Malcador

Finally got around to seeing Max Payne. I highly recommend you all watch it.

Usually people that don't deserve it get thrown under the bus, not people that lack the understanding of the boundaries of their position, or show absolutely horrible judgment. Other ways exist by which he could "protect" (dubious choice of word for all this) his daughter than what he did - the fact that he didn't shows he's got no discipline. So firing him isn't exactly unwarranted. Cops don't fake arresting people. If there was a crime involving his daughter, then have the boy arrested by another officer. Why does how the boy reacted matter in all this ? If he roughed up the officer, well he'd be in jail (or probably shot/tasered, heh). As much as cops do get away with it, they can't handcuff, threaten or rough up someone because they sassed you (case in Montreal was funny of a lady arrested for telling a cop to F off, heh). Then again, police in most places seem to not understand what escalation is, end up having to show that they do, indeed, have balls all the time, etc. The cop screwed the pooch hard on this, they want to be looked up to and respected, well better hold them to an impeccable standard, no ?

Why do you care what they posted though, they're not parents, after all.

Asking that in a thread about Good Old Games?

Yeah it must be that, or just lack of tolerance for cops stepping out of line. Funny to see parents cheering for this though, considering how easy it is to scare them, a la Lovejoy.

Where have people been saying they're ok with it, anyway ? It's a non-issue compared to this cop (who should be fired, regardless of his history) abusing his power like he did. People being a parent really doesn't have much bearing on this, I understand the cop's pissed off and why...but so what ?

More cities you build, I think. So no added costs to conquering cities.

Looks like they've added Planescape Torment to their store

Annexing all of Arabia's cities seemed like a bad idea. Random question, do you get SMAC-like body counts after you burn a city down ?

That's some conclusion to draw from people spotting this as abuse of power. Being able to keep your private life out of your job, especially one as a cop, is part of discipline - so he can keep his feelings in check, or move on. As for knowing cops, heh, well I know two of them. Both really buy into the "we are all stands between us and barbarity" (while the cops here beat up some guy because he looked like a suspect, heh). Pretty sure all Toronto cops aren't wannabe paramilitaries, but they don't do much to convince me.

Well that helped a bit with resources, although now I'm in North India Ah well, I guess it's Civ 3's world map all over again (should look into/for a mod about that, maybe). Right now I have a North and South empire, the North one is one of my cities and about 5 Arabian cities I took rather easily, AI's army was 3 warriors and a Spearmen. Was funny to see my worthless ally, Ghandi, jump in and take the last city after the Arabians were broken.

Seriously ? He should indeed lose his job for abusing his power like this, I'd imagine there are rules for police (although seeing the way they behave around here, that can be questioned). If he can't figure out that he's not to handle private business as a police officer, he should go. But then again, it's the police. "Disciplinary" action to them is just a paid vacation. Not sure how the big issue here is the two kids having sex though, when compared to this cop misusing his power (and the fact it's private drama).

Wow, people hating on Codemasters developers ? It's OFP2 all over again. Someone push Sion Lenton off a cliff,, though.

Keep getting really crappy starting locations on the world map, Rome in South Africa this last time, hah. Missing adjustments to tax/science as well, hm.

Kidnap a family member, it'll get his attention better.

Hm, played the World map and ended up as Rome where Carthage is supposed to be. Odd, but seems slower on Marathon than Civ 4, might just be my perception.

I can suffer through QTE's. Looking forward to this.

Not much to forgive, really.

That'd be one hell of a money shot.

Naked mage chicks.

Amazing the whining about all this.

Dedication to a task.

My CE won't arrive until Monday, bah. Ah well.

Well one can be forgiven for assuming that, bunch of previews I've read where the designer keeps mentioning Panzer General I wonder how "streamlined" the game is.

It was fun to be playing it when a family member walks by (the naked dryad was one hah)