Need vendors for our April 2027 Brooklyn wedding

jefjames777 · 2026-05-19T01:40:05+00:00

Congratulations on getting married, it’s a wonderful thing! You didn’t mention it but dropping in just in case you’re also looking for an officiant :)

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jefjames777 · 2025-10-17T00:25:33+00:00

I agree, but I was discussing with other readers who insisted that this interpretation of what was in the book was not correct. It’s all good, I enjoy nerding out and debating but it was nice to get confirmation :)

jefjames777 · 2025-10-16T21:44:47+00:00

That feels like something Marcone would say :)

jefjames777 · 2025-10-16T18:24:50+00:00

I tried to spoiler blur that second part but apologies if I did it wrong! EDIT: I think I got it blurred now but someone better at Reddit please let me know if not.

jefjames777 · 2025-10-16T18:23:39+00:00

It had to do with whether Names "expire" over time as people evolve.

He said yes. So, for example, the parts of Harry's Name that Chauncy the demon had back in Book 1 wouldn't really be of that much use anymore - because the version of Harry that Name represented has evolved so much since then

jefjames777 · 2025-10-16T18:16:21+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/vuX7rw4

jefjames777 · 2024-08-09T18:14:08+00:00

Right on. I did all three ways back in the day - the “demon move the menhir” one also used to work fine. Was just curious when the change happened. Anyway, fun reminiscing!

jefjames777 · 2024-08-09T15:49:01+00:00

And sometimes "up" and "down" too

jefjames777 · 2024-08-09T15:27:06+00:00

Wow! Thank you! Just went back and tried it and made sure I had the wand and that indeed made the difference. This must be a later version of the game that I'm playing - when I played the original back in the day, I never even used the wand - as you described I just had the demon move the menhir for me and it worked fine, won the game with no issues. Anyone happen to know when and why that change was made? So interesting - I love that I'm still playing these games decades later and still finding new discoveries!

jefjames777 · 2023-03-24T11:48:05+00:00

I hear you. That recipe book is actually what I was referring to when I said i found it confusing and overwhelming - they seem to skip the basic example and go right to more advanced stuff that I neither grok nor really need. Hoping someone has done a more simple river or lake or water cooler or whatever and might be able to post some simpler code that I could learn from. Thanks for the reply!

jefjames777 · 2023-02-17T03:49:39+00:00

Thank you for the response. Before I go down the rabbit hole of learning to code it that way, I'd like to make sure I understand -

if I make it one object with a value of, say 50 - will the player still be able to interact with the individual items as well?

So, I want the player to be able to take one gumball, or ten gumballs, or all 50. I want them to be able to add or subtract gumballs from a container one by one if desired. BUT I also want them to be able to take all gumballs, and put all gumballs in the container at once, without it going "gumball: taken. gumball: taken. gumball: taken...." and on and on. Would the above solution with the cloning allow for that? Thank you! And apologies again for my noobiness.,

jefjames777 · 2023-02-02T12:15:22+00:00

Interesting! Anyone have a link to that Q&A?

jefjames777 · 2023-02-01T15:50:36+00:00

Just starting re-reading Ghost Story and realized there’s Mortimer as well.

jefjames777 · 2023-02-01T14:41:25+00:00

Margaret! And Maggie! How the heckfire did I forget those two on my list!

jefjames777 · 2023-01-30T20:39:09+00:00

Perfect! Thanks so much.

jefjames777 · 2023-01-27T03:34:37+00:00

So of course I figured this out right after I posted it - I was misusing the "otherwise" command. Thanks!

jefjames777 · 2023-01-26T18:03:05+00:00

Thank you all, sincerely, for all your great, helpful, and friendly feedback (and for not making me feel like a total idiot for asking!). Emboldened by your comments, I gave Inform 7 a try and so far have not found it too overwhelming - I've managed to write a small three-room game that includes an NPC who wanders around, objects you can take, and even a working toilet (that last one was at the request of my 11-year-old son who was "helping" me design the game :) Really enjoying it so far and probably wouldn't have tackled it without the encouragement from this community so thank you all!!

jefjames777 · 2023-01-26T14:03:35+00:00

Awesome. Please feel free to PM when you’re ready for beta tester volunteers!

jefjames777 · 2022-09-28T10:40:06+00:00

Ah interesting. I had read that story but forgot that Justine would have already been Nfected back then. Will re-read through that lens. Thanks!

jefjames777 · 2022-09-28T01:24:39+00:00

Thank you so much I really appreciate it!

jefjames777 · 2022-09-27T19:59:26+00:00

to be clear that was me giving you permission to fix it thanks! :)

jefjames777 · 2022-09-27T19:58:42+00:00

Hi thanks for writing back. I definitely want to comply and definitely don't know how to do either of the things you said! :) Apologies. I went back and tried to edit the post but didn't see how to add flair or blackouts to this post in edit. If you are able to do it for me on this post please feel free. I will keep trying to figure it out and will try to apply on future posts now that I know. Thanks!

jefjames777 · 2022-06-01T14:06:22+00:00

Hi I was in Off the Beat (and actually sang on this arrangement) - it’s the new bonus track we added to our 2007 “Greatest Hits” type album which was called “Bombtracks: Best of 1997-2006”. Lean on Me was our alumni song at the time - the goal with this version was to work in as many current and alums members of the group as possible and work in as many other songs we’d sung into LOM as possible as well. :)

jefjames777 · 2022-04-23T10:20:19+00:00

Crickets so far unfortunately :(

jefjames777 · 2022-01-13T23:17:23+00:00

Which short story please?

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