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• • Sarah Palin bigger than ever

  • Originally posted by frodus
    

    Whats unusual about this is the news coverage is still going on even after the election is over.but their is 4 yrs tell the next election which is a life time in politics,we will have to see if she has staying power.

    4yrs is plenty of prep time.

     

    This is certainly true, however, you cannot change someone's IQ.  Did you notice President Bush getting much better at speaking as "prep time" went on and on for 8 years?  Uhm.....no.  For someone to be "prepped" you have to have something to work with and build from, and frankly, I don't believe there is much here except a charismatic (I don't mean she has charisma, I mean she's from the "Charismatic" denominational church..."spirit-filled modern day holy rolller" types), mother of five, who has governed a VERY small area for a very SHORT time.

    I think she would be wonderful in the church's women's ministry as a leader.  As a political leader....no.

    I think Ms. Palin is probably a lovely person, a great mother, a wonderful wife, sister, friend, etc....so are A LOT of women in the United States, BUT....that doesn't qualify her for political office any more than it does any of my equally marvelous female neighbors, friends, and family. 

    In conclusion:

     

     

    If you take someone that is literally retarded and work with them and work with them until they memorize the encyclopedia, it does not make them any less retarded.  It just makes them retarded with a lot of memorized facts, that are likely to be pretty meaningless to them.   You can teach a parrot to recite Shakespeare, but it doesn't make him a literary scholar.

     

  • Posted: 11/27/08 6:47 PM
    General Discussion
• • Oh My God: they made WoW eternal in Lake Wintergrasp

  • I have only ONE thing to say in regards to this thread:

     

    DRIVING tanks and seige weapons of all sorts (some that you can even have a few players at a TIME in - especially good to add a mage or lock rapid firing spells in with you), and flying bombers YOURSELF (with full control) trumps like MAD the lame clicking on the groud to "control" a catapult, spill hot oil, etc. BS that Warhammer had.        No comparison....at all.

    The people talkin' trash about WoW's new PvP, have obviously never PLAYED it.  They're trying to judge from past battlegrounds, arena, etc., and haven't even tried the new style of WoW PvP addiction....lol.  This is NOT like the old BGs, and is NOTHING like arena.  It feels like a war, and we've learned to HATE the other side of the server for four years now, so there is plenty of vehemence behind it.  It's electrically charged all out warfare and it's IMMENSELY FUN!

    I'm EVER so glad that I made the decision to continue with WoW.

     

     

  • Posted: 11/25/08 11:16 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • WoW maturity issues?

  • Originally posted by FischerBlack
    

    Originally posted by TenSpotting
    

    Originally posted by Mitara
    

    This forum most certainly have a tendency towards very specific ways of thinking about MMORPG's. I would like to know, the age group of people here though. Is everybody here of the WoW generation? Did WoW bring the genre maturity issues?

    
     

    I've played WoW for a few months and I've never ran to anyone who seemed like they were having maturity issues

    Ive also been playing WoW for the first time recently and have been pleasantly surprised by the maturity of the majority of the people i talk to.

     

    I've been playing WoW for 4 years, and I'm in my 40s.   I know VERY few people on my server that are under the age of 30, truthfully.  I think the whole "WoW is for children" thing....is a bit of a MYTH.  LOTS of adults play.  Not all adults are mature, but....I haven't had a lot of problems.   I'm in a predominantly adult raiding guild, I don't spend loads of time hanging out in major cities reading  trade chat.  I think those are possible ways to AVOID seeing a lot of the immaturity that undoubtedly exists.  However.....I have also noticed a DECLINE in the idiotspeak (my own word to describe leet speak) when I HAVE read trade chat.  I think some of the very very young PvP crowd that used to like to talk a lot of smack and just act like complete asses......moved to Warhammer.  I'm cool with that.

  • Posted: 11/23/08 9:31 AM
    World of Warcraft
• • Does anyone actually believe everything DF has claimed?

  • Originally posted by Blodpls
    

    I don't see why not as wow has about 3k per server I think and that was released 4 years ago.  If even 10% of them try standing in the same general location then I expect it will cause a server crash like in every other mmorpg.

    Good job the world is supposed to be massive.

    How many people does WWII online have playing at once? Anyone know?

    Edit: WWII online has 10k players per cluster, it's not only possible but it was done in 2001.

     

    Uhm, no.  WoW has about 13k per server. 

     

    http://www.wowjutsu.com/us/lothar/

     

    There ya go.  There's just a random server.  THAT one has 13,565 players.  Some have a bit more, some less.  I didn't notice any with only 3k, although...you said "4 years ago," and the statistics I quoted above are more up to date than that. :)

    INCIDENTALLY....this site only tracks GUILDS.  Un-guilded players are not counted in the totals, therefore, I imagine the numbers are actually quite a bit higher than this.

     

  • Posted: 11/22/08 8:08 PM
    Darkfall
• • What would posess someone...

  • Originally posted by el_muerte
    

    to follow across Straglthorn Vale, repeatedly kill, and corpse camp one player 30 levels lower than them for the better part of an hour, even to the point of sneaking into Grom Gol base camp and hiding out for the kill, then sprinting or vanishing only to return and wait some more?  Does the fact that he's free to gank all the lowbies because every other high level is out leveling to 80 give him pleasure?  I remember ganking noobs on my old account... it got boring after like the second one, even when the 70s showed up and put on a decent fight.  How does someone enjoy doing this so much that they keep going and going and going?  I... I just can't comprehend it...

     

    I have my own opinion on the "whys" of this, and I'll tell you what it is.  When someone is such a pussy, that they repeatedly pick on someone that many levels lower than they are, I think it proves that they probably SUCK at playing their character.  THIS is the ONLY way that they can feel some sense of superiority, because the other players of EQUAL level to them, are far too much of a challenge for them, and far better players.

    So those people are just pathetic to me.  You should probably feel sorry for the little fella....he sucks at gaming, and his mommy probably doesn't give him enough attention.  I'm pretty sure he has a miserable life and probably hates himself for being a loser.

  • Posted: 11/15/08 4:15 PM
    World of Warcraft