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The thread was about a movie, that specifically deals with themes that some would consider romance. It didn't get lead there, it started there.

Um... I want to be able to go to the bathroom, grab a sandwich, answer the door, answer the phone, etc, and not have to worry about my Ironman game coming to an end because of some pause limit. Pause should be indefinite.

A resounding No! to 'finishing moves'. They add nothing substantial to a game such as what PE will be, and are fundamentally unrealistic eye candy and a waste of a hotkey, If we were talking about a console fighting game such as Mortal Combat sure, maybe let's have em. We're not. Critical hits are the way to go. A variety of death animations would be nice, as would maybe critically hit monsters being 'chunked' ala the Infinity games. Having special abilities only to be used to 'finish off' a target is not. Not only is it a waste of a keybind, but it really wouldn't feel right in a game such as this. There are reasons some of us don't hold Dragon Age in as high regard as we do the IE games (the story was good the way the gameplay had issues), and serious yuck to Skyrim all around, 'Finishing moves' while not the major reason is a part of it. I'd take unaltered IE combat over DA:O or especially Skyrim combat any day.

While there are similarities, every relationship is dynamic and different. For you it may have been immaturity, for others describing the same thing it very well may not have been or be. For many who consider all of "Distance and how it affects relationships, living in the past, being able to let go, being hopelesly in love." to be immature, they've adopted a sour grapes attitude towards something unfulfilled, and I'd argue that they've taken a path even worse than any immaturity in terms of denying themselves opportunity as they've become jaded. Whether that's you or not I don't know. Only you or an honest and wise someone who knows you well or knew you well at the time could say if you were immature. To say those feelings and experiences is immaturity by everyone who experiences them though, is an unjust narrow view. In regards to the film, a problem the main characters all had in common was lack of communication. None of them fully expressed how they felt and consequently something important to them was unresolved. More often than not things truly are not better left unsaid. A lot of people don't express themselves fully to those they care about, and not doing that ends up haunting them on many a level. The fear of rejection can indeed ultimately lead to greater devastation than actually being rejected. Again, every relationship is different, for all the similarities they may have.

There is an English translation of the book after all: http://www.amazon.com/5-Centimeters-Second-Makoto-Shinkai/dp/1932234969/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357216884&sr=8-2&keywords=5+centimeters+per+second

Seriously? I actually just watched 5 cm/sec. It'd been awhile since I'd seen some good animation and I wasn't disappointed. The animation was amazing and the story was well written, it was deep though could have been a bit more fleshed out. My understanding is that it is elsewhere but sadly I don't read Japanese. I came here to thank you and you're calling me an 'infidel'? Those AMV's do not do any justice to the movie's atmosphere. The music from the movie itself does that. And it was scored as well as it was drawn. Had I thought those AMVs were an indication of the movie's atmosphere I'd not have watched it. Thankfully I can turn down horrendous remakes of good music badly paired with great animation by some emokid somewhere to be watched by emokids everywhere (what most AMVs are) and just see if something looks like it's worth watching. http://youtu.be/IG_FY3v0uWk To anyone who hasn't seen the movie: If you're a fan of good animation (something nearly extinct in the west) as well as like a good poignant story delicately handled about something not much talked about in society I recommend the film. If you've got a heart you'll likely appreciate Five Centimeters per Second. Anyways Trashman... Thanks, and don't do drugs.

Next time link the movie please and not AMVs with meh music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second

Wer lesen kann ist klar im Vorteil. Entschuldigen Sie mich bitte. Und mein Deutsch is sehr rostig, so auf Englisch. I misread Austria as Australia. Doesn't change too much what I wrote though, except that your debt is even worse than Australia's and you have the added fun of the EU to contend with.

Hear hear, a rare case where an American can stare straight into it's impending doom and not dismiss it as nonsense. Indeed. Don't think for a moment Australia won't follow suit however. Per capita your nation is about where the U.S. was ten years ago debt wise. Almost every western nation is staring into the abyss as they've been taking candy from the central banking devils for generations. Just about every nation also seriously lacks any kind of quality leadership to avoid the abyss. Many people don't even understand the problem. More are LaDiDa so long as their personal life is going well enough. Ignorance is not bliss when the time comes to pay the devils their due or karma comes knocking. The only thing it really buys you is lack of understanding why. Barring some miracle never before seen in recorded history, bad bad things are coming.

