Everything posted by Amentep
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
I'm not sure your analogy works; if the "crime" is entering the US illegally, then Sally committed the "crime" with her parents. You could then argue lack of choice, etc. but I just think the analogy breaks apart since in your example Sally holds no part of the criminal act (I guess you could say the parents put a gun in Sally's hands and told her to point it at the butler and squeeze the trigger if he moved to make her a part of the crime in a similar way, but what a rabbit hole...) I suspect most people who are upset think that what is supposed to happen is whatever was happening before Trump's new whatever is happening started happening.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
I'd love to see both the Libertarian and Green parties actually viable in local, state and federal elections; short of abolishing the party system (what I'd prefer to happen) having more viable parties can break the stranglehold the democrats and republicans have on government. But my point was, in a theoretical sense as I understand it, the right-libertarianism in the US tends to only support the military, police, courts (and sometimes firefighters) as necessary government (to protect personal liberty and personal property) and occasionally, the executive and legislative branches depending on where they're at in the libertarian spectrum. So while it is true a libertarian approach wouldn't be pro-banning books from a library, my understanding is that they wouldn't actually be pro-library either.
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Which games have aged well in your opinion?
...Tetris...
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E3 2018 Thread
Pretty sure that Indivisible is a platformer / Party based RPG hybrid game. Made by the same people who made Skullgirls. I've been looking forward to it for some time.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Would there be libraries to ban books from under libertarianism? I know some libertarians support local government more than state or federal government in the US, but wouldn't funding libraries from even a local government be in conflict with personal autonomy? I suppose you could be arguing that libraries would be privatized and supported by benefactors who choose to share their resources?
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
There are certainly lower barriers to entry, and with digital cameras the ability to do higher quality image (compared to the days of 35 & 70 mm hollywood films and 16 or 8 mm for ultra low budget affairs). But lets face it most of indie film-making where risks are taken are passion projects by people who push them through to completion and very few of those will get any kind of real distribution or genre material - like horror films - that are, in their way, evergreen. And even then the majority of films are going to be lucky to get shown through festivals, much less a wider distribution platform. At this point distribution is (IMO) the problem with getting riskier material, theaters don't want to risk showing it, distributors don't want to risk distributing it even if some enterprising filmmaker makes it on their own dime.
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
I'm not claiming its new, just that it is. While you could argue that Hollywood became more risk averse as they moved more and more into the blockbuster era, the truth is that they've been risk averse from the beginning - its a popular medium which has to appeal to wide audiences. Even when the studios owned the cinemas that showed the movies or were able to force distribution through block scheduling, risks were taken on personal projects by people with the influence to get them made, not as a regular thing.
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
Fixed that for you.
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Are the expansions going to increase the level cap?
Amentep replied to antman45454's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Since the last update from the developers indicated there'd be more details on the DLC at an unspecified later date, the initial question -if the level cap will increase in the expansions- cannot be answered. As the speculation has drifted away from PoEII and its DLC, I'm locking the thread. The topic perhaps should be revisited after Obsidian posts more information about BEASTS OF WINTER.
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
It should be pointed out that in GOD'S OF EGYPT the world is flat and the sun is a barge, so it's relation to the real world is minimal regardless of who was cast in it. That said someone probably could have kept the casting frim being an issue with some easy forethought...
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
A bit STARSHIP TROOPER, innit?
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
What's not to like about an alternate dystopian future for the Marvel U? They have a few already (Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past, Cable's future, Bishop's future, Machine Man's future, Original Guardians of the Galaxy future, Earth-X off the top of my head)
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
Technically I think its "Little Person" now. As far as action movies, why try to top Weng Weng? Nah, I'm sure He-Man fanboys whined about appropriation back then as well, they just didn't have the internet to amplify their outrage. Also lol at the idea of Doom cannon. Have you read Masters of Doom? Story wasn't exactly a sacred cow at id. Mostly the complaints were about giving She-Ra the Horde as villains (in the toys, Hordak and the Horde are He-Man villains). But even that complaint is a bit begrudgingly made because She-Ra the toyline really only had Catra as a villain. Thor still existed while Jane Foster was Thor. Now that Jane Foster is dead, Thor is back as the main character in the Thor books. Spider-Man has only ever been replaced by his clone, Ben Reilly and briefly mind swapped with Otto Octavious as part of a long story-line. All the other Spider-characters (The Spider-Women (Jessica Drew, Gwen Stacey, Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin, Charlotte Witter), Miles Morales, Silk, etc) were separate characters OR alternate universe versions of an existing spider character (Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider Ham, et al)
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Can't walk in Kraken's Eye Inn
Amentep replied to Brillig's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)Seems to me there might still be an issue worth looking at and since the save games are there, no need to delete the thread (unless you're deleting the save files).
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Funny Posts - New and Improved with Same Great Taste
"Oh, what am I saying, of course you don't." - Nazeem Or as we liked to call it, "feel like playing a game, set the game to load, watch your favorite movie, then go and play your favorite game..."
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How do I write with spoilers tag?
Amentep replied to giftmefood's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)No, please! I like to check some threads there and it's nice when people use spoiler tags. Not that I'll blame anyone who doesn't, of course. Just so that we're clear, spoilers do not belong in this forum.
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[Companions] Main char Duplicated eder
Amentep replied to lindog's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)@The Greasy One - your attachments are not showing up on your posts.
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Incomplete Reskill
Amentep replied to Panso's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)Important Files: If the files are too large to attach separately, compile them all in a .zip and make a link to Dropbox with the .zip or email us at bugs@obsidian.net
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - VISUAL NOVELS ALLOWED
i think I had Curse of Monkey Island and didn't get into it.
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Which builds are FUN after 1.1
I'm not necessarily representative of the moderator team, but if we were to start moderating meaningless (or at least highly subjective) terms, I'd vote for "immersive" before "cheese" That said, neither term or their (mis)use is the point of this thread. Tastes differ on what fun is; one person's fun is another's cheese.
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Collector's Edition delivery... pending.
Amentep replied to BillyCorgan's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)The last official word I've seen was last week:
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E3 2018 Thread
The "Call of Cthulhu" game shown at E3 is from Cyanide.
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Incomplete Reskill
Amentep replied to Panso's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!)This is where it's supposed to be. Savegames Try to include a save file from right before as well as during the issue you are reporting Windows Location: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity II MACOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ Pillars of Eternity II Linux: $XDG_Data_Home/PillarsofEternityII
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What did you do today?
I've not read it, but I've seen it suggested to people wanting to set up their own darkroom: https://www.amazon.com/New-Darkroom-Handbook-Joe-DeMaio/dp/0240802608/ I'm pretty sure it has options for darkrooms in apartments, so I don't think you need a lot of real estate for a darkroom. Its been 30+ years but I seem to recall my old college's darkroom being about the size of a largish closet.
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The Weird, Random or Interesting Things That Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Sadly this story has been building for months. I'm finally glad that Lee might get some impartial help out of it as it seemed he was being bounced around some bad actors. Allegedly, this final straw was when Morgan called the police on the police who went in with a social worker to talk to Lee because they gave orders to Lee's security (hired by Morgan) to keep Morgan out as they didn't want to have any outside influence on the interview. Morgan got the police there saying that armed robbers had locked everyone in the house out and was alone with Lee. Then the next day when the security guards refused to sign an NDA, Morgan fired them. When they asked for their Final paycheck before they left, Morgan called the police and said armed men had threatened him and Lee.