Except when the presidents do things to limit their own power. Not every president is as horrible as GW. They tried to expand the power of the executive branch way too far. Of course, they always see the mistake of this when the other party gets in to office.
Right now we don't have a BO problem. We have an economy that is failing. You may have an opinion on a solution that differs from BO. But it is hard to know if what he is doing is wrong or right since economic policy is extremely complex even for economists.
What you say makes sense but really isn't the whole issue. The real problem is that consumers aren't consuming because they are worried about losing their job and not having more work (or just worried because the markets are so uncertain). If a bunch of jobs are created that really don't offer any value, that may not actually matter. All it needs to do is give people a little more confidence so they start spending and investing again. Once that happens, there will be more demand for things that people are spending on thus creating more jobs...which makes people feel more comfortable spending...which creates more jobs, etc. So really, it may not matter what the heck these jobs are...it just needs to make people comfortable enough to spend again. Jobs with no value will eventually go away. Obviously, better to create jobs with value...but if a few are created that are questionable, who really cares as long as it helps consumers gain some confidence.
No, the Wii is easy to develop for since it is essentially programming for a Gamecube which people already know how to program really well for. So hard to take anything else you say seriously since your title is "Some facts" and you already fail on point #2.
The Wii is selling so well for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with "fun games". The Gamecube games were just as fun but it finished worldwide in 3rd. It is a stupid cliche that graphics != a good game. It should be obvious as well that graphics != a bad game either. But if you have two equally fun games, you are going to pick the one with better graphics. Also, if graphics are done poorly, it will ruin the experience making it less fun.
The Wii is doing as well as it is simply because its controller is new and interesting. The games aren't any better, the controls are just new and the console was cheap. Thus people are buying them because it became trendy. Most people I know don't touch their Wii anymore (ahh, the jokes write themselves). Many people find the controller to be more of a gimmick after awhile as more and more shovelware is dumped on to the Wii since people don't know how to make a decent game on it and lots of people have one. That being said, for as many consoles it has out there, it does a poor job of selling games.
So to say that the Wii is doing well because its games are more fun is a bunch of baloney. It is a lot more complex than that. Personally, I am glad there is competition. The Wii doesn't have the power to do cutting edge graphics and AI. It is good there are other companies that still are trying to push the envelope a little. I hope they continue to do so. I'd hate to see everyone go the Nintendo model of just releasing slightly upgraded hardware each release. But it is good to have a Nintendo so that you have a cheaper, quality option.
No, he has delivered a stimulus package, a housing package, a timeline to withdraw troops, etc. But you wouldn't give credit for anything since you are obviously in the group of people in America that would rather see the country fail than admit that conservative policies and economic theories have failed.
Please explain how McCain's plan would bring the standard of care up. I have an open mind and if you can show how it would improve things, I would love to hear it. For me, it just looks like another way to give all the advantages to the wealthy ignoring that majority of the population.
I think it is important part of child development to help them distinguish between reality and fantasy. I am not saying rush out and buy your 3 year old some violent game full of slave and prostitutes. I am just saying don't protect your kids so much from it that they don't gain a real understanding of the world and the difference between what is fake and real. Some kids turn out bad because they are exposed to too many awful things. Some kids turn out just as bad when they are overly protected by their parents. Once they get out on their own they can't handle something that would be normal to any other college student. Kids should be protected, but not coddled.
I get offended by people who get offended. I think the song "everybody's a little bit racist" sums up my feelings on the topic. Fact is, we all have certain biases (whether rational and irrational). I guarantee that you have some sort of racism or bias...whether it be against race, religion, social clique, etc. Stomping out all traces of this is stupid and pointless because it just isn't going to happen. Combating more overt racism is something to worry about. But a couple of immature guys joking about "fag football" isn't something to freak out about. I bet you have made stupid off color jokes at times too. What's the difference? There is none. You are just being a hypocrite. My advice is to let these things go. If someone is actually taking away rights, threatening physical violence, legitimately looking at others as sub-humans, then there is a problem. Immature joking? Grow up and get over it. You will live longer.
Uhh, you are in the first person and you are shooting a gun. The gun is unique and the game is focused on solving puzzles using the gun...but it is still an FPS. It's basically a demo/training for how you will use that gun in the next half-life game.
