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Macsen

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  1. I look forward to oDDity's campaign , which should include, so far, a) having to operate each limb of the thief independently, b ) sticky liquid arrows that go squelch, c) naked pagans, d) female sorcerors who look like bride of frankenstein rejects, e) a thief called 'Farell', f) 'xombies' made of shit that fire heat seeking skulls, g) a rule that makes it impossible to blackjack more than 3 guards, h) a new loot system where you have to spend half an hour 'appraising' everything, i.e. Sim Museum Curator, i) no broadheads in the game.

     

    It should be interesting, at least.

  2. They even had the founder of Greenpeace appearing in this documentary agreeing that it's all bollocks.

    :D In one thread you argue against a drug-addled hippy and in the next you call on the king of all hippies to support your argument?

     

    A large percentage of them aren't scientists at all, but government officials and hangers on.

    LOL, why would government officials want to promote the idea of global warming? They have everything to gain from continuing to pump crap into the atmosphere. The only reason they're reacting now is that they've realised global warming could cost them money.

     

    The undeniable scientific fact is that CO2 levels do not drive temperature changes. The evidence on that is clear.

    Clear as the shit you're talking. It's about as far from a 'fact' as anything can be, and it's very telling that you're putting all your faith in some crappy Channel 4 documentary. I did enjoy their documentary about the Loch Ness Monster and the Fake Moon Landing, but I don't think we were supposed to take those seriously either.

     

    Anyway, this is a pointless argument, because our opinions aren't exactly going to stop the earth from getting hotter if it wants to. I suppose we'll find out in the year 2050 or so.

     

    Since you're such a fan of ethnic minorities, I hope you're particularly displeased when they all move to Ireland because the rest of Europe is an arid desert.

  3. This documentary has been widely discredited since its release, and one scientist who took part, Carl Wunsch, has complained that they just cut up his interview to make it look like he disagreed with the global warming theory.

     

    Channel 4 loves creating controversy, and that's just what this is.

     

    2,500 scientists from 30 countries agreed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, published just last month, that there was a 90% change that humans caused climate change. That's enough reason to be taking it seriously.

  4. Your goal is not to create a much innovated mod! Your goal is support the Thief community.

    I'm not sure what the Thief community, namely the TTLG forum, has done to derserve such support. I'd rather think most of the team members were working on this mod to create something they enjoy playing, rather than doing volunteer work for an insane asylum.

     

    My hope is of course that when the basic foundations are in place people will take the basic thief game, and the stealth genre, in directions they couldn't with the Dark Engine. I'd be disappointed if DM just ended up a prettier version of Thief.

  5. I totally agree with oDDity that some people are better than others at creating functioning civilisations.

     

    That's why many African countries are working democracies while Northern Ireland is run by a pack of religious terrorists who can't form a government.

  6. I haven't played many games recently, but here are some I enjoyed at the time they came out, from the last ten years or so.

     

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

     

    I got this last week and it's the best Zelda game yet, and so probably the best game full stop.

     

    2. Day of the Tentacle

     

    Utter classic. Also taught me a lot of English.

     

    3. Super Mario 64

     

    First 3D game I played. Ah, memories, nostalgia of youth, etc.

     

    4. Warioware Inc

     

    4 controllers, 4 college students, 0 to do.

     

    5. Little Big Adventure

     

    Zany French game. Might be crap if I played it again now but I loved it at the time.

     

    Obviously I'm not much bothered by anything that tries to emulate reality too closely. I like the whole universe of Thief but I'm not sure the individual games would get in on their own merit, they're more extensions of things I already liked (celtic mythology, steam technology).

  7. Was I the only one slightly angry when reading the Book of Revelation? They could have used spoiler tags!

     

    However, there's a simple way to disprove the rapture. The Bible says the rapture will come to Earth like a thief in the night - but it's only night on half the Earth at any given time! So Rapture = Incorrect!

  8. Hey, we haven't been a colony since 1900, so you can kiss my shiny metal ass. :P
    You're still under the Queen's rule. I still can't believe you voted against an Australian republic when you had that referndum in 1999. The Welsh fought for about 800 years for its freedom from the English Royal Family, but never got it, and you guys got a vote on it and turned it down! D'oh!
  9. @Macsen - I'm more interested in what they plan to do about this demonic oppression. Are they going to burn down all the chinese restaurants too?

    I think they plan on replacing the current flag with that of St David, Wales' patron saint. It's a gold cross on a black background.

     

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    Why they'd want to replace the best flag in the world is beyond me. It's supposed to go back to Roman times.

     

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    The flag of Owain Glyndwr is also a popular one in Wales:

     

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  10. Funny, your stick worshipers think your flag is the mark of the devil, our stick worshipers think our flag is the Face of God....

    I think it's because Welsh culture still has strong links with pre-Christian paganism. When Christianity came to Britain it demonised many pagan mythical gods and creatures (such as the nature god Cernunnos and dragons), so a lot of the characters in our ancient myths are now interpreted by christians as evil. A prime example of this is the big fuss when we made the Archbishop of Canterbury a member of the Order of the Druids.

  11. I know some of you probably suspected this already, but I am now officially one of the children of Beelzebub.

     

    According to a religious group my country is under "demonic oppression" and "many curses" because of the national flag, Y Ddraig Goch.

     

    Link

     

    The party's leader, the Rev George Hargreaves, said, "We will not allow this evil symbol of the devil to reign over Wales for another moment.

     

    "Wales is the only country in history to have a red dragon on its national flag.

     

    "This is the very symbol of the devil described in The Book of Revelation 12:3.

     

    "This is nothing less than the sign of Satan, the devil, Lucifer that ancient serpent who deceived Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

     

    "No other nation has had this red dragon as its ruling symbol.

     

    "Wales has been under demonic oppression and under many curses because of this unwise choice."

  12. You missed this bit Spring:

     

    That's the thing though - the building owner admits it, so my best figuring on it all is:

    1. an executive decision to take the building down, and disguise it with the current circumstances; maybe he didn't want to pay the asbestos renovation bills, or the government or some contractor was willing to pay a nice bill to have a new building for all of those agencies, but they either didn't get to negotiate the deal yet or there was a bunch of red tape in the way - and hey, he doesn't have to tell anyone (certainly not the public) besides the local authorities, the insurance companies, and the demolitions people. There's a big payoff in it. And another bonus - if it's cleaned up as part of the rest, I assume he doesn't have to pay for that either (very expensive, probably on the order of millions).

    2. it was probably told to the BBC so that they'd know how to report it when it did happen ("the building has collapsed" as opposed to "building owner Silverman decided the risk to the building integrity was great enough that they went with a controlled demolition"), but BBC people got the signals crossed and broadcast too early.

     

    Anyway this discussion is getting really boring for everyone involved now, so let's stop here! Please!

  13. No, Sneaksie, I understand your 'stance' perfectly. You started this thread thinking there there was truth in this conspiracy theory and now you don't. Therefore, my job is done. I just wish you'd stop pretending you didn't agree with the conspiracy theory and the start of this thread, because anyone can go back and see that you did.

     

    I wish you did write a sworn statement in blood - maybe the loss of blood would make you calm down a bit?

     

    Regarding your gross misjudgments of my character, I'm not sure where you're getting these facts from because you don't know me. I'm not a 'spoiled brat' - (I'm from a single parent family in one of the poorest areas of the UK) - and I'm not an alcoholic - (I barely drink at all by UK standards, 4 pints a week at most). But yes the ladies do adore me. Otherwise, please refrain from these libellous remarks about my character.

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