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How would compare it to games Dragon Age or NWN2....I have been told you cant compare JRPG to other RPG but is that true. I have a very wide interests in games I play and I am sure I would enjoy a JRPG?

I love Guacamole, I have never made it fresh before....we get such excellent semi-fresh Guac from a local food store I just get that ..its delicious

Are their Romance arcs to explore ?

My bad, thanks for telling me. I still am interested in what our Swedish residents think because it comes up around Swedens overall response to the pandemic and I not sure what is the reality on the ground ?

Im in the same boat, never played one before but other members have so someone will comment Thanks for the translation

You make some very good points that sound convincing, I dont know enough about the law to comment further Maybe @gromnir can comment, so what will be the question we need to understand ? Is it " was it fair and not government overreach that occurred when he was jailed "? I am not sure how to frame it

Yeah, you right. I feel the father failed in his primary role to support his children in such an epic way thats the biggest issue for me

Fair enough, yes they become worthless if his trusted family goes to the media with what he says. Sorry to ask this but what is the overall point ? Are you saying he should or shouldnt have been jailed and can you clarify why ?

I watched an interview with someone from the Swedish government on Sky and he was asked about why Sweden has mishandled the pandemic so badly ....he said they havent and their is exaggeration from some in the media? I wonder what @Pidesco and @Azdeus think overall about the Swedish response, is it true its been a failure? How do we measure a failure ?

Yes okay I see what you asking. I would use a principle, if I was him, of common sense. Anyone he talks to about this he needs to ask them not to repeat what he said to media. If he doesnt trust someone then he mustnt talk to them because then he will be held liable if they go to the media I know I could tell my family and certain friends and I know they wont repeat it to the media but I wouldnt tell my whole family So the assurances can only be based on trust, I cant see people signing a document ?

2133 referred to this post as another " culture wars garbage" its not that and never was. It was a legitimate discussion about a controversial law that had consequence, its a debate for those interested. It wasn't necessarily about politics but law and SJ which is why I made a separate post Subsequently to making the post I realized I was mistaken and this is not the issue I thought it was, so please move it to politics if you prefer And C.D has every right to use SM to discuss this but it must be private and not get to the mainstream media, if he was prudent he wouldnt discuss it on SM but rather in person I dont understand what you mean by what "assurances he has ", the ruling is clear. He doesnt need assurances because he cant be charged for something he hasnt done so even a scurrilous accusation created to set him up wont succeed because it cannot be proven?

Sorry if this is old but I just saw this now and couldnt resist

That is one of the best gameplay videos I have ever seen, DL2 looks amazing and I cant wait I like the idea of helping and joining factions and their seems to be new combat mechanics. I remember from DL1 the significance of night travel but it looks even more terrifying and entertaining than DL1 This is definitely going to be a "day 1 " purchase for me but I will play it after 3 months of release to allow for the creation of potential patches\updates to address initial and inevitable bugs Oh and that glider looks sooooo cool, I will be using that especially at night

I hear you but the father has a real responsibility to think about the fact its his child....his child that deserves to not be rejected for how he was born. Also they divorced the parents so its not like he is a big part of his sons life, yes I am assuming this but clearly they not close And to be fair this is what the court order ruled so its not like he cant talk about it in private , he just cant talk about it to the media and in public and that is only reasonable. This is from Malcs link which I posted at the end “This order should not restrict C.D.’s right to express his opinion in his private communications with family, close friends and close advisors, provided none of these individuals is part of or connected with the media or any public forum, and provided C.D. obtain assurances from those with whom he shares information or views that they will not share that information with others,” the court said. https://nationalpost.com/news/b-c-father-arrested-held-in-jail-for-repeatedly-violating-court-orders-over-childs-gender-transition-therapy

More ELEX positive gaming feedback, I have just found another familiar component of Piranha Bytes games. The teleporter and I thought how I like how they have implemented this type of RPG mechanic Their is often an interesting debate within gamers circles about the implementation of " instant\fast -travel " in RPG and even if they should exist and this applies to MMO as well. For me I dont want to have to manually travel everywhere especially with a large map so I have always appreciated forms of instant travel but I dont want them to make me lazy and predominantly use them instead of exploring So I really like how they done in Piranha Bytes games, you dont know where the teleporters are and sometimes you can absolutely miss them. But they allow you to travel to hubs in regions but you still need to put effort in and find things through exploration so its a good balance the way they do it

