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metagaming tip #462347 The shotgun in Half-Life 2 does not perform as expected (e.g. in Doom 3), in that it is still as potent at distance as it is at close range: moral is, shoot the bastards with the shotty as they clamber up the drainpipe ..!

Yes. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the point is that no-one wanted to play a wuss character like a cleric, so the rules were changed to make them more in demand ... and then re-balanced back in 3e. (I still wouldn't play one, though ...)

It is truly, truly worrying when the spam is better than the topic ...

Tetris.

Sounds like a Doctoral Thesis!

Less spam, please.

And thus another chapter closes on the boards ...

That's the real problem: there is a dearth of reliable intelligence on the subject.

Well, there is also a good argument that the punk movement had its zenith at the exact moment that Sid Vicious choked on his own vomit ...

It made him a celebrity in the field, and changed the way research was conducted, specifically wrt informed consent and what defines an "ethical" experiment. Anyway, my point was that the human mind may very well have powers beyond what we can explain at the moment (in fact there is a good argument that it takes something more complex to explain a complex phenomemon, so we may never fully map the mind, although I would argue that the human societal synergy would allow us to do it).

Fashion dolls? They were political activists!

You missed the whole point of punk.

Wow! The 2003 Director's Cut of Aliencontains LOADS of new material, like the deliberate order from Earth to kill the crew, if necessary, and the crewmembers taken by the alien being cocooned for further aliens to spawn from ... :cool: The film is better than the original by about as much as Blade Runner and its Director's Cut.

... So long as it is a live performance, I'd let you have both ... "

Dang! It's always the level 67 d00ds with luxury liners outfitted with million dollar weapons!

Yeah, I studied psych using Zimbardo's textbook. :cool:

Another satisfied customer.

Well, that's the first time I see someone type that. Congrats, you won the internets. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, way to miss the point, Baley!

Bank Holiday.

Looks like we can close this topic and use the new one.

Derren Brown has performed some brilliant demonstrations of "psychic power"; the most recent of which he explained as he televised the preparation and live results, on the weekend. Basically he used techniques to winnow out those who were the most suggestible in the group of ordinary people (who had applied for a standard sales and marketing course), whilst teaching them some useful skills (like body language). He set them up by romanticizing crime (gave them a tangible reminder, that would serve a purpose later on: a replica handgun), associating some triggers (the colour green and a Michael Jackson song). Then he tested them with two tasks: firstly to steal some small items from a local corner store, and secondly to do the Milgram experiment (over 50% followed orders and administered

Just watching the 2003 Director's Cut of Alien: it's been on for half-an-hour and so far there is only about five minutes from the original screenplay: kewl!

Linkie ...? "

Thanks for playing.