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The thing is, it seems as though the "solution" is to prevent the odd severe accident from happening, which likely only happens to a small (I'd wager significantly small, as no one was ever permanently hurt in any of my schools during recess) minority of people. Yes, it does suck if you are that one person, or if you're that child's parents, but this "solution" places restrictions on the activities of all children, and they will all be subjected to a childhood that is less active. Furthermore, this will probably also set an example for the children as well. A large part of school is the socialization effect it has on the children. But restricting physical activity because of the possibility of injury sends the message that not being physically active is preferred. It will reinforce them to not be as active, as the active behaviours became looked down upon, restricted, and most likely punished. Or alternatively, kids will see the restraints as being artificial, and begin to resist and reject societies rules. Kind of like the social contract not holding up, so the kids don't buy into it. Quite frankly, I blame the media and society in general. We're being morphed into a culture of fear, where teachers require a third party observer if they need to talk to a child one-to-one during recess or after school. Where a few shootings at a school spawn debate as to whether or not teachers should carry concealed firearms. Where you don't want to leave your child unattended for a second, because pedophiles and kidnappers lurk around every corner. Where parents are not content in letting kids do what they themselves did while growing up. It's sickening.

As long as it's not in the hands of a n00b. EDIT: I agree, the lack of mana burn sucks.

For the longest time, I never even tried to kill her there, and always got her at UNATCO.

Wow, I had quite the run-on sentence to start things off with that post.

Would exposure to someone wearing a veil offer any significant form of acclimatization to other religions?

I have never seen the term "bad actor" used in this context before. Just, well, bad actors. Learn something new everyday. In any case, what "tragedy" are they preventing. I suppose someone could suffer serious, permanent injury when playing tag. But how does restricting physical activity help with say, the epidemic of obesity? Is it better to prevent the tragedy of a single individual possibly getting seriously hurt, or the tragedy of a lifetime of health problems because kids aren't allowed to be active any more. Seriously, what set this precedent? A relatively short 15 years ago, if I got hurt playing some touch football at recess, I'd spend some time in the nurse's room, and maybe get some bandages. I doubt that my parents at any time considered the prospect of suing my school.

I disagree, you can still comfortably watch YouTube at that speed. My peak bandwidth was 2.5 Mbit at my old place, and while that is twice as fast, that's only assuming I was able to actually get that bandwidth from YouTube. In any case, they were plenty fast with that connection, and I doubt it's a world of inconvenience at half the speed.

I don't remember the last time I turned off my computer.

For the record, I am not a casual gamer, and am a roleplayer, and I find myself enjoying the Paladin, and don't feel stifled at all. Especially seeing that, as a roleplayer, what class I start off with is irrelevant because I'm going to play the role of my character, whatever class I may be. If "we" don't want to be forced into playing a hero all the time, there's nothing stopping you from that...even if you start the game off as a Paladin. I have played through games as a Paladin that falls before, and I enjoyed them. If on my first playthrough of NWN2 I feel like that is the situation, I'll do it. It only becomes restrained if you're specifically trying to keep the Paladin class and progress fully, which isn't really roleplaying as far as I'm concerned. And the expansions had the Blackguard PrC, which pretty much seemed like an evil Paladin IIRC.

Though 128 KBps is hardly restrictive. Until I moved I was going at 250 KBps, and that's hella fast.

1.2 GB of RAM? Did someone put in a single stick of 1 GB and a single 256 MB??

Why is that?

He was also talking as if he knew the rules of WoD when it came to the werewolf (which I took at face value, assume he did have experience with werewolves in the WoD), only to have Spider come in and enlighten us to the actual characteristics of the werewolf in WoD, which did not coincide with Hades' expectations. I'd suggest taking his claims with a grain of salt.

I just ordered a brand new copy for 50 cents. I'll blame you if I don't get my money's worth. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pffft, the second you get to the main menu of the game you'll have gotten your money's worth. Yes, the main menu is THAT good. I should reinstall this game again.

I don't mind psychological horror. The horror that is really all in your head is kind of cool. Suspense = fun. Blood and gore = meh.

Why not? Should people be able to circumvent anything simply by finding a way to incorporate religion into it? Does the woman really need to have her cross hanging out for all to see (since from what I understand, the company has little problems with it being tucked in her shirt). If it's somehow protected simply because it's a religious symbol, can we take the slippery slope to the extreme, and allow myself to tattoo a cross on each buttock and then be allowed to walk around in public with no pants on? And is a veil really so cherished, when the person that "requires" it had no problems taking it off for job interviews?

I hope you brought enough for me! EDIT: How did that emoticon miss the nominations?!?!

Were the aliens ever really explained? I was never really a big fan.

I'm sure the middle eastern media are the beacons of truth however.

Maybe the Oil can snag Forsberg for a bag of pucks!

Yes. Open and shut case for 7 figures I imagine. The emotional trauma!

I have Briere and forgot to play him "Fortunately," he only had two points.

I have absolutely no idea how on Earth you came to that conclusion. Besides, if I didn't know any better, I could probably make a case about you making a quibble about someone's religious beleifs, and how they perceive God. Or it's just some more confirmation bias. I found it hilarious that it wasn't an issue when she was applying for the job.

"Why don't you just put her in charge!?!" (I am having images of what was said just prior to Lady Crimson and Darque becoming moderators).

No it's not, it's just you finding support for your position that JE is better than other games that people have argued with you about on this forum. It's funny that you have opinions on the list, yet only talk about how 1 game did relative to two games you have argued with people on this forum about. And it's not that people don't like it when a different opinion is shared (you could certainly toss yourself into that category, given your previous fanatical defenses of Jade Empire), it's that people don't like it when someone continuously restates that same opinion multiple times. Which you have done in your repeated discussions of Jade Empire. We get it, you like the game.