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[quote]BTW you seem very racist considering to think other countries are "Barbaric" commie[/quote] TO ANY MODERATOR READING THIS TOPIC: I feel highly insulted by the user named "SlyDrivel" constant name-calling and insulting of other people. At the very least his latest posts have been pure trolling attempts, at the worst purely insulting. I ask that this topic be locked before it becomes a total flame thread and also ask that the moderators take some kind of actio

[quote]So, basically, there is no one in this discussion who believes that digital rights should be defended? In fact, everyone here praises Stardock because they just let pirates steal from them if they want? I am confirmed in my initial belief that you are ALL pirates. I have not heard an opinion from anyone who I would assume has not and will not steal ideas.It is also interesting to have it confirmed that America's internet infrastructure is infinitely superior to the barbarian countries. Al

Oh no, not another discussion about piracy..... On topic: The problem is not piracy. The problem is the demand for piracy. Pirates offers a product at a lower cost, or of better quality, or of more convenience. How to get rid of pirates? Get rid of the demand for piracy. How do you get rid of the demand for piracy? Figure that one out and you win at life. Capitalism, economic survival of the fittest.

[quote]Those rods will eventually get used up and end up as "waste".No, they will end up as depleted uranium, tracers for cancer patients, and soil. Simply, once they are spent, the only thing they good for is for making nuclear weaponsOnce they are spent they are no longer fissionable. So no. Thus they are waste. And that waste remains radioactive for over 10,000 years, but is not useable for a nuclear reactor once completely spent.PROTIP: The longer the half-life, the less radioactive

[quote]I'm just wondering; why not use nuclear power as a main source of electricity? The only problem I can see with this is storage of the waste.[/quote] At least in the USA. Mass histeria. People are afraid of nuclear reactors as they were afraid of communism and Soviet Russia in the 1960's. They think it's the devil. Real reason though. They are very complex, expensive and difficult to maintain,and have to battle many enviromental laws to get built. They generate much waste

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[quote]While YOU may not see any trouble in rising cost of gas, I have suprising news for you: many other people do. A very large part of the population can't afford to cut costs, they barely survive as it is, what exactly will they cut from their budget to pay for fuel? Also, I would like for you to describe "relocation". The government will step in and help? ..... [/quote] Barely survive as it is?? People in Haiti, in North Korea, in Somalia, etc. are barely surviving as it

[quote]Global warming is getting ready to step up it's assault on the human race. Ice reflects heat. Water absorbs it. When the ice is gone up north, the earth's rate of heating up will increase.[/quote] Heat is a problem? You prefer an Ice Age? Even if the norht pole melts, filthy low lands like New York City will be submerged, the water will clean it, and in a few (ten) thousand years it will be fertile and usable again. And fertile cold lands like Canada, Alaska, Sibera will get warm

[quote]It happened, doubtless, but here I venture forth a question historians don't often seem to make: were they aware of this iminent shift? Were the Romans in the 5th century AD aware that soon the world they knew would change so greatly that emphasis in Europe would shift from the Mediterranean to the Northwestern regions for more than 1500 years? Were they aware of the crushing changes at their doorstep, or did they simply go on with their lives as they always had? [/quote] I

[quote]Um no - they are actually solar collectors that partially power the ship!!!http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIEAll TIE series starfighters had two or more ion engine outlets, linked to a solar ionization reactor and solar array wings[/quote]

Well I personally think there will be three settings or stages or types of "space battle" 1- atmosphere, sort of like fighting at 50,000 feets here in Earth, near the ozone layer 2- gravity well, fighting near the gravity well of planets and moons, like where the ISS is currently orbiting over the earth 3- deep space, fighting in a pure vacuum, away from any planet of asteroid 1 and 2 we can already begin to see today, one example is the recent destruction of an US spy

Right. Galatic Civilizations 2 is that way ---------> You are playing Sins of a Solar Empire, a RTS game. You want more 4X Depth?? Go play a 4X game.

