Gromnir

"just imagine cabinet meetings..." you do that a lot. you imagine boogeymen. do you read your posts? right-wing and left winfg nutters says all kinda crazy stuff in the US. mere fact that they hasn't been expelled from the party is hardly dispositive. and your complete hypocrisy regarding the hamas charter is mindboggling. hamas was Voted into power. has that sunk in yet? so show us the poll of Israelis who is supporting Palestinian diaspora. you not think hamas charter suffices, but you do take one letter by a right-wing extremist during a time o' conflict and make that the Israeli pov. you is getting as bad as zor with the self contradictions and irrationality. you want us to show you a poll but you don't do so. on the other hand, we got the actual charter o' the folks in power in gaza... not just a letter from one guy. so, deal with it. no, serious, deal with it. either supply what you is asking for, or find a similar mission statement on behalf o' the dominant party in Israel. and sure, we will compare displaced arabs v. displaced jews before the end o' the british mandate. after that point, the arabs declared war and the jews, surprisingly, kicked the collective arses o' the arab world. you don't actual wanna count displaced arabs After they started a war o' extermination do you? is more hypocrisy if you do. cry us a river for the poor arabs who got their butts kicked by an outnumbered and undersupplied population o' refugees who were having just as much right to be in the lands o' the british mandate as was the arabs. in point o' fact, the UN had observed that the british expulsions o' jews in the mandate territories were illegal and had been so for decades. btw, go easy on strawman. while the arabs in gaza claim to be fighting a war to exterminate the jews, their capacity to do so is less than zero. nevertheless, even if we only start with end of the british mandate, we can name multiple times the arab nations has invaded with intent o' extermination, and even more times they exhorted their peoples to do so through terrorist actions. at least three times 'tween late 1940s and early 70s the Israelis were forced to defend themselves from unified arab aggression. perhaps you is too young to have a good grasp o' "frequent," but for a nation that has only been in existence since mid 1947, that is far too frequent. the last time the Israelis made a genuine gesture for a lasting peace, arabs took it as a sign o' weakness and launched the second intifada. so yeah, am thinking the Israeli paranoia is understandable even if it is ultimately counter-productive. oh, and how many times does we need to beat you with your ignorance before it sinks in? Gromnir is Oglala. we pointed this out to you multiple times now. am thinking we know very well 'bout the sufferings o' a displaced people. unemployment, infant mortality, life span and standard of living at Pine Ridge is equivalent to third world... worse than much of the third world. you telling us 'bout what displaced peoples must feels is insulting and ignorant and is galling as is multiple times we has tried to enlighten you 'bout our background and you refuse to listen. am not certain why you think the british guy's quote (a noted contrarian who managed to take potshots at mother teresa for chrissakes) is relevant other than that it represents the incredibly misguided notions many westerners has 'bout the jews and Israel. am not how the Palestinian bedtime story o' evil jewish colonization became so ingrained in the psyche o' some folks, but the myth is more colorful than the reality. the myth would have us believe that in the 1940s, a guilt-ridden Europe tooks all the displaced jews within their boarders and droped them in Palestine, displacing arab women and children and puppies. the jews, whose only connection to Palestine were a thousand years remote, then set about making the land a jewish state wherein poor Palestinians who had been living peacefully in the region for centuries would suffer as second-class citizens. well, dagnabbit, those freedom loving arabs weren't about to let the UN or the Israelis just take their homes without a fight, and so they fight back... like goodly patriots. how on earth did this bs tale ever take hold? why is some folks still reciting the myth as if it were a mantra? it were fiction in 1947 and is fiction today. and serious. read the unscop link above. clearly you hasn't or you wouldn't keep going on with the misrepresentations. am understanding it is long and dense, but it is a valuable resource and were penned by folks who were genuinely looking for a bestest solution for both arabs and jews in the british mandate. HA! Good Fun!