Complexity for the sake of complexity is stupid. You can have complex, enjoyable games. But the UI for Eve drains all enjoyment away from the game. You have to chase things down menu after menu to get tasks done. This isn't because it is complex, it is because Eve has a poor UI. And whenever they do take a step in the right direction, all the hardcores whine because it is catering to the "WoW" crowd. These people want to make the game more complex just to make it harder for other people to understand. Not to make a better game or more interesting. They have figured out everything else in the game so making it more complex is in their favor. It is essentially a way for them to stay more powerful than newer players. But it has nothing to do with making it a more enjoyable game. So in this case, complexity is bad.
While there is some overlap between the PvP and missioning skills, PvP is not killing AI ships with laughable tactics.
I didn't say that there was. Learn to read a little bit. When you first play the game, you run missions to understand how to play. If you claim you didn't you are either a liar or really strange. After you learn how to hit F1-F6 (wow, really complex, I bet you pat yourself on the back for mastering Eve) it is all about fitting your ship and fulfilling a role within the group you are PvPing with. But all the PvE content to earn ISK is boring. Even blowing stuff up is mind blowingly dull in Eve. That's my point. It isn't fun. How can you make blowing stuff up boring? Eve managed to do it.
I can handle the harshness of the Eve forums just fine. But not all people are bitter assholes like yourself. Some people would like to play Eve but your awful community turns them away. This guarantees that Eve will always be the nichiest of niche games. But I think that is what your personality type likes. If it was actually popular, you wouldn't play it because you are too "cool" to play something that the masses enjoy.
All of those things are MORE boring than missions. Mining...you sit there. Trade routes is just buying stuff then flying for a long time to get to the other end of the galaxy. Exploration is just flying places that all look essentially the same. Blueprint research is just queuing things up in a station.
It is a space MMO that has made pew pew-ing boring. All of the PvE content is "hack and slash at random npcs, collect the loot and sell to some merchant". That's my point. The real content of the game is only accessible to the hardcore who want to get in to the PvP and corporate spying sort of things. It's great for them, but boring for people who want to join in and not devout their life to a game. They could do a lot to make PvE more interesting and enjoyable.
It will be a long long time before you can get human sounding voices that will really fly. Part of reading is understanding the context. If you don't understand, then you can't read it correctly. But then again, a human could read it and tag the sections with the emotions and then you might have something. Hey, it's my idea, pay me for it if you want it:P
How is it BS? You run boring missions over and over until you can run higher level boring missions that give more ISK and require a more powerful ship with more skills. Until you finally get to the top and decided to PvP. Then you get destroyed unless you outnumber people. Most of which is just sitting at gates and killing poor people who don't have a chance. That pretty much sums up Eve. Oh...devs cheat occasionally and they leave in bugs for years so their friends can take advantage of them. Miss anything?:P
I am exaggerating a bit, but that is essentially Eve. They make you log in to change your skills rather than actually letting you queue them...which is dumb. Massive PvP happens rarely. The community on the forums is harsh and rude. And the only time it makes the news is when someone gets massively screwed over, horrible long-term bugs, and dev cheating (and not getting fired over it).
It is a game that we all really want to love...a lot of potential. But watch the zero punctuation review...its like that. They somehow made a space MMO where you blow shit up as exciting as an excel spread sheet.
It really isn't as complex as people say. If you just stay in on the tutorial until the end (it is long) then you will easily have the basics. Everything else, just read the forums a bit. Ask a question if you need to. That being said, the game really doesn't have a compelling PvE an PvP is something for the more hardcore.
Umm, prove it. What magical garbage statistics do you have to say it is impossible? We have a vast vast universe with a long period of time (either of these may be infinite, but let's just say it is very very large). Given the vastness, statistic improbabilities become entirely probable.
The narrative that drives evolutionary thought is that there is no God
Garbage. Evolution is about science. It is about explaining and understanding our history using the scientific method. Just because it doesn't agree with the Bible doesn't mean it was designed to prove there is no God. The fact that the Bible fails to be scientific isn't surprising. It was written by story tellers, not scientists. Your religion and science can still exist...just not in something overly literal from the Bible.
