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I think I'll stay out the whole piracy definition thing (although my view is that it is in the end stealing to some extent). I don't think you can stop piracy completely but it is possible to neglect it's main effect of lowering sales: - As mentioned, the good ol' CD-Key for multiplayer; heaps of games now are just full-on multiplayer, or boring otherwise. (I reckon this is the cheapest and effective way; seemed to work for Half-Life/Counter-Strike) - Some of the new systems like uhhh...Securom something or StarForce something, are apparently starting to work much better (at least getting impatient people to buy games) - Lower the price, although some people won't want to pay anything at all.

I wouldn't believe anything that came out of Kreia's mouth (even if the writers made her tell the truth at the end).

Hopefully people won't end up putting your whole message in a massive quote box . Yes, true, but you have to remember that newbs and "less socially advanced" people like me (see, I'm getting less self critical already by not just saying it's me even if it may well be " ) won't have the experience and they will fear (like I still do to some extent even after ur advice/experience) the alternative cos I don't know. I went to an Boys School which probably has meant I have ended up isolating myself a lot more. I would think even nervous kids going to a co-ed school would get much more comfortable around the opposite gender simply cos they're around all the time so they'll get much more experience than me cos they're forced to learn it. I had the choice (which at the time you're glad you have) I'm not too sure about the whole idolizing thing, but yeh, in the end another "she can do better than me" type of thing. Hey does this apply in from the other view point as well? Do some women feel like there's something wrong with themselves cos they aren't having much success either? Like they go and make themselves a better person (a good thing) but because of that even less guys will approach her cos they all think she'll be too good or "must" have a boyfriend already?

heh, you've obviously tested the Friendship <-> Relationship transitions and I take it you'd be convinced you can only go one way... Also sounds like the times you risked it, it was also a bit of a guess hey. Not only risk whether it would work but whether it was any chance at all...not bad.

I'd be concerned if someone's wife/husband was not their best friend....

unless you cheat or something it's impossible to HK-47 because when you're on Telos surface you don't even have your ship yet. btw, the whole factory was cut because it's not finished so it wouldn't matter.

Here's a place where you can see the Pigeon one: http://www.jugglingcats.com/video/pigeon_ad1.htm I didn't think the cat one was very funny though - that's like super-evil...

I don't have any descriptions that a girl should match like Blank has described. Well don't get me wrong, we all have preferences and stuff but I can't say if I would attracted to a female version of myself (don't confuse with negative attraction). Overall with the whole friendship thing though, I would probably be more towards making friendships and just not actively look for a relationship, rather than making a friendship with the goal of a relationship where from like very early on you've decided to try and get somewhere with her.

It's like looking into a mirror ...although I'm probably more "she could do better than me" rather than not having at all.

This is a toughie... The only thing I can think of atm are possible admin restrictions. Do you have access to read/edit system folders like the Windows directory?

Unless you're like going for an internet friendship/relationship does it really matter? All the suggestions and contributions people have made all seem quite proper to me - most of it is gender independent anyway cos it's all common sense stuff. Like "go and explore your own interests first"; that could've come from a man or woman and it wouldn't mean anything different be any less sincere.

come on...back to it " Although I don't have those "principles" I do have one common thing with that guy and that is I usually won't go starting conversations (in 1-on-1 case) unless like I want a bit of help with something, usually just Uni work or something. Now it's definitely not a principle of mine; it's just a confidence thing which we've already talked heaps about. This is probably more into general people skills now but I do try to keep conversations going and I have made a few bad jokes over the times but it manages to keep it going. Now with the whole staring thing that's just weird. Uhh, not too sure what I'd do cos it's never happened but I'm pretty sure I won't just stare back. If it's like pretty far away then I probably would just end up "getting back to work", again cos of confidence. If it's like on the same or adjacent table (lol, where are we..?) then I would probably ask what she's thinking, depending on the expression. you insulted my imaginary friend !. Well I'm not sure if I said this before but I'm a Uni student too; 20, 3rd Year Computer Engineering/Science (out of 5 years), final 3rd year exam on Thursday , University of Melbourne.

