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Is that the tree that smells like rotting flesh when flowering?

Watched OCCULUS which was a pretty good horror film. More creepy vibe than jump scare, but I thought it effective. Then I rewatched RIDDICK. The Director's Cut adds some stuff in that I think help expand the story connections between this film and the last as well as the next. If you like Vin Diesel running around and tough-guy outsmarting everyone, this is the film for you. Then I watched MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (the original) which I hadn't seen since I was in the single digits age wise. Its a fun film, with some goofy aspects. Also includes - for a brief seen - a roster of period boxers and wrestlers including Primo Carnera, Bomber Kulky (later better known as the 1st Chief of the Boat on the TV Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), Man Mountain Dean and Tor Johnson's "Swedish Angel" name rival Phil Olafsson. After that was THE CAT AND THE CANARY with Bob Hope and Paullette Goddard and the typical old dark house + comedy routines. Nice to see George Zucco and Gail Sondergaard show up as well.

Do any of these apply to you - https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2235-YXVB-8261 Direct link to programs that interfere with STEAM - https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289 There's some talk of drivers causing this issue as well.

This may be fixed in the 03 Patch when it is released after approval - "Fixed a potential crash while playing in the Portuguese language." More on the patch here - http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/65338-patch-notes/ - but no update yet on release to PSN or XboxLive

Can you go back to a save prior to that one? Sounds like the save took the state of the quest but reset Cornwallis. Alternatively, have you tried going to Mr Hankey to see if the end of the quest will still trigger?

As I recall, you're supposed to be able to do a fart on that broken lamp and burn the blockage. Is the lamp lit? I can't tell from the screenshot. Been a bit since I was there, so I may be misremembering, but I think that's what you're supposed to do.

I do see the devs posting from time to time - its still done on their personal time. And IMO, they have been attacked a lot when they do post about things they can't control (particularly things that are part of official customer support - held over at Ubisoft), which may limit their eagerness to respond (that's totally my own assessment - I have no "secret" knowledge of the situation). Meee-ow. I am - for one - grateful that this forum existed. Its because this forum exists and because the early posters pointed out bugs that I knew how NOT to trigger the O Canada Quest Bug, and because of that I want to help out here when I have time. Obsidian has a reputation for good but buggy games; this release sure isn't going to change that. But I'm also not a big fan of just letting bull**** slide once someone has thrown it up on the wall, either. And some of the stuff posted here has been positively asinine, IMO. Things like the claim that patches didn't need testing and could be posted the same day without any kind of approval process. That said, you may think my posts are asinine too - that's your prerogative. There's an ignore option if you want to put me on it so you never have to read my comments (unless someone quotes me) if you think there is no value in my posts.

Why do you have to complete this book? Most authors I've read about in this situation put the current book to the side and return to it after they've done the new book rather than rushing it to an end.

Thinking about that a bit more I present: Goofy SHIELD Theory - Skye is the Marvel Movie-verse's version of Jessica Drew. The village that fought to protect her were some of the High Evolutionary's New Men (per Mount Wundagore in Drew's original origin) and the attackers were Hydra. Points in the theory's favor: Skye was captured by SHIELD (who was under control of Hydra) and convinced to join. Drew in her first origin was captured by Hydra and convinced to join. Skye was almost killed until an alien derived serum saved her life; Drew in her first origin was almost killed until her father injected her with a serum he created to save her life. Both ended up in machines to try and help save/heal them. Spoiler for this weeks episode: And Skye made a Spider-Man joke in the first episode - "With great power comes a whole lot of weird crap that you're not ready to deal with"

You know, I don't know for certain, but I'd be very surprised if Marvel has the rights to do Spider-Woman as Spider-Woman since I can't imagine Sony would go through the expense to license Spider-Man and have the chance someone else could do a Spider-Woman movie (heck the whole reason Spider Woman was created originally was to prevent someone else from making a Spider Woman comic in an attempt to take attention from Marvel's Spider-Man).

The 03 Patch addressing the O Canada bug was released April 08 for PC - http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/65338-patch-notes/ I haven't read any updates yet on consoles other than the 03 Patch is forthcoming on those platforms (they say "The patch is in testing at Ubisoft and will become available on the consoles soon.") As Ubisoft is in charge of customer support, you might be better off working with them if your goal is your money back (not that I think you'll be successful, they'll probably just say "wait for the patch" or something).

