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I'm gonna quote my Physics prof, who probably stole this from somewhere, and say: "A state is not defined by its system of government. It is not defined by its religion, or its people, or its language. It is defined by its monopoly on violence. A state that has lost the monopoly on the capacity to inflict violence is a failed state."

So, yeah. Rule of force has worked in the past, and will work in the future.

True, but still. Blowing up a few cities alone wouldn't be the end of it. They'd need either a large force to enslave the local population to work, or some kind of remuneration to those that do mine for them.

Humans never work for free. We'll work for pay, work to avoid pain or death. But only if these are immediate, and real.

Which begs the question, why not just mine an easier target?

As for possible uses for earth? Luxury for one. Earth has some very pretty sights, certainly rare sights in a work dominated by lifeless rocks. Our flora and fauna are unique to our planet.

Another possibility is colonization. Earth is already in the galactic 'Sweet Spot' for life. It'd be much easier to re-purpose to suit Alien needs then a barren rock with a weak atmosphere.

Humans are normally boring in most fantasy settings, the other races already act as common human stereotypes or deconstructions of stereotypes.

Dwarves- Hard Drinkers, Harder Fighters, and the best builders around. Terrible friends.

Elves - Jerks, every one of them. Always.

Goblins - I love the Warcraft Goblins. Unapologetically evil, smart as a whip, with brilliant but dangerous and unstable machines that make up for thier physical shortcomings. They are a huge economic force, but also  have no problem strapping bombs to their chests and beating their enemies with superior firepower and numbers in a very interesting way.

Kolbolds - Fun race, I've always loved the DnD Kolbolds, Deekin, that little rascal.

Dragons - Huge Cruel Monsters that would rather tear the princess limb from limb than bring her back to the lair, they exhibit human or greater than human intelligence, but feral animalistic instincts.

Gnome - Dead, all of them. Dead.

Of course video games are Art. In ~all~ games ideals are expressed, intentionally or not.

Hell, many current video games for the most part are just interactive movies involving writers, musical scores, scripts, actors, climaxes, ect. To deny them the title of 'Art' is either to deny Movies are Art, or propose that by interacting with a work of Art, it ceases to be Art.


Also, if you automatically assume that all Video Games have no Artistic Ambitions because they are also a product to be sold; created by a group of people working together towards that goal, then all of the work of Shakespeare would also cease to be Art.

Did someone change your laws before all that Micro? Because otherwise it sounds like you stomped all over law 1.

I tried getting on earlier today, and the griefing was so bad I actually went back to the goon server. Seriously, I was dealing with people just walking into the middle of what I was doing and killing me on the spot.

Underused? Sounds like the wrench. That only gets used for connecting canisters and breaking down walls.

I think I've fallen in love with the Medical Doctor job. Now if only people would bring injured people or corpses to the Medbay every now and then.

Here's a Sample of my accredited and acclaimed ASCII Art.