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I don't know about that Volo, lets be honest the shirt was an eye-sore and I have to say probably inappropriate for him to wear in an interview. Your are defined in society rightly or wrongly by your appearance. But its just a shirt and this man is a highly intelligent and respected person, I would have just said " I'm sorry for wearing that shirt " and then moved the conversation onto the real topical event ....the comet But resorting to crying in an interview, isn't that a bit dramatic?

When you say you " redid your fireplace " did you do this work yourself or did you pay someone to actually do it for you ?

Yep. This is true. And in those rare instances when a review is lukewarm despite the Hollywood level marketing and money being spent on the game, a giant red flag should pop up - that the game will probably be really really bad. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-11-dragon-age-inquisition-review ^Eurogamer. They give DA:I an 80, which is an above average score, but the review itself is rather scathing, considering the altitude of the situation here. We are talking about a major release from one of the biggest game publishers in the world. And here's some of what is said about it: About the early game MMO-like questing: About the strategic depth, choice and consequence: And, <ahem> attention Bruce </ahem> About that NPC interaction, depth, and that 'camaraderie' feel: So...what do you say, Bruce. Are you looking forward to romancing an asset? I'll have to play DA:I before I comment, that's the only way you should only ever start pass judgement on any game....first hand experience, then its informed

How is that not saying we don't serve your kind here? They are asking for the same cake that any straight couple can get from the bakery. The crazy thing is part of the evidence used against him in the court case showed that he took an order to make a cake for a wedding between two dogs. The jail time is also a bit sketchy. He is saying he would rather go to jail. The courts are saying he needs to serve cakes to everyone and educate his staff, and document who he refuses service to. Now if he continues to discriminate and run his business, he could face fines and a very unlikely jail sentence. It's more likely he will be fined and lose his business license, but that will depend on the judge. It's actually more reasonable than the Oregon baker, who got hit with a bunch of legal fees over $100k. OMG....he was prepared to make cakes for dogs and not humans....the story gets worse and worse

It was about stopping an archdemon which had possessed a dragon...yes I think that's right ?

Oh no we are going to miss you Well make sure you get back to the forums ASAP

I'm sorry but when I see that type of religious hypocrisy it just frustrates me..the point being its amazing how some people choose to practice the hate\animosity part within the Bible and not focus on the positive like what Jesus said about "Loving your neighbour "

Well I just think the boneless chickens somehow manage to rise to the occasion

Chicken wings are such a classic meal/starter , they are a real comfort food I enjoy using different marinades and sauces like you did Oh and I seriously loooooooooove the boneless extra hot chicken wings at Hooters with Blue Cheese sauce

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/11/7134385/dragon-age-inquisition-review-ps4-xbox-one-playstation-4-pc Another good review

Well GTA has always been one of my little indulgences, what I typically do is provoke the cops and then let them chase me The thing I love about the genre is the open world city design, I love just driving around and doing arbitrary things

Fair enough, you do realize that Bioware has tried very hard to improve DA:I on almost all levels ( and I assume that will include Romance ) and it has been receiving mostly favourable reviews?

I can't wait to play this game on PC, I want to go hunting and go to war on the Police department

I don't understand why a romantic relationship is somehow outside the "vast, vast pool of interpersonal communication." I'm pretty sure I never said it was. I'm pretty sure my point - which you missed on cue - was that there's a vast, vast pool of interpersonal communication, and a wide variety of emotions other than love, but Bioware writers only ever explore Romance. Because it is a crutch to them. They are incapable of going deep with anything else. Stun can you answer my previous question, I can accept you may not be excited about the Romance implementation in DA:I but aren't you at least curious ?

We've already accomplished one of three goals I care about within the video game portion of gamergate (crashing the mainstream media being an unrealistic and only slightly related 4th pipedream), you keep on saying that we haven't accomplished anything or that we won't accomplish anything, well, we're accomplishing the portions of the movement I care about just fine. So why do you keep on insisting we're never gonna accomplish anything when we already have? Shallow if I comment honesty I'll just end up offending people which is why I decided a while ago not to actively participate in this thread. Remember I have a responsibility to try to maintain a certain state of decorum as there are people like Volo who really look up to me and basically are guided by my comments. And the last thing I want to do is tarnish in anyway his almost perfect image of me I really think I have said everything I have said about GG. So its best I only comment occasionally and leave this discussion to people who believe in GG

Wow, someone here really likes video games... Drowsy is the one of the masters of cynicism and melancholy on these forums, sometimes he makes good sense You just don't want to read his posts when you are having a bad day, it may push you over the edge

That's true, but it's still a violation of property rights. At any rate; some one who would actually exercise that right would likely go broke anyway so... Oh well. I know it's unlikely to convince you, but American legal precedent has clearly rejected this view. Well this very informative link should settle this discussion, just because you own a property it doesn't give you the right to discriminate against people and, for example, refuse to serve them because of issues like ethnicity or sexual orientation ?

The complete illogical nature of the various conspiracy theories about the motives of the West never cease to make me laugh

Wait so the USA doesn't want to stop ISIS? Is that your observation because all the USA has to do is tell Saudi Arabia and Qatar to stop funding them and they will vanish? So why is the USA even involved in the airstrikes, surly this doesn't help there end goal of toppling Assad

Yeah, and now imagine that the same couple wanted to host their wedding in your own home too. If the bakers are not free to operate their property according to their will, then how is their home any different? Where do you draw the line? You can't--not without being hypocritical and illogical. Bigotry is undesirable, but codifying in law that one must be compelled to interaction is slavery. Attempting to correct bigotry with slavery is an outrageous proposition. Property rights are an extension of self ownership. If the law can compel a baker to offer one service, then they can be legally compelled to provide any service. It actually ceases being a service, because the act is not consensual--it's compelled labor. That's slavery. So just to be clear by your logic you are fine with a restaurant refusing to serve lets say African American people or Jewish people ?

Yeah that bar was a good example

@ GD Something else about that bakery story that upsets me that I want to add Imagine when you and Stef were about to get married, you are in love and want to spend the rest of your life together. And you are making all the wedding plans, you have breakfast at your local restaurant and while you are walking down the street hand in hand Stef says " Look GD at that adorable bakery, lets go and choose our wedding cake "...you can see how excited she is and of course you say "okay " You walk in the shop and say to the owner, with your fiancé brimming with excitement, " we are planning our wedding and would love to see your catalogue" The owner takes one look at your and says "sorry we don't serve your kind, we don't serve straight couples in here " How would you feel? How would Stef feel? What about the embarrassment and hurt from being treated like there is something wrong with you when in fact there is NOTHING you can do about your sexual orientation....

When you run a business, you are subject to non-discrimination laws. Religious organizations can get around this, but I fail to see how a for profit business deserves a free pass here. Would it be fair for your local bar to only serve white people? This is really the point GD, substitute the word gay for African American and ask how you or society would feel about a bakery not making cakes for an African American couple ? Bigotry is bigotry and it doesn't matter how you try to sugar coat it

I use reviews more as an high level overview of a games potential, but if all gaming websites I follow give a particular game an 8/10 or so score then that generally increases the odds of the game being very good But I place more credence in user reviews