Kawa-lavadisk wrote:
Nngh wait what.
What the hell?
Kawa-lavadisk wrote:
*spits coffee in disgust*xBlackPantherx wrote:
I mean, CMON! Some religious "regulations" are just ridiculous. Mormons aren't allowed to date or do anything till at least 16. If you think that is bad, which of course I guess it isn't that bad, it is against their religion to ever drink coffee/caffeine. I mean, it's things like that which are just absurd, ridiculous, and FAR from the original beliefs of the religion.
I get that feel too, to me it seems that 2142 looks like a well made mod for BF2 rather than a proper game, I would've been fine with waiting longer for them to work on it more.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
Yeh that too I guess, although I seem to get consistent scores on titan rounds rather than on then off in bf2.Spark wrote:
Same.mitch212k_2 wrote:
the big scores
Bf2142 i have a best ever round of about 150, yesterday i went on bf2:sf IO and in the round got 309
I think overall, it is the 'feel' of the game. Bf2 just seems more 'real' to me, the guns feel more powerful, the vehicles seem more detailed and overall it seems more 'real'.... does anyone else have this feeling?
(not to say I don't enjoy 2142 at all, I rate bf2 and 2142 fairly equally)
Alot of american civilians have guns, like, alot. They start a revolution when they feel their freedoms are restricted and bam, no more King George.BN wrote:
The constitution can be suspended though.DesertFox423 wrote:
The Constitution stops that because the checks and balances dealies.
I know this is going to come up later so I'll just say it, "When has the Constitution stopped him before?"
No. There are substantial amounts of natural resources on the various planets, moons, asteroids and dwarf planets.Superglueman wrote:
Now that the US have found there is no resources on other planets, the space program is being wound down to nothing, funding removed...maybe americans havent been told that....a few billionaires are working out "their" escape plans but thats about it...usmarine2007 wrote:
lazing around?maffiaw wrote:
junk food, tv, booze, lazing around, guns, sex, gambling, porn, shootings, drugs
oh i forgot democracy, "free world"
So, produce any good airplanes lately? How is your space exploration going?
Oh, and Australia bought some overpriced jets off america a few years back, and has had nothing but trouble since(continuing repair costs are rising above the original price of the jets)...so,yeh...thanks for that..
Not all people chose to kill eachother. It's more or less just Shi'ite and Sunni muslim extremists who interpreted the Koran too literally.Turquoise wrote:
True... they were kind of fucked either way.I2elik wrote:
If the US hadn't intervened. Iraqi's would still be dying.Tshadow wrote:
umm..bush???
if it wasn't for him more iraqis wouldn't be dying..3000 US troops won't be dead..about a 100+ Nato troops wont be dead..umm..there was a news article..that stated .. "reasearch has shown that bush has created more terrorists since he came into power"..that just tells me sumthing.dun u guys agree. I am totally against his policies about the Iraq war. Think about it..U go into other peoples countries and destroy there lives..u invade other countries trying to brong peace..but create more chaos..and then when people turn into terrorists to take revenge from u..then u wonder WHY they attacked the US..WHY not any other country in the world..OUTTA 200+ countries they choose the US..that tells me sumthing
-From hunger.
-Torture
-Executions
And various other human rights abuses.
It seems like a decision between dealing with getting killed by a dictator if you or someone in your town pisses him off and people killing you on the street with explosives on any given day for the fuck of it.
Personally, I think the dictator is a little more predictable than terrorists, but it's not a very pleasant choice either way.
I just think Iraq was a lost cause from the beginning. We may have liberated the people from a dictator, but with that freedom, the people have chosen to kill each other.
If the US hadn't intervened. Iraqi's would still be dying.Tshadow wrote:
umm..bush???
if it wasn't for him more iraqis wouldn't be dying..3000 US troops won't be dead..about a 100+ Nato troops wont be dead..umm..there was a news article..that stated .. "reasearch has shown that bush has created more terrorists since he came into power"..that just tells me sumthing.dun u guys agree. I am totally against his policies about the Iraq war. Think about it..U go into other peoples countries and destroy there lives..u invade other countries trying to brong peace..but create more chaos..and then when people turn into terrorists to take revenge from u..then u wonder WHY they attacked the US..WHY not any other country in the world..OUTTA 200+ countries they choose the US..that tells me sumthing
You're implying that Australia does an insignificant amount of support towards foreign countries in need? We've had peacekeeping operations in the Pacific and South-East Asia for half a century now. So you US folks think you're right to say we do jack all in terms of foreign aid?Mr.Pieeater wrote:
You act as though Australia is perfect and does nothing with its own interest in mind. Everyone and everything is biased. And while the US does things other don't agree with, we also do good things for the rest of the world. Like the $15.7 billion we donated to foreign aid in 2003 alone. Where does Australia stand in foreign aid? Or are you guys still a great country with citizens that have the right to get on the internet and complain about the US??Superglueman wrote:
what a joke...NOTHING america does is unbiased......maybe unbiased towards america, but complete bias for everyone else
If aren't looking out for your own interests then you will have nothing but pain in your life. Do you use money you made from your job on things like a computer and videogames? Or do you donate it to charity? We already know the answer to the question.
