BruceVC

I played Bloodlines about 4 years ago so I cant give much relevant or updated advice but I do remember the various vampire women from the clans being smoking hot

Delta Force is a very effective unit of the USA special forces but I don't think they would get involved due to the politics. But its quite possible there advisors could give invaluable advice on the right strategy?

Personally, I would love to see Obsidian make a Fallout game(like NewVegas) set in the ruins of New York City. Would be worth it to see Deathclaws infesting Madison Square Garden. I'd be interested to see Europe for a change. That's still uncharted territory. I don't know if I would. Quite a bit of the setting of Fallout is tied to the American 50's, Cold War paranoia especially, and I don't know if it would work as well in Europe. That said, a Fallout(or Fallout-esqe game) set in London, Paris, Berlin, or Madrid would be pretty interesting. Ehm, but I fear this might be slightly off-topic in this thread, unless BioWare is making a post-apocalyptic game? Come to think of it, the Berlin wall could make for a nicepost-apocalyptic Romeo and Juliet story, what do you think Bruce? You know my views on Romance, "basically any Romance is a good Romance "

True but I think many people prefer a game world that they are familiar with. That's why worthwhile sequels do so well

Maybe, or you could argue a temporary effective Western military force that defeats Boko Haram and then leaves the country, like in Mali and Sierra Leone. My point is there are success stories in the African context around Western intervention

My view is a generational change over decades. Influence the government. Influence it in ways that are beneficial to the people as well as the government. I listed many examples of the problems with Nigeria. Solving one isn't going to change the culture when there's 50 other arguably more heinous things going on. Through this generational change, after say 20 years, you'll probably see a different Nigeria than what we have now. I base my own experience and the experience of living in Australia with generational changes that have been introduced over the last 30 years. Things we do today, the way most people think, how people are treated are a lot different to how it was 20 or 30 years ago. Even simple things like local councils giving two bins to each household, conditioning people to place their plastic bottles, paper, cardboard boxes into one bin and everything else in the other bin. Through distributing local pamphlets to households, advertising on TV, etc. That really didn't happen 30 years ago. Or even 20 years ago in a lot of places. But it's normal now and it would be odd for a lot of people not to do it. That's just one example of how you can condition and change people. Generational change. Just don't expect a magic bullet to fix Nigeria in 1 or 2 years. You raise some good points but most people aren't trying to change the Nigerian culture, even though social issues do need to be addressed. This type of change would take years as you mentioned The issue at hand is much simpler. Its the fact that Boko Haram has been able to operate for the last few years within the borders of north eastern Nigeria with relative impunity. They have become emboldened by the lack of effectiveness of the Nigerian military forces So you need to confront them and defeat them militarily, basically destroy there ability to operate. So what is the best way to do this? I still say give operational authority to Western countries to do this as they have a proven track record in several African countries. Of course the Nigerian government needs to be behind this but based on the latest comments from them that shouldn't be an issue

Not really, considering the fact the Nigerian government is now officially asking for help from the international community its not unreasonable to realize that the issue is Boko Haram. And yes they do need to be sorted out

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?