Muslims are predominantly non-white and I firmly believe that's part of why they're feared/hated by so many.
No, they're feared/hated/treated with suspicion because of what they do. Simple as that.
I don't believe that for a second.
You can believe or disbelieve anything you want to, it makes no difference.
If the British had a culture maybe there would be something to complain about. Frankly the celebrity worship and tabloid ranting leave me feeling we're currently a cultural void.
Perhaps that's just another symptom of cultural suicide.
Even if it does have racist roots (which would be kind of difficult since Muslims aren't a race), it's still self-preservation.
Why is it self-preservation? Because the UK, like several other European countries, is undergoing Islamization. What's causing Islamization? Muslims are. However, they're ultimately just a symptom of cultural suicide, and can only succeed if someone is enabling them.
How exactly does a society collapse? Can you give me a single example from history? The very statement is absurd.
The claim that no society in human history has collapsed is what I'd call absurd.
Also, take a look at any demographics info (wikipedia for example), the USA actually has more muslims living there than Britain does...
It isn't about how many, it's about percentages. Minorities and majorities. The USA is also such an enormous and de-centralized country that it's exceedingly difficult for a cultural or ethnic group to take over.
The UK has a native white population of around 90% is far, far higher than the USA's, surely that will "collapse" far sooner.
What does this mean?
I'm not try to knock the USA in any way, but what your saying is simply moronic and quite frankly racist, paranoia.
Oh. I didn't realize Muslims are a race. What happens if a white man converts to Islam? Does his race change? If so, is there any way I can become black or Asian?
If you want to see the destructive nationalism take a look at our tabloid press or the BBC "Have your say" section. There's a fair number of folk yelling about dropping out of the EU, booting out immigrants (legal and illegal) and pretty much exterminating muslims.
It isn't about nationalism, it's about self-preservation.
Even if he was trolling, he's still telling the truth, though in an exaggerated manner. Yes, Britain will eventually have a Muslim majority, and might very well turn into an Islamic nation entirely, but it's going to take much longer than a few years. Political correctness is something that has been taken to extreme lengths in Britain, and like the GP says it's killing them. In general it seems to me that their society is collapsing.
What the whole thing boils down to is that by protesting a missile shield Russia is implicitly saying that it wants to nuke someone protected by the shield. Otherwise they have no reason to complain. If it were a simple question of power balance, they could just build their own shield.
the US is currently establishing missile basis in two Russia neighbouring countries and we say that *Putin* is bringing the Cold War back?
Those missile shields are necessary since Russia, by its own accord, has plans to nuke those countries. Why else would they be complaining about missile shields?
The starting zone for your race is always friendly to you and hostile to the other faction. You can't be attacked unless you initiate combat or flag yourself for PvP combat. The next zone is also friendly. Other zones are contested, so anyone can attack anyone. If you play on a PvE server then you can never be attacked unless you attack first or flag yourself.
What? He's obviously talking about the sort of cutscenes you see in the middle of Final Fantasy. Also, there's no law of physics that requires a game to have cutscenes. Don't be ridiculous.
I finished Crysis this morning. Are you referring to the segment where you're defending Prophet? Except for the very first battle, I didn't find it to be difficult.
But there is a critical difference between 'game design' and 'story telling'. In a game, it's OK to set a challenge that the player may repeatedly fail to get past. But in story telling, if you break immersion you have failed. And every time the player dies - or even has to explicitly save - you are revealing the artifice, breaking the immersion, failing.
Yes, and this is why I think adventure games are the best way to tell a story in a video game. But, there's still no reason why you should remove the story from an action game just because repeated failure will damage immersion. I just finished playing through Crysis and I don't think it would have been quite as awesome if there had been no narrative.
I don't see what's wrong with the GP post, but I think it's amusing that as soon as something that doesn't conform to Slashdot's usual leftist liberal dogma gets modded up, it's suddenly evidence of the "fascist right" taking over the site (which is firmly controlled by leftist liberals).
With enough practice the "twitch" aiming becomes completely automatic, and everyone converges to the fastest speed humanly possible.
No. There will always be differences in reaction times and accuracy.
In reality, maneuvering so you see your opponent before they see you is very important, and this requires the same high level mind-games as all competitive sports.
Yes, but this has nothing to do with mystical statements like the one you posted earlier.
In Fallout you have to figure things out. There is no tooltip telling you the power level of an opponent. If you're looking at a bunch of dudes with combat armor and automatic weapons and all you have is a leather jacket and a pistol, then it's really up to you to realize that you're going to die if you attack them. That said, even very difficult fights can be overcome if you know what you're doing.
