User talk:TheSpectator

FG Flow Chart
Hey Spec, finished my flow chart for quest progression of the Fighters Guild. What do you think? \*\ Hellhound43 18:30, 25 December 2006 (CST)


 * Looks good, though I think the arrows need to be more pronounced. -- theSpectator talk 20:52, 25 December 2006 (CST)


 * Agreed, just wondering how to do that without screwing it all up... I'll work on it tomorrow maybe. \*\ Hellhound43 21:10, 25 December 2006 (CST)
 * EDIT:Ok I uploaded a new version of the flow chart, that better? \*\ Hellhound43 19:28, 26 December 2006 (CST)


 * Much, much better and much easier to follow through. Great job! -- theSpectator talk 04:20, 27 December 2006 (CST)

Return To Oblivion
Hey SPEC! Its Dragon of the Imperial. Yeah, I know, I haven't been here since God knows when... Tell me about any collaborations we need on articles, anything that needs a good cleaning, and anything else you might need help with. It's good to be back. Dragon of the Imperial


 * Forgive me for speaking out of place, but since I'm now an admin here too I think I have the right to order you around just like Spec ;-). If you have the Knights of the Nine add-on, you could certainly help me flesh out the quest articles here, since I probably won't get to doing them for at least a couple days yet. If not, after I'm done with the KotN I'll be working on the individual flora articles. I'm planning on describing the general area(s) where you can find the different ingredients across the outside world of Cyrodiil, and in some cases inside as well.


 * If neither of those interest you (or are too much work :P), you could also just take a look at Spec's user page or my user page then pick and choose. Welcome back by the way! \*\ Hellhound43 22:55, 2 January 2007 (CST)


 * Oh so now you're an admin too, huh? Pretty sweet. I knew there were more than one... But oh well. Yeah, I was just talking about the Knights of the Nine thing. I heard some rumors recently that if you download and use Knights of the Nine, that you lose some ability to clone or duplicate items using the 'Arrow' method. I'm not too sure about it though. I don't have any of the plug-ins (eh) but I might download them all at once, once I get 2000 Microsoft Points needed to download the plug-ins. I did some calculations, all the plugins costs a total of 1650 points... Alright man, thanks. Dragon of the Imperial


 * Oh and how do I get the timestamp? I forget.


 * Sig is ~ . Don't they offer the Knights of the Nine with all of the other plug-ins included on Xbox? Oh I also indented your reply you may notice, bugged me a bit :). As far as the PC is concerned, they fixed the whole arrow thing on the first patch that was released :/. \*\ Hellhound43 23:11, 2 January 2007 (CST)

Well, I say that if one guy aka user A goes first and doesn't indent, he won't indent at all on the whole topic whereas user B will always indent once, and continue that, and User C will indent twice and continue, etc. Well here's the thing. I have the XBOX360 version of the game, and I have a few friends who also play Oblivion (yay) and they told me it didn't work. They love to play tricks on me, and I only clone arrows, because all archers will agree on this, I eat up arrows like pancakes at a 7:00 am breakfast cafe. And as for the whole Knights of the Nine huge download, I'm not too sure, I'll have to check, because I think for the 360, you have to download separately. Dragon of the Imperial 23:18, 2 January 2007 (CST)

Oh, and I just checked, it does seem that Knights of the Nine are a completely separate download for the 360. It costs the most at 800 Microsoft Points. Dragon of the Imperial 10:24, 3 January 2007 (CST)


 * Well, if you don't want to spend 2000 points I'd say that in my opinion you can ignore the Horse Armor or Imperial Orrery plug-ins. Unless you love playing magic-oriented characters, I'd say ignore the Spell Tomes too since it has some fairly limited and at best random usefulness. \*\ Hellhound43 10:49, 3 January 2007 (CST)

Hey Spec, if you see this, give me your opinion. I want some new cars for PGR3 too you know. And also, could you tell me why my username times out and logs me out? It's kind of weird. Dragon of the Imperial 17:43, 3 January 2007 (CST)


 * Wow, I didn't check the site for a day and half or so and I lot of changes have taken place, which is great. In terms of what official plug-ins to get, I agree with Hellhound43. As for your username timing out, it's probably something with your browser or firewall settings. -- theSpectator talk 16:18, 4 January 2007 (CST)

Hey, we're all hard at work here. =D I just got all the downloads for TES4, and you were right, I really don't have much use for a set of horse armor (I travel faster at base speed than all the horses) or The Orrery. I still have only 100 points left of the 1600 I bought... ='( Guess I'll have to get some more! Thanks! Dragon of the Imperial 21:27, 4 January 2007 (CST)

Arrows
Hey Spec, is there a special page for all kind of enchanted arrows? Dragon of the Imperial 17:46, 3 January 2007 (CST)


 * Not really, though you can certainly look at the enchanted weapons page, or start an enchanted arrows page. -- theSpectator talk 16:18, 4 January 2007 (CST)

By the way, is there an "administrators" page? Dragon of the Imperial 21:11, 4 January 2007 (CST)

Never mind. =P Dragon of the Imperial 21:15, 4 January 2007 (CST)


 * Yes, see OblivioWiki:Administrators. -- theSpectator talk 02:17, 5 January 2007 (CST)

Copyright
Hey, Hellhound told me to ask you a question that i had regarding copyright issues. I have the official game guide for Oblivion, and it has lots of useful maps (cave maps, wayshrine maps etc.) that would be good on the site.

