BruceVC

Dont be a hater, in life I learnt that we shouldnt use the lowest possible common denominator of the implementation of something to judge future iterations and models ...lets be positive

Nah, not really. You see you are correct that we have had this debate many times but its the same debate around what we define as " important RPG components " that come up all the time like " number of races\classes, spells usage, crafting, instra-travel restrictions " ....the list goes on and on in many debates. Romance will never go away as an optional extra because for Romancers it adds to an important and realistic component to interaction with your party members. I like interacting and getting to know my party members, its part of my RP experience and I want to be able to Romance them if I want to ....nothing unusual about that ? So when we all finally agree that Romance should be a optional player choice but mandatory component in all RPG,that have party based interaction , only then will the debate end

I am very excited about BG3, BG2 ToB is my favorite RPG of all time so this game is going to be a definite purchase for me Do we know if there will be Romance, there should be if Larian Studios wants to be true to original general themes of previous games. My concern is Larian Studios is not known for Romance so I am not sure how immersive and worthwhile any Romance arcs would be ?

I am sure you are joking about the USA creating this virus, we already know where its genesis is and what created it It exists and spread to humans from an animal form of the virus and was created due to the exotic and wild animals that some Chinese eat and comes from there wildlife markets which the Chinese government has now outlawed and made trading in exotic animals as illegal.....finally, well done Chine https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/01/china-bans-wildlife-trade-after-coronavirus-outbreak/ I hope Ktchong is okay, I assume he eats exotic animals in sympathy and support of China

We all make predictions or have views based on real, historical and anecdotal evidence so it would be normal to assume " a Trump presidency wont be so bad ", also it hasnt been all bad especially around the economic output But I do think a Biden presidency will be fine and an overall improvement for the status of the USA if you compare Biden to Trump

This post highlights some of the real and irrational risks if Bernie becomes president, Im sure no one wants this even if the chance is remote. Its much better we dont take the chance in the interests of a progressive and sustainable global economy

Im not sure this is true, its very cynical? But it made me laugh

Yes but since when do you have to believe what one aspect of the media tells you, surly you can do your own research or use common sense ? The media doesnt control the narrative, it influences it but we need to decide for ourselves what side of the narrative we believe and or support

Fortunately you cannot crash most global stock exchanges by mass selling, today the US markets lost 7 % and circuit-breakers kick in to pause all trading, its very clever and will kick-in again if the US markets lose 14 %. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circuitbreaker.asp

Yes but at the end of the day Biden is a stronger candidate to beat Trump....thats something positive if you dont want another 4 years of Trump ?

Lets not blame the banks for people not taking responsibility for unnecessary credit and not understanding how a loan works, its insulting to the intelligence to the millions of people who do understand these things and use sometimes but pay them off correctly It would be like not accepting austerity years ago in the EU zone when you nowadays see how well a country like...oh I dont know, lets say Spain is doing....oh wait

I have just finished the latest season of American Gods and it was excellent, 8/10 I'm confused about some of the aspects of the plot but I will look that up and do some research

Its a valid question, its related to panic hoarding where people assume there will be mass shortages of goods and consumables so they stock up on what they assume will be difficult to get in the future But its unnecessary and unrelated to Coronavirus to stock up on toilet paper

This sounds like the SA approach except our approach has been worse because we only now have inconceivably realized that how China addresses the virus spread is meaningless to SA because we cannot quarantine whole cities as we are a Democracy, have human rights responsibilities and quite simply lack the resources and strategy to isolate whole cities

Hi All How confident do you feel about how prepared your country is to deal with outbreaks and when the Coronovirus comes to your country? South Africa is demonstrably unprepared, as usual, when it comes to these global events. For example Initially our Public healthcare comments were similar to " China seems to be on top of things, we are happy with there progress" We have still not established a quarantine centre for people who come back from China and other effected countries We keep blaming the media for raising attention to our obvious shortfalls by patronizing comments like " the media mustn't create panic " We just dont seem to have a general cohesive strategy to address this virus within our borders and so far we have 3 confirmed cases but many more are coming How is your country doing and do you feel confident your government is doing all it can to address this epidemic ?

