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Your argument is full of fallacious assumptions about the necessity of a state. You are assuming without the state that particular and arbitrary things won't get accomplished. This was the same argument they made in defense of slavery by stating "without slavery, who will pick the cotton?" except now many statists bellow "without the government, who will build the roads?". As Murray Rothbard once said, the statist confuses the necessity of SOCIETY with the necessity of the STATE. I'd recommend watching this: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=0H2rSJayL_c Is it? Show me ONE significantly sized group of people that without help of a government, constructed roads, bridges, a police force, fire department, or even a friggin hospital. Saying the state is REQUIRED to do all of these things is not only juvenile but simply laughable. Aside from the moral reasons in opposition to the state, the economic arguments are quite basic. The state is incapable of calculating the opportunity costs of production and has no way of calculating, economically, where the most efficient use of resources should be directed. Both of these problems result in an extremely high level of inefficiency in providing even the most basic of services. Look up the Icelandic Commonwealth (Medieval Iceland). This "significantly sized" group as you put had private defense agencies instead of a monopoly police force as well as what is now referred to as private law or private dispute resolution. A very good read from David Friedman: http://www.daviddfri...nd/Iceland.html If you want to resort to insults, you can be added to my ignore list with a few quick clicks. Also, running off a line of feces is not an argument. None of what you discuss there matters one whit to the state, or the people. The people want roads to drive on. Individually, they are going to be unable to build the infrastructure required for such a project. convincing enough folks that it is a 'good idea' is one thing, getting the to do, let alone PAY FOR IT, is an entirely separate issue. Also, your argument falls flat in the face of american history. The US government started the interstate system to ENCOURAGE commerce, and make it easier to transport goods around the country. They KNEW it would be a boon to the economy, both in the jobs created by the projects themselves, and the commerce they enabled. No problem, I can give you five off the top of my head: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia. I'll even describe one for you: Croatia is built like that, 4.5 million people who live on a private property of foreign companies. Politicians do nothing but bark at each other and they have no real power since everything inside the border is owned by someone else, even the border. All of our road repairs and road/bridge constructions are funded and controlled by German private companies and are built without any consent from the government (our highways don't even have a building license but they are still built and used), same goes for the fire department. Hospitals are funded and controlled by Pliva, who is in turn controlled by US and German pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Bayer. Police force is controlled my the Ministry of Internal Affairs which does nothing if NATO doesn't request it, it's funded by US and is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/rolleyes.gif Hotels - foreign, clinics - foreign, hospitals - foreign, police - foreign, sea - foreign, land - foreign, electrical company - foreign, phone companies - foreign, water company - foreign, roads - foreign, oil company - foreign, military - foreign, government - exists but politicians do nothing whatsoever but sit on their arse and get payed for doing nothing. Nothing in Croatia is owned by it's government and they don't help anyone but themselves. Also, half the government is in prison for theft, bribery, smuggling, murder, extortion, racketeering, war profiteering, threatening, etc. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/laugh.gif The same situation is in the other four countries I mentioned, they just have a different name. So you see, you don't need a government for the state to function. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif No, you need foreign governments, and private companies operating at the behest of same.... How is that in any way considered "Anarchy"? That's fine, I'd rather not listen to an irrational statist who has yet to present any evidence of their position in a thoughtful and logical fashion. Line of feces? My undergraduate field of study is in economics, a field in which you clearly do not understand. If rational arguments presented with references offend you, that's fine, I've noticed in my line of work statists are very wary of economics in relation to the state. You've demonstrated you are unwilling to even investigate the material I've presented. Would you to provide any references for your incorrect statements? You've got a tough academic career ahead of you it sounds like kid. Another good article to investigate is a great book or entry on Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia". Although, I highly doubt you will investigate this wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia....ate,_and_Utopia Kid? *snicker* I haven't been a kid for quite some time. I also have found that those that think they know more, because they are "educated"...... are those that are least likely to actually understand the human aspect of the problem. I have also found, in my own education, that what they teach, and what actually happens in the real world, are two entirely different things. (Yes, I have funny little letters after my name too. Doesn't mean diddly squat.) One question though, when has "not understanding the implications/impact of an action" EVER stopped a government from doing something? When has actually understanding the cost/benefits of an action EVER caused a group of individualists to DO something??? Ponder that one for a while. For me, I don't really feel like "debating" with the "I be edumacated, therefore, I am smarter than you" types. I'm out. Have fun guys. Would have fooled me, you failed to offer any evidence for any of the positions you claimed. Nice attempt at arguing.