The problem with "debating" with people like you is you are completely invested in your side being right. You can be provided counter evidence but you will simply dismiss it without even considering it. I am assuming this is why the GP has the "fuck off" attitude. You don't care about facts or truth or science, you only care about being right because you have completely invested in your flavor of religion being right. Reading the bible and only authors that are biased to your same opinion isn't going to broaden your understanding or ability to actually debate. I mean, to actually criticize evolution as having logical leaps to believe and then believe in religion borders on the absurd. The theory of evolution has gone through peer review and passes the test of science. Religion has nothing to do with fact or science and so comparing the two is like comparing apples to unicorns.
Even if the answer was no, it wouldn't prove a correlation. I don't even know why you would talk about it. It is a dumb quote without any facts to back it up. Besides, you don't talk about the rate of "accidental" shootings in those state or a million other little facts that would be useful to make an educated decision with. It scares the crap out of me how little logic comes from the people who are staunchly pro-gun.
Maybe a few people felt that way, but I am sure not a majority. A lot of people would love to find a new MMO...it is just Warhammer wasn't it. I played it...it was fun. PvP was much more accessible and enjoyable. But there was very little social interaction. People were always busy. And when WotLK came out...there was no comparison on what game is the more polished. WotLK improved upon an already stellar game. The grinds were less grindy. The quests were grouped better and more interesting. The instances were streamlined and made to be run in a reasonable amount of time. I think that is what drew people away from WAR back to WoW. Warhammer's PvP is better. But it lacks in every other aspect.
And those paper are shaped like what? Guns were designed to kill things. You just practice on paper. Guns are dangerous because they make killing things easy. I am not saying take away guns, but to not label guns as dangerous is dumb. Just like labeling video games as dangerous is dumb.
No. That would be the mark of a very naive mind. You do not celebrate when an enemy of you and your allies gains a technical capability that can be adapted to military use. How in the world could any sane person celebrate it? Only Iran and its allies would celebrate it. The rest of us will look at it with concern. A civilized mind would not over-react to it...but celebrate? You have the inability to look at something objectively if you believe that.
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Except when the presidents do things to limit their own power. Not every president is as horrible as GW. They tried to expand the power of the executive branch way too far. Of course, they always see the mistake of this when the other party gets in to office.
Right now we don't have a BO problem. We have an economy that is failing. You may have an opinion on a solution that differs from BO. But it is hard to know if what he is doing is wrong or right since economic policy is extremely complex even for economists.
What you say makes sense but really isn't the whole issue. The real problem is that consumers aren't consuming because they are worried about losing their job and not having more work (or just worried because the markets are so uncertain). If a bunch of jobs are created that really don't offer any value, that may not actually matter. All it needs to do is give people a little more confidence so they start spending and investing again. Once that happens, there will be more demand for things that people are spending on thus creating more jobs...which makes people feel more comfortable spending...which creates more jobs, etc. So really, it may not matter what the heck these jobs are...it just needs to make people comfortable enough to spend again. Jobs with no value will eventually go away. Obviously, better to create jobs with value...but if a few are created that are questionable, who really cares as long as it helps consumers gain some confidence.
But it creates jobs thus stimulating the economy!
No, the Wii is easy to develop for since it is essentially programming for a Gamecube which people already know how to program really well for. So hard to take anything else you say seriously since your title is "Some facts" and you already fail on point #2.
The Wii is selling so well for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with "fun games". The Gamecube games were just as fun but it finished worldwide in 3rd. It is a stupid cliche that graphics != a good game. It should be obvious as well that graphics != a bad game either. But if you have two equally fun games, you are going to pick the one with better graphics. Also, if graphics are done poorly, it will ruin the experience making it less fun.
The Wii is doing as well as it is simply because its controller is new and interesting. The games aren't any better, the controls are just new and the console was cheap. Thus people are buying them because it became trendy. Most people I know don't touch their Wii anymore (ahh, the jokes write themselves). Many people find the controller to be more of a gimmick after awhile as more and more shovelware is dumped on to the Wii since people don't know how to make a decent game on it and lots of people have one. That being said, for as many consoles it has out there, it does a poor job of selling games.
So to say that the Wii is doing well because its games are more fun is a bunch of baloney. It is a lot more complex than that. Personally, I am glad there is competition. The Wii doesn't have the power to do cutting edge graphics and AI. It is good there are other companies that still are trying to push the envelope a little. I hope they continue to do so. I'd hate to see everyone go the Nintendo model of just releasing slightly upgraded hardware each release. But it is good to have a Nintendo so that you have a cheaper, quality option.
