Even if you can rule that out, power corrupts and nobody is incorruptible. Absolute power, corrupts absolutely.
Blanket statements and worn-out cliches sure are fun.
I suggest the following excercise. Remind yourself that if YOU got enough power, you would start out the ultimate force for good in society -but one day, you WILL wake and discover you are a mad dictator. You won't be able to recognize it after the fact. You won't be able to stop it.
Stop projecting your personal issues on other people.
The roads will still be made of concrete (made with huge energy inputs) and they'll still use diesel earthmoving machines to build the place.
They only have to build it it once.
Basically its just a greenwashing exercise.
If this green city is built, its footprint is going to be much smaller than that of an ordinary city.
What you're basically trying to say is that no effort should ever be made to reduce our ecological footprint if you can't instantly reduce it by 100% with the wave of a green magic wand.
This is all very clever, but let's just stop pretending and admit that we're scallywags who steal shit because it's easy, fast and free.
I'm a poor person, but I don't really pirate anything except Asian films which have little if any market in the West. I still buy them on DVD whenever I can, even things that I already have ripped versions of. I consume video games and Hollywood movies and I've never felt a need to pirate them, so I really laugh at people who have 2-5 times my financial capacity and still download a shitty cammed version of Dark Knight and start explaining how they're doing it because of colonialism, quantum physics and Nietzsche.
Where did I assert that I don't like EVE because it uses a lot of keys? Please provide a quote. Also, when was I talking about such games in general? Did I mention at some point, for instance, that I hate Nethack?
It's not 'ruining your game' that someone takes your queen in chess. It actually _is_ the game.
This analogy would work for Counter-Strike since there's absolutely nothing else to do in the game except shoot at the other team. EVE is not so limited.
you're welcome. by your whining, it doesn't seem too obvious to you.
I haven't whined anywhere.
hey are sociopaths because they like to SHOOT at PIXELS on a COMPUTER SCREEN, as intended by the game mechanics? you're just getting crazier by the minute.
They're sociopaths because of the way they behave towards other people.
that's exactly right. it's thrilling because it has consequences. don't like it, try Solitaire, Hello Kitty Online or other dollhouse shit (WoW, etc)
I don't play video games so I can experience the most mundane and soul-crushing aspects of real life. If grinding months in WoW for epic loot is stupid, then grinding for months for something that you'll lose in a few seconds is like... I don't know, there's not even a word for it.
how about no?
Yeah, it's scary when you have to fight fairly in a game where skill determines everything.
in case you didn't know, EVE is a multiplayer game, not your personal sandbox.
Thanks for the heads up, Captain Obvious.
if you are pissed about other people "intrerrupting" your experience maybe you should go play Solitaire.
False dilemmas are fun.
and the fact that they chose a different playing style than yours doesn't make them sociopaths.
Most gankers are almost certainly sociopaths. It's the best explanation for their behavior.
I find it pretty weird that people bitch about such an exciting game, where danger lurks around every corner of a HUGE world. shit, everything is thrilling, even the market PVP.
Yes, I can imagine how thrilling it must be to spend months getting a ship and then losing it in a few seconds when you get ganked. It's probably as exciting as buying a 360 and getting a RRoD after a few weeks.
If you want PvP for real men then I suggest a FPS like Counter-Strike.
You don't understand EVE. You can't truly play the game apart from the other players.
Why are you changing the subject?
That "sociopath" "ruining and interrupting" your game is none of those. If you view him as such EVE's probably not the game for you.
I was not talking about EVE, I was merely responding to the ludicrous assertion that not wanting to get ganked every five minutes automatically makes you a "carebear."
I don't like WoW's aesthetics all that much. Character customization is boring when all the armor looks so dull. Guild Wars has really good looking player characters.
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Wow. Just wow. I'm speechless.
Blanket statements and worn-out cliches sure are fun.
Stop projecting your personal issues on other people.
Why? They already know. It's plainly obvious that you need more than UAVs.
Modded flamebait for pointing out an indisputable fact? Only on Slashdot.
You can't wage war with just UAVs, especially if you need to conduct peacekeeping operations afterwards.
Are you just acting stupid or is this your normal state of affairs?
Source uses DirectX.
They only have to build it it once.
If this green city is built, its footprint is going to be much smaller than that of an ordinary city.
What you're basically trying to say is that no effort should ever be made to reduce our ecological footprint if you can't instantly reduce it by 100% with the wave of a green magic wand.
This is all very clever, but let's just stop pretending and admit that we're scallywags who steal shit because it's easy, fast and free.
I'm a poor person, but I don't really pirate anything except Asian films which have little if any market in the West. I still buy them on DVD whenever I can, even things that I already have ripped versions of. I consume video games and Hollywood movies and I've never felt a need to pirate them, so I really laugh at people who have 2-5 times my financial capacity and still download a shitty cammed version of Dark Knight and start explaining how they're doing it because of colonialism, quantum physics and Nietzsche.
Sorry, but the analogy just doesn't work.
No, it doesn't. The people involved in that incident were morons.
Why should you feel guilty for taking out Joe Terrorist? You should only feel guilty if you've done something wrong.
Where did I assert that I don't like EVE because it uses a lot of keys? Please provide a quote. Also, when was I talking about such games in general? Did I mention at some point, for instance, that I hate Nethack?
This analogy would work for Counter-Strike since there's absolutely nothing else to do in the game except shoot at the other team. EVE is not so limited.
I replied to several posts. Most of them just repeat each other.
No proof required, it's just common sense.
Shit, that sounds so exciting. Exactly what video games are all about.
You posted this when you were high, right?
No? I've played multiplayer FPS games for over a decade.
I haven't whined anywhere.
They're sociopaths because of the way they behave towards other people.
I don't play video games so I can experience the most mundane and soul-crushing aspects of real life. If grinding months in WoW for epic loot is stupid, then grinding for months for something that you'll lose in a few seconds is like... I don't know, there's not even a word for it.
Yeah, it's scary when you have to fight fairly in a game where skill determines everything.
Thanks for the heads up, Captain Obvious.
False dilemmas are fun.
Most gankers are almost certainly sociopaths. It's the best explanation for their behavior.
Yes, I can imagine how thrilling it must be to spend months getting a ship and then losing it in a few seconds when you get ganked. It's probably as exciting as buying a 360 and getting a RRoD after a few weeks.
If you want PvP for real men then I suggest a FPS like Counter-Strike.
Why are you changing the subject?
I was not talking about EVE, I was merely responding to the ludicrous assertion that not wanting to get ganked every five minutes automatically makes you a "carebear."
Not sure why you'd suddenly change the subject. We were talking about PvP.
You could not provide a real counter-argument because you know I'm right.
So now I was smearing the Daily Mail instead of makign a point in its favor?
Wow. Just wow.
Yes, because wanting to play a game without some sociopath constantly ruining and interrupting it is being a "carebear." Give me a fucking break.
I don't like WoW's aesthetics all that much. Character customization is boring when all the armor looks so dull. Guild Wars has really good looking player characters.