is on a distinguished road
    14:34 <Soirana> damn you have good emmory
    14:34 <dumbgut> something about that just sounds wierd
    14:34 <dumbgut> only on some things
    14:34 <Bloody_Lemon> Grey said he knows who HotChick is
    14:34 <dumbgut> ask me what letter represents a vampire in adom
    14:34 <dumbgut> I'll say 'V'
    14:34 <dumbgut> for vampire, duh
    14:35 <dumbgut> was so embarrassed when that happened
    14:35 <Bloody_Lemon> @m vampire
    14:35 <soradombot> Vampire (Z): C, 100spd, 50-110/290 hp, 32dv, 9pv, 2x 4d5+6 [+4] (drain st, drain to), 120s, IMMUNE(mindcraft, poison), VULN(humanoid slaying, undead slaying), corpse(2&#37;; [+1To], Alignment -500), dl20(25), intel(75%), sees in darkness, sr(35%), tracking(90%)
    14:36 <dumbgut> of course it's a Z
    14:36 <Soirana>
    14:36 <dumbgut> I had been playing loads of crawl and got my signals crossed
    14:36 <Bloody_Lemon> heh, I got confused too
    14:36 <Bloody_Lemon> tried to remember what it really was
    14:36 <dumbgut> I'm intentionally staying well away from crawl durring this tourney




    ^kinda wish I had the sense nowadays to stay away from crawl durring adom tourneys
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    everytime I go through these old irc logs looking for some
    obscure, half-remembered piece of info, I catch a glimpse of
    some hilarious conversation and lose about 5 minutes of my
    day reading it again. As punishment to you, for causing this
    to happen to me again, I am posting a snippet of said log. I
    hope you lose 5 minutes as well