No, he has delivered a stimulus package, a housing package, a timeline to withdraw troops, etc. But you wouldn't give credit for anything since you are obviously in the group of people in America that would rather see the country fail than admit that conservative policies and economic theories have failed.
Please explain how McCain's plan would bring the standard of care up. I have an open mind and if you can show how it would improve things, I would love to hear it. For me, it just looks like another way to give all the advantages to the wealthy ignoring that majority of the population.
I think it is important part of child development to help them distinguish between reality and fantasy. I am not saying rush out and buy your 3 year old some violent game full of slave and prostitutes. I am just saying don't protect your kids so much from it that they don't gain a real understanding of the world and the difference between what is fake and real. Some kids turn out bad because they are exposed to too many awful things. Some kids turn out just as bad when they are overly protected by their parents. Once they get out on their own they can't handle something that would be normal to any other college student. Kids should be protected, but not coddled.
I get offended by people who get offended. I think the song "everybody's a little bit racist" sums up my feelings on the topic. Fact is, we all have certain biases (whether rational and irrational). I guarantee that you have some sort of racism or bias...whether it be against race, religion, social clique, etc. Stomping out all traces of this is stupid and pointless because it just isn't going to happen. Combating more overt racism is something to worry about. But a couple of immature guys joking about "fag football" isn't something to freak out about. I bet you have made stupid off color jokes at times too. What's the difference? There is none. You are just being a hypocrite. My advice is to let these things go. If someone is actually taking away rights, threatening physical violence, legitimately looking at others as sub-humans, then there is a problem. Immature joking? Grow up and get over it. You will live longer.
Uhh, you are in the first person and you are shooting a gun. The gun is unique and the game is focused on solving puzzles using the gun...but it is still an FPS. It's basically a demo/training for how you will use that gun in the next half-life game.
Complexity for the sake of complexity is stupid. You can have complex, enjoyable games. But the UI for Eve drains all enjoyment away from the game. You have to chase things down menu after menu to get tasks done. This isn't because it is complex, it is because Eve has a poor UI. And whenever they do take a step in the right direction, all the hardcores whine because it is catering to the "WoW" crowd. These people want to make the game more complex just to make it harder for other people to understand. Not to make a better game or more interesting. They have figured out everything else in the game so making it more complex is in their favor. It is essentially a way for them to stay more powerful than newer players. But it has nothing to do with making it a more enjoyable game. So in this case, complexity is bad.
While there is some overlap between the PvP and missioning skills, PvP is not killing AI ships with laughable tactics.
I didn't say that there was. Learn to read a little bit. When you first play the game, you run missions to understand how to play. If you claim you didn't you are either a liar or really strange. After you learn how to hit F1-F6 (wow, really complex, I bet you pat yourself on the back for mastering Eve) it is all about fitting your ship and fulfilling a role within the group you are PvPing with. But all the PvE content to earn ISK is boring. Even blowing stuff up is mind blowingly dull in Eve. That's my point. It isn't fun. How can you make blowing stuff up boring? Eve managed to do it.
I can handle the harshness of the Eve forums just fine. But not all people are bitter assholes like yourself. Some people would like to play Eve but your awful community turns them away. This guarantees that Eve will always be the nichiest of niche games. But I think that is what your personality type likes. If it was actually popular, you wouldn't play it because you are too "cool" to play something that the masses enjoy.
All of those things are MORE boring than missions. Mining...you sit there. Trade routes is just buying stuff then flying for a long time to get to the other end of the galaxy. Exploration is just flying places that all look essentially the same. Blueprint research is just queuing things up in a station.
It is a space MMO that has made pew pew-ing boring. All of the PvE content is "hack and slash at random npcs, collect the loot and sell to some merchant". That's my point. The real content of the game is only accessible to the hardcore who want to get in to the PvP and corporate spying sort of things. It's great for them, but boring for people who want to join in and not devout their life to a game. They could do a lot to make PvE more interesting and enjoyable.
It will be a long long time before you can get human sounding voices that will really fly. Part of reading is understanding the context. If you don't understand, then you can't read it correctly. But then again, a human could read it and tag the sections with the emotions and then you might have something. Hey, it's my idea, pay me for it if you want it :P
If they could only find someone with a PhD in making games fun...
