BruceVC

At last my friend, congratulations Trust me things can only get better in Russia now that you are Capitalist state. You are going to see both the power and beauty of a proper economy. I am excited for you, but please don't stop exporting all those gorgeous Russian strippers...I'll miss them lots You are don't understand. Yes Russia now become yet another capitalistic predator, but I'm afraid it's not god news for you. Russia are not puppet state, as your country is. It's good news only for someone who want use fight of capitalistic monsters for own purpose, as Bolsheviks do in 1917, but you obviously not from this party. I don't know I think you just aren't seeing all the advantages of Capitalism Access to cool restaurants like McDonald's, you guys don't have to eat Wild Bear anymore. Imagine being able to eat proper Beef burgers? Dozens of new supermarkets owned by global companies will appear in Russia and you don't have to visit those awful little supermarkets that have been owned by local families for generations as they will be put out of business You can legally pay minimum wage to your staff and be able to fire anyone you don't like, no more worrying about annoying things like Trade Unions and workers rights If you are a Banker you will still get a huge bonus despite the fact your company didn't make a profit and you probably lost the life savings of thousands of customers Those are just some of the advantages of being part of Capitalism, but there are more

Melk if you are playing it on PC you should use a Controller? I used a Controller and had no issues around camera control, plus it makes the combat much easier I am using a controller. Though it seems that if it isnt an XBOX controller things are wonkier than with a keyboard? Okay, I used a Xbox Controller so you may be right?

This is hilarious. It was funny, it never ceases to amaze me the depths of some peoples general ignorance I remember last year when I was in Vegas I invited these 2 ladies to join me at my table for lunch. During the conversation I told them where I was from and they both looked surprised and said " you mean there are white people living in South Africa" Oh well at least they were both hot

Offensive to some? Yes. Sign of bigotry? No. You'd change your picture? How unexpectedly .... spinless. " spineless", you funny My avatar is just a picture, its not as important to me as you acknowledging the Swastika is completely inappropriate.

At last my friend, congratulations Trust me things can only get better in Russia now that you are Capitalist state. You are going to see both the power and beauty of a proper economy. I am excited for you, but please don't stop exporting all those gorgeous Russian strippers...I'll miss them lots

Melk if you are playing it on PC you should use a Controller? I used a Controller and had no issues around camera control, plus it makes the combat much easier

For example: your avatar. It offends me. Did you stop for a second to think about that? No. If I tried to force you to remove it would you like it? No. Trashman I'll gladly change my avatar if you admit that the Swastika is offensive and a sign of bigotry. I don't see my avatar picture in anyway the same as the Swastika but I really don't mind? Actually, the way the colors divide is kind of swastika-ish. Oh you !!!

I learned a little Japanese when I was stationed in Okinawa. I found it really hard to comprehend since there really was no common ground with the latin based languages. But most folks were so happy you were making an effort to learn they would help you. The folks in Okinawa were really nice. Not so much in the home islands. Did you also learn about "Wax On" and "Wax off" as part of your chores by an elderly and avuncular Japanese gentlemen while you were stationed in Okinawa? Did you find that suddenly your ability to defend yourself through Karate was better?

For example: your avatar. It offends me. Did you stop for a second to think about that? No. If I tried to force you to remove it would you like it? No. Trashman I'll gladly change my avatar if you admit that the Swastika is offensive and a sign of bigotry. I don't see my avatar picture in anyway the same as the Swastika but I really don't mind?

Okay thanks I don't agree but good to get your view anyway

Its always amazes me how people who love the same genre (RPG) can have such different views on a game . If you don't mind can you explain what you didn't like about Alan Wake?

F*** the modern world. That's my reply. You say it's irrelevant what I personally believe? But it's relevant what Europse believes and frak everoyne else, right? Symbols are MULTI-FACETED. They mean different things to differnet poeple. Sometimes at the same time. Trying to enforce only one meaning over all other is in itself fascism. It's basicly saying "look, I think this symbol is bad. I don't care what it's history is, what it used to mean, nor what cultural signifiance it has anywhere else in the world. I hate it and you shoudl hate it too." Okay so you do accept that the Swastika represents bigotry and that its offensive to many people?

Yes. Just yes. You don't get to disallow and villify a symbol jsut because you don't like it. Hitler was a bad man. Yes. The swastika is just a symbol and as such has no morality. The only baggage it has is hte one you bring with you. And personally I'm kinda tired of WW2 and all of it's luggage. Do you honestly believe what you post sometimes or do you just like making controversial points so people will argue with you? I'm not trying to be rude I just don't understand some of your comments The reality is the Swastika symbolizes something to the world at the moment, its irrelevant if you personally believe it symbolizes these things. Its a sign of bigotry and fascism. In certain countries you will be arrested for showing this symbol and it won't matter if you say " but the Swastika actually represents Gummi Bears to me" You understand the point around what the Swastika represents in our modern world?

I loved the first Alan Wake and I have American Nightmare on Steam which I intend to play soon. So you won't be disappointed

Woah, sorry Walsie but I have no idea what this means in relation to flags? ROFL. Wrong thread. Okay good, I thought " its not often I completely don't get what someone is saying "

Woah, sorry Walsie but I have no idea what this means in relation to flags?

You poor stupid bastard. You're ****ed now.

Good points raised so far boys, good points. As I tend to mention fairly regularly I really enjoy these forums as I always get an interesting perspective

I will tell you guys another major issue we are seeing in South Africa and that's Xenophobia we see as a result of the social conditions and the number of immigrants. Firstly it is not fair and is not justified but its a reality we see in poor area's in South Africa. We have very lax border controls with our neighbors and due to the political instability in countries like Zimbabwe we have close to 1 million Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa alone. This excludes the huge numbers of Somalians, Mozambicans and other groups of people from Africa who come looking for a better life. These groups of foreigners are generally industrious and hard working and end setting up shops in townships and making a good living. But we have huge numbers of unemployment so every year we will see incidents of Xenophobia against these immigrants where they get blamed for taking jobs and not wanting to become part of South African society. Personally I think this is unwarranted and these attacks are more by criminal elements. This violence is perpetuated by the impoverished people in our country against foreigners and another attack happened this week http://za.news.yahoo.com/shops-looted-diepsloot-052339610.html

Hi All This topic is a spin-off of the discussion we were having around the Swastika and there are several points I would like to discuss for those interested. I would like to start with the Confederate Flag and people using it in the USA. On my previous forum there was this heated discussion around whether it was racist and divisive. There were several people on that forum from the South in America who I know were not racist and said the Confederate flag represented history, others claimed it was racist. So what does the Confederate flag represent to you? What do you think if someone is wearing a shirt with it on and is sitting in a restaurant that you are eating it?

You know how we like to jump around on topics on these forums

Hitler is long dead. It's time to reclaim the symbols that his regime perverted instead of engaging in Politically Correct self-flagellation. Go, Finland! No. Just no. Hitler was a gigantic monster, and the swastika is a symbol of that. It should continue to remind us of how important it is to be vigilant against evil. You also still have extremist groups using it to spread their hateful messages. Political correctness has nothing to do with it. If there was some big Buddhist movement to reclaim the symbol, I might get behind that. But I doubt you are Buddhist. I agree with Hurlshot on this one, there is too much negative association historically and currently with the Swastika for it to be anything but a symbol of fascism.

COD: WW1 would be cool

I lol'd.. Then I serious'd. Yeah it was quite funny

Need to clean out the inbox, old son. Will get on it tomorrow. No time now. okay