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Reply to Latest Build Rocks! in Demigod Demigod Forums

Wait till Beta 3 shows up. That's the first build where the real banacing has been done. Beta 2D is the first beta where we've started balancing. A was talking to Gamasutra today and talkng about the Demigod beta about how many people didn't realize that our betas are real betas an that we intentionally make the early builds pretty lame to focus on the engine and not the game itself. Hopefully, some people will remember how lame Demigod was early in its betas when Elemen

Reply to Petitation To Have Star Dock Release Programs for Windows 7 Beta 1 in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

Fences. https://www.stardock.com/products/fences

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The answer to the question posed in the orignal post is, no it is not valid to tell people to simply move to another country if they do not like the policies. In fact, moving because they do not like the policies is not even a good position for the minority to take. The country would stagnate ideologically and we would all be much worse off.[/quote] Exactly. Just because the majority is okay with something doesn't mean it's right. The tax burden of t

Reply to A few random thoughts on Beta 2D in Demigod Journals Demigod Forums

LOL. I don't think I agree with any of OrleanKnight's suggestions. As for lag, we don't create lag. Ping times depend on individual player networks. I think, however, that we should increase the tolerance to 350ms (at the expense of it being slightly less responsive).

A few random thoughts on Beta 2D in Demigod Journals JoeUser Forums

Beta 2D is the last of the Beta 2 builds which were designed to test connectivity. Over the weekend we spent a lot of time working on the connectivity server – the “magical” feature that Demigod makes use of to make connectivity a lot better and easier than what has been seen in typical RTS. The release of Beta 2D showed a killer bug in the Impulse Reactor back end that caused it to just fail in setting up connections after a couple hours. That got fixed (we hope) on Sunda

25 more random facts about me in Blogging JoeUser Forums

1. I have never tried smoking or any drugs. 2. I never drank any alcohol until I was 21 and still mostly a social drinker (though I do like wine). 3. I was relatively dim until my 20s when my brain, for some reason, switched on and went into overdrive. 4. I tend to read 2 to 3 books a week. 5. I used to be a total sports junkie until high school, now I don't even watch the Superbowl. 6. I can't think of anyone that I "hate" or even severely di

Reply to 20 quick facts about the proposed stimulus package in Politics JoeUser Forums

Why not just lower taxes and be done with it? That'll stimulate the economy.

Reply to I Love DesktopX: January 2009 in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

Cool!

Reply to Too Many Babies in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So she's on welfare. And welfare paid for her to have IVF. That is the logical conclusion when only a tiny % of the population are paying meaningful taxes, people don't care how the money is spent.

Reply to Tax problems for Obama choices show problems with taxes in Politics Stardock Forums

Here's a priceless article on Daschel: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28958689

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]This is none of my business but I've seen alot of your recent posts are about your issues with the tax system. Are your issues with the tax system more from an ethical or intellectual curiosity then? If you're writing off alot of your taxes, I'd imagine you pay a lower tax rate than most "normal" middle-class people do. Though I don't know if your company being private causes some issues on the amount of deduction--no experience with that. Like I said, none of

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics Stardock Forums

Mumblefratz: Not to interupt your narcisism but the post isn't all about you. I used your comment as a snapshot example of the attitude of "Hey, if you don't like it, you can move somewhere else" which is precisely what you said. We live under a tax system that everyone "lives by" in the sense that the majority (who pay little or no taxes) have used the power of the poll to get a tiny minority to pay for nearly all of it.

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="Artysim" comment="11"] We give you William Shatner, John Candy, Shania Twain AND Alex Trebek and this is the thanks we get??? [/quote] ;-) Hey, the Wardells immigrated to the US from Canada too (about 100 years ago). My great grandfather was a Canadian mountie. But it doesn't change the fact that OUR ancestors didn't accomplish nearly as much, even taking population into account, as their American cousins. Not because the people are better or

Reply to The Fallen in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Just remember, all these buildings are totally customizeable by players. Think GalCiv II ships.

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

If there really is global warming it ain't happening fast enough! :)

Reply to Question to Developers about Text Assets ... ? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

With regards to the spells, the fun factor will determine the final number, not meeting some arbitrary comparison with Master of Magic.

Reply to Elemental: Text Assets in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

The Yor are not in Elementla in any form. The Yoren are not related.

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]On a side note, you mentioned before that you don't like being told by the goverment what to do with your money (or essentially what happens when they tax you). Have you considered giving a portion to philantrophic causes you deem worthy and writing it off?[/quote] I already do.

Reply to What I learned about living in an occupied territory in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote who="cactoblasta" reply="2" id="2040945"]What about the rape? I understand that rape is often a massive problem in occupied territories due to the preponderance of single, hated soldiers. The US has come close to being kicked out of Japan a couple of times due to rape problems. Was that ever an issue in Germany and how did the civilian populace deal with it?[/quote] Wow. Is there any anti-American propaganda you don't believe? Rape does happen and it's deplor

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="cactoblasta" comment="1"] At one time, the majority of Americans thought slavery was just fine. Should those who had a problem with slavey just shut the hell up and moved to say Canada? You'd probably be calling yourselves the United States of Canada if they had, so I guess you'd have more land/oil/Inuits. A net positive to voting with your feet? [/quote] Doubtful. We'd probably be living under Nazi Germany now. lol. Canada,

Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics JoeUser Forums

One of the things about right-wingers that really annoys me is when they tell people who don’t like some policy with the US that they should just move to another country. It’s just obnoxious. Of course, it’s annoying when left-wingers do it too. In JillUser’s blog asking that people who complain how the rich spend their own money to take an interest in how those on public assistance spend theirs, long time user Mumblefratz writes: [quote] I guess if that's how

Reply to Elemental Artwork styles in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

Already in.

Reply to Too Many Babies in Current Events Stardock Forums

I don't care how many kids she has if she can pay for them all. On the other hand, if she's on public assistance, she should have been spade before having 8 more kids..

Brad's 2009 Resolutions in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

Improve my email communication skills. How I communicate online is very different from how I am in person even though I use the same words. Standard losing weight goal: Get down to 165lbs by my birthday. Keep future house project on schedule. Spend more time with my boys. Write a fantasy novel for publication. Put more effort into being a better husband.

The Fallen in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

The Titans of old long used men as pawns in their proxy wars on Elemental. But men were often unpredictable. It came to pass that some of the Titans with the darkest of motives began