Great game indeed. I started with Hack myself and then moved on to Nethack. No other video game has had me revisit it every other year or so for around 25 years. I still check the Dev site every so often hoping there will be a new version even though it's been almost ten years since the last one. Nethack is the shiz. I'm thinking my next foray may be in Slash'em.

A Monster Lore skill wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Other games (Palladium in particular) employ many Lore skills. If a character has such a skill there is a chance he will know of a Monster's weakness. Alternatively or in addition combat experience with particular Monster types may yield info such as weaknesses on a given creature. The actions should be entirely determined by the player and nothing should be automatic. The information however from such a skill would indeed be useful and a nice addition to the game methinks.

I'd have to agree with your father on the first two of his points. We've been to a lot of parties and also held a lot of parties and never been in a situation where we had to get wine after guests have arrived. It shows that you're not well organised and running things by the seat of your pants. If we arrived at a party and the host had to go out and get wine after guests arrived, We'd be thinking 'what have they been doing all day to be getting wine now?' Your father probably felt uncomfortable having to leave the gathering to get wine with your wife which probably annoyed him and felt obligated to say yes, especially since he doesn't get along with your wife. He can't say No because he's family, hence obligated to say yes. If I had to leave a gathering and get alcohol with a host because they didn't pick it up earlier in the day, I'd probably be thinking, 'what else have they forgotten for dinner?'. The third point about the winery being nothing special? Don't know the winery so can't comment. Although having been to a few wineries, they don't really mean much to me. So while it may be of no consequence to you about the wine, for others it can be a bad start to the night. But this is a family dinner. I can see your point if Hurlshot was entertaining royalty or something, but family, imo, should be relaxed and fun. I don't see a thing wrong with going out to get something after the company's arrived. But late than never I say! Better late than never indeed but Hiro Protagonist II is right. His father has some legitimate complaints and that's just hearing Hurl's side. As Malcador says, his father's side as well from his mouth would be ideal for the purposes of resolving the questions in this thread. Also, just because a winery has been around a long time doesn't mean it's any good. ie: Franzia and Carlo Rossi (as well as most of the rest of E & J Gallo's portfolio) are generally not on any wine connoisseur's map of good wineries but they've been around quite some time. So has McDonald's and most would agree they don't make even medium quality burgers let alone great ones. That said, when it comes to a lot of things, beauty/taste is in the eye/mouth of the beholder. One man's garbage is another man's treasure. And that said, there's a big difference between a steak'em and a fillet mignon, and there's just as big a difference in qualities among the various types of wines. Not all Chardonnay/Cab/Merlot/Pinot/etc. are created equal.

If you go back a century or more, the same people you would (or not, depending beliefs) entrust with sticking a scalpel in your guts and remove your appendix if it's inflamed, are the same guys who would tell you that your heart did the thinking, plague could be cured by bleeding the patient (since the disease must be in the blood!). Those who study the workings and the chemistry of the human mind are by no means perfect, but they'll get there eventually. To be honest, I think in its current state, diagnosing mental disorders correctly is about as hard as predicting the weather correctly for a week in advance. You have all the signs and indicators and experience with similar situations in the past, but in the end, it is currently something very intangible you are dealing with. What doesn't help is the big money involved, and I know back in Denmark, somebody did raise the issue a few decades ago, about the medical practitioners objectivity when they were part owners or shareholders in the medico industry. Some clever investigator noticed a pattern between prescriptions and relations between doctor and manufacturer. Maybe somebody should take a good look at kickbacks and fringe benefits for those handing out the prescriptions and doing the treatment? Psychology/Psychiatry isn't the same field as the medical field, never has been and more than likely never truly will be, despite the efforts of those in the former field to become recognized by the latter field. So the folks that used leeches really weren't the same people who performed lobotomies. As for the 'maybe somebody should look into'.... Just like many other issues many people have and the answers are clear. There is a direct relationship between those who make the drugs and those who prescribe them, even when those who prescribe them actually are ethical and intelligent people (there are a few) don't want it. Any doctor that doesn't have their heads up their ass and is honest with you will tell you that (though possibly not unless you know them on a personal basis). As an example of just how aware some are that there is a connection, some states even passed laws to attempt to prevent drugs companies from finding out who was prescribing what. Why? Because it's known that drug companies court doctors and attempt to get them to prescribe their drug. And as illegal as it is, many doctors do accept kickbacks under the table. Not only that many doctors are just straight up lazy and incompetent and don't do their own research preferring instead to just go by what company X tells them is good to prescribe for condition X (this is the fundamental purpose of the DSM). If the drug companies don't have a catalog to find out what doctor is prescribing what it's hard for them to target their efforts. Of course as soon as this law was passed the states were sued. Vermont's case went all the way to the Supreme Court but the states lost (as they often do on any issue in the very corrupt Federal Court system when they're up against corporate interests or the Federal government itself.). see Sorrell vs. IMS Health for the case then went before the court. There are people out there fighting the good fight. On this issue as well as many others. Sadly most of the populace prefers to stay ignorant on this and many other issues. It doesn't take too long to dig deep enough to find overwhelming corruption on the part of the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, and many a 'doctor' in regards to psychotropic drugs or other drugs and chemicals in general.That said it usually doesn't take too long to dig deep enough to find corruption and dispel many a widely held myth. Most people sadly prefer to keep their heads in the sand, have their 'arguments' given to them by the bought and paid for media, and pick the 'left' or 'right' side in the imagined debate, never realizing that they're just expendable pawns being played and farmed.