Side note: Don't try to turn this around on me asking if I donate to charity, I'm not acting like my country is absolutely perfect. I admit flaws, but bias is all part of nationalism. Then again, so is my choice of pies... Mmmmmm, Cherry....
What about us Aussies? Huh? HUH?!?!Scorpion0x17 wrote:
like we understand it ourselves!IRONCHEF wrote:
now we need a canadian, or englishman to explain what parlaiment is to me!
I swear, we still have freaking F-111's, the bloody Nazi Luftwaffe could take us on with good odds.Bubbalo wrote:
For the non-Aussies: The Australian Liberal Party is actually the right wing/conservative party, the leader is John Howard, current PM, and, in co-alition with the National Party they currently have control of both the upper and lower houses.oberst_enzian wrote:
liberal fuckers.And so far Australia hasn't really gotten anything in return for 50 years of dedicated service.TrollmeaT wrote:
We are alliesYet the US insists on only agreeing to deals which heavily favour it, whilst country Australia out of overseas markets through subsidised agriculture.TrollmeaT wrote:
& should have a strong trade relationship
Also, John Howard is trying to be like America, he just has old fashioned views in many areas, including defense.
Buddy, you're not doing much good for foreign relations.I.M.I Militant wrote:
lol the fact is Australians are a rare thing to come by most of the "australians" you talk to are lebonese or asian
we aient that stuck up but we do live in a great country i think (melbourne was rated as the second best state to live in the whole world i think somewhere in canada took first)
PoP wrote:
DesertFox423 wrote:
PspRpg-7 wrote:
Fucker, don't leave.
QFTCameronPoe wrote:
lowing wrote:
Don't stop there, ban the whole damn religion.
I hated the hover tanks in Robotech, in fact, the second Macross series sucked arse, period.TrollmeaT wrote:
I played the demo & wasn't impressed.
I liked seeing something in the air that big , I liked the flying vehicles, I liked the hover tanks {reminded me of robotech}.
I disliked there was no sound on my demo, for the intro there was...
I disliked the flow of the game , at least on the map I was playing.
I disliked the cost of the game considering its just a mod.
Unless my friend buys it for me like he said he was, I won't be playing it anymore & even if he does buy it ,it will be a back burner shooter compared to BF2.
I will stick with bf2 as well, I have a lot of time invested & they finally have it patched to a decent level.
2142 is to bf2 what bf:V was to bf1942.
Actually, all liquids would be sucked out of whatever orifices you have, and then you'd be flash frozen in a few seconds, if you're lucky, so you'd you'd look like a pale frozen prune with your eyes imploded, fun.Spearhead wrote:
I think not. Because, technically, you are only in possession of the pressurized space capsule. Anything outside of that will turn your body into mashed potatoes..ghettoperson wrote:
I think whether you can own a vacuum or not, is quite a deep philosophical question.Jbrar wrote:
omfg, wtf is happening to this world. YOU CAN'T OWN SPACE, it keeps getting bigger.
Ezekiel was a prophet who had visions in his sleep, not himself seeing them awake, the mind can fabricate alot of creatures in the mind. Though I don't necessarily doubt the existence of other intelligent life, it seems damn far fetched we'll reach another solar system (the closest being Proxima Centauri at 4.21 light years, a damn long way on conventional propulsion).JaMDuDe wrote:
ATG, you forgot the best one. Go read the first chapter of Ezekiel, its pretty creepy. Heres a little of it.
5 Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. 6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze. 8 The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings. 9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.
10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.
15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness
lol, good stab at speculation at why we're there fellow Aussie .Cold Fussion wrote:
Yes 3 regions. Unleaded, premium and ultimate.
