Johnny

You're splitting hairs and it's obvious to everyone watching. It's not making you look any better. Regarding Obama's popularity: Regardless of how good a president he is, the man's got charm in spades. I'm kind of surprised you don't see that. It's how he won the last election.

I'd just like to note that the palaces or your country's history will not magically go up in smoke if the monarch goes away, nor does most countries I know of put their current prime minister on their stamps. I can see the economic argument though. If they are a source of cash and don't really get in the way, keeping them might not be the worst option.

I do agree that it's dumb to dismiss valid criticism by saying "other people do it too!". My comment was mostly a joke. I was taking a stab at politics in general. That said, I don't really think of this as a huge deal. It is my belief that all politicians - or at least all successful ones - censor their opinions and aren't completely honest. Obama choosing to not speak out about homosexual marriage until the most strategically sound moment to do so, feels like such a harmless thing in comparison to other deceptive behavior politicians get caught at. While I'd have had more respect for him speaking out about this sooner, that he does so at all gives him bonus points in my book in comparison to most politicians who are either against or stay silent. In addition, I must point out that I distinctly remember you quite seriously doing exactly what you're now complaining about, just a few pages back. Hmm, ignorance and fear? Global warming: fear Keynesian economics: ignorance Obamacare: based in ignorance sold by fear A bit hypocritical, is it not?

So basically you're saying he's a politician?

Gee, their work flow and hierarchy reminds me quite a bit of another game developer... If only I could remember the name. The guys who made Half-Life...?

*squints eyes* Fucking Juggernauts. I love getting snagged by fusion mortars while skiing around corners.

Like P4 is saying, retailers is very unlikely to ever be the only consideration. May 15th is the absolute deadline where they need to have EVERYTHING sorted. Yes, if we ignored retailers and just made all digital games release when the rest of it is ready, we could probably shave off a few days here and there... but especially when you're talking about an online game that needs all the server infrastructure, customer support channels, etc. to be in place I see it as incredibly unlikely that they'd be able to launch the game as soon as the code got gold.

I saw Iron Sky and I thought it was hilarious. Judging by the crowd in the cinema, though, it was very hit and miss. You had the same groups of people laughing at every gag while half the cinema stayed quiet for the entirety of it all.

I guess I've gotten very lucky so far because I've never had PC hardware fail on me and the most serious issue I've had when switching out components is the front USB ports not working.

Ethan: That is my thoughts every time my friends picks up 30 dollar headphones every other month.

That's how politics are everywhere. Up here in northern Sweden, everyone votes social democrats. Every election. No matter what.

Art style looks more RIFT than WoW to me. Though I'm not sure what they are going for with this game. The strengths of Elder Scrolls and the strengths of MMOs do not overlap much.

*nods* I woke up and logged in to see half the Americans I know screaming about how they finally got him.

And 41 people telling 59 what to do is better?

Can someone explain filibuster to a european? =P

Yes yes, we know that it's a bad idea to get an education that doesn't lead to a job. But no education guarantees a job, and quite frankly it's scary how high the costs of getting an education just so you maybe might be able to get a decent job later on is getting in the US. I don't think people should be forced to live with such enormously crippling debt just because they didn't have the foresight to pick the best education and combination of luck and skill required to land a job straight out of college. Hell, in many cases people might pick an education that looks good when they started and then turns out to have a shortage of jobs years later when they are done with it.

No True Scotsman arguments are awesome. Also, I'm not sure where in Mr. GOH's post you're reading that all or many "conservatives want complete free market capitalism." Quite so. It's playing on the fear of being attacked. Sure, that's a reasonable fear (to a point), but it's still fear. Again, nobody is anti-science. You're preying on ignorant people by trying to say that conservatives are anti science for not believing bad science. I've spoken to many conservatives who are strongly and completely anti-science. When Christian conservatives refuse to believe a science because it conflicts with the bible, for example, that's hardly something you can describe as just being critical of bad science. You know what's really bad science? Discarding sound, observable, theories about mechanics in nature because an ancient document - with highly questionable historical value - disagrees with it. I think any politician who uses fear and ignorance to win political points should be called out on it, no matter what party they are from. Also, you're still doing the whole deflecting thing I mentioned in my last post. In addition to what Ethan said, I must say I really don't give half a crap what someone's income level is. If they are making sense, they are making sense, and having money does not change that. Growing economical class gaps is a serious issue, and is reducing the class mobility you american (rightly) seem to hold so dear. Additionally: Taxing rich people is a good idea because it lets us do more cool things for the good of society without putting even more tax burden on those who can't afford it or overspending budget. And just because the people saying this are well off doesn't make it not so.

I'll have to agree that a lot of the debate around global warming is fear-mongering - though not by the side you're implying. Trying to make it so global warming isn't a potentially serious problem is playing on people's fears by telling them it's all gonna be all right and they don't have to confront the uncomfortable scientific discoveries of the day and age. Also, it's very hard to take people seriously when they deflect criticism towards a party by criticizing another party. Can we please not do this? It's drawing party lines in the sand and that's the sort of thing that prevents progress.

Can't fucking wait. Good mod support is exactly what this game needs.

Stylish mode does absolutely not give you the ability to keep up with any decent player. Additionally it teaches the player to play the game "wrong", which they will have to unlearn if they ever try to get better. @Excel: I don't think having up+attack as standard input for moves is a good idea in a game where up is also jump. You want to have as few overlapping inputs as possible. Personally when it comes to inputs, I think UMvC3 does it very close to right. Very lenient on motions.

... Because it's from Spanish as opposed to English?

I have to agree infinites are dumb as shit and combos in many games - even ones I love - can go on for far longer than they perhaps should... But 5 hits feels like too little for my taste. Five hits might be enough in 3D fighters but in many games that is absolutely nothing. Take UMvC3, for example. One of my friends who had previous experience only in Super Smash and Soul Calibur picked up the controller and performed a 10 hit combo on his second or third try after getting about half a minute's worth of basic control instructions from me. And that combo lasted for mere seconds. I guess I'm trying to say... Smaller combos, yes. Setting a specific number of hits... Not so sure. I feel like the solution to this is what BlazBlue does: Don't make your animations for supers/ultras stupidly long. In BB, most of the distortion drives (obviously not the Astrals) are over quickly enough that it doesn't become a problem. Just a superflash and then go.

Starhawk from my tour in the beta didn't grab me much. Seems alright, but not worth the asking price for me.

How diverse do you want to get though? In my opinion, the sweet spot is somewhere between "all of these feel the same" and "There is no way these characters could ever be in the same universe."