and anytime some nut-job republican or democrat in the US says something stoopid folks like ros pretend that it is the US saying the stoopid thing. *shakes head* fine. lets assume Israel wants a new diaspora. in light o' the hamas charter, which based on ros assbackwards reasoning is representative o' the "Palestinian" pov, and given the fact that since the early 1900s the jews in the lands o' the british mandate has been suffering terrorist attacks and frequent wars o' extermination, such a diaspora actually makes far more sense than a two-state solution. but guess what, as reasonable as turning gaza into the world's largest parking lot and finally ridding Israel once and for all of its internal arab problem, not even the Israeli majority wants such a thing. silliness. and your history sucks. near immediate after November 1947 un vote in favor o' partition, arab terrorists were attacking jewish settlements. wanna put a side-by-side list o' terrorist actions committed by Zionist jews and arabs? is not gonna look favorable for arabs, but we is game. oh, and while erez overstates wasteland, we can once again quote unscop report if you would like. *shrug* as of 1946-47, 50% o' the lands o' the british mandate were "uninhabitable," and the Israelis has indeed made very impressive improvements in the Negev DESERT and in other inhospitable portions o' the mandate territories. one reason unscop had pleaded in favor o' two-state partition is 'cause the jews were actual making infrastructure improvements in their communities, and those improvements were benefitting all those living in the mandate- arabs included. unscop observed that arab communities were requiring significant UN assistance and global charity if the disease ridden squalor that were the typical state o' arabs living in the mandate before the british arrival were to be prevented from becoming the norm once again. the presence o' the jews, according to the UN, had been a significant contributing factor to the improved the standard o' living for the arabs in the british mandate, and the unscop mistakenly believed that the arabs would benefit from a greater jewis-arab economic partnership. naïve fools. regardless, yeah, much o' what is now Israel were a wasteland, and it were the jews who were improving, not the arabs. now maybe you don't believe that the improvement o' desert and previously uninhabitable lands is significant, but the UN partition plan were adopted in large part 'cause o' the recognition that the arabs had neither the resources nor the inclination to make improvements to the wasteland. CHAPTER II THE ELEMENTS OF THE CONFLICT A. GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS Physical features 1. The total land area of Palestine is estimated to be about 26,000 square kilometres or a little over 10,000 square miles,40/ but about half of this area is uninhabitable desert. http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/07175DE9FA2DE563852568D3006E10F3 serious. the zombies who is repeating the palestinian tale o' woe should read the full report. the UN guys only had three months to come up with a plan, but they weren't idiots and they were very much aware o' the problems in the british mandate. unfortunately, the UN didn't have the perspective o' the brits who had been suffering terrorist insanity from jew and arab alike for decades. regardless, the inexplicable myopia and rhetoric spewing nonsense is not particular constructive. HA! Good Fun!

A more ideal solution would be for them to die horribly. But as for keeping quiet - http://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-member-retake-gaza-put-civilians-in-tent-camps/ and yeah, the response was as follows: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/04/i-was-hoping-to-get-a-flat-denial-from-you-the-one-question-wolf-blitzer-couldnt-get-hamas-spokesman-to-answer/ the israeli right-wing nutters is being political at a time when their nuttery comes across as a viable alternative to a small segment o' the israeli population. after thousands o' rocket attacks and suicide bombers and hamas "fighters" riding in ambulances, etc., the inflammatory rhetoric is seeming almost justified... is exactly how a group like hamas could come to power in gaza. hamas doesn't come to power until situation gets dire. likewise, righty Zionists keep relative quiet until times such as these. is why we said they should both shut up. the letter nonsense were pre ceasefire. so were hamas politicians suggestion that it were fact that the jews used Christian blood to make their holy matzos. the media is being o' so helpful by stoking fires during ceasefire. both sides should keep their dogs muzzled for a few days. HA! Good Fun!

brokered by Egypt isn't helpful. idf pulling out of gaza during ceasefire IS cause for some measure o' optimism. ... the best thing that could happen is for the right-wing Zionists in israel and all hamas "politicians" to shut the heck up for a couple a days. HA! Good Fun!

