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So here are my two cents, some points were already raised but yeah, I'll just repeat them as I hold them necessary: Putting Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke in the same scenes just showed how woefully sub-par she is compared to, well, pretty much everyone else on the show. Even Sophie Turner is better and she certainly is on the lower rung. The dragons burning the ships was some solid special effects work, but Dany was clearly using some sort of steps or a ladder to climb Drogon. Let the Dany/Asha shipping commence (please dear god no, just no). You go Rickon, just run in a straight line so Ramsay can play with you. Good boy. Hey Jon maybe you should listen to your sister. Sure she's a bit dumb but when she's right, she's right. Davos was awesome when suggesting to copy Hannibal's winning tactic of the battle of Cannae. I'm not sure the wildlings would have the necessary discipline for that though. Never mind, didn't happen anway. See, that would have been a nice, logical reason for the lines to break in the wrong way and the battle devolve into a bloody, chaotic mess. *sigh* Which brings me to the battle scene which I found... simply put, well, terrible. I have long since resigned myself to the fact that realistic "medieval" army makeup and equipment will always be sacrificed to the Rule of Cool and that is fine, within reason (e.g. wrong armor or the fact that even lowly soldiers all seem to be able to afford swords), but this fight did a number on my suspension of disbelief. Just how did that mountain of corpses rise from the ground? Did the soldiers climb it so they can f'ing die up there? Or did the same special Bolton commando unit that burned Stannis' siege equipment last season pile it up while everyone wasn't looking? Seriously? And even so, how the hell did Jon's forces end up being pushed behind it? Why isn't Wun Wun breaking the Bolton's newfound hoplite line by using all those corpses as bowling equipment? Why doesn't he at least carry a trunk or something to properly smash Bolton soldiers? And why did they just stand there and watch being encircled just like Aragon did at the end of the Return of the King movie (that was pretty stupid too)? I also get that Wun Wun's presence was necessary so he can smash the Winterfell gates (why are they made of wood by the by? Where's the moat? Or the inner or outer walls? Why does Winterfell's interior look like a stupid barn rather than a fortress? Only D&D know...). Lastly, why is it that every time there is a medieval battle on TV or in a movie that the two armies are deployed two miles apart and then charge each other? Ever tried running a mile in armor with some heavy weaponry and maybe even a shield and then fighting when meeting the other army? Yeah, right. *sigh* Rant over. Still liked the episode for the most part. I can pretend that silly engagement didn't play out the way it did.

I don't know. It would really be just like Show!Ramsay to kill Rickon in front of Jon and Sansa for ****s and giggles, and he's served his purpose luring Jon to battle. *shrug* edit: Oh, and yes, I kind of forgot the King's Landing characters. Kevan and Pycell are probably biting it. Loras might too, and Tommen, who knows. Tommen is actually in the way of Cersei ruling again, and the show has for some reason tried to establish at least some semblance to the political structure and whereabouts of the characters during the latter half of ADWD.

I'm guessing the last two episodes are going to kill off all characters that are left which aren't central to the plot any more. That includes: Brienne Tommen Rickon Meera Ramsay (he either loses Winterfell or the Others take him) Bronn (why bother if he has two minutes of screen time per season) A bunch of Freys Tormund Wun Wun Podrick ...

That was entirely terrible. I'm usually good at this sort of thing, but can someone explain to me how Arya not only survived four stab wounds to the gut which then got exposed to Braavos' certainly not very clean sea water in a world with no antibiotics (if by some stretch all four stabs missed the intestines) and after a good night's sleep on morphine leaps out of the window, manages to kill the Waif off-screen and then sasses Jaqen as if nothing ever happened and his only reaction is a weird smile?

This sale would be much more awesome if it wouldn't read "OWNED" in the lower right corner of pretty much every offer. All that's left are things I have no or only a passing interest in. Le sigh.

The SR readme lists no changes to Improved Haste (only to Haste) but it might come from somewhere else. With only the base game and ToB installed IH doubles the attack rate in the same way the oil does. I just noticed that the classic BG versions no longer appear in the GOG shop. Urgh. There go some of the funniest "reviews" ever.

