An old Newbie ;)

Truper · #1 February 2nd, 2005, 09:35 PM

I'd be willing to bet most anything that Norfleet would be incapable of disguising his personality for very long. Whether or not his forum and IRC channel persona was the "real" Norfleet or not (meaning an accurate reflection of his real life persona) is nearly irrelevant. His behavior, while it might be described in any number of ways (which I'm not about to get into), was too consistent for too long for him to disguise it easily.

Norfleet · #2 February 3rd, 2005, 04:20 AM

Bah. I am gone for 6 months, and still the wild speculations about my whereabouts persist. I hide nothing. I don't even have Dominions II installed. I am quite and thoroughly finished with this game, having struck the game from the hard drive 5 months ago. I have no desire to play it, I am not hiding anywhere, and I am quite satisfied with my commitments elsewhere. In fact, I'm only on this board system at all for other non-Dominions II games. MAYBE I'll be around for Dominions III. Maybe. This is doubtful.

I will make the following statements before I leave.
1. I continue to deny having deliberately cheated. I have made and used no programs for hacking Dominions II at any point in time. I concede, however, that the bulk of evidence is against this, and certainly cannot produce proof to the contrary, nor do I have any interest in wasting my time further with this matter. I am finished with Dominions II for the forseeable future.
2. I deny plagiarizing any of my viewpoints. It is entirely true that the proverbs I use to express those viewpoints are, in fact, often the creations of others. Mostly, I hear them from other people and agree with them. It's really that simple.

And last but not least, if you really want to know who my alternate identity on the board is, the answer is that I am Gandalf. Isn't it shocking? I've been giving you all these hints all this time, and yet you still don't get it. Well, there it is. I'm Gandalf. No more speculations.

I'm outta here.

Gandalf Parker · #3 February 3rd, 2005, 10:21 AM

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And last but not least, if you really want to know who my alternate identity on the board is, the answer is that I am Gandalf. Isn't it shocking? I've been giving you all these hints all this time, and yet you still don't get it. Well, there it is. I'm Gandalf. No more speculations.

Heehee. Not all that far fetched. If I did have another login it would come off of a completely different IP than this one (I have half a dozen which have nothing in common on a traceroute). And it would exist because I needed to be someone very different than "Gandalf Parker". My personae is one I cherish so if I wanted to play like Norfleet I would have wanted to do it from another name.

Actually one of the few needs Ive felt is not for this forum but there are some where "Gandalf Parker" cannot seem to ask newbie questions or even make suggestions without getting instantly razzed so... Hmmm I wont comment further on that.

Endoperez · #4 February 3rd, 2005, 12:41 PM

Now THAT makes me paranoid...

Alneyan · #5 February 3rd, 2005, 01:01 PM

*In the best Shodan impersonation* Do not fret Endoperez, we are here to protect you. Now, if you would be so kind as to proceed to the First Level Conditioning Lecture? Trust us.

Graeme Dice · #6 February 3rd, 2005, 01:04 PM

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1. I continue to deny having deliberately cheated.

Which is bull****, but that's to be expected coming from you.

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I concede, however, that the bulk of evidence is against this, and certainly cannot produce proof to the contrary, nor do I have any interest in wasting my time further with this matter.

Of course. :roll: You just magically had 4000 gems worth of equipment by turn 20.

Ironhawk · #7 February 3rd, 2005, 04:48 PM

As amusing as it was to have this thread somehow magically summon norfleet back from the ether realms for his parthian shot...

I do want to point out that it is quite odd how people really can't seem to let go of the subject. You do realize that Norfleet had basically nothing to do with this original thread post, don't you? PirateIAm is probably scratching his head in astonishment at the responses.

I for one am happy to just forget Norfleet and all his crimes, moving on with our own games and lives.

#8 February 3rd, 2005, 05:02 PM

The fact that he posted here proves that he regularly watches/posts on these boards.

Pirateiam · #9 February 3rd, 2005, 09:07 PM

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As amusing as it was to have this thread somehow magically summon norfleet back from the ether realms for his parthian shot...

I do want to point out that it is quite odd how people really can't seem to let go of the subject. You do realize that Norfleet had basically nothing to do with this original thread post, don't you? PirateIAm is probably scratching his head in astonishment at the responses.

I for one am happy to just forget Norfleet and all his crimes, moving on with our own games and lives.

Ummmmmm yes I am scratching my head. This was not the purpose of this thread at all.

Are there any Mods that are recommended and which are being played on multi? The last favorite map was Karan when I played. What is the popular one now? Any other server hosting other than modehansen?........tries to get thread back on topic.

Ironhawk · #10 February 3rd, 2005, 09:13 PM

Yes pirate, there are. I posted this a bit further up in the thread but it got overwhelmed by the Norfleet frothing....

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Getting back to Pirate's original question tho:
As far as I know, not much has changed in terms of gameplay. Some of the patches have changed the values of certain pretenders (the VQ point increase comes to mind). Additionally, Zen has released a series of great Balance Mods (pretenders, spells, scales) which significantly alter pretender choices and research.

So, there you go. Zen's mods are the most popular that I have seen. Dunno about maps. Strangely I seem to end up on Aran a lot just cause I play games with fewer people and it just works out spacewise. I think there were a couple of big games on the Faerun map.

I think mosehausen closed up shop a bit ago? Could be mistaken about that. I belive that Reverend Zombie hosts a handful of games. Also, I'm an admin on Sheap's server and willing to host games there for anyone who wants them.

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Ummmmmm yes I am scratching my head. This was not the purpose of this thread at all.

Are there any Mods that are recommended and which are being played on multi? The last favorite map was Karan when I played. What is the popular one now? Any other server hosting other than modehansen?........tries to get thread back on topic.