BruceVC

That's probably why your economy is so strong, we have loads of public holidays and unproductive days

But in this articular instance, you dismissed someone's statement not because of lack of factual evidence, but because they are ideologically opposed to you. I wonder, is the reverse of this true? Are you willing to accept something because someone you are ideologically aligned with stated it, even no proof to support it exists? If so, I would recommend reexamining how you form beliefs. No you misunderstand me, I shouldn't have just dismissed the article because the journalist is ideologically opposed to me. And I generally only support ideological comments based on proof and what I know is true. And normally this is not a problem because the evidence is clear and aligned to my ideological view. For example the statement that the referendum in Crimea wasn't free or fair is true not just because the EU and the USA said so ( and I stand almost all the time aligned ideologically with them ) but because of all the other evidence such as the actually limited questions that were asked and that fact that certain segments of the Crimean population boycotted the referendum, like the Tatars

Hugely important day today in South Africa, its our election day and a public holiday. I am thankful and appreciative for many things since the end of Apartheid. One of the main things is the fact we can have a free and fair election. Its a basic tenant of country that strives to be a true Democracy Anyway I'm voting tonight at 7 pm

In my view yes it is. I have followed the ideological perspectives of the neocons since the invasion of Iraq. I would consider there opinions on matters as relevant as the Tea Party which is not very relevant at all. So you view proof as less important than ideology. That certainly explains a lot. Look at you..catching me out with logic. Well played Sir !!! No you right, ideological view is important to me but proof is obviously more important. So let me rephrase " I generally don't take what neocons say seriously "

Okay no PC version, that's why I haven't heard of it. I generally only follow PC gaming development or games that I am desperate to get ported to PC like GTA V

In my view yes it is. I have followed the ideological perspectives of the neocons since the invasion of Iraq. I would consider there opinions on matters as relevant as the Tea Party which is not very relevant at all.

Heh, the only visible comment from the author of the article is too funny. He admits he has no proof, but still goes on with the original point. Frankly, I'd take the opinion of neocons with a cinderblock of salt, as they aren't happy unless the US is bombing or invading someone. I didn't realize the journalist was a neocon, if so then his views are irrelevant Bruce, why am I not surprised that you would dismiss someone you previously agreed with(sans evidence of their claims) because you find out they are politically contrary to your beliefs. That's the last time I support your opinion KP, all it does is get me criticized But there is no contradiction around my change of view. Forbes is a credible website but the neocons aren't. I didn't realize the journalist was a neocon so I would naturally distance myself from there political perspective. People are allowed to do that, that's what honest political discussion is about young grasshopper. You should be allowed to say "on further reflection I don't agree with that source of information" Intransigence around our views on these forums is one of the things you complain about. You should be happy I admitted I was wrong

As mentioned 100 K sales numbers would not be considered a successful sales number. I am guessing they will sell between 800K - 1 million copies

Heh, the only visible comment from the author of the article is too funny. He admits he has no proof, but still goes on with the original point. Frankly, I'd take the opinion of neocons with a cinderblock of salt, as they aren't happy unless the US is bombing or invading someone. I didn't realize the journalist was a neocon, if so then his views are irrelevant

Same as me. Never heard of it before

Shady remember if you get the chance to try that restaurant we discussed, I'm keen to see what you and the missus think http://buckhorn.com/

There is no 'solution for dealing with Boko Haram'. Magic bullet solutions to complex problems are just that, magic. They don't exist. Sure, if I could wave my hands and remove Nigeria's corruption it would go some way to ameliorating things, if I could wave my hands and replace all their weapons with guava and mangoes that would help and if I could teleport any hostages home I would. But I can't do any of that, you can't either, and neither can the US/ France/ Britain or anyone else. So would your advice be to just them leave alone to continue to disrupt the Nigerian way of life? I am talking about practical examples ..not magic bullets.

Bruce, all of your posts concerning romance remind me of this... that's a terrible and hysterical picture all rolled into one

In before bad english Hello everyone, it's fun that I was looking for a news on english boards about Pillars of Ethernity to read, and as result I am seeng such a hot discussion here. There was a notice a few pages ago, about how russian citizen act different towards Putin, and that there are strong critique and difbelief in our almighty immortal Emperor exists. If you want opinion about russian tendency for now, here it is. In fact, russians today feeling strong rise of self-awareness and high spirit. Regardless of their opinion about inner course of Kremlin governent. The reason is simple, and it is the same, as serbian gentelman Sarex mentioned about his country. So i feel need to present you a few words just as another opinion. Russians are simply tired to be portrayed by self-proclaimed "civilized people" as monsters and abominations. After the collapse of Soviet Union there were really hard and unstable times for the citizen, there are lot of inner problems in the country already. And as for foreighn policy, every westen country today blaming russians for crimes and mass murders as if they are some sort of raiders from the Vault 15. Russians ate tired of the inadeqquate agressiveness against them, and feeling some sort of cautiousness and even afraid of NATO slowly surrounding russian borders with the military bases. You may say that western media may be targeting all the time the Kremlin Government and yet instead they are hitting russians when they accuse us to be a nation of henocidal drunkards. Putin, as for today, is, as we say, fast as diarrea, and in modern situation of NATO\Russia Ukraine, instead of taking position of the always guilty loser, used a Kosovo precedent to defend Eastern Ukraine, historically consisting almost entirely of ethnical russians, against riots with marauders and murders at times when clearly anti-russian temporary nacionalistic government comes to power with force. Russians are starting to be some sort of proud that they are, well, russians, and are definitely doing things the right way. Nonetheless Western sanctions are going to really start hurting your economy, in fact they are already hurting your economy. The best thing for Russia to do is not to invade eastern Ukraine...its really not worth the pain that the sanctions will cause

