Jythier

Jythier

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Reply to Europa Universalis IV - Looks great - does anyone else think its buggy??? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Paradox games are buggy. It's kind of what they do. They also tend to fix them over time. I'm not really interested in this iteration, because I'm sick of the DLC model and there's just so much of it. I'll wait for it all to come out, buy it in a Steam Sale for 90% off, and then it'll sit on my computer taking up space because I'll never have time to play it anyway. :P

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Reply to School Buses: A Timely Caution in Misc JoeUser Forums

I rode the bus and had no problems for 9 of my school years. After that, I was driven to school by my sister, then my Mom, then myself. The bus was fine most of the time. For a bit our bus driver was sick and some of the kids thought that made doing whatever the heck they wanted okay. That didn't last very long.

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Reply to Vaccinations---Pros and Cons in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Trying to figure out where they get their lives saved numbers from. Vaccinations are not a life saver, despite what the media wants you to believe. Sanitation plus pennicillin saves lives. Vaccinations reap the reputation benefits while not doing anything.

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Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yes, that was unconstitutional. It's up to the different states to define what marriage is. The fact that 11 or so states have gotten it wrong is the problem, not that the Supreme Court told the Feds that it wasn't their place to define it. The real problem with the decision, though, is that it included a lot of language that will later be used to say that the STATE laws that define a marriage as a man and a woman unconstitutional, which will be when the Supreme Co

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Reply to Uncharted Waters Online in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

You have plenty of freedom, but the tutorial is a great way to get lots of fame and experience to start off. Also, breaking it up into 3 different sections and the 3 different classes was helpful as well. I'm played 150 hours and I'm not done with school yet. I don't think that would be acceptable for a one-shot tutorial but for a 9 shot tutorial it's not bad, and the rewards are really good. Right now I'm working on grinding Maritime, which is by

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Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The legal decision was the right one legally. It wasn't the right one spiritually, but then again, passing the law in the first place wasn't legal. This is a state issue that needs to be decided state by state - if the states do not protect this new 'class' then there will not be any class for the Supreme Court to give equal protection to.

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Reply to Uncharted Waters Online in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

They sure do! Making money is actually pretty easy, so I've started judging whatever action I'm going to take by the XP and fame it'll bring me, or skill proficiency, since the money will just roll in anyway.

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Reply to Uncharted Waters Online in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

The online version has all that though. You can practically play it single player if you want to. Just don't log out while you're not in a safe place. :P

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Reply to Climate modeling continues to fail in Politics JoeUser Forums

We can't even figure out what the weather will be tomorrow. To look ahead and say, we can predict this, and then it doesn't happen as you predicted, makes me question the ability of scientists to look at something today and understand the past from it as well. I'm very skeptical.

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Uncharted Waters Online in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I really want to somehow express why I enjoy this game, but I can’t. I can’t because of the way this sort of game is. It takes you, gives you simple tasks to do, and provides rewards for achieving them. It also rewards you just for playing the game – any sailing will give you XP. If you make money by trading, you get XP. If you battle, you get XP. Let’s not talk about battling yet though. In Uncharted Waters, y

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Reply to PC Game Deals Thread in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="110" id="3364393"] Quoting Jythier, reply 109Picked up Cities XL on the midweek Steam sale last week. Very interesting. I like the way I'm not tied to a SimCity grid. I'm a sucker for city builders and I think Cities XL really delivers with the options it has. I do miss the region map because I believe location matters (unskilled workers are not going to commute daily halfway around the world...) but it's a little thing, an

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Reply to PC Game Deals Thread in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Picked up Cities XL on the midweek Steam sale last week. Very interesting. I like the way I'm not tied to a SimCity grid. I'm a sucker for city builders and I think Cities XL really delivers with the options it has. I do miss the region map because I believe location matters (unskilled workers are not going to commute daily halfway around the world...) but it's a little thing, and for the most part I don't trade workers anyway - it's always easy eno

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Reply to In business, setbacks can be life saving in Business JoeUser Forums

Nice article Brad. I'm surprised though. I think you could probably manage 11 people and do just fine, but you couldn't do that and code too. I hope you have found your ideal balance between management and coding time.

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