I have given much though about having a FS2 mod here in Sins. But the limitations are similar to other materials, like Battlestar Galactica, or StarLancer, or Star Wars, Wing Commander, etc. Most of those universe revolve around the Fighters class ships. The personality of those titles are given by the fighters dogfighting. In Sins fighters take a seconday role in combat. And IMO, Freespace without the dogfighting is rather boring and generic. I don't want fighters to be as uni

No. Battletech is about Mech (surface) combat, not about space combat. Sins would not be a good game for a battletech mod imo. [quote]Do you mechwarrior fans realize that there is a new game developed by prior mech players that is close to going live or has?(online multiplayer)[/quote] http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/ I'm a little skeptical if it will actually feel like mechwarrior, but at least it has some very nice mech models. :D

[quote]Obviously the game is not to everyone's taste - but I think the reason it is not as commonly well known is that the publisher is just not that good at getting the game on store shelves (at least in North America). I hope they do better with the Collector's Edition[/quote] Another reason is because the game is very hardcore and has a savage fanbase. Here in sins, a new person comes and ask if sins is similar to Homeworld (or someother game), and many good people here take the time

[quote]I'm not going to be able to do the models/textures myself, I just don't know how. Does anybody want to pair up with me to work on this?[/quote] That on it self just spelled doom for this mod.

Why do so many people have trouble accepting the idea of a RTS set in space?? Just because its a strategy game set in space does not mean it HAS to be a 4x game. Trying to compare MOO3 to Sins is like trying to compare a computer to a fish. They have nothing in common. Try the demo of sins, it will answer most of your questions cold blade.

[quote]yeah cultural relativism is for pansy lib'rals until you get to places that aren't Middle Eastern in which case there's a free pass. if it's not X hard, it's not beating! it's loving childcare! the only way to make your children act responsibly is to beat the shit out of them *only a little*. [/quote] learn to read. i said smacking, not beating the shit out of them *only a little* and its not called loving childcare, its called Discipline. [quote]that's gre

[quote]Can you wait? I need to go to school.Actually, don't worry about it, Nequa. I didn't realize you were so young... I suppose you can be excused for your opinions on parenting and warfare. So, yes, I'll wait until you're older and have more of an education, and then ask you the question again, heh.[/quote] Wow, great parenting example, "shut up you ignorant kid and don't speak until you grow older" is that how you treat your children ghostwes, if you have any? Let

Lol, couple of touchy people in this thread. I wonder if they have ever been to latin america, smacking is quite common and effective, of course with a limit. its smacking, not beating.

[quote]If using force doesn't work, use more force" is not an effective strategy.[/quote] If brute force doesn't solve the problem, you are not using enough. :D

LOL erathoniel, I'll say it again, you are cheap. [quote]Graphics are nothing for a good game[/quote] Aye, but they still affect sells. Hype a game because of its graphics, and even if its a crap game, it will sell a bit.

[quote]Ah, but you're talking from the publisher's point. The developers are the guys who make or decide upon the engine (don't whine about costs, the Q3 engine is perfectly good, Torgue costs little, and there's thousands of open source entities), equipment should be relatively cheap, utility bills should be cheap also, wages should be not that cheap but not near $1M, marketing could be expensive, but there's always Indie style word of mouth.[/quote] Well yes, I was speaking from a

[quote]No, sixty dollars is way too much. A game costs $2 to put on a disk. Use an existing engine, and if you sell 20 million like most high-end games do, you should have no problem charging $20. Plus, if you've ever played freeware or open source equivalents, you will realize that $60 really is a rip-off. Plus, shall I point out that the greedy publishers almost always get the majority of the money, so the developers really don't make that much in all cases..[/quote] That post is so f

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. [quote]Grow a pair and let them die, the instinct for survival will kick in and they will help themselves. Monster. Yes, I'm calling you a monster. Not because of the adults; because of the children. The adults may have screwed up and worked their own way into the situation, the children didn't. [/quote] Ron, as cold as psychoak is. He is right. Fe