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It does boggle the mind. I wonder if someone can explain how this game could raise so much money...is it old school fans prepared to pay anything for that nostalgic journey or is it the sales pitch? Does this mean Sci-fi is the way to go for KS projects ...what's Star Citizen secret that allowed such prodigious funding It's really very simple. Their fundraising has been going on for over a year now which allows them to keep increasing the number of backers. The average amount per backer is just over $100 but I would guess a lot of backers have only backed for half that (me for one), the rest made up from the monthly subscription for their backer "inside" look at the design and development of the game. There will also be a number of avid fans that have purchased multiple ship packages which can quite quickly add up to hundreds of dollars. The fact that they are very active on the forums helps also. Mostly it's as I said, time. With a very good developer presence on the site. Makes sense, thanks for the information

I would also argue that Sunni dominated countries like Saudi Arabia have been friends to the West and assisted in the War on Terror. It wasn't always the case from 2001 -2003 but when Saudi Arabia was targeted by Al-Qaeda they changed there attitude towards extremism and starting acting directly against Al-Qaeda. They have been instrumental in preventing several attacks against Western countries. They didn't do this because they love the West or were concerned with protecting our concept of Democracy but they realized that the ideological objectives of Al-Qaeda threatened there way of life and there rulers. So alliances with the West made sense

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-06-fan-made-morrowind-remake-is-shaping-up-nicely Holy smoke guys but check this out, Morrowind is being remade using the Skyrim graphics engine by dedicated fans and modders of the Bethesda community. Its going to be called Skywind. They have 70 people working on this project. It may be old news but its awesome news nonetheless You guys must watch the video to see how they doing

Personally, I don't respect uniforms. I respect the men and and women that may be behind them in accordance to their actions. You spend some time in jail NKKKK? Maybe that's where your attitude towards the Police comes from...... Really? Someone has to have been on the wrong side of the law to be concerned about overreaching law enforcement? I'm disappointed in you. You right I apologize, I see what you are saying. You are concerned with abuse from the police and I guess what you saying is that human beings are fallible and that applies to police as well I have never been assaulted but I have had to pay several bribes, I know that's not the same as being assaulted but if you get cheeky with South African there is the real possibility of them getting violent. I understand this as South African police are under immense psychological pressure as they are target by criminals and we have at least a few hundred police who get killed every year

It does boggle the mind. I wonder if someone can explain how this game could raise so much money...is it old school fans prepared to pay anything for that nostalgic journey or is it the sales pitch? Does this mean Sci-fi is the way to go for KS projects ...what's Star Citizen secret that allowed such prodigious funding

Keep us updated around how you find Wizardry. I am interested to see if you can honestly play this type of game after playing something as modern as DA. For me I just can't get around the dated graphics, but I suppose I need to make a proper attempt

Yeah, that's not really practical though. And I imagine -13 C weather will steal any amount off heat of me pretty damn quickly if I'm not dressed well. I didn't say you should exercise naked in the open right during a blizzard. Yeah, now that doesn't sound very practical indeed. Trust me Woldan Malc is right about this, there are 2 things I've come to realize that Malc is authoritative on. Cold Weather and the lifestyle and habits of Moose. I never argue or debate him on these matters

I don't think that's going to influence the political decisions of the Iranian regime but I appreciate your positive sentient. Keep up the effort

I hear you, I hear you. I assume you eat well when you go on your team "sports tours" to Vegas

I watched God Bless America the other night and its very entertaining. Despite being a parody of American culture it does raise some real issues like the religious extremism that exists in the USA and the worrying addiction that some people have for social media and reality shows. Worth watching, a solid 68/100

Personally, I don't respect uniforms. I respect the men and and women that may be behind them in accordance to their actions. You spend some time in jail NKKKK? Maybe that's where your attitude towards the Police comes from......