Yes and no. With dual wielding one can reach 5 attacks per round with the Gauntlets of Extraordinary Specialization with the appropriate class and proficiency level but that limit can be overriden with Improved Haste or (Greater) Whirlwind Attack. As a fun excercise imagine what sort of enemies can stand against a Fighter/Mage with Mirror Image and Stoneskin while dual wielding Foebane under Improved Haste. Kind of bad for the employment rates of clerics.

This isn't some reader, we're talking about a note to his editor, probably the only other person involved in GRRM's creative process when it comes to the (main) books. Make of that what you will, but it does seem a tad silly to go to such lengths as to fake editor's notes to "disprove" a theory that simply goes on to be validated by the rapidly catching up TV show anyway. Martin might be a bit weird, but I sure hope he's not that much of a nutjob.

...and GOG takes my money again. Heh.

So Arya let herself be stabbed like an utter fool, the waif managed to fall for the ol' "stay under water a while" spiel like an utter fool and the Brotherhood Without Banners is nothing more than a band of common thugs and House Mormont commands all of 62 fighting men to make Sansa accept Littlefinger's help (if that what the letter was supposed to be). If it weren't for Emma Peel telling Queen Gorgo off this would have been a total loss. Even Bronn was terrible.

I'd say that's just wishful thinking, but with D&D you never know. The Faceless Men don't work that way, once a contract is signed, the assassination is carried out. There is no mercy for the victim because death is the mercy the Faceless Men bring. They're much more a religious order than an assassin's guild, also seen in the way the negotiate a price for their services. But yeah, that might work for the show.

The current Dalai Lama was friends with SA and later SS and NSDAP member Brad Pitt Heinrich Harrer who got stuck in Tibet after successfully breaking out of an English internment camp in 1944. 7 years in Tibet and all.

Of course. It's easy to be head over heels in debt if no one comes to collect. Not that the EU could implement something similar anyway. Cutting out the middle man by direct funding via the ECB would upset the poor investment bankers and a whole bunch of shareholders. Can't have that. Might have saved Greece though, who knows. But can't have that either because that would upset mama Merkel in Berlin. :>

GRRM stated flat out that Benjen is not Coldhands because we have seen a ADWD manuscript page with Martin's and his editor's notes where that question was asked: Leaf also stated that Coldhands was killed "a long time ago" and for a Child it seems odd that it would be a ranger who died fairly recently, given their lifespan. Not that I trust that resounding "No" here any more than I trust Leaf's words. Plus, why else would the show pull out Benjen after 6 years (with the same actor to boot)? Questions, questions... I almost didn't recognize Brutus though. For a moment I thought they swapped him for Faramir.

Look at Japan. 25 years of almost zero growth (and sometimes actual shrinking) and a debt to GDP ratio of 150 to 200%. Look what it has brought: Riots on the streets, anarchy, the collapse of infrastructure, massive unemployment rates, women prostituting themselves for a sandwich, the rise of populism both left and right wing... no, wait, that was Greece. Sorry. My bad. I got that mixed up somewhere along my train of thought.

Well, barring the creation of the Heart of Winter as seen on the show there are only a handful of known events in the history of Martin's world that could - in theory - lead to that sort of climate change: The Hammer of the Water employed by the Children to smash the land bridge between Westeros and Essos, its second use in the attempt to sever the north of Westeros from the south (creating Moat Cailin) and the Doom of Valyria. The Doom was too recent to be a likely culprit and creating floods and breaking islands is like to have an effect on the local climate but not on that scale. Somehow I doubt we'll get an answer either way.

Except I meant what the measters consider the official history of Westeros where the wall was supposedly built 8000 years or so ago, not the timeline as a sci-fi/fantasy concept. But yeah, Hodor becoming Hodor because Bran manipulated him from the future is not a concept that I liked. So why not stop the Children from creating the Others in the first place? Novels solved. Bleh.

They're vague hints. Actually, more a combination of a vision of Melisandre and what Bloodraven says to Bran. Besides, the timeline has been stated to be inaccurate so often we can pretty much assume it is out of whack. I don't think that D&D made the origins of the Others up (they are, after all, vulnerable to the one substance the Children made their weapons from).

