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[quote who="Replicators" reply="82" id="3388900"] Quoting davrovana, reply 79Replicators you are just being a troll. Modders could not have made either of the DLCs in an afternoon, that's a clueless assessment. Why don't you lose the bellyaching and make a mod yourself? I was referring to the loot, spells pack. Within 1 day of release of the Skyrim Creation Kit, there were more "Loot", and spells added to the game w/ mods than there

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[quote who="Replicators" reply="76" id="3388736"] Imagine, Bethesda's only DLCs for Skyrim were "Patch 1.5", Weapons Pack, Loot Pack, Spells Pack, etc...[/quote] Imagine if Bethesda had a history of selling tiny content DLC in between large, paid expansion packs that significantly added to the game. Good thing Stardock isn't going that route... Thank god they haven't released a significant expansion pack that greatly altered and improved t

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Why doesn't the beta version update with each round of fixes? 1.31, 1.32, 1.33 or whatever? This way it's easy to tell which version you have when you launch the game.

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He's not afraid of his mistakes either. Notice he hasn't corrected it. Or maybe he just can't find the edit button. He probably keeps clicking the quote button thinking he's hitting edit (like the rest of us). [e digicons]O:)[/e]

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I'm curious about the background driving this post. Care to share?

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[quote who="Alstein" reply="77" id="3387244"] That said, I think some government regulation is necessary to preserve the free market. Free markets either end up in equilibreum or some form of failed market- you need governments to push things towards equilibreum, and to handle externalities. [/quote] I agree. The problem is we don't have this now in the US. We have regulation for the sake of favors designed to benefit particular groups. Or we have

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="74" id="3387222"] It's the cost of 'qualification' that costs. Education is free. It only requires a thirst for knowledge...[/quote] You and your pithy one-liners! Another good point, but unfortunately we (at least the US, I don't know enough to speak intelligently on other countries) are a society where the qualification is just as important as the education.

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[quote who="Alstein" reply="72" id="3387205"] My issues with inequality and wealth- folks like Brad are the folks who should be encouraged- I just feel the way American society is becming, we'll have fewer Brads. Sometimes help and "handouts" can be good investments. The university Brad went to- going there was a government handout in a sense, public education is subsidized. [/quote] The question though is what is going to cause fewer "Brads

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="70" id="3387140"] Quoting Kantok, reply 71I pretty sure that the only rich people in this thread started out as poor, There's a 'throw away line' in itself.....well....certainly an un-based assumption that is pure conjecture. These forums are quite 'universal' in their reach...[/quote] Fair enough. I should have been more specific that I was referencing Brad, the only known rich

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[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="70" id="3387123"] Yes, the 'culture of entitlement' does exist. So many of those people born into wealthy families act as if its their birth right to be 'takers' on a scale the welfare kids can only dream of. [/quote] I pretty sure that the only rich people in this thread started out as poor, or at least what passes for poor in the western world. So I think your throw-away line missed its mark, to say the least.

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[quote who="the_Monk" reply="197" id="3386477"] Lack of what apps specifically? How many apps do you need that do the same thing? [/quote] I used to hate when people criticized Android early on about it's lack of apps. I would use the same arguments as these. Afterall, how many note taking apps do you need (for example)? Now that the Android ecosystem has matured quite a bit, I have a different perspective. The quantity of apps isn't

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[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="217" id="3386256"] Real science is not done by consensus or appeal to Authority. So neither saying that "most believe" or that So and So believes is a valid point in science. The data, love it or hate it, are all that matters. And right now, the data does not support any definitive conclusion. Period.[/quote] Well and succinctly said. Bravo.

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="207" id="3386200"] Actually no. 'Misinformed' is not the same as 'stupid'. Educated, intelligent people CAN be misinformed. The two are not mutually exclusive.... [/quote] Look at the rest of his quote. "have difficulty accepting facts they do not like" isn't saying the same thing as misinformed. At best it's calling people willfully ignorant. It's saying "you're wrong because you disagree with

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[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="205" id="3386170"] Intelligent? Highly educated? Well, that's a subjective evaluation, but one thing is certain about the climate change deniers - they are either misinformed, or have difficulties accepting facts they do not like. [/quote] That's a fancy, well worded way of calling people who don't believe in AGW stupid.

