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No one was... You said you were uneasy about the partnership with Paradox because of how Paradox has handled DLC in their games. The only reason to be uneasy about such a thing is if you think that Paradox would have some influence on the DLC creation for Eternity. You are correct in your statement. However do we really need to go over the differences between 'influence' and 'forcing'?

No one was...

DLC is one the thing that has me a little uneasy about the partnership with Paradox. Only because they have taken to the nickel and diming DLC marketing/additional content strategy for some of their titles in the last couple of years (which has diminished my opinion of them), notably in their Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings franchises. Another strike against Paradox is that they also forced some of their Crusader Kings 2 customers to go to Steam, something they had previously assured their fan base would not happen (something that greatly diminished my opinion of them). I very much hope Obsidian doesn't go that route. On the bright side: I now hope to see commercials of the quality we saw for Crusader Kings 2.

If we have to re-enter, then If we have to re-enter then I resubmit my earlier submission as well. Also, in regards to criteria, my two cents: whoever wins, I'd like to see some references to some of the games that inspired this game in our PoE graveyard(s), such as what I submitted or better. I'm hoping that if not through this contest, someone submits some memorial stones that gives a nod to those that came before. What better use of a memorial stone than to memorialize those that came before?

Do everyone a favor and don't get behind the wheel after drinking a lot of gin please. Hope you changed your mind on this.

I hope to see not only scalable fonts but all aspects of UI scalable, and ideally movable as well.

They are conceptually one and the same, anyone involved in 'public relations' is involved in 'propaganda' and vice versa, the only real difference is how the label is perceived. Go introduce yourself to Edward Bernays. This is of course a pretty subjective thing and dependent on where in which nation you lived. However, if you mean in the manner that most westerners do when they consider the question: the per capita GDP, then no. Russia has a far better per capita GDP than Ukraine (somewhere around double last I checked). GDP can be very misleading however. That aside and all other things considered, I'd take Russia over Ukraine in a heartbeat as a place I'd rather live, though I really wouldn't want to live in either for a variety of reasons (none of which have to do with the people or the hot women living there). I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people, they have for a long while now been used and abused by their neighbors to their west and east, suffering under corrupt leaders on the take from both the west and the east, it's just now reached a boiling point. They're between a rock and a hard place with no real light at the end of their tunnel.

Online dictionaries tend to often give an incorrect/incomplete definition of a great many words, most really. It is a shame and possibly a testament to something sinister that better dictionaries are not readily available on the web. I suggest you get yourself a hard copy of an unabridged dictionary, and if you're really serious about learning about words, one from today and one from three or more decades ago. I've found Webster's to be the superior of the modern dictionaries as it tends to be less susceptible to bias or politics, but any other option should still do oodles better than the relative tripe we find online. Regardless, I'm more than well aware of what you and most of those who would use this word think it means. I'm not here to debate the meaning of 'homophobia', but to point out it has almost no place in a legitimate debate on most anything, no more than the 'n' word does. It's a word primarily meant to divide, conquer, stupefy, insult, and marginalize. Philosophically the word is discussable (as the 'n' word is), but you're not using it in such a manner. I've submitted to you that you are thinking in very shallow terms when you use such a word as you do, but your reaction is to just repeat yourself while emphasizing the false enlightenment using such a word bestows upon yourself and the insult it bestows on others who may disagree with you. "There is no other way to see this form of discrimination." possibly best belies your shallowness of thinking, as yes there is, multiple and most alternatives with much greater depth than you've put forth. I redirect you to my original post that sparked your reply... I have little hope I will pry you out of the box you've let yourself be placed in via these forums, but I do hope you'll find yourself out of it someday. I think you will find that if you do you won't have people thinking you're someone's alt or a caricature. While I do not think you are such a thing, you are indeed one of the most cookie cutter thinkers I've come across, and certainly are the most of the prolific posters on this board in my estimation. 'None but ourselves can free our mind' - Marley 'Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein.' - Geothe translation: If you ever get over your aversion to videos and are willing to have much of what you think truly challenged and are wiling to listen to someone discuss some alternatives to your thinking with a little depth, here's a decent place to start: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL981B1FFB9C7A8A67

Yes that is exactly what I meant, I surprised that such a simple point could be so misunderstood by some people I didn't misunderstand it at all. My satire on the ridiculousness of what you stated and the ideas that generated your statement as well as the points I made on the subject in general are apparently lost on both you and Oerwinde.

