Volourn

"Most gamers do not believe the world owes them something" They sure do hence all the thievery. And, whining. And, crying. And, belittling of developers and publishers as human beings. And, always the ffort to get something free or as cheap as can be. Customers are scumbags who are selfish pieces of crap. "We need more campaigns on this issue, and we need some powerful consumer associations to effect some changes in an industry that too often treats its consumers like crap and expects to get away with it." NO! That be horrible - and, it's bad enough we have some groups/people who try to act like that. What's needed is an organziation to smack down customers who think the world evolves around them when it doesn't. "It's a feature of our modern capitalist world that 'The Consumer is King'." And, it's an immoral feature that is broken, and leads to the evils that customers have become.

Along with the usual stuff, I'm playing the NHL 09 demo. SWEET!

"This is a guy who's numbers steadily declined since he signed the fat contract, whose defensive play got worse, and who will never be forgiven for scoring into his own net last season." He's still a top 2-3 defensemen on most teams. The entire team (other than Sundin and Kaberle) were not so good. The fact that everyone tries to make him the scapegoat is ridiculous. His defensive play was fine, and the decreasing numbers are also a sign of the team's lack of quality upfront. If Toronto wasted any money it was Blake who got WORSE in Toronto after scoring 40 goals on Long Island of all places. L0L And, oh, the Leafs may have got a 'good' defenseman (yeah, right); but they lost a better one. The Pantehrs got the better deal because they got the better player. He's a weak tool 'cause he got bullied into waiving his no trade clause (which he earned) through not so subtle threats and intimidation (ie.Leafs were going to pay him to stay home which would ahve made their team worse). If I were him, I'd have called their bluff. They would have made their team even worse by having their second best defenseman sitting at home yet still paying him. L0L

So, how does this make things 'worse' for Bush? Does his now irrelevant 'popularity rating' go down 2% if this is made super public? Oh, I get it. It'll cost him himself the election this November. No 3rd term for Bush... oops... he cna't run anyways. L0L

Good trade? they just got worse on the ice where it actually matters. McCabe is a good defenseman who just happened to play on a very crappy team. Panthers won this deal hands down unless Toronto gets lucky. Just another betrayal of teams and 'fans' backstabbing a player yet people wonder why players have no or little problem leaving when it suits them. Makes me smile even more that Pronger won a cup with Anaheim, and that Sundin laughed at Toronto's attempt to trade him last season. McCabe should ahve told the Leafs to bite them, and to honour the contract they willingly signed. Instead, he allows himself to get bullied. What a weak tool.

"Because there are a lot of couch potato sports fans out there who are too lazy to go out and play sports." That's ignoring the fact you cna play both real life sports, and video game sports. Then again, FO is only popular 'cause there are a lot of couch potato post nuclear fans out there who are too lazy to press a button so we can actually live it. L0L " Plus they have a monopoly on sports games." No, they don't. And, sports isn't their only source of income. Never heard of the Sims, right? "Come on Volo lets hear it! I see you. " So, you admit to posting only to troll for responses? Cool.

What's funny is that Europeans are the absolute Masters of Invasion & Conquering. NA is one of their 'successes' and even that they screwed. Africa, sadly, is one of their failures.

G3 is a fun game. Best of the series. However, eventually, it drags too much after you get the umpteenth town and kill the billionth wolf or boar or whatever.

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"What's to stop some white supremacist from refusing to treat black people because he believes they are "tarred with the sin of Cain" or whatever?" Well.. last I checked, racism used as an excuse for refusal of services is illegal in the US so if they were to admit they withheld medical services due to someone being black, they'd get into a lot of trouble legally, anyways. Anyways, I'm prone to say that dcotors shouldn't refuse services to anyone if they choose to work in a public hospital (though, I guess, US hospitals aren't really public). But, I can understand doctors refusing to perform certain things (abortions which is alrerady a touch moral issue no matter which side you are one) is the biggest example of this. The best bet to make everyone happy is for stuff like this to be made known before a situation arises so doctor should let their specific hospital know what they will or will not do when hired (so the hospital cna make the decision to hire them or not).

If EA is so horrible, and their games supposedly suck why do people still buy their games? *shrug*

"Volo, explain how JE's mostly formulaic, cliched and uninspired writing can match Kotor 2 or hell, even Kotor 1?" No need to do so again when you already came to such a 'final' 'factual' conclusion. KOTOR1+2 wiritng is oevrrated. The fact people in this thgread are claiming that characters such as Hanharr, Bao-Dur, Atton, Carth, etc. are excellently written characters is all I need to know to know that JE writing and characters > KOTOR series characters. P.S. Jade Empire is NOT China. It was never intended to be China. No more than FR is intended to be Europe of the Dark Ages. A HUGE mistake made by a lot of non believers who use illogical fallices that don't make sense to try to justify disliking the settings.

