LadyCrimson

All my games (and other things) go on a tall bookshelf on the wall to the left of the desk. My non-game cd-roms go in the desk drawers. And the kitty boxes are behind me to the left, in a big closet. Mmmm, smelliferous! @Kaftan - thicker curtains might make things less visible. :D

I don't usually like games with this kind of backdrop (tech in fantasy) but I'm definitely interested. I'm sure I'll buy it when it comes out - D2 is ancient and it'd be nice to have a newer, similar type on-line game to play that's not a massive multiplayer free for all, if you know what I mean. Too bad it doesn't look like it'll be released for a long time yet. There's an unofficial site up now too, by the same people who did the diabloii.net site. It's a little chunky to load sometimes for me, but I assume it'll eventually be more user-oriented rather than 'official'. http://hellgate.loadedinc.com/

So the Judge will save the donuts, and we'll all have a post-apocalyptic pastry party! We just need someone to save the milk cows.

Let's see... @ Bok - awesome, I love glass and metal and such. @Kor - I'm under 5 feet and that tiny space under the stairs would drive me insane. @mkreku - the only thing I cleaned up on my desk were the other 3 Mt. Dew cans and a waterglass. I left the tealights in the dish and the dirt. I love my huge desk. I use one side for the PC and sit on the other side when I write bills.

Is that a radioactive donut you're trying to poison me with? "

Well, I wasn't really trying to give logical answer there, since the whole "can only use Dark or Light' without penalties is just wishful, good/evil is either black & white, thinking. Imean, even Strength in games is not logical/realistic, since no amount of muscle and stamina is going to enable a human to carry 1000 pounds of gear and armor and do fancy sword fighting at the same time. :D But for the irrational and totally unproven response: In my experience people with very high charisma (the ones who don't have to 'work at it') often also have very high willpower - of certain types, anyway. So I tend to think they're somewhat connected - whether it's chicken or egg first, I don't know, but connection there often is, in my limited observations. Therefore, in fantasy game terms, you could say/pretend that if one has a high charisma, one would also have the mental willpower to allow useage of abilities with less cost - ie, less energy/less effort/less thought. They would be more likely to have the mental make-up (and confidence/ego from all that ass-kissing they've gotten from having such high charisma all their lives) to be able to withstand the mental drain of what's required to 'force' the opposite Force powers to their will better than the average joe. If you want something even more irrational and based on the new movies, one could pretend that the midichlorians are in some way affected by high charisma since they're lifeforms and well, y'know, they get impressed by those above average psychic vibes. :D

Master Speed here too. Pretty much the only one I ever used.

It's not a movie, but I've been watching the 4th season of Seinfield. Good stuff.

Live long and prosper. ...betcha thought it'd be another picture of a flower or something...

We ate all the pizza last night. :D

I fall somewhere in the middle of those two. :D I don't get this one either. I don't like the taste of non-toxic crayons or anchovies either, does that make me immature? If I was starving, I'd eat those things in desperation, but if I have a choice, I will not willingly subject myself to something I don't care for. Drinks of any kind also makes my stomach hurt/too acidic, and I don't like that. *shrug* I also like being sober in a room full of drunks cause it makes for some great picture oppurtunities!

All right, since no one else is/can post one right now, you can all laugh at my home desk, complete with toilet paper (it's allergies, really!) and my not-slick, generic PC things.

Charisma is also associated with a...physical presence, a strength of willpower, a personal magnetism, an aura, if you will, that draws people to someone, even if they don't open their mouth. It's not just about speech itself. People can make the same exact speech, if you don't have that magnetic 'aura' the words alone won't neccesarily impress someone to fanatisicm. People with such charisma can often convince people to do things they wouldn't ordinarly do, thus, to me it makes sense that it might affect abilities to use opposite force powers...a willpower thing, perhaps.

Are you sure? Suki doesn't look too happy. :D Hehe, I love it. Gorgeous cat, too, I love white cats.

In the small version, the guy on the monitor to the left looks like he has a futuristic pacifier in his mouth. I like the kitty picture. My desk area/room is horribly messy right now and no one would want to see it anyway, cause it's not even geeky cool.

Yes I will survive until the very end...hmmm....does that mean I'd be stuck in an empty Universe with only the likes of the Judge for company?

Holy ****... I think I've been truly drunk only about five or six times in my life, and rarely drink at all - not never, but very rare. I have nothing against alcohol tho, and socially i've often been surrounded by it - just was never my taste. I liked...other things...in my youth. :D edit: multiple quotes are a pain in the arse

Alcohol is a drug that impairs physical co-ordination and mental judgement and is used as an escape from reality. Getting plastered on a very regular basis is no better morally than getting high on an illegal drug on a regular basis, it's just legal. If your friend has a serious respect issue about drug users and she's a frequent boozer, she definitely needs to look into her own eye first.

Oh, forgot...a high INT is a must if you want to have the most skill points per lvl up that you can...(for Kotor2...I dunno about Kotor1...)...a 16 would max it out I think? Someone remember better than me? If you have a low INT you won't get as many skill points per level. Depends on how important that is to you, tho.

I have no idea how accurate the gamefaq walkthu is in this area, but it states: Charisma Bonus to Force Powers (the same as Wisdom, and they stack), improves abilities with opposite aligned force powers (reduces cost), bonus to skill (Persuasion) and probably dialogue options, but I can't prove it. Decent to have, but again, you don't need it as much as you need other things at level one. I'd take a 10 here as well. Counterpoint: Charisma also adds a significant bonus to your allies "To Hit" rating, about twice your Charisma modifier. Also it reduces the costs in casting Force Powers opposed to your own alignment. Useful if you want a Light Sided Consular who can use Force Lightning. Thus I assume it would affect some NPC dealings, but in a roundabout way. I remember after a long while I started hiking Char. a lot, because I noticed it seemed to effect something that I personally desired - unfortunately, I don't remember what it was. P.S. It might be that I noticed a bigger effect on force powers (including Persuade) with Char. over Wisdom (on normal difficulty)...IIRC I usually started my Sentinels with 10 in wisdom and dex. It harmed them not at all in the long run.

What Di said about draft etc, I agree with also. In terms of the voluntary aspect - there's more social training (or whatever) that encourages males vs. females and thus (so far) less females have a desire to be career military (or any military...). But if a gal wants to, signs up, and passes all the training/tests/whatever (and then there's combat during her service), she should be allowed, most certainly. It's like in LoTR films, where that lady says in reference to the hobbit, 'why should he not be allowed to fight for/with his friends/cause also?' (I'm paraphrasing...)

Cool down...yes...go backwards...unlikely. I think where I live, gas has gone up much less, percentage wise, than houses, over the past couple decades. Could be wrong tho, I'm no statistic dynamo. I guess I'm one of the few who just doesn't see rising gas prices, for the average modern consumer, to be that big of a deal. Sucks to pay more, but everything costs more over time, not just gas.

Chris Farley can be funny, but that sig wasn't... :D

I'm more concerned with rising, over-inflated home prices than rising gas prices, myself. But that is an interesting way to help an area combat/delay gas price-hike adjustment periods for those who really need it - er...or those who hear about it first, anyway. heh

That's Entertainment. I'm not a HUGE fan of the old musicals but I do love the dance sequences from those films.