Walsingham

Hmmm... I concur. Cables it is. Tis cheaper, anyway.

It's hardly a surprise to me. I saw them land.

I think in the panoply of commie sobs he gains unnecessarily from the party atmosphere of his chosen country. And the beard.

human hive = ewwww... Has anyone else read the book by Frank Herbert on that point? Scary.

Points for this man. That's precisely the point in my opinion. No, it's not going to stop all terrorism. He's already known to be occupying a largely inspirational/ceremonial role. He's like Col. Sanders is to KFC. But yes, it would be worth doing, I feel.

I like the dry beans plan. Then they can form part of my zombie survival plan.

Thanks for the ideas. I do sometimes wonder if I'm just too damn old to beat it. But I am itching to whallop a human player. And teh single player missions are the best EVER. Ai as a cinematic tool.

A few month ago, being rather busy, and having just started buying my own furniture I purchased a couple of beanbag chairs from Dunelm Mill (UK store only, I think). These thumb shaped doohickeys are without question the most comfortable, and most dangerous gaming chairs in the history of mankind. The most important thing being that they have a headrest as well as a bumrest. Once in them it is almost impossible to leave. My key problem is that the polystyrene foam beads inside* have gone squashy and compacted. This, combined with the smell they give off, makes me want to stuff them with something else. I was wondering if we had any thoughts. *I haven't checked this. Sometimes the odd smell they give off makes me think they are stuffed with tiny capsules of prussic acid.

From what I remember, Planescape was a setting where phylosophical discourse, the questioning of one's nature and other such matters weighed much more than the standard combat and errand boy antics of other D&D settings (although I'm sure this would vary wildly depending on whatever Dungeon/Game Master was running the game). To me, it seems that enforcing this perspective would be the best way to rekindle Torment's best elements - to have players mostly advance in the game by rewarding (and in some cases enforcing) actual roleplaying as opposed to mass PMs asking for specific characters in mob hunting jaunts. These could tie in with specific DM-created and run quests, story arcs and could cross over with specific setting elements - plane travelling, factions and so on. Eventually, player actions could also tie into an everchanging major story arc (as it did in the official last days of the setting itself, with PCs siding with the Lady of Pain to end the Faction Wars). Other elements such as combat and questing needn't be necessarily removed, but the twist is to remember gamers of the setting's motto ("Belief if power") and run with it. Of course, just how many people would sign up for a MMORPG where the core gameplay revolved much around roleplaying as opposed to looking at hot elf boobs and clicking mad at gobs of Vorpal Bunnies of Absurd Experience Amount +45? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Walsingham 'actually thinking' gold award 2007.

Class.

I'm thinking of getting thisthis baby, since I only need it for the occasional game of X2 (thinking of getting more space sims after this). I'm worried, tho that there could be problems using it wireless. Any thoughts? Should I stick with cables? My keyboard and mouse are wireless so I can work from the couch.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6261427.stm Chickens have become 'biofactories'. Surely this makes a mockery of claims against gengineering, and the bleating of animal rights extremists when we see stuff like this being done? These drugs may arrive too late for our my generation, but there is that hope. I mean, hell, I sponsored one of those oxfam goats for the third world. Imagine if it gave people not just milk, but anti-HIV and anti-malarial medicine!

We already knew that.

I can't cope with the AI in company of heroes because it can multi-task, whereas I can't. It can launch two or three well-resourced combined arms attacks. Impressive, but practically impossible to nail for my simple brain. For me, I want an AI that has a personality. Ultimately I don't believe it is enjoyable beating someone by playing better numbers. It is enjoyable to beat something by mentally seeing their weakspots and exploiting them. A superb AI has few weak spots. As I say, I do wanta smart AI, but I don't want a supersmart hypercapable AI. Because I don't want to have to become an accountant to beat them. I want to enjoy beating the otehr guy. I want to be Patton, not bloody Monty, if you get the reference.

SATAN! LUCIFER! OMFG TEH DEVIL R WALKING AMONGSTS US! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, duh!

I don't pity anyone who has that done, but I do think their need to stick out could stem from something easier to fix psychotherapeutically than having your skull changed into a miniature log ride, or whatever. On the other hand, they have a healthy disregard for the mortal coil, and that's all to the good. Personally, I'd have hooves instead of feet, to save on shoes.

Nonsense. In any event, I'd rather try immortality and not like it as much as i hoped than not try it.

The only thing worse than watching your friends get old while you do not, would be watching your friends get old while you DO.

Given my fondness for weasels it pains me to say this, but I don't follow you. You mean more troops means more violence, as in the same way having no troops would mean no violence? Eddo, I know you're not daft, so what are you waffling on about? There ARE mass graves in Iraq. We simply haven't found them all yet. EDIT: Gorgon, you are allowed to have a legal war, at least according to the advice of the attorney general. The UN is one way, an immediate threat to national security is another. The third and final way, established by precedent in Bosnia, Somalia, etc, is where intervention is required to avoid a 'humanitarian disaster'. It's amusing to note that whenever the AG is quoted in anti-war sites they conveniently leave out that page!

Unless you spy on them, how do you know they are your friends?

I apologise for not catching up with existing comments. My two pence: Standard doctrine dictates that it can be handy to have a preponderance of force. "The more you use, the fewer you lose" However, expecting that to solve everything would be desparately naive. If for no other reason than that a lot of very good people who might otherwise be the future of Iraq are dead. Killed mainly by the violent fethwits who are using Maoist doctrine to bring the whole country into a state of Anarchy. The most important thing is to demonstarte that the US will not simply run away. If the USA does this then we are ALL in for a world of hurt, because the Islamists would see it as a massive victory, and the entire world would have to reevaluate its alliances. What use is there in an ally who runs away? This means a lot of upheaval and general shenanigans. With giant hurty brooms. Thi is the practical reason for 'staying the course'. I happen to also think that whatever your feelings about the invasion we now have a moral obligation, having disrupted things to see them through. Now, I have to apoologise because I'm rushed off my feet at work just now, and will probably have to leave this topic for now. I hope you don't object. And if you do... send me sweets or something.

Hey, apart from the ones about bums he has good topics! I'm not sure you'd enjoy perfect retention, Meta. What about the bad stuff? I'd go for eternal youth. With enemies like you'd make given enough time, I think eternal life would only be violently removed from you. Better to make with the groovy disco dancing and vomiting in rose bushes.

This is why I wear a tinfoil hat.

I don't hold with fething iTunes, because if I am going to pay for something i want to own it. I use a bunch of little creative labs USB based players. They double up as storage and I can use them to make recordings of meetings/interviews and so forth. When they get old/obsolete they get used as permanent storage. End ex.

I volunteer to be the DM's screen thingy. You can write out the tables on my sinewy back, while I beam menacingly at the players.