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Nuntar wrote:

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You can place open gates next to closed gates without them merging.

Does this now apply to yellow gates too? Pretty please?

Sorry, no.

Will playing TCB first spoil the endings of any of them? Will it spoil JtRH?

It will definitely spoil JtRH, but it shouldn't spoil the SS's too much.

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(Interestingly, I haven't seen it mentioned on any of these threads)

No-one asked.

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eytanz wrote:

jbluestein wrote:
(Interestingly, I haven't seen it mentioned on any of these threads)

No-one asked.

Very well. Here I go.

I am about to ask a question that contains spoilers for the end of Beethro's Teacher.

Be warned.

Will TCB contain...



Josh

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jbluestein wrote:

eytanz wrote:

jbluestein wrote:
(Interestingly, I haven't seen it mentioned on any of these threads)

No-one asked.

Very well. Here I go.

I am about to ask a question that contains spoilers for the end of Beethro's Teacher.

Be warned.

Will TCB contain...

Josh

Yes. Not giving more details right now, though.

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eytanz wrote:

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Can Beethro hit orbs while his sword is sheathed?

No.

At least not normally.

What's the story justification for NPCs hitting orbs without swords, then?

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They've got tuning forks.

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mrimer wrote:
They've got tuning forks.

Will Beethro have a rather small fork (TM) when "unsworded"?

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I think Beethro is more of the Orb Hittin' Hammer type, like the Neather.

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When TCB is released (Whenever that is, of course), what will the filename of the demo be, and where will it be located on the server?

That's the only question I intend to ask in this thread.

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I second that question!

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Does a lack of Beethro's sword affect Goblin and Slayer movement?

Will SttD be released at the same time as 3.0?

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Is the element that toggles between sworded and swordless states a potion by any chance?

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My (hopefully) last question:

From the many answers, was there any of them that were meant as a joke?

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If that hadn't been asked 300 times already, I'd think you were sincere.

EDIT: I meant this to Beef Row.

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RoboBob3000 wrote:
Does a lack of Beethro's sword affect Goblin and Slayer movement?

It should, yes.

Will SttD be released at the same time as 3.0?

Highly unlikely, unfortunately.

Game on,

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Beef Row wrote:
Is the element that toggles between sworded and swordless states a potion by any chance?

Nope. It's a new type of game element, of which we have several in TCB.

Game on,

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Tim wrote:
From the many answers, was there any of them that were meant as a joke?

Sure, some of them were. They should be pretty obvious jokes though.

Game on,

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AtkinsSJ wrote:
If that hadn't been asked 300 times already, I'd think you were sincere.

EDIT: I meant this to Beef Row.

Where? I've seen questions on if there's a new potion (and that there are indeed 2 of them). And I've seen questions on the new swordless elements (revealing that there is one which toggles your sword as you are exposed to it). I haven't seen the two come together, and currently consider it a reasonable suspicion, not an oft repeated question.

Maybe I missed a diffrent thread, where answers weren't forthcoming anyway?

EDIT: collison of sorts... a reasonable but confirmed to be incorrect suspicion. I still stand by this not being a redundant question though, especially since I DID get an answer

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Do swordless Beethro is a joke?

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vittro wrote:
Do swordless Beethro is a joke?

No, it is real.

Game on,

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Does the above post is a joke?



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I really don't think Oneiromancer is joking there. I think you can take that as gospel - swordless Beethro.

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Remember, Erik talked about Swordless Beethro in the last Illumination, long before April 1st.

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True, but observe this month's contest...

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mrimer wrote:

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* So, eytanz, how's the dissertation coming?
* Which Smitemaster Selections will we want to have played, plot-wise, before playing TCB? (I haven't yet finished either Perfection or Beethro's Teacher, for instance...)

The plots of both of these are referenced in TCB.

Whoa, the plots of both eytanz's dissertation and the SS's will be referenced? I'm so looking forward to seeing Beethro fend off the Slayer with a theory of the semantics of plurals.

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It was revealed earlier that the 16-coloured-boxes thing in the bar has some kind of connection with TCB.

So... what do they mean? Colour selector for some game elements? Or maybe a picture of a new rainbow trapdoor ?

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color selector for lighting effect. Also, some other uses.

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Are the diagonal gates mentioned in the Invitation of Interest random junk or a spoiler?

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Morior wrote:
Are the diagonal gates mentioned in the Invitation of Notice random junk or a spoiler?

It's a reference to how yellow gates used to connect to each other if placed diagonally, but that was fixed in AE. So it's basically just random junk.

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Morior wrote:
Are the diagonal gates mentioned in the Invitation of Notice random junk or a spoiler?

I always figured those were in reference to how diagonally placed yellow gates would merge into one gate in AE. But somewhere around the time of JtRH, I guess the Empire figured out how to put separate yellow gates touching diagonally. So sure, if I'm right it's a spoiler, but for DROD 2.0.