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It's an interesting idea for a game setting, but you are forgetting that the golden rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you") is actually a sound sociological construct. In an evil-based social structure, the strong survive. But the diversity necessarily suffers; there is an artificial focus on survival at the cost of all others. This Hobbesian situation causes

Firstly, I'd recommend that you take a straight Mathematics course: if you can take it, and you like mathematics, there is very few degrees around that are as good for your career. (There are far too many people with Comp Sci degrees, from every type of back-yard mail-order pedagogical group with half-a-dozen members; also, even a good degree is still the subject of violent argument in the engineering community as to its worth and relative place in that science. Not so with mathematics.) I know of a few (excellent) students that have walked into Stock Market Analyst firms (a large employer of mathematics graduates) to help predict the infinitesimal patterns of the stock market movements and currency and futures fluctuations (and take advantage of them). BIG MONEY. Lots of fun for a mathematician, too, putting (chaos) theory into cash-enriching practice. As for the subjects, I like them all (and I've done a few of them and I have read up on a lot of the others). Anything that is "cutting edge" is immediately a highlight on your job application form. Otherwise, it really depends on what takes your fancy (what you like, what is easier for you); I know there are parts of maths that I find really easy, and others that require me to work harder.

Just like Cobol doesn't exist anymore.

Good analogy: terse, witty and evocative (dare I say "punchy"? "). No, it is quite different. GL had written a nine-part opera, and chose to film the most interesting bit of it: part four. Then, it was a simple matter to carry on the story for part five and even six (as the general plot trajectory had been written, even if details to the nth degree had not. Harvey is quite right, KotOR was a self-contained plot. I do agree that Obsidian did well to create a new game without impugning the work of Bioware, as well as leaving as little impediment for any sequel makers to avoid, should one be made. But the whole reason that the sequel was about the Exile and not Revan is because Revan's story had been told, and Revan was too powerful. Now the Exile's story has been told, and the Exile is too powerful. The logical conclusion is that either a third protagonist will be created, and the narrative will again be self-contained and effect as little outside the third game as possible (meaning only rumours of Revan and Exile, no direct contact or participation), or some sort of cheap amnesiac / power loss technique to make one / both of them significantly weaker, or a game that is significantly harder with a higher level character (and that is difficult because of the underlying faults of the d20 system for epic characters, as well as for new players to understand the intricacies of epic characters themselves). So I fail to see an easy and convincing way that either Revan or the Exile can make any more than a cameo appearance at best in any mooted sequel.

Well, I would recommend watching all the shows, if nothing else you should be on the floor in stitches during the viewing. He and Connie Booth (his wife at the time and co-writer, also the co-star Polly) made sure that whenever something happened in the progression of the plot, it wasn't there just for the sake of the plot. It was multi-functional, if I can be as blunt as that. When the Chef left early and the guest arrived late in The Waldorf Salad, there were punchy dialogue lines between them all, so that the audience is taken along in the perfectly normal flow of the narrative, not given big pushes into awkward set-ups for the comical lines. It's all under the surface, like a swan swimming. For example, another classic episode (probably the one of the greatest moments in comic history) is The Germans. The plot synopsis is: Sybil is in hospital for her ingrowing toenail.

Talikng Point Are the kids all right after all? You're hanging around your homies at the crossroads when you spot a plain-clothes nark. Do you: (a) pull your baseball cap down over your eyes and your hoodie up over it, and try to mooch off down an alley, or (b) hijack that suburban car waiting at the lights with a "Baby on Board" sign to make a rubber-burning getaway? Whatever

As I said previously, John Cleese was adament about one very important aspect of story telling in his classic comedy series, Fawlty Towers (based on an actual innkeeper in Torquay, aparently, who threw Terry Gilliam's suitcases out of the window onto the front garden): it was that any advancement in the plot should not be in the obvious format that had bedevilled comedies. Whenever you have the plot advance, it is almost like there is a big neon sign flashing overhead, saying "plot point". He tried to (and successfully, for my money) place the plot in such a way that it was not completely obvious where it was going next. I really enjoyed Spanglish, a recent RomCom (I guess, or at least a SitCom) because it had good acting and a plot that was not clich

Is that you with a strap-on talking to male, or your impression of a male talking to his love interest ... (*Remembers a recent legal case in Greece, where a marriage was anulled before it took place, when the Bridegroom was caught in bed with the Best Man on the night before the wedding, by the Bride.*)

Second paragraph: ... include a bit of extra content with Lost Coast, which we haven't mentioned yet ...

