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Why is your ire directed specifically at games resellers vice a used car dealership, book store, movie rental, etc... This part fascinates me, why is the game industry the sole beneficiary/whiner of after-market sales? Why are they the only IP that should get paid for life?

Lol, you guys are so understanding and compassionate. Hypothetical question, is there any amount of evil a person could commit before you would consider them irredeamable? You know, a real SOB that would only be doing the planet a favor by being removed. Or is everyone savable? Just a bit more understanding, a bit more insight, a bit more handwringing?

I think he had to be in

Interesting. As Im sure you know, when you die in WoW you rez as a ghost at the closest graveyard and have to run back to your body. This usually takes less then 2-3 minutes unless youre in the bowels of a dungeon. How does the rezing mechanic work in these games that it potentially takes that long to get back to your body?

So the 1978 version of IotBS was a remake itself? Interesting. Off to IMBD with me.

I can see everyones points wrt permadeath and PvP looting. It probably would be much more exciting having the proverbial Sword of Damocles always hanging over you, but to me thats not long term fun. Sure I love the thrill of a well fought or barely survived battle but those penalties would ruin it for me very quickly. For gods sake, Im the highest level possible and I die daily!

Looks like he killed an old lady last week too:

But its just too easy to die for there to be permadeath. I think it would be really frustrating to have to start over and over every time a battle didnt go your way. Even against like-leveled opponents, one unlucky crit and its back to the character generation screen. If there is to be a death penalty, I like EQ's method (XP loss).

Shows fine for me, nice collection.

Wow, thats too hardcore for me. Imagine the time it takes to get kickass gear vs dying once and being stripped clean by a pack of piranah's. IIRC, dying in EQ involved losing experience, even to the point of dropping you a level if you lost enough. Thats an acceptable consequence IMO.

Too easy, you'd always be in "god mode". Bwahahahahaha, I kill me.

Wait, in Ultima Online your corpse can be looted by random passer by's until your "ghost" gets back to it!?!? Thats crazy. Although I suppose you could just lurk around other people doing battle and just gank the hell out of them when they die. Still, that one feature alone ensures I will never play that game.

Explain please.

Isnt the National Guard already a "volunteer national security force" thats (almost) as well funded as the military?

Horrible. Latest I read is up to 12 injured and the suspect was "injured" by the police while being apprehended. Couldnt happen to a more deserving person. In other news, another gruesome murder at VT. Geez, whats in the water there?

Where is Claire anyway? Did she die last season? I thought the season premier was pretty good and I liked the plot. One thing though, wouldnt they too reset every skip? Like a bunch got redshirts

Thats one of the things I hated about 3.5, everyone could be a god at everything. Whats the point of classes? All abilities could be feat based too.

Yep, 1600 gold. You must have never gotten your epic flyer before you quit as the "training" for that was 5000 gold alone. Im unbelievably wealthy now (have around 14.5k now after that purchase) due to Jewelcrafting. Its really insane, some gem cuts make me over 100g each (IE: +32 Attack Power) and the Epic rings and necklaces fly off the shelf even priced at 2.5k! Im rich biatch! /Chappel

Yeah, I didnt have the patience to get a Netherdrake either. I know of three ways but I know there are more ways I dont know about. Of the three I know: 1) Get exaulted with the Wyrmrest Accord. This is what I did and they give the Red Dragon for 1600G. 2) Get exaulted with the Oracles. This one is tougher as all you get from them is an egg and it has a very low chance of maturing into the dragon. I dont know what color you get from them either. If it matures, its free. 3) Do a Culling of Stratholm "speed run". I tried it once but a wipe or two doomed us wrt the timer. You get a Yellow Proto-Drake if you do it in time (everyone in the party iirc).

WoW. Just picked up a Red Dragon mount. Shes so beautiful...*wipes tear from eye*

We are the WoW, resistance is futile.

Huh, I thought capital gains tax laws had changed and didnt kick in until you hit a much higher threshold.

Agreed but thats nothing new. What you say to get into office will often not jive with the realities of the position. I dont think he's against war per se as much as he is against the Iraq war. Unlike Iraq, there is no ambiguity regarding Afghanistan's involvement with sponsored terrorism. What should really make your sphincter pucker up is the almost supermajority Obama has. THATS scary.

Unfortunately, not a chance in hell. As is swearing in on any religous document! I was more curious why the addition of "in god we trust" had people up in arms any more then swearing an oath on a religous document, like somehow its EVEN MORE religious. All Im saying is it seems the same to me.

This is a tough point to explain. On one level, there isn't a difference at all. A person is expected to have faith in whatever they are pledging to, and will honour that pledge. What if the person is not of that faith? Then this pledge will mean nothing to them. Only the morals or codes they adhere to themselves will guide them, not the promise. But they have a choice. They may swear on the bible (christianity), the koran (islam) or simply the Constitution itself. I see what youre saying but isnt "god" a general term used for every religions head dude? They are not required to say that. The actual oath is: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."