How is it BS? You run boring missions over and over until you can run higher level boring missions that give more ISK and require a more powerful ship with more skills. Until you finally get to the top and decided to PvP. Then you get destroyed unless you outnumber people. Most of which is just sitting at gates and killing poor people who don't have a chance. That pretty much sums up Eve. Oh...devs cheat occasionally and they leave in bugs for years so their friends can take advantage of them. Miss anything? :P
I am exaggerating a bit, but that is essentially Eve. They make you log in to change your skills rather than actually letting you queue them...which is dumb. Massive PvP happens rarely. The community on the forums is harsh and rude. And the only time it makes the news is when someone gets massively screwed over, horrible long-term bugs, and dev cheating (and not getting fired over it).
It is a game that we all really want to love...a lot of potential. But watch the zero punctuation review...its like that. They somehow made a space MMO where you blow shit up as exciting as an excel spread sheet.
Complexity doesn't keep people playing. Fun does.
It really isn't as complex as people say. If you just stay in on the tutorial until the end (it is long) then you will easily have the basics. Everything else, just read the forums a bit. Ask a question if you need to. That being said, the game really doesn't have a compelling PvE an PvP is something for the more hardcore.
And you are bitter, angry, AND stupid. Sounds like atheists would be an improvement to me.
It is a statistical impossibility.
Umm, prove it. What magical garbage statistics do you have to say it is impossible? We have a vast vast universe with a long period of time (either of these may be infinite, but let's just say it is very very large). Given the vastness, statistic improbabilities become entirely probable.
The narrative that drives evolutionary thought is that there is no God
Garbage. Evolution is about science. It is about explaining and understanding our history using the scientific method. Just because it doesn't agree with the Bible doesn't mean it was designed to prove there is no God. The fact that the Bible fails to be scientific isn't surprising. It was written by story tellers, not scientists. Your religion and science can still exist...just not in something overly literal from the Bible.
The problem with "debating" with people like you is you are completely invested in your side being right. You can be provided counter evidence but you will simply dismiss it without even considering it. I am assuming this is why the GP has the "fuck off" attitude. You don't care about facts or truth or science, you only care about being right because you have completely invested in your flavor of religion being right. Reading the bible and only authors that are biased to your same opinion isn't going to broaden your understanding or ability to actually debate. I mean, to actually criticize evolution as having logical leaps to believe and then believe in religion borders on the absurd. The theory of evolution has gone through peer review and passes the test of science. Religion has nothing to do with fact or science and so comparing the two is like comparing apples to unicorns.
He provides facts. You provide emotional outbursts with no facts. He wins. What do you have against FFXI anyways? Did a gf leave you for a tarutaru?
1) They are called corporations, not guilds.
2) They are called Hunters, not Rangers.
Do you even play the game? Or are you a manager type and just have people play the game for you?
Even if the answer was no, it wouldn't prove a correlation. I don't even know why you would talk about it. It is a dumb quote without any facts to back it up. Besides, you don't talk about the rate of "accidental" shootings in those state or a million other little facts that would be useful to make an educated decision with. It scares the crap out of me how little logic comes from the people who are staunchly pro-gun.
Maybe a few people felt that way, but I am sure not a majority. A lot of people would love to find a new MMO...it is just Warhammer wasn't it. I played it...it was fun. PvP was much more accessible and enjoyable. But there was very little social interaction. People were always busy. And when WotLK came out...there was no comparison on what game is the more polished. WotLK improved upon an already stellar game. The grinds were less grindy. The quests were grouped better and more interesting. The instances were streamlined and made to be run in a reasonable amount of time. I think that is what drew people away from WAR back to WoW. Warhammer's PvP is better. But it lacks in every other aspect.
And those paper are shaped like what? Guns were designed to kill things. You just practice on paper. Guns are dangerous because they make killing things easy. I am not saying take away guns, but to not label guns as dangerous is dumb. Just like labeling video games as dangerous is dumb.
No. That would be the mark of a very naive mind. You do not celebrate when an enemy of you and your allies gains a technical capability that can be adapted to military use. How in the world could any sane person celebrate it? Only Iran and its allies would celebrate it. The rest of us will look at it with concern. A civilized mind would not over-react to it...but celebrate? You have the inability to look at something objectively if you believe that.