You make me laugh but I understand what you mean But then who do you want to win in the election? It is looking positive for Biden and he basically will represent the Obama legacy and moderate Democratic views which is a good thing. But I am not convinced he has the same effective political message Trump has.....how do you truly undermine the Trump campaign when the USA economy is so strong and this current strength has to be contributed towards Trump and his successful economic policies. But Trump always wants to create his own unnecessary reality, he says in public " I saved the USA economy " now that is demonstrably untrue. Obama was the president that ensured the USA and the world survived the 2008 financial crisis. When Trump became president the USA was the worlds strongest economy and the USA financial system was stable and regulated but Trump did make it even stronger ...this is also true

Gorthfuscious this is exactly my concern in both a real and figurative way I dont believe or support any modern conspiracy theory for several reasons , they all attempt to obfuscate the truth or create distractions of peoples attention. So for example I would honesty hate the thought of you spending even 1 hour but imagine 5 days researching and possibly believing the classic " 9/11 was performed by the USA and or Jews " conspiracy theory Someone could say " but why would you hate the thought of Gorth choosing to research his own views on 9/11 and even have a different opinion on this topic. He can believe what he wants ....isnt this freedom of speech " ......of course he can in most topics and views but this is one of those conspiracy theories that has been so heavily rejected and refuted it cannot be reasonable or rational for anyone who has been following any general ME news and updates over the last 20 years to believe this There are always anti-Bank conspiracy theories that exist and thrive and people who sometimes target banks through cyber-piracy endeavors like Ransomware and advanced hacking techniques like phishing. But there are many ways to target or attempt to target corporations in the modern world using the Internet as we all know Now you can literally find examples where people seem to support " Communist\Socialist ideas " over your normal hard working bank that has always existed and supported the city where we live. It seems ........unfair and biased or rather very selective on our criticism

Yes but this is exactly the Trump strategy and this will become intensified if he wins....and also be prepared for those irritating political communist adverts But its design is targeted to create annoyance and frustration and add to the real and perceived political friction. They will also hope to weaken Sanders support by positioning Sanders in an extreme way However Trump may be the architect of his own doom, there is a real view that Bernie supporters will ignore any anti-Bernie views especially nowadays when you have to face Trump as this is to be expected from the Trump propaganda .....Trump has written the book in this so I doubt many Bernie supporters will be moved So in summary the normal Trump media attacks will be irrelevant to the Bernie success. And I tend to agree with this

But also I must be clear, I am not suggesting Sanders represents old school Communism and his old pro-communist comments are not relevant. He represents what is called Social Democrats ....is this really something that can be implemented in the USA? Apparently this is linked to how Sweden is governed, if this is true then surly that must mean high taxes? Anyway the reality is it confusing to understand how he will achieve his political goals but maybe we need to wait . But then someone said to me " why do you think Bernie will implement his perceived anti-capitalist policies " ....which is also true and I could be jumping the gun Also Trump wants Bernie to win over Biden, certain Republican strategists really believe Bernie will be the easier candidate to beat, this worries me because Trump normally has these views because he has an advantage in some way

I imagine it must be frustrating, but you also not helping because you allowing yourself to buy into the chaos and general political bedlam , its not like there is real persecution of Communism This is just questioning of the policies that seem difficult to understand how they will be funded and or implemented. And remember this will strengthen the Sanders campaign because this is nothing compared to Trumps media onslaught if Bernie wins ....which is why I question his candidacy against such political tactics of Trump

Shady what does your wife feel about Communism...I imagine coming from Baltic states she must be very concerned ?

Volo since when do you support Sanders ?

This article summarizes the underlying problem with some young people and possibly many of Sanders supporters They dont understand or dont care about the true insidious nature of Communism. They have created there own definition of Communism, if they had any real inclination they really could even rent an historical movie to see the true nature of Communism.....the real problem with this view is you will start being blocked by normal financial regulations and Constitutional laws if you go too extreme to the left But I just dont see how Bernie will beat Trump, I feel Trump will manipulate him into some crisis

I have always supported Biden as the best candidate to defeat Trump because he supports a moderate view of politics and is aligned to the Obama legacy But I am not sure he is the right candidate as he does seem a little ....dazed at times but lets see