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It wouldn't work well in maintaining public support for the war though.

any way to delete them? Or are they on the CD?

Trusting his instincts with the snags you some influence as well.

The ultimate test is to try it on a different computer that still uses an ATI card....not an nVidia card. You changed two variables when you did that (your computer, as well as video card). If it dies on a different ATI card machine, then be pissed at ATI.

I remember hitting a jet with a tank shell in BFV. That was great :D

Units will still get defensive bonuses for being in easily defendable terrain. However promotions can give you bonuses to fighting in these terrain types....which I'd imagine might make you a super defender if you had that sort of stuff as well. I've heard that their new implementation is better for preventing such goofy things as "man with stick beats modern tank division" type stuff.

Not quite sure I follow what you are trying to say.

I remember reading that site. It was a riot. Their rationalizations for everything was priceless. I don't know how anyone could have actually believed that garbage. But hey, I guess it makes sense for Earth to be the only flat planet in our solar system

This is the first game I've played that was so clearly unfinished and full of bugs. Every other game I've played hasn't been this extreme. Those companies had the decency and enough respect for the customers to deliver a finished product.... Obsidian and LA didn't. They shipped the game well knowing that it wasn't finished and they still had the audacity to demand full price. I payed 350 kr. for a faulty product and they don't even have the decency to make available the necessary patches! They don't give a s*** about their customers.... it's just like 'Hey they bought it! We tricked them and it worked! And so what if they complain and they say it's faulty.... F*** 'em! Okay... next project!'.... that's how I see it. They have moved on and they don't give a rats @ss about us! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I suspect you don't have the most diverse library of PC games. Should have been there when Ultima IX was released...Oy! What will you say though....if a patch is released?

It was smart. He needed Anakin to wipe out the Jedi Council to push him further along the path of the darkside. As for the rest of the Jedi, why waste your time trying to kill them when you can quickly and decisively wipe out many of them all at once. I doubt you'd take them out yourself as you say you would. Palpatine recognized the Jedi as his only legitimate threat, and he can only be at one place at one time. With all the Jedi being in remote locations, he's going to have to planet hop, and go around executing the Jedi. During which time, the OTHER Jedi would regroup and reorganize. Sidious isn't an idiot....he knows that catching the Jedi off guard is the best way to eliminate them, not by going after them one by one. Oh, and for the record...I did vote for Mace :D I just feel that Palpatine wasn't actually trying his hardest, but if he was, I still think Mace would have chance. I'd pit them as being pretty evenly matched...one would win probably by chance.

Penn and Teller had a funny show (Bull$#it) addressing the Moon Hoax. Always good for a laugh they are

Wrong. That would be true if the planet wasn't under the influence of any forces. Inertia will never cause a body to go on or continue on a trajectory which isn't linear. To change a planet's orbit you would have to deal with the gravitational pull of the Sun, rather than the planet's inertia. And about Newton's laws, well, every law gets outdated sooner or later. Which doesn't mean it's no longer valid to deal with situations within the original parameters upon which the law was formulated. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Point taken. The fact that the Planet is in orbit and changing it's direction (since velocity is a vector, with magnitude and direction), indicates clearly that there is a force being applied to it (ye olde centripetal force). Sorry about that. And I wasn't discounting Newton's Laws as being invalid. But people place so much weight in the world LAW and THEORY, when in fact Einstein's Theory of Relativity is more all-encompassing and accurate than Newton's Laws, particularly when objects begin to reach extremely high velocities. I get sick of people that often discount relativity since "it's just a theory." It's just a theory the same way that gravity is just a theory. Newton's Laws still work, and are simple to use, for low velocity conditions...which entails the vast majority of events that interest most humans. Even then, relativities equations for motion (IIRC...it's been a while since I took the course), basically look exactly like Newton's, except for the gamma factor. Since at low velocities the gamma factor pretty much becomes 1, it becomes a non-factor.

As taks sort of touched on, the inertia of an object is exactly the same. An object at rest prefers to stay at rest, and in motion prefers to stay in motion and all that jazz. The motion of the planet is in a slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, and it prefers to stay that way. It would not be any easier to change the motion of the planet than if it was completely motionless (compared to what? Ahhhh, the absolute reference frame...where is it? :D). I funny little sidenote about Newton's Laws and Einstein's Theory. People put too much stock in the words "Law" and "Theory." I took a course on special relativity (I can just imagine the complexity of general relativity), and I basically got the impression that Einstein's Theory of Relativity more accurately predicts the motions of the planets than Newton's Laws. Something about Mercury getting close enough to the sun that either a combination of the speed of mercury and/or it's close proximity to a huge gravity well and therefore affect it's journey through space-time is not accounted for in Newton's Laws. We were always off by a bit :D

Palpatine displays his "weakness" just as Anakin enters the room. The only thing Anakin missed was Palpatine being disarmed and pushed into the corner. In my opinion, it's the optimal outcome for Palpatine because it lends credence to Palpatine claiming "I told you....the Jedi are taking over." But Mace and Palpatine are still going at it with the lightsabers when Anakin is powerwalking his way through the Chancellor's office. Trying to zap Mace would have given Mace more conviction that Palpatine should just be executed right then and there, since he'd be too dangerous to be left alive. Until Palpatine tried force lightning, he was merely "under arrest." With Palpatine's life immediately on the line, it forces Anakin's hand if he still wants to save Padme.

