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Messages - ColtCommando
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« on: April 04, 2008, 09:27:51 am »
50,000 for the Hriligrils Ammulet
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« on: April 02, 2008, 03:33:57 am »
With the day and a half spent trying to do a repair install of XP on my grandfathers new PC I built for him with his old hard drive to get all the drivers right Im starting to think Ubuntu may be more user friendly. His windows cd he bought 4 years wouldnt accept the CD key it came with, had to install with my moms laptop cd-key and do some crazieness in the command line, then attempt to activate by phone but before you complete change the product key back to his so it activates... It was utter rediculousness... On top of the fact taht it takes an hour plus to get it installed... vs. 10 minutes for ubuntu  . And to all who are weary of running games in linux, NWN runs nativly in linux so there is no need to use the ohh so unstable wine or anything like that. But if youre thinking of going that route, be forewarned, as of now ATI's grafics drivers for linux are absolute bunk, and will run no faster than an x1300 series card, even if youre using an x1950 (for example ) and it still runs slower than the nVidia equivalent to an x1300. I say as of now because just as of this year ATI has begun releasing the bulk of their catalyst driver code for open source use, so it looks like there could be bright things on the horizon for linux ATI drivers... But then again, they said that last year when they were talking about all the "incredible" updates to fglrx drivers, wich have left a sour taste in every linux ATI users mouth... So only time will tell on that front, and though things look promising, I wont believe anything until I see my x1950 running like it should . So until pigs fly in the ATI driver world, if youre going linux, go nVidia, or be disapointed when youre gaming performance not only doesnt live up to the money you spent on the card, but more often than not youre games will not run longer than 30 minutes withought crashing. EDIT Ohh and thats on top of the hours it will take to configure the ATI drivers to work propers with youre specific ATI card, youre specific motherboard, and youre specific monitor. VS. the grafical interface installer that sets up the nVidia drivers compatible with all their cards, in just minutes.
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« on: April 02, 2008, 03:19:10 am »
30,000 for the rings
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« on: March 13, 2008, 01:09:35 pm »
50,000
-Cideous
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« on: February 27, 2008, 02:39:03 am »
70,000
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« on: February 27, 2008, 01:54:09 am »
50,000
-Cideous
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« on: February 26, 2008, 12:13:55 pm »
Hehe, those Gotak picture bring back memories. Like when I look at that little blue robe wearing thing with the funny looking helmet of armor II and think about my own char. I got my 9th DT, well 7th, 8th, and 9th, in the most retarded ways. Running around gathering CNR, ide see this creature over in the distance and be like... I wonder what would happen if Cid tryed to... *bang! SoulStrand!* Every single one was me, by myself, doing something stupid. So at lvl 19, with 9DTs, I decided I was only going to go out adventuring with the players I was playing with then and trusted, and I was only going to go on trips I know we could do, and I turned back and let the party go on ahead plenty of times for fear of death. And yes, I died about 7 times between 19 and 21... Im just one lucky gnome I guess.
"Ye'll be foine!"
"Look 'ere at tis!"
"Les jus' go a wee bit furter..."
"Come on ter ye sally! Les jus' look pass tis door 'ere"
"Nae lass.. ye jus' stick be'oind meh an' tings'll go roigh' foine"
When I look at these names... I realize I am the most unreliable dwarf ever.
Chongo, I laughed for nearly ten minutes when I read this post.... the gods of Layonara only know how many of those one liners Cid has been duped into, and no matter how crazy it is when you finally get out withought anyone else in the party, "ye jus' stick be'oind meh an' tings'll go roigh' foine" still seems oddly reasuring.
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« on: February 20, 2008, 02:47:22 am »
*A sweating Cideous lies against the wall of the Ft. Vehl arena. He sits opposite a training dummy he has been wailing on, and seems rather content with the destruction he has casued*
Work has been slow lately. My latest source for jobs of that sort just up and vanished, I guess I could say I expected it of her. Something I'm going to have to get used to in this buissness. Things are rarely as they seem, and dont often stay the same way for long. The key it seems is to have ears everywhere. He who can anticipate change will rise above it, and those who resist change will eventually be crushed by it.
