Volourn

I think he emant if it was 'too soon' after his death for someone (me) to be critical of the dead guy in any way. Not that he died 'too young'.

"Declaring the game to be completely bust" I never did no such thing. Also, declaring it awesomesauce before the game is made is a bit... much.. as well... R00fles!

I also gave him kudos for the good stuff he accomplished in his life.

"Frankly, to me someone who thinks this way fails one of the litmus tests to indicate if a person truly thinks with any depth or not, and really truly has empathy; excusing the young of course as they just may not have had time to think about it yet. Any adult however that thinks this way thinks very shallow. Fear truly is the mindkiller, and the fear of contemplation of many a thing is what keeps the unintelligent unintelligent. In many ways you are as smart as you have the courage to be" So, if you aren't pro suicide you are shallow, unimaginative, unintelligent, cowardly, and fearful? L0L Sounds like youa re the one with the shallowness and lack of depth when it comes to thinking. Youa dmire people for the wrong things. Suicide is not soemthing to be admiredor aspire to. I think people are mixing up suicide with sacrifice. Two completely different things. "Not even remotely. Feudal Japan was an entirely different culture with values much different than ours in today's western society. In many ways the our culture compared to theirs is fundamentally opposite in terms of values. Honor is very very rare thing in our culture, this was not so among many in Japan, especially the Samurai. While no doubt some folks committed seppuku due to peer pressure, you fundamentally don't understand the practice if you think that's all it was or is." The practice of seppuku is not soemthing to be proud of or admire. Nobody should try to copy such a silly thing. Only weak willed punks follow and still follow such a horribkle practice of self defeatism and lacks imagination. And, the fact that it is 'old as time' is irreleavnt.. humans have a done of things that are gargabge. the fact they are 'tradition' doesn't make it less so. Anyways, I feel sorry for the guy, but I espicially feel sorry for his family and friends who lost him needlessly. P.S. My anti suicide stance is a 'mental illness' guyz.. don't blame me. I cna't help it.. it's the way I was born. P.S.S. You being mean to me.. I give up on life and it's all your fault.

"Go read up on seppuku." There's nothing 'honourable' about seppuku. I feel for this guy because he was probably in a tough spot. But, the concept of seppuku is a sick practice fashioned on the basis of extreme peer pressure that twists the whole concept of what honour actually is. On to Orogun. The guy definitely should be celebrated for his accomplishments. And, the trial he face was/is highly suspect as nothing more than 'getting back at him for being a thorn on their side'.

"Has the angry dwarf even read any of the links or seen the video from the initial post? This man Aaron Swartz voiced very, very valid concerns of people vs. companies & government, freedoms for which each and every one will have to fight on their own because there is no lobby on their side, no financial benefit to be gained by supporting them." I didn't diss his life's work. i dissed his cowardice. Suicide is a coward's way out of tough situation. It's nothing more than my life sucks but instead of doing what i can to make it better, I'll end it. It's not cool, it's not defensible, it's not honourable. I feel sorry for him and pity him but I call a spade a spade. Plenty of people have crappy lives and do their best to fight through it. His act insult all those who die but wanted to live. "There's no value in playing the tough guy regarding his suicide. It just makes anyone doing that a sorry little self-righteous ignorant. " Self righteous, maybe. Ignorant, no. You assume I haven't dealt with suicide in the past. I may not know the specifics on why he chose to end his life but I do know giving up on life is not the answer, Humans have a short life span as it is. No reason to make it shorter willingly. I believe in courage and fightingw hen the going gets tough. Not packing it in, and giving up. That's cowardly. And, int his case, it is even sadder, cosndieirng what he has accomplished.

"Why is he a coward? He could have been suffering from depression , and depression is a sickness. Committing suicide doesn't necessarily make you a coward. " Everything is a 'sickness' in the modern age. If it's a sickneess he should have gotten help for it.

If he committed suicide, he's a coward., and not as tragic as it would have been if he continued to fight the good fight. So many people die when they want to live and cowards like this just throw in the towel when the going gets tough. Suck it up, and fight back! Espciially consideirng all the stuff he's accomplished. To give up like this is a wussy maneuvre.

"That's a great idea Volo! The moment every other nation on the planet also disarms so I don't have to worry about a Mexican Drug Lord overpowering everybody from mexico to Canada with a butter knife" IT'S A TRAP!! You reacted to that fair suggestion just any pro gun freak would. Pro gun control types are desperate to take guns away from alw abiding citizens yet have no plan to take guns away from criminals who uise their guns against the inniocent. Why do you fear law abiding citizens so much yet seem to have 100% faith in criminals *and* the lol gov't? The number of mass shootings commited by law abiding citziens is ZERO. The number of mass shootings done by the gov't is TOO MANY TO COUNT. Yet you trust the gov't more? HAHAHAH!

