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Actually, I think someone else must have added you, but no matter, you're both welcome here. A fellow Canadian, I see. I'm in Windsor, Ontario myself. And like in Canada, the Gerontocracy simply appoints senators heh.

I'm not convinced that we're all talking about the same thing here. Here is a quick primer on the logical fallacies that I was referring to above. As you can see, there's not much about them that is "relativistic", nor must they be applied to "directly applied to an unassailable certainty or at least a postulated theorum", whatever that's supposed to mean.

I'm here, no worries. I see we've added a few new members, which is great. Welcome to all of you.

A question/clarification though The teammnames would have nothing to do with your PLAYED race, correct? ie if I was on the Drengin Dodgers I could still play Yor or whatever. Yes, that's right. The names will just be to distinguish teams from each other and will have no impact on anything else in the league. In fact, we could dispense with those names entirely and just use something else, but that adds the additional problem of deciding who pick

fallacies are only crucial in argument when directly applied to an unassailable certainty or at least a postulated theorum. Does not parse, sorry. The usage of "logical fallacies" is surely Floccinaucinihilipilification.. Why would being able to assess something as useless not be of value in a debate? I don't understand... Ironically, the concept of a logical fal

I've been desperately attempting to win a game using the Dominion of Korx, for a Gerontocracy score, my racial victory medal, and also for the ongoing "loser" contest, but I just cannot win with them to save my life. Not sure what my problem is, heh. I think I've given up on four games with them so far.

Hmm, well that part worked, at least. Will have to keep working on this, I guess. Marshall, I hate to be a bother, but there seems to be a slight problem with the image. The white horizontal lines that cover the top half of the image seem to go over the character's upper face, where you probably intended the face to be on top. If it's not easy to fix, not a

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That's awesome, Marshall. Thanks for making that. Err, how do I get that to show up in my posts? I don't see any way to add a signature file or anything...

Yeah, it's odd how old many of us are. I started an empire for older players (35+), if any of you are interested. You can read about it here . We'd be very happy to have you join us.

I've been giving some thought to the Metaverse scores, specifically with regard to empires. A popular empire with hundreds of members can handily beat a small one with only a few players, regardless of how good those few players are. It becomes a popularity contest, essentially, with empires competing for number of recruits rather than good scores. So I've been thinking of ways that competition could be made more meaningful. Namely, how about setting up a league system? <br

Wow, this thread sure got resurrected from the dead. I also saw an interview with Michael Ironside where he commented, with approbation, on how one of Paul Verhoeven's major goals was to satirize the "strong Fascist themes" in Heinlein's book. Which told me 3 things: 1) Ironside, and possibly Verhoven did not read the book; 2) Virginia never met Verhoven before the rights were sold; 3) I probably don't need to see any more Paul Verhoven films

GW_Swicord --> Certainly! Welcome aboard, sir. I have invited your character into the empire. Hmm, who was the player who was banned? Marshall O'Neill --> I've voted; not sure about the other members. Presumably, ElWhop0 has, as he one of the contenders. As for an empire image, hmm, I'm not very design-oriented. You could take the old guy cartoon image from the empire page, perhaps? Thanks, by the way! Embird --> It does not take me a long time to ge

IMHO, the specials should not be traits that can be duplicated by granting extra points at race creation; that doesn't make them very special. The specials should be unique and personality-defining. Super Intimidator -- Ships count are considered four times as powerful for the purpose of determining military strength. Is "intimidator" even a word? Who cares? Super Dupers -- Can attack an opponent while masquerading as a different race. A unique and expensive hull component, per

Strongbow is actually cider, not beer. Tasty, though, in moderation. My favourites are: -- Double Diamond (UK) -- Newcastle Brown Ale (UK) -- Kilkenny Cream Ale (Ireland) -- Smithwicks (Ireland) -- Caffrey's (UK) -- Chimay (Belgium) Jamaicans drink ginger beer, actually, Dystopic , not ginger ale. Love the stuff (though I dislike ginger ale). It's non-alcoholic, of course, but still very tasty.

“To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible, ... It just strengthens my faith. I wish there were words to describe what it's like.” -John Glenn "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream." --Poster for Alien (1979) Ergo there is no god

..................u really arent that bright...... u r rite, sushistrip doo u no if their is a bibel that is spelt liek u and i rite? cuz i hav problems wif big intemellectual words like "you" and "are". pls help me 2 bcome smartur, kthxbye.

A win for the Arceans. If you don't mind taking it from my profile again, it's dated 6/16/2007 10:34:06 AM, 51450 points. The Arcean super ability was pretty powerful in the endgame, but not much help during the rest of the game.

Just wait and see what happens in your game. And enjoy the advantage of wrong defenses for your weapons while it lasts Sorry, I should have mentioned that the game I am referring to is almost over. I would have already won if the Jagged Edge hadn't showed up when I only had ~15 planets left to conquer If you can get to a higher le

Not necessarily a bug, I suppose, but it seems strange that all nine races, and each of the minors I encountered, were all using only mass driver technology . What are the odds of that happening? They were also all researching armor, but that makes sense giving the insane number of guns in the game.

mm I think this is a bit one sided! You Atheists get the final victory, but all the poor christians get is a Lord's Prayer! Funny! On the contrary, my friend, the devout would have a god on their side! Surely, that gives them an advantage over us, no? How could they possibly lose?

We should have a tournament -- Atheists vs. Devout. Best average score wins. If the atheists win, all the religios have to deny the existence of god, and if the religios win, well, we atheists will, err, say the Lord's Prayer aloud or something.

Awwww....I wanted them to do a Werewolf MMORPG! I also like the WhiteWolf Mage system. Actually, CariElf , I would be very surprised if it didn't include the entire World of Darkness.

For those of you confused by the differences between evolution and intelligent design, this short film should help tremendously.

dystopic , have you read Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian ? You might find it a good read, I think.