Your argument is full of fallacious assumptions about the necessity of a state. You are assuming without the state that particular and arbitrary things won't get accomplished. This was the same argument they made in defense of slavery by stating "without slavery, who will pick the cotton?" except now many statists bellow "without the government, who will build the roads?". As Murray Rothbard once said, the statist confuses the necessity of SOCIETY with the necessity of the STATE. I'd recommend watching this: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=0H2rSJayL_c Is it? Show me ONE significantly sized group of people that without help of a government, constructed roads, bridges, a police force, fire department, or even a friggin hospital. Saying the state is REQUIRED to do all of these things is not only juvenile but simply laughable. Aside from the moral reasons in opposition to the state, the economic arguments are quite basic. The state is incapable of calculating the opportunity costs of production and has no way of calculating, economically, where the most efficient use of resources should be directed. Both of these problems result in an extremely high level of inefficiency in providing even the most basic of services. Look up the Icelandic Commonwealth (Medieval Iceland). This "significantly sized" group as you put had private defense agencies instead of a monopoly police force as well as what is now referred to as private law or private dispute resolution. A very good read from David Friedman: http://www.daviddfri...nd/Iceland.html If you want to resort to insults, you can be added to my ignore list with a few quick clicks. Also, running off a line of feces is not an argument. None of what you discuss there matters one whit to the state, or the people. The people want roads to drive on. Individually, they are going to be unable to build the infrastructure required for such a project. convincing enough folks that it is a 'good idea' is one thing, getting the to do, let alone PAY FOR IT, is an entirely separate issue. Also, your argument falls flat in the face of american history. The US government started the interstate system to ENCOURAGE commerce, and make it easier to transport goods around the country. They KNEW it would be a boon to the economy, both in the jobs created by the projects themselves, and the commerce they enabled. No problem, I can give you five off the top of my head: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia. I'll even describe one for you: Croatia is built like that, 4.5 million people who live on a private property of foreign companies. Politicians do nothing but bark at each other and they have no real power since everything inside the border is owned by someone else, even the border. All of our road repairs and road/bridge constructions are funded and controlled by German private companies and are built without any consent from the government (our highways don't even have a building license but they are still built and used), same goes for the fire department. Hospitals are funded and controlled by Pliva, who is in turn controlled by US and German pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Bayer. Police force is controlled my the Ministry of Internal Affairs which does nothing if NATO doesn't request it, it's funded by US and is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/rolleyes.gif Hotels - foreign, clinics - foreign, hospitals - foreign, police - foreign, sea - foreign, land - foreign, electrical company - foreign, phone companies - foreign, water company - foreign, roads - foreign, oil company - foreign, military - foreign, government - exists but politicians do nothing whatsoever but sit on their arse and get payed for doing nothing. Nothing in Croatia is owned by it's government and they don't help anyone but themselves. Also, half the government is in prison for theft, bribery, smuggling, murder, extortion, racketeering, war profiteering, threatening, etc. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/laugh.gif The same situation is in the other four countries I mentioned, they just have a different name. So you see, you don't need a government for the state to function. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif No, you need foreign governments, and private companies operating at the behest of same.... How is that in any way considered "Anarchy"? That's fine, I'd rather not listen to an irrational statist who has yet to present any evidence of their position in a thoughtful and logical fashion. Line of feces? My undergraduate field of study is in economics, a field in which you clearly do not understand. If rational arguments presented with references offend you, that's fine, I've noticed in my line of work statists are very wary of economics in relation to the state. You've demonstrated you are unwilling to even investigate the material I've presented. Would you care to provide any references for your incorrect statements? This is basic argumentative strategy for trying to coherently establish any position in an argument, and I have yet to see any kind of even basic references to other sources. Another good article to investigate is a great book or entry on Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia". Although, I highly doubt you will investigate this wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy,_State,_and_Utopia

