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I was to stop playin ''Warcraft III the reign of chaoos'' for a few days cos of the hardness of killing 100 people in one city before crypt lord does in one chapter (I think it was chap5). I think this was one of the hedest chap in the reign of chaous. After finishing this, I've bought the frozen throne. I don't remember a chap too hard to finish, but I can say that the final chap was alittle hard. The key was chosin strategically correct obelisk to invade first, so try again I think u can make it through the final chap. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You misunderstand me; I did not stop playing Frozen Throne because it was difficult, I stopped because I didn't want to play the wood elves and the scenario held no interest for me: it was tedious, not difficult.

I like it. Then again, I like gambling; I used to be a blackjack croupier, so I am into card games. There is some skill involved, so it is not entirely a one-armed bandit. Sounds like you need to research some tactics, and get a better side-deck. For example, there are at least two different tactics: fill your side deck with negative cards and keep drawing cards in the game to reach twenty, or lots of positive cards to convert a small total into twenty. The

Yes, because there are plenty of tough street gangs just waiting for a computer nerd to walk down to them, asking if he can join. Actually, if he does that, he doesn't even have to join to get shot at! :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, gangs offer many employment opportunities to nerds. Let's just say they aren't so good at figuring out weights and get ripped off in their drug deals rather often. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is blatant gangism. I will not stand for such bigotry; sweeping generalisations about the numeracy (or lack thereof) of gang members is a canker on our society. (And go to Church.)

If you want some disestablishmentarian SF then I recommend some Robert Heinlein (doesn't really matter which, they are all pretty much the same); personally I really rather enjoyed Job (as in a modern parable of the biblical figure quoted in Ezekiel and the Epistle of James). Most of Heinlein's plots were just rehashes of Starship Trooper-type Earth near-future societies (which he wrote, e.g. Stranger in a Strange Land).

Have you changed the expression on your avatar, Silver? You look more contemplative. Or is that incredulity? Scathing pity? Flatulence?

1. There is no evidentiary support for your supposition that the Force is not controlling the universe and creating a pre-destiny for all the (relevant/significant/all) members. It is just another opinion; another interpretation of the historical events. Part of the problem is that the films are pretty shallow when it comes to philosophical exegesis, too. 2. He wasn't destined to be a killer Sith. He was "the chosen one" (Aside: ) who was predestined to "balance the force". Well, after he finishes all his work, the only Force sensitives left alive are Luke and Leia: that pretty much razes the LS/DS equation to zero. (Endless arguments can also be made as to the exact alignment of Luke and Leia: certainly Luke used some feelings of hate to defeat Vader, and he "felt" the "good" (LS) in his father.) 3. Why is the Force wanting to kill itself silly? Are you immortal? Do you know what it's like to live forever? The motivations, aspirations of an essence or even a godling? Perhaps it is just the time for the Force to renew itself in another cycle, and that requires a termination to this cycle (whatever a cycle is, and whatever "terminating" and "renewal" mean to the Force and the universe, of course ... ) 4. Actually, this is about the tenth thread like this, and I haven't voted. :D

Life is too short for such misadventure, Silver

What did you have in mind? A Gaussian triangular number? A pythagorian triad? The definition of an hypotenuse? Similar triangle proofs? Logarithms? Please leave your example after the beep. >beep<

You may lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. Just provide all the information and let people make an informed decision. End of thread. (")

QXGA

Success! The website exists and is reachable. I say again Houston we have green on the browser, over.

The League of Nations is about half a century away, Baley, so there is no-one to hear your protest. Baley protests.

... And that's an awesome Nooooooooo! I've never seen that one before. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ditto.

Be thankful of that. It's the only reason single-player games still exist <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OTOH there is some serious prize money for online conbatants, now. South Korea leads, IIRC, but there are a couple of tournaments and it is relatively easy to make a modest income (considering it as work, training like a professional athlete): can you imagine the tax return, "Occupation: virtual athlete". :D

It's not like you would get anything else with the retail version... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Certainly not on Steam ...! Unless they mailed a thankyou souvenir widget, post facto. More likely they would just include a months free subscription to an adult website.

sixteen hex-a-decimal. six-and-ten. sixteen. (Irony may bring this thread crashing down around our fingers ...)

I must have better luck with travelling: I picked up Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now and didn't get stomache problems on my journey through Indonesia ... Great book, I highly recommend it, especially if you think the modern entrepreneurs and their disingenuous and Machiavellian tactics are new to the twentieth century ...

Same problem when entering http://www.drakeshangout.com/albums/userpics/10001/244.jpg into a browser address window. must need a cookie on your system, or some other secret.

Yes, yes I understand the ramifications: I was a little stunned when I heard it myself -- still very skeptical, too, in point of fact. I shall endeavour to pull it out of its cosy hiding place and expose it to cold hard light of logical vivisection ...

[1]Well, I wouldn't be immediately inclined to agree with that. Personally, I really enjoyed the ideas and themes that this game introduced, including the new perspective(s) on the nature of the Force itself. I wouldn't say that the game offered nothing or even that Kreia's dialogue was particularly self-contradictory or hollow of meaning. What was the Exile supposed to do otherwise, spend the rest of his life in a bar on Coruscant? He had been "betrayed" by someone he apparently trusted and came under the impression that Kreia was, in actuality, a Sith Lord. Aligned with the Light Side of the Force, it wouldn't be too ridiculous to [2]assume that the Exile would have wanted to follow Kreia to Malachor V to see if she could be "saved" or "redeemed" or even simply to end the current threat of the Sith. Kreia wasn't the only potential threat either, after all; there was also still Darth Sion and his followers to deal with. The Exile had just been informed that Malachor V was not only the base from which Darth Sion and his Sith were striking, but an entity of extremely powerful darkness in itself. Activating the Mass-Shadow Generator might have been a part of the plan in going there in the first place, for the sake of ridding the galaxy of Malachor V itself once and for all. Aligned with the Dark Side of the Force, it wouldn't be too ridiculous to assume that the Exile would have wanted to follow Kreia to Malachor V simply to kill her as vengeance for "betraying" him, as well as -- potentially -- to claim the Trayus Academy and the dark power of Malachor V for himself. [3]I wouldn't say it would've made more sense for the Exile to let himself die... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. Then we must agree to disagree. Let's be clear, though; I applaud Kreia as a character: the use of subtle shades and "hidden" depths in NPC characters was a brilliant concept: it's a real pity it was abandoned in the denouement (there is obvious remains in the detritus cut from the game that have Atris as the LS end-boss, which is a much better plan) in favour of the plastic pantomime villain that burst out of the carefully crafted Kreia of the first two-thirds of the narrative. The whole game suffers from poor execution. If it was a pupil at school, it's report card would be "has all the potential but can do better" and K2 "is it's own worst enemy". 2. Yes, those are valid reasons, but that is not the stated impetus, it is: go to M5 or die by Kreia's suicide cascading through your bond. Which is crap anyway, because we kill Kreia with impugnity. There is no clear, satisfactory and satisfying narrative arc in the last act of the game: the story is afraid to be told (because it is so poorly written, presumably). 3. Exactly.

Why do you expect people to answer your post? I have posted links to sotry summaries every couple of weeks, there are plenty out there. (Some are, paradoxically, in the General forum, though )

drakeshangout.com don't like you stealing their bandwidth (ironic considering your post is on the mechanics of lying ...)

BYT then.

Just look up the author ...

Well, I can't recal my source right now, but it was a maths source. You may be correct, I might have misapprehended the point (a rational pi would certainly cause all sorts of theological shockwaves ...) I shall endeavour to retrace my steps ... (it was pretty recent, in the last six months) ...