Well actually you are reinforcing my point unintentionally, but I also didn't explain properly. Israel is isolated as far as the Middle East countries are concerned. But part of this support of Israel from the West is exactly because its not an Islamic country. There is an interesting part of history, that most people aren't aware of, that occurred in the 1970's where basically OPEC decided to create an oil embargo against most Western countries, this decision by OPEC could have had the most serious economic consequences for Western countries that they have ever faced because back then there was no real alternative to oil. This link provides a good summary of the dynamics of the situation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis the oil embargo ended up hurting the arab nations far more than the US. how many middle-eastern nations have made the transition from resource exporter to a manufacturing economy much less to a service economy? none. zip. zero. middle-eastern oil is a vital resource (perhaps less vital today than in 1973) but am thinking its strategic value is misunderstood. this ain't pandora, and oil ain't unobtanium. the blue monkeys didn't need or want Coca-Cola, or computers, or medical technology. the arab states ain't so lucky. israel is a constant in the middle-east. from a cynical perspective, all those billions o' dollars arab states wasted on futile attempts to eradicate Israel coulda' been invested in economic infrastructure that woulda' made them less dependent on the west. the endemic tribalism o' the middle-eastern states is an effective limitation on meaningful economic progress, but israel's unique existence has also served very well in keeping the middle-east from focusing on domestic improvements and self-sufficiency. btw, am not making a value judgment with our observations. "What's happening in Gaza is murder folks. Plain and simple murder. The goal is the eradication of the Palestinian peoples. If you think it is otherwise, you don't know your history, nor do you know the motives of those who run Israel, or how they view people who are not the 'chosen' in the eyes of their God." hogwash. ignoring for a moment the fact there never has been any palestinian people or palestine for that matter, the israelis has no need or desire to eradicate the arabs in gaza. doing so would be far too costly in terms o' resources and israeli blood. heck, am doubting israel even wants to complete destroy hamas, 'cause history in the region reveals that power vacuums is typical filled by more radical and extreme elements. hamas wanted this fight. hamas needed this fight. am not certain why the idf were so willing to oblige, but am guessing that in israel there is a kinda political inertia the builds after enough rockets is launched or tunnel attacks occur. allowing hamas to wither to a state o' complete impotence woulda' seemed to be a less costly strategy. 2013 saw the fewest rocket attacks from gaza (fiftyish) in over a decade, so perhaps the idf were underestimating hamas resources or willingness to go out in a blaze o' glory. we will concede that we don't believe israel has been interested in finding a lasting peaceful solution since yasser arafat gave ehud barak and bill clinton the proverbial middle finger at camp david in 2000 and set of the second intifada. barak committed political suicide by offering the plo leader a two-state solution that surprised many with how favorable it were to the arabs. the plo took the offer as a sign o' weakness rather than an opportunity. sadly, every time time the military arm o' hamas violates a ceasefire negotiated by their political leaders, it reinforces the notion that the arabs cannot be trusted. 'course the hamas don't have a genuine military or even a military leader, so is not surprising when some yahoo leaps out o' a tunnel during a ceasefire and blows himself up along with Israeli soldiers. regardless, the cycle o' stupidity is too predictable, but the nonsense about palestinian "eradication" is only funny 'cause it is kinda ironic. the stated goal o' hamas is the eradication o' israel, and for decades the arabs made numerous attempts to eliminate israel from world maps. no, it ain't practical for Israel to be eliminating the arabs in gaza, but is the worst kinda black humor and irony that given hamas' goals, their efforts has been far more successful in creating arab casualties and suffering than they has been in ending Israel as an autonomous nation. HA! Good Fun!

