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I don't even need to know if a dialogue option I use is a bluff or an intimidate. I will pick the option that I think is best, I don't need the knowledge of what attribute or skill it is linked to.

it took the earth between 11 and 18 million years to recover from the devonian extinction. Our planet has 100 million years left before it becomes uninhabitable for all but the most basic species. that means that a mass extinction event (which technically, is already begun) of greater magnitude than the all of the others (which is likely) is going to plunge the earth into a near permanent chaos. Earth won't recover for 11 million years, at least. think on that.

which still doesn't make this impossible. but limited to the wealthier homes

I think if you are wise enough, smart enough and have enough in intimidate or bluff, you should get these options, and they might even be insta-win (though I prefer that that isn't an assumption you can make) But by not seeing any tags, you role-play your decision. You feel this option is better? good, go for it. but do it because it is your own decision, not because meta-game information told you it was a special option. The options would still be available if you met the prerequisites, and if you have a little reading comprehension you'll figure out how it sounds. But you won't be tempted away from using different dialogue, because you know it's a "special" option. Both can be intimidate. Intimidation doesn't require you to be all shouty and angry, on the contrary, the best intimidation is when you present it calmly, with others around them perhaps not even picking up on the fact that you have just threatened their friend, perhaps even making them think you're actually being really friendly! Bluffing can be done easily by pretending to be all angry and flustered but also calmly if the person is good at it. So both can be both in short. But you knew which option was which. so clearly it can be made apparent without tags.

what I wouldn't want to see is what they did in Dragon Age Origins, where after you decided to let the ashes of some saint to become a pilgrimage location, the first time you'd go into a city two people (both unironically tagged "gossip") go "Did you hear, they found andraste's ashes!" that feels incredibly forced.

I'll give you two options, you can decide which is bluff and which is intimidate. Get back on topic or I swear I will have this thread locked! By all means, continue derailing this thread, when it is locked, it's not going to be me who is banned. (I don't actually mind you guys going off-topic, since it's still related to the topic) Anyway, I think it is obvious enough to recognise which is which without needing tags, don't you?

George Lucas was the biggest flip-flopper of all time, he's held all positions in all debates at least twice. and whenever he speaks he speaks about what he "Always" wanted or "Always" thought. even though he was just making **** up on the fly.

The army museum in Delft here in the Netherlands has an exquisite collection of 17th century guns, and they are all quite beautiful, worked with ivory and mother of pearl, inlaid with different kinds of wood. They have part of their collection online: http://www.collectie...on/i006253.html Do browse their collection if you can, the first page doesn't have the best examples. Edit: http://afbeeldingen.collectie.legermuseum.nl/wwwopac.exe?thumbnail=\\buffel\images$\\PM\images\D012\018870.jpg small example.

I recently saw Salmon fishing in the Yemen, pretty good, even if it is a romantic comedy. Ewan McGregor's range keeps impressing me more and more.

Here's an idea: make the stronghold extremely moddable. let the community be able to design and add stuff to it, stuff they can import into the game if they so please.

believable is the keyword. sometimes that requires a bit of realism, sometimes it doesn't. I heard the term "internally consistent" used in the map thread and I thought that was beautifully put.

Health bars go up, damage and attack scores must go up, xp bars must grow, enemy health must go down, attributes are better when they're high. Armor doesn't use thac0 because that's counter-intuitive when the rest of the scores need to be high. Maybe it's a bit of an oversimplification, but I have had only marginal difficulty figuring out good builds, mostly they weren't so good, but I had no idea so they felt fine.

I think it's mostly indirect responses that would make the difference. If peole immediately respond you'll feel it's scripted, but if something comes back to you later, it feels much more natural.

5 el niño years in the last 10 years where before they'd be 5 every few decades, and never twice in a row. and we know this for certain because we can date core samples accurately and these are different for el Niño years. More frequent and more powerful hurricanes are also statistical evidence. Every year you're confronted. http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2007/hurricanefrequency.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#Number_of_tropical_storms_and_hurricanes_per_season I heard someone say that there is no consensus amongst scientists, that is simply not true. let me say that again, that is a LIE. consensus exists and only a few fringe scientists doubt it. And even then they don;t doubt global warming, they doubt if it's human caused. Offering explanations which have so far been largely debunked such as solar cycles.

