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I know I can't convince Inuits to buy space heaters, so I sure don't debate to convince others. Mostly I throw a topic up to express my opinion and invite others to offer theirs whether or not I agree with it.

I stopped opening topics for debate because I wasn't enjoying the process much anymore. I'll still join in, but I take more care ion thinking out and writing my answers than I used to. Plus real life was smacking me with the sucky stick and it was causing a lot of stress for me.

Races, Clothing and Armor, House mods. The rest are usually too much for my laptop!

Some of it I like, some of it I don't. I do believe in gender equality: if there's mods that make my female toon's boobs and bits fall out, then I want something skimpy for my guys, too :D Otherwise, depends on my mood, roleplaying, is the gear attractive and not just skimpy, etc. And come on, people, some players of both genders just enjoy the aesthetic, and aren't using Oblivion/Skyrim and mods for their Personal Free Porn Creation Kit.

But that's exactly my problem with it. It's more evidence that the top brass at Bethesda are moving the company away from its traditional, mature, PC-using, game-modding audience and are emphasizing the younger, broader demographic of teens with X-Boxes and disposable income. From a purely financial perspective, sure, it makes sense to appeal to a wider market. However, Bethesda is trying to broaden its appeal so much, and so quickly, that many of the gamers who have supported the company for over a decade feel brushed aside and neglected. People have been accusing Beth of who-- err, pandering the Elder scrolls to the console market since Morrowind. I think it's only just not being accepted as true instead of blown off as hysteria.

I didn't see this posted, but that just means I didn't see it. I found it funny, but that just might be because I find it amusing to watch non-gamers try out a game like Skyrim!

I'm not terribly fussed on the height. I like this so far, and would play it. I love the Dwemer, even though in Skyrim they were shown to be rather dickweed-ish.

I'm not a vampire fan, and that with the bug reports is making me wait for the eventual GoTY version. I'll only get it due to the inevitable cool mods that will require it.

I like Skyrim a lot, but have been bored with it, too. I just can't make the move to boot it up. I'm not sure why, really. I still like it...just feel unmotivated to play it.

I have left discussions both those I started and those started by others when I have started to feel too stressed out. I figure people might think I'm a coward or something for doing so, but I'd rather that than a mod call me banned :D

I'm pretty lucky overall with regards to trolls, but the two I had were especially nasty. One trolled me about my writing (not my writing per se, but personal attacks at me triggered by my writing) so badly that it made me block for four years. The worse situation was enduring three years of trolling attacks from a friend who'd turned against me because he couldn't handle that I was going through a very rough time in life. I can understand not being able to handle that, especially if the person was going on about it a lot (I was) but the answer is to end the friendship and move on, not viciously attack them anonymously via their LiveJournal. I was having to block him 2-3 times a week there, and they finally got off their butts and IP banned him, and that solved it. I knew it was him because he also started trolling a friend of mine who was his friend until he went into a-hole mode, and because little hints here and there of things I'd said when he was still a friend. Would I want to see such a law in place? I don't know. I handled their bs as well as I could, but then I think of that poor teenage girl who was driven to suicide...by a hellhag of an adult woman trolling her, no less. I don't think there is any good answer, unfortunately :(

I've momentarily put aside Skyrim in favor of leveling in World of Warcraft before my two month time card expires, but I'm not yet bored with it. I will admit to having a bad case of game ADD, always looking for something new to do.

I'm pegging a Christmas release, but I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Because Bethesda talks ten pounds of crap in a 2 pound bag? I love their games, but they really need to start curbing their enthusiasm a bit and giving more truth.

I don't mind it so much, other than no one (well, almost no one!) seems to realize that females enjoy sexy members of the opposite sex too. We don't just sit around waiting to be wanted, we have our own needs, too ;)

damn. I would send you a save file for Marda, but she's not done all the quests, and she isn't hgih enough level. If you're still looking a few weeks' time, let me know. I do play her as a ranger type, with archery, alchemy, dual wield, light armor....

Well, I shot an old blind guy who was the bandit leader's uncle. I figured blind or not he might alert the others. Then I felt cruddy for shooting an old, blind guy. Then again, my current toon is Lawful Good. Next one I play will be a Lawful Evil Artemis Entreri type.

I love Metalocalypse and Toki is a big favorite of mine. would someone be willing to make him a follower? Or a preset to be playable? I'd very much appreciate it :D Toki Wartooth

I use it differently than most. I think many people use 'cool' to mean someone popular, whom they'd like to emulate, and who is usually on top of the trends, whatever they are. My idea of cool is someone who is just awesome because they're a good person, they treat others decently, they're funny or just.overall, I think they're a great person.

Thanks :)

That was very cool. I especially liked how the armor got gradually more badass. Nice way to show your character's progression.

My horse keeps running off when I go to dungeons. There's literally no trace of Allie when I come out. I'm not in there for days at a time. There's no corpse she's just gone, and i have to pay 1k gold at the stable to get her butt back. Any idea what's causing this?

I'm going to bow out of this now. I'm normally pretty even-tempered, but I'm under stress lately and don't want to pop off on someone and get myself banned. I just can't see how wanting to remove critical thinking is a good thing, and I don't care if it's Texas or Timbuktu, it's a stupid idea. Have fun. everyone.

Aurelius, if you can honestly tell me that what Texas is doing is a good idea, and why, then I will happily reconsider my stance.

Which will always exist when politicians and interest groups have an equal, or greater say over educational curriculum as people who teach said curriculum or those who doctorates in education and childhood development. The tinfoil lining here is that most of those methods of right-think, and doublethink don't always work so well in practice. Politicians may not be too keen on critical thinking skills, but most functioning adults need some level of critical thinking skills in order to do any job successfully. Meaning that if this stands in law long enough, Texas may need to be importing 99% of their work force, or at least just 99% of mechanics, janitors, doctors, nurses, architects, builders, machinists, programmers, engineers (oh wait, they already outsource those), shop owners, accountants, lawyers, police, and pretty much anyone who plays any part with the running of society. Yeah, well I just don't get it. I wish they would just secede and be done with it and stop infecting the rest of the country with stupid. Oh, and they can take Arizona with them. Gods know, Liberals get their share of stupid on too, but I don't understand what it is about the other side that makes them so anti-thought, other than what I said in the original post. I don't recall there being one thing in the Bible along the lines of "Yea verily, if you are smart and think for yourself, then you will go to hell." I don't want to live on this planet anymore.