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"reborn rolla" <zzrollazz@King2.com> wrote in message 
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> "MosNot"  wrote:
>> "reborn rolla" <zzrollazz@King2.com> wrote in message 
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>>> "MosNot"  wrote:
>>>> "reborn rolla" <zzrollazz@King2.com> wrote in message
>>>>> Hours do you play Thief or it's fan missions? I play about 3 hours a 
>>>>> day average. On weekends about 8 hrs. a day. Only the good missions 
>>>>> though.
>>>> Can't answer........busy playing Oblivon....
>>>  Never heard of that game. When did it come out? Is it sort of like 
>>> Thief?
>> Oops, was so intense on playing, I misspelled "Oblivion"
>> Graphics are pretty intense, but adjustable for older
>> cards.  If you played Morrowind, it's by the same people.
>> Part of The Elder Scrolls.
>> They also have the expansion pack "Shivering Isles"
>> Skills build the more you use them.  And about anyone
>> can also cast some magic.
>> I'm playing a character that's a thief, birthsign "thief".
>> You can sneak, steal, etc.  But if you get caught, you
>> go to jail.
>> People have gone nuts making mods.  Some good, some.....
>> well not so good.   Right now, the main site with the mods
>> is down.  Has been for about 5 days.  This is the news and
>> information place for the game:
>> http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page
>>
>> For mods (the one that's down right now)
>> http://www.tessource.net/files/
>> Really good mods: Thievery in the Imperial City, The Lost Spires,
>> Zealots of the Nine.  Plus a boat load of smaller ones.
>> There are mods to make the guards in each city different,
>> cheat mods, portable homes, clothing, weapons, races, some
>> to enhance the scenery,....just about anything you can think of.
>> Oh, there's even a mod "Thief's arsenal" that had to be done
>> by a Thief player/FM maker.  The salesperson is named Basso,
>> and he has gas and water arrows.
>> In the game you can, but don't have to, join the thief's guild,
>> the fighter's guild, or the mage's guild.  Each have quests for
>> you to do.  Plus there are quests given to you by NPCs.
>> If you murder a person, you get a visit by the Dark Brotherhood
>> and can join the assassin's guild.
>> Horses to ride, things to fight.  More a regular RPG type game,
>> but I am having fun thieving.
>> Right now, I'm a bit soured on the FMs of late.  Seems more a
>> contest to have new textures, monsters, and Tomb Raider type
>> stuff than Thief with a good story line and action.  So I've put
>> Thief on the back burner for awhile.....blah, blah,blah....
>> Anyway, you might want to take a look at the info link.
>
>  Ok I checked this game out by online reviews. Looks like a good one. By 
> all the Thief inspirations in it were there some original Thief creators 
> involved in the making of it? As for new Thief fan missions, have you 
> tried the Bathory one? It's pretty good but the ending was too brief. Best 
> missions were the ones by Christine and Andrea Allotti and Istan Varga.

Bathory doesn't ring a bell.  As per Christine, one of the best FM makers.
People at work (that I have made "thief aware") affectionally refer to her
as "the doughnut lady" because of the pastries in her FMs.
Allotti and Varga.....enjoyed their FMs.  They are on my list of play again.
About Oblivion....doubts are thief creators involved, but Thief was sure
to have influienced it some, either by game, or Thief fans that have made
mods for it.
Picking locks is interesting.  There are levels of difficulties and you have 
to
knock the pins up and lock them in place.  It's a matter of timing....goof 
and
you break a lockpick.  When you run out of picks....too bad.
The game's been out about 10 months, so price should be lower than the
$45 I paid for it.