My question is this: If i scanned in some of the maps, and put them on here, what would i have to do? Just credit the authors of the guide? Thanks --Mole 01:00, 5 January 2007 (CST)


 * In general, I'd say that we can't photocopy and reprint maps or images here as it says on the first page of the guide (my cousin has the strategy guide):
 * No part of or image appearing in this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems, placed on the Internet or world wide web, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Bethesda Softworks LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * So I recommend that unless you have the express written consent of Bethesda, that you avoid photocopying or copying verbatim parts of the strategy guide. Also, the guide's copyrights are incompatible with our own license, which allows content here to be freely reproduced, shared, and altered. The maps that we have here, like those of the Imperial City districts, I screenshot and made myself. In my opinion, anything that can be readily taken off the Construction Set is okay to put here (e.g. books, quest dialogue, etc. -- theSpectator talk 01:35, 5 January 2007 (CST)

Alright, thanks for clearing that up =] --Mole 02:36, 5 January 2007 (CST)

Template
Hey Spec, do we have a template for 'page remodeling'? Also, you wouldn't happen to have a page for all the templates? --Dragon of the Imperial 18:12, 5 January 2007 (CST)


 * Yep, see Category:Templates. -- theSpectator talk 20:03, 5 January 2007 (CST)


 * I think we may need a template that says that the information needs to be accuracy-checked... --Dragon of the Imperial 18:06, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * I agree. I'll go make one as soon as I'm done editing some skills. -- theSpectator talk 18:08, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * Is there a particular way of making a template or anything? We could use a lot more templates if we needed them. --Dragon of the Imperial 18:15, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * It's just segments of code, right? --Dragon of the Imperial 18:18, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * There isn't any particular way of making templates. Sometimes it can be as simple as a line of text, such as that of Template:Stub or as complex as making tables, as in Template:Weapon level. Templates are a great thing for notices, such as Template:Merge or Template:Expand, however too many templates can make things more complex than need be, like Template:Weapon level, where there are different leveling patterns. -- theSpectator talk 18:30, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * Should I just make the template I was talking about? --Dragon of the Imperial 18:40, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * I just did at Template:Accuracy. -- theSpectator talk 18:43, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * I was thinking more along the lines of a Question mark image and the phrase, "The accuracy of this article is unknown. Please refer to the page's talk page." Whatever, but I think the image should be a question mark. --Dragon of the Imperial 18:47, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * Okay, changed the words to include "unknown." As for the image, I agree with a question mark, though I don't have one lying around :P. Haha, but feel free to create/find one, upload it, and adjust the template as necessary. -- theSpectator talk 18:52, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * Alright. I'll try to make the question mark. --Dragon of the Imperial 19:00, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * What should the dimensions be for the picture? --Dragon of the Imperial 20:32, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * I happen to have one, but I don't know how to send it. --Dragon of the Imperial 20:37, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * The dimensions don't really matter, make it as big as you want. For example here's the Template:Fac pic I made for featured article candidates, notice how it is resized int he template compared to the full image.


 * You can send the file by using the "upload file" link on the main bar at the bottom. \*\ Hellhound43 21:55, 6 January 2007 (CST)


 * Hey Spec, I uploaded the question mark at [[Image:Question mark.gif]] so put it into the template, since I can't figure it out for the life of me. And let me know if I can help with the Dremora pages because I can figure out a lot of stuff there. --Dragon of the Imperial 10:18, 7 January 2007 (CST)


 * Also, concerning the picture, it has a background, so it could use a little editing. I'm horrible at that stuff so I can't do it... Meanwhile, I'll be in the Dremora pages figuring out how to reorganize this thing. --Dragon of the Imperial 10:22, 7 January 2007 (CST)

User: Shadowstep
Origionally, when I registered, I registered as Shadowstep @ jedi.shon.ko-ber.com (an adress that I accidently let expire ((I can be lazy and forgetful at times)). Because of the expiration, I never got to activate the account so instead I set up this one. Could it be possible reclaim that account by sending the activation page to skobermail@yahoo.com (my new, current, and easier to type adress)?? If not, no prob. --Skober 10:34, 7 January 2007 (CST)


 * Sorry about that, but your other account cannot be reclaimed, at least, not in any way I know of. -- theSpectator talk 16:40, 7 January 2007 (CST)

Hand to Hand
What is that small little hand and number that comes up when you look at the Hand to Hand skill status? --Dragon of the Imperial 19:44, 7 January 2007 (CST)


 * That's the amount of damage you do unarmed. It is determined by your skill, and I think this is before it's modified by strength. \*\ Hellhound43 20:33, 7 January 2007 (CST)