Captain Kronos is awesome - pity Hammer fell apart without being able to do the proposed series of movies. Really liked the angle that each vampire family was different and their vulnerabilities had to be researched (leading to the scene where they keep trying different ways to kill a vampire in their control with varying results).

No, I'm asking you what I, as someone who has been trying to help people on the forum in whatever limited way I can (which includes the post of mine you quoted below), how can I help make posters more aware of the information that ubisoft is the official customer support point and that while the developers have posted and do read this board they're not in a position to address every concern raised? I ask because a lot of people seemed to be angry that Obsidian isn't responding to customer service issues when this isn't the customer support forum and I'm at a loss as to how better to help people who come here.

For me it was just that as a compeltionist I tried to explore every tiniest corner of the map and do every side quest. And for that the game is just too huge. Its possible that I may fall afoul of that, being ocd with fog of war clearing. But I may just stop playing the game and come back to it later if fatigue sets in as its totally soothing playing in a relaxed atmosphere.

I'm playing Sacred 2. I'd played it when it first came out and never finished it - guess I wasn't in the mood. But I'm now in the mood for something that is kind of laid-back. And Sacred 2 seems to fit that bill; there's something soothing about blowdarting swaths of enemies at a distance before they ever get to you and then wandering around and clearing the fog of war from a map. And there's a lot of map to cover.

If you can't find a way to make your show interesting for 17 out of 22 episodes, then it is not because "this is how it needs to set up". It's because you have a piss-poor creative team. I found the entire season interestig and enjoyable so far. Its the one show I look forward to most every 2-3 weeks. yeah - while there have been some weaker episodes, on the most part I've enjoyed the series as well.

Perhaps I could have phrased my post better, in retrospect I come off a bit testy; that said my question was genuine - I've been trying to answer questions as they come up since this is a player to player support forum and I'm truly at a loss as I can better get out the word that the official support for the game is Ubisoft. Since you'd brought up that what has been done is insufficient (or perhaps just easily missed), what would be the best way to get that across to new posters who come here seeking help that the official support is through Ubisoft and this is mostly peer-to-peer with occasionally developers reading for new issues but not always able to respond?

Have you updated with the latest patch and have you verified all of your files via STEAM (assuming its the PC version, might be wrong)?

The early Japanese RPGs are based on either Rogue or Wizardry or games like SSI's Phantasie. Heck part of the appeal for me early on playing Japanese RPGs like Phantasy Starr is they reminded me of Phantasie, a game I really loved in the early to mid-80s. All the way to turn-based random battles and being able to see the heroes and monsters attack in turn.

Well, not sure I'd agree with that unless you want to also argue that, say, the Wizardry series aren't RPG's either given the influence that series had on Japanese RPGs as an example.

I think it was Oblivion that had the character creator where you could spend hours fine tuning the features and STILL end up with a character who looked like their face had exploded. And Fallout 3 put you in the dark so it was hard to see your features. Its weird, but for me the more I can customize my character - either in features or in skills/abilities - the more it makes me want to finish the game. When characters are set (say Diablo) as long as theirs a look or skill set I like I'm okay, but its not the same as it is with a character you created. But then again, I used to draw portraits for my Pen and Paper characters, so...

While I share your dislike of FF X-2 (that game, for me, marks the moment where the Final Fantasy series fell off a cliff, quality wise), what exactly makes western RPGs any more "legitimate" than Japanese RPGs? I have never played a Japanese RPG before but I'm going to attempt to answer this one. JRPG have no Romance in them....that's what makes them a pseudo-RPG You apparently don't realize that Final Fantasy X (which X2 is a sequel to) is about Tidus and Yuna's relationship (and to a lesser degree, Wakka and Lulu's) and Final Fantasy X-2 involves Yuna after the events of FFX seperates her and Tidus (which happens shortly after Yuna proclaims her love for Tidus, IIRC). Or you're trying to be funny. Anyhow, I enjoyed X-2, so...

And then Hydra shows up twirling its collective mustache and the dilemma thing is irrelevant.

AoS - wasn't expecting all of that (figured out some things as the ep went along, but still...wow!) Talk about a "nothing will be the same" episode...

I'll be interested in knowing if the 3rd Patch helps with this at all when it hits PSN.