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Before IWD2 was moved to 3rd edition rules, it was a 2nd Edition game with kits. IIRC this is a (the?) proposed or tentative list of kits by Sawyer before the switch to 3e was made: I believe it was also suggested to add the Sorcerer, Monk and Barbarian classes: So when Gromnir talks about the reaction to IWD2 kits, he means this (or a similar) proposal. I remember I was excited to try a Landsknecht out as the party leader, but as Gromnir says a lot of people reacted very badly to the idea of not just porting the Kits from BGII over so that they could continue to use those kits - particularly the ones considered to be overpowered.

To be fair though, there is no 'one time cost of a wall'. Once built, it'll have to be maintained just like any other structure or it'll fall apart eventually due to weather, seismic events, etc.. EDIT: took so long to respond I was beaten to it. For shame. Would be dwarfed by the cost savings in manpower needed to patrol a wall instead of open space. And the cost of the wall and its maintenance are dwarfed by what illegal aliens are costing us now. I'm not saying there couldn't be cost savings in other areas. There could also be unexpected cost increases - particularly if people willingly try to undermine/destroy sections of the wall. I was just challenging the idea that it was a one time fixed cost; build it and forget it.

To be fair though, there is no 'one time cost of a wall'. Once built, it'll have to be maintained just like any other structure or it'll fall apart eventually due to weather, seismic events, etc.. EDIT: took so long to respond I was beaten to it. For shame.

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Michael Parks an actor with a long list of credits into the 1960s, but may be best remembered by most people today from his work with directors Quentin Tarrantino and Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk til Dawn, Kill Bill, Grindhouse, Django Unchained) has passed away at 77. https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-parks-dead-kill-bill-character-actor-1202422134/ Singer and Actress Daliah Lavi (60s Casino Royale, The Silencers, Lord Jim, Bava's The Whip and The Body) also passed away recently at 74 on May 3. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/daliah-lavi-obituary

I know the computer game had some fans, so I thought I'd post about this - DEADLY PREMONITION: THE BOARD GAME is now up on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/615312068/deadly-premonition-the-board-game Video Game creator Swery is behind the project, from a new group of board game designers.

Worst regular bug I've encountered is the one that makes autosave files not load. I suspect this might be related to overlapping autosave triggers (I also experienced all three of the last autosaves being for the exact same "moment") Did have a few other errors - one point the game did put the characters offscreen (but showed it anyhow) in the lead up to a Tempest Landing cutscene (but thankfully loaded the cutscene and then loaded the characters back into the environment properly). And at least once on Kadara after starting the outpost, the oupost didn't load so people were sitting in the air for a minutes until the buildings exteriors/layers finally popped in. Biggest quest related bug I've had is one triggering the completion dialogue before I'd completed the quest making the quest uncompletable.

Worst visual glitch I've had was Habitat 7 & the Scourge not appearing on screen in the opening making it so the Captain, Alec Ryder, Cora and the PC were all talking in front of a black screen.

I'm always up for a good thriller / mystery film.

The theory comes from comic book fans, who have nothing better to do than debate minutia and overthink things while waiting for the next release.

such stuff might make sense save for the brutal amazon training every ww has endured. if the movie shows gadot sleep-walking her way through her themyscira amazonian training, w/o the traditional obligatory sweat and toil and struggle, then we could accept a plausibly rail-thin ww who were able to similar magic her way past monsters and mayhem rather than muscling her way to victory. The argument goes if Superman's powers provide him strength, what on earth can he train with on earth that would actually give him heroic musculature? Similarly if Diana's strength is supernatural and the Amazons are not (they have and haven't been in DC comics) how can training with them ever be rigorous enough to create a heavily muscled body. Again this isn't necessarily an argument I agree with, merely presenting it as it could be a rationale they're using to create a less muscled version of Diana.

Yeah its even "first look" in what I linked. However given that it seems to be a collection of scenes, I'm not sure it really fits my understanding of first look either (which usually is a complete scene by itself). Then again it could just all be marketing made up stuff.

IT trailer 2:

For me it had the right amount of dramatic work in it. Its understandable in a film where major characters meet family members that there will be some drama, but I think it works without interfering with the fun of the story.

Arguably, both of WW's major origins make her supernatural, so I'd think an argument similar to the "why does Superman need to be muscular if his superpowers are where he's pulling his strength from* and not his muscles" could be applied to her. The biggest thing (to my mind) is the movie ensuring I believe she's WW. *Note I think this argument mostly fall on Post-Crisis Superman, whose powers were defined as a form of telekinesis rather than a yellow-sun fueled body. Movies I watched over the weekend: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - very similar to the first film; I'd argue neither really better or worse. Nice visualizations of some of the cosmic stuff. Kurt Russel was really good. Avalance Sharks - lol, wtf? Now You See Me 2 - A decent caper film; I don't think the narrative is as strong as the first film, but I liked the set pieces a lot.

The avatars do line up good for a fight - vs

I don't imagine many HS programs get students to near fluency. Maybe if someone does a full four years in an advanced program. I'm not sure they are designed for that, though.

I remembered enough of HS French to mess up my college Spanish classes as I'd start sentences in Spanish and end them in French (stupid Romance languages).

All of the pets I had got sick in cars. Made trips to the vet fun.

Are you saying required to get into the 4-year program or required to graduate from the program? Most HS (even Texas, IIRC) require some form of FL work for HS Graduation. So a lot of colleges expect it for admissions purposes. But I'd be surprised if a lot of 4-year BS programs are requiring a foreign language at the most competitive schools as part of the graduation requirements. Liberal arts programs, maybe, but not science.

Just realized that I missed noting the 100 anniversary of the death of one of my favorite Pre-Raphelite artists, John William Watterhouse: One of his Lady of Shalott Paintings Destiny

I must not be watching the right TV shows (entirely possible). I saw the original trailer a couple of times on TV and not at all in the movie theaters (not even on WB films, which was surprising).