I also had the team implement Wild Wasteland in F:NV, an optional mode people could enable for wacky (including pop-culture) content. The common element is that they're optional. If you don't enable it, you'll never see it. I don't think you take most of the things I say take seriously, which is an unfortunate failure on my part, but hard to overcome. am thinking there is a typo in there, but am gonna guess you is saying that Gromnir fails to take you serious, yes? thank goodness for our impertinence. if we took you half as serious as you frequent take yourself, we would be needing to observe solemnity on par with a murder trial. quoted post being an illustrative example. *chuckle* am not certain if josh recognizes the irony o' his complaint given the subject matter o' the thread and the context o' our post. oh well. perhaps yet another reason to question the reflex on josh's funny bone. HA! Good Fun! ps rather than using all the head puns we shoulda indulged in ubiquitous emoticons. that is what the kids do nowadays, yes?

israel is an ally in the middle east with a stable and democratic government. that alone is worth much. israel government will be here tomorrow, and the day after. we can't even say the same about egyypt. US can also use influence with israel as a bargaining chip with other middle-eastern nations. no doubt the US military benefits from sharing info with a nation that is in a constant state o' war... bloodless (for USA) lessons learned from israel experiences with iron dome, fighting in gaza (densely populated urban settings,) fighting terrorist cells, etc. and yeah, votes matter. the arab nations in the middle east has, more than once, attempted to exterminate the Israel. to turn backs on Israel now would be striking most Americans as unjust and disloyal. btw, we saw a bunch o' headlines last week saying that Israel admitted that hamas weren't to blame for the killing o' the three Israeli teens that sorta started this whole recent chain o' events. o'course, when we read such stories we learned that it were a "lone hamas cell" that were responsible for the murders. we saw literal a dozen headlines claiming israeli admission o' hamas innocence being refuted by their own stories. don't the clowns in the media know what a terrorist cell is? ability to act independent o' a central command structure is kinda what makes a terrorist cell a terrorist Cell. duh. is so much better that israel has to deal with such nonsense instead o' the US... as terrible as that sounds. HA! Good Fun!

so, from the guy who got his shorts in a twist over bioware adding pop culture references to bg and has complained more than once 'bout humor in crpgs, we get bobblehead mode? ... *shrug* the next time josh complains 'bout stoopid humor in a game, we is thinking he maybe needs his head examined, or perhaps deserves a swift kick to the head. am of two minds on this. on the one hand, this is an obsidian game and they can put into the game whatever idea pops into their head if they so desire. on the other, there is a clear disconnect between what josh says and what is going on in his noggin. in any event, am having a hard time wrapping our head around this... feature. on a more serious note, it does make it difficult to take serious anything josh says about game humor. big heads? really? HA! Good Fun!

the world against Israel is a near constant... but this conflict is actual different. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/fighting-political-islam-arab-states-find-themselves-allied-with-israel.html?_r=1 is more than a few nations in the middle east that agree with israel that hamas is a threat: egypt, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, etc. hamas were isolated and were getting weaker. if your organization is predicated on fighting israel and eliminating it from world maps, then you best do your fighting when you is at your strongest. hamas weren't gonna get stronger. from their pov, they had no choice but to fight now.... and they need keep fighting 'cause they cannot win in any conventional sense. the only measure o' success hamas can hope to achieve is through a advantageous cease-fire agreement. they needed a conflict before they could get a cease-fire-- is axiomatic. well, they got the conflict, but the only leverage they has for generating more favorable cease-fire terms is if the US and local arab nations put pressure on Israel to do so. given that hamas were at a nadir in popularity before this newest conflict erupted, the only way to gets US and neighboring arab nations to pressure Israel were through media and propaganda. civilian deaths is the only leverage hamas has. at the start o' the idf operation, we believed that israeli deaths would be a factor in bringing about a cease-fire. am thinking that is no longer a factor. israel is fully committed. this is looking more like the 2006 conflict in south lebanon. israel paid a heavy price when the invaded lebanon. the world media were appalled by civilian casualties back then too. the main difference were that other arab nations condemned Israel in 2006, and this time they is silent. all the bloodshed in 2006 shocked folks living in europe and south america and in the US and canada. *shrug* this same drama has played out multiple times and the main difference this time is that Israel has greater support from its arab neighbors. israel bloodied the hezbollah quite severely in 2006. at the cost o' world condemnation, near 2000 civilian casualties and a considerable amount o' Israeli deaths, israel bought eight years o' hezbollah impotence. hamas needs enough casualties to broker favorable cease-fire terms and there is no point in keeping resources in reserve when they has no chance o' being resupplied by non-existent friendly neighbors. hamas has nothing to lose by fighting til they get what they want. israel, likewise, has little to lose. the US is their only dependable ally and while the state department might condemn civilian casualties, a few thousand dead arabs in gaza won't permanently harm US-Israeli relations any more than has the last half-dozen times this same kinda conflict has arisen in the former british mandate. also, much o' the arab world is staying silent as israel squeezes hamas. so until the idf finds a majority o' tunnels and destroys/exhausts most hamas weapon stockpiles, israel will keep fighting. israel, like hamas, has nothing to lose by fighting til they get what they want. HA! Good Fun!