While I couldn't be more against children taking psychotropics (or adults doing the same in all but rare exceptions), I would never tell someone it's not going to get better. Every person has a different situation and of those who are pushed to 'the edge' there are different reasons for being there. In most cases it actually will get better, though I'd never lie to someone as people are oft to do and say something ridiculous like 'time will heal'. If your entire family just blew up in an airplane or you've had all your limbs blown off by and IED... things really may not get better. Telling a teen that's going through some really bad stuff that it isn't going to get better is going to be a bad move and a false statement at least 99.99999% of the time. Teenage years are not supposed to be the best years in anyone's life. If that's really true perhaps we should just all call it quits after them ala Logun's Run. Ridiculous? Of course... because it's not true. It's definitely been advertised to be in our culture as well as there are a great many adults out there saying they miss their teenage years. There are many reasons for that, but for many adults it's because they messed up their lives incredibly since their teens, or they're only adults by age and are still immature teens in their head and don't like responsibility. Anon. In short: I had to take issue with you saying that the best years of anyone's life is their teenage years and that a teen who at some point is/was suicidal should just off themselves because it won't get better. For most, it does, and profoundly so.

No need to insult yourself, especially with a stereotype such as that. If you don't like the thread that much, don't read it. As I said. I don't find much useful in this thread either (I could say this about many threads) and don't agree with the lolz at the guys at Interplays expense. And this is coming from someone who really doesn't have much respect for Interplay anymore as in the end they did much to hurt the genre of games I like, before that though they published many I did. However, that's not all that's in this thread. There is some valid conversation occurring that has nothing to do with belittling anyone (such as our conversation sans your self insult). As has been pointed out by at least one other in this thread (on the very first page), this thread probably belongs in the 'Way Off Topic' forum. It doesn't deserve to be shut down no matter how distasteful it might be, and on the scale of distasteful it's really not that bad. It's a very slippery slope when you start censoring things. Aside from what I mentioned about it above almost never should be done. If the immature gleeful bashers bother you that much, take heart, karma will likely find them someday unless they discover the err of their ways. And again, just don't read the thread if it bothers you that much.

It is a good thing I am not a mod here as I would have locked this thread the day it started. Call me weird but I don't think topics that are about bashing and insulting an individual and the company they run are okay, regardless of who they are or what company they represent. It is a good thing you're not a mod. Censorship sucks. I don't agree with much in this thread either, but I really just think it should maybe be in another forum such as Off-Topic. Definitely not closed. Any moderating much beyond moving a thread to the appropriate forum, eliminating spam, stopping a flame war, or redacting a post that has excessive amounts of profanity in it is generally just arbitrary censorship and generally makes for a bad forum.