Holy Smoke .....that is going to utterly destroy Zora, 2133, Vals , Sarex and any others opinions that the Crimean annexation had any legitimacy

Volo is doesn't sound you understood the story of DA2 at all

@ Enoch Nice one dude, you are making the game sound very exciting and doing a great and unintentional convincing marketing campaign. You have a way with words, I enjoy reading about your adventures

But Keyrock this doesn't look like a game where you can drive over people and kill small furry animals, don't you think it may get boring?

You make it sound like such a sweet deal, but no thanks anyway. Yeah GD Jadedmeister is right on this one. You need to work on your sales and marketing my friend

Nah, you don't have to stop on account of me. Though I will say this, trough out most of history and wars Serbia was always on the side of the West, no matter who the enemy was how far he outnumbered us and what the consequences were to be. We never got help until it was too late, we always made a difference and we always lost the most because of it. What have we got to show for it today? Being depicted as the villains in every movie and tv show out there, thus poisoning the minds of future generations with rubbish like Serbs are evil, etc. and to add insult to injury a movement has started to revise the history of WW1, where the Serbs are depicted as the aggressors. With nations like Germany, Japan and Croatia it's forgive and forget, no matter what anyone has done, but Serbia it seems has some sins to repent for until the end of days. I mean ffs, even the Americans who are genocidal with Muslims has for some reason stepped in to protect the interests of Albanians, though that had more to do with that giant military base they plopped in Kosovo. Despite what you may think I don't, for example, think that the Serbs are evil. Its not a question of good and evil, these are manmade constructs and not applicable in a discussion of the Balkans due to the complexity of the history. What I keep trying to get you understand is that accepting your countries part in certain events in its past doesn't make you evil or bad. Its not a judgement on Serbia or on it people. Its makes you honest about your history. But this should be seen as something positive that you can now move forward from and strive to not repeat again I'm not sure why you don't understand what I keep trying to explain, maybe someone else can explain it you in a different way because I am obviously failing And I know this makes sense because of my history as a South African and Apartheid

I'm exactly the same, I have enjoyed every Bioware game I have played. Or maybe it is more fair to say the " good far outweighs the bad " around the overall Bioware gaming experience . Nothing to be embarrassed about

Which is why their games are so creepy. Monte I want to ask you an interesting question. In games like " Who wants to be a millionaire " when a contestant has the option to ask the audience and contestants see the results of what the audience thinks they mostly go with what the majority of the audience say is the correct answer? Why do you think that is, why don't they go with answers that don't reflect what the majority of people say is the right answer? Define the "majority". I agree that among BSN specimens romance is a huge thing, and i agree that romances are a very major part why some people like recent Bioware games. But what for the people WHO DON'T LIKE recent Bioware games? And for some of those people romance is one of the worst aspects of Bioware games. Don't get me wrong, personaly i would say that a game should appeal to the people it was made for and the rest can go jump in a lake. But this is contrary to EA's Edmonton division Bioware's goal, which is appealing to the biggest posible audience, not only their previous game's fans. And among Obsidian/CDPR/Bethesda's fans bioware romances aren't seen as a good thing judging by their forums at least. Skyrim's audience (which is what Bioware want to have) would be more interested in modding tools and horse penises armor than romancable companions. The lgbt romance crowd is already in Bioware's thrall, bought DA2 nd ME3 and possibly liked them and will continiue to do so. But all things are indicating that this audience isn't big enough to support Bioware, the same way the "old school" audience wasn't. That's an insightful post and you have basically raised what I was going to say to Monte. In the Bioware context of there games the majority of fans want Romance so it is silly to call them creepy. Romance and Bioware are inextricably linked. That's just the way it is and will continue to be. The only point I would raise is " what if you guys are the ones who are wrong about Romance and in fact they do improve the RPG experience?" Just a thought, its like the guy who doesn't take the audiences answer in the " who wants to a millionaire" and he is wrong because he went against what the majority of people said ?

I agree, this problem should have been dealt with years ago primarily by Nigeria and the AU. I also don't want to be negative but even if you defeat Boko Haram and drive them from Nigeria I doubt you will get all the girls back. Apparently some have been already sold into forced marriages

Now you're just trolling. Not really, you don't think there aren't many fans of Bioware games who love the genres because of the Romance? Of course other factors are equally important but Romance is very relevant to many people

Which is why their games are so creepy. Monte I want to ask you an interesting question. In games like " Who wants to be a millionaire " when a contestant has the option to ask the audience and contestants see the results of what the audience thinks they mostly go with what the majority of the audience say is the correct answer? Why do you think that is, why don't they go with answers that don't reflect what the majority of people say is the right answer?