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I made a thread about a rather amusing 'feature' of the game involving an interesting use of buckets.

I'm not 100% sure it's a glitch, it seems more like an unintentional side-effect of lateral thinking on the new NPC detection system to me, but here's the thread anyway just in case it qualifies

There's a really easy way to commit crimes in this game and get away with them. You won't believe how easy it is:

- Find a bucket or pot
- Manipulate it in the air
- Put it over the NPC's head

The NPC that you do this to will not see you commit any crime.

I can't believe this actually works ...

I won't be playing the game until around 6:00pm GMT tomorrow, due to a combination of my nocturnal lifestyle (being up all night and sleeping during the day) and the fact my girlfriend pre-ordered me the game from a store within a large shopping centre (which means they can't do a midnight launch as ...

Sony wont, you dont even need to sign in to PSN just have an active internet on your PS3 but Microsoft did with Modern Warfare 2, but not 3, so if you got it, I'd play it! I just hate waiting til I can hopefully go grab it tommorow and squeeze in time to play it!

I've heard of literally one or ...

The first Guild I'll be trying is the Thieves Guild. There are two reasons:

- It was my all-round favourite in Oblivion and Morrowind
- I know exactly where they are based (unlike the others) so I know where to go :)

In case anyone else would like to try the Thieves Guild, they are located in ...

First time round, I'll more than likely walk everywhere. The whole scale of the game can be missed if you're quickly teleporting around everywhere, and with so much to see and discover the trips themselves should be highly entertaining. I'll still resort to quick travel from time to time when I'm ...

GameSpot now has it's review of Skyrim up

Wolfie wrote:Mods, I want to say your braver then I, for I would have jumped ship at the idea of having to mod this site in the weeks and months to followw, keep up the good work

You mean the quiet period when nobody's on

Quick, unobtrusive question here: what is "Red Shirt" in any of the Scandinavian languages?

:| You know, just in case I want to make a character who'll tread upon frozen lakes pet the fluffy wolves keep the dragons' bellies full test the waters before I commit to a really cool persona.

Röd ...

I'm wondering now, if the automatons are a sign there may be a third Numidium hidden in Skyrim somewhere?

Just got confirmation that I can go pick up my copy for the PS3, anyone else able to pick up the PS3 version? Do I need to wait until 11.11.11 before playing?

Console games never have 'date locks' on them like PC games do - that's because of the copyright protection mechanisms in place on the PC ...

By PS3 database I mean through the debug menu. It clears the internal file structure and rebuilds it. The database becomes cluttered when it contains refrences to data not there. It will begin to slow the XMB if left unchecked.

Are you sure that there isn't a cache, because for example, Resistance ...

Wait?!? SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!?!?! What the hell? I KNEW WE SHOULDN'T OF TRUSTED HIM!!! Honestly, if I cared about the Harry Potter universe, I'd be furious right now.
Okay, not really. Truthfully, I don't care if someone ever spoils anything, even if it's a book I'm reading, a movie I'm watching ...

Hmm. That makes me feel better. I have an oblivion ps3 copy. Graphics are actually amazing, but it does lag a bit.

Im eventually gonna buy skyrim for all platforms, just to say Iv played it on everything

Ive seen PS3 Oblivion lag after 50+ hours, but rebuilding the database and a fresh install ...

I admit that I mostly just freaking hate when people complain about spoilers. This is my own belief on the issue. Though, virtually every wiki I've ever seen did seem to be concerned about spoilers (except for ones covering extremely old topics, or Wikipedia).
As I can't say anything without ...

I know what you mean, But in Oblivion there were a few people with crowns hovering over them who could easily be replaced by any other NPC. What about shop keepers? It would be cool if they got replaced over time.

We know they do. Kill a shopkeeper, a family member inherits the shop :)

These ...

Wait!

Can he go give the info to the wiki editors, though?

Absolutely :)

That's why it's a good idea to still post the spoilers eventually. When the spoilers board arrives, post them there - Wiki editors will know that's where the best information that has been gathered accumulates. After all ...

I really wished that the Forums followed the UESPWiki's spoiler policy: "...the UESP may contain information of a nature revealing particulars concerning Elder Scrolls literature and games ("spoilers") and information deemed objectionable or offensive to certain parties, all of which the UESP ...

So this could give more freedom to the player. No more "blah blah is unconscious" that was annoying. Sometimes I just wanted to murder certain people.

Nope, that will still happen. There are always going to be 'essential' NPCs that can't be killed.

For example children, and Main Quest NPCs ...

You shouldn't be able to play it yet anyway. Or is that just on PC?

Just PC.

While some shops are allowing early purchases, the PC version requires Steam activation - which won't be available itself until the release day. Since this doesn't apply to console editions (you just put the game in and ...

Even the in-town kills could be extra npcs generated (instead of sending you to kill someone you know), for example

"Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to track down and kill ambassador <insert name> of <insert province>, he/she is there to forge an alliance with <insert hold name> and ...

He's saying the background to each kill could be randomly generated. "s/hes a noble in the court of W, X wants her dead because s/he Y'ed him and wants to Z"

Yes, I realised that. It could be done with practically any NPC (that's not essential), but since there are sure to be a mix of hand ...

That would work if they all had a randomly generated backround so it felt like there was an actual motive to each kill, rather than, "He's a bad guy and needs to be killed.".

I can't see any other way it could work. The other NPCs would surely be developed enough to the point where it simply can ...

If it helps, I've noticed that even the Bethesda forums are now being much more tolerant of spoilers. They're now allowed just as long as people post them in the right section, are thoughtful with topic titles and use spoiler tags. The only time threads that contain spoilers get closed now are when ...