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Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: Schigum on January 16, 2007, 07:41:44 AM

Hi,
maybe it's just a problem with the language, cause both are translated with "Gift", but I looked them up without finding a real difference in the meaning, but differences in the usage of the words. So what are the effects making them different?

Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: Jez on January 16, 2007, 09:00:51 AM

In DB; venom can be fired at another bot using a -3 shot. vloc is the memory location in the other bot it will affect and venval is the value that you set this location to.

Poison is automatically fired if your bot is hit by a -1 shot, ploc is the memory location in the other bot it will affect and it will set the value of that location to 0

It's a bit like a venomous snake biting you or a poisonous toad that makes you sick if you bite it!

In the real world venom is a particular type of poison so I'm not suprised it didn't translate very well.  

Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: Schigum on January 16, 2007, 10:57:15 AM

Active/Passiv...
Sometimes it's just too obvious  

Thanks

Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: Testlund on February 01, 2007, 06:59:41 AM

Quote from: Schigum

Hi,
maybe it's just a problem with the language, cause both are translated with "Gift", but I looked them up without finding a real difference in the meaning, but differences in the usage of the words. So what are the effects making them different?

So it's 'gift' in German too, like in Swedish?   I've been wondering about that too.

By the way, gift in Swedish both means poison and married. Hehe

Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: Schigum on February 02, 2007, 10:47:42 PM

Well, I had big problems in school when I started to learn english with the words: "gift" (english) and "Gift" (german).
I wasn't able to see the link between poison and a present...

Title: Venom <-> Poison
Post by: EricL on February 02, 2007, 10:57:52 PM

Quote from: Schigum

I wasn't able to see the link between poison and a present...

You've obviously never had my wife's Christmas cookies...