I can see every little detail of the textures in the lame fucking grindfest! Look at the incredible lighting as I fight the same shitty enemies as in every other goddamned FPS! This millionth hall that I'm running looks INCREDIBLE!
To each his own, but I found it to be quite boring. Either you're in safe space, grinding away mining asteroids. Or you're in lowsec space, having some pirate flying the Battlestar Galactica shaking you down. And either way, you're looking at the same boring, empty environment. Real space is boring as shit. Real space full of pirates, gankers and con men is not only boring as shit, but also annoying as shit. If I wanted to play real life I would turn off the fucking computer.
What isn't so obvious is why CryTek would go for it.
Because the game had already been out for several months and had long since peaked in sales? Because the money/support/whatever that Nvidia offered way outweighed any potential profits from further PC sales?
True. The guy who founded Sealand currently lives back in England. And these days he pretty much keeps his mouth shut. Seems he's a lot less idealistic after getting a chance to live the dream.
On your boat, as Captain, you may dictate your own rules, judge as you wish, assign penalties and order punishments, including corporal and capital.
LOL, well I tell you what. As a demonstration, how about you get yourself a boat, declare yourself captain, take a bunch of people out into international waters, then kill all of them because they broke some made-up rule of yours (and because you, as captain, have the right to exercise capital punishment). When you head back to port and explain this to the authorities, write back and let me know when they tell you that they're cool with that.
Not to mention the fact that there is probably not going to be a whole lot of arable land to grow crops or raise livestock in said "country," which pretty much guarantees that they will be utterly dependent on some other country for their day-to-day survival.
Actually, considering the amount of land and resources that a declining population would free up in the U.S., they would probably help you carry your bags across the border. The U.S. has always benefited way more from its natural resources and technology than its raw population. Add to that current high unemployment, and I doubt anyone would be too sad to shed a good chunk of people in the U.S.
If you're really worried about it, get citizenship from some small country, preferably a landlocked one, THEN declare your island independent. Luxembourg doesn't have a navy, for example. If you're not a US citizen on paper, the US navy probably won't come trying to enforce Luxembourg's tax laws.
Doesn't work that way. If you're an American citizen and try to do this, the U.S. can just declare it a fraud under the aforementioned United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. You can't just fly any flag on your little island, you have to have a real *legitimate* connection with said country. And even if they did accept your obvious attempt at fraudulent abuse of a new citizenship, you're still subject to the aforementioned Universal Jurisdiction. Either way, they'll get you if they want you. and if they don't pirates or some other country will (if you have anything worth taking).
Now you're right about obscurity and perhaps flying under the radar. But you can do *that* hiding out in the Appalachian mountains or Rockies (and you won't have to worry about any hurricanes).
That'll make for an interesting story for the grandkids. "We came to this land to pirate software freely, but then we ran into those looking to freely pirate our land."
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You fool! Do you want to scare the aliens off and lose all the potential knowledge of their anal probe research?
Now, if we can just keep it from falling over in a windstorm...
They took a plea bargain to avoid being thrown in the Queen's Royal Dungeon for "as many a fortnight as Her Majesty desires."
Wait, there are PC gamers who actually still *buy* games?!?!?
Nonsense! You get to save the world, adventurer! Now, go get me 10 wolf pelts and I'll tell you more about how.
Nonsense! Just a bunch of men in an unmarked van watching your children walk down the street, that's all. Nothing unusual about it, folks.
That part in the interview where he called the KDE designers a "bunch of punk-ass bitches" was a bit uncalled for, I think.
I can see every little detail of the textures in the lame fucking grindfest! Look at the incredible lighting as I fight the same shitty enemies as in every other goddamned FPS! This millionth hall that I'm running looks INCREDIBLE!
Nothing to see here folks, just a white van with men in suits and ties inside.
EVE Online has a huge interesting world
To each his own, but I found it to be quite boring. Either you're in safe space, grinding away mining asteroids. Or you're in lowsec space, having some pirate flying the Battlestar Galactica shaking you down. And either way, you're looking at the same boring, empty environment. Real space is boring as shit. Real space full of pirates, gankers and con men is not only boring as shit, but also annoying as shit. If I wanted to play real life I would turn off the fucking computer.
console gamers whine and cry, pc gamers vote with their money
Tell me, what color is the sky in your world? It's blue in mine.
What isn't so obvious is why CryTek would go for it.
Because the game had already been out for several months and had long since peaked in sales? Because the money/support/whatever that Nvidia offered way outweighed any potential profits from further PC sales?
True. The guy who founded Sealand currently lives back in England. And these days he pretty much keeps his mouth shut. Seems he's a lot less idealistic after getting a chance to live the dream.
What would you consider a "success"?
A country that *isn't* a burned-out hull, completely unoccupied, and currently up for sale?
The ultra rich don't need to leave society. It was society that made the rich in the first place, and society which allows them to live lavishly now.
On your boat, as Captain, you may dictate your own rules, judge as you wish, assign penalties and order punishments, including corporal and capital.
LOL, well I tell you what. As a demonstration, how about you get yourself a boat, declare yourself captain, take a bunch of people out into international waters, then kill all of them because they broke some made-up rule of yours (and because you, as captain, have the right to exercise capital punishment). When you head back to port and explain this to the authorities, write back and let me know when they tell you that they're cool with that.
Not to mention the fact that there is probably not going to be a whole lot of arable land to grow crops or raise livestock in said "country," which pretty much guarantees that they will be utterly dependent on some other country for their day-to-day survival.
That's not a blu-ray recorder. It's a hard drive recorder strapped onto a blu-ray PLAYER.
I would be willing to bet a Libertarian society has not existed on a large scale ever
Yet it has never occurred to you that there may be a reason for that?
You would prefer a tornado?
Actually, considering the amount of land and resources that a declining population would free up in the U.S., they would probably help you carry your bags across the border. The U.S. has always benefited way more from its natural resources and technology than its raw population. Add to that current high unemployment, and I doubt anyone would be too sad to shed a good chunk of people in the U.S.
If you're really worried about it, get citizenship from some small country, preferably a landlocked one, THEN declare your island independent. Luxembourg doesn't have a navy, for example. If you're not a US citizen on paper, the US navy probably won't come trying to enforce Luxembourg's tax laws.
Doesn't work that way. If you're an American citizen and try to do this, the U.S. can just declare it a fraud under the aforementioned United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. You can't just fly any flag on your little island, you have to have a real *legitimate* connection with said country. And even if they did accept your obvious attempt at fraudulent abuse of a new citizenship, you're still subject to the aforementioned Universal Jurisdiction. Either way, they'll get you if they want you. and if they don't pirates or some other country will (if you have anything worth taking).
Now you're right about obscurity and perhaps flying under the radar. But you can do *that* hiding out in the Appalachian mountains or Rockies (and you won't have to worry about any hurricanes).
I don't see a military raid being an option in any case.
Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that.
And in what way is trade "abusively exploitive to labor"
When it's the slave trade?
That'll make for an interesting story for the grandkids. "We came to this land to pirate software freely, but then we ran into those looking to freely pirate our land."