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They are. Not to mention that they are wallowing in oil reserves... Why did you think they paid off Obama with a Nobel prize?

I seriously did wonder why he would bring ancient Chinese religions into the discussion Ah well, languages. Love them or hate them, hard to live without them. Reminds me of my early encounters with English speaking cultures. Being starved for a cup of coffee, I went into a small shop at the side of the road (in London) and asked the girl behind the counter for a cup of coffee. After the seemingly mandatory "How are you?", which native English speakers seems so fond of, she got straight to the point: "Flat white or long black" she asked me. I just stared at her and wondered if my accent was that bad. I tried it again a bit slower... A cup of koh...fee... plees? (note my subtle use of Please to hide my exasperation?). She then proceeded to point to a blackboard on the wall with various names of stuff listed under the heading "Coffee". Seriously, I just wanted a cup of coffee, not a pet dammit. Doesn't need fancy names for it. In the end I went for something that sounded like it might have coffee in it and ordered a "moh...kah...". Yeah right, got me something that was more hot chocolate than coffee You learn as long as you live.

Leliana is actually quite decent if you give her some decent lightweight protection and try to get those two abilities that causes arrows to cause critical hits automatically and the "arrow of slaying" ability. Even better when you get the arrows that disrupts spell casting Of course certain oversized reptiles still wipe the floor with my party, but those I've met so far has been optional and I decided to skip them. Not really playing the game for the combat.

Sorry, just having some bizarre visions of the sudden explosion of neighbour feuds in the suburbs, when they start grabbing bits and pieces of each others gardens, because they haven't been used for a few decades

Indeed... these spam threads are getting tiresome.

Let me guess ? Just kidding, the name seemed familiar

At least it didn't pretend to be anything but spam...

Some of my best friends lived together for 12 years before marrying. Talk about checking things out first

Start of old thread End of old thread I almost spilled my coffee when Oghren started to explain to Wynne how Alistair kept twirling his pike and he even caught him out in the forest doing it, much to Alistairs embarrassment...

You don't say I got caught with my chainmail pants down the first time. No freezing or otherwise spells brought along (a relatively low level Wynne) when I succumbed to curiosity and poked my nose where it didn't belong. Cost me my little stockpile of health and injury potions and in the end, a party member (last man standing alive) with less than a handful of HP brought it down... in my third attempt or so. Second attempt was spend practising the for me relatively unknown buffs.

A happy day to you too Aristes I don't remember what Thanksgiving is about (read it a while ago), but it seems to involve turkeys somehow.

Too many people with too many spurious claims on that stretch of land. Currently it is "might is right" that determines who controls it. I say give it to Italy, it was after all a Roman province. The middle east run by Berlusconi...

I liked the Deep Roads for the most part. Almost expected to hear the "Dorns Deep" theme playing any moment The combat had an artificial feel to it though, as if your were playing a long string of "set pieces", trying out different enemy combos only for the sake of providing tactical challenges, not because they would ever have naturally occurred in that way. Completely irrational, I know, but it was just a feeling I couldn't shake off. The last fight was a a bit of a challenge. Orzammar was the second place I went and my party wasn't really built for, nor prepared for the fight and I didn't want to load an older save before starting on the Anvil. I wonder if the fight would have different if I had sided with the other side Setting and atmosphere great, combat too contrived and monotonous in places

there's an entire thread around here somewheres. Assassins Creed 2 thread

I suspect the lack of familiarity with the setting may have something to do with it? It took me a while to "get into" the setting too.

Ferelden = Rohan with dogs? Tevinter Imperium falling to blood magic reminded me of the Roman Empire & the Mithras cult decadence. I imagined Ferelden the old celtic communities of western Europe. Some seems inspired by old germanic tribes like the Franks (Orlais), Lombards (Antuvia) and I wouldn't be surprised if I some day found Goth and Vandal influences I imagined the Qunari more like Huns than Almohads though, seeing that they feature here and there as mercenaries.

I spent a lot of my time on the jury rigging screen. Just as well as I never made friends with the combat and had my butt handed to me without mercy.

Moved to the place where gamers hang out... I had Bloodnet way back in time on my Commodore Amiga. Had a rather unique atmosphere.

Good question. Maybe observering the dragon crossing the road was what caused to do it in the first place (cf. "Schroedingers Dragon")? So, I found out what is causing Sten's anger management problems. Not sure if I am supposed to be hunting around for the starting location of the solution yet or if it will come to me in time. In the meantime, time to decide whether to go to Redclif, Denerim or the elf infested forest...

More *snip snip* What Tigranes said. Is that why it is called a "pair" of scissors I wonder?...

A lot of the names and titles sounds like they were inspired by ancient celts.

Yay, found a second backpack!

I only ever found one for sale in Ostagar. But then, I haven't really visited that many places yet. Finished The Circle and Orzammar. Yet to visit other places. Maybe more backpacks will show up...

I wonder how many recognise the irony in comparing Wehrmacht to Waffen SS, considering the latter was created exactly because the little guy with the beard never trusted the Wehrmacht. Waffen SS' main purpose (originally) was to protect him against "internal threats" (both SA and the Wehrmacht). Yet half a century later, few people distinguishes between them.

Heroes seems to be those who inspire others to do stupid things. What would you call those who inspire others to do good deeds?