Judge Hades

That is why we need to have foreign languages taught at the grade school level, at the third grade at the latest. Start off with an easy llanguage such as Spansih then introduce harder languages such as Chinese or japanese at the latter levels.

Like I said, sometimes its a drawback and other times its a good thing. Here's hoping that Obsidian "finishes" NWN 2.

Chinese, Japanese, Gaelic, and Welsh just to name a few.

True enough. Gaider tends to reuse old concepts with minor improvements/changes than innovate. In some cases it is a drawback but in others it is a good thing.

I think I might be waiting a month or six before getting NWn 2 just to make sure it is getting the support it will need to have when it is released, just to be on the safe side.

Arkan hits it on the nose.

Actually it is should be a combination of both on the character's abilities and the environment he finds himself in. Such as one wouldn't use the same tactics in a dense forest terrain as you would in a swamp or an enclosed sewer.

Why would having z axis detract from that, Morgoth? You already moving the party in two axis points, how would using a third diminsh the strategic aspects of combat in the game? Of course, when I am trying to have a serious conversation about these matters there are those who still just want to poke fun and harass me.

Mainly because Spanish is easier to learn and teach.

Irrelevant. English is the language of the majority.

Well, I just think that the use of a third dimension can give players a greater sense of freedom and more strategic options in combat. In PnP DnD one of the most useful spells in combat is the Fly spell and used in conjuction of Reduce and Improved Invisibility it can have a devastating effect on both the enemy and the PCs.

Then its not much of an upgrade. Its still a 2.5D game like NWN and KotOR.

Does the new engine have a Z axis?

Well, I guess it remains to be seen. I do hope JE gets a decent translation.

True enough. I think the problem is that Bioware announced way to early. They wanted to show people that they weren't giving up on the PC so they announced it as soon as they had a build that can show decent pics, but now it just seems DA is just dragging along and nothing new has been released about it while the console itles keep coming. Ports tend to be iffy in most cases and while JE was a good console game I don't think its style will make a good translation to the PC.

If we had infinite monkeys I think we would need to wear hazmat suits and be carrying a shovel.

Yet its time for ME even though DA was announced first? I have my doubts that DA is still being worked on.

There hasn't been anything new about DA at the newsites for 2 years.

If their MMO is free like Guild Wars I'll give it a try but if not, I'll pass. I have given MMOs way too many chances as is.

What we need to do is set up an official language, here in the US it should be English, then teach Spanish at the grade school level along side English. Personally I think it is very rude to move and and work in a country in which you cannot or will not learn the native language. I wouldn't move and work in Quebec without knowling French on a conversational level first nor would I move to Saudi Arabia without knowing Arabic on a proficient basis before I move. I expect those who come to the US to live and work to learn the English language on a proficient level before coming to this country.

With are these illegal acts and court battles that this president is going through I just like to know why he hasn't been impeached yet? Illegal wire tapping, false intelligence reports, kidnapping and imprisoning people without trial or due process, and so forth and so on. Bush has abused his power way too much and he neds to be stopped. When it gets closer to re-election time it wouldn't surprise me one bit that an "emergency" will show up and elections cannot be held til the "emergency" has passed.

I am expecting next to nil support for this game.

BIS died due to mismanagement of Interplay aka Herve Caen.

Leave it to a Christian to misquote and make fun. Speaking of Christian nutjobs there is this Republican U.S. Representative from Florida, who by her own statements has declared herself to be a bigot and hater of a portion of population, stated that spearation of church and state is a lie that if you vote for lawmakers who are Democrat and secular you are voting in people who will "legistlate sin." Another reason why to never vote Republican. Back to the topic at hand, the only way the sitation in the Middle East will change is if one side completely wipes out the other. Either Israel will need to wipe out the Arab populations and destroy the Islamic governments or the Islamic nations wipe out Israel. As long as either side exists there will be no peace. Alanschu, last I checked there was about 1200 Lebenonese dead, with less than a hundred being Hezzbollah soldiers, rest being civillians while Israeli deaths were barely past the hundred mark total with a good chunk of them being military personal. It seemed that Israeli forces were going out of their way to target civillians. Hell, just recently in Gaza they targeted a clearly marked Journalist vehicle with a rocket. As much destruction some of these terrorists do, Israel is far from being a victim. More like an instigator.

Whatever, Dark Moth. You are too biased for Israel. It wouldn't surprised me if you do belong to that Morale Majority nutter group.