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Wasn't 'Avelline' one of those characters that Leliana had some stories about in DA:O? Or do I just mix up the French sounding names? Or is it just a popular name where she came from?

Almost finished a game of EU III (with all 3 current expansions), having reached 1802. Played as Brandenburg and later as Holy Roman Empire (after assimilating all the member states). Ze world now zpeakz German. Managed to goad the Persion Empire (only realm to rival my size and prestige) into a two successive wars, in which I devastated them. Nabbing a few gold provinces and forcing them to release a bunch of nations both times. They are now only half the size they used to be and no threat anymore. The border frictions in Anatolia and eastern Siberia were getting a bit annoying anyway.

The stupidity in this thread is staggering. I blame my lack of a Ferrari on the legit market not accomodating me. If you don't like the word 'stealing', try 'welcher', according to the dictionary it is more correct from a narrow viewpoint: "Noun 1. welcher - someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager" Synonyms: Fraad, Scammer, Shammer, Swindler, Grifter, Gouger, etc. However, 'stealing' fits better because you are stealing the most valuable commodity a human being has to offer, his/her time invested in something. They are never goiing to get it back when wasted the mites of the digital age. we are already seeing the first results of that. Wanna bet that Ubisofts measures and the built in DRM in Windows Vasta/7 is only the beginning? Waiting for the day that your game requires a retinal scan and saliva samples to confirm ownership before launching.

Time to start a support group for Photons. So, who's for stopping cruel and inhuman experiments on innocent photons, trapping them between mirrors, exposing them to extreme temperatures and poking them, just to see what happens? Photons are meant to be free! Support EPIC (Ethical Photon Investigation Curriculum)

Dude it's a thread about piracy, not an advertorial for Bioware. and you don't want the input and perspective from game developers on the subject because?...

Whatever you call not paying for something... but that is really just semantics. Scaling the wall and attending a rock concert without paying the tickets or tell the plumber "good riddance" and dismissing him without paying him for services provided isn't technically stealing either. Doesn't make any of them an ethical beacon of light though. It still gets back to the dead horse beating though, people want something, they spot an opportunity to weasel their way out of paying for it, they estimate can get away with it without getting punished. The excuses are uniformly ridiculous. Favourites being "nobody gets hurt", "it isn't stealing", "everybody else does it" and "they are rich corporations, who cares?"

Thread pruned. Those who wants to flog the dead horse of piracy can find the posts here

Who?

I wonder if they mean players or playthroughs. I played about 3 games as male and then tried to play the 4th as female (ending badly, I suck at playing female). Not too many surprises except two: - Garrus' popularity. Mister self righteous vigilante just never sat particularly well with me - Only 50% of players have the Normandy fully upgraded by the end of the game?!? How many is 14% of the squad... 1 member on average? I think I lost Zaeed half the time (probably a result of picking the "good" option during his quest). Edit: Heh, 10% like pickled Krogan, the thought of not releasing him never occurred to me

I have to wonder why China even bothers with NK. What's so worthwhile in defending it? Why do you have pawns in a chess game?

Heck of a Freudian slip. Brings back memories... what was his name, Dan Quayle or some such As to the whys and wherefore speculations, quoting myself from elsewhere (because I like the sound of my voice): I.e. they (NK) need to deflect the attention from bad soccer performances and empty bellies.

In that case there is going to be 2GB of difference

Are you running 64bit Windows?

(emphasis mine) Which pretty much sums it up. Pirates are pathetic no matter how they try to justify it. Lets save the piracy for another thread, this is for news (and piracy is really old news by now).

Thread is getting a bit long... more news discussions here >_

Start of old thread End of old thread Chopped part of the old thread off to give the thread a head start... reusing assets and all that >_

Hmm? The average level 2 enemy can bypass 40 armor better than the average level 1 enemy. That's basic level mechanics. I mean, if a level 1 and a level 2 enemy had the same amount of strength, health, magic, etc, the PC would never face a challenge after a few levels. if a level 1 and a level 2 enemy had the same amount of strength, health, magic, etc what would be the point of having a level 1 and a level 2 enemy? I understood the description as your armour got weaker as you levelled up, simply because you levelled up, meaning that a level 1 enemy would have an easier time hurting you (not the same as killing you, as you presumably have more hp now) when you are level 5 than when you were level 2, hence my "level scaling" comment.

Level scaling for armor... Talk about outgrowing the old clothes.

So, if you are tech savvy enough, knowing how to forge your network pacakages, you can frame another ip address for your actions. Not to mention that infiltrating and broadcasting intent to transmit pirated software even if you don't pass along any data is sort of asking for it. Besides the entire experiment being somewhat contrieved, wanna bet that the majority of internet users wouldn't know how to? The entire idea for the majority seems to be that they want instant gratification without any cost to themselves. They don't want to have to actually do anything, because that sort of thwarts the purpose of it (i.e. how can I get something without doing anything in return).

I tried buying from them in the past... their transaction provider didn't like any of my credit cards so I dropped them.

Well, crossing fingers and hoping that they succeed. A number of pathetic individuals could use some teaching of bad choices leading to bad consequences. I'll probably pre-order it at gamersgate (since I've got some bad experiences with the gog website).

Yes, it was a charity thing. A lot of lowlifes went with the minimum $1 requirement which cost the company more than $1 to process while telling how awesome they thought themselves to be, rippping off the company. Shows what kind of people the industry is dealing with.

It's currently on sale for $15 at gamersgate.

Fought a long vicious battle this afternoon for possession of my laundry drying rack in my backyard. Eight legged invaders had completely covered it in web and made themselves comfortable there. Nothing to do but arm myself with a broom and a spray can and taking up the challenge. It's mine... all mine!!!