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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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[quote="Nuriko"]I would have to say that the images used in Melissa/SP's interactions are Christianity heavy. (I was raised/baptised as American Baptist but since then I have gone to learn and ...
 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:25 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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Wildly off-topic
Ahlan wasahlan, Kali.
[quote="Kali"] First, let's begin with the assumption that animals do not have souls. As you'll see, this may be presumptuous, but this is the p...
 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:16 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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[quote="Dragonrider"]Also in an out of game point of view, Bungie has been known to throw in rampant amounts of religious mythology and references in their games, for no apparent reason, like the 7's ...
 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:06 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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| I got one. You're forgetting that Arab does not always = Muslim...[Lebanese Christians]...Further, dietary prohibitions, although often codified by religion, exist without religion. |
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 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:13 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
Replies: 56
Views: 16044
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(cont'd)
[quote]Regardless of the religion used, it's not too odd for anything from the Pentatuch ending up in the ARG...all three religions look at this as gospel (Pharoah's dream, the flood).[/qu...
 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:35 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
Replies: 56
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Disclaimer for everyone: This is slightly [OT]. And it's long.
Disclaimer for SuperJerms: I'm going to argue with you. Please do not take it personally. If we were sitting at my kitchen tabl...
 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:31 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] Io canto per Melissa
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Phaedra
Replies: 11
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My evidence is sketchy, but here's another thing that makes me think they're listening:
I just listened to the recording of hmrpita's rescue of the SP. And it occurs to me that everyone in the "Gu...
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:53 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] Io canto per Melissa
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Phaedra
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| from a purely [META] perspective, I think she's a classicaly trained voice actress who knows several performance pieces. She was no slouch singing Stormy Weather, mind you. |
Anyone wh...
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:35 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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| Did I ever tell you how much I love reading your posts? |
<Blush>
Thanks. I generally assumed that everyone had decided I was an insufferable windbag by now.
[quote]The relig...
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:31 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
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(cont'd)
3. The scene with the Castaway brings up another point regarding Melissa's emotions. There seems to actually be a hint of romantic longing in that encounter.
I wonder what would hap...
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:21 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] SP references, AI personalities, etc.
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Phaedra
Replies: 56
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I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I couldn't find an existing thread where it seems to fit.
[quote]Yes, they prepared it in the Phase 2 Operator's Monologue, the passage in whi...
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:20 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] Io canto per Melissa
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Phaedra
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| Did you sing "Voi che sapete"? because I sang "Der Vogelfanger bin Ich ja" and Melissa played me back "Voi che sapete". |
Alas, I was not one of the fortunate few who got a live call....
 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:45 pm
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Topic: [info?] [spec?] Sing to me!
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Phaedra
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I was all set to sing. Even with my cold. I even *practiced*! (Well, okay, so I sang it through twice.)
But there was no bee-lovin' goodness for me. Just a recording.
Earlier in the thread, ...
 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:05 pm
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Topic: [PUZZLE] Guide the Sleeping Princess home
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Phaedra
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| 12 points on the STAR of David. |
Mazel tov! Good work.
Unfortunately, since she's free now, we won't know for sure if the pattern held. But it's a good idea to be on the lookout...
 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:56 pm
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Topic: [SPEC] Io canto per Melissa
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Phaedra
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something against writing God?
I've seen it before... still have no idea why people say G-d... |
Maybe I should have explained, since this isn't a religion forum. Then again, I jus...
 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:24 pm
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