Who the hell are you?

Rev · Post by **Rev** » Wed Nov 01, 2000 9:25 pm

21 yr Male, going to college for Masters in Computer Science, (Focus on A.I.), In Fargo, and NO the movie isn't like the town.......been playing computer games since Apple IIc was hot... well maybe when it was new, started programming at age 6, just started RPG's when Buck convinced me to buy BG 2, I'll be gaming till I grow old and grey... =)

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 4:59 am

Started on a Commodore 64, ah brings back so many memories, mostly bad ones

Then moved onto Amstrad CPC 464, with Green Screeen, ohhh i want one of those i hear you all cry

I play everything from Driving sims to rpgs whatever gets my goose pimpling

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"Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."

"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there
are cases where the trade would do."

"The tree of life is self pruning."

Bordin_Steelaxe · Post by **Bordin_Steelaxe** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 6:10 am

Hmmm... A.I. you say Rev. That gives me an idea

why don't you "just" write an A.I. acript for the stupid npcs so that they get they brains to the size of a meatball, I'm pretty annoyed of them having a brain that has the size of a peanut!

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Bordin Steelaxe
The greatest Dwarf in history!... with an axe of steel

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 2:29 pm

Well, i'm 29 yo guy come from land of turmoil and instability. Got lots of corrupion, Cronyism and Nepotism down here. Bah, the situation makes me very very hard to upgrade my hardware these says since PC hardware realy rip my wallet off. The other bright side is I can happily get pirated games with low price....
I started gaming way when i was 13 yo.....play lots of games (Eye of Beholer 1-3, might and magis series, Dune series, Battle Tech - incl. crescenthawks revenge, diablo etc.) Mostly i'm noiw ploying RPGS and RTS.
Anyone care to guess where i came from ?

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They can only kill me with golden bullet !

MinorDwarf · Post by **MinorDwarf** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 3:30 pm

Im a 19 year old norwegian. Got addicted to RPG from Fallout-series. Baldur's Gate is an awsome game, i must say.
Im gonna play it for a long time..

Skinbeard · Post by **Skinbeard** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 4:02 pm

KidD01 - Papua-New Guinea?

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 5:52 pm

Heh heh......nope, it is next to it, and i'm in the capital of it. The crazy land indeed, as some say "Jungle rule still apply here, and money really makes a big talk !"

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They can only kill me with golden bullet !

Rev · Post by **Rev** » Thu Nov 02, 2000 5:56 pm

Bordin.... I'll get right on that... although my current project is reimplimenting the client side aiming code for half-life. =) i've got 300,000+ lines of .asm code to look through.... It would have been nice to have a little smarter NPC's in the game... make that hamster a genius and we'd be sitting pretty.. =)

Bordin_Steelaxe · Post by **Bordin_Steelaxe** » Fri Nov 03, 2000 11:32 am

Hehe, that sounds promising Rev

Btw, is it hard to work with A.I.? Sorry that I'm not writing as long a reply as I use to (and sorry for my language

), but I had something kind of a "warm up" party at school today, so I'm kinda full right now... Just wanted to check the msg. board

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Bordin Steelaxe
The greatest Dwarf in history!... with an axe of steel

mentalmong · Post by **mentalmong** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 6:45 pm

Originally posted by Bill:
I think i am some kind of veteran CRPG player.Why is that?
Well, let's just say that i am so old that i have met Keldorn when he was just a squirre and i was fighting that evil mage named Mangar in Bard's Tale.Maybe i am too old though,i don't remember the city's name (Skara Brae?).Perhaps another veteran player can enlighten me,because my memory is fading after all these years of adventuring.(But i am not thinking of retiring any time soon,there is always so much evil to deal with!)

Skara Brae? seems to me that is ultima you played. I am 41 and playing for about 14 years; stil enjoy rpg very much. Have seen good games, but BG2 beats them

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Sat Nov 04, 2000 8:42 pm

Actually,I was wondering myself about the same these last few days.There is a Skara Brae in Ultima IX and this name seemed familiar.So i performed some research and i can confirm that Bard's Tale 1 took place in a city with the same name!
Is it the same town? They definetely do not look the same in these two games.
By the way,i also found out that it was written by Interplay Productions.Is this the same company as Interplay ?

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Eciff · Post by **Eciff** » Sun Nov 05, 2000 7:52 am

you guys make me feel so young

i'm 15 turn 16 28 dec (singapore thats is south-east asia btw) anyway rather new to the rpg scene as compared to all the veterns around started with diablo played bg1&2 even the pre bg2 release game called planescape torment same bioware infinity engine as the bg2 although i am sure i could take any of you on or at least me pet can(pit fiend)

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Earcaraxe · Post by **Earcaraxe** » Sun Nov 05, 2000 2:31 pm

Ooo, I like that sort of stuff

I'm 17 years old, learning in High School and in the University for Computers Science.

Playing RPGs, CCGs, TCGs and Talisman since the 5th grade..... Seems like forever.

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Sun Nov 05, 2000 4:03 pm

Well, as the name says, im a viking..
19 year old norwegian. love rpg, and baldurs gate is superb

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Odin - The Norse God

Desdicado · Post by **Desdicado** » Mon Nov 06, 2000 9:37 am

Well, I'm 33 and have been playing RPGs since about 1981, started with AD&D on paper, then moved via my commodore 128 to an Amiga, lands of lore etc, might and magic 3,4,5 & Dungeon Master, Pools of Radiance etc.
Then got a PC, Dungeon master 2, might & magic 6,7,8, Baldurs gate 1&2 & Icewind Dale.
Most of my youth was ill spent role playing but sice hitting 30 I've got majorly into fitness. Also sice being about 20 odds girls have also curtailed my role playing as lets face it, the ladies generally are not into PC games!.
I'm a staff trainer from the land of Haggis, kilts and rotten weather (Scotland).

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Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Nov 06, 2000 9:44 am

I don't think your exactly a Junior member then are you (guffaw) your practically as old as my dad, give or take 14 years

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"Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."

"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there
are cases where the trade would do."

"The tree of life is self pruning."

Rev · Post by **Rev** » Mon Nov 06, 2000 10:20 am

Bordin, AI isn't that bad to work with although patience is the most important aspect. If you're looking for more info about AI and esp. gaming AI, check out [url="http://www.gameai.com/"]http://www.gameai.com[/url] it is the definitive source on the web. It's pretty cool stuff. The funnest project I've worked on is taking the Pac-Man game and making a pac-bot that will always win, (using look-ahead algorithms, and path-finding.)
The site discusses the NPC AI for BG I,
<A HREF="http://www.gameai.com/games.html#BGATE" TARGET=_blank>
BG 1 AI </A>..

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Bordin_Steelaxe · Post by **Bordin_Steelaxe** » Mon Nov 06, 2000 1:14 pm

Thx Rev, gotta check those sites, maybe I'm going to be an A.I. compiler, then I'm gonna make some smart npc's for BGIII or some smart bots for HL:Counterstrike... Or maybe I make nothing like that

(more likely that I'm not going to make something like that

) But you'll never know...

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Bordin Steelaxe
The greatest Dwarf in history!... with an axe of steel

DTrig · Post by **DTrig** » Mon Nov 06, 2000 9:25 pm

I started PnP with the original D&D. I remember when the first Monster Manual came out. We used our own dungeons and alot of graph paper, there were no modules. Zork on the 5.25 as well. Ancient history, until BG2 caught my attention. Now I am doomed to repeat it!