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General Discussion / Re: Capital Punishment
« on: July 31, 2011, 10:41:13 pm »
Quote from: Realmfighter on July 31, 2011, 10:35:43 pm
Quote from: CrownofFire on July 31, 2011, 10:21:50 pm
Isn't the point of a jail (as it's used today) punishment? Even if it's not entirely the point, that's exactly what it ends up being.
True, but I would never defend that function.

That doesn't invalidate the fact that some people prefer life in prison over death.

Yeah, some people in fact like prison because they get to eat for free, and the possibility of getting a bed.

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DF Modding / Re: Modding Slade: trouble with making items out of it.
« on: July 31, 2011, 10:39:18 pm »
You're still lacking these:

[ITEMS_WEAPON] - weapons: halberds, swords, etc.
[ITEMS_WEAPON_RANGED] - long range weapons: bows
[ITEMS_AMMO] - bow ammunition and blowdarts
[ITEMS_DIGGER] - picks
[ITEMS_ARMOR] - breastplates and greaves
[ITEMS_ANVIL] - allows material to be made into an anvil
[ITEMS_HARD] - allows construction (?)
[ITEMS_METAL] - metalcrafting and stuff (?)
[ITEMS_BARRED] - certain armors
[ITEMS_SCALED] - certain armors

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DF Adventure Mode Discussion / Re: Should I get this thing as a companion?
« on: July 31, 2011, 10:13:38 pm »
Recruit the guy. He'll be as loyal as a dog, and he'll put your enemies to 'sleep' in no time.

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General Discussion / Re: Capital Punishment
« on: July 31, 2011, 10:07:18 pm »
Nope. I'm just saying that care should be taken if you're going to throw the death sentence. It might go haywire, at the worst possible moment.

EDIT: And no, I'm not saying the arrests should be done in secret, when the guy is obviously arrested and stuff. I'm not really keen on silencing all events anyway. But care should be taken, and don't let the media put the footage of someone's loved one, or some kind of adored idol, being put to something horrible/accusing him of something, in the same day as someone holding a whole bus' worth of people hostage.

Make sure to take care of loose ends first.

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DF Modding / Re: Why has nobody ever thought about mind blasts?
« on: July 31, 2011, 10:04:27 pm »
Well, if you're going to weaponize a brain, you might as well make it out of tough materials, add [STRUCTURAL], and increase it's relsize in the body_default files to somewhere in the 1000 (if tough material) or 10000 (if it's still a brain or something).

That should launch the poor guy far away.

"You blast Dwarf 1 in the lower left arm with your brain, tearing the skin!"

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Other Games / Re: Elona
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:59:36 pm »
Discovered that 4-dimensional pocket can actually store multiple copies of the game's artifacts (2 Ether Daggers).

I've yet to try though, if I can get any of those stuff, without morphing, and dual-wield them for great justice.

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General Discussion / Re: Capital Punishment
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:52:12 pm »
Quote from: ChairmanPoo on July 31, 2011, 09:42:14 pm
Quote from: Leafsnail on July 31, 2011, 09:04:29 pm
Quote from: Dr.Feelgood on July 30, 2011, 06:05:14 pm
It may be hard for some to admit, but gory deaths deter crimes. I wished we televised executions and used more graphic methods of death, such as a return to electrocution or gas. All methods of execution can potentially cause excruciating pain, even lethal injections, so I see no problem with it.
I have... a feeling that he won't care too much about how horrible a death stoning is either.

 To be fair, once you have jumped in the death penalty bandwagon, it sort of makes more sense to make it more bloody and public than private and whitewashed (as is done nowadays, in an attempt to make it seem more "civilized)

Actually, It'd be better if his status wasn't found out in the public at all, and information doesn't leak.

The Manila hostage crisis happened because the guy who held the hostage knew from television that his brother was imprisoned.