Your argument is full of fallacious assumptions about the necessity of a state. You are assuming without the state that particular and arbitrary things won't get accomplished. This was the same argument they made in defense of slavery by stating "without slavery, who will pick the cotton?" except now many statists bellow "without the government, who will build the roads?". As Murray Rothbard once said, the statist confuses the necessity of SOCIETY with the necessity of the STATE. I'd recommend watching this: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=0H2rSJayL_c Is it? Show me ONE significantly sized group of people that without help of a government, constructed roads, bridges, a police force, fire department, or even a friggin hospital. Saying the state is REQUIRED to do all of these things is not only juvenile but simply laughable. Aside from the moral reasons in opposition to the state, the economic arguments are quite basic. The state is incapable of calculating the opportunity costs of production and has no way of calculating, economically, where the most efficient use of resources should be directed. Both of these problems result in an extremely high level of inefficiency in providing even the most basic of services. Look up the Icelandic Commonwealth (Medieval Iceland). This "significantly sized" group as you put had private defense agencies instead of a monopoly police force as well as what is now referred to as private law or private dispute resolution. A very good read from David Friedman: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Iceland/Iceland.html

Your argument is full of fallacious assumptions about the necessity of a state. You are assuming without the state that particular and arbitrary things won't get accomplished. This was the same argument they made in defense of slavery by stating "without slavery, who will pick the cotton?" except now many statists bellow "without the government, who will build the roads?". As Murray Rothbard once said, the statist confuses the necessity of SOCIETY with the necessity of the STATE. I'd recommend watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H2rSJayL_c

Speaking of crappy collision/clipping detection, that reminds of the O&S boss fight. I thoroughly enjoyed how Ornstein's spear could go straight through those pillars when he did that long range thrust lunge.

Pretty much this. Bethesda no longer cares about lore in any of their games (I'm looking at you Skyrim), so I can completely see them doing something like you mentioned about the game's setting taking place in London. I think it would be interesting to have a Fallout game take place in a country or region that wasn't directly attacked during the nuclear exchange. Somewhere like South America or another somewhat remote and isolated region to see how a post-apocalyptic has changed relatively "unaffected" societies.

They should learn to make a good TES game. It's stated to death, but I think Morrowind was the last good TES game. Oblivion wasn't a bad game by any stretch, but as a TES game and especially when comparing it to Morrowind, it definitely falls short. Shivering Isles and even Knights of the Nine definitely made Oblivion worth it, but I felt the MQ became bland and repetitive after a while. I won't even bother mentioning Skyrim.

Try to reinstall, if that doesn't work try running the game in administrator mode. If nothing still it could be an error with Games for Windows Live. I know certain USB controllers that are not "official" 360/PS3 gamepads can cause issues like this.

I hope it's just some of their titles and not whole chunks of the company. The last thing the gaming industry needs is an even larger EA with solid IP under their discretion.

Being that there was a massive demand to get the PC port, I think they'll optimize the PC version of DSII. What I hope they add is dedicated server, and more straightforward coop and pvp.

I understand where you're coming from though. I never enjoyed handheld gaming but I know a lot of people do. Sadly a lot of great games have been released for handhelds that I simply never got to play. I hope this isn't the case with this NVIDIA handheld.

