Curse...

Endoperez · #1 October 2nd, 2003, 04:46 PM

I never ordered CoE, or played it much... It was fun, but it lacked so much and wasn't that good. My friends thought it was awesome though.

Anyway, what is 'The black curse'? Something to do with dopplegangers?

[EDIT: added a question)

Johan O., what did you mean with the following:
"If you want an ad hoc argument you might consider that the will of the fates is unmoveable, as King Oedipus might have told you"?

[ October 02, 2003, 15:51: Message edited by: Endoperez ]

Nerfix · #2 October 2nd, 2003, 05:05 PM

Nope, it has more to do with 15-year old necromancers...
Only the name, though...
Anyway, it would turn the target unit undead under the casters command, after the unit would be killed. As you can think, it would be a nigthmare to code...

johan osterman · #3 October 2nd, 2003, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by Endoperez:

Johan O., what did you mean with the following:
"If you want an ad hoc argument you might consider that the will of the fates is unmoveable, as King Oedipus might have told you"?

I meant it was a spur of the moment argument, devised for defending the unremovabilty of the curse, an argument that was not the original reason but constructed to shore up my position, not the original reason for the state of affairs.

Fate is often depicted in mythology as being immutable, no matter how you strive against it, the Fates is a name often used for the Godesses of fate. Oedipus is a Theban king in a greek tragedy that fate decrees is to kill his father and marry his mother. His father tries to get rid of him in order to avoid his fate but in the end Oedipus commits both acts. The same kind of depiction of the inevetabilty of fate is common in norse and greek mythology. Other greek characters that succumb to the fate of killing their fathers or grandfathers are Persues and Theseus.

[ October 02, 2003, 16:20: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

Aristoteles · #4 October 2nd, 2003, 05:42 PM

Ok, so we won't have a spell or something, what will remove curse?!?!??!
This is very annoying if you ask me.

Why? Becase it is easy to abuse this damned curse. We need some protection against it!

[ October 02, 2003, 16:42: Message edited by: Aristoteles ]

Kristoffer O · #5 October 2nd, 2003, 06:20 PM

Protection is for sissies

Aristoteles · #6 October 2nd, 2003, 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
Protection is for sissies

Nice thoughts from an Illwinter developer...This made lot of sense indeed.

Kristoffer O · #7 October 2nd, 2003, 06:24 PM