Randomness can allow you to, say, instakill an enemy with a critical shot to the head, but it works both ways. It's no different from an enemy getting a lucky headshot in a FPS game.
Mastering the map layout and being able to predict your opponent's movement while remaining unpredictable yourself is more important than reaction time.
This sounds really nice and mystical, but it doesn't have anything to do with reality.
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No, they're feared/hated/treated with suspicion because of what they do. Simple as that.
You can believe or disbelieve anything you want to, it makes no difference.
Perhaps that's just another symptom of cultural suicide.
Even if it does have racist roots (which would be kind of difficult since Muslims aren't a race), it's still self-preservation.
Why is it self-preservation? Because the UK, like several other European countries, is undergoing Islamization. What's causing Islamization? Muslims are. However, they're ultimately just a symptom of cultural suicide, and can only succeed if someone is enabling them.
The claim that no society in human history has collapsed is what I'd call absurd.
It isn't about how many, it's about percentages. Minorities and majorities. The USA is also such an enormous and de-centralized country that it's exceedingly difficult for a cultural or ethnic group to take over.
What does this mean?
Oh. I didn't realize Muslims are a race. What happens if a white man converts to Islam? Does his race change? If so, is there any way I can become black or Asian?
It isn't about nationalism, it's about self-preservation.
Even if he was trolling, he's still telling the truth, though in an exaggerated manner. Yes, Britain will eventually have a Muslim majority, and might very well turn into an Islamic nation entirely, but it's going to take much longer than a few years. Political correctness is something that has been taken to extreme lengths in Britain, and like the GP says it's killing them. In general it seems to me that their society is collapsing.
What the whole thing boils down to is that by protesting a missile shield Russia is implicitly saying that it wants to nuke someone protected by the shield. Otherwise they have no reason to complain. If it were a simple question of power balance, they could just build their own shield.
If you outlaw shadows then only the outlaws will have them.
Don't bother. It's not notable enough, we're deleting it.
Well in that case it's America that Russia wants to nuke. Either way they're looking to nuke someone.
Those missile shields are necessary since Russia, by its own accord, has plans to nuke those countries. Why else would they be complaining about missile shields?
I didn't have any problems with the AI.
It's been tried.
The starting zone for your race is always friendly to you and hostile to the other faction. You can't be attacked unless you initiate combat or flag yourself for PvP combat. The next zone is also friendly. Other zones are contested, so anyone can attack anyone. If you play on a PvE server then you can never be attacked unless you attack first or flag yourself.
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What? He's obviously talking about the sort of cutscenes you see in the middle of Final Fantasy. Also, there's no law of physics that requires a game to have cutscenes. Don't be ridiculous.
I finished Crysis this morning. Are you referring to the segment where you're defending Prophet? Except for the very first battle, I didn't find it to be difficult.
Escort and defense missions provide variety.
Then you're not hardcore.
Yes, and this is why I think adventure games are the best way to tell a story in a video game. But, there's still no reason why you should remove the story from an action game just because repeated failure will damage immersion. I just finished playing through Crysis and I don't think it would have been quite as awesome if there had been no narrative.
I'm not a right-winger, and I don't interpret "moderate" or "less conservative" statements as leftist liberal dogma.
I don't see what's wrong with the GP post, but I think it's amusing that as soon as something that doesn't conform to Slashdot's usual leftist liberal dogma gets modded up, it's suddenly evidence of the "fascist right" taking over the site (which is firmly controlled by leftist liberals).
Yes, because doing things like blowing yourself in a crowded market place full of civilians is not terrorism at all. It's freedom fighting.
I assure you that Slashdot still remains a stronghold of leftist liberals.
No. There will always be differences in reaction times and accuracy.
Yes, but this has nothing to do with mystical statements like the one you posted earlier.
In Fallout you have to figure things out. There is no tooltip telling you the power level of an opponent. If you're looking at a bunch of dudes with combat armor and automatic weapons and all you have is a leather jacket and a pistol, then it's really up to you to realize that you're going to die if you attack them. That said, even very difficult fights can be overcome if you know what you're doing.
Randomness can allow you to, say, instakill an enemy with a critical shot to the head, but it works both ways. It's no different from an enemy getting a lucky headshot in a FPS game.
Yes, you have to know the map, but predicting where the enemy will be doesn't work the way Mprx thinks it does.
This sounds really nice and mystical, but it doesn't have anything to do with reality.