You seem to have an issue with people wanting to discuss topics that you personally dont think are worthwhile or relevant? This is not the first time you have made this type of point, in the Political thread recently you made a similar condescending comment about people being posting nonsense and how the level of debate is below you Can I give you some constructive advice, if you think a topic or discussion is garbage then just dont comment but allow others to discuss it without being insulted. You are an intelligent person and in the past you have made some good posts even if I dont always agree with you But end of the day if you dont agree with a topic or debate then tell us why and make your case, that is the definition of debate and that is what most of us do on this forum https://thepostmillennial.com/father-who-was-jailed-for-violating-gag-order-about-childs-medical-gender-transition-pleads-guilty Saying all that I realize from your post above that I misunderstood this entire event and I shouldn't have made this post as its not what I thought. In my defense I did do some research but all the initial search results were " father jailed for not using pronouns" I must apologize for wasting peoples time on this topic and in future I will do better research before assuming something like this and starting a discussion Also as @Hurlshot mentioned the guy is a really bad father. For me as someone with friends in the LBGT community the worst thing any parent can do is reject their children because of sexual orientation.....being born a certain way and then having your own parents reject you is unforgivable for me. So the fathers actions were contemptible and then he defied a legal, binding court order....he deserves to be in jail

You make some convincing points here and they based on science, historical precedent and facts. Its hard to dispute your argument when you frame it like that, for example the unpredictable spread of the virus and how it cant be controlled and the reality that the Chinese vaccines have not been very effective so if anything its " Western " pharmaceutical companies that intentionally created the virus as they have demonstrated they released effective vaccines quickly As I mentioned earlier I still believe it came from animals and was accidently spread to humans so your post just adds to that view. I will never say its impossible it came from a lab and was accidently\intentionally released but I dont support that idea

Not a very convincing reason IMO ? Why dont you watch the first episode and then decide ?

Yes Elerond and I hope you supporting this, Lukashenko only did what he did with the agreement of Putin. So Russia was also part of the decision Their have to be consequences for what he did, it was absolutely criminal and outrageous what Belarus did to force that plane to land to arrest one journalist who was critical of the current dictatorship

Amentep why dont you want to even try to watch it?

You make some good points, particularly around what you said below " trump were praising china transparency regarding the virus and such don't help trump with independents, educated white women and others who helped make 2020 a loss for trump " You cant convincingly argue the media criticism about the virus origin coming from a lab or rather FB banning this discussion added to his defeat because he lost because he failed to attract enough of the demographics you mentioned. We know this because Trump did get even more votes than last election but he still lost ....and I would argue the irrefutable mishandling of the virus was the primary cause of this ....not a debate about the narrative of the virus https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34572869/trump-2020-support-failure-self-government/

Please comment on the thread I created to discuss this, it will be good to get different opinions on what I think is overreach

https://factcheck.afp.com/no-canadians-cannot-be-jailed-or-fined-just-using-wrong-gender-pronoun https://www.independentsentinel.com/father-jailed-in-canada-for-using-incorrect-pronouns/ I was having this discussion with Malc and I thought it was an important one where we can debate an example of government overreach and liberal, well meaning laws being abused and being used to prosecutor citizens in an unreasonable way IMO In summary Canada passed a law that states, to quote from link 1 The bill also allowed for more severe sentencing if it is proved that a particular offense was motivated by a bias or prejudice against a person's gender identity or gender expression. However, experts say misusing a pronoun would not constitute hate propaganda, nor can it be used as sole evidence of discrimination. So a son got her father jailed for not using the new gender title after a Transgender operation, I dont think this is right ...something about it seems very wrong And this is not a homophobic or anti-LGBT thread so please dont respond like that, this is just about this example and the overall slippery slope the law created

Yes thats abosolutely the truth, this other discussion is about something linked to that election but it has its own optics and reality in the world as far as geopolitics are concerned So Trump mishandled the pandemic badly, that is the facts on the ground and he questioned the viruses origin But the origin can be questioned, I still think it comes from the bats or other animals. Its has been basically proven other viruses like Ebola come from bats and so do the other viruses that have their origin in China like SARS and Avian Flu

"Death is always the answer" I didnt realize it was illegal to kill animals like Racoons, I think that is a good law in a country where sometimes your laws seem well meaning but unnecessary and signs of liberal government overreach. Like this one https://factcheck.afp.com/no-canadians-cannot-be-jailed-or-fined-just-using-wrong-gender-pronoun https://www.independentsentinel.com/father-jailed-in-canada-for-using-incorrect-pronouns/ Malc I am getting worried about Canada.....we dont even jail people for that in SA but we do jail people under certain circumstances for certain offensive words. Its called Crimen Injuria but even that law wont jail you for using wrong pronouns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimen_injuria