No particular order: Transistor Wasteland 2 Dungeon of the Endless Sins of a Dark Age The Witcher 3 Age of Wonders 3 Dragon Age: Inquisition Invisible, Inc. Homeworld: Shipbreakers (not sure if this will come out in 2014 or not)
I played the multiplayer version that was available for free for a while on Steam - it just had the tactical battle parts. It was fun for a while - kind of chess like. I'd pick this up maybe once it goes on sale at some point. Does this release also still include the MP portion?
[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="85" id="3433491"] Is it possible for someone to be a troll without knowing they are a troll?[/quote] Only if they are being remotely con-Trolled.
[quote]if you didnt start spamming frigates non stop right on the start your pretty much finished.[/quote] Scout well in the start so you know whether to spam frigates up in anticipation of a SB rush or whether you have some breathing room to expand and colonize a bit. As Advent getting early carriers can be an option and as Loyalist, mine control upgrade is a perfect counter to the SB rush with mines (which they sometimes do thinking you'll just be countering with LFs).
[quote who="Derek06" reply="8" id="3433020"]Making civic labs in this spot (unless you know its noobs around you) is utter stupidity in 5v5. You waste a much more valuable resource than money, you waste time. Which you have very little of.[/quote] I would disagree in the case of Advent. Civ labs aren't the first priority for sure, but once you have a starbase and fleet to defend, your next concern is getting cultured out. As Advent in this position I often build 2 Civ l
[quote who="Jafo" reply="1925" id="3432503"]BTW....'sanity deficient JAFO'. Are we tired of living or had you cottoned on to the idea I don't care about myself being 'insulted'? Anyone else the target and tha door slaps you on the way out...[/quote] You misunderstood me - I was describing 50 years in the future what you would feel like if you were still moderating this thread. /joke fail.
@Sel - so instead of the Rapture, we have AGW predictions, Thorium powered society predictions, and telepathic virtual world predictions! 50 years from now we'll have a bionically enhanced, cryogenically preserved, sanity deficient Jafo still tending this weed garden! The "I told you sos" might come sooner than that though...
[quote who="ZombiesRus5" reply="1917" id="3432455"] Quoting Ekko_Tek, reply 1915I think it's fine for people to be critical of models and how accurate they are as long as they are motivated to then actually learn more about them and are not falling for the fallacy of "Scientists don't know everything, therefore they know nothing and I can safely ignore them" or "Climate models are not 100% accurate therefore they're useless". It's a good thing scientists were
I think it's fine for people to be critical of models and how accurate they are as long as they are motivated to then actually learn more about them and are not falling for the fallacy of "Scientists don't know everything, therefore they know nothing and I can safely ignore them" or "Climate models are not 100% accurate therefore they're useless". I see a lot of intellectual dishonesty, motivated reasoning and misunderstandings of the science in the way the evidence gets interpret
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1893" id="3432266"]True enough, the science involves all those things and no doubt many more. The political consequences of the science involve demands entirely based on reduction in CO2 production (in reality, simply taxing CO2 production), it being the alleged principle driver or threat. You know that perfectly well, but are being a little disingenuous.[/quote] Wat? Disingenuous you say? [quote who="Daiwa" reply="1894" id="3432268"]Quoting Kantok,<b
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1889" id="3432236"]AGW theory is about nothing but rising global temperature due to the impact of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration, not heat 'disappearing' into previously unknown or underestimated heat sinks.[/quote] No, it isn't. Where did you get that idea from? It's about our effect in changing the climate of the planet. True, CO2 release is a big part of this, but there are many other human actitivies that contribute to climate cha
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1886" id="3432222"]How many years of flat temps in the face of rising CO2 would it take to weaken your conviction that anthropogenic CO2 is the driver of temperature?[/quote] 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 o
[quote who="starkers" reply="1880" id="3432196"] I mean, the topic largely consists of peoples opinions anyhow... and how they choose to skew the data to validate theirs.[/quote] I think it's more accurate to say the topic consists of a massive amount of evidence that there is widespread scientific agreement on. Yes, of course everyone can and does have their opinion. This isn't a subjective sort of question or issue though, like say, "Do you prefer Cabernet Franc or Pinot Noi
I think Valve is out to lunch on this. I don't really know who these would appeal to. I can already hook my gaming laptop up to my TV and use Steam's Big Picture and sit on the couch with a controller if I want to. These seem like novelty boxes more than anything, at least at this point.