Ive heard through some of my more seedier sources that the new bank venture known simply as The Vault is looking for some... under the table employment. Theres a steep buy in thats got me a bit suspicious its all a scam, but if its the real deal it could be my ticket to the big time...
*Well rested, and content with his line of thought, he pushes himself back to his feet, pulls a kama from its sheeth on his belt and resumes his attempt to reduce the combat dummy to splinters. *
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« on: February 15, 2008, 10:55:30 pm »
Cideous beats Pyyran +1 2/14
Cideous beats G'ork +1 2/14
Cideous beats Grohin +1 2/15
Cideous beats Shiff +1 2/15
Cideous beats Rolan +1 2/15
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« on: February 15, 2008, 12:33:13 pm »
Cideous beats Grohin +1
Cideous beats Rolan +1
Cideous beats Shiff +1
Grohin beats Rolan +1
Shiff beats Grohin +1
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« on: February 15, 2008, 12:29:40 pm »
Cideous beats Pyyran for rank
Cideous beats Shiff for rank
Cideous beats G'ork for rank
Cideous beats Grohin for rank
Cideous beats Rolan for rank
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« on: February 14, 2008, 02:32:08 pm »
Cideous beats Pyyran +1
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« on: February 14, 2008, 12:25:38 pm »
Cideous - Kama
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« on: November 27, 2007, 11:44:55 am »
80,000
Cideous
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« on: November 27, 2007, 03:35:20 am »
40,000
-Cideous
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« on: October 29, 2007, 01:09:31 pm »
*Cideous sits in a small crack, barely big enough to be called a cave nestled in the foothills of the backbone mountains. He is dutifully dusting his various pieces of clothing in soot from an armorers furnace*
It seems finding work has been as easy as waiting for it. A cold night in Ft. Mirtix turned rather profitable as a rather skilled alchamist told me a tale of a client who had voided their contract, and I assume owed her a substantial sum of money. She seemed rather intersted in hiring someone to... convince him it would be in his best interest to settle his debt. In return she offered a supply of Heal potions of the highest quality.
Such a bounty I simply could not refuse, and when she showed me her ability to conceal my own apearance the deal was done.
The job itself went smoothly enough, though the pitifull wretch played dead on me, and managed to wiggle his way into the lake he was fishing in, where he promptly drowned. Not wanting to kill him, or maybe not just yet, I had to go fetch him from the water. He did not last long afterwards, but I think we got the point acrost. And I walked away five Heal potions heavier, with more on the way.
I could get used to this, five heal potions for two hours of work. Not to bad...
*He regards his work with a thoughtfull look, and then with a last flash of inspiration he takes a small glob of grease he gathered from another furnace and smudges over all the shining gold and mithril. He nods with a certain sence of satisfaction, and dons his subdued gear*
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« on: October 20, 2007, 01:45:48 pm »
Bidding has closed, and thus Barion wins the cloak.
I shall contact you at my soonest possible convienence.
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« on: October 14, 2007, 10:13:15 pm »
150,000 Cideous
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« on: October 14, 2007, 08:34:09 pm »
100,000
-Cideous
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« on: October 05, 2007, 02:24:39 pm »
*Cideous sits on the dock in Vehl, looking out over the over the ocean. He refelcts on the recent happenings. He plays over and over again in his mind, trying to make sence of it all.*
I sit in One Eyed Harpy, watching, and waiting. People come in and out, seemingly of all types, law enforcment from the temple, and the seediest of people, the the fort itself, and from abroad. As one such fellow walks in though, I get a sort of funny feeling about him. I can quite decide what it is, bit there is something about him that is just screaming at me. So I decide to introduce myself, have a conversation.