If the hardware is capable, inexpensive, and they are able to mitigate most of the control issues, I'm not sure what the problem with that is. I'm not saying it is a problem, but for people who already currently own a gaming PC I'm not sure what the point of buying the thing would be. Depending on the price, why would you pay for a box that will only play PC games when, for around the same price, you could build your own PC that would be able to not only play games on but of course use as a personal computer. Again if Valve is able to make this thing relatively inexpensive and the price difference was substantial between owning the box and owning a PC, then of course it would be a wise choice to invest in their product.

So have they explained how games are going to work on this thing. In my mind all the Steam Box appears as is a gaming PC with a gamepad that lets you play your PC games like a console and enjoy them from your couch, even though plenty of people already do that with their current machines. The whole thing just feels like a gimmick.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/01/07/nvidias-project-shield-an-android-based-handheld-with-steam-big-picture-streaming/ Looks like NVIDIA is making a handheld. I have never been into handheld gaming but this looks promising. Especially that reportedly you'll be able to hook up with your Steam account and stream in HD to another monitor/television. Have to say they botched the controller though, instead of using the superior true directional pad that the Playstation controller has they opted for the sub-par 360 d-pad.

You should revive her. Once you get the lordvessel an important part of getting around is based on which bonfires you can teleport to. Not having firelink shrine available can lead to being a very severe pain in the ass. You'll want to keep the firekeepers alive as well as you can until you come ready for NG+. Wow I'm an idiot. I completely forgot she has to be there to use/kindle the bonfire in Firelink. As I said it feels bad to still feel like a DaS newcomer.

I'll give them a go again tonight. I've watched a video of someone killing Lautec and he just invaded, casted iron flesh then wailed on him until he went down. Looking at the date the video was uploaded I can see why when I tried this strategy it didn't work. Is it worth reviving the girl at Firelink or should I use the soul to upgrade my estus further? I feel like a noob asking a question with nearly every post but so far everyone has been extremely receptive and helpful with dealing with a Dark Souls newcomer.

They have no incentive to innovate in their games because they know full well that the masses who don't know any better will buy anything they churn out.

I played a little bit of it, be prepared for extremely "cheap" AI and if you've got it for PC you'll experience horrendous controls. By cheap AI I mean you'll have cleared out an area of zombies, go to your menu to heal/equip an item/whatever and all of a sudden there will a ton of zombies that magically have found you and start to ambush. The controls were made for a console, and if you're playing on the PC you'll quickly realize they didn't take the time to optimize the controls.

Got past the archers finally, then proceeded to get annihilated by the silver knights until I figured out how to parry/riposte, now they're a piece of cake. Crafted Quelag's Furysword and loving it, my only problem now is trying to kill Lautec in his realm to get the firekeeper soul and revive the girl at Firelink Shrine, but Lautec and his two other minions keep kicking my ass. I don't really wanna waste humanity to heal in his realm but so far I haven't been able to beat him. Should I equip some heavy armor, cast iron flesh and try and burn him down or is there a general strategy to kill him? Or is it possible to come back to this portion in Anor Londo later and kill Lautec and get the soul or do I have to do it at this point in the game?