The MMO market is a sad place these days. The majority of them are WoW clones, with WoW still being the best in regards to polish and end game content out there by far, even though it's a shadow of what it used to be. Blizzard effectively all but completely killed the fun and challenge in leveling years ago, so as Bester mentions above possibly the best MMO experience you'll find is on a private WoW server (though contrary to what he says Blizzard does forbid it, they just don't actively pursue shutting these things down) that is running either Vanilla or BC WoW. Other notable considerations would be: EvE Online is really it's own kind of MMO, and I salute it for that. It's definitely not for everyone though, and it's the most noob unfriendly MMO out there for sure. But it is worth checking out. This game along with WoW are the only MMOs really worth playing long term at this point in time in my opinion. The rest of them are too busy trying to be like WoW (though they all say they aren't. they really are). Both EvE and WoW require a subscription but they really are that much better than the others to justify having one. SW:TOR for the story (leveling up in that game was fun, though I haven't played it since it went Free to Play so perhaps that's not the case anymore). The game is more a like a single player RPG though than an MMO. If you don't want to actually play and have to cooperate with other players much this is probably the MMO for you (unless of course you don't like Star Wars). Once you finish your class's story and reach end game though the content is pretty blah, and aside from the interesting story you get while leveling up this game is a WoW clone through and through. Rift: is probably the best WoW clone out there. The end game has some well designed encounters and leveling up can be fun and challenging. The game lacks the polish that WoW has though, has a lot more 'grind', and has an even less compelling story than WoW does. It's an alternative to WoW, but except arguably in regards to graphics WoW beats it in every category. Everything else I've seen is really just MMO noob central for the most part, and wannabes. Some of the others look pretty for sure, but lack the substance found in the above mentioned games. MMOs aren't for everyone, and if you're going to get good in one you're going to have to invest some time. The best of them though can be fun on a level you won't find in any other video game genre.

It used to be that way...

I used to like flying, then we got the TSA, and now I fly a small fraction of what I used to.

Truly Inspirational:

The piece is magical, impressive: Also, best Disney animated movie in three decades in my opinion.

If that's actually a form of moderation on this forum and what's going on then I protest as yes, it messes with everyone reading the thread, and is not a good form of moderation.

Not really, irreverence is. Insulting can certainly be a part of irreverence, but something blasphemous requires something held sacred, in high regard. In the case of this thread that's considered to be people's opinions of cRPGs, not the people themselves. The post that initiated this discussion was insulting a group of people, not being irreverent to their opinions. Blasphemous: ' )#@$ you Zeus!' Not blasphemous: '@)#*$ you for believing in Zeus!' I agree that a more apt word for this thread would be 'heretical'.

