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Banned because I'm not sure etiquette would be much reassurance in that sort of situation.

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Banned because death by snoo-snoo is a horribly fascinating notion.

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Banned because that overlap talk could get into all kinds of unsettling territory.

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Banned because I can't believe our lad is growing up. Next thing you know, he'll be off to grad school.

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Banned because you don't have to grab them when they're dozy. If you're clever, you can work hands-free.

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[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="40537" id="3064650"]banned for she is starting to scare me[/quote] Banned because that's the facial surgery. The tatas are real. And all of you breeder are lads banned because you're in denial about male potential for sexual objectification. Tell me you sincerely believe that Brad Pitt's success is based primarily on his acting prowess, and maybe I'll cut you some slack. More likely, I'll wonder what kind of alien left

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[quote who="Wintersong" reply="5" id="3064017"]Capturable "GalCiv II starbases" would be nice.[/quote] There were several threads back in the ancient days that the OP here sort of echoes, but no one put the point as concisely as this. The mechanic details might always be a matter of debate and continuous updates, but the fundamental design point deserves an up or down decision. I vote yea, especially if we might also have some methods to connect fortified outposts and

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Banned because I can't find an objectified-male version of that tarted up Google logo. Might have to resort to a random hottie-in-Speedos shot...you lads always love that sort of thing [e classic];P[/e]

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Banned because I watch some C-SPAN almost every day and wonder what Draak was typing about. Ron Paul's folks are mobbing the phones for the Washington Journal call-in show. He really deserves to get some folks on the platform committee, but I doubt that will happen.

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="23" id="3062503"]Thought id kick this thread and see if any old heads appear?[/quote] I've seen Mumble and Motti post recently. I think even the beloved, senescent emperor of the Gerontocracy posted in an MV thread not too long ago.

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[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="40475" id="3062437"]Banned because I appreciate my parents for a lot of things. Their conversation is not one of them, however.[/quote] Banned because you're not supposed to love conversation with them when you're on the verge of leaving them. Check back in a decade or two, whether or not one or both of your 'rents survive, and you'll have a very different take on the situation. Most especially if you've become or started consid

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It's not at all silly to want to encourage the devs. I want to encourage them heartily, except for my ambivalence about the IT world's love of upgrading for its own sake. I'm trying the FE beta on the same rig that I tried the market versions of WOM, and the performance is underwhelming. I blame the general tendency to value visual particle effects over substantive variables such as population or morale. But then I'm one of those folks who almost wish all the game grap

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Banned because maybe he had a bit of wine or whatnot in him and was unintentionally standing up for the less uptight crowd.] p.s. Yes, Scoutdog, I'm implying that you're uptight and will end up appreciating your parents much more in the long run than you do at the moment.

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Banned because Clio is the muse of history, and even obscure demi-goddesses deserve some respect. Especially in bed.

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Banned for cliophobia. And no, I don't mean CLIophobia, although that's a silly fear as well.

Reply to WOW! THANK YOU! in Elemental Dev Journals GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="RavenX" reply="70" id="3061243"]LoL...Well thanks .... newbie he says....sheesh.[/quote] Dude, it's a matter of perspective. Some of us around Stardockia were hot for NotMoM back when there was some hope that whoever bought the name rights from Microprose would cut a clean deal for a sequel. My memory isn't that good for dates, but I think that phase was maybe a year or more before the game even had a street name. Then there was the long phase after the game got th

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[quote who="psychoak" reply="77" id="3061327"]The supposed market is huge, but most of it is fictitious.[/quote] Sniff-sniff...thayut smayuls lahk kahmoonizm. But I could hardly agree more with your general diagnosis of ego-bloat in the IT sector. To me, one of the worst things about it is that they roped the--what do you call them--mainstream media idiots into giving them a structural PR advantage by accepting the notion that the default meaning of "technology" was limited to

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[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="58" id="3061159"]That's pretty much what I said.[/quote] Justly busted for jumping on a term without carefully reading the whole post; I typed like you had not mentioned civil suits at all. But I'm still not sure what I think about the overall 'distributive justice' situation. I've got old school parts that want the faithless captain keel-hauled, but thinking about pop-psych 'enabler' stuff along with 'corpor

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Banned because smiley doesn't post around here, so we can't disturb him, her, per, or it. @Scoutdog: Appreciate the perks of your generation. If you'd sported the asexual vibe you show here in my late '70s high school, the fagusations would have started day 1 of your freshman year. Your story makes it sound like your cohort are 'late bloomers' when it comes to making assumptions about other people's sexuality.

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Banned because the whole thread is supposed to be absurd. Silly interstellar gas mass, bans are for kids.

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[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="55" id="3061074"]criminally liable[/quote] Corporations aren't people no matter what that wretched Citizens United decision or Mr. Romney have to say. The thing that will hurt the cruise line owners is the civil suits, especially if they fold together into one or two large class action suits. They might not be criminally liable, but that doesn't mean they won't bleed funds substantially if the passengers get together the right sort of

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[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="55" id="3060598"]Yep, it's nice to see that RavenX is still there[/quote] vieuxchat, compared to you, RavenX is a newbie. A prolific poster, but still a newbie as far as the Elemental boards go. I almost made a post like Darkodinplus' when I saw you chiming in. Now I just need to get enough time with the beta to say more than, thanks tons for the work on tooltips in general and for including keyboard equivalents in the tips for but

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[quote who="Uvah" reply="40434" id="3060762"]Banned for capping his locks ...... oops ...... he doesn't have any. [/quote] Banned because you seem to need new glasses or contacts. The cap in question is from a different universe than the red nekkid brain, and it clearly has some blondish locks under it. If I remember the lore correctly, it is the actual cap and hair of the human rotter known around here as Scoutdog.

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="53" id="3060614"]If #51 is too verbose...refer first 3 lines of.... #39 ...[/quote] I still think you go too far in trying to compare the chief exec of a state to a ship's captain, but the first three lines of your post reply 39 do indeed cover the important part psychoak's reply 51. This story actually caught the attention of my civics students, and to my surprise and delight, several of them had learned that the Italian-crewed ship was part o

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[quote who="RavenX" reply="78" id="3059200"]What? Seriously? Man....I should have stayed active more and known stuff like this. That's pretty damn crappy imo. That was one of the best things about Elemental. I hope that's reconsidered. If not, maybe we can mod it back in. (I hope)[/quote] Some unknown portion of us middle-aged and old-guard folks are still hoping that the first FE expansion will bring back the dynasty mechanics in some form or another. I'd be happy to see