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Reply to So what's the Stardock RPG going to be? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

If they do go with fantasy, I want them to make the races diverse. Look at the variety of humans and their culture on earth. Most fantasy games take the diversity found in humans and graft a certain part onto a single race. Take WoW culture for example. Tauren are representative of native americans, trolls are representative mostly of african voodoo, blood elves are the drug addicts, undead are the typical 'kill everything' psycopaths, orcs are the gung-ho charge into battle type. If they go

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Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="9" id="2052897"] well, I probably couldn't vote for it unless we were in a simulation. [/quote] Or a vault... Then again, there is always the THIRD option (as opposed to overpopulation or population control)... Remember the old movie, Independance Day? When I saw that I got the notion that at the rate we are going, humans will become like the aliens in that movie. Like locusts traveling from planet to planet exploiting all resources, th

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Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

As I said earlier, as standards of living increase, children per family tends to decrease, which I think has been shown time and time again in studies. My opinion as to the cause would be children can do work, making them an asset to a subsistance farming family rather than a liability as they are in more developed areas (due to costs of college, ect as well as no real use doing work for the family). This is just my opinion, but I would guess it is not to far from the truth, since for a

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Reply to Concerning Map Generation in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

But... but... but... how did that city end up there? Did they destroy everything on the island to get materials for it? Is that why the island is bare? Is it the remnants of a long lost civilization, the last fortress of a once grand empire? Was it stranded there by the Cataclysm? That picture raises so many questions about the origin and reason (or lack thereof) for building such a big city on such a bad looking place... Oh, and they would be more screwed than if they started on a bo

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Reply to Elemental: EARLY test of the engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="20" id="2051690"] It's wierd because from a historical context, that's not how it is. A few fields can only supply only so many people, and as the populance grows, so does the competition for space and the need of food. It quickly becomes extremely inefficient to grow but a handfull of crops inside the city walls. Now if you add more "modern" inventions such as irrigation and crop rotation, it quickly starts to be a huge waste of space. In "r

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Reply to Elemental: EARLY test of the engine in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm not going to say anything about overall graphics, since I figure I'm to biased to do that (if Stardock showed anything above pong graphics I would probably say they are great)... But as far as specifics, I see the 'cotton candy' trees people were complaining about are gone and replaced with more detailed versions. Also, are the objects in the bottom left corner (rocks I think) tilted? If not it appears some of their shadows are going at the wrong angle... Unless of course there are multip

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Reply to The life of a computer game in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I usually get about a week or so in which I am playing nothing but a game, followed by a few weeks of moderate playing of the game, followed by possibly years of sporadicly playing a game. Games which are actively supported by the devs *cough* Stardock *cough* last MUCH longer than those left out to dry *cough* Far Cry 2 *cough*. I have got more play time from Mount and Blade, which I got on Steam for $7.50 (on sale) than I have from Far Cry 2 which I bought for $50. IMO the top notch

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Reply to Stardock: The BIG Expansion!! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="23" id="2049253"] But if the best thing that the governor of a state can bring up in their State of the State address is a company that employs only 132 jobs... I'm not sure that's a state I want to live in. [/quote] Hehe... ya, Michigan is probably the worst economy for the past few years. The auto industry declined, and Michigan's economy declined with it. Its probably in the speech since it is one of the few sectors which is expanding rather th

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Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Red areas are less than 6 meters above sea level: Despite 6 meters being a bit extreme, it does make the point of just how much land in coastal regions will be under sea water with just a little rise. And with that problem comes the problem of salt water seeping into the groundwater supply which had previously supplied a town or city with their water.

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Reply to Stardock: The BIG Expansion!! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Hehe, I remember the Gal Civ II manual when describing the planet qualities... "6-8: Highly unpleasant" "9: Unpleasant, like northern Michigan" "10-14: Like Earth" "16 and up: Very rare, but where we hope to retire" Not that I would mind moving to Michigan if I were able to get a job there... It would be far enough from my parents and my mom's side of the family that I wouldn't have to worry about being bothered by them while being relatively close to my dad's s

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Reply to Any thoughts on the Antec Skeleton? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Sounds like a good case to have around. Not to put any components in, but to act as a dust magnet! We have an open case design at our house, and it has tons of dust which gets all over and makes the CPU overheat. By open case design, I mean we lost the side cover somehow. :P Unless you have about three air filters surounding the thing, open case sounds like a really bad idea. The fans would just suck all the dust in the room right into the case... Not to mention, if you have any child

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Reply to PCs VS. Consoles in Everything Else Elemental Forums

To me there are 2 reasons I like PC. First of all, PC mouse + keyboard combo is a far superior control method than the dual atari sticks and a few buttons they call a gamepad. MANY console ports to PC really show off the superiority of mouse and keyboard, especially shooting games. Often times the difficulty of the AI have to be turned up so the enemies dont get steamrolled. There is just more control and precision available from a mouse than from a joystick. Second, consoles suffer f

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Reply to Why DRM is a good thing. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Spartan" reply="6" id="2044625"]I would love to see a link to where the courts made this ruling. As far as I understand things the EULA question is a slippery one and one that may be addressed by the Obama administration - soon... [/quote] But why would they help protect consumers when buying evil things which put bad ideas in the heads of our children about violence and nucular war? Hehe, oops, wrong administration. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] I hope he does de

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Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Aesir Rising" reply="2" id="2044502"]You should become a tobacco lobbyist, too. You've got a real gift. [/quote] Not to mention creatio... erm... I mean intelligent design in school propenent (since creationism has been deemed unconstitutional to teach in school). "Warm periods increase rainfall," Warm periods increase extreme weather patterns. Drought, floods, ect. But not necesarily overall rainfall. Anyway, citing fal

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Reply to Which will be the futures car? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Iztok Bitenc" reply="6" id="2044309"]Hi! Bikes will be for upper class. We mundanes will use shoes. If we get lucky to have them at all. BR, Iztok [/quote] No silly, the upper class will use us to carry them on our shoulders! After all, they wouldn't want to get a cramp riding to work now would they?

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Reply to Globalization, Global Warming, and Overpopulation in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Aesir Rising" reply="21" id="2043763"] One of the key take-away points from An Inconvenient Truth was that the USA contributes a large percentage (we're over-represented in the stats) to the problem - and has done relatively little to work towards an impactful solution. So while the issue is global in scope, Al Gore may have been trying to speak to those that are most contributory to the issue. Americans are the target audience, not just because we create a large

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Reply to United Nations? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Multiple groups with separate meetings would be interesting. It could be done something like a chat room where you can request to be invited or be invited by the player/ai. Each one could have diplomacy options visible to everyone in the room. A single group strikes me as somewhat inappropriate for the general fantasy time period (medieval style) since it is highly unlikely all leaders would meet together. I know for sure Sauron, Gandalf, Sauruman, Denethor and Theodin never got together for

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Reply to Why DRM is a good thing. in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="elias001" reply="15" id="2043325"]Soo here is an ethical question..., if i or someone else want to play GOW1 on the PC and have no console, should i pirate the game, BUT I CAN AFFORD TO BUY THE GAME. however, knowing that the game will not work at the moment, what should or anyone else do in such a circumstance???? [/quote] This question boils down to: Should I buy a product which is broken or get a working product for free? It really depends on

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