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Since Obsidian is based in California, we might see the Tyranny game in a new light....

Not exactly my field, social sciences, but it looks like, as a rule of thumb, the more densely populated an area is, the more regulations are in place (regardless whether such regulations are justified or not).

Tsk tsk tsk... we all know too much water is not good for you. It's for your own good they ban water. Joking aside, why don't they build some water pipelines from Alaska to California? I'm sure they have some ice they can melt up north and sell the water to their southern neighbours. Do they have excess water in Texas? There may be an opportunity there for making an extra buck for the poor, impoverished state

I see Matt MacLeans beard is back... (was it ever gone?)

Waiting patiently (or not so patiently) for reference checks to be made and hope they check out Ok. Maybe I should have added a lot more names to the list.

I'll grab some popcorn and wait for the entertainment industry to get up to speed... there is bound to be made movies about this election. From comedy over drama to horror.

Eh? It's been so long since I've been a citizen that I've forgotten that it's like.

Split off the quest for immortality in it's own thread because it deserves to live forever.

You know, once the sun starts getting hotter, real estate prices on Mars are going to boom. Might be worth considering a portfolio there.

It was a nice idea for a story. Reminiscent of the Imperial Agent story (thematically) which is all about free will vs. manipulation and control. Unfortunately the "episodic" format completely wrecked the experience. My Imperial dvl event alt was the first (and so far only) toon to complete chapter 16. Now that the first season is all released, I *might* consider finishing it on the other alts that I started it on. Class stories are fun. Levelling up new alts is the only saving grace the game has at the moment as doing the 76th DF/DP combo or the 162th HM EV/KP run has gone stale a long time ago, sadly, as ops is the only group content I find fun in the game by now.

A bit in the same boat. Except my Republic participant (a healer specced Commando appropriately named 'Kolto Pack', although in hindsight I should have named him 'Trauma Probe') is only level 47, still needs to reach 65. My blue madness sorceress got to do the heavy lifting, getting both the valor, flashpoint and chapters I-XVI done. Plenty of other alts that stopped playing after chapter IX. Anarchy in Paradise was just such a major turn-off for me. At least I learnt to completely ignore star fortresses and not pick up the initial mission on your base. Made it a lot more enjoyable. Now waiting to see what the expansion later in the year is about. Probably 9 more chapters, a generic fp and a level increase to 70, making all current gear levels obsolete (while I hate it, it's the only way I see them fixing the utter and complete disaster that was giving NiM gear away for "operations" that are easier than The Foundry tactical flashpoint)

Heretic. Money is never wasted on Beer. As an old university student, I know how important it is for your cognitive abilities! At this point in the process at the moment where a prospective employer is interested in my skills and I'm interested in working for them. Down to the nitty-gritty stuff now and see if we can agree on the practical details. Crossing fingers and hoping for the best.

How do people end up with so many spare codes?... Sadly I either don't know the titles or have them already (guilty of having a long list of games from Steam and Gog that collects dust)

Maybe they could go through a season or two with no president? You never know, they might like it that way.

The only way to win is not to play the game... Can't they suspend those elections for a decade or so and see if better candidates show up???

Hypocrisy indeed... better strike now since we all know that Assad has stockpiles of WMD's! (I wonder if anyone is going to buy that argument a second time?)

I'm a subscriber to saving lives. You're not? Under the previous government which encouraged people to take a perilous journey on unsafe boats, 1200 people drowned at sea. You're a subscriber to this? Mate, I mean a subscriber to the website. It comes up with a page that says subscribers only, so nobody else can see what you are linking to.

Let me guess... you are a subscriber?

...and when the known world comes crumbling down and game forums are dust, from the ruins of the usurper media, like the bird Phonix, Usenet shall rise from the ashes and take it's rightful place in internet domination again! alt.games.baldurs-gate we miss ye.

I read it first with a quick glance and was shocked at how many it was. Then I noticed it was only the last 72 hours. Then I noticed there more pages... many more pages How do you guys keep the US from being completely depopulated???

Why do I get the feeling Hastur is Eldars alt?...

Yeah, who does Cameron think he is? This is Western "Democracies", don't ever make the mistake of listening to the people or worse, enact the will of the people, they might just start getting all the wrong ideas.

Mate... I sometimes wonder if we live in the same world? There is no such thing as "independent" media. Even the BBC which is probably less bad than most have a bias. The only thing I would trust them to report truthfully and objectively is she soccer results after the final whistly. You want to know the truth, you need to do your own digging for it. Don't ever trust "truths" served to you by others. It's just, most people don't care. It's easier to whinge about the state of things than taking responsibility for your own life.

The world is getting taller... just not at the same rate. How humans have changed in height in the last 100 years This paragraph made me laugh a bit: "Meanwhile, Americans aren't quite as tall compared with the rest of the world anymore. A century ago, American men ranked as the third tallest in the world, standing at 171 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches). Now, they place as the 37th, with an average of 177 centimeters (5 feet 10 inches). Similarly, American women had ranked as the fourth tallest in the world at 159 centimeters (5 feet 3 inches). Now, they stand as the 42nd tallest in the world with an average of 163.5 centimeters (5 feet 4 inches). While Americans didn't experience big gains in height, their body mass index "increased a great deal," the report found."