If you scroll down on that page, you have a few folks explaining why those stats are bogus http://nationalprior...cruitment-2010/ Seems like a better breakdown at the above link. Neither you or the people who I'm reading calling those stats bogus in the link you provide are backing what you're saying up with anything concrete. The stats ShadySands posted are from ~2004. The stats you posted are from 2007-2010. There's no reason to believe in either of the links that the info in the other is incorrect. From what I know of military recruitment both probably are correct, and I've little reason to think they're wrong. In both sets of stats the south generally is supplying more recruits than the rest of the nation. This is and has generally been true for a long long time. Something that is also true is that most military folks are pro 2nd Amendment and understand and appreciate what 'shall not be infringed' means.

They shouldn't be taken seriously, but to the determent of millions are by too many. I recommend reading/watching Dr. Thomas Szasz. He was one of the very few psychologists/psychiatrists that really had a clue. He sadly passed away a few months ago. There are others out there but he is probably the most well known. Most in his field were and are a bunch of quacks at best, with many being brainwashed drug peddlers who work unwittingly for big pharma. A short clip: I also recommend finding and watching the documentary 'Generation Rx', as well as reading up on the history of western psychology in general (especially over the last ~120 years). Most laymen would be surprised at just how unscientific the whole field has been since the get go as well as how corrupt at it's core it is. If civilization lasts long enough and somehow avoids the 'Brave New World' route those who inherit this earth will look back at our labeling people with disorder X and drugging them as stupid and barbaric just as we look back at lobotomies as being stupid and barbaric.

This was really a bad video. It went nowhere and there was nothing objective in this video, it was largely just right v. left BS. Though a few clips were doozies. Such as the Fox News anchor calling an automatic handgun a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' as well as implying the weapons were made for law enforement and military primarily. Propaganda propaganda propaganda, and BS BS BS. If the author of this video really is a lawyer for the ACLU, he's not one of their better ones. He's blinded by the left right paradigm of thinking as his whole video stayed within the bounds of that paradigm, and his final question was based on the false duality of Republicans vs. Democrats. That said, it is very clear that some in this thread think along those lines. Indeed a majority of westerners do (and this is one of our primary problems). Tip: If you consider yourself a 'liberal' and generally think 'conservatives' got it all wrong, or think you're a 'conservative' and generally think the 'liberals' got it all wrong: you're either brainwashed (if you hate either you're definitely brainwashed) or just haven't paid enough attention to what goes on around you. Either way you've got some waking up to do.

Gun control laws really don't help. But you're right in that the thought that they do is only treating the symptom. It's not even an effective symptom treatment though. In general that's how we handle things in the west on this issue and most others: treat the symptom, be reactive. The fundamentals aren't even realized by a great many, and are almost always ignored by the media. What do you mean by 'near-pennalistic social hierarchies'? 'Pennalistic' is not a word in the English language. The social hierarchies that exist today are much the same as they were for most of the last 100 years or more, though fads and what's acceptable behavior definitely changes over time. There are definitely huge problems in today's high schools that weren't there even 20 years ago in most places in the U.S. For the most part it's how they are now run and how the students are viewed that are different. In an increasing number of cases it's also how they're even taught. There are a number of reasons for that, and the momentum of the direction things are going in are solidly for the worse not the better. Ultimately in most cases the responsibility lies with the parents for their children's actions, though increasingly the state is usurping parental rights and responsibilities even from parents who wish to actually be parents and not just humans that spawned some offspring they might pay for. A reactive society, attempting to treat the symptom, propaganda, and the thought by many that every undesirable thing can somehow be legislated or regulated out of existence has a lot to do with this. Parents willing to take that responsibility are becoming rarer and rarer, as more and more are letting the schools, TVs, computers, and everyone else raise their kids for them.

I would rather ask something different. Have I really lost my chance at getting a decent boxed version? Since Project Eternity pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of the past, we SHOULD get a decent boxed version. I'm talking about those huge cereal boxes. Hell, not only were the manuals gigantic, some games even included a 200 page novella to set up the backstory! Nowadays all you get is a DVD and a piece of paper that says "Read the .pdf manual in the DVD". Here Here!!!

Or can you just not even read? As Volourn mentions above. The above statement is false.

Not on most who were alive back in the 80s when the events that lead to the term becoming part of the American vocabulary happened. I imagine some younger folks who weren't or were but were still pooping themselves might look at the term differently as slang tends to morph meanings over time. Usually the term is used in a dark humor context, and there were some comedians back then who used it in their routine which helped popularize it. How is this relevant though?

