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Riot police move in on N Dakota pipeline protesters I don't know about Americans, but I doubt Europeans are the only ones fed up with corporations controlling governments and not the other way around. Edit: Completely off topic, but kudos to the wallonians for poking the Eurocrat leeches in the eye with a stick.

For someone who used to profess undying hatred of MMO's and openly express contempt for swotor, I sure has been playing It (and paying it) for a long time In one of those chance encounters that sometimes happens, I met some new people who do raids regularly. Not a guild, just a group of regulars who gathers for HM ops runs and I got invited to join them. Done a few hm ops now and who knows, with a bit of luck I might actually get to work through my backlog of still to-do's (HM df/dp and Rav/Tos). Not ambitious enough to join them in their NiM runs, HM seems just about what this old brain can handle.

Bleh... here I thought it was about privatizing the Secret Service. I'm sure there are a number of domestic and foreign companies that could do it cheaper and more efficient

Ouch, that sucks. Little comfort that you would have beaten the game if it hadn't decided to cheat Played some more Pillars of Eternity. I'm now the master of a ruin and what I assume is my major domo handed me a long laundry list of repairs and bills to pay for said repairs. Needless to say, east barbican came first and reading through several items, I went for the main keep (trying to gauge how many addons has it as a pre-requisite). Also remembered there was something about a bear in a cave close to the starting point (mauled me badly when I first went there), so took my 5 man strong party and made a nice rug for a fireplace out of it. Picked up one of those nice little mini quests there too. Decided to just get as many coins out of it as possible. Yes, my first inclination was violent, but I figured the kill them all and let the gods sort them out might not works so well in this setting?

...and include a copy of the GNU/GPL license if you want it to be truly free.

Funny English aside, it's a fun game. I've been playing it on and off the last month. Usually in short sessions between other things I need to do. I might just have to get a controller for it though.

Not sure if it makes you feel any better, but the majority of the trash fights are scripted in a way that constantly forces you out of stealth. Can't have people skipping the trash now, can we? Which means as a stealth class you get none of the benefits of your ranged counterpart and none of the benefits of stealth

@Gromnir: Don't know about the burger, but I've yet to come across any sentient being that turns down the fries. Been handfeeding them to everything from Pelicans to giant Lizards and they just can't get enough of that junk. I'll probably get in trouble with PETA now... Edit: Actually, not sure if my examples qualifies as sentient beings, but lets just say I've yet to run across life forms turning them down.

No...

You may not have succeeded, but you gave it a serious try. In case the Universe dishes out Karma points, I would say you earned yours for good intentions backed up by action. Got my new fridge yesterday. One more thing off my chest. Still getting used to sleep on a mattress instead of the floor. Oh the luxury! Next up is a washing machine, should arrive next weekend. Then I just need that container load of stuff (living room, dining room, bedroom furniture etc.) in storage in Europe to get shipped down here. Need to save a bit longer for that.

*Sniff?*... *sniff!* *sniff!*... I smell an Eldar alt

Continuing my POE adventure. Located the blacksmiths wagon and killed the bandits, but failed to find the supplies. Will have to return a do a more thorough search later. Currently just started on Caed Nue. Picked up Kana the Bard Chanter and gave up making head or tail of the chant system. Maybe another nights sleep will help You know this feeling, just explore one more dark corner before resting, even if all your party members are below 50% health and Aloth all out of spells except 1 level two spell? Yeah, that's me. In the very last corner I ran into an oversized tarantula and my party wasn't doing well. My barbarian protagonist was down as was Durance, so as a desperate last ditch attempt at going down in flames, I sent Aloth up next to the spider and cast that bouncing fire thing of his. It worked wonders in that little enclosed corner, bouncing back and forth... back and forth... etc. wiping out the spider and the party minus Kana who had the good sense to sing something in the background. Met the guy I was supposed to meet and got some background info on souls and reincarnation ("awakening"), but not much insight into Watchers. Got a camp set up and prepared for the continuing journey... need to find a way further down and the force field door is still laughing at me.

If they ever start on a single player Pathfinder CRPG, I hope it meets a better fate than the Pathfinder MMO

I hope somebody here will take one for the team and subscribe so I can hear how the game plays out when 5.0 gets released. Yeah, ever curious by nature (and my own sub runs out in 4 weeks), but not going to stay a sub and too lazy to play as preferred status. 3.0 and 4.0 were both giant leaps backwards in "fun gameplay" for me and 5.0 looks like it's continuing that trend. It could also just be that I never forgave Bioware for removing Full Auto/Unload from my Powertech. Maybe a bit of both.

Been playing A Curious Expedition every now and then. Probably going to start a new campaign now that I've learnt the basics. Latest setback was when my Chef lost his sanity and cooked and served the Nun I had brought along for missionary purposes and my local tribesman guide picked up a whiskey addiction

A number of those desktop icons are suspiciously blurry. Which software has the best "sharpening" tools?

Overthrowing governments is an old and time-honoured tradition in Europe

Never underestimate full-contact chess! Slept on a mattress for the first time since last week. I'm getting old and soft, quite liked not sleeping on the floor anymore

Yeah, read that on the official forums I don't know if my non-recurring subscription has enough days left to get the start of the expansion, but it's not going to get renewed. Good thing I got a few other games picked up. PoE and Dishonored are still waiting for me... time to give my wallet a much needed break.

Mate, depending on class you can get a ship in 30-45 minutes by rushing your class mission on the capital world I'be seen level 65's having to give up on group content because not even guild ship transport works if the player doesn't have a ship

Rule #1 Never queue for ops via GF. I don't think I ever had it pop for me. Go to fleet, wait patiently for a while until a group starts forming for the GF ops of the day and whisper the ops leader as soon as you see someone needing either dps or all roles. During weekends, I usually get 2-3 ops runs a day for my dps alts that way (goes for both Harbinger and TRE).

Yeah, so.... like so many other games, I usually don't get started until everyone else are done and dusted with it. Finally got around to do some serious Pillars of Eternity gaming. Serious as in making it out of the very first cave and to the Gilded Vale and picking up 2 companions. I couldn't help but laugh out loud when the elf told the villager to go his sister

It's been a while since I got my 2 alts to where I wanted them (the "new companion" achievement). Sort of a sucker for operations, so I would recommend that as a fast levelling up tool once your alts hits level 50. Had an old level 54 scoundrel healer girl and just the last boss fight in TfB (plus the 3 hour exp boost) took her from 54 to 58 in 15 minutes. Rinse and repeat once or twice. It's currently double xp time too. Edit: Which admittedly also included the one time story bonus for doing the Terror from Beyond intro and outro conversations for some generous xp.

Yeah but in those days alcohol was likely involved.Doing my time sleeping on the floor... Now where is the alcohol to soften up these old bones??? Gorthie but my understanding is the average Australian doesn't even own a bed as its considered pretentious I'm an immigrant. Aren't you supposed to be unconditionally supportive of me? The average Aussie probably also has a six pack in the fridge. Right now I would settle for having a fridge... Going to get a bed on Tuesday though and a fridge and a washing machine too next weekend (as well as internet, giving my mobile phone a break)

Yeah but in those days alcohol was likely involved. Doing my time sleeping on the floor... Now where is the alcohol to soften up these old bones???