BruceVC

Which proves exactly what, aside from the fact that the system is rigged to favor the rich? What women do or do not do is not a part of the system. I seriously doubt that the any women says "I will allow this guy to molest me but not that one because the system is rigged", no they allow this guy because they want to. So, you have found a person who likes a little slapping. Good for you! Given the fact that studies say about 35% of adults are into BDSM to an extent, I'm frankly surprised it took you so long. But having kinky preferences doesn't mean said person is into "violent, abusive guys". It's not ONE person it's all of them. What. Usually a question end with "?", you know. Wait, are you telling me you work for a company where management can go around slapping the asses of attractive girls and not only is this allowed but the girls themselves don't mind this?

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/05/the_seduction_of_george_w_bush_by_vladimir_putin Guys I suggest you read this, kgambit sent it to. It explains some of the tensions that exist between Russia and USA and the presidential relationship since Bush junior. It also gives some interesting information around Georgia and why the USA didn't intervene militarily. Its a long read but trust me the insights are worth it, especially if you want to understand why the West treats Putin a certain way

Your articles are just someone's opinion that happens to correspond to your own. We have plenty of unemployed people who could use those jobs. To say illegal immigration doesn't cost us anything is ridiculous, 20 years ago Harry Reid ranted that 25% of births in California public hospitals was to illegals. Who's paying for those births? Every child of illegals born in the US is an immediate US citizens, eligible for all welfare benefits. All they have to do is have half a dozen kids, then live high off the hog on the US taxpayer. And what's the rate now, 50%? 80%? California has 4 times as many poor as any other state, where do you think those poor are coming from? Education is free for them, medical services are free, often housing is. Who's paying for all that? Just to deal with the current immigration crisis, Obama asked for 4 billion dollars just as a supplement, just for a short time, that's more than the entire 2000 mile fence, assuming 2 million dollars per mile. Do you know that the government actually gives tax id numbers to illegals, theoretically so they could pay taxes (lol), but they actually use them to fraudulently obtain billions of dollars from the government by filing fake tax returns. Not to mention all the other crimes they're committing, all the social problems they create. Just a few days ago here an apparent illegal killed a family of four in a car accident trying to escape the police. Normally a society tries to eradicate poverty, we're intentionally importing it. As far as overstaying visas, I already said they have to start tracking the visas, go find the people doing it and revoke their visas forever. Do you really see lots of Americans doing the low income jobs that many Hispanics are prepared to do? Like construction, cleaners and domestic maids. My experience has been these are jobs most Americans aren't really prepared to do?

Wut? Do you talk about few police operations against local criminals? What separatism do you talking about? That is true about Chechnya now, its much less violent. But Russia took 10 years to subdue one country, you had two wars with Chechnya and only finally succeeded when you adopted the tactics of the brutal and corrupt Ramzan Kadyrov. Who is now current president of Chechnya It doesn't say much for the military effectiveness of Russia at the moment, and you still think you will win a traditional war the USA?

Libertarians are too obsessed with states rights for my tastes. That said; sure you CAN vote libertarian, but everyone knows that a vote for a third party is a waste of a vote. I'm hoping the republicans will drop the big government aspects of the party and adopt a small government stance on those issues. If only for the party's survival; the republicans MUST end the drug war, support gay marriage, and change their platform of foreign entanglements. The fact that doing so will actually coincide with their message of small government and be good for the country is a bonus. They don't have to be as extreme as the libertarians, but a move in that direction would give them some kind of future. I also feel I should note that their pro-life stance is one I oppose, but it is actually good for the party's future. After all, Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the country and they are usually pro-life. So while I support abortion; I am certain remaining pro-life is a good idea. That's true about Hispanics and there stance on pro-life. But this is also due to there slightly more conservative culture, especially due to Catholicism, and I expect this to change for future generations around issues like pro-choice I faintly recall someone posting an article about how we get people from traditionally conservative cultures that on paper should be likely Republican voters and yet they fairly consistently vote Democrat. It may have been on Facebook if not here but I'll see if I can find it. I would like to read that, it sounds very interesting

Its funny you say that but about 3 weeks ago I was talking to this girl at a bar and I said "I'm a feminist, do you care about the struggle for gender equality" ( the truth is she was arrogant and I could tell this would annoy her ) anyway she said to me " you should speak to my friend, she cares about feminism " ( I knew she was being sarcastic ) so I went to her friend and said "hi, your friend told me you care about feminism" ....she gave her friend this annoyed look and said to me " well I will have to have a chat to her about that " At least there is still strip bar/hostess club/escort service. You can do both of them, as long as you are honest. So you meet ladies in bars and you can go to strip clubs but its not advisable to do this if you are involved