It was tough for me too, and most of it depends on blind luck. The amount of defense you have here doesn't make any real difference since one arrow will usually knock you off no matter what. Basically what I did was strip down to just a shield (in order to parry) and a reasonably strong weapon. I ran across to the midpoint and waited for them to stop shooting and return to an idle state. From there, I ran up as quickly as I could, and headed right. At this point, success was dependent on the AI switching to melee, coming around the corner and attacking me soon enough so that I could parry, riposte, bump the archer off the wall (and hopefully not follow), before getting shot in the back. This is basically taking advantage of the glitch where you have immunity frames while doing a riposte. Then dodging the next incoming arrow, running to the other side, and killing/knocking off the other (or just running like hell to the balcony). It took me atleast 15 attempts. This section is one of the hardest in the game the first time through simply due to falling (other one being a certain boss "fight") to a point where I don't think anyone playing the game "hardcore" style has actually gotten past this point without using the rings. Even considering cheats, there really is only 2 ways to do it, aside from sniping the one on the right with a bow between shots. One being the ring of fog and dragoncrest ring, which is essentially "easy mode". The other supposedly being a friendly phantom (other player) who is already inside, places their mark on the large doors so that you can summon them, and them running in to open the door on your game. By the time you can do a second time through, you usually have those rings, or a dragonslayer bow, or both and can easily get rid of the knights from the midpoint. It is however one of those points in the game where you should just stop being concerned about how many souls you've lost, how many times you die, and just focus on the task at hand. I was talking with a coworker of mine about an hour ago and he described a similar strategy to what you have. He essentially said it's pure chance and luck to get the guy on the right to switch to melee like you said. I'll be trying this right when I get off work this evening. Thanks for the strategy, I have a feeling this will work out better than what I was doing before. Also. I might be jumping the gun but how far will it be before I encounter a merchant in Anor Londo or the item that lets you teleport between bonfires? I feel like I should upgrade my pyromancy flame to +10 and try and get Quelana to appear down in Blighttown before going further.

Don't know if there was another thread somewhere else, but I thought I'd make a thread for everyone to share their Steam ID so people could add each other and find out what others are playing. http://steamcommunity.com/id/pbsnotthetv Currently play Dark Souls and Mount & Blade: Warband. Sometimes will jump on CS and TF2 for some mindless shootan.

Thank god I was spared from having to play the big name titles released this year because, plainly put, there were no good big budget games that were released this year. But if I had to name one game that I played in 2012 that would be classified as being the worst I played I'd have to say Metro 2033. I beat it in a couple of hours, the story was uninteresting, characters became interchangeable and empty, and the combat got boring extremely quick. I can't complain too much because I got it for free when THQ was giving away free keys by liking a page on facebook, but still I was unimpressed with this one. I was expecting more of a horror game and instead got a shallow shooter. Replay value is pretty high however, and I would play this again on a higher difficulty and use different weapon setups. Overall not a bad game, but definitely the worst I played this year.

Here's my tip: Run up close, or use stealth to get close. You may need to try a couple times, but it's not too hard to avoid their attacks long enough to get close to them. Once you're close, make sure to kill the one on the left first. If you reach him, you can fight him using the tower/flying buttress as cover. If you try to fight the one on the right first, you'll be getting hit from two directions. I've been thinking of casting Iron Flesh and seeing if that would help in approaching the one on the left first. I think once he is down I should be able to make it to the right one and get rid of him without too much trouble. I'm confused on how people are able to snipe these guys. No matter what I do I'm not quick enough to aim where I'd be able to hit them from behind the wall there. I think running toward them would be my best bet.

Well I think I've stumbled upon my first DS inducing rage scenario. I made it to Anor Londo today, and no matter what I do I cannot make it past those two silver knight archers right before the bonfire where Solaire is at. I've tried to lure them, snipe them, run straight into them, glitch them to commit suicide but after roughly two hours of trying I'm still stuck. I've watched some different videos on how to defeat them but I've exhausted all of the strategies I've seen. Did anyone else find this part of the game extremely frustrating? I feel like the only way I'll be able to get passed them is to somehow get lucky.

Long story short, the way through from the other side would probably cost you well over the 20k price tag in lost souls, meanwhile spending the 20k grants you access to an area where you can potentially farm a large amount of souls. I would however not suggest having humanity in this portion unless you are playing in offline mode. You'll still want to take the route below at some point, but usually after you've rang the second bell and definitely after you've returned to the Undead Asylum for a few trinkets. I had humanity briefly in Darkroot Garden to kindle the bonfire before the sealed door but I feel like every time I restore humanity I die within minutes. Call it bad luck or I just suck at DS.