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She smirks as she says it, I took it she was being funny. That scene doesn't spoil the movie and they can't leave it out of Endgame. It would be very strange. And imho even the (really funny) post-credits scene is all right to watch, although it does reveal something that happened in the movie. I didn't say it'd spoil it and I did say I thought it'd be in Endgame, so not sure what you're replying to...?

Typically the 'quid pro quo' / legacy admissions is uncommon outside of the Ivy League anymore, I believe (and some debate whether it could be found unconstitutional if challenged in court) and even there its capped at I think 10% of a class admissions. Outside of being a huge breach of professional efforts, I'm not sure if its enough to jeopardize accreditation, but could be. It certainly can jeopardize a things like the ability to keep their sports teams or the ability to continue to offer tests from the affected vendors if not bigger issues like ability to receive federal funding, being opened to lawsuits from students denied admissions, etc.

In the case of the athletics thing, coaches were paid to label certain kids as "prospects" allowing them to bypass the normal admissions process despite the fact they'd never played the sport. Neither did they join the team when admitted, nor did they have a scholarship to get in for the sport (so weren't getting a free ride). Article on the indictments from INSIDE HIGHER ED - https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/03/12/dozens-indicted-alleged-massive-case-admissions-fraud

The MMO came out in 2015; Japan only. Apparently Hideaki Itsuno was given the opportunity to make DD2 or DMC5 and opted to go with DMC5. So a lot of fans are hoping with DMC5 out that Itsuno will turn back the the DD franchise.

Who would poo-poo Pluto Nash?

Did no one learn the lesson from Mortal Kombat? You don't use Annihilation as a subtitle for a video game adaption!!!

I enjoyed SUICIDE SQUAD. No caveat to that. I also acknowledge that it's a narrative mess, and possibly over edited.

I think the invention isn't the tram (as pointed out, already invented) but that they're using the autodriving technology to create a system where the train can travel on a virtual track.

Quality product for who? Suicide Squad had focus groups too. Suicide Squad also got a B+ Cinemascore (Green Lantern a B). And while it has only 27% favorable reviews aggregated on RT from professional critics, 60% of the general audiences gave it a 3.5 or higher (Green Lantern? 26% and 45% respectively). Regarding reviews, I think the best way to treat reviewers is to find one you like to read/listen to. Eventually you'll get a feel for how you're interests coincide. I didn't agree with Roger Ebert on every film, but I had read his opinion enough to know where we differed. So while he may give a positive review to a film I wouldn't, I could read that positive review and from experience know I wouldn't like it (or vice versa with him hating a film).

But I still don't get it. There's a difference between saying "I don't like this" or "I don't like what I feel is the politics behind this, and therefore I will not support it" and "Because I don't like the politics behind this, this shouldn't exist because the only things that should exist are things that I approve of, therefore this movie should have not been made, it shouldn't have any fans and I'm going to troll the internet attacking anyone who disagrees with me until everyone is enlightened and realizes I am right". You don't like John Wayne because of what he said in the infamous Playboy interview - don't see his films. Don't like the politics behind his THE GREEN BERETS, don't see the film. Both of those things happened in the past. But Wayne survived the disaster of THE GREEN BERETS and continued making films until his death for the fans who liked his work and could either overlook his past-era outlook/paternal patronizing on society revealed in the interview (or, alternatively agreed with it). But I can only imagine the nutup the internet would be having over these things had it existed in 1968 and 1971*. *Technically, I don't have to imagine as the 1971 interview was recently revived online for a round of "OMG, Wayne was a troglodyte!" style 'revelations' amid people who mainly know of Wayne as someone who was a big star in the past.

I really don't get the "not only do I dislike this film/actor/director/producer, I want to see it/them actively fail and shall expend untold amounts of energy on the internet arguing to make it happen" mentality.

There's really only one direct tie, a mid credit sequence which will probably be in Endgame. My guess is that you don't need to see it for endgame. That said I liked it pretty well, personally.

If you're into necroposting: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/42126-animal-pictures/ Alternatively, you could create your own thread.

You really dig The Boring Company don't you?

Regarding Subutai (and Genghis, but probably applicable to a others) this was posted to the website where the data was revealed https://towardsdatascience.com/napoleon-was-the-best-general-ever-and-the-math-proves-it-86efed303eeb: The visualization can be found on that page as well, but I think it is a bit difficult to work through. Ithink it's pretty clear it has a lot of data on specific wars/battles, but misses a good bit as well. I didn't see any of the Sikh leaders, like Guru Hargobind, from the Muhgal wars, nor do I see Sima Yi from the late Three Kingdoms period. But as I said the visualization makes it a bit of a challenge to see who is there, so I could have overlooked them.

