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Reply to Master of Magic question in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Yep. Absolutely true! I managed to make Merlin agree to a wiz pact once. After three turns of passing by one of his hamlets he declared that he doesn't consider a wiz pact to be satisfying any more. Amongst the things I do LOVE about it though are the invisible units. Just yesterday when I hit the "Next Turn" button, suddenly the tactical screen appeared just showing my units. So I thought:"Huh? a bug?" Then I realized Kali must have summoned Night Stalkers.

Reply to go Colts!!!! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Might be. But they won nevertheless. One thing I just don't get though is why it is that everytime the Chargers have a great season they fuck up on the first off-season game... *grrrrr*

Reply to go Colts!!!! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Might be. But they won nevertheless. One thing I just don't get though is why it is that everytime the Chargers have a great season they fuck up on the first off-season game... *grrrrr*

Reply to Master of Magic question in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

I'm currently playing it on normal difficulty, and so far I've killed off any Wiz pretty easily. Except for one game when I ventured too far too early and ran into all three opponents at once, who were all in alliances and gangbanged me for as much as passing through their territory.

Reply to Ugly children in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hehe, the guy with the pitchfork is Sam Winchester. Can't make out though whether the guy beside him is Dean or not... As for the aging issue: Well, in usual fantasy wielders of magic and such have always had a longer lifespan...

Reply to Deniers and skeptics. in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I thought we're at a stage now where the term "denier" and "skeptic" in regards to global warming have been blended into the one term "infidels"... [e digicons];P[/e] I for one am a rationalist. I know that there are those who try to do good by stating that we need to cut CO2 emissions, but I also know that the vast majority of "experts" on the matter are just in for personal gain and politics. At least I take everything that is published with a major grain of

Reply to Obama just cut off funding to NASA??? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]If it wasn't for those "Useless" moonflights, you wouldn't be writing something so ignorant on a PC, because we wouldn't have PC'S!!!!!! [/quote] Yeah, right! *facepalm* [quote]Mark my words, no human will ever leave the Milky Way Galaxy. Never.[/quote] Are you kidding? No human will ever leave [b]the solar system[/b]...! [quote]There is currently little to no benifit of going to the moon, or mars, for that matter.[/quote] <b

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Hehe, I just read an article stating that the hole in the ozone layer over the southern hemisphere counteracts the greenhouse effect there. So now the bad bad hole is suddenly all good coz it's lessening global warming. Funny that, no?

Reply to Ubisoft is dropping PC DRM but.... in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]At least with EA there are some titles I am willing to buy and many of them are released with only disc checks (retail versions) so when they are done milking customers with dangling DLC, the packaged versions will be wortwhile.[/quote] The funny thing about so called DLC in EA games is that it's ot even "downloadable content". It's "online available content". Why? Well, you pay x bucks for that stuff, but it only appears in game when you're online. Play offline and it won't

Reply to The true face of DRM in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

When I asked about DRM and/or copy protection of Mass Effect 2 on the Bioware board people immediately started asking why that would be so important, and shoving down the "you just own a license and not the product" crap down my throat. Looks like the fanbois now even start adopting EA's mantra about reselling software is bad and everyone who cares about DRM must be a pirate. *shakeshead*

Reply to Ugly children in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Hehe, as a former D&D player I'd say:"Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder." :D But since ideas are out for a Sword of Truth Mod why not let her have Confessor powers too. :) Seriously though, I was more thinking in terms of... I don't know... leadership bonuses or morale bonuses or research bonuses for death magic if he's a real badass or such.

Reply to If they brought Joss Whedon's Firefly back and started making new episodes, would you watch? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Apart from the lovely Jewel and Morena, Adam Balwin IMO was the best part of the whole series. My favorite quote being: " Do you know what the chain of command is ? It's the chain I go get and beat you with to show you who's in command." He's also just as great in Chuck. If the show would return with the original cast I'd proba

Reply to Ugly children in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm wondering if any offspring with special powers would emerge from this breeding programs. Can you say "Kwisatz Haderach"? ;) Seriously though, I'm really very curious in what regards the breeding thingy will result other than appearance...

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Article title says it all. 00's hottest decade, and 2009 warmest year.[/quote] Guess what. Germany is currently facing the longest and coldest winter since 1983. Go figure...

Reply to List of Elemental Mods in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Lemme guess. A "Prince of Persian Frogs" mod? ;)

Reply to List of Elemental Mods in WOM Mods Elemental Forums

Tsk, the game isn't even really out yet, and already people have started developing ideas for mods for it. *shakeshead* ;) Can't wait for the game to be available already...

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]As soon as a proponent of AGW hears a negative word about their religion, they immediately shoot the messenger and [b]label them a "denier"[/b]. [/quote] And/or somehow affiliated to the oil industry, not to forget... *rollseyes* [quote]If anything that shows ... willingness to make corrections.[/quote] Yeah, but only when the rationalists leave them no other choice...

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Well, at least they're admitting that they screwed up. Facing global outcry, Rajendra Pachauri backed down and apologised today for a disputed IPCC claim that there was a very high chance the Himalayan glaciers would melt away by 2035. The assertion, now discredited, was included in the most recent IPCC report assessing <a title="More fr

Reply to James Cameron's Avatar in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Well, for me movies like Avatar, Transformers, younameit are primarily entertainment. Guess what. My biggest prob with it was that the big planet in the system looked merely like a blue colored Jupiter...

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]People are ignorant and ready to believe anything the media pushes down our throats. [/quote] Well, actually the bigger prob IMO is THE MEDIA being ready to believe and publish anything that makes for a big story and potential increase of print media circulation and people watching their news casts, these days without scrutiny...

Reply to James Cameron's Avatar in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Melchiz" reply="83" id="2499355"]Star Wars (the original) has likable and memorable characters. Avatar does not. James Cameron invested his time in developing the technology and the setting, not his characters or his story. Lucas may have ripped off Kurosawa, but the result was both iconic and entertaining. [/quote] Couldn't have said it any better. *thumbsup* The prequels had one memorable character with an even more memorable line though: Samuel L. Jackson as Mac

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

As it is I'm more concerned about the possibility of the Yellow Stone supervolcano blowing up anytime soon than about man made global warming, considering a statistical probablity of 21.8% derived from a binomial distribution (probability of three major blows in 2.1 m years after the first one recorded).

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]you could at least get a single credible author to publish a peer reviewed article in a respected journal saying so[/quote] Mhm... and the very moment that happens you and the rest of the AGW activists would outright declare him to be not credible at all because he publishes something you don't believe or want to hear/read. Also because such a "respected" journal would of course be only one which usually publishes AGW propaganda, such an article would not be published i

Reply to Kings Bounty Armoured Princess - My personal short review in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Some people eat KEBAP instead of playing it. [e digicons];P[/e] Seriously though that sounds kind of interesting. Guess I'll check it out...

Reply to Global warming hoax!?! - UPDATED - in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="clonmac" reply="834" id="2505731"]reflection ( Why, thanks! It was too early for me to remember the correct spelling. :blushes: And the whole thing was just something that sprang to my mind. Not anything I really considered much... One step in the right direction for europe is that they're going to hardwire various wind parks in all of northern europe.