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Originally Posted by Omega_Chief

The issue is, everyones assuming the portal will remain open.

Remember Rikti Raids? Remember how they port in but don't leave thier portals open?

Yea. Like that. Nothing to throw bombs back through.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Well, it's certainly better than becoming a joke like I have

Originally Posted by Durakken

I predict the drones will have been created by their "descendants"

Originally Posted by Obitus

Yes, because clearly, the United States is a terrible blight on the world, a blight that should be undermined at every opportunity. No government takes espionage lightly. Frankly, a lot of Americans are fed up with their government for various reasons, but it's hard not to get just a little defensive when everyone else in the world is piling on too. Our government is a damn sight better than most any of the alternatives; it takes an extraordinarily perverse view of history to harp endlessly on the USA when the far worse flaws of her enemies are staring everyone in the face. Or, perhaps it's just cowardice: after all, the USA never threatened to decapitate a cartoon artist over a caricature.

FWIW, my problem with Wikileaks is that it's so obviously fishing for embarrassing details to release. If there are real abuses to reveal, then fine, cloak yourself in that peculiarly European self-righteousness that comes after 70 years of relying on the United States to provide free defense. Go to town. But releasing private diplomatic dispatches? What higher purpose could it possibly serve to let the wider world know that a US Ambassador thinks another country's king is a dweeb? Those kinds of details are gratuitous, purely intended to undermine what could be important relationships.

This is typical balance of power stuff here; the United States is seen as worse than it is -- viewed with jealousy and/or fear -- simply because it is the most powerful. It's hard to do, but I'd urge you to sit down and think -- really think -- about what every other powerful nation in history has done by contrast. Or, if you prefer, just wait awhile. We may very well see what happens when the United States loses its place in the world sooner rather than later. That won't be a happy day, not even for the most wild-eyed UCLA poli-sci professor.

In the meanwhile, I'd like to give a hearty shout out to our forum-moderator overlords.

Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU

Much more useful comparison chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...mparison_chart - 64-bit is the only sensible choice these days unless there's a very good reason you need to stick with 32-bit. Professional is good enough for most people.

The Inet Taurus one looks pretty good - similar to the bits I'm about to buy myself actually, though not being able to read Swedish does make it a bit trickier to comment on the upgradability

Watercooling & Blueray burner are overkill unless you really want them; SLI can be good, but a lot of games either don't support it (Like CoH ) or don't implement it very well meaning that you're usually better off with a more powerful single card.

As for monitors, 99% of gaming graphics cards have dual outputs so that's not a problem, but you probably won't want to run them as a single display because very few things will support that kind of horizontal resolution (plus it looks really weird having stuff stretched across two 16:9 or 16:10 monitors like that ), I always find it better to run them as two connected displays so that applications behave properly and don't sit across the join all the time.

Originally Posted by Inazuma

You ever seen the show Ninja Warrior? If not, it's a Japanese game show where contestants run a -monstrously- difficult obstacle course. In 14 years on the air, thousands of people from around the world (including Olympic athletes) have tried it. And out of those thousands, how many have successfully completed all three stages to the end?

Two.

And that is awesome. The sheer challenge of the show makes it worth watching (that and watching people fail at various obstacles and fall into the water, that never gets old).

This is how I am looking at the new Incarnate Trials. Yes, they are hella hard, yes I die a lot, and yes, I have yet to successfully complete one. But you know what? I like that. I am enjoying the challenge of it all. I am liking that it takes a lot of teamwork and strategy. And one day, when I do finally complete a trial, I'll be proud of my real accomplishment.

So, thank you Paragon Studios, for giving us an epic challenge. For giving us something we cannot button-mash through. Something that there is no uber-build for. Something that takes effort and perseverance and we will eventually have real bragging rights for completing it.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

Console yourselves that there is only about 180 thousand words in the English language. This limits the nomenclature of new currencies and should keep things from getting too out of hand.

Originally Posted by Zortel

Here's how I would have done the system:

Incarnate XP unlocks slots, you can then add a basic type for that slot of your choice. (So for Alpha: select Musculature, Nerve, Cardiac, Spiritual)

Incarnate XP can then be directed in one of three ways:

1: Levelling up that power. Level up Musculature to 100%, choose Core/Radial Musculature. Level that up, choose the next branch of choice. Level that up to very rare. You can go back at any point and level another branch up, and then switch between branches.

2: Levelling up the next tier slot of choice for unlocking. Unlock Alpha + Musculature, then you keep the Common (Level 1) Musculature, and start on either Judgement or Interface unlocking.

3: A Mix of two: Level Musculature and Interface at the same time (XP split 50/50), or level Interface and Judgement unlocks.

Once you've unlocked everything you want, you can't store that Incarnate XP (or iXP) up, so when the new set of trials arrive with the next slots, you start putting XP into there however you wish. In the meantime, you could work on levelling up your various branches to be able to switch Incarnate abilities for whatever situation you think you may need.

Originally Posted by mousedroid

Not sure about that, but she was the voice of Maggie Simpson on The Simpsons, does that count?

Also, I guess we're ruling Jimmy Stewart out based on It's A Wonderful Life, right?

Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang

Stardust.

Originally Posted by Todogut

Unfortunately, the cashier informed me, Sucker Punch is shown in XD (high definition) so there was no discount for that movie. Argh!

Originally Posted by NinjaPirate

You don't watch Archer.

You experience it.



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