But Walsie surly you can see the advantages to a peaceful compromise with Iran as opposed to airstrikes? If Iran is prepared to suspend there most sensitive Uranium enrichment and allow nuclear inspectors full access to all sites I don't see how you can't support this? I know the current Iranian regime has committed many questionable and concerning actions in the past few decades but we should still look at a peaceful solution to the whole nuclear development issue This is a win win for all concerned. You also must be aware that the chance of some kind of military action against Iran is almost impossible without the Americans and they won't consider any military option unless all other options are truly exhausted

Its currently -13F (-42F with the wind chill) in the Chicaogoland area but at least there isn't any snow today. My wife won a trip to Vegas from her company and we leave next Sunday for four days. Shes never been there before and shes super excited to see the sights. Vegas is amazing, I'm very envious. You going to have an awesome time

Smoke some recreational weed Shady, that should make you feel better Oh and well done for both Colorado and Washington state for making the progressive and important step of legalizing the usage of Marijuana in small amounts.

It's pretty natural to hallucinate stuff while you're half asleep, I wouldn't worry about it. Edit: yupp, looked it up, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations are present in about 37 and 12,5 percent of the population, respectively, and while they may be more prevalent in people with narcolepsia, they're nothing to worry about in itself. If it's any reassurance, I also have them occasionally. Informative response, nice one

I hope you right, that's what it could mean

That's not great news and who really cares about games for phones ? Oh well the last Hitman wasn't that well received so I suppose this was inevitable

Walsie I just believe that human beings would rather do the right thing in life than the wrong thing, I believe in the inherent good of people. And even though this may make no sense in the political bedlam of places like the Middle East I still think people would rather live in a prosperous and stable country than a country wracked by violence. Its up to the leaders of those countries to make the correct decisions to uplift there citizens to the standards of Western countries, yes it will be hard but its not insurmountable

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Wow I find myself actually agreeing 100 % with you Malc, that is a weird but refreshing change. Now we just need you to become more concerned with social justice issues and we can become BFF

Is this your sister?

You make some good points, but we need to ask why Iran wanted ideological domination of the Middle East? They believed that the West was there enemy and they followed a fairly belligerent course under Ahmadinejad. But Rouhani seems much more of a moderate and appears to want to reconcile with the West and end the sanctions that have had serious economic consequences for Iran. Iran will have to make political changes to how they operate in the region if they want to get back on the right economic track and that would mean the ending of funding of extremist groups and they need to stop making public comments like " Israel doesn't have the right to exist" I'm optimistically hopeful they will make the right decisions and this will be good for the whole region

I think you are underestimating the influence of ISIS and there impact on the security of Iraq. The two are inextricably linked. For the first time, the last few months, the Al-Qaeda associated Sunni groups in Iraq and Syria now have formed a coalition under the name ISIS. Not all Sunni groups in Iraq are associated with ISIS but they are danger and threat to both countries. Fighters from both countries cross the borders and help in the various conflicts in Syria and Iraq. This has been building the last 6 months or so. They are more of a united threat than ever before as the various fractured extremist groups are now united. This is a problem the West really shouldn't ignore and I know this is causing concern

Interesting points and you have inadvertently raised a possible solution. If the USA continues with the peace talks in Iran then Iran will eventually reduce there funding of Shia extremist groups and there objective of hegemony in the region. This should lead to Sunni dominated countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE reducing there sponsorship of there own extremist groups. So you quite possibly could have a cessation of violence without the big backers? And I know you guys are joking but Drones wouldn't help the situation

Yes what you are saying does make sense and the solution is complicated. The Americans had to eventually pull out of Iraq and when they left there was a security vacuum. We know that sectarian violence continued in Iraq and has been exacerbated in the last 12 months. Add to that the Syrian conflict and the increased number of Islamic fundamentalists and you have the rise if ISIS in both countries An understandable response may be something like " leave then to resolve there own issues" but we know from history that doesn't end well as Al-Qaeda is then able to create an area where they can operate and proliferate from. So the question is really what can the West, under the circumstances, do about this group? I would think the civil war in Syria needs to be ended as that would weaken the ISIS powerbase but we know that this easier said than done. So we need to watch this spot for developments