Regarding KOA starting out as a MMO and switching to what we have...developers will say ANYTHING to spin their product.  Looking at its design history, it certainly looks that way.  Saying your game started as a MMO then due to problems you switched gears,  is NOT good PR.  I look at it this way.  It FEELS like a single player MMO to me and obviously others agree.  The quests, towns & graphics esspecially scream MMO design.  If it looks like a pig, smells like a pig, and acts like a pig, then its a pig.  Not saying the game is a pig.  But its not worth $60 either.  Like others, I'll wait until a weekend sale on Steam puts it under $10.  Maybe it will be a little more PC friendly by then, but I noticed in the demo what most others did.  Terrible camera angle, some annoying animation, UI quirks due to being a port, and something about the combat bothered me regarding which enemy you're attacking.  Seemed floaty.  Didn't get that feeling playing GOW or the Batman series, which has a similar feel.

The combat wants to be like God of War, but it just isn't.  It wants to be open world, but it just isn't.   It wants to have character like WOW, but it just doesn't.  It wants to be too much and doesn't hit anything quite right.  The difficulty also is a bummer.  Whats the point of adding in all these attacks when you just button mash??  Whats the point of adding in RPG elements and skill builds, when you kick ass no matter what you do?

Just picture the biggest, friendless, loser nerd you know or remember from highschool.  Imagine him leaning over his keyboard laughing in that creepy way nerds laugh.  There's your ganker to a tee.

If Steam ever had issues, a single line of code could easily update your whole library and turn off any need to log-in.  Currently once a game is installed you don't even need to be connected to the internet anyway.  In the freak chance Valve did go under, I couldn't imagine they wouldn't do that as a final thank you.  

Originally posted by baff

Originally posted by C-B-M

This is troubling, given that baff says that Iran is the same as the U.S.  So basically, this is like the United States invading England.  Reverse Revolutionary War FTW!

 This is like the U.S. threatening to invade Iran/Syria/Burma/Libya after seeing roits on TV. an equally opportunistic propaganda.

The U.S. does it.

Guess what....

Iran does it too. GASP!

 

You thought you were the master race but it turns out the niggers are just as smart as you are. Oh noes! (They are much funnier too).

 

 

 

With regards to the U.S. invading British sovereignty, we surrendered a lot of that to you in WW2. You don't need to invade, you are already deployed here. By far and above all invasions, historically speaking, were made at the invite of the host country. Better the devil you know.

You know, like how the Americans invited Britains to rescue them from French/Spanish/Red Indian rule /starvation. This is known as a backdoor colonisation.

Wait, you see it as a negative that the US(YOUR ALLY) has military in the UK to help you out in a time of need instantly?  Sorry, I dont' get it.

FOTM uber builds of course.

Originally posted by smokemonsc

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hok9O7h60VNJgS_fJrGKmOmJBffA

Looks like Israel agrees with Ron Paul that Iran is all talk and not really a threat.  What says you Imhotepp, oh master of War Propaganda?!

He basically says the hysteria is unfounded.  And even though Iran is unpredictable, he doesn't think Iran would ever use their weapons if they had them.

But lets ignore what Israel says and lets kill us some brown people!

You do know most Isrealis are NOT very white?

Originally posted by Vato26

Originally posted by C-B-M

That's really the best line you have?  Because I've seen that line about three times so far from you.  What's hypocritical about that?  He advocated secession, so therefore he can't use any government resources while he's part of the Union?  That's like liberals who say that conservatives shouldn't use unemployment benefits.  I agree ...if you say that the conservatives don't have to pay taxes.  Then you'd be absolutely right and I'd support you 100%.

Of course you don't see it as hypocritical, because you are so right-wing that you make right-wing extremists look like moderates.

 

Perry claiming that the state will secede due to protest of the bailout/stimulus plan, is him stating that his state is well enough to suceed on its own.  However, when the bailout/stimulus plan is actually passed, Perry holds out his hand for that same money that he was threating to secede in protest of.  Hypocrite.

On top of it, everytime he takes money from the federal government for natural disaster assistance for Texas, he's a hypocrite as well.  Because, he stated that his state could suceed on its own due to the thread of secession.

Oh, and taxes have nothing to do with this.  Just obfuscation tactics by you.

Pay no taxes get no help.  If they are paying taxes obviously the federal govt owes them what they're paying for, dissaster recovery, ect...  He'd be a hypocrite expecting that sort of help AFTER they secedded, which didn't happen  Since that hypothetical was you know, NOT REAL, painting them as hypocrites is not real either.  He was making a point anyway.  You probably think when people say they're going to kill you in a basketball game they're literally going to kill you?  I doubt it.   An actual  hypocrite would be, say.....Obama winning the Nobel peace prize=)

When a job market is normal, there is no risk getting college loans.   You just pay it off over a number of years depending on how much you're making.  No big deal.  In this job market, everything is whacked, but this isn't exactly normal.