[quote who="starkers" reply="1867" id="3432091"] Quoting Ekko_Tek, reply 1841Your emotional dislike/rant and wild guesses about volcanoes and conspiracy theories about "the rich" are not very convincing evidence of anything. I seek not to provide evidence, convincing or otherwise. I have been on the planet 60 years and have lived in both hemispheres. I have witnessed extremes of both hot and cold in both hemispheres... unseasonal weather, if you will, that so-cal
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1842" id="3431998"] He doesn't need to convince anyone of anything. He is your target audience. He is who will judge whether you are persuasive or not. He isn't attempting to pick anyone's pocket or sell anything. He is the buyer. Sooner that is recognized, and respected, sooner we may get somewhere.[/quote] I feel differently. I feel that someone coming into a 75 page thread should probably read some of it
[quote who="starkers" reply="1835" id="3431938"] Ya know, I'm entirely sick of hearing all this bullshit about [man made] global warming. It's total crap and we need to dismiss it as such. As with any other statistic/measurements, the date collected for this money raking exercise has been manipulated to suit those with vested interests... big business, governments and scientists who yet haven't proved anything else worthwhile. The entire farce is about
[quote who="Kantok" reply="1832" id="3431906"]Trying to dismiss a record cold storm with "it's winter" makes you sound silly. Especially when every devastating warm-weather caused storm is trumpeted as further proof of AGW. You can't have it both ways. [/quote] No, what's silly is trying to relate a single event in a small portion of the world to global climate change over decades. It's a displacement of Arctic weather in this instance. What has caused the polar vortex
What? You mean global warming hasn't eliminated winter in the eastern half of North America yet? Pfft... Our local ski hills could use some winter - there's no snow and it's 7 degrees C.
If you are ever lost in the forest without a compass just bring a dog with loose bowels!
And so the cycle continues...with the narrative of bumbling, corrupt scientists seen through and their lies pierced by the vigilant paladins of liberty and rational thought! Huzzah! [quote who="SivCorp" reply="1809" id="3431125"]No, the "evidence" is simply cycles of change that the Earth goes through. We have no bases to determine what is "normal" so how can we call something extreme? Your winters may be getting milder, but ours have gotten colder, and longer on this side of the worl
Someone needs to tell the Trumpmeister that the existence of winter does not invalidate global warming: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump There's also some other humorous tweets on the topic found here: http://grist.org/climate-energy/dear-donald-trump-winter-does-not-disprove-global-warming/
Not sure if DLC Expansions alone count, but X:Com Enemy Within was amazing and exceeded all expectations. I'm not usually a big fan of turn based games but I'll likely be playing this for some time to come. Company of Heroes 2 was decent but based on Relic's past work maybe my expectations were a little higher than it could live up to. Bioshock Infinite was fun and I love the film noir-ish atmosphere and look of the DLC. I do wish they would add more depth to the g
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1771" id="3430288"] The big picture.[/quote] Lulz...Dr. Richard "Clouds Will Save Us" Lindzen... "Dr. Lindzen is “feeding upon an audience that wants to hear a certain message, and wants to hear it put forth by people with enough scientific reputation that it can be sustained for a while, even if it’s wrong science,”" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/science/earth/clouds-effect-on-climate-change-is-last-bastio
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="1687" id="3429068"]Rather than repeat myself when someone jumps in and builds a strawman I'll just refer you to previous posts.[/quote] What strawman would that be? I was directly quoting you. I don't understand how someone can claim to have read the IPCC report and still come away with statements like: [quote who="Frogboy" reply="1683" id="3429047"]we don't know how much, if any, measurable affect our CO2 production is having on the cli
