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Yes, and so are Thetans.

Buddy, Marxism is a religion. Marxists like yourself think they know what makes people happy, and it's not the stuff that actually makes people happy. So modern Marxist have to come up with bullshit like 'false consciousness' to explain why the people that Marx says shouldn't be happy, are...

Marx was an ass, and Marxism is a religion not a philosophy. I had to read his bullshit in College and I got to experience it on a kibbutz - closest thing to true Marxism. Shit only works on a small scale when everyone is a true believer. Take your indignation elsewhere, millions of people...

I'd be interested in an Emu Progression server as long as hacking was minimized. Was that what you were thinking?

I'm in the same boat. Why do you think I'm collecting for the emu?

Where's Hartsman? He pokes his nose in then runs off. Sad.

Luck favors the prepared.

Thanks!

Oloh, don't want to start another thread so I'll ask here. You know of anyway to get into the Bless Online beta? I'm intrigued by the fact it has both tab targeting based combat and action combat based on what class you play.

/derail Eh, my.VAIO works better than the Dell I owned. Though no laptop has ever lasted as long as the Toshiba I owned 2003-6. I'll go back to Toshiba next laptop.

Does it matter? The needs of Amazon (non real time updates, I think) are different from the needs of an MMO. There may be a SQL db backend somewhere but I'd assume you would need real time middleware to avoid dreaded loot lag and etc. Never heard of that language but I'll guess it was...

Denaut works/worked for funcom.

That's always been my plan. Though theoretically an earthquake can hit anywhere: e.g. New Madrid quake.

@quaid With respect to the earlier discussion. Sony now forecasting a 1 billion loss and is exiting pcs and tvs. So no Smed to the rescue for pantheon and if eqnext is not huge soe is probably on the chopping block. Since I don't think pantheon funds I should probably consider p99 as emus may...

At least you had a choice. Metaphor sticks. As to your other point I don't know if an AI can be built that doesn't crush and can respond semi-dynamically. But doesn't seem immediately impossible. Maybe storybricks? @convo lol

I wasn't talking about what was right about eq raiding (just classic eq generally) I was talking about what is wrong with any raiding or game that relies on doing the right thing at exactly the right time (which current eq raiding does too, iirc) It's the difference between being good at chess...

I take it you haven't bothered to read this thread. This kickstarter is not a good data point for interest in an "old school" game. (1) Because it was terrible at the beginning and has only recently improved to "tolerable" and, more importantly, (b) it's not even clear to me that what is being...

Whatever. The attack on infrastructure was a dry run and the fact it wasn't revealed until now raises the questions of how many other such dry runs have occured that we don't know about. Take the Jan 4, Minneapolis apartment complex explosion. It was likely a bomb factory that exploded (any...

And now you see why I didn't buy this game. I will certainly check out EQN (though I remain very dubious on the long term potential of that game) - but having burned out on Minecraft in 2 1/2 weeks I knew this game wouldn't have any hold on me at all. For those who do like the mining and the...

And may happen again: someone's been practicing on our power grid.... You can use google to get around the WSJ paywall:

Not much you can do unless you know scientists from a good chemistry department/research hospital except stock up and hope civilization restarts quickly. Also buy A Barefoot Doctor's Manual - I think they had acupuncture for asthma, IIRC. Edit: for the record there is hope for diabetics if...

Again, anyone interested in saving what little can be saved sign up for data collection at vgoemulator.net what we don't have on July 31st at 11:59PM we most likely don't have ever.

Lol. Sorry, just haven't been on last two days. I hope they open up Mekalia.

@Phazael the world doesn't go immediately to shit, and 9/11 should show you that the people affected by a disaster don't all immediately go "fuck you all I'm getting out." The only world ending events that don't have some warning such as global thermonuclear war are generally so devastating...

A tight small town community is not going to allow squatting.

Depends on how well he has integrated into the community and his particular skill set. I would agree, it would be a little tacky for him to expect the community to help him if he had previously done nothing for the community and wasn't a doctor or other needed specialty.

Yep. The smart prepper wouldn't be building a bunker in the middle of nowhere he'd be buying a house in a small town somewhere, maybe with a little acreage, and joining the local elk club.

Yeah. I didn't get Vaclav's point at all. One of the best places to survive is in a small town, particularly if it is in an agricultural area. Small towns stick together.

Speak for yourself buddy. As long as a person is not planning to stay in a big city they have a decent chance of survival. As a species we've survived ice ages, wars, black death, famines and etc.

You should be more concerned about a nasty quake not the end of civilization. At the least, you should own a motorcycle so you can get out of LA if the big one hits and hang out in Phoenix until things improve.

You are describing a scenario more likely to happen to the non prepped or the poorly prepped. The trick is not to prep via unsustainable storage of a limited amount of goods but to prep your own going forward food supply like Brutal's ranch (though he should also be growing some basic foods...

Cow manure = source of potassium nitrate, locate a source of sulfur and you have gun powder (charcoal is easy). Read up on Fischer Tropsch, and coal gasification. No reason for you to run out of gunpowder or diesel. Or for anyone to take your shit.

APW was okay. Slappy and all the dev named shit was awful.

This is wrong, also the Wolf v. Sheep guy is wrong. Trey Parker got it right. You've got pussies, dicks and assholes in the real world and in the MMO world. You are only describing 1/3 (I'll guess) of the playerbase: the Pussies who want Monty Haul no-risk/all-reward games. You are not...

50% may be optimistic.

Yep, yep and nope. With the current crew very lucky if we get even 50% of the content out there.

Will add that the two biggest data collection nightmares are the original starting areas and APW and post 50 content. I could give a crap about the post 50 content but would be nice to save the original starting zones (though starting gnome zone is a goner along with original pota and that...

if you buy a gold membership you get ridiculous XP boost. Even without it, XP is way way fast.

Eh. Who cares? Water. Bridge. Under. All that matters now with Vanguard is saving enough data so that the game can be emulated. If you were ever a fan of the game sign up for collecting and collect.

I'll switch it up and roll a goblin shaman or something after I finish my current quest series. I'll send you a PM - maybe next weekend/Sunday?