I dont' beleive in "giving" people a college education.  It would be like throwing money down the drain.  Too many kids would just use it as a way to screw around for 4 more years.  If its not coming out of your own pocket you simply don't respect it.  Understanding at 18 that you HAVE TO pay off 20k+ or whatever it is, is a VERY important lesson to learn.  The whole process of signing the papers, going to the bursars office each year and talking with loan officers is vital to understanding how loans work.  Its probably the first loan most kids get.

Up through highschool is one thing.  A HS diploma gets you far enough to do what you need to do.  But higher education is not a right.  Its a priveledge at least to me.   Not everyone is cut out for college.  Plenty that go can't even handle it.   If it was essentially FREE to go, like public education, there was have to be some major checks & balances set up.  If you get anything less than a C or whatever number equivilant that happns to be nowadays, in any class, you're GONE.  No 3 strikes.  GONE.  You want to return.  You're paying for all of it.  If my taxes are paying for screwups to screw around, there has to be penalties to keep the bad apples out of the system.  But the thing is, you can't even open the door, because it would become a flood.  Before long some dumba$$ liberal groups or congressmen would come in and try to discount grades and make excuses for bad performance which would turn college into a complete joke before long.  

Besides, when it comes down to it, when getting a job your interview can outweight any college degree.  Unless you're a doctor or lawyer, no one is looking at grades or where you stood.  They just see a name and what degree you have on a resume.  If its the arts, your protfolio is more important than any degree.   A degree gets you in the door, but in the end it really doesn't get you the job.  YOU get the job. If you dont' know how to conduct yourself in an interview, you can be Einstein and most HR people won't give 2 shits.

I'm interviewing 3 kids for an internship as a designer fairly soon.  1 has his own website with all his work nicely organized.  1 of them had mispellings all over his resume, holy crap.  The other barely filled out anything.  I didn't even look at their education because right off the bat, 1 looks so much better than the other 2.   We'll see what happens in person.  HR people get to tear them a part before they walk through my office.  Talent & how you conduct yourself in a professional environment is what I'll be looking for.   If one has no education, I seriously wouln't care if they blow me away at the interview.  

I'm not taking sides exactly here, but in this example is the poor person paying the tuition or is he getting a full tax paid scholarship?  If its a scholarship, you don't really pay anything.  The money is given to you.    If its a full ride.

I went to college with my parents paying some in cash and the rest were college loans I paid off afterwards for about 10 years.  Since I paid the loans back, I paid for my share, which was most of it.  

If taxes pay for someone to go to college than that person isn't actually paying for it, esspecially when that person is too poor to contribute to the taxes that are paying for it in the first place.  Unless, he's working too, so he'd be paying some income taxes.  Barely enough to contibute, but he'd be contributing something in that case.

I always figured they were still in the closet, but seriously?  Married?   Talk about an agenda.  Thiings like this will actually turn people homophobic.  Those parades which highlight EVERY stereotype don't help either, hehe.

Imagine if this guy was president?  When you see preseidential hopefulls fly off the deep end, you have to go holy crap, this guy was "this" close to being in office.

Originally posted by generals3

Originally posted by Josher

Wait, I thought the schools in EU are so superior to ours and teach kids to behave=)

Has anyone ever said that?

Highly edicated people wouldn't loot & destroy their own cities essentially doing more damage and costing the govt more money.  Just saying.

Wait, I thought the schools in EU are so superior to ours and teach kids to behave=)

Originally posted by C-B-M

Originally posted by Josher

I fly a lot and you just get used to it.   

See, this is my point.  We all get used to it.  (I'm not blaming you, just pointing out a fact.)

EIther comply or don't fly.  What are you going to do, bring a class action law suit against te govt?  GOod luck=)  Don't think many have much of a choice.  Luckily I fly most of the time on private jets, because my company is evil and has our own G5s.  Its more cost effective in the long run when you have so many flying on regular intervals.  The time savings alone is staggering, when you compare how  much time you waste waiting around in airports.  Time is money.  But thats neither here nor there.

Anyway, El AL is run like a machine.   Only flew them once in the early 90s, but damn you feel safe.  If they suspect something, thats the way it is.   Go ahead and try to question them.  They'll just say GET OUT of our country and give you a 1 way ticket home.   It just won't work in the US with politcal correctness.   SPending extra attention on people who actually have prison records, suspect orgins, looking/acting funny, ect.  Thats perposterous.  Go shake down that 80 yr old lady.  She's got C4 stuffed in that cane or in her dentures;)  

And to Theyalley bitching about me saying smoking on planes is a bad thing, grow a pair=)   I wasn't saying anything to you personally.

If this is "change we can beleive in", holy crap&%$!.   Lets see if he asks to resign claiming, Its not my fault!!!!

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

Originally posted by AkaJetson

Originally posted by Revivial

Why take it out on the innocent buildings? What did they do to hurt anyone? All they do is shelter, indiscriminately, anything that wanders under their protective barriers.

