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Then after a while grades will count even less. Nobody trusts grades from systems they didn't experience themselves If you work for international organisations, be they BINGOs, the UN system or whatever, after your first job the work experience will be all that counts. People will glance at your CV and skim through your cover letter. Neither of those is likely to mention grades. For them to look at your grades means that the whole package of who you are already has them interested. All grades show is that yes, you meet the qualification requirements. They probably will never be taken into account (after the first job) in any situation other than a tie breaker. And in those situations, as I understand it, people do not look for something to help them decide who to choose, but they look for something to give them an excuse to pick the one they lean towards. What area are you planning to work in?

Based on my moral compass? Indeed I do. What New Vegas did right in my opinion is to not create a clear cut good faction. The NCR is rather grey. But if the choice is to aid the NCR, Mr. House, go it on my own or assist Caesar's Legion, then I am faced with three grey choices and no fourth.

I can't because I never see a "dilemma". Obviously I will save the slaves from the Legion Outpost. Obviously I'll stop the cannibals. No dilemma for me anywhere Besides, there can not be clear cut good/evil moral dilemmas. The dichotomy of good/evil is a thing of opposits and a moral dilemma requires the existence of morals. If one has morals, there is no dilemma. If one has no morals, it ceases being a moral choice. A moral dilemma can only exist if there is a grey area that has to be morally navigated: Though shall not kill - yet if I do not kill this person, they will kill someone else. A deadly sin, the damnation of my eternal soul weighed against the protection of another man's right to life. On the other hand: one person paying you to save someone from canibals, while they pay you to let them keep eating people in secret. There is a question whether you believe it moraly wrong to eat people. Yes, then there is no choice to be made. No, then there is no moral part to your dilema. Though you mostly already explained that far more eloquently Now in the Witcher, there are dilemmas. Do you support the elves? Their cause is just. Their methods are questionable... but then again how else are they going to fight? Their leader is a complete bastard. Do you support the order? They are a bunch of racists. Their leader though is actually a good person. What good are good rank and file if the head is rotten vs how bad can an organisation remain if the leadership seems well-meaning. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together: Do you help commit a crime to frame your enemy and thus create the mass anger that will strengthen your rebellion and allow you to free your people? Or do you refuse to participate, knowing full well that you can't stop the events from happening? Those are dilemmas, not just choices.

To be fair though: Sean Bean getting killed has become kind of a staple. I want a completly unpredictable ending where everyone dies except for Sean Bean!

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It was originally a pre-order bonus, that could be played a couple of weeks before release while waiting for the core game. They later released it as a DLC "Dead Legions" or something like that, I think. It adds quite a bit to the game because it is a prelude to what happens, explaining quite a bit of what is going on and fleshing out a couple of npcs that otherwise may have you go "Huh?" (though it probably had a lot of people go "Huh?" when they started up the prologue and where playing romans with no mention of Camelot or anything arthurian ) The real problem? It is probably a better story than the main campaign and set up better. You actually go through a character creation process with multiple choice scenarios that define your stats, class and starting troops.

They simplified KA2 a bit too much. Flying enemies were my favourid as I had one set of archers specialized in shooting flyers... Redsleeves or what are they called? Are you playing just the campaign or also the dead legion prologue?

Still playing Age of Wonders. This playthrough is taking me ages. Probably something to do with me keeping a diary of events

I like to irritate grammar naztis But nah...I just type real fast so sometimes a typo slips trough. It was driving me crazy "I know the actual joke is that Noris thought he was wrong, but is that a typo or is that meant to be a secret joke to throw people off track? Am I overthinking this? Did I fall for it and am I completly off track now?"

Thanks DeathQuaker. I was looking for an excuse to look into Pathfinder

alternatively it may be because its a fun game

Anecdote from personal life: I failed my BA at my first uni with the explanation that "Your work is really good. It is post graduate level really but you understand that this is a graduate degree and for this you have to provide graduate level work." In the same week the majority of post-grads failed their two year master with the explanation by the course director that: "I know this is what Robert* asked you to do, but he is dead isn't he?" *the main professor of their course had unexpectedly died shortly before the final presentation. The course director who took over after his death had different views on Architecture... I got my diploma at a different uni in a different country. I did ok. Could have done better had I applied myself more, but by then I was rather disillusioned with the whole proccess. From my experience, complaints and statements don't actually do anything. If professors pull these stunts its usually because they can get away with it. But it's always good to do something. If there is a proper procedure, do it. On one hand you never know, on the other you'll not feel as if you had just let them do whatever they wanted.

That was his point

Only game I can remember getting this year without having to think really really hard is Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. For me this had the added magic of being a kickstarter I had backed

You put a LOT of effort into it, so it's natural to be dissappointed when your work doesn't get the deserved recognition. Nobody will care about the grade once you get your first job though. And professors are just human beings. That means they are petty, vindictive sods like everybody else. And quite a few of them are only lording it over students because university was the only place that would accept them.

I keep meaning to ask, is the typo in your signature intentional?

I got Fallen Enchantress. Seems like a good game, but haven't had time to do more than have a glance at it. Also got Walking Dead now that all episodes are out. Can't remember if I got anything else. Mostly wasn't interested in anything.

This forum has been amazingly spam free. A couple of weeks ago there was an enormous spam bot attack all over the net. This forum seemed to have been unscathed.

*looks at BruceVC's location* I met some teachers once at a conference, from the poor part of Soweto. Admirable job they do.

Thank God TV has evolved then. Twilight may be terrible, but if glorifying gun toting mountains of muscl is the alternative, sign me up for Team Edward. If/when I have kids, I hope they will appreciate Alan Shore more than Rambo (once old enough to watch either). And if it has to be something with guns and saving people, then DiCaprio as Danny Archer is still prefered to Stalone's John Rambo.

Not really. Sub-standard curricula educational systems that only prepare for set standardised tests teachers who work too many hours in classes with too many students for them to be able to actually pay attention to them facilities in various states of disrepair parents who need to work two jobs because with one 8 hour shift a day the below minimum wage income isn't enough to raise a kid (as if minimum wage was) Then we have all those countries that ask for specialists with 5 year experience for every other job, but people can become teachers without any prior training whatsoever. On the lines of "Couldn't cope it in the industry? Don't worry, go stand in a classroom." Could go on. And on. Won't though

And another Birthday Wish

Remember to give us your impressions once you get it.

Ah, so it was universaly aggravating regardless of input method edit: If I ever start a second attempt I'll mail you the save-game once I get there

Did you play Overlord 2? All my friends who don't own a controller quit at the spot. So did I. Circling those spider riding minions up that wall drove me nuts. I ehar though its managable with a 'troller.