Well, Luke had never seen anything like that before, and he was making a defiant statement that he'd never turn to the darkside. Tossing away his saber probably wasn't the best choice though when facing a Sith Lord. He underestimated the wrinkled one I think Luke was pretty badass in Return of the Jedi. He was still the whiny farmboy in Episode IV and Episode V, but he really seemed to come into his own in Episode VI. I noticed it more when I watched it with someone who had never seen the movies before. She was pretty impressed with Luke's plan to save Han. He knew Jabba wasn't going to give up Solo, so he planted his lightsaber on R2. He anticipated that the rescue attempt might not go as planned and he may get captured....hence he could not have his lightsaber on him lest it be confiscated. (I think Leia trying to rescue him might not have been part of his grand plan....but even then, it got Han "free" of the Carbonite so that they could be together if they got captured). Luke had quite the foresight during the whole Jabba incident, and my friend was confused as to why Luke was seemingly overconfident the whole time...she thought he was just trying to bluff him the whole time. Perhaps he was able to use the Force to anticipate the future so that he could set all the cards in motion correctly. Luke in Episode 6 = Although, Obi-Wan in prequels = Ewan McGregor was the best part of the prequels IMO, and I really liked how his character grew throughout the movie. He was young and headstrong (like he told Yoda) when he was Luke's age. I don't think he was very comfortable with the teaching role at first, as he did seem quite critical of Anakin in Episode 2...although he just wanted the best for Anakin. By the time Episode 3 came along, he was clearly a wiser, and much more capable, Jedi. He accepted part of the responsibility of Anakin's fall, and I'm certain he had such a relationship with Anakin that had it been Obi-Wan holding Sidious at lightsaber point, I'm not so sure he would have been as willing to save Palpatine. This probably is also affected by Anakin's dislike of Mace (whom always seemed to undermine Anakin in Episode 3....not that Mace was wrong in doing so, but Anakin's biggest confrontations with the Council seemed to involve Mace).

Didn't they publish Rock and Roll Racing?

Read above. There is none either way and it is not a valid way of illustrating a point either way. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually that was exactly my point, and why I asked that question. I did understand that there was none either way. The reason why I asked it was because the other camp was hellbent on requiring proof, when there isn't any for either case. Evil will always win because good is dumb! Pleading for help does not mean he was or was not holding back. I'd be more inclined to think that Mace's cry for help was more sincere, given he'd have no reason to hold back. I dunno....in Return of the Jedi Luke seems quite capable ^_^

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Fallout 1 was released before Black Isle Studios became it's own entity. I just notice that it installs into Interplay directories, not Black Isle ones.

PST wasn't the requisite "quick" cash flow though. It has persistent sales....but sales alone don't indicate profits, as I would bet that a large portion of the people that played the game bought it when it was CDN$20 like me. Although I don't know when the bulk of the Fallout sales were, so they could be comparable. I'm just basing this on a loose memory of hearing Feargus talk about it on these boards.

I don't think so. This thread is more about the "OMGOMG I'm right just cuz people...check out this proof...oh wait...my source has stuff that contradicts me??? Whutevah lalalalalalalala not listening cuz i'm soooo rite w3rd !!!!!ooneoneleven1" people versus the "look look look, I have something that indicates I might be right....what...helllo helllllllllllllllllloooooooo...look at this...no don't aflkja ARGH <bangs head on wall> type discussion. Since the other camp is so adamant about proof that Palpatine was holding back, when I tried to address the question and asked if there was any suitable proof that indicated that he wasn't holding back, I was ignored. Some discussion. As for the TIE.....I can't remember if it was story related or not. I remember they suddenly came out and it was like "Whoa! Hyperspace TIEs!" But I don't know anywhere that says the x1 did or did not have hyperdrive. I assume that because it's a prototype, it would be similar. But of course it could be a concept TIE and the TIE Advanced were the eventual production TIEs

More specifically, the TIE Advanced x1 prototype :D

Actually they did a what happened to Vader WEG scenerio for the original SW RPG. The wings pop off leaving a sort of escape capsule (this was on the model version) and he floated off through space in a Jedi trance till someone got around to picking him up. Even if you take the film evidence alone Vader goes spinning off into space rather than blowing up. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I prefer to just use the X-Wing/TIE Fighter video games that indicate that the TIE Advanced (which is what Vader was flying...well, a prototype of it) has a hyperdrive on it :D

What proof is there that Palpatine IS faking the fight? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Considering I asked my question for all those that were claiming for an answer to your question...I fail to see why you asked it. Unless you were trying to be "funny" or something...we could play this game all night long. As for your question. There is none. But don't go pulling a creationist trick of claiming lack of proof for my point is support for your point. Just as there's no actual, concrete proof for Palpatine faking the fight, there is zerio proof that he isn't faking the fight. It is actually better this way as it would be stupid it was stated in the book that 'Palpatine has truly met his match....had he not summoned all of his skill, he would have died...he clearly is not faking it in this fight' or something similar. Having said that, there are numerous other posts that show Mace asking Anakin for help in the Novelization, stating clearly that Palpatine is "too strong." Nur Ab Sal and his supporters have completely ignored this point, despite claiming the novelization supports their point in some way shape or form. So I answered your question, now answer mine. What proof is there that Palpatine is not faking the fight?

Hahahaha. Although we do see him survive the explosion. There's a quick shot right before the scene of them landing and celebrating in the hanger of Vader recovering his spin and flying away.

It would be the best way to turn him. For Anakin to come in and see that Palpatine had annihilated everyone would probably look worse for him. Playing the helpless old man that needs Anakin to help him....and the fact that he is put in that helpless situation because the "Jedi are plotting to overthrow him." If Anakin saw him as a badass that could take care of himself....it'd likely cast his mentor in a different way.