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Palpatine's failure was that he wasn't subtle enough. I have to disagree. I believe Palpatine's arrogance, ignorance and overconfidence was more his downfall than him not being subtle enough. Look no farther than ROTJ, he was so confident that he knew the future and that he would bend Luke to his will and that he couldn't be denied nor defeated, that he didn't see that he couldve been wrong and that the revelation that Luke was Vader's son aswell as Luke's pleas, could sway him away from Palpatine's influence long enough to destroy Palpatine. Why? Like I stated above. If he'd been subtle, Luke would never have been against him in the first place. A Rebellion would never have formed and he never would have been seen as a bad guy. Heck, the twins might not have had to be hidden from Anakin, and would have grown up under the direct influence of their father. But no, he had to go cackling and wearing a black robe.

I don't even know what to play anymore since I bought that id pack. It's just too many games. Today I've tried out Commander Keen, Spear of Destiny, Quake, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I still haven't touched Heretic or the Hexens and am planning on now trying Quake II. I need to organize my play. All the while still needing to finish Hitman 2, No One Lives Forever 2, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Final Fantasy 4 Advance, Shadow Hearts, and that one game of Civ 4: Beyond the Sword. I think I realize why I like episodes.

Sometimes I wish I had that game. I really enjoy the machinima.

Just because they won the fight in Sweden doesn't mean that the largest gay pride event in Northern Europe is exclusively for Sweden. Are gay people supposed to all just move to Sweden for equal rights? Or are the gay people in Sweden supposed to not care about people outside of Sweden?

Because they're awesome and we're not thieves?

Ever played Command Keen? How about Hexen? It's not too late. http://www.steampowered.com/v/index...SubId=440&cc=US I never played Commander Keen, Quake II, Hexen, or Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I also apparently missed out on Master Levels for Doom II. One noteable exception from the package is Quake 4 by Raven Software. And I think I hear Commander Keen episode 6 (not by id, don't know who by) is not included. I'm such a nerd. This is so awesome. Doom got me into gaming, but I actually never finished any of them without cheating (including 3, which felt too long).

What problems are you having? You've run out of Halflings to slaughter? I had that problem too.

The stories aren't particularly linked. At least not in any significant way beyond a few mentions and brief cameos.

Mighty big desktop, chief. What monitor do you have? Edit: Make that "What monitorS"

He was in Code Veronica. Which felt like a better sequel than 3 did, actually.

rabble rabble

He's either Chris's alt or his friend.

I can't be the only one to realize he's a fake poster, can I?

Don't make me disown you, Pidesco. You'll be out on a fence in the alley in no time.

Because I'm playing my Civ as a bunch of technological zealots. We don't recognize such superstitious hogwash! I'm hoping the Mongolians declare again. The only thing they have going is Longbows on defense (which I have no specific counter for, but I'm sure my Grenadiers can handle them) and Horsemen (whatever their UU is) running raids. I just need to find their supply of horses.

I'm also playing Beyond the Sword. I decided to start over using some of the strategy information I've gleaned from the CivFanatics forums. I'm building my new civ around one very basic concept, technological elitists. I do not deal with any of the other "lesser" civs except to destroy them should they arise my ire or to steal pitiful technologies that aren't worth my civ's time to research. I've never taken on a state religion or built a religious building. It's research, money, or military. I realized pretty early on that I needed some breathing room. So I did an America. I conquered every last Native American city and took their land. All of it. The Mongolians weren't happy with this so they declared war on me. They never bothered attacking, of course. I was able to take 4 or 5 Native American cities while the Mongolians just spewed insults and called me backstabbing, blah blah blah. I've rejected every single trade and open borders proposal I've ever gotten. After taking all NA cities, I moved to assault the Mongolians. And I was wading deep. I took one city (which will probably flip back to them soon unless I can do something), but could not break the next. So, I offered a Peace Treaty. They accepted. Now that I'm out of war, I should have no problem getting my research back to its top levels. And maybe enhancing my espionage as well. I have every resource I could need so far, so my isolationism should be fine. My overall plan is to build up to the Manhatten Project. I'll stockpile nukes like there's no tomorrow and hope that's a heavy deterrent. If that doesn't work, well I will have no qualm about unleashing armaggedon. Assuming I can get access to Uranium. This is all to keep the idiot civs from raiding my cities while my people work towards travelling to Alpha Centauri, where we can research more in peace!

I can think of nothing more embarassing for a female coworker than for me to catch them watching porn on their computer while on the job. And little more hilarious at the workplace that doesn't involve someone getting hurt.