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HK-47 Taunting Statement: I know what you're thinking, Meatbag; did he fire six shots, or only five? Well, you've got to ask yourself one question, Meatbag ... HK-47 Taunting Rhetorical Question: "Do I feel Lucky?" HK-47 Taunting Question: Well DO YA, MEATBAG?

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Orange is a "power colour", it can help to give you energy (positive attitude and such: this was one of the reasons for the "Orange People" cult in the eighties), but it should be used sparingly (as inside a cupboard, so that you get a a high-voltage flash). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eeeeeenteresting. I shall try it out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just be sure not to over-stimulate yourself, by painting the bedroom orange (or red or bright yellow, to a lesser extent); similarly for the cool blues. Pink is believed to be a good colour for calming; it is the most effective and colour of choice for "sin bins" in schools. Like any colour, though, too much may have the reverse effect ... (so don't binge on your colours if you know what's good for you ...)

There are more homosexuals than you realise, because a lot of them actually don't act camp. Just as there are a lot of hetrosexuals that camp it up (for reasons that escape me for the moment).

I like the complete story arc, as outlined by Saberist back in April in the Spoiler forum, concerned with the failings of K2, and then goes on to suggest how the two game narratives can be successfully united with a brilliant plot for the third game:

You can also just copy and paste it from the above posts and put it into your word-processing document.

They're part of a sect who believe that continence is over-rated.

I didn't mention sexual frustration and purple. :D (Actually, most of my knowledge starts off outside the internet, that's just where I trigger my memory.)

Orange is a "power colour", it can help to give you energy (positive attitude and such: this was one of the reasons for the "Orange People" cult in the eighties), but it should be used sparingly (as inside a cupboard, so that you get a a high-voltage flash).

I see stars, little eddies of air ... Hmm *quickly recalls the psychology of colours, then discards it in favour of honesty* It depends. My favourite wall colour is off-white, for example (I had to remove the bright-orange-with-dark-red-highlighting around the fireplace and on the walls of the lunge of a house, recently). Black features highly in my wardrobe, if only from a practical perspective. Mostly, my favourite colour is green, like the lovely Mediterranean Sea off the glorious coast of Sardinia, or my eyes.

Depends on your take of "history". Various Church authorities have taken it upon themselves to interpret the "truth" contained within the scriptures; look at Onan and the derivation of onanism: how confused it has become (not least because of the life force inherent in a language like English).

The rate is accelerating. Blame all those stupid hormone-blinded teenagers. *looks around the forum*

I remember hearing about all the hoopla of Alberta's eugenics history. Interesting stuff, and certainly walking the highline of controversy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess it all related to the pedigrees of the Royalty, y'know how every noble mapped their proximity to the Royal family like thoroughbreds, and this didn't sit well with the behaviourists and their "baton in every knapsack" theory that every child was capable of everything, from Field Marshal to Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic (H

Ah, but the people who are most interested in the research are homosexuals; tired of being ostracised and guilty for being "different", they seek to justify where it is not necessary. Sort of proves their argument, too: who would choose to be gay? I certainly wouldn't. (Remember it was a crime punishable with imprisonment in the UK as late as fifty years ago.)

...AIDS: The number of AIDS cases dropped 30 % and AIDS death rates dropped more than half between 1996 and 1998. Approximately 320,000 persons were living with AIDS in the year 2000. A convergence occurring between U.S. AIDS rates for males and females is due to increases in rates of HIV transmission through heterosexual sex and through injection drug use. An estimated 12,000 women became newly infected with HIV each year. ... So, it is not clear how many homosexuals were infected from the statement, but approximately 12000 women per annum were infected (assumedly from males, as there is little chance of the HIV transferring during lesbian intercourse, for obvious reasons). I read that as 12000 or less males per annum, including homosexuals. But I haven't dug into the internecine details of the site, so feel free to do so ...