Add to the fact that the police force was incompetent, and the media kept displaying the live feed over the television, and the bus has television, it made the whole thing go from 'worse' to 'knee-deep in excrement'

EDIT: By 'guy knew that his brother was imprisoned', I mean if a significant event happens and one of his supporters see it, a whole new level of excrement happens.

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General Discussion / Re: Breivik, the man that sgould not be.
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:45:50 pm »
Then again, killing someone for killing 80 people has a great effect on people, better or worse.

It might not be a good idea to tickle everyone's ideals by making a significant move. His supporters might appear, if he has some, and they'll probably begin killing people.

Not doing anything might probably make his supporters appear, but at a later date. As much as I want this guy dead for killing 80 students, killing him might actually be a bad idea.

Justice is paradoxical and slow. ): 

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General Discussion / Re: Capital Punishment
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:28:35 pm »
I think the death sentence should be supported, to a degree.

Life imprisonment might not be enough, since seriously now, the guy might escape and continue his killing spree. At least, permanently cripple the guy's legs, and one arm and eye. That should keep him from being able to do anything significant.

However, crippling might be abused, if allowed. You know, politicians and other higher-ups might be bashing other people with that, because they didn't vote for them in the elections.

Also, the death sentence, like MetalSlimeHunt posted in the first page, might be abused too when it's allowed, with those pesky politics people killing certain people just to get a better rank.

Seriously, as much as I support death sentence, to a degree (terrorists, mass murderers), it can be abused by evil politics people if it becomes the norm, with the country eating itself. 

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General Discussion / Re: Breivik, the man that sgould not be.
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:18:17 pm »
Seriously, why isn't this guy getting the death sentence? He killed approximately 80 students, for Christ's sake! He should be killed by having horses pull each of his limbs, tied together by a rope. Then he should be left to bleed to death.

If he's just imprisoned, there's that tiny chance that he'll be able to escape, or that someone with the same sick, twisted ideals contact him from there, thus making an impact in the outside world.

Many people don't like the death sentence, but this guy does not deserve any sympathy, and he should be killed quickly, lest some idiots make him a hero and "fight" for his ideals.

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Forum Games and Roleplaying / Re: Rate the avatar of the person above you!
« on: July 31, 2011, 09:10:53 pm »
You are summoned from your hive just to die, and kill at least 20 marines.

8/10

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Other Games / Re: My problem with modern games.
« on: July 30, 2011, 07:41:09 pm »
'bout the topic...

I hate DLCs, especially day 1 DLCs. I mean, it should have been in the game itself, instead of being cut from the main game and packaged in a different box labelled 'DLC'.

However, there are games that actually do it right. For example, LittleBigPlanet's DLCs are great, as none of them are required to play the main game's water features. In fact, you could play the first game's custom watery levels without the appropriate DLC; lacking the DLC just prohibited you from making levels with water and other minor features.

With all that being said, there are some sucky examples, like Oblivion's Horse armor DLC. Seriously now, it was just a bunch of horses in armor, and it cost as much as the other DLCs. I could list a lot more, but it would become redundant if I keep listing, so yeah.

DLCs are supposed to expand the full game, it shouldn't be used as a key to unlock the full game's content.

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General Discussion / Re: ♪ The Great Music Thread ♫
« on: July 26, 2011, 08:49:19 pm »
Totally not a Rebecca Black song

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DF Modding / Re: Mod request
« on: July 25, 2011, 09:03:54 am »
How about a race of fragile, yet force-field armed robots, that have shooting castes, boss castes, and melee castes, with their own built-in weapons?

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General Discussion / Re: [♥~~♥~~♥] Things you slapped a tilde on today thread. OH MAN~♥ (Happy Thread)
« on: July 25, 2011, 04:10:08 am »
THE TILDES~~~ OH, THE TILDES~~~ IT'S MURDERING ME DEEP INSIDE AND IT'S MAKING A FEEL SURGES OF EMOTIONS! !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kidding, but I feel happy today because I've returned to modding DF and playing it again. Yay.

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