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"Insane Ranter" <whoo@hooo.me> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>"Xocyll" <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in message
>news:iidt80h24g7nffejv2k5a58qhn7f7ii7qd@4ax.com...
>> "Insane Ranter" <whoo@hooo.me> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>> >
>> >"Sloth" <dave@sloth.plus.com> wrote in message
>> >news:GYxjc.35491$h44.5229300@stones.force9.net...
>> >>
>> >> "Michael Anderson" <txa1265@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:c6m7tf$del4k$1@ID-102346.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> >> > "Barry Scott Will" <nwn**JUNK**@cavecreations.net> wrote in message
>> >> > news:Cexjc.42693$GR.5972836@attbi_s01...
>> >> > > Brian wrote:
>> >> > > > Actually, I Was in the store picking up a copy of NWN the other
>day
>> >> when
>> >> > I
>> >> > > > saw a game on the shelf that says its based on the D&D 3.5 rules.
>> >> Anyone
>> >> > > > tried it yet? I can't even remember the name of it. Although I do
>> >> recall
>> >> > it
>> >> > > > allows you to have more than one PC in the party.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Probably "Temple of Elemental Evil". Have not played it myself.
>Rumour
>> >> > > has it the pathfinding is awful. I do note it seems to have fallen
>to
>> >> > > the bargain bin very fast...
>> >> >
>> >> > I have it - got it for pretty cheap 'new in box' on eBay. I
>installed
>> >and
>> >> > tried to play it. It is pretty nice looking, but I thought I read
>the
>> >> > manual decently and didn't see how to cast spells ... so I stopped
>> >playing
>> >> > (OK, that was a total of ~1 hour including install and character
>> >> creation).
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I bought it as soon as it came out - in fact I got the full download
>from
>> >> fileplanet, buying it online. What follows is just my personal opinion
>of
>> >> course....
>> >>
>> >> I *really* wish I had waited for a demo, then played that first, then I
>> >> wouldn't have bothered buying it
>> >>
>> >> It looks good, but was as buggy as hell
>> >
>> >How do you know how buggy hell is?
>>
>> Hey, one of Satan's names is "Lord of the Flies", that ought to be a
>> good clue.
>
>Flies aren't bugs
Bug is a colloquial term for insect and a fly certainly is an insect.
The term "bug" for problems in software and hardware traces back to
finding actual insects.
See the Jargon Dictionary:
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/b/bug.html
Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr