EnderAndrew

It wouldn't matter. The Religious Right in this country is all up in arms about one passage in Leviticus giving them right to trash Homosexuals. However, they discount the countless passages that say you can't pass judgement on others. They turn a blind eye to everything else. "God says to forgive sin, so I forgive murders and rapists, but dirty Homosexuals can't get into Heaven, and they certainly aren't welcome in my Church!" There are 23 "letters", small books in the New Testmanet that talk about how early Churches got the message wrong and started establishing corrupt churches after Jesus died. They are prime examples of why religion is wrong, and how it corrpupts sprituality. Do anyone care or pay attention? There are very specific instructions not to murder, to love your neighbor, to not pass judgement. Yet people insist the Bible validates crusades. People will always read the parts they want and ignore the other parts they don't want.

This is what you said: Now you're saying you never implied I wasn't trying to become a mod by pumping myself up and trashing others? That's what you have been saying the whole time. And Eldar, the reason I'm arguing is because someone lied about me, and I don't care for that. I still completely stand behind what I actually said. I'm not the one attacking another poster, nor trolling. Gromnir is accusing me of dodging what I said when in reality now he is dodging what he said. He says I have cookie crumbs on me when he caught me. Caught me doing what? I gave my objective opinions on ten people and he accuses me of trashing others to make myself look better and asking to be a mod. I've never asked to be a mod. I don't care for being accused of things I haven't done and I've suddenly lost a great deal of respect for Gromnir.

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Actually I believe they had 5 picks, for two games in a row. ESPN said it was a record.

Damn. Eru's logic so far is the most rock solid, but some of the suggestions so far have been pretty funny. Yet Role-Player's actual avatar suggestion is pretty damned good.

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I never disowned any of my statements. You however only pretend that half of my statement exists. Yep, that is exactly what you said and it does not fairly represent what I actually posted. You intentionally misconstrued what I said. For the record, I have had two different moderators suggest to me that I should be one. Yet I've never made the attempt to become one, nor tried to parlay favor to become one. Nor have I altered my behavior in hopes of becomming one. I haven't knocked the moderation team, or others to make myself look better, nor have I really argued against various people being appointed moderators. Honestly, I disagree with some of the people who were made moderators, but respectfully I largely keep that to myself. If I really wanted to become a moderator on this board, I'm pretty sure I could have pulled it off. I would have posted much differently on the board over the past year, rubbed the right elbows, and asked. However I didn't. Your post flies against logic because it ignores my actual actions on this board, as well as what I said recently in this thread. I don't appreciate you going out of your way to suggest that I am trashing others in hopes of making myself a mod. Damned right. Gromnir knows better and Gromnir is normally a well behaved and respectable poster on these forums. I am shocked by your Volourn-esque behavior and I hope to see an apology, but I've never seen a lawyer apologize for anything before so I'm not holding my breath. You could however demonstrate that you are above such stereotypes however and prove me wrong. No, Gromnir takes half my post and interprets it out of context. If you believe that half a post out-of-context is damning evidence then you must be a poor lawyer. No Ender freely admits to and stand behind the ENTIRETY of my post. Gromnir tries to instigate and create a situation that doesn't exist. No, you insist that I was making others look bad to try and become a moderator myself. However the fact that I spoke well of others and argued that while none of us were perfect, I could see others becomming moderators actually fully contradicts the picture you are trying to paint. I spoke bluntly and objectively about all 10 nominees and I stand by my statements. Attempting to knock my character unfairly is fun? Tsk, tsk.

There is no proof that the Universe appeared out of nothingness on it's own, and that life just happened to have the perfect circumstances so that primordial soup sloshed together basic acids to form the first proteins, and from this pond scum humans developed either. Intelligent Design isn't so specific as to give creedence to a specific religion, but rather suggests that the Universe as we know it was created by something intelligent. Honestly, I think it makes more logical sense than most theories I've heard. There is more scientific evidence these days against the Big Bang than for it. And while I firmly believe that evolution occurs, I'm skeptical of pond scum becomming human, especially when some of the basic tenents of evolution argue against it.

I disagree. Settlers of Cataan is so popular as a newer board game, that a licensed online computer version was made, that you have to pay every month to play. Several spin-offs and add-ons have also been developed like Seafarers of Cataan. Warcraft the Boardgame, Civilization the Boardgame and others spring to mind. I really like Civ, Cranium, and the classic Talisman but good luck finding a copy. A beatup copy of Talisman will still cost you $100 on EBay.

Wasn't Grok saying a good 18 months ago that BG3 was being developed? How come still no one has heard ANYTHING about this?

Funny how you discount half the post and only focus on the other half of it. I gave reasons why 4 different people could be mods, which I've stated before. Don't tell me that Gromnir is resorting to VoloLogic.

That's gorgeous! I haven't seen a game look that good since Zork!

Don't forget that Joseph Smith was convicted for Fraud, specifically for creating false religions before he discovered the Golden Tablets that mysteriously disappeared to found the Mormon Church. And Moses was a convicted killer.

Elves are immune to sleep, and everyone else still has a chance to resist it. Even then, a Wizard is still not guaranteed to get an instant kill on a helpless creature because they are so sad.

I'm sorry, but what first level spell is going to take out most any other character? Low level Wizards are significantly weaker than other characters. Not only are you mismatched in a one-on-one encounter, but after one round, you're spent for the entire day, where as a Fighter can keep swinging his sword all day long. Conversely, high level Wizards are insanely powerful. D&D has never had balance.

Actually for what it's worth, while Clinton was very much in China's pocket, Bush has blasted China on a variety of issues. Bush also said that he would use the military to defend Taiwan from China. That's a pretty big issue. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2...25/221146.shtml

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Note the :darque:

Perhaps we were demonstrating our freedom to post about contraversial topics that China obviously lacks. Then it occured to me that perhaps we are just as "moderated" as China!

The Rage Fury Pro was my first 3D card.

Tell me why you should be able to pick my avatar, and the person with the best reason will in fact get to choose my avatar. I promise to keep it for a month, even if it says "Ender is a poop-monster".

I wonder how that happened.

I wonder why. http://www.zgeek.com/trailerparkpage/

No, I gave reasons why I would be a bad mod. I said I would have to seriously tone down my flame levels. I also gave reasons why others could be mods. Gromnir needs to reread my post.