Here's a proposition: All citizens agree tod estroy all their weapons if the gov't agrees tod estroy all theirs. Problem solved. But, the gov't and their supporters won't agree to that. So, imo, they aren't truly anti gun but anti citizens.

"My point is you cannot say in life your opinion is fact, its not." Yes, I can. How are you gonna stop me? Oh yeah, you aren't. And, what question, exactly? Why are you so defenseive of Fargo? Do I hurt your feelings when I am mean to him? I don't hate Fargo. Hard to hate a guy who had a hand inc reating some of my favorite games. Bottom line is this PS'2' fiasco is pathetic. i'd be a lot more prone to positivity about this new game if they didn't fumble the announcement. PE announcement > PS'2' announcement. FACT

"Many people, including me, feel Fargo has marketed PS 2 perfectly fine." Do you always need back up or can you actually discuss things based on your own opinion without whining about how much others agree with you? Why worry about others opinions so much? Be your own person.

"Oh, come on... Name one thing I've written which shows hatred for Israel." That's great. What's also great is I never claimed you were one. Did i? Hamas is a big player in the conflict. To pretend otherwise is to be silly. They are officially elected gov't. It is their rockets that give Isreal the 'excuse' they ened for the things Isreal does. They have a habvit of mass murdering Palestinians. So yeah, theya re a big player. Fatah is so 'big' they lost an eelction to Hamas. L0LZ

Yet you completely avoid his question. Coward.

"Chris Avellone gave it his blessing. " Contrary to what soem think, Avellone - even as I like some of the games he's made - is not a god, and I don't base my opinion on what he thinks. Bottom line is Obsidian handled PE hyping right and Fargo is handling PS'2' hyping wrong. This is FACT.

"Also, DiCaprio's acting was pretty awesome." THIS. It is always awesome (haven't watched Djano yet). Dicaprio should be a 10 time Oscar winner by now. BY FAR, one of the best if not the best actor ever. He can play anything and play it well. Even movies he's been in that i didn't care for or thought boring, I can always end watching the movie telling myself,"That Dicrapio is one hell of an actor!"

People don't like sex.

The hatred for Isreal while there is acceptance of Hamas murdering Palestinians is hilarious. "Not to sound the conspiracy loon but a large part of the media is owned by Jews and they might prioritize their interest." L0L

"Oh, and Volourn, bosses don't usually fire people for doing their bidding. " 22 owners wanetd to accept a NHLPA offer 2 months ago. But, as we all know, these billionaires are beyond retarted, and actually agree to give Buttboy all the power. He only need 8 cronies to agree with them. The NHL is a joke, and it is run horribly. They lost billions of dollars that they'll never get back. LMAO What's funny is they thopguht they'd break the union. That was Bettman's goal, and he failed. EPIC FAIL. What's funny is that the piayers are still going to make millions, the fans are still going to pay out fot heir butt, the owners will brag about how successful the contract was, and 8 years from now Buttman or his self picked successor will start whining how this was a horrible contract and they need to steal mroe from the players. And, stupid fans will still side with the billioniare owners over the millionaire players out of sheer spite and jelaousy. PATHETIC.

"because it is limiting the amount of possible c&c at the games end." Only if you are a lazy developer.

Nope. It's dumb and i assumes that he isa ssumming that W2 will be a horrible game. DOES. NOT. COMPUTE.

"eing a bit familiar with this process in a somewhat related area (not gamedev, but close), the best time to raise funds is now. If they wait for W2 to be released, then it can go either way. It can be a genius game and everyone will donate; or it can be a mediocre or a misunderstood title and nobody will donate for a long time (until the public "forgives" ineXile); or it can be somewhere in between." ie. He's hedging his bets because even the guy making W2 thinks it is gonna suck? That doesn't even make sense. You are assuming he's assuming that W2 is gonna be so horrible people won't buy another game from him so he's trying tot take their money now instead of W2 is released and he can brag how awesome it is and THAT is why people should invest in this new game. L0LZ

"Then make it public domain. It's really evil what they're doing." LOLZ Protecting your property is not evil. It's intelligent.

"How is this not unethical?" It's not. A private buinsess/game company cna put whoever they want in their product. It's unethical for some outsider to accuse them of such evil deeds when no evil deed was done.

"There's nothing wrong with BioWare making a sandbox game, it's just, they have no experience with it. I mean I guess SWTOR is "sandboxy" but most of the areas after level 20 are barren wastelands and a lot of the design in that game, for as far as I got in it, was haphazard. I can't recall a single quest I did in SWTOR, but I imagine most people who've played WOW recall parts of Darrowshire, or other towns. Clearly, they didn't study WOW hard enough." KOTOR MMO PLAYER ALERT! KOTOR MMO PLAYER ALERT! KOTOR MMO PLAYER ALERT! For a guy who hates the 'new' BIO you sure love playing their games, tlaking about their games, and REPLAYING them JUST to prove you hate them. L0LZ