Question about a Link
Would it be rude to add a link to a Dark Brotherhood page featuring some cool wallpapers?--Skober 20:54, 10 January 2007 (CST)
 * Nevermind, I'm sure it is--Skober 00:51, 11 January 2007 (CST)


 * It wouldn't be rude; it just wouldn't be appropriate. Otherwise we'll have a bunch of third-party links for random Oblivion-related pics and videos for everything else. -- theSpectator talk 03:00, 12 January 2007 (CST)

Dragonfire Castle
You're a smart fellow, and I was curious if you knew if the Dragonfire Castle mod is just a rumor or a fact?--Skober 05:15, 20 January 2007 (CST)


 * I asked about this a while back. \*\ Hellhound43 09:15, 20 January 2007 (CST)

MW upgrade
At some point this week I'm going to use OblivioWiki as a guinea pig and upgrade to MW 1.9.0 and make a couple other changes (not that I expect anything to go wrong). I guess I'll do it on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. The wiki should be down for less than half an hour, possibly only minutes. I could come up with a more exact time if you care. --Fyren 21:22, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * Sure, no problem. No need for an exact time, since it'll be fairly brief. -- theSpectator talk 22:47, 21 January 2007 (CST)

Done. Let me know if anything's wrong using my GWiki talk page. The ads might be different, I copied over the current stuff from GWiki's skin that Gravewit did. --Fyren 02:40, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * Oh, and here are the release notes for 1.8 (since we were at 1.7.1) and for 1.9. The most noticable changes are that edit summaries are sometimes autogenerated when left blank and recentchanges shows how many bytes were changed for each edit.  --Fyren 02:44, 24 January 2007 (CST)


 * Awesome. Thanks, Fyren. -- theSpectator talk 21:45, 24 January 2007 (CST)

Ban Tool
Is there some sort of server issue going on? I tried to block this douchebag earlier and I kept getting an internal server error. Go ahead and do so if I don't do it by the time you read this. I was going to block him indefinitely but then I'm in a bad mood right now. Check his contributions for proof of his vandalism. \*\ Hellhound43 14:30, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * That's funny. I wait a week to upgrade to 1.9.0, do it, and then the next morning they release 1.9.1 including a fix for upgrading from 1.7 or earlier.  It's fixed.  --Fyren 16:33, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * This idiot needs to be shot. Maybe what he's talking about needs to be done to him... give him a taste of his own medicine. Which reminds me, I won't be around for the next 2 months or so to help out with the Dremora page. I got school coming down over my head, and I got Tae Kwon Do tournaments coming up. Hope you guys can manage without me. =) --71.228.32.92 22:57, 1 February 2007 (CST)
 * Sorry, that IP address is mine. --Dragon of the Imperial 22:58, 1 February 2007 (CST)
 * Thanks for the notification, and I'm sure we will make do ;). Good luck. \*\ Hellhound43 23:08, 1 February 2007 (CST)

DOOM 64
Hey sup yeah I'm the noob here glad to see all thoughs countless hours playing oblivion have paid off.Hope I don't cause u guys to much trouble .quick question which quest is the giant slaughter fish in?Will it respawn Go to Gamespot.com for a monster load of pc cheats big helper.You should also put in a spell check.Dude I'm sure you can get the stone early I've done it before it stays in your inventory until you get to that part of the quest.


 * It is Arrow of Extrication, one of the later Thieves Guild quests. -- theSpectator talk 00:35, 28 January 2007 (CST)


 * I'm not sure if it'll respawn. Possibly, since it really isn't related to any quest. -- theSpectator talk 00:39, 28 January 2007 (CST)

Another copyright discussion
Sorry to bother you about this... again, but being the copyright dunce that I am take a look over at Talk:Fame and Infamy. To no surprise the table on the page was copied from UESP, so I gather that it isn't a problem but I thought I'd make sure you know about it just in case. \*\ Hellhound43 22:01, 28 January 2007 (CST)


 * Actually, I saw it when it was first put it, and almost reverted it back to before. However, I have been working on a Fame and Infamy table for each faction and for side quests, so I figured that when I finally finish (or mostly finish), I'll remove it completely and replace it, or heavily change it anyway. Personally, I prefer avoiding copying directly, even though it may be allowed. I've attributed the table to their site. -- theSpectator talk 00:13, 29 January 2007 (CST)

Specialty logo
Maybe if you work really hard ANet will actually grant you specialty fansite status! Anyway, anonymous users will probably still see it for a while since they get cached pages. --68.142.14.68 00:41, 8 February 2007 (CST)
 * Awesome, thanks. -- theSpectator talk 01:01, 8 February 2007 (CST)

Redirect?
Hey Spec - how do I make a redirect page? As in, make The Nibenay Valley go to the Nibenay Valley article? I tried to figure it out with Wikipedia's help, but I got as far as and my head started bleeding. andy 18:10, 15 February 2007 (CST)


 * LOL, it took me a while to get it right too :). All you have to do is put in the following code:
 * #REDIRECT Nibenay Valley
 * And that's it. Wikipedia does have quite a wealth of head-imploding info doesn't it, and yet I still can never find what I'm looking for. xD. \*\ Hellhound43 18:35, 15 February 2007 (CST)