This has made think of a question for people who have had more luck than me in social life (lol, everyone); say you're looking for a date for a formal occasion, like an awards night for your local sports team (or for the whole sport) and you don't have a specific girlfriend, but you have female friends (all single like everyone else in your circle of friends) you can ask. Do you think it would (or does/doesn't from personal experience) change your feelings towards them (or you to them) ? Would it make a difference if you asked them all that same time like an announcement or individually at different times? Or would you just go alone, with a relative, etc. Note not an advice question where I'm looking for what I should do or anything

If two people were a couple I would've thought it was a compliment to be associated as someone's girlfriend/boyfriend, even if talking about full adults. You'd find out pretty quickly I reckon if you had a chance with anyone who takes offence at that cos you'd find out during the "friendship" stage.

Well I think the whole "True Sith" thing is kinda stupid and they died ages ago and all that, so in terms of KotOR and what Revan ends up finding, I'd say a place of huge Dark Side Aura. What did True Sith look like before they died...I would probably end up imagining a large real bodied alien (I dunno, maybe Ragnos-like). One possible interpretation that story writers might use is that blaring speech coming from those Sith Holocrons.

I think this is a good example of showing what I'd think of friendship vs relationship. Like if you meet someone and fall for them quickly you'd be making a friendship to get a relationship, where as LadyCrimson had the situation I'd be thinking of more with two people being "normal" friends then one day just falling for each other. Ofcourse it's hard to know if the other person had wanted a relationship all along and was very, very patient...

Yes and no - I did want to make the last thread a bit more of a general discussion rather than "help me!" but I guess I worded it badly. After all, you can only give so much advice and most of it is common sense anyway. I don't like being the centre of attention anyway when it comes to talking about how much of a loner I seem to be, but I do appreciate the good honest advice given. That's why I created this thread with a "fall-back" base discussion of the friendships-to-relationships issue which I actually found quite suprising (although the point is that I don't have much experience). Anyway, what I was meaning about the poll/"friend" reference (yep, a 3rd explanation) is talking about some of the posts that other members made of how they once dated a friend and then when they stopped it just wasn't the same, and other examples of how it did work out, etc. Besides, I'd rather that then having the thread locked again cos people start putting in stupid suggestions to me.

ok...what did you do? You didn't make suggestions where I drop my morale standards did you?

I guess I was talking about being friends "for a time", like you've done things with him/her and other friends before.

With regard to above poll I used the situation of a "friend" coming from like a "circle of friends" but feel free to interpret it differently. I never got to see why the other thread collapsed because it was deleted but anyhow I probably don't want to know or else this'll get deleted even more quickly. OK, we've all established how much of a ugly/dateless/friendless loser and loner I am :ph34r: (ok, ok, don't bother talking about this sentence), so I'd thought of making this thread a little more generic and probably more applicable to more people in this "social predicament", covering I guess getting a date in general if you're desperate, the truth/falsums of movies and stuff like "be yourself" or "there is someone eventually" and the little discussion we had about friendships vs relationships. If you really want you can continue paying me out - so mods, you ignore critisms about me and not treat them like "personal attacks", (or if you really want to you can continue your futile attempts to help me).

This obviously depends on what PC you have but won't K2 be cheap to pickup when the project is finished?

Even when you're getting caned and robbed of all your credits ?

I just found out that the prizes won't be delivered for at least another week . Oh well... I went out to Kmart during an exam study break and finally got to see a GBM first hand - it was still in that semi-transparent clothlike wrapping but all the features were clear and I never actually got to touch it (that store guy must've been a new guy judging from his nervousness). It actually looked bigger than I expected, mind you still bloody small but I was convinced it should be alright, for short stints anyway. Now...it's just a wait....gimme gimme gimme!

Well firstly with the original point, I never liked the whole "True Sith" thing anyway; well more specifically playing/making this new Revan only to have him run out on Bastila and then you'd assume going DS cos of all this time. But seeing how it's happened, I too say it was because about protecting them, yada yada yada. With the whole canon thing I would Revan must be LSM. Male because the Bastila romance is one of the major parts of the game, and LS cos that's the usual canon path for games plus the galaxy would be too screwed if it was DS. Exile is a bit more flexible and could go either way. LSM Exile with the romances is a good point but not too important overall.