I always wonder why people smash up their own town.

 

They don't feel like it is their town. They live there, but they don't own property. They don't own businesses, or commercial property, or houses. They rent.

Nothing they smash up or burn down is theirs. It's other people's stuff. You know, the evil rich people that own things and build things, and maintain things.

And anyway the evil insurance companies will pay for it, so screw it.

No kidding.  People respect what they own.  When the people dong the destroying don't own anything, well....do the math.

Originally posted by theyalllie

Yeah, use to be able to smoke on airplanes. I flew once to go home, 81', and it was no problem to check my rifle through bagage, not carry on mind you.

Last time I flew, our Cab was late, so we only had five minutes to get on our plane after standing in line, and they wouldn't let us board, and , were Ultra nasty about it.

Things are very very different.

C'mon, banning smoking on airplanes is a pretty good thing.  Do you remember how nasty & smelly air gets when its being recycled in a space so small?   I prefer breathing thank you=)  Sorry, but if you can't control yourself for a couple of hours you're a pathetic human being.     

The ONLY reason security is the way it is right now is because going after the obvious people allows lawyers to sue.  Political Correctness.   When you really look at it, its litterally tearing society apart at the seems.  Profiling works.  Police have been doing it since the dawn of time. Being forced to randomly search people who OBVIOUSLY aren't doing anything wrong, just to say, "We're being fair!!!" is a massive waste of resouces.   The TSA could do their job without anyone even knowing it, by simply observing people and scanning.  There are tells.   Its political correctness and its LIBERALS leading the charge, because its more important that our Muslim(mostly) visitors aren't being insulted.  Instead, inconvienice millions of people a day.  That makes complete sense.  Just happened a few months ago.  Me, my wife and our 2 kids are PRIME suspects.  Had to hold the baby up so they could scan his diaper.  They spend 20 minutes going through all our bags in front of everyone to present an image that they're checking everybody.  I can't count the number of people who came over to us by the gate and said, "You look like terrorists!" or "What idiots!"  I even quietly told the head agent sarcastically as we were leaving, "You happy?" and he said, "You don't even want to know...".  

I fly a lot and you just get used to it.  You wear shoes that are easy to slip on and off.  Keep your laptop accessible and pack all your bathroom supplies in a ziplock.    

Originally posted by Groovydutch

Im pacifist always have bin and will be i hope.

Violence or war what have that brought us only misery and alot death, history learned us this, but it seems most  people on this planet are not capable of learning im affraid:(

Im for a world without weapons!!!

When all the weapons are gone, one group will sharpen some sticks and start taking over.  Intelligent species understand the man with the biggest weapon wins.  Thats life.   The silverback Gorilla commands the troop because he's the biggest and badest.  The Elephant herd is protected by the biggest male with the most fearsome tusks, and nature goes on and on.   Humans  make weapons to make sure the next guy can't tell them what to do.  

Originally posted by kobie173

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

Originally posted by theyalllie

I am sorry I cannot take the chance to click on links, nothing personal.

I applaud the sentiment and desire for peace, and it would be wonderfull if there were, no wars, nor the need, or, occasion.

However, I dont think our species is capable of it. I would love to be wrong.

There will allways be someone vying for control, or opposing it.

As long as there is the premise of fairness, there will be different definitions, if not religious, the political, ideological, and social.

As long as humans have even one hand with which to throw so much as a rock, they will war over these, and other, reasons.

Again I would love to be wrong.

By the same token, never loose the desire for peace, I pray. I need your examples to consider, and perhaps, one day, follow.

Blessed are the Peace Makers, for they shall be called the Sons' of God.

I know, odd, but it, stays my anger, in harsh circurmstances.

 

I believe you are wrong.

I do not think the countries of the EU are going to go to war with one anohter.

I don't think the US and Canada are going to go to war with one another, nor is Australia going to attack Japan or vice a versa.

The conflict is between freedom, and totalitariansim, not just "people like to kill each other."

Yep, the Iraq War was ALL ABOUT FREEDOM.

So what was it about, stealing oil? Where is all that oil now? In the same place those WMDs are I guess. Was it just so a couple of people could profit off some contracts? yeah, and Bush bombed the towers.

Originally posted by kobie173

Originally posted by Vato26

Originally posted by kobie173

I'm curious, honestly, as to what the point of this thread is.

Ultra-Conservative circle jerk session?

Well, that's pretty much every thread here.

At the risk of going full hyperbole here, OK. Yes, a bunch of black people committed something that could be construed as a hate crime, or racially motivated, or what have you. It's a terrible thing, and the perps should be locked up for displaying wanton disregard for civilized society. Does that mean we need to put those Negroes back into chains, or is this just a random act of racially motivated violence that mirrors many, many others that have occurred in American society, between all different permutations of race vs. race?

OP, what's your point?