BruceVC

What !!! You mean you normally don't eat fruits and veg...so what do you normally eat?

If I'm in the majority, I should be able to have the society I want, not one where anything goes. Everything someone does affects the society in some way, people are social animals and no one is an island. For example, if you don't have stable families, you don't have a stable society either. People used to understand that, but now we're tending towards absolutism. Like I said, Republican party is already dead, now they're driving away their base. I see major political realignment coming, but for the foreseeable future I guess we're stuck with one party Democrat rule. Do you think if you criminalize homosexuality you will have more stable families? Because that's what they do in the Middle East and I wouldn't say there cultures or family structures are better off than the USA?

What happens when they are squatting at the location they don't want to work at and are preventing anyone else from working there? In fact I want to add to this valid point to give you an example of how out of control the trade unions are in South Africa. Our constitution says "you have right to strike " so strikes are generally always allowed but we also believe in the " right to work" yet in every single strike the striking workers not only prevent workers who want to work from going to work but there are always examples of people getting killed by strikers...getting killed for wanting to work. So the trade unions basically force all people who work for a company to go on strike, you don't have a choice. And that's not reasonable or acceptable

Also there are millions of fans, like me, who love the Witcher franchise and RPG world. There is still so much to explore and for CDPR to show us through future games, I want to see a Witcher 4,5, 6. and maybe even a 7

Sometimes governments have no choice but to end strikes using force Volo, sometimes they have no choice....

Wow that's an insightful and interesting post, good job

Thanks Bruce! They're so cool. Can you tell me moar of your "enemies" - i do want known moar progressive forces in Africa Trust me Oby even you wouldn't align yourself with the EFF, check there website http://www.economicfreedomfighters.org/ They are anti-western and anti white monopoly of the economy but the truth is they have no idea of how economies work or have much business sense. They consider Robert Mugabe a great and significant man

Got to be honest but that sounds f****g terrible, you definitely have an ability to convincingly describe how horrendous a situation can be

is he chubby, can you post a pic or two?

Not at all, I'm a DA supporter which is the main opposition party in South Africa. But just because I don't vote for the ANC it doesn't mean I automatically agree with any criticism they receive or think its justified. And in the case of Marikana they cant be held responsible for the massacre. The real "enemy " in the South African political arena is the EFF who believe in nationalization of the banks, mines and taking land away from white farmers with no compensation. They are populists and suggest economic policies that are tantamount to economic suicide for South Africa

Send a PM to Fionavar (head moderator) and they will fix this situation for you. Can I change my name to Gfted2? That way people will hopefully think we are the same person and since we share so many common interests, like campaigns around SJ issues, it just makes sense?

Cyril Ramaphosa. What's happening in Ferguson is mainly just 'respect my authoritah' from police who have got used to people kowtowing because anything else is too much bother and want to intimidate the resistance out of anyone who doesn't. It's crappy for sure, but they haven't actually been using their AR15s etc for direct personal gain or to attack the crowds with live fire with 'proper' bullets. OTOH Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy President of RSA- and board member and large shareholder of the Marakana mine's owner Lonmin- called on the police to end the strike. On August 15. The mass shooting's date? August 16. Of course, it's possible that those dates are coincidence, but if so it's one hell of a coincidence. I'm impressed, but its not the first time you have had some relevant knowledge of South Africa especially around unusual political and social events Many people do blame Cyril for the massacre, in fact at the moment the lawyer representing the slain miners at the special court around this matter called the Farlam Commission say he needs to be charged with murder http://www.lonminmarikanainfo.com/rep_farlam.php#.U_SfCU0cSpo But these accusations are based on political grandstanding and a way to undermine the ANC because the lawyer representing the miners is a prominent member of the EFF which is an opposition party in South Africa that espouses nationalization as a way to transform the economy The truth is Cyril was on the board of Lonmin and he did say the protracted strikes need to be ended. But anyone who understood how harmful the strikes were also said the same thing, we have a massive problem in South Africa with intransigence around what the Trade Unions want and expect. And they don't care if they drag the countries economy down with there unrealistic demands Also what Cyril said to the Police didn't change the facts that the miners had killed several people, they were extremely violent and they genuinely believed bullets wouldn't effect them which made them think they could challenge the police with impunity http://www.enca.com/marikana-miners-families-face-mr-x

I saw this, but the way I see if people are stupid enough to ruin the story for themselves before the game has been released then let them. I won't be doing it so everything will be exciting for me