Family situations such as what you've described suck. I'm sorry you're having one. Some general advice. Avoid emails. Face to face communication is the way to go if at all possible. Second to that, get on the phone, or if everyone has it maybe something such as Skype. Electronic text can be cold and easily misinterpreted, especially if the reader is already emotionally charged in some way or is being told something they weren't expecting to hear or may not like haering. The normal parts of communication that would alleviate such emotion, like a smile, certain tone of voice, body language, etc are not found in emails. It's often not as bad as people think. When it comes to electronic media people can sometimes also tend to write things they'd not say to someone's face. That's not good. A good general rule of thumb when it comes to communicating is if you can't say it to someone's face, you more than likely shouldn't be saying/writing it. Avoid 'professional' help. Not only will it be a waste of money, If you or anyone else goes that route and heeds the advice given chances are some relationships are going to be kaputt for good. Whatever your problems are, it's best to work them out for yourselves for better or worse. I've seen nothing good come out of anyone ever going to a 'professional'. You're better off getting some advice from a random old person in a nursing home, sitting on a bar stool, or in a forum such as this (I'll note though, that a forum such as this is electronic communication.... lots is lost that wouldn't be if you were looking into the eyes of whomever you were speaking to). Really though, if you're looking for advice turn to a friend or another family member if you have one that is the kind of person that will tell you something you may not want to hear if it's the truth (these people are not common). As for specifics to your situation. It's pretty obvious to me that there's a lot more to the story, and I don't know anyone involved so I really can't give much solid advice other than the general advice I'm giving. I wouldn't be angry if I were you. Yes, your father may have said some things you don't like, and he may even be wrong, but he's attempting to tell you how he's viewing a situation. That's not something to get angry about. Be thankful he's even writing you about this, more and more people these days don't take the time to write. Don't have any kids suffer due to adults squabbles in your family. Exchange the gifts. The holidays are supposed to be a time for healing, or at the very least putting differences aside to come together. Also, It seems to me from reading your post that you don't live near your parents? If that's the case, go visit them. If you do live near them, go see them more often. Sit down and talk to them. Then after you do that, sit down and talk to them with your wife. Don't let the avoidance of confrontation be the death of your relationship with them (all too many people go this route), and don't let confrontation destroy your relationships (don't let yourself get angry). Give full disclosure to your wife, tell her everything (you should always do that, a relationship without complete honesty is either a going to be dead one or a superficial one), but do it as diplomatically as possible. If she gets angry then she may indeed have an issue. If what your father says is true and she does come off as a 'know it all', then she is part of the problem. You shouldn't have to choose between her and your family though. Your wife just may need to work on her social skills a bit more (many of us do from time to time). Pride can be the biggest enemy in situations such as these. Many people do not have it within them to admit they or someone they care about is wrong (blind loyalty is not a virtue), were/are and ass@#*(, or that someone they don't like might be right. Finally. If there's any bit of advice you should heed, and I can't stress this enough. Go and talk to your parents face to face, and don't let yourself get angry. If they get angry, ride out their wrath. Stay calm and rational (hard at times I know). And if at first you don't succeed, try try again. Your relationship with your wife, your parents, and your children's relationship with their grandparents is worth it.

I personally know someone who was murdered by someone with a hammer in a house that had numerous guns in it. She never had the opportunity to defend herself as the perpetrator took her unaware as it was someone she knew. He chose to use a hammer though, not a gun, despite there being many at his disposal. I also know someone who committed suicide in house with numerous guns at his disposal, yet he chose a knife. There's two deaths for you that had guns not been available absolutely no difference would have been made. I also personally know someone who'd be catmeat if her boyfriend didn't have a gun to shoot the cougar that attacked her. She was quite wounded, but lived because someone had a gun. I also personally know someone who sent an intruder in her home fleeing when she shot a warning shot out of her rifle into her bedroom floor. Whoever it was had been trying to force his way into her room. Who knows what would have happened to her had she not had that rifle. She opted not to shoot the guy though, so unfortunately he got away likely to cause harm to someone else another day. So there's just a couple examples based on personal experience (across the nation there are innumerable more examples) the refute the concept that if guns aren't available tragedy X wouldn't have happened, as well as illustrate that guns do indeed save lives.