Just an update, after reflection and consultation with certain third parties I have decided to not use the word feminist anymore when describing myself because there does appear to be an uninformed and negative view around this word. So I will prefer to say I am a liberal who believes in gender equality

Libertarians are too obsessed with states rights for my tastes. That said; sure you CAN vote libertarian, but everyone knows that a vote for a third party is a waste of a vote. I'm hoping the republicans will drop the big government aspects of the party and adopt a small government stance on those issues. If only for the party's survival; the republicans MUST end the drug war, support gay marriage, and change their platform of foreign entanglements. The fact that doing so will actually coincide with their message of small government and be good for the country is a bonus. They don't have to be as extreme as the libertarians, but a move in that direction would give them some kind of future. I also feel I should note that their pro-life stance is one I oppose, but it is actually good for the party's future. After all, Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the country and they are usually pro-life. So while I support abortion; I am certain remaining pro-life is a good idea. That's true about Hispanics and there stance on pro-life. But this is also due to there slightly more conservative culture, especially due to Catholicism, and I expect this to change for future generations around issues like pro-choice

I have absolutely no interest in showing up and posting to this thread. Undoubtedly the line of the week, nice one

Yeah you make some good points, but just because I say I am a feminist it doesn't mean I forget my manners around my lady friends or tell inappropriate jokes. I do open doors for ladies and pay for the first meal on a date. But I get what you are saying HAHA now you got me Bruce, do you realise that by paying that bill you degradet that poor girl? She is not good enough to pay on her own? You pig Nah I'm believe in old fashioned manners when it comes to those types of things, but I have no issue with her paying for the next meal if she wants to

But do you personally not think what they did was hurtful and offensive ?

Yeah you make some good points, but just because I say I am a feminist it doesn't mean I forget my manners around my lady friends or tell inappropriate jokes. I do open doors for ladies and pay for the first meal on a date. But I get what you are saying

Its funny you say that but about 3 weeks ago I was talking to this girl at a bar and I said "I'm a feminist, do you care about the struggle for gender equality" ( the truth is she was arrogant and I could tell this would annoy her ) anyway she said to me " you should speak to my friend, she cares about feminism " ( I knew she was being sarcastic ) so I went to her friend and said "hi, your friend told me you care about feminism" ....she gave her friend this annoyed look and said to me " well I will have to have a chat to her about that " It was quite funny , and made me laugh Anyway I'm going to birthday party tonight where there will be several ladies I know who take the issue of gender equality seriously. I'll ask them what they think about someone who says they are feminist and if the word has negative connotations I'm only doing this because if someone like you, who I consider a liberal and a reasonable person, also doesn't use the word feminist, even though you espouse the values, maybe my intention to keep using the word is misplaced. I'll give feedback later

Well, thankfully you don't have authority, then. While words on a screen can be harsh, the metric of "offensive" and "hurtful" isn't reliable as some people get bent out of shape over anything. That's if it's just a comment, if it's some sort of organized campaign that is a bit different. Of course the definition of offensive is subjective and I'm not talking about banning people anytime they say anything that is debatably offensive or I think is offensive. But in this case we have two people sending the daughter of Robin Williams digitally edited pictures of her dad dead and making mocking comments. How can you not think these people shouldn't be banned? How can you not say these types of actions are not offensive and hurtful? And Twitter has suspended there accounts and is reviewing its policies. So my suggestion around permanent banning is not that far off

Actually I was going to ask a similar question but not about NWN @ NWN_babaYaga have you considered creating Romance mods for PoE?

Welcome to the forums and the promancer army You views on Romance are appreciated here

A small part of the RPG experience? We're getting this from you?! You judge games by their romances, Bruce. If Romances were really a "small part of the RPG experience", then by all means, Admit that they're not important. AGREE with me that they're little more than window dressing - Gimmicks that add flavor to a game and little else. Of course you won't do any such thing, because in your mind, Romances have become a fundamental, almost vital, part of an RPG experience. And you're not alone. That's the problem I'm talking about. RPGs are not soap operas. But look at Bioware. Their games are interative soap operas. One need only visit BSN for 5 minutes to see the truth behind my words. On the Bioware forums, RPG stands for Romance Player Games in the minds of it its 3 million+ members. There is no way anyone can play a modern day Bioware game and claim that Romance is 'a small part of the RPG experience'. No ..no... Stun, you have misunderstood my perspective on Romance. And I need to take some responsibility for that for not making my point clearer Romance is important but its just a form of party interaction. And party interaction is important but that's just a small part (15 % ?) of the overall RPG experience. How many times have I said " I'm disappointed that PoE won't have Romance but I'm sure the game will still be very entertaining". That's because there are many things that define the RPG experience to me more than party interaction. Things like the various races in the world , monsters, exploration, dungeons, quests, lore and narrative are more important to me than party interaction But I'm confident that Obsidian has those things covered so I don't feel the need to discuss them or say "there should be exciting and multi-levelled dungeons to explore", we know those are in the game. But since this is a Romance thread and we know Romance isn't in the game this is what I feel is a relevant discussion. So in summary of course I like Romance but its not the most important part of an RPG for me, I really thought you knew that ?

Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how many hundreds of people I have talked to on both sides? Israelis are very defensive of Israel, and Palestinian are very defensive of Palestine. They care more about fictional borders than the lives of the other. I agree with this to a certain degree. In South Africa as far as the general Jewish or Muslim communities are concerned there is almost no objectivity in debates around what is happening in Gaza. So everyday we are subjected to people on radio stations saying things like " the media is biased towards us " and "no one knows the truth "

That assumes that the rich want to keep the poor poor. But why should they? It's not clear that they do, it's never been the American system. I'm happy the way things are, I'm not sure I'll be happy the way they will be soon. The leftists are slowly but surely destroying this country, at least that's my belief. As far as the improved living conditions, that's mostly the result of technology and capitalism, the political system only comes into play to the extent it hinders the former. Don't worry WOD, most of you forum members who live in first world countries have no idea how bad it has to get before your countries are really destroyed. I see everything that is happening as social adjustments, nothing to be worried about. As long as your economic policies are stable and sound then things like immigration, which I understand your concern, isn't the issue you think it is Come to Africa if you want to see what real destruction of some countries looks like

Don't mean to be pedantic but the definition of the gay means both happy and homosexual and the English dictionary recognizes this http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gay But there is no definition of the word feminism that says the word means sexism or men must be marginalized This is your interpretation of the word and this is simply wrong

In Mass Effect 1 it wasn't an issue, but that game had only 3 romances. You know, the amount I recommended. Mass Effect 2/3 however, had a lot more. In ME2/ME3 exploration of worlds wasn't included. Bioware decided pro-mancers wouldn't be satisfied with 3-4 romances, but instead needed more for some reason. If exploration had to go for the sake of romance spam; oh well. Mass Effect 2/3 had some major failings that I feel wouldn't exist if Bioware hadn't spent so much time and resources on romances. I think Mass Effect 1 handled romances well, but the sequels went too far. Okay I respect your opinion even if we don't agree on this one, in ME2/3 I only had one Romance arc and that probably only represented about 3% of the total time I spent playing the game compared to everything else I did. But we all have different experiences

No Volo, I just expect people to have a modicum of respect for there fellow human beings under certain circumstances. Like the death of a family member

Yes that's exactly what I would do if I could influence who gets permanently banned, if for example someone goes to a Facebook remembrance about someone who died and starts making offensive or hurtful comments about the deceased I would immediately ban them permanently with no way they can ever come back with that user profile

It may be a small part, but it still takes a lot of development time. It has certainly played a role in the decline of in-depth mechanics in Bioware games. Also, in ME:2/ME:3 it could get in the way of role-playing to a severe degree. I think a major issue is how many romances Bioware makes per game today. Back when it was 3-4 romances per game it wasn't a high price, but now Bioware seems content to spam them. Not only does this lead to a decline in romance quality, but it takes away from the mechanics to an extent that is very detrimental to the game. If Bioware would go back to 3-4 romances per game; I think that'd be an improvement. I don't really think pro-mancers are much better off with 10 romances instead of 3-4. I'll put it like this: A few romances: Pro-mancers Anti-mancers A spam of lower quality romances: Pro-mancers Anti-mancers So are you saying that in a game like ME with all the dozens of hours of exploration, questing, planet mining, combat and non- Romance dialogue somehow the few optional Romance dialogue options is greater than all these other features? Because Stuns point is Romance has "ruined" Bioware games as if Romance is somehow become the most important or prevalent component in Bioware games. And the reality is far from what he is suggestion just based on other features outside of Romance? My point is lets not exaggerate because a particular person is trying to emphasize there dislike of Romance

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/robin-williams-comic-stars-daughter-zelda-forced-off-192140219.html#MN8V9hp I get sickened by this type of behaviour and you guys wonder why I believe in banning people from forums who don't know how to conduct themselves as members of the human race