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I do have problems with NWN2, but the ones you mention totally boggled me. The controls are very good, in my opinion. The dialling system you appear to have liked in NWN1 confused anyone who didn't know already where to go, whereas dragging things from your spellbook or character sheet seems entirely intuitive. Character background struck me as being light years ahead of NWN1. Yes, they go into less detail in some, but am I the only person who was bored to tears with Aribeth's supposed backstory? One of the few things I enjoyed about completing the OC was having the chance to shut her whining face once and for all. NWN2 on the other hand actually has engaging characters. Peripheral NPCs are just that, peripheral. I care about my chracter party, and maybe the main opponent. I don't want reams of information about Lord Nasher's childhood hobbies; I want dynamism from my compadres. Which you get in spades in NWN2. The one thing I might agree with is the inconsistency with how death is handled. I can't revive people I like even theugh I have spells for doing precisely that, and when I have an NPC I despise polluting my team I have as much chance of shifting them as I do of shifting some sort of horribly disfiguring facial wart. Which is how I generally feel about some of them. By and large, though, I'd recommend NWN2 to anyone, as being of comparable strength in surprises and storyline to BG.

I've agreed to help a colleague with some research, and am looking for stories of Italians fighting as good as the 82nd or Ghurkas. They can be any time in the 20th Century. I just figured with all the buffs here we might be able to rustle up some unusual ones.

Like Weird Al, but swing instead of polka. Nice. That's two christmas presents sorted. But i still want the damn soundtrack.

You younger chaps have clearly never attended any kind of geek convention. Such occurrences are far less rare than you would like.

This reminds me: what bloody use are bards in crpgs?

I believe you'll find that's never the answer.

And all anyone has to do to prevent being harmed in a car accident is to drive safely. No need for seatbelts. That would be just fine, if you were the only person on the road driving. Let's say you're sitting at a stoplight, minding your own business, not wearing a seatbelt, then someone rams you from behind at 50 miles per hour. Or how about you're driving on the highway at 70 miles per hour, then your tire blows and your car spirals out of control - in the middle of traffic. Or maybe you're driving home at night, stopped at a stop sign, then a crazy drunk driver comes out of nowhere and hits you head on. Or perhaps you're a senior citizen who suddenly has a heart attack behind the wheel, and the car goes out of control, and you collide into opposing traffic (which did happen in my own town). Case closed. Wear a seatbelt, children. 10 points to the person who realizes how this can still apply to the topic at hand. Ooh! OOH! I know! You don't encourage accidents by providing safety equipment?

As the title suggests, I' can't track down the Dawn of the Dead 2004 soundtrack. For those of you who don't know the film, it really sets the tone, from Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around" to the lounge version of "Get down with the Sickness". I want to buy a copy of the soundtrack, but can't find one for love nor money. Well, alright, I only tried deep platonic affection, but give me a break. I'm a busy man.

I believe irony was at work. It's like goldy or bronzy, only made of iron.

Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true? Yes. But we'd have to be talkin' about one charming mo********** pig. I'm mean he'd have to be ten times more charming than Metadigital.

Ah. I think Sando may ahave touched on something there. The US gov can't say that barrier contraception is a good idea. Thus it must resort to the far inferior method of advocating vaccination. Or am I way out?

I am encouraged to kill people who annoy me or who stand in my way ..unless they happen to be in my character party. In which case I may find myself being forced to put up with them. (NWN2) I actually wailed audibly the other night as yet another cretin was forced upon my character party. Sobbing cries of "Why won't you just leave me alone? I hate you more than all the diseases of the Earth! I hate you more than my worst enemy!" EDIT: I just realised I had a very similar situation in real life when I was a at school. In fact two analogous situations, so I withdraw the complaint.

In that case I have some bad news ....son. Mom? :'( Obsidian WoT. It's like Fantasy Island, only less pleasant.

ROLF Well, actually no since I busted my ankle I try not to roll on floors so: LOL Uh, um, truthfully I didn

'Preciate the correction, Calax. That's how I learn. Good rejoinder as well. In any event, I think the slipery slope notion is just nuts. Teenagers think about sex. Our whole society is oriented on doing what we want when we want it *eats zebra burger while riding accountant around office like a pony* not immunising people against something that we KNOW they are going to do is just foolish.

You know dum dum rounds are banned in war? Why not get some nice rhino rounds?

Personal family source. Was in Tijuana and did some poking around in the way my family seems incapable of NOT doing. You can see the outflow pipes with your own eyes, but the administartion makes official statements saying there is no problem. Investiigating journalists in Mexico have turned up dead.* *It seems these days that a story ain't true until someone kills a journalist. I think we shoudl form a suicide cadre of journalists whose sole purpose it get killed and draw attention to things.

Dogs are definitely dirty. But a dog's got personality [chorus] and personality goes a long way [/chorus]

In that case I have some bad news ....son.

And all anyone has to do to prevent being harmed in a car accident is to drive safely. No need for seatbelts. Or eyes. We could just not drive. I don't think we shoudl teach kids how to tieknots, because then they will be encouraged to mountaineer. Mountaineering causes totally unnecessary deaths every year.

Well, you could argue that the law cannot afford the precedent of permitting it in cases f self publicisation. Because then abusers could just twist their victims into doing stuff to themselves. But more probably the letter of the law states that publishing underage photos is an offence, and US cops being what they are they have to follow the letter of the law. *smug intent-based saxon law type Britisher*