dunno, but Gromnir were saying much the same stuff ad nauseum in this thread and elsewhere and were coming up a brick wall. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66430-i-feel-like-im-missing-something-here-related-to-souls-and-the-game-mechanics-in-this-game/ also, your faith, while not necessarily shared by the average poster in this thread, should be more in line with the norm o' the people in the PoE world. you have faith; you believe. the folks in PoE believe too 'cause they don't need faith. souls is not abstract in PoE. your pov ain't near as different as you believe... on multiple levels. HA! Good Fun!

getting closer to bg should not be a goal. baldur's gate xp were broken which is one reason PoE ain't gonna use same horrible system. obsidian is taking the good from bg, and not the bad. basilisk map could get you almost a full level? silly. encourage folks to mow every map to squeeze out every last bit o' xp? moronic. and bg didn't offer quite the same range o' skills and abilities that PoE will, so you probable didn't even notice how skewed towards combat rewards it were. bg and the ie game approach were flawed. let that aspect o' bg stay buried. and debating does serve a purpose if somebody says something new. nothing new is being said. honestly, check the old threads. heck, when bg3 and fo3 were being developed by black isle, these same threads were très chic. the black isle folks who were a bit less diplomatic in those days, roughed up the ad hoc proponents for their ignorance. is many o' the same developers on PoE... and clearly if there is any ad hoc proponents on staff at obsidian, they were won over or overwhelmed by the quest/objective based xp proponents. bah. finished. give it a shot when the next game is being developed. HA! Good Fun!

having not read the thread, am simply gonna observe that we thinks if obsidian misses holiday shopping season, then there ain't much reason to get the thing out in january, and we suspect that obsidian will miss christmas 2014. the gameplay demo were needing to be extreme scripted 'cause it weren't actual ready for public consumption. no looting corpses. no magic. no clicky o' priest, wizard or many other classes. no races save halloween and human. current build would seem to be rough. am suspecting that beta will raise many concerns obsidian hadn't considered. conversely, unlike wasteland 2 beta, there will be no additional money resulting from the beta. perhaps obsidian cannot go much past november/december. choices. first day o' spring in 2015 is 20 March 2015, yes? tuesday before that is 17 march 2015. last possible winter 2015 tuesday is 17 march 2015. oh well, am gonna go cautious. what is first tuesday o' the 3rd fiscal quarter? april 5, 2015? hmmm. our sense o' whimsy notices the proximity o' april fool's day-- too tempting. so, our guess is 1 April 2015. HA! Good Fun!

in tdkr, the reason batman fights superman is 'cause superman is a tool. ... regardless o' how you use "tool," the aforementioned still works. HA! Good Fun! ps am not a huge dc fan, but from our perspective, there is only two things keeping superman power in check: clark and bruce. lex, at times, believes he is fighting to prevent the unstoppable alien from dominating, but his efforts is largely impotent. the only two dependable checks on the potential tyranny or disaster that is superman is clark and bruce. clark is a good guy regardless o' what superman can/could do. and bruce, well, bruce is batman.