    23:35 <galaxywatcher> Care to hear my RL idea?
    23:35 <dumbgut> ya
    23:35 * jmr quits (Ping timeout: 258 seconds)
    23:37 <dumbgut> you must be typing a lot
    23:37 <Madtrixr> That's what I thought, too.
    23:37 <Madtrixr>
    23:37 <galaxywatcher> Ok. You wake up naked, and cold, and starving on some remote beach. As your head clears you remember that you have been shipwrecked. You start to come to your senses and you see your ship half sunk off the coast.
    23:38 <galaxywatcher> You are in desparate need of food. You have little time to feed before you die.
    23:38 <galaxywatcher> You start rummaging for clams and small crabs.
    23:38 <galaxywatcher> You slowly build up enough strength to explore the area
    23:38 <dumbgut> sounds a lot like teemu
    23:39 <galaxywatcher> THere are a vast number of trees and unknown plants
    23:39 <Madtrixr> Hmm...
    23:39 * Madtrixr has heard of a Gameboy game like this before...
    23:39 <galaxywatcher> You have several eating commands. Lick, Taste, nibble, eat, sip, drink
    23:39 <galaxywatcher> You must learn which plants are poisonous and which are edible.
    23:39 <galaxywatcher> By very carefully consuming them
    23:39 <dumbgut> http://koti.mbnet.fi/paulkp/teemu/Teemu1_11.zip
    23:40 <dumbgut> oh, yours sounds different
    23:40 <galaxywatcher> As you get to know the forest a little better and which plants can sustain you, you start to build up an inventory of useful plants
    23:40 <galaxywatcher> Some can be fashioned into clothes
    23:40 <galaxywatcher> And later into armor.
    23:40 <galaxywatcher> Others can be made into rope
    23:41 <galaxywatcher> You begin to experience survival tactics and understadn the area better
    23:41 <galaxywatcher> You start to notice animals .
    23:41 <dumbgut> what language you gonna use?
    23:41 <galaxywatcher> Some are out to get you, others can be useful indicators of food and pets.
    23:41 <galaxywatcher> dumbgut: python
    23:42 <galaxywatcher> As you start to get the hang of survival, you begin to notice that you are not alone.
    23:42 <galaxywatcher> There are cannibals
    23:42 <galaxywatcher> and witch doctors
    23:42 <dumbgut> dorten has written a rl in python, I can get ye a link to the source if ye like
    23:42 <galaxywatcher> and archers and magicians
    23:42 <galaxywatcher> There are advanced levels of enemies that you will soon encounter.
    23:43 <galaxywatcher> The game is titled: Tribwar
    23:43 <galaxywatcher> Tribewar
    23:43 <Madtrixr> Hmm...
    23:43 <galaxywatcher> There is another issue.
    23:43 <galaxywatcher> You discover that you are on an uncharted Island.
    23:43 <dumbgut> ah, the PC enfluences and eventually controls a tribe, then slaughters all opposition?
    23:43 <galaxywatcher> There is a volcano on the island.
    23:44 <galaxywatcher> dumbgut: that is one path
    23:44 <galaxywatcher> The other path is to convert the cannibals to peacful coexistence
    23:44 <dumbgut> ah, like a timecap. if you don't sac enough virgins, the whole thing blows
    23:44 <galaxywatcher> yes.
    23:44 <Madtrixr> Wow. really?
    23:45 <dumbgut> if you goof and toss a slut, it's automatic boom
    23:45 <dumbgut> best to chuck babies to be safe
    23:45 <galaxywatcher> The volcano is actually an energy source for a dark wizard who is using the volcano to power his universe conquering engine of absolute destruction.
    23:45 <galaxywatcher> You learn that your ultimate mission is to defeat the dark wizard and save the universe.
    23:45 <dumbgut> don't blame him for wantin' to get off that island
    23:45 <galaxywatcher> Or conquer the universe
    23:46 <galaxywatcher> The whole planet dies if you just leave.
    23:46 <dumbgut> I can't wait to dub my lil' guy Gilligan
    23:46 <galaxywatcher> hehe
    23:46 <Madtrixr> You kind of have to...
    23:46 <dumbgut> 'skipper' if he's genned a troll
    23:47 <galaxywatcher> There will be multiple paths one can take. but what I have outlined would be the uber ending
    23:47 <dumbgut> eat the dark mage's corpse, and gain his powers?
    23:47 <galaxywatcher> Kill him and take his amulet.
    23:47 <dumbgut> I prefer eating his corpse
    23:47 <galaxywatcher> Which is the key
    23:48 <dumbgut> suppose I could do that anyway though, after looting the ammy
    23:48 <galaxywatcher> Cannibals are one path.
    23:48 <dumbgut> yes, that would be mine
    "Whip me!" pleads the adom player. The rng replies... "No."

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    The plant part is the awesome one. I'd add randomizing effects for plants each, say, 5 games. And add your previous attemts encounter feature. And then you just have to find a corpse with a stash of plants and a piece of cloth on which 'edible' is written in blood. And then you eat one and die.

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    I played a MUD a lot too in the past and got mob from there, and might have used it in this or the other forum. quicker to type mob than NPC (due to capitalization and letters place on the keyboard).

    'mobile' being better than 'monster' because, well, I wouldn't call the tiny girl a monster. NPC is probably a slightly bit better, because not all of them are 'mobile' anyway. Dying sage really isn't. Few others only move when provoked.

    On a side note, just bought a new laptop two days ago. After a bit of deliberation it came down to two models. But then I had an easy choice. (obviously went for the one with the numpad)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Molach View Post
    I wouldn't call the tiny girl a monster.
    She's killed more of my characters than any other NPC in the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _Ln_ View Post
    Don't listen to any of them, Soirana really is a Hot Chick.
    I see what you did there.

    Quote Originally Posted by Molach View Post
    I played a MUD a lot too in the past and got mob from there, and might have used it in this or the other forum. quicker to type mob than NPC (due to capitalization and letters place on the keyboard).
    I think mob(s) for monsters in the world of RPGs is pretty common.

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