Kantok

Kantok

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Reply to Is anyone really interested in TESO? in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="davrovana" reply="20" id="3449522"] Two different shops owned by the same company, ZeniMax Media, and thus under the same financial blance sheet. But no tangible relation! I mean, what does money have to do with video game companies? As if! And they told us, very clearly, that this game called ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE is not, in no way, the next ELDER SCROLLS game! They are set in the same fantasy world exactly but COMPLETELY UNRELATED. As if ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE was t

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Reply to Is anyone really interested in TESO? in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="3" id="3448972"] I cringe at the thought of all the wasted development dollars and time spent on Online that could've gone to 'The Elder Scrolls VI: Whatever Yada Yada'. We'll end up getting a lesser product because publishers and developers want money.[/quote] [quote who="davrovana" reply="9" id="3449126"] "Let's take this incredible game series, which is set apart from every other RPG by the incredible sense of imme

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Reply to how is feedback processed? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="3443806"] I shouldn't admit this but for me the community is the whole point. if not for the forums I wouldn't make games. [/quote] So I read this to say that the more people we get to come here and bug you, the more resources that get devoted to the games and therefore the more features and/or faster release schedules we will see.

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Reply to Does anyone follow or watch the Olympics? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="6" id="3442556"] Yep. I try to watch, and at the very least keep my eye on, every Winter Olympics. Canada is doing very well this year. @Chasbo A little surprising that you would consider USA needing to boycott Russia. Every major power has done things of questionable legality. Shall the world boycott the USA because of Iraq or Afganistan or Sweatshops or the housing bubble or d

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1984" id="3437529"] Politicians talk about carbon tax this, subsidize that ... it takes too long and is too inefficient. They should just ban coal-fired power plants altogether. It's so simple, but they make it so complicated... too much talk, way too much. Honestly ... how many decades can people discuss something like this ... as if we have a choice in this matter. Even if someone doesn't believe in GW, th

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Reply to I don't think i can do this. in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="23" id="3436819"] Baltimore Maryland, and the citys very old and crapy like most of the country. *EDIT* forgot the lol. *EDIT*[/quote] Comcast sucks as a company, but their cable internet is reliable and will get you good speeds for game downloads. I moved out of Baltimore mid-2010, so there may be new smaller players in the area as well. Downloading over wireless phone is going to be prohibitive, either because of cost (if you&

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Reply to Founder's Vault Love in GalCiv III Founders GalCiv3 Forums

[quote quoting="post"] It has been almost a month since the founder's vault has had any new content. [e digicons]:'([/e] I would like to take this opportunity to point out that some of us are suffering from withdraw symptoms and will need another hit soon. A picture of colony management or government management or something. More music. Concept art. *beg*Please please please*beg* [/quote]&n

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Reply to Books - Where the bad guys win in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

The problem with telling you books where the bad guys win is that, unless the bad guy is also the protagonist, you're ruining the ending of the book. I can think of several books I'd list to answer this question. The problem is that as soon as I tell you them I've ruined the book's punch.

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="EadTaes" reply="1920" id="3432473"] Then some of you asked what can do if everything will kill off our economy and ect. I would reply back that you have been deliberate mislead. Our so called "economy" would best be described as a "wastetonomy", but that is a whole different subject. The truth is that we already have the solution to our green house problem that will allow us to keep our standard of living. To discuss the solution I would invite you to head over to this

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Reply to What Games Are You Looking Forward to in 2014? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Rudy_102" reply="14" id="3432419"] Yeah, but those aren't exactly originals.[/quote] Other than some new added quests and a new potential party member or two they are the originals. http://www.beamdog.com/products/baldurs-gate-ii-enhanced-edition-for-windows

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="1910" id="3432374"] Quoting Kantok, reply 1909Regardless, you win. You're the mod. I'll refrain from calling people on their snide insults in the future. Thank you. It's my role to be 'calling people on their snide insults'. [/quote] Certainly. I've always acknowledged that and (I think/hope?) been respectful of it. I just think you missed one and it was directed at me (parti

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1907" id="3432365"] Quoting Kantok, reply 1903I trust models just fine. When they're accurate and able to predict the things they claim to predict. A lot of these aren't, which calls into question their assumptions. There are a lot of things that models cannot predict, but are they really relevant for the bigger picture? The main theme here is the CO2 insulation with feedback from water vapor. This simple aspect

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="1906" id="3432363"] "yup that is the idiocy we are facing here" is actually inclusive....including himself....it's THAT non-specific. [/quote] Unless he's standing in front of a mirror, it's impossible to be facing something and be inclusive of it. Read the rest of his comment, because he clarifies exactly who he means and it's not inclusive in the slightest. The comment he was responding to and his comment are both full of the

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="1904" id="3432357"] Let's NOT be attacking other site members. Disagreeing with an opinion is fine. Comments such as this are not.[/quote] [quote who="EadTaes" reply="1900" id="3432321"] Yup that is the idiocy we are facing here. [/quote] Don't jump on me, but give him a pass because he slipped calling everyone in the thread who disagrees with him an idiot in by directing at someone he agrees with. Perso

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1899" id="3432320"] People here don't trust models. [/quote] I trust models just fine. When they're accurate and able to predict the things they claim to predict. A lot of these aren't, which calls into question their assumptions. I'm not comfortable making huge sweeping policy changes based on assumptions that are wrong more often than not and that somehow get swept aside in the we-must-have-consensus-you&

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Reply to What Games Are You Looking Forward to in 2014? in PC Gaming GalCiv3 Forums

Games I will buy day 1 or have already bought in no particular order: GalCiv3 testing Witcher 3 Pillars of Eternity Dragon Age 3 (Please, oh please be better than 2) RimWorld Star Citizen (whatever they get out in 2014) Games I'm interested in, but will reserve judgement on until I see reviews Thief AOW 3 Bastards (not really) who pushed back to 2015: At

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1887" id="3432232"] Good question. Depends what "flat temps" means. If it meant atmosphere, ocean, reversal of loss of Arctic ice and rising sea levels, etc. (in other words, all the places where increased heat in the system can manifest) for a couple of decades then I would start to wonder what was going on. You seem unperturbed by all the evidence of more decades than that though... [/quote] What's the scientific basis for "a couple of

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="EadTaes" reply="1848" id="3432014"] However we now live in a world were ignorance is a choice. If you want to know the truth about anything you can look it up in a matter of seconds online and find out the different points. From which when you look at the data and information critically you will reach the conclusion that in this case climate change is largely driven by human activity. However like stated people are choosing to remain ignorant and to simply believe what is men

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Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1828" id="3431889"] A single blast of cold arctic air and suddenly all problems have blown away... yeah right... Such cold spells happened in the past and sure it was cold for a few weeks, but they did absolutely nothing to prevent any of the warming in the decades that followed. [/quote] Your single blast of cold arctic air is responsible for record setting cold temperatures throughout the country. Where I

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