am not thinking there is a problem. as a developer, if you wanna control money, and you believe that such control is important, you may place the player on rails and offer negligible side-questing. players will necessarily have enough money to enjoy the game if the play nothing but the critical path. taking the aforementioned as a given, the more side-quests is available, the more money players will potentially be able to acquire money beyond what is necessary. if you is concerned 'bout balance rather than money, then as a developer you do not make purchasable items unbalancing. problem solved. developers can create innumerable ways for players to use money that don't impact relative power, but if balance is a concern, you simply don't makes unbalancing items purchasable. from our pov, this is another one o' those "nothing to see here" issues. HA! Good Fun!

our links addressed your question. that being said, the question itself is moot: quest based xp rewards will be utilized in PoE. ... am not honest curious enough to debate this point seeing as how it has already been settled, but am admitting that we find the ad hoc xp award argument to be wholly without merit. am getting the ADD impulse wherein some folks says they Need instant gratification. am also recognizing the somewhat weak appeal of the mirroring the broken ad hoc system that were used in the ie games... 'cause if it is broken, why fix it, yes? regardless, we don't understand how otherwise reasonable and rational can weigh costs v. benefits and come away believing ad hoc is superior to what will be in PoE. read links if you want an answer to your question, but this issue is, thankfully, pointless. HA! Good Fun!

is gauche to quote our self, but this is such a tired issue. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60641-xp-only-for-questing-some-observations/?p=1207218 http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60641-xp-only-for-questing-some-observations/?p=1207720 http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60641-xp-only-for-questing-some-observations/?p=1209376 http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60641-xp-only-for-questing-some-observations/?p=1211354 am realizing some folks don't care 'bout balance, but the obsidian developers do. they has stressed that they want no bad PoE builds. xp awards for individual actions is making far more difficult to balance level progression o' different character builds. and again, individual awards for every actions is stoopid. HA! Good Fun!

am suspecting we played a different d&d than did you. the following is gensai that josh mentioned. the original aasimar and tiefling were more subtle, but by 4th edition, the default tiefling were looking a bit like dragon age qunari heck, even 2nd edition tieflings were tending towards exotic so, am gonna need call foul on your claim. HA! Good Fun!

there is some truth to that, but since arafat gave ehud barak and bill clinton the proverbial middle finger in 2000 and then kicked off the second intifada with a wave o' suicide bombings, israel has been more than cautious about finding peaceful solutions. is possible that israel gave up on peace with the palestinians after 2000. the fact that hamas came to power is arguably (again, we says arguably) as much israeli fault as arab. by 2006, the palestinians in gaza were not only having learned the lessons that terroism works, but they also were convinced (and perhaps with some validity) that israel weren't looking for peace with arabs no more either. given such realities, the fact that hamas came to power is hardly surprising. "However, Barak’s decision to try and end the conflict with the Palestinians in one stroke at the Camp David conference in July 2000 was even more problematic. Barak offered Yasir Arafat an independent state in Gaza, almost all of the West Bank and parts of Jerusalem, terms that most Israelis thought too generous. When Arafat rejected the offer, Barak sweetened it the following January in Taba only to get the same response. By then, Arafat had answered what he and the Palestinians thought was Barak’s weakness by launching a terrorist war of attrition known as the second intifada. "Though 12 years later many American Jews and most of the Washington foreign policy establishment still haven’t absorbed the lessons of this debacle, the overwhelming majority of Israelis drew conclusions about the Palestinians from these events that continue to shape Israel’s political future. "Barak taught the Palestinians to think that terrorism will cause Israel to back down and retreat, leading them to think that more violence and intransigence rather than moderation and negotiation will get them what they want. At the same time, he taught Israelis that retreats like his Lebanon bug-out and the Gaza withdrawal it inspired, as well as the concessions that he made at Camp David, only lead to more sorrow for the country. Almost single-handedly (though it must be conceded that he couldn’t have done it without Arafat and his successor Mahmoud Abbas), Barak inculcated in the Israeli public the understanding that they have no partner for peace and that the intractable conflict can only be managed rather than solved." in any event, the quoted material above is an oft-repeated perspective 'pon the failed 2000 camp david peace negotiations. true or not don't matter anymore. folks believe. the israelis believe the arabs in the west bank and gaza don't genuine want peace, and the arabs believe that the best way to wring concessions from israel is through violence and dead bodies. as such, am not seeing any genuine solutions, at least not til there is a perspective sea change amongst both peoples living in the lands o' the former british mandate. HA! Good Fun!

