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Reply to Opinion: Bunny Slippers don't Fit. Solution: Please Remove in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Do you have issues with the pony as well? [quote who="coyote303" reply="10" id="3394229"] Years ago, my orders clerk in the National Guard created a humorous set of phony orders that accidentally got issued as the real thing. Fortunately for us, he and I found out that day that our Colonel had a sense of humor. The Colonel couldn't keep a straight face as he tried to chew us out. There are certain times in life that you discover if a

Reply to Why FE’s AI is good but not as good as GalCiv’s in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I tend to ignore the summoning part of the game myself, though I might not in different circumstances, or if it was optimal to lvl up a 2nd hero. Fantasy games tend to be 10 times as tough to make an AI for than space games due to terrain, spells, and other factors.

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[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="95" id="3394046"] Quoting sadachara, reply 93They do between $25,000-$30,000 on a Friday or Saturday night in booze. Shouldn't that merit a bunch of $20-$40 an hour employees? Surely it should, however the majority of his workforce are under $10 an hour. Pathetic. So what is to prevent these employees from opening their own bar, and paying those wages? They surely would skim off the cream of the crop (who would not want to work for 2

Reply to It's just a game people! Game developer harassment on the rise... in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Just because a problem is accepted doesn't make it acceptable. Just look at some of the crap Brad says he has had to deal with over the last decade (including death threats with some details)

Reply to [Loot Pack Bug] Skath Longbow in LH Support Elemental Forums

I know- this seemed to be independent of this , as the icon changed from the "no one there icon" to "you can't shoot him" icon.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

THe funny thing is the uncertainty is causing folks like me to not marry and have children. Maintaining a marriage is expensive, and kids are even more expensive. And this is despite me doing better than most of my peers right now.

[Loot Pack Bug] Skath Longbow in LH Support Elemental Forums

For some reason, I was unable to target a bandit archer with the skath longbow. Couldn't figure out why. IN case I got the name wrong, it's the 9 attack, -6 init, double damage skill added bow. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6609288/Untitled.png map in question. It could be my not being able to locate the square b

Reply to Would a collapse of the power grid be doomsday? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="DivineWrath" reply="30" id="3393480"] Quoting Alstein, reply 27 The talk of a government collapse or debts being called in triggering this event is silly talk. When you have a fiat currency, you can print money to pay bills, and you can also default if you wish as well. There's a reason Greece became a complete basketcase and Iceland is recovering despite having worse fundamentals. <br

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

Regulation can also be mischief though, look at what happens when corporations get to write the laws (groups like ALEC)- if you live in NC, a big reason why your internet service is the worst in the country is true to ALEC writing laws on broadband to stifle competition. A good role for government is to give a voice to the voiceless, but it does the reverse in America.

Reply to Would a collapse of the power grid be doomsday? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

The talk of a government collapse or debts being called in triggering this event is silly talk. When you have a fiat currency, you can print money to pay bills, and you can also default if you wish as well. There's a reason Greece became a complete basketcase and Iceland is recovering despite having worse fundamentals.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

[quote who="Hankers" reply="80" id="3392659"] Not sure if fast-food strikers have thought through their game of chess.[/quote] If the jobs go, then we end up with a society where the majority are unemployed/underemployed. If that happens, America will have to fundamentally change, because democratic capitalism cannot survive such a scenario. I'm preparing for the dystopia as much as I can, and hoping for the best instea

Reply to Shouldn't Inspiration be +1 Mana per Essence? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

There is a spell later on in the game that gives the +1 per essence. Giving it in the early game was rightfully deemed OP.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

I don't think you can blame the regulations when it's been proven those same folks are more effective with a lack of regulations, and are often the reason those regulations are created to begin with.

Reply to Age of wonders 3 announced! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

This is looking super-impressive, though I wonder how the AI will handle things, as Triumph has a bad reputation for AI. If Triumph gets the AI down, this could be a genrebreaker. Between this and Stardock's 2 upcoming offerings, and At the Gates- it's going to be a rough market for TBS games in the next 2 years, but good for fans of the genre.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

I actually agree with you that there is a part-time worker trap, and it is caused by government regulation in some areas. That doesn't mean that getting rid of some regulations wouldn't cause a bigger problem. There's a reason why I think a ban on most employers from offering healthcare would be a better solution in the long-term than the employer mandate for Obamacare (I do support the personal mandate with the tax subsidies due to free rider issues

Reply to Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.3 changelog in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="257" id="3390320"] I do believe AI calculations do take place during your turn. This in turn gives you a faster next turn and a "better" AI. I don't know if this accounts for the push on your CPU, but calculations of the AI are happening and that is what gives this game it's unique power.[/quote] I did notice an increase in turn times slightly with the new AI stuff, but that's a perfectly acceptable tradeoff, especially

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

http://www.thenation.com/article/175834/how-become-part-time-worker-without-really-trying#axzz2ciZ707Qy Sorry for the double post, but this is another article that should be read about this discussion. Basically, Obamacare isn't what is causing companies to dump their full-time workers, it's just giving them an incentive to

Reply to Endless Legend announced (fantasy 4X) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Given the difficulties Stardock did converting from space to fantasy, I think these guys will have some of the same problems, so I want to wait and see what happens. I think in terms of degree of difficulty, making a fantasy strategy game is one of the hardest jobs out there, next to making a quality fighting game or quality MMO.

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[quote who="HG_Eliminator" reply="65" id="3390454"] IMO the cycle will continue till the American workforce can no longer earn anything more that what other countries are paying their labor force. So US. companies can compete with foreign manufacturers. I certainly do not like the Idea of having to drop Americas quality of life to match other nations, I would have liked to see them being brought up to ours instead.. [/quote] I believe

Reply to Where to purchase from? in Legendary Heroes Elemental Forums

Steam makes a good enough IM program for my friends to be worth using outside of games. It's pretty much replaced AIM for me over the last couple of years. As for LH, direct from developer= Stardock gets all the money - any server costs. Buy from someone else and they get their cut of it.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

Unions became "Greedy" when the Soviet Union was no longer a threat, and American business interests stopped being concerned about the American worker turning communist. Also Bargain prices- it's hard to be picky when you don't have many resources- it's why Wal-Mart does great in recessions but during improving times they don't do as well (looking at same-store growth here)

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http://www.policymic.com/articles/59981/obamacare-strikes-and-forever-21-cuts-employees-hours Related- Forever 21 eliminating full-time work due to increased labor costs (Obamacare) If I could make one change to Obamacare, I would make it where most private employers are banned from offering healthcare to their employees, unless they can pro

Reply to Elemental: Sword of Ambrose in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

One thing I'd love to see if some form of the dual wield mechanic from the campaign being thrown into the main game. It might be a nice way to balance out sword-wielders/assassins/ make daggers more useful.

Reply to Automatic Burger Machine: Coming soon to a McDonalds near you in Business Elemental Forums

It often takes time for people's perception of your quality to drop after you drop the quality. This is why cutting labor costs is so tempting- it doesn't drop the quality of what you already produced, just the future quality- and with corporations being focused on the short-term, that's super-tempting. Unfortunately, there's no real solution to this that wouldn't be equally stupid. You can't legislate companie

Reply to Back from the Atari auction in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

regarding the TB issue for GalCiv. I'd like to see something more involved than GalCiv2, but not tactical battles. Maybe something closer to Gratuitous Space Battles, where you can start the battle by giving general orders, but then it plays out on its own. Maybe Space Admirals could give you the ability to give orders after a certain time, based on skill (I'd like to see Space Admirals work like Victoria generals)