Starts being homopohibic? LOL. 'So I was surfing the web yesterday hun and I came across this website, and oh.... Mai.... GAWD I can't even speak of it the horrors it contained. I was never scared of homos before! errrr... wait.. we're not supposed to call them that right? Oh nevermind.. .anyways... I don't know if I can handle it when Johny comes over for dinner tomorrow. I mean, he's been here numerous times, I've always known what he is, but after seeing that website, he scares me now! They all do!' LOL. Show me the website that illicits the fear of homosexuals in someone. Or did I misunderstand and we are talking about a fear of hominids (though that website would also be amusing)? Considering you wrote this Bruce and your seeming irresistible magnetic draw to anything and everything cultural marxist, I'll go with my first instincts. Sadly, I'm guessing we're talking the former and not the latter. 'Homophobia' is a really bad word as it is commonly used, used as an insult and to belittle something/someone who doesn't exist in tangible numbers, and by folks who fundamentally don't understand either what a phobia is or the meaning of the related suffix, nor understand what a 'homo' is outside of the slang. It's also a combative word, designed not just to obfuscate the true meanings of 'homo' or phobic' to those who don't already know (the young in general) and twist the meanings in the minds that already do, to remove thought, logic, and reality from the discussion but also to divide those having it. Giving those that use it a false sense of enlightenment over those it's aimed at who are given a stigma of cowardice amongst other negatives. It does it's job well on those grounds. I'm sure, somewhere out there, there is someone that is actually afraid of homosexuals (there's someone out there afraid of grasshoppers too), but I have yet to meet such a person or hear of them outside of unsubstantiated rumor. They're like the boogie man or the Yeti. There are oodles of people afraid of hominids though, that's actually quite common, but I don't think that's what we're talking about, there was mention of LGBT afterall. It's unfortunate that such a misleading and misinformed word had made it into the modern lexicon this last decade, as well as those who use it in it's commonly used manner to sink to such a low level of intellectual discussion. But then they generally aren't aware of where such words come from. Bellyfeel me my blackwhite newspeak!

Finally something blasphemous. Well done, my good sir! I wouldn't call that blasphemous as much as a misinformed attempt to insult. There are oodles of blasphemous posts in the first few pages of this thread that are more informed and don't attempt to insult.

If you like video game music, especially console video game music, and don't know who Smooth McGroove is, enjoy: Watch in youtube for the playlist of oodles of other covers.

I've known and watched a lot of prosecutors. She's the cutest one I've seen. Wish I knew what she was saying. Again Oby. Please stop linking non-English media in this English language forum, without providing an English translation, even if it's of a hot prosecutor.

You're an extra special level of brainwashed if you think taking a gender studies course is required to understand modern feminism, or a course in most anything to understand whatever it is the course is attempting to convey. And one would have to live under a rock to have reached adulthood and not have spoken to a modern feminist. They are not rare creatures.

It is insulting to both men and women, anyone who thinks for themselves really. I know more than a few women who are insulted and disgusted by modern feminism.

You haven't watched the videos I linked earlier have you? No I haven't, I don't think videos carry that much credibility. I prefer links with references like that link you provided about effectiveness of sanctions against South Africa Seriously? You don't think interviews with people, pictures, motion pictures, and actually discussion you can hear has credibility? While the videos I linked don't really have any first person interviews as they're discussing an ideology, videos are of the utmost importance if you're going to learn about many subjects as no article about an interview can ever beat the actual interview. In addition, a written article, no matter how well written or cited, is much more open to misinterpretation than a video with a face and a voice for reasons that have everything to do with how effective various forms of communication are. Video is second only to in person discussion in many instances. You've closed yourself off to a great deal of information if you don't watch videos. And as for citation, some videos have it, some don't, but the onus of homework on a particular subject you're watching is then upon you (which is where it really is even with citations). Every video you ever watch should be researched, that's how you learn. If you don't watch, you don't learn, if you don't research you don't learn. You effectively close your mind to innumerable possibilities. Which really explains a bit in regards to how much you tow the official popular line on so many subjects. Insofar as the subject at hand, I linked the videos as they (if you watched them) would introduce you to some concepts and ideology I'm pretty sure you are not familiar with, as much of what you've asserted to believe in on these forums is partially derived from the concepts I linked. There are definitely articles out there on the subject at hand (with citations too), but I'm not going to bother go dig for links for someone who actually thinks videos on whatever it is we're talking about aren't relevant or something that can be enlightening. Not to mention the articles I've read on the issues don't tackle what the videos convey as good as the videos do (if you watch them, and do your homework on what they bring up). The only scenario I can think of that doesn't involve ignorance on your part in regards to refusing to watch videos anyone links here is if you're deaf. As for a deaf person I could certainly see where watching videos on youtube would be problematic as the closed captioning of most videos is inaccurate. Are you deaf or do you just choose to be ignorant?

You haven't watched the videos I linked earlier have you?