were it intentional that in character creation at both ign and g-bomb that the same cc options were getting the invisible hand of click? seems odd that there were no clicking on ciphers, priests, chanters, etc... no dwarf or orlan? am getting that the whole thing were rehearsed, but why only paladin, barbarian, and fighter in both gameplay videos? why only halloween and human for race options? almost by accident one would likely click cipher when josh mentioned them. that didn't happen. based on what we saw and considering some feedback comments, am guessing that character creation ain't complete. and did we hear why no talents or skills? *shrug* extreme basic mechanics looked nice although lack o' any magic were painful obvious. the video were very scripted and limited, but looked encouraging. complete side-note: aesthetics o' the effect/ability/whatever icons were reminding us o' ps:t versions. HA! Good Fun!

Lol, and again I am highly amused. (nonsensical tangent) soooo, is no longer that Gromnir were inconsistent on the issue but rather that the whole damn issue is irrelevant and the baltic states got screwed... somehow. and armenia. or is it that russia got screwed? *shrug* is relevant as is imaginary quotes. ... am not even gonna respond to nonsense about the entire negev desert belonging to the relative handful o' bedouins. is a nice new tangent, but considering Gromnir has been the only one lamenting their plight under unscop til now, we is amused. and again, for at least the 6th time, there never were any partition. is mind blowing that you kids don't seem to get that point. you sure you don't need a time out, 'cause this is getting kind sad? HA! Good Fun!

The precise appearance of anthropomorphised embodiments of the concept of Death seems to me to be a culturally determined thing. I don't know if you can say much about what it "should" or "shouldn't" look like without a pretty strong background in the surrounding culture. is even more varied. am a big fan o' neil gaiman, but his death from sandman were looking like a perky goth girl. he were using largely judeo-christian mythology to arrive at this? most folks liked it, so what do we know? HA! Good Fun! ps thanks to josh for the reply on stat minimums

hey, we has tuned in to watch law and order, if only 'cause virtual all the assistant da looked like models... which is Far different from reality. HA! Good Fun!

Programming is currently hooking up all of the description displays in CC. good to know. is there an obsidian rationale regarding stat minimums? we won't ask josh personal pov as we has already heard regarding various games and developments and we promise not to bludgeon you with past comments. if you explain, we will take explanation graciously and forgo a response. assuming abilities is balanced, we is always perplexed by minimums, but am genuine curious 'bout the PoE reasoning. HA! Good Fun!

character creation were odd. perhaps we need watch again, but all we saw were lists w/o explanations. choose race. okie dokie, but what advantages does human have? choose class. fine, but what are attributes o' a barbarian or fighter? choose ability point spread. nice, but what exactly is perception and how does one point in perception benefit our character? choose... whatever. also, as already noted by other folks, there were no skills or talents. based on character creation we saw, the functional gameplay customization through character creation were incredible sparse. finally, why have ability minimums? yeah, having such does result in less extreme character builds, but if all abilities is equal useful, then am not seeing a need to provided minimums, particularly if every point is equal useful as well. we will watch again, but character creation were underwhelming or incomplete. HA! Good Fun!

video that so complete sold us on octopedes. jolly good show. HA! Good Fun!