Funny you mention that because that is exactly what I was thinking about. People are saying the USA police are being heavy handed but in South Africa 2 years ago we had the Marikana massacre which is what you are referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikana_miners%27_strike But I don't have too much sympathy for the miners who were killed as there are parts of the story you probably aren't aware of. Firstly the miners for weeks were making the area and the mines ungovernable, secondly before the actual " massacre" the miners had death squads which were responsible for the deaths of 10 people that included Police officers. Then the miners were being manipulated into believing that the more mayhem they caused the more likely there strike demands would be met so they were very pugnacious. And finally, and this is weird part of the tragedy, is that many of the miners are uneducated people who still believe in superstition and magic. Witchdoctors had convinced them that bullets wouldn't harm them and they had nothing to worry about from the police So all these factors cumulated in the perfect storm. on the day of the "massacre" you had thousands of hostile and armed miners who were facing up against maybe a few hundred police. The Police were obviously concerned for there safety as some of there colleagues had already been hacked to death by the miners and you also had the miners thinking that bullets wouldn't effect them, they charged the police and police opened fire. Who do you blame? I blame the miners and the trade unions for encouraging violence. This was on them, the Police were defending themselves, I don't blame them

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-20-atari-is-rebooting-alone-in-the-dark-and-haunted-house This seems to be a time where older games are getting rejuvenated. Not a bad thing I suppose

I agree with all of that. So far the combat has been the least enjoyable part of the beta for me. I am trying to avoid too much information about PoE but when you say combat is frenetic can you not pause the combat to plan your strategy, or is this not how it works?

Bottle could be full of acid, something flammable or even just piss. Unless the cops have psy-operators who can divine the contents of every liquid-based missile hurled at them. I suppose so. But this also seems to linked to there policy around zero-tolerance according to CNN And sometimes where you have a sensitive situation where the crowd can easily be incited then zero-tolerance may not be the most prudent course of action ?

Oh yeah, I forgot. Aren't PB games banned in Australia because of there extreme violence?

Most of us haven't played it yet which is why we aren't in a position to discuss it

I have just seen something live on CNN, one of the protestors threw a water bottle at the police and it immediately invoked a reaction from the police to the point where they brought in an armoured vehicle. Isn't that a bit heavy handed? It was just a water bottle. What would be the reason for the police responding like that to a thrown water bottle

How can i even go to sleep tonight? This is more interesting than try to guess who shot JR in Dallas. Would the Codex actually ban people just for discussing this topic? I didn't think the word "ban" actually existed in the Codex's vocabulary

You funny

That's a very good point, what was it called? The phantom forest or something similar...why did they not include it ?

It has become game related as soon as it got out that some of her dalliances were with her boss and members of the gaming media that put her on the public radar. More over there is another scandal about boards and website censoring any topic related to it and the fact that she has used her relationships to further her career. It also puts the entire SJW journalism thing under the microscope since now we don't know who else has done this. Also; being Bruce is suffering. Initially I was going to say "you guys are just raising this to try to undermine the feminism movement" but then I researched this event a bit further and read this excellent article http://www.geekenstein.com/what-qualifies-zoe-quinns-personal-life-as-gaming-news/ So what is wrong is not that she slept around, its the fact she claimed to be totally against cheating on your partner, and she espoused this as one of foundations of the feminist cause. She is a hypocrite and is the same as those ministers who are opposed to homosexuality and say things like " all gays must burn in the fires of hell " and then later they are caught with a male prostitute. So she has no more credibility IMO. But don't let this taint the greater cause of feminism, there is still good and relevant work many people in the movement do The problem is that these are some of the people and websites that have championed the movement within the industry and now that their character comes into question their whole work comes into question. I also love the bit about the contest to get more women into making games that she sabotaged. Honestly Bruce, I do respect your opinions even if I don't agree with them but I've always though you had been backing the wrong horse. These people are the worst champions that your cause could possibly have.You should throw your name on the next election for SJW king; support BruceVC! " SJW king; support BruceVC! " I also respect your opinion, I use to think you were just being dismissive for the sake of it but after you explained your perspective I realized there is a lot of logic and objectiveness around your points. I remember when you explained to me the logistics behind an indie developer being expected to have female characters in a game just to pander to some of the fan base, and you were right. Sometimes its just not practical to try to support some of these SJ issues if you are making a game and have a limited budget. I get that and understand that. Also after my thread about feminism I have decided on a personal level not to call myself a feminist anymore because of the negative connotations, rightly or wrongly, that exist around the word I now say I support the cause of gender equality

It has become game related as soon as it got out that some of her dalliances were with her boss and members of the gaming media that put her on the public radar. More over there is another scandal about boards and website censoring any topic related to it and the fact that she has used her relationships to further her career. It also puts the entire SJW journalism thing under the microscope since now we don't know who else has done this. Also; being Bruce is suffering. Initially I was going to say "you guys are just raising this to try to undermine the feminism movement" but then I researched this event a bit further and read this excellent article http://www.geekenstein.com/what-qualifies-zoe-quinns-personal-life-as-gaming-news/ So what is wrong is not that she slept around, its the fact she claimed to be totally against cheating on your partner, and she espoused this as one of foundations of the feminist cause. She is a hypocrite and is the same as those ministers who are opposed to homosexuality and say things like " all gays must burn in the fires of hell " and then later they are caught with a male prostitute. So she has no more credibility IMO. But don't let this taint the greater cause of feminism, there is still good and relevant work many people in the movement do