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It was a joke. Those were people defying other people, what did the bay defy to become "Defiance Bay". Its not funny when you explain it.1 1Cue claims of "it wasn't funny before you explained it either".

The internet tells me he was born in New York, grew up in New York and Connecticut. It was when he was injured playing football in Iowa that he switched to decathalon.

You mean other than the natural question "Who or what was the bay defying?"

Gilded Vale makes sense to me. Gilded means "covered in a thin layer of gold; wealthy or privledged". Vale is another term for valley, so its very close to saying "Golden Valley". Sounds like the kinda name you'd give a place if you were trying to attract wealthy settlers. That said, every time I see "Bîaŵac" I read it as "bivouac"...

Well folkloric vampires were often depicted as bloated corpses, essentially a form of revenant; usually an evil person bound to their corpse by their evil deeds and spirit.

I think Vampire in Welsh is Fampir. No V sound in the celtic based languages and the "y" is probably used in the same way that vampyr is sometimes used to express the specific "i" sound. All this discussion reminds me a bit about complaints about Planescape's slang. To which I can only say: "PoE ain't so dark a cutter can't tumble to the cant. No need to go foaming."

It probably is fair to point out that Ghoul is taken from ghūl the original arabic word for the creature. It isn't that much of a stretch to see the "h" dropped to follow the naming conventions of the world. It also should be pointed out that place names often carry over use from other languages. The Chatahoochee River comes from the Muskogee name cato-hocce hvcc not from English and if you drive in Wales the sign on the road for the town ahead could say Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch not "Parish Church of St. Mary in the Hollow of the White Hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the parish church of St. Tysilio with a red cave". So calling place names by the Glanfathan names would be very likely, I'd think.

Maybe - and I know this is a really shocking idea - no one is actually butthurt, but instead just expressing their personal opinions as best they can over their respective feelings towards playing PoE and how that relates to other RPGs they've played in the past. Hahahah...who am I kidding, right?

This sounds like a trick question, used to lure our leader out of hiding. Run! Run! That said, in PoE, the main character always speaks regardless of who actually approaches the target. Wished it'd always be the PC approaching on a speak click to make that clearer, but not really a big deal.

I'm guessing Drakensang:River of Time? Isn't Drakensang based on The Dark Eye, which would be Das Schwarze Auge (DSA)? I admit Drakensang was my first thought and DAS could just be a typo...

Yes but plagues are a bacteria causing illness, not a parasite so not within the scope of the question asked. By comparison Pasmodium berghei and toxoplasma gondii are both parastic protozoans

Helminths (tapeworms, roundworms, etc) can infect rodents. Plasmodium berghei has thicket rats from africa in its life cycle. The cat parasite mentioned above toxoplasma gondii can infect rats and make them lose their fear of predators.

Cell phone records indicate he wasn't on his cell phone texting or calling. Manslaughter hadn't been ruled out (and still hasn't, AFAIK) because even though he was under the speed limit, there were questions on whether he was still driving too fast considering the traffic ahead of him.

Better safe than not.

As far as I know the investigation is still ongoing - haven't heard anything one way or the other about that accident. Edit: Last News Stories i could find: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bruce-jenner-dodge-manslaughter-charge-crash-article-1.2171873 http://www.ibtimes.com/bruce-jenner-car-crash-victim-kim-howes-family-reportedly-looking-legal-action-1867966

As an aside, toxoplasma gondii can cause toxoplasmosis which can kill those with compromised immune systems and babies. Pregnant women should limit their contact with cat's fecal matter to avoid inadvertantly infecting their babies.

2 Episodes into the 1st season of Bates Motel. Promising so far. Like how it feels like the films (although so far it feels more Psycho 2 than Psycho) even with all the changes.

Pretty sure whether the person was "locked away" (much less treated) would be highly variable depending on whether the person was still functioning in society and/or a danger to themselves or other. A person who feels a kinship with Napoleon, buys Napoleonic things, dresses as Napoleon in their spare time... perhaps even thinks they were Napoleon in a past life but who holds a steady job, has not trouble with the police and doesn't intend to conscript an army and conquer Europe would probably be ignored by the mental health profession in the US. Are you saying that transgenders are basically cosplayers? That or you try to diminish the argument about mentally ill people who truly think they are for example Napoleon (not fans, not cosplayers, not comedians, a sincere belief and acting on this belief). I think you really insult mentally ill people by comparing them to mentally healthy cosplayers. When discussing a serious issues like mental health we should at least try not to derail the conversation to absurd territories. No, in answer to your question, I am not. What I am saying is that 9 times out of 10 a fully functioning person with mental illness is going to be treated privately according to the current standards of care OR they're not going to be treated at all because they haven't done anything actually criminal to trigger forced treatement upon them.

Of course; I'd never argue anything else. Mind you I'd argue a Spiritual Successor can be completely different as well (David People's SOLDIER and BLADE RUNNER for example - set in the same universe, similar themes but different movies). Heck an actual successor can be completely different as well, depending on how the story goes.

You may have noticed we're dealing with a tad unreliable narrator here. Or at the very least one that's most certainly not unbiased. Harlan Ellison is a raconteur; I think if you've ever heard much of him you'll realize he exaggerates for effect. But he's also fairly blunt in his interactions with people too.

Fair enough, I'll agree that "Spiritual Successor" can be nebulous; that said I'll argue that PoE touting an attempt to craft an homage to the Infinity Engine games would mean more than a brief nod.

am very disappointed in you. did we not thoroughly and complete exorcise this demon during the past couple years? the ie games, ALL the ie games, were listed as inspirations for poe... along with other unnamed crpgs from the increasing distant past. no "spiritual successor" nonsense from obsidian. evar. Would you rather I say "homage" - like Obsidian did in their Kickstarter pitch ("Project Eternity (working title) pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment.") than "Spiritual Successor"? I'm not sure such a semantic split is necessary, but I suppose that depends on what you see a Spiritual Successor means...

Sure, but it is their first game using it. And they had to create the systems and mechanics (stats, how they're used). That's all stuff a BG2 would have benefited from that a PoE can't. Heck even IWD and PST had the benefit of BG already existing even though they were BIS's first shot at the IE engine.

It can put a constraint on the scope of the game though. BG2, for example, has the benefit of an engine, systems and assets made for it (through the production of BG1) that BG1 didn't. Therefore time that was eaten by working on the engine or working on assets isn't a factor for BG2 like it was for BG1, that development time can be spent elsewhere. PoE did have Obs working on a new engine and having to create all their assets and develop their systems. Now I'm not saying PoE and BG2 aren't a fair comparison (IMO its all fair game), all I'm saying is that I can buy an argument that if you want to look at what's potential with development time, a first game might make more sense compared to another first game.

Doing a quick google search, trying to find a picture of Rihanna with a closter facial angle the best I can say is that I think the nose and brow line might be the similar. Mouth and jawline are pretty different IMO.