Except if you think the US gov't foreign policy will change so dramatically depending which is voted into office, you are sadly mistaken. And, oh, just to let you know... the US President unlike actual dictators doesn't have full control of anything. Your personal attacks side, you should that.

"For ****'s sake, this election is a matter of global security." No, it isn't.

NHL 09 is almost out. WOO HOO!

"You? From the mountains of Caucasus in southern Russia? Or do you mean you are white?" HAHA! I'll let you decide. "That's what it looks like to me. Personally I have no doubts at all the Georgians committed atrocities, because I know some sources that were there during the beginning of the war." I was commenting on the video since that was what youw ere sharing. the video isn't evidence of anything really. Just not clear enough. Also, I'll point it out again - I have no doubt Georgia has commited some horrible stuff - just like Russia has. I have neevr claimed Georgia was innocent. L0L @ atrocities - a word that has lost a lot of its meaning over the years over misuse and overuse. "The restaurant cook burned by burger! What an atrocity!" - random eater. "Is that aimed at my Politkoskaya comment? She was not arrested by anyone. The thing yesterday, those guys are only Russian police on paper." There is a reason why Russia has a weak 'free press' if they have one at all. Putin, and his ilk would never allow the press to write what has been written in the US (and in other Western countries) about their respective leaders. These last two happenings are only being aired because Russia is in such focus currently. I have no doubt these types of 'accidents' happen all the time without the Western media picking it up, because Russia-Georgia is in the newest 'crisis' (another word that has been used, and abused over the years).

"Georgian soldiers driving through Tskhinvalli and shooting at things. From the way it looks to me no one is actually fighting them. But they seem to have a good time killing things non the less. " There is no way to tell either way what's going on relaly in that video. All we see are tnaks going down the street with shots being fired. There is no way, again, to tell where all the shots coming from and if it's just one way like you (of course) assume it is. "Who are all shallow and vengeful, anything they perceive as an insult is more than enough to get you gutted. I don't believe the Kremlin directly because quiet honestly they piss on the opinion of small opposition press with negligible influence within Russia." Must explain all the reporters that get 'murdered' when they get arrested because of 'accidental' gun fire from the 'expert' Russian police. L0L "another fine Caucasian tradition" 1. Sound slike a bigotry comment to me. 2. I'm Caucasian myself, and I have never committed msyelf to a 'blood feud' nor have I know anyone to do so. Not much of a Caucasian tradition, I guess. *shrug*

"Bioware games not rushed? Did you guys play the last part of Jade Empire? It was so bad it made ME rush through the game!" You disliking the ending (and, you are right, it is combat heavy) has nothing to do with it being 'rushed'. End of KOTOR was mostly combat as was ME, NWN OC, SOU, BG1, TOSC, and TOB. BG2 was posisbly the only exception to this. "Why do people answer Volo again? It's not like he's going to change opinion, what with all the "ME>KotOR" posts." Eh? It's no different than all the KOTOR > JE posts. I just get to the point. *shrug* "I have yet to play JE, but I might give it a try if the writing is as good as you say, anyone else share volos opinion on this?" Obsidian baords here. Yiua ren't gonna find anyone to amdit that JE's writing is as good as KOTOR let alone KOTOR2. They'd be wrong in that opinion, unfortunately, but it's their opinion.

"ahh, you're just trolling Volo is right on rushing thing" Actually, you are trolling. I stated my opinion. Not my fault you cna't accept opinions other than your own. The KOTORs areoverrated - espicially their writing. And, that's doubly so for KOTOR2 on these forums.

In other news, Russian citizens that wrote negative things about Russia... were murdered by Russia.... Anyone surprised? P.S. Nobody is claiming Georgia is super innocent; but Russia is not some super hero who came in to 'save the day'. L0L

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One can hate on BIO because they dislike their games (men to them for the hate); but to claim BIO rushes their games is beyond funny. P.s. JE > KOTOR 1+ 2 "I think he is referring just to the first KotOR. Otherwise he would state KotOR2." Actually, if you read my earlier posts, I said both KOTORs. I find thats eries overrated. Fun, decent games; but that's it.

"Even wronger. Where, ever, has a four person party been 'typical?'" Considiring pre amde campaigns are balanced usually for 4 players (sometimes 4-6); 4 is definitely the stereotypical party. Why do people think 'fighter-cleric-theif-mage' as your typical aprty? And, yeah, we all have variant party numbers. If anything it just proves that Dark Raven was silly when demanding 'six'. I stand by my statement that a party of 4 is typical. That doesn't mean it's the only number used. P.S. The date you started playing doesn't impress me one iota.

Wrong. It seems to have worked out in D&D for decades with parties of 4 being the typical. Though, parties as much as 6 is fine and dandy as is a party of 2-3.

You can't win JE with just one button. That's plainly impossible. P.S. I beat athe IE games, and the FOs with just left clicking my mouse. L0L