LSD spiked Absinthe?

on the plus side, maybe, just maybe someone gets to remake the prequels and do them right this time.

We must survive to get that far first.

I'm not sure what to think of this. Episode 7 slated for 2015... must that happen? and Disney behind the wheel? I guess it's better than George Lucas, but Disney isn't exactly known for high quality films that aren't targeted at kiddies. (barring some rather lame ass romantic comedies) I have some serious misgivings about this

If there's stuff to do, sure. else I wonder what the point is.

Sure there is love for arrested development, but I couldn't put everything on my list!

I'm curious, would that include a Alpha Protocol-like dialogue where you have a timer counting down so you have to quickly select your answer?

is that the vorpal panzerfaust? I don't see why high-tech weapons couldn't be enchanted. If I could enchant a gun it'd be so it would never need more ammo. permanent summon bullets spell.

season 3 is out!?I'll be back.

I'm a member of Population Matters (AKA Optimum Population Trust) of which David Attenborough (my biggest hero) is a patron. Fact is our numbers on this planet are the biggest mulitplier bonus to pollution there is. Practically ALL environmental issues could be mitigated with smaller populations. Population matters seeks to achieve this with non-coercive methods such as women's education, access to contraceptives, and alleviating poverty. You can sign their pledge to "Stop at two" indicating you don't plan on having more than two kids. getting children later is also better. (for them as well) In the last 300 years, we've seen more extinictions in nature than during any of the previous 5 great extinction events. (the last one when North and South America collided) and those each took between 3000 and 10000 years. Will we kill the planet? No. But we will harm its biodiversity to a point that the world will be all the poorer for it. Some species are Cornerstone species" problem is it's impossible to predict which species those will be. the extinction of one species could easily lead to the death of entire ecosystems. Would the world perish? No. But it would seriously harm our chances of spreading our planet's life throughout the universe. We only have 100.000 million years before the planet is uninhabitable for any but the most primitive forms of life hiding away in subterranean caves. (like extremophiles) And I'm not confident that in that time the planet would be able to evolve another intelligent species capable of spreading us beyond our planet. The question you should ask yourself is "What world do I want to live in?" an extremely impoverished world, or a rich and diverse one? Edit: and before you think this is all very distant. it isn't. Global warming is happening now. it is affecting people now. the fact that we've had 5 el niño years in the last 10 years (when it used to be so many in about 40 years) the fact that in 2011 russias grain harvest completely failed, and this year America's Corn harvest nearly entirely failed, is a direct consequence of this. You know how much products have corn in it? Hurricane Sandy is a direct consequence of warmer waters making more powerful and more frequent hurricanes. The drought in the Horn of Africa and subsequent civil war and genocide is a direct consequence of global warming. The Island nation of the Seychelles have already bought land in Ethiopia because by 2040 their landmass will be entirely submerged. This **** is real and it is here NOW. TL;DR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFTddFk6zb8 Edit 2: If you are interested there's some interesting documentaries on the subject. State of the Planet (with David Attenborough) is a 200...5 I think documentary, which was unfortunately pretty spot on on what we could expect. There's also a lecture on exponential growth that ties into this by Albert Bartlett (famous mathematician) Which is also on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFnrvcS6AQ (this was 1990)

Firefly, because goddamn man that show was good! Sherlock, BBC knows what's up Star Trek: The Next Generation. Band of Brothers. War is hell? you have no idea, well, now you do. a little. Episode where they found the concentration camp still haunts me, very powerful. Scrubs, this series varied quite a bit in quality, but seasons 1-2, parts of season 5 and season 8 make it make the list. Helped me get over depression. Avatar the last Airbender. Television for kids that wasn't infantile. Also the decsion beforehand to make it 3 seasons no more meant an arc and not back to status quo after every episode, commendable. MacGyver, maybe not good enough, but nostalgia is a powerful force man. Our hero-spy who used his brain rather than a gun, what's not to love Yes, Minister. Deadpan British humour, the best. oops that's 8!