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You might want to move this to the Creative Projects board. I don't have any real opinions on the book (dystopian future stuff isn't really my cup of tea), but you might get more feedback there.

Any of the Starburst jelly bean flavors. Those things are amazing.

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Holy crap that was awesome! That picture looks freaking amazing, too! We are such a badass! We kinda stuffed it up at the end but considering the circumstances and that it was our first try we were great!

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Quote from: Worldmaster27 on April 23, 2015, 04:49:24 pm

Awake.

Also, hope you don't awake to something hostile.

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+1. Life, eh?

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Here's for not dying!

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Yay, update!

+1 AWAKEN!

Quote from: Araph on April 23, 2015, 05:38:38 pm

One other thing to consider is competing mods. Suppose the Unofficial Elder Scrolls patch was monetized. How many seconds do you think it would be before someone starts working on an identical (and free) patch? In 'vital' (ish) cases, the community will regulate itself.

I did a quick search for copyright information, and found something halfway down the FAQ for that particular mod:
http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3581-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-project/
In a nutshell, they assert they have copyright on their bugfixes and don't allow people to edit and release their work.  Apparently people were fixing things that weren't broken, and the original USP team were getting a lot of misleading bug reports from those repackaged releases.

I don't see why a mod author wouldn't be able to enforce copyright on their code, under whichever license they released under.

I might not have said that quite clearly. What I mean is that modders will take note of the bugs fixed and create an entirely new mod that serves the same purpose.

One other thing to consider is competing mods. Suppose the Unofficial Elder Scrolls patch was monetized. How many seconds do you think it would be before someone starts working on an identical (and free) patch? In 'vital' (ish) cases, the community will regulate itself.

Actually, a sort of "suggested donation" type setup could be created, with the modder putting up both a paid and free version. Preferably identical, but not necessarily so I guess. That'd be at their discretion of course, but it's an idea.

I think there's a pay-what-you-want option. For popular mods, that definitely seems like the best choice.

I'm guessing a lot of modders will be against it too.

Also, paying $0.99 for a sword in Skyrim? Practically nobody's going to pay that. The shit will pile up in its little corner of the Steam workshop while the good stuff (i.e. mods that are basically expansions in terms of the content they provide) will be worth it.

To compound that, valve takes 75% of profits and nodders take 25%.

THAT, however, is very fucked up. Are you sure it's Valve who's taking 75%? Or does that include the IP owner's cut? I would have assumed Valve would go with their standard 30% cut, which (while still unpleasant) is at least on-par with what's considered normal (iTunes and the Apple store take a similar percentage, most game engine licenses take a similar percentage, etc.).

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I think going North through the deer trail is our best bet, at this point. If there's a road, it's probably one of the safer places in the forest. The deer trail itself is risky, though...

Unfortunately, I do agree with this. It may be best to stick with the threats we (sort of...) know rather than potentially kicking a beehive of hostile creatures and this crazy dude guy chasing(?) us. If we can get past him, we'll make it to the road and, if we're lucking, find a good-guy patrol or hunters or something.

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It looks like your best bet is to head back to the road. It'd be a lot safer than gallumphing through the forest and hoping to find the village more quickly. Deer path it is, then.

Or...


Or...

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Quote from: Worldmaster27 on April 16, 2015, 09:51:02 pm

Quote from: flameboy99 on April 16, 2015, 09:15:25 pm

I think going North through the deer trail is our best bet, at this point. If there's a road, it's probably one of the safer places in the forest. The deer trail itself is risky, though...

Unfortunately, I do agree with this. It may be best to stick with the threats we (sort of...) know rather than potentially kicking a beehive of hostile creatures and this crazy dude guy chasing(?) us. If we can get past him, we'll make it to the road and, if we're lucking, find a good-guy patrol or hunters or something.

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-1. Not because of your reasoning - which I agree with - but rather because you're forgetting one crucial detail: we're a ★WIZARD★!!!

Draw a runic circle on the ground and one on the map. Stand inside the ground circle, activate it, and stay on it as it flies to the point on the map (having incorporated its flight instructions into the design). Flying rock platform ho!

EDIT: We're unlikely to fall off anyways because everyone knows elves are super agile.

EDIT2: Action description length cut down for simplicity and ease of reading.

If we can do this....

Yus.

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Or we could make some magic.

You've never made a floating platform, but you're sure you can manage thanks to the unparalleled flexibility of your geometrism. It'll take some time, though, which you may not have.

You frantically begin scratching runes into the ground, weaving together a spell to hold your platform in the air. Mentally tracking each variable and factor, you sympathetically bind your map to the earth and the earth to the rift, drawing crackling motes of power to bear.

A bestial roar interrupts your preparations. The snapping and tearing of undergrowth echoes through the trees, drawing closer at an astounding rate. No time for second-guessing; it's time to take to the skies in your untested, jury-rigged contraption of magic and dirt. As a wise man once said, sometimes you have to run before you can walk.



IT WORKS

IT WOOORRRRRKS

AH HA HA HA HA HA uh oh.

The hunter bursts through the trees. His hands, arms, and face are coated with blood, and you don't think it's his. Lifting your hands, you direct your platform skywards, and the dirt circle heaves itself upwards. Just as you think you made it out of his reach, the crazed man leaps inhumanly high and grabs the edge of the platform, but the violent rift energies holding you aloft arc between the dirt and his chest in a flash of purple, throwing him backwards and away. Destabilized, the platform shudders. You don't have long left before it falls apart.

You steer yourself northwards at a staggering velocity, veering right to follow the path towards the village. The wind rushes past you, the first light of dawn crests the horizon behind you, the trees whip by under you. The little rational corner of your brain notes that it's quite exhilarating.

A rumble from beneath you steals your attention. The glowing runes at your feet flicker and fade one by one, unleashing the previously contained rift as your platform crumbles. For one terrifying moment, everything falls silent before the earth detonates in a flash of purple light, and you fall...


And fall...

Branches cut across you as you tumble down. Time seems to slow to a crawl before -