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I liked Spellforce.

It's hard to explain why, though.

It's a decently-made D&D-esque RPG with RTS mechanics. You can be a badass with an entire army behind you. That's my opinion anyway. In terms of it being 'bad' I would say the voice acting is what does me in but they're German it seems to be a habit (Men of War series -_-)

PTW.

Are you going to be using any mods?

Ah, I guess I'll have to see if the clan dojo has researched it yet. I can't seem to enter the dojo though. I have a clan key, but it says I'm not a high enough rank to enter without another person already in the dojo.

I am really glad I promoted you to Officer status today. I should probably also edit the ranks -_-

For me, I guess, the non-drug story about myself is this: I was resting on my failures until I realized that I was resting on my failures: it's secretly comfortable.

My first crush was named Allison. I asked her out on a date and she said yes but then she realized it was a date (I guess idk) and backed out.

PROTIP: Don't make moves in the 4th and 5th grade. No one is ready for it.

Quote from: SalmonGod on April 17, 2015, 08:23:09 pm

Yeah... I've spent a lot of time reading into all that stuff... and it's left me with the impression that the vast majority of human beings truly do intend to be socially caring and just, but the functions which produce their actual perceptions and behaviors undermine that intention constantly.  But it's also left me with the belief that the structure and function of our society also exacerbates those natural flaws in every possible way.

The best thing we could do to make things better is educate everyone about these psychological shortcomings from an early age, because these mental quirks can be consciously adjusted for once one is equipped with the proper awareness of them.  But it seems to me like our education system, at least in the U.S., is much more effective at reinforcing them.

I agree with this.

I'll also add that that was what religion was supposed to do, but there are some obvious shortcomings.

The main problem is that by and large the system of governance has not changed in 12,000 years. What I mean to say is that while there has been a clear path of evolution of government, the underlying idea of government (hierarchical order) is a creation of War: Kings were appointed to a position above others because you need to focus like that in battle. It originated from the Chief-Among-Equals government that has remained in existence until now; the kings remained in power through means lost to the sands of time, and every non-tribal government has been some modification of this wartime government.

I suppose the Grand Illusion is this, and was pointed out quite obviously in 1984 among other works: There hasn't been worldwide peace since the dawn of "civilization:" everyone living under a state government has been living under martial law the entire time. It's the reason slavery still exists, it's the reason mercantilism-branded-as-capitalism still exists, it's the reason that we're killing ourselves (The Hopi call it the breaking of the Sacred Hoop and predict Armageddon should the Sacred Hoop not be restored)

We are animals. Quite intelligent animals, we're certainly (probably maybe) as intelligent as the rest of the intelligent animals on this planet. We're certainly the most knowledgeable animals on this planet, although some of our knowledge is best forgotten...

I suppose my conclusion is this: Existence is Alive. Non-Existence is Not Alive. Respect Being Alive.

+1 will PTW