Can you repost your information (or alternatively, mail to support@obsidian.net)? It doesn't appear to have attached.

NetHack is damn near bug free. It's complex. It's also one of the greatest computer games ever made. It also costs nothing. In general, you obviously have a good point, no question. But I do think that the phenomenon of "our consumers are going to help us enormously by finding bugs and reporting them to us" leads to sloppier programming than is necessary. NetHack? Didn't the April 2018 patch provide a little more than 130 logged bugs (with 5 still open a year later)? Although to be fair, NetHack was originally released in 1987, so maybe PoEII will be "near bug free" in 30+ years?

As I understand it state supported universities are considered to be part of the government, so can't curtail free speech. They can, however, control disruptive speech since they're a place of education so, for example, local state universities typically have "free speech zones" that are placed in areas of campus so that, for example, random people can come and shout about how all youths are sinners and gay people will burn in hell or whatever while not disrupting the educational process on what is, in essence, government property. The student safety cancellation stuff was a bit of an end run around this and I'm not sure would realistically stand up to a challenge (memory says it was challenged and didn't, but I'm not going to be bothered to look it up).

I think people should play in a way that works for them. If it is on the internet because they've been deployed overseas or if its meeting in the living room of the DM and rolling dice, I think the important thing is to enjoy what you're doing not to worry about how you're doing it.

Seems a bit of a stretch to do every post, though.

Old thread - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/106337-tvs-vast-wasteland/page-27

new thread - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/108752-political-point-and-counterpoint/

start of old thread end of old thread[ am thinking invade v. intervene is largely a semantic differentiation and it ignores actual reasons for perceived success v. failure. sadly, success in these kinda post-invasion operations comes down to a willingness to allocate sufficient resources to adequate maintain peace in newly occupied territories. https://www.rand.org/pubs/periodicals/rand-review/issues/summer2003/burden.html https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1753/MR1753.ch9.pdf us peacekeeping force in iraq were too small. woulda needed 3x as many troops 'ccording to estimates, and a whole lot more money invested into infrastructure if true lasting peace were the goal. coulda' sold iraq invasion to public if actual costs were known? doubtful. bush administration mistaken thought once "liberated," the iraqi people would take care o' self policing and infrastructure development. wrong. obama made same stoopid mistake during arab spring, believing regime change, but w/o costly invasion, would lead to development o' stable democratic governments throughout the region. so obama helps spark the regime changes but then watched impotent as middle east burned. is an ugly reality to face. ain't morality which determines success o' peacekeeping and nation building efforts. is simple a matter o' having will to commit necessary troop numbers and intelligent allocate rebuilding dollars. gd suggests the investment is never worthwhile. am not certain we agree, but we do recognize how the costs is typical far greater than politicians claim, and actual costs, if truthful communicated to public, would almost always be considered untenable. if all the US wants is to maintain influence with bad actors 'round the globe, is much cheaper ways to bring 'bout positive results compared to any sorta serious military campaign. blix, for example, noted just how effective were sanctions in limiting iraq's wmd programs. 'course sanctions hasn't been as effective insofar as north korea and iran. stay complete uninvolved is a bit 19th century and a little naive, but am recognizing any sorta state-sponsored regime change is likely to be far too costly to sell to American populace in all but most extreme situations. HA! Good Fun! And so it continues...

Clearly what this shows us is that we need to have a better classification system when talking about the age of gamers. I suggest aping D&D's dragon age ranges. Category Age (Years) Wyrmling 0–2 Very young 2–5 Young 6–9 Juvenile 10–15 Young adult 16–19 Adult 20–28 Mature adult 29–36 Old 37–42 Very old 43–49 Ancient 50–60 Wyrm 61–80 Great wyrm 81 or more

I've actually liked most of the Bioware games. While I'll discuss what does/doesn't work IMO with any of them, I've still enjoyed and put a lot of time in them. I think the released Bioware games I haven't played are Shattered Steel, MDK2, and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and now Anthem. Since I have no interest in playing online, I'll never buy and play Anthem. Personally, though, if the next game Bioware announces is single player, I'll keep an eye on it and see if its something that interests me. And hopefully it will be, as I think the rumor is a Dragon Age game is in development. If they continue going after online multiplayer gaming, then I won't; no hard feelings but that's a market I'm just not going to be a part of.