LadyCrimson

I Wrote: Your response: Clearly, you are. Oh...I thought you meant that I was specifcally countering someone else's statement in this particular thread, which is not what I was doing. So yes, if you think I'm making some kind of global statement to that effect, I can understand that perspective. From my point of view tho, that is not what I was doing. It was not an actual accusation that lending books actually should be considered piracy - I already stated that from my social upbringing that I don't think that's the case - it was just a statement that one could view it as a mild form of piracy if one was of a mind, simply because lending a book means the loss of a sale to the people who created/marketed the book. It was a 'food for thought' statement, nothing more. From a company viewpoint, it's likely possible to view ANY action that results in a loss of sale as some kind of theft, if you want to, because they're thinking money/capitalism. All I was saying is where do you draw the line - one copy to a friend is ok, but multiple copies to multiple people (even with no profit to yourself) is not? To some that could be seen as a hypocrisy of some sort...I am NOT saying it definitely is, just that it could be viewed that way. Some people think all art should be freely shared for the cultural benefit of everyone - capitalism, the need for a monetary economic system, and the concept of "paid for my work/I own this" is not conducive to that concept, and thus the debate rages on.

Didn't say anyone was. I'd agree. But if a dozen copies is not ok, should one copy handed out to your bestest friend be not ok? I was making a certain point about social attitudes and lines, not about whether or not you can dupe something, or whether or not anything is actually 'justified' - a point I think you missed.

1) I agree with Di's basic stance that piracy is stealing. If you download a game or an entire music CD etc. and never go out and buy the 'real thing' that's theft. However...I too think there is no real way to stop it. People who are determined to steal/have something without paying for it are going to steal until something in their life changes to alter their attitude - either their financial situation or their mental views. Since the dawn of man, crime (and all it's 'justifications/rationales') has been there, and I believe it'll always be there, because I'm a pessimist about human nature. :D 2) On the other side, because of the way I was socially brought up, I do not neccesarily think it's stealing if you paid for copy of a game or movie etc. and then let someone else borrow it or use it or have it when you're done. You bought it, it's yours, you should have the right to do with it what you want, right? And yet...think about the book industry. People buy them, give them away to friends when they're done, or even sell them to used book stores. Do the book companies get any profit from that? I highly doubt it. Yet it's an acceptable thing to do and is not (socially) considered stealing, even tho it does not give the book publishers any 'new sales' and thus revenue. How much of the 'loss' of book sales are actually more from people 'borrowing' books from friends to read rather than actual pure theft? It's a fine line sometimes between those two things, don't you think? In a very technical sense, IMO, it's all stealing in one fashion or another - it's just where you choose to draw the line & what is socially acceptable. At some point, everyone has 'taken away' from the profit of a company in some fashion, for whatever reasons, whether noble/practical/shameful/evil. It would be nice if piracy were stopped, but sometimes the line gets fuzzy, and the internet/tech capabilities without an alteration in social views keeps stretching the line further out, I think...you have to change the social attitudes about what makes up theft before any change, either way, really occurs. Hand me down clothes, anyone? :D

Some reviewers panned the head 'bad' vampire, but he was part of the movie that I really liked. hehe

Sometimes it's a lack of time and/or presence, or in very busy forums just plain 'didn't notice' (which sometimes goes along with lack of time). It's not always pure laziness. But I do get your point.

I think this person from a year ago said it best for me. Having to make decisions about who you want, or not being able to have who you want because you didn't treat them in a way that earned their trust/favor is a good thing in my book. But admittedly, the way influence was implemented in the actual game wasn't all it could have been. It would have been nice to have it be more gradual in terms of backstory revealed, not the sudden mass info flood+'I wanna be a Jedi now' that you often recieved once a certain inluence was reached.

I don't think I'd use the word sloth, but there could be some truth to that. Happens in any forum sometimes.

Underworld was one of those 'could have been' movies. It had some fun/interesting stuff but it just didn't all gel together to make something great. Crash was excellent.

I came to get info on Kotor2. I continue to come back because I can't sleep.

Compared to some 'official' forums, what's allowed here is already pretty open...I mean, many wouldn't have let that 'hottest actress' thread or similar ones of the past remain for more than an hour, if you know what I mean. (Edit - not saying such threads have a real place here, just saying that the mods here are pretty decent about waiting a bit to see how something develops first). I don't personally have any issues in the topic area - generally seems pretty well balanced for the place & the times to me.

A spam forum. Oh wait... :D Actually, I can't think of anything useful, just stuff like "I don't like forest/olive green."

I bet that river is cold...

Wild kitty was cute...who says domestic cats aren't dangerous? heheh THe other one cat/car one I've seen before. Didn't find it funny then either. It's not offensive (to me) or anything...just not funny.

I have way too many old magazines.

Manlings...hahah!...I'll have to remember that.

Care for a refreshing dip? And the Hoff...thing... is revolting.

Fame - David Bowie

If you're on Malachor and that's why you're alone, the convo thing works, but of course you have to pick the right convo options. So save and keep trying till you win via conversation, or read a walkthrough. Edit: nvm...I see your other post that you're past him now.

If that were true, I'd have about 5000 songs that I couldn't get out of my head on any given day and I'd be in an institution for the insane. I knew every word in the song 'Roxanne' and it still got stuck in my head a lot during it's heyday.

Nope, doesn't bother me one whit. But then, I don't generally find being called 'honey' or 'babe' or 'sugar' offensive either. Women's rights (or anyone's rights) is good and all, but when it comes to words, it's just how it's used, what tone it's said in, and the situation, not the word itself. Sometimes, people need to relax.

Total Eclipse of the Heart.

I also solo'd through most of my time thru both of these games. If something required me to party up, or I just felt like company, I would find a group, but otherwise... Of course, there are late/end game areas that are designed to not be done alone. WoW, for example, has instance dungeons that require 8+ people, no way around it. GW does too - it's the point of on-line games in the end, after all. GW late-game would not have been terribly soloable without the henchies, but I've known people who've solo'd almost all of GW in terms of quests. Since game designers are currently designing action-RPG's more for on-line than SP, I just treat them like SP games with the option of partying as much as possible. If you like solo'ing more than, or just as much as, grouping, it's still fun in both WoW and GW.

I agree with this completely. Perhaps it's less a complaint about length as the fact that one often can't determine how much one is going to like a given game without buying it first. And once bought, you can't (usually) return them for the full price (or any price). Where I live, you typically can't even exchange for a different game, only for another copy of the same game. I understand the reasons behind this but that doesn't mean I like it. Demos are supposed to help with this, but I often find them lacking since I prefer my opinion of games to be based on more than one or two 'maps' or the tutorial levels - there's many games where I intially didn't like it but then ended up loving it.