So do you mind naming a few points how the EU is like the Nazis? I'm trying to understand this view Here you go : https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/05/21/greetings-slaves/ Ah, Hayek, the second worst thing to come from pretty Austria right after the little guy with the funny moustache.

You very seldom follow-up on certain interesting comments you make so I hope you do on this one What is your definition of "Yuroppan countries are outside the EU" Oh Bruce, really, HoonDing is all about shooting one-liners and not following up on anything. Sometimes he has a point, and sometimes, like here, he doesn't. Besides, with a minimal amount of research you'd figure it out: There are only two truly prosperous European nations that are not members of the European Union: Norway and Switzerland (I apologize to any posters from Iceland ). The former draws most of its wealth from natural resources and the latter from all sorts of criminal cash deposits (I'd write no offense meant but that wold be a lie ). While both are not members of the EU they all have a large number of treaties with the EU and enjoy many benefits without the most perceivable downsides like net budget contributions and overbearing EU regulations, but also the downside of being affected by some EU regulations without being able to partake in the decision making process. So far it would seem the, uhm, benefits outweigh the downsides. For populist parties they're also generally the go-to examples of wealthy states that do not need the EU to be prosperous, but it's very problematic to assume a nation could leave the EU and copy either Norway or Switzerland because of their very unique positions. Both could, though, serve as a template for a much needed EU reform by cutting back on the bureaucratic overhead and taking a few steps back to what the EU used to be in the past, a unifying economic pact, not a supra-national entity steeped in indecision and corruption.

Overwatch has terrible voice acting? Heh. Did they get Metzen to record all the characters again, like they always do in World of Warcraft?

So declare your opponents as enemies (=far-right, what's a far-right anyway?) of the EU, threaten with sanctions and refuse to debate them. What a time to be alive in this democraship. Original link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/juncker-vows-to-use-new-powers-to-block-the-far-right-nq5r5tnqq No this is necessary to protect these countries from leaving the EU...I can explain it more detail? But its basically the reality that no country will leave the EU...and this is a good thing Why do you even ask permission? Your opinion does exist on the approval others, doesn't it? Yes I am nearly done....and yes I agree there is no point asking for permission but if no one is interested in me writing a long post I wont bother because what would be the point and its a waste of time But I do want to make this point, so I was looking for someone who would read it because its a few paragraphs And then people read it later and comment I don't think these nations need to be protected from leaving the EU. If they decide to do that, then so be it. They're not children and they don't need an overbearing EU sanction government father to protect them from making what he (or you) thinks are dangerous mistakes. Comments like the one from Juncker are also completely and utterly stupid (voting for right-wing populists now becomes the clearest act of defiance available to the general populace), but hey, what can anyone expect from the EPP these days. *sigh*

So declare your opponents as enemies (=far-right, what's a far-right anyway?) of the EU, threaten with sanctions and refuse to debate them. What a time to be alive in this democraship. Original link: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/juncker-vows-to-use-new-powers-to-block-the-far-right-nq5r5tnqq Here's the funny thing: Members of the European Commission are nominated by the national governments, members of the European Parliament are nominated by the parties voted for during the EU parliamentary elections and the European Council is made up by each member nation's head of government or state, whichever is appropriate. Therefore in all nations where the head of state has a largely ceremonial role the prime minister or chancellor is the representative of the government in the European Council. If Hofer had been elected he would have had as much to say in the EU decision making process as Van der Bellen (his opponent) or the King of Spain has now: None, what-so-ever. As for the other dribble written by Pamela Geller, erm, yeah. I'll retreat to my safe space because I feel offended. Reading that article made me dumberer. I can clearly feels it. Me happy.

I'm surprised nobody posted this yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcGVXr4M8T0

No, even on easy you will not be able to beat the games most of the time, but at least it allows you to somewhat consistently reach the final sector. Surviving the final sector is an entirely different matter. In my experience the game difficulties should read: Easy: You need a really good run to win. Normal: You need an almost perfect run to win. Hard: You need a perfect run and a lot of luck to win. May RNGesus be on your side. Oh, and yeah. If you turn on the Advanced Edition features the game just becomes even harder to beat.