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I haven't read the whole thread and many of the hugenormous posts so I don't know if this has been said already.

I think the recent craze with the potential for advanced AI is not a thing without precedence. You say this "singularity" or at least the invention of humanlike artificial intelligence will happen within the lifetime of some of us.

Remember like, in the 1970's everyone was sure we would be a space-faring race by the 2000's. Its 2010 now .

In reality its very hard to make predictions especially about things on such a grand scale as space conquest and technological singularities. I believe that more likely than not the advancement of computers will hit a financial or technical limit. Lets say that in 2020 it becomes feasible to build a computer that fully simulates a dogs brain. The machine is would be the size of a ten story building and would cost as much as a manned mission to Mars. It would be deemed a waste of resources and likely advancement would grind to a halt with no one willing to pay the exorbitant price for these machines.

I'm not saying Transhumanism and a Technological Singularity aren't interesting concepts worth discussing. I'm just afraid most people are jumping the shark way too soon.

We're talking about more niche titles right? Posting a huge, recent blockbuster title like Team Fortress 2 doesn't make sense since you can see its good by looking at the thread with over 200 pages.

I'll go for:

Freespace 2 SCP
Genre: Space Flight Simulator
Grade: 100
Year: retail release 1999, Source Code Project releases annually to this day!
Additional information: The original was the best game ever created in the genre. The visuals were stunning for its time. The second installment was just that, except more and better. Volition released the games source code in 2002 and since then the game has been kept alive by a dedicated set of fans. The visuals and gameplay elements have constantly been updated to keep this marvelous title put even the newest PCs to the test. If you look at the graphics of the newest version of the Source Code Project and compare them to what retail looked like you won't believe its the same game. Once you're done with the main storyline there are literally dozens of top-notch fan made campaigns some of them are even professionally voice acted. Example video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya_m4L0B2gk& (Blue Planet is one of the more acclaimed fan-made campaigns )

Does it work now?

I won't be able to do the cave in because DF hangs every time I pull the lever.

Hooookay! I've done some progress today. My main project is done(the archways). I've uploaded the map to the archive. It still late autumn so I will use winter to add some polish and maybe improve the dwarves accommodation a bit.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-8859-skycrushers

Basically what I'm going to try is make the starting eight pillars arc and join with the central tower(the one with the spiral staircase).

I have an idea on how to make it and I hope it wont be too much of a decorative waste of time.

Later players can widen the tower at higher levels.

I'll make more of the spiraling staircases since they look cool.

Thief:
Ghosting. It means picking up every loot item and treasure without alerting any guards or knocking them out / killing them. It's acceptable to engage the first arousal level (hey, is something there? I should go take a look) but not the outright alert (hey, you there taffer! I'm gonna tear you up like we're at the bear pits!).

I did that up to Return to the Cathedral mission in Thief: Dark Project. It becomes impossible then because snatching The Eye makes all the undead immediately aware of you.

I made the rules slightly different. I hate looking for that last piece of loot so I just went for expert difficulty, no first level alerts(they never actually alter their patrol route to look for you - this also means no diversions). Oh yeah, spiders and burricks don't count because they are stationary and impossible to stealth by at several occasions.

I recommend this to anyone who is feeling nostalgic to the Thief series. Not only is it quite a challenge but it's also surprisingly fun, as if the game was meant to be played this way.

Just posting to say I'm ready to play the third year. I'll try to put on some Z lvls. The only question is: DOWN or UP?