mizdarby

A lot of the gaming community seem to think that the forthcoming E3 event, will not see an announcement of TES VI, but will more than likely see the official announcement of Fallout 4, Dishonored 2 and perhaps the Doom reboot. I would like TES VI, to actually be based on the basic storyline of the Online version, maybe beef it up in places, but mostly expand the lore and be set near the events of the Online version. In the past, I hoped an Elder Scrolls based in the Black Marshs would really work well, but perhaps a bigger game encompassing much of Tamriel might be even more exciting.

My favorite npc is Glarthir, he might be crazy but he is my kind of crazy. Paranoia is a nice early quest, that gives time to start beefing up a character, the gold earned by the quest + looting his house is really useful for a low level character, and his body makes a safe storage container (the gift that keeps giving) in my favorite town. My own character is called Sirena (regardless of what race she is), been a Nona and Moonshadow Elf in the past, but currently she is a Nord (using Abriaels' Human race Revisited), sleath based and with two major magic skills (Conjuring and Illusion), favoring light armor and blades. She wears a Little Carmine Dress (the only free item in my game), and at some point will add Saerileth as a companion, once I have acquired Battlehorn Castle and/or the IC shack. It's very early days in her current game, but a wealth of experience with other builds, suggest she will do a decent job.

Hi After a 3 year break from playing Oblivion, I have re-discovered my first love, in the form of Oblivion GOTY Deluxe, and loving Oblivion all over again. In the three years since I was last active, I have toyed with Skyrim (hated it), Drakensang 1 & 2 (actually enjoyed 2 bar the annoying turn based combat), and Dreamfall The Longest Journey (not an rpg but a quality game), though Dreamfall Chapters was a massive disappointment. But recently brought a new rig from a friend, complete with GOTY, and have being playing nothing else since.

Probably the only person in the whole world who would like this 'mod' made. When a named npc gets killed/dies, I would like a replacement npc generated to take his/her place...eg after the Paranoia quest is finished, and Glarthir has shuffled off this mortal coil, I would like a 'reserve' npc to join in the game, and take ownership of the deceased property and inventory, ideally with his/her own ai. This is to just keep up the numbers of active npc's, and maybe a really gifted modder could give the odd reserve npc a quest or two for a little extra to do in the game. Not being much of a coder, I would imagine that the game can check whether a npc is 'dead' or not, and should it be able to then generate a replacement from a pre-created list. Resurrection of a previously 'dead' npc, might cause issues, but nothing that can't be fixed.

My father was an immigrant to the UK back in the 70's, and did take up a series of relatively low paying jobs, and on the whole he found the whole experience pretty enjoyable. As a mixed race person, I also have found the experience of life in the UK a pleasurable one, bar the odd idiot with bigotted views. It seems to me at least, that most of the discontentment in the UK, particularly in relationship to a struggling jobs market, seems aimed largely at the influx of Eastern Europeans from new member states of the EU. The commonly expressed viewpoint seems to be, that these migrant workers, will work for less than the legal minimum wage, and so prevent 'indigenous' people from acquiring long term work. To be fair, my upstairs neighbours are from Latvia, and the main wage earner does indeed work for much less than the legal minimum wage, which kind of reinforces the truth behind the perceptions. Be that as it may, the real issue would lay with the employers ( and probably the Government) for being prepared to pay such low incomes, and not with the migrants prepared to accept those wages. My Latvian neighbours are a fun lot of people, and we have had some good times sharing meals and just enjoying our different heritages. In a way, free immigration is a valuable step towards a true one-world humanity, and if we can't make that first step, then I suppose we will never be a full global society.

I actually do collect figurines, I used to have a huge set of Star Wras figures during my early teens, but discovered Doctor Who a few years ago, and currently have amassed a total of 37 different Doctor Who figures, my pride and joy is a 3' high remote controlled Dalek.

Quoting the head of commons home affairs select committee for the UK "UKBA caseload 'out of control' The number of outstanding immigration and asylum cases rose by 25,000 in three months and is "spiralling out of control", making the total caseload the equivalent of the population of Iceland, an MP has said. More than 300,000 cases needed to be dealt with at the end of June, up 9% over the previous three months, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee said. But clearing the backlog should not be a rushed job done without the proper checks, the committee's report on the UK Border Agency (UKBA) warned. In the modern world we live in, immigration between nations is a global phenomenon, mostly from nations either economically 'disadvantaged' or politically unstable, to nations that are perceived as economically prosperous or a safe haven. On the plus side, these migrants, add diversity and new ideas to their new homeland, and frequently take up the low paying jobs that the 'natives' of a nation, are reluctant to take themselves. They indirectly boost the economy through simple spending power, and directly through setting up small businesses and providing employment opportunities. On the minus side, an influx of new population, puts pressure on the jobs market, as more and more people require employment, and they also put pressure on the housing stocks, as again more people require housing. Added to that, are the tensions generated by traditional tribalism, generally in the form of racial tensions. We are all human, so does it matter how many immigrants a nation takes into borders each year, or is this a 'limit' of new population that a nation can absorb, before it's basic infra-structure is overwhelmed. As usual, I will state my standpoint. I have no issues at all with the UK accepting immigrants, I do realise that currently the UK economy is pretty stagnant, and job creation is struggling to say the least, but I consider the UK to be capable of finding new ways to accommodate new population. I would have the one proviso, that immigrants which belong to known terrorist organisations, and those with criminal records of violence/murder/child abuse etc, would not be welcome as they wouldn't contribute positively to UK society.