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[quote who="jackswift85" reply="60" id="3386028"] Also, don't forget that all of us are framed by our experiences. Humans tend to have their viewpoints skewed based on their own lives and memories, and very few of us have the ability to completely absorb someone else's mindset, to truly imagine what it would be like to be someone else (not just "If I were rich, I'd buy more things" and "If I were poor, I'd buy less things"). The single mom who works two jobs trying to ma

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[quote who="Borg999" reply="63" id="3386056"] Brad and othesr have repeately used this forum to complain about taxes, entitlement and the poor. This thread was just another angle/approach to those arguments. I was reading between the lines of the OP's intent, not the book. [/quote] I'm with Brad. I hate the poor. They smell funny. And they dirty the sidewalk that I might want to walk down. Which means I have to get my golden sh

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[quote who="Borg999" reply="57" id="3386022"] A lot of analysis of the "true meaning" of the book going on, but if you read between the lines, the true meaning of the whole thread is: The rich are worthy, the poor (and middle class) are not worthy. This is just another veiled argument for providing the wealthy with corporate welfare at the expense of education, infrastruture, tempoarary unemployment benefits, etc, etc.[/quote] Yawn. Back up y

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[quote who="sweatyboatman" reply="23" id="3385985"] Reading the tea leaves, but I think Stardock has expanded in size to the point where they can actually develop multiple games at one point. So when Frogboy says Fallen Enchantress will continue to go forward with meaningful updates that we’re funding with the DLC purchases. He means that they're making enough money from DLC sales to continue investing money in development for the franchise.&n

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[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="21" id="3385958"] I want GalCiv 3 or new Star Control before a new big Elemental. FH DLC or expansion, that's fine, but the next big game should be in space![/quote] I agree too. GC3!

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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="54" id="3385980"] I found particularly pleasing your statement and would only add at the end, "without infringing on others' rights." which I think you believe as well as you put it in another paragraph. [/quote] I do. The sanctity of individual rights is the key to the whole thing. If that goes away it invalidates the whole social contract. [quote who="DrJBHL" reply="54" id="3385980"] Overall,

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[quote who="Chasbo" reply="49" id="3385946"] The thing I don't like about Ayn Rand is that no matter how her ideas are intellectualized, justified the basic meaning of them is I will do whatever it takes to get all I can and to hell with everybody else. I was not brought up to think like that. That is not what the American way means to me. [/quote] That's not in line her thinking at all. Her idea is basically rational-self interest governed

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Things I'd like to see: Legendary Heroes with more depth. Deeper quests, more tactical battle options, deeper diplomacy, deeper hero system, deeper loot/item creation, deeper maps (dungeoneering? multi-level?). Really I want a Legendary Heroes 2 that stays true to what makes Legendary Heroes Legendary Heroes but adds meaningful depth to all of LH's systems. I want the empire portion of the game to feel grander and more strategic and, in the same game,

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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="42" id="3385906"] That's where civility enters it. When people are civil, they can sit and discuss things. If one has to deal with a churl then best not to. When encountering one of these: "Be civil or be gone." is the only approach to adopt. Either they will self civilize and become manageable , or not. In the latter case, one simply breaks contact.[/quote] In Rand's view, at least from the way I understand it from several of her boo

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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="32" id="3385831"] The elderly, poverty stricken, disabled, infirmed, widows and orphans, disabled soldiers and first responders all are "entitled" to societal support to one degree or another. Those are the norms of our society. To deny this is to deny the social contract and civility. No society can exist without them. Even wolf packs have norms of conduct.[/quote] Rand's point goes beyond this. It's a much more concerned

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[quote who="Shadraen" reply="35" id="3385776"] I think they would get a LOT of support and additional funding from their fans if they went that route. Heck, Torment received over 4 million in extra funding. Not sure how many additional features that will help pay for, but I think it's worth a shot [/quote] I think this isn't really true. Ever since KickStarter got popular fans see it as the solution to everything. It's absolutely NOT additional