It doesnt take much to get him talking, he seems already liqoured up, and he was drinking the wine he had like it was going bad. He was telling me about how he had just finished up a job early, and got a bonus for it. He was in town to celebrate a bit it seemed, and even through all the talking, I couldnt figure out what it was that bothered me so much about him. And then he introduced himself. Ker. Could it realy be him? No doubt it must be. No sooner did I come to this realization than he fell asleep on the table in front of me. I kept thinking, could it realy be this easy, as I drug him back to his room. Blindfolded and ties up, I waitied for him to wake. It didnt take long, and soon he was rather agitated, and definatly awake. I began with a question I knew the answer too, and when he lied I preceeded to remove a boot and sock. He ranted and raved, and even tempted me, at wich point I removed a toe. Amazingly this seemed to jog his memory a bit, as he finally remembered who I was. He then made the mistake of telling me that "Zustec" should have killed me while he had the chance. Having all the imformation i thought he would give me, and basically all I wanted, I asked him in his ear if my mother cryed like he did when he killed her, just before slitting his throught.
The whole experience left me in a kind of daze, as I wandered out of the tavern. Walking down the rows of houses I came to door that gave me that funny feeling. Surprisingly it was unlocked, overwhelmed with curiousity, I decided to go inside. And inside was curious indeed. There was a pentagram on the floor, with different colored lights at each corner, and a musterious red-haired, horned woman, a Seeress, as she called herself, who seemed as if to be waiting for me. She told me she was at least, and that she was going to help me. I dont know why I trusted her, but I did as she instructed, and relaxed in the center of the pentagramm as she wispered soft words. All the memories from long ago came into my mind again, seemingly all at the same time, and then all the memories from when my mind was not my own, clear as if I had just lived them, flooding through my mind. It seemed to cleans my mind. She then told me that Zustecs ship was in harbor still, and that I should seek him out to find the secret about the mage that has haunted me so.
And so I did, using every bit of stealth training I had recieved, everything I had practiced, I snuck abourd the vessel, up to, and behind Zustec himself. He was rather surprised when I adressed him, but his cunning drow ways soon had him spinning tales of broken slaves who return to their masters when freed. I would hear none of his foolishness, and he attacked for my intrusion. I took a blow on the arm, and returned with stunning strike, leaving him dazed and drooling. Pulling back I asked if he was ready to talk, but just as soon as he came too he swiped at me again, and so I returned blows in a flurry, untill I made my final blow, a quivering strike, it hit him squarly, but did not kill him, though he was stunned again. I kicked him to the ground, and took a position with the edge of my boot to his throat. As he awoke I demanded to know where the mage was. He played coy at first, but reluctantly motioned me closer. He gave me directions to a cave just in the foothills of the Brech mountains, just as he gave me the last bit, he stabbed at me with a dagger, with his last bit of life. I rolled out of the way just in time, as the blade cut my shirt. I had no time to examine the body, as his crew poured up from the holds below, I jumped overboard, and swam for the docks.
By the time I made it in the ship was turning to head for the harbor, so I sprinting through the fort, and into the mountains, where I easily found the cave I had been directed too. It was not at all what I was expecting though. It was more of a hermithole, flith piled in the corner, a small campfire burning, and an old man dieing of pnemonia barely clutching to life on the ground. My emotions ran wild as the image of him in my mind met with how he looked now, shriveled and dieing, not an ounce or energy left. He told me that after I had gone he failed to appease his Boss, and as a result his mind was broken. He came out to the cave to wither away for the rest of his life. What revenge is there to take on such a man. And as I said such, he breathed his last breath.
So there he lay, the object of such amazing fear and resentment, that wich haunted my dreams, and my waking mind, withered and dead, a washed up has-been. Those that murdered my parents, and set me into slavery, tortured and killed. After all these years, my mind is free at last. I can see everything clearly, before me lies a blank slate. What am I going to carve into it?
My training with Kinai has been invaluable in my quest for freedom, withought it I would surely have failed. It is obvious yet that my skills are but in their infancy, and I have a long road ahead to master what I have learned, and I have much more to learn as well.
I have the basics for the art of stealth, on witch I can train an improve myself. I think it is time to learn the basicas of slighthandedness, picking pockets, picking locks, and disarming traps. I have an extreme afinity for being dexterious, and I know I can excell in these skills, I but must learn the basics, so that I can train myself.
To what end shall I use these skills... That I do not know yet. I know they will be invaluable skills to have in and of themselves. But I sence something coming, and I must prepare myself as best I can.
*His legs dangle from the edge of the dock, his elbows on his knees, and his head on his hands. He stares out acrost the water, deep in thought*
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