Based on current medical trends, I voted option 3 Cybernetics as a liable future for mankind. We already use artificial body parts as a matter of course, eg pacemakers prosthetics etc, and with the ever increasing power of computing technology (and i believe nanotechnology) it would not be a huge stretch of the imagination, to envision people having more complex body part replacements, with the inevitable end point of cybernetic technology. I voted option 4 as my preferred evolutionary traint, the idea of becoming a purely energy based lifeform is quite appealing to me, although I tend to think of such evolutionary traints to be implausible.

Just want to congratulate President Obama for his victory, which despite pre-election predictions of being a close race, proved to be a pretty easy victory in the end. His share of the popular vote, gives him a proper mandate to pursue his policies, which I truly hope will prove good for the American people and the American economy. The straw poll associated with this debate, has suggested an Obama win virtually from the word go, so I thank all those who voted, and am pleased it proved an accurate poll in the end. I want to particularly praise colorwheel, who estimated Obama would win around 310 electoral colleges, which is almost exactly the number he won. I bow to your excellent insight, and though I wanted a different winner, I also appreciate the sterling defence you made for Obama.

Absolutely not unethical. I have no interest at all in advertisements of any kind, so anything that blocks them is a good thing in my eyes. If they ever make an adblock for television, I would certainly use that as well.

Although the clinical definition of 'biological parasite', might be technically correct from a purely scientific viewpoint, it has no such meaning in the non-scientific world, and as a mother of a lovely two year old, at no point did I feel 'infested' by a parasite at any time during my pregnancy. More relevantly to the question of ending human life, I fully accept that for the first part of a pregnancy, a foetus is not yet a human life, the main debate would be at what number of weeks in a pregnancy does a foetus become a child. I chose not to pick a set number of weeks, has it is debatable when the tipping point between foetus and child actually occurs. On the other end of the human life-span, I think it is acceptable for a person to have their life ended by the medical profession, if it is the unforced choice of the individual, and there is good medical reasons for ending the life, based on quality of life to be expected.

With only 4 days left to the actual election, Obama is still most likely to be next President, and I hope that he will provide the necessary policies to start growing the American economy again. I agree their is no proven links to automotive unions funneling funds to the Democratic party, although the links between the Obama and Monsanto (ddt, agent orange and gmo's amongst their products over history) are a little disturbing, particularly with Michael Taylor (lobbyist for Monsanto) being given the deputy commissioner role with the FDA, and the entirely 'coincidental' refusal of the FDA to label genetically modified food (which suits Monsanto very well). But I'm sure Romney has his own dubious links to industry. I thank everybody who voted on the straw poll, the current result of Obama winning the straw poll will almost certainly be reflected in the real world.

Apparently Disney have bought Lucas Arts, and there will be a 7th Star Wars film. Good news though I suspect with Disney running the show, there will be a far greater role for the Ewoks in the next Star Wars film I win.

My sympathies go out to the people affected by Sandy, particularly those who lost loved ones during the storm. Of course it hasn't taken long for the Presidential candidates to try gain political capital from the tragedy, though I am sure the loss of life and property damage, will sadden them like any other person would be. President Obama is now using the old political 'trick' of sounding statesman like, to reinforce his image of being in 'control' when the chips are down, whilst Mitt Romney is doing his best to make Obama look statesman like as well, by focusing his 'disaster relief' efforts in Ohio, which I believe happens to be a state Romney must win, to have any chance of winning the election.

As a non-american, I find the sheer concept of voter ID somewhat alarming to say the least. Anything that disenfranchises any eligible voter is most definitely not welcome, in any truely democratic society. And if it is indeed used, against any racial group (minority or otherwise), it should be discouraged and dropped. Though I am very confident of a Democrat win, the UK MSN suggests the race is too close to call, perhaps they are seeing something I am not seeing. Just as a point of personal interest, has anybody watched the 3rd Party debate, did my man Johnson win.