I think we don't really desire a sloppy joe mix. Stingrays aren't fish. The cigarette idea is good, but I'd prefer for people to simply die because of their own mistakes, not because they're forced to. #8 is probably the best idea ever =PPernicious544 wrote:
1. See if it is possible to blow up Pluto with some stuff
2. Declare Tuesdays "Taco Tuesdays"
3. Give sloppy joe mix to the Aussies
4. eat some cheese
5. Find the bastard fish that shanked Steve Irwin
6. plant bombs at the end of cigarettes
7. Own the rights to Vida Guerra (in every way, shape, and form...including ones that make beds squeak)
8. Shoot my airsoft gun at people that bug me; Lisk, bubbalo and others.....while they fire back at me (hey I'm fair)
9. do stuff
10. Blow up France
I agree with everything, except the separation of church and state, just get rid of religion completely, we have no need for it in modern society right now, people who rely on a deity and not themselves or the others around them are weak willed and don't deserve to continue the overpopulation problem. Perhaps a policy of Universalism? (loss of an individual to benefit the world as a whole)CameronPoe wrote:
1) Declare war on Israel, both economically and militarily speaking, unless they unconditionally agree to retreat COMPLETELY to 1948 borders, recognise a fully sovereign state of Palestine in the West Bank & Gaza (with capital in East Jerusalem), return the Golan Heights to Syria and Shebaa Farms to Lebanon, pay reparations to refugee Palestinians in other countries and release all political prisoners. In return all arab nations have to leave them the fuck alone thereafter.
2) Enforce severe but sensible restrictions on the movement of global capital to ensure developing nations aren't exploited. Examine the fairness of 'Free-Trade' agreements and amend where necessary to the same end as that stated. Come down like a TON OF BRICKS on monopolies and oligarchies. Basically slow down globalisation by reworking/scrapping the WTO and IMF because quite frankly the underdeveloped world is just going to get shafted by what equates to modern imperialism. Let PROTECTIONISM be the watch-word.
3) Toughen up state-church separation rules and regulations IN ALL COUNTRIES (that includes you too, Saudi Arabia). All nations must be secular. Religion to be practiced on your own personal time.
4) Toughen up penalties for wasteful and inefficient use of exhaustible natural resources (including tough penalties for unacceptable levels of pollution). Accelerate research on alternatives to finally break the hold oil monopolies have on us, whether they be US oil companies, Venezuela or a middle eastern crackpot nation.
5) Have the US embargo on Cuba lifted.
6) Scrap the UN.
7) Catch and incarcerate Osama Bin Laden (for symbolic purposes only, it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference). Have him humiliated publicly.
8) Reprimand the USA for obvious human rights violations and Geneva Convention breaches at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Same goes for other similar nations: China, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, etc.
9) Give Taiwan and Tibet full sovereign control over their own nations independent of China.
10) Incorporate the six counties of Northern Ireland into the Republic of Ireland.
11) Deport all illegal aliens out of USA so they'll finally stop their fucking whinging.
12) Adopt a 'Robin Hood' policy with respect to taxation to try and narrow massive gulfs between rich and poor around the world (think Scandinavian policy).
13) Grant Scotland full sovereign independence from the UK.
14) Introduce strict policies on what can and cannot be broadcast on 'News' channels. Prohibit editorials on channels or programs wishing to be described as 'news'. Introduce rules that state that if one POV is to be aired on a news item then the opposing POV must be presented also in quick succession. Monitor all 'news' media for fairness and impartiality.
15) Introduce multi-party politics and proportional representation to all nations. Have rules and regulations drawn up that shape the way in which campaigning for political positions take place such that ALL canditates, irrespective of wealth, have equal airtime and billboard time in whatever election they are competing in.
16) Give the Basques a fully free and sovereign nation independent of Spain, to include the Navarre province.
... I'll think of more as they come up....
They haven't been methodically thought-through and I may revise/regret/retract some of those posted....
You sir are a freakin' geniusCameronPoe wrote:
So, at this well developed stage, more than a quarter of respondents actually think my ridiculous idea is acceptable and even, dare I say, commendable. That's pretty shameful and it proved a personal opinion of mine correct: a sizeable enough proportion of posters here on this forum are completely braindead morons.
QFT, very true.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
how about all religious people goto heaven RIGHT NOW and let the rest of us human beings sort out the mess.
They probably thought the "America" part made it true MastersMom.MastersMom wrote:
"The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start."
Now I don't remember who originally posted this but it's not true. North America and South America are both continents that clearly do not start and end with the same letter.
Very true +1aardfrith wrote:
Look, if he wasn't playing video games, he'd probably be in some mental institution or prison after trying to kill people for no apparent reason. Video games give the mentally retarded things to do. It keeps them quiet and safe, so actually they are a really good thing.I2elik wrote:
A Current Affair is an Australian TV show that has always blamed Video Games for violence, sex and other things. But today it has now taken a stab at World of Warcraft, the largest MMORPG to come out, well, ever. What I find particularly pathetic about the story is that they chose the most pathetic, ugliest guy with the worst taste in music (Green Day) and blame his family breaking up because he played the game excessively. I mean, I play WoW, but even I have a girlfriend and a life, but this guy, ugh, I pity him.
Next thing you know they'll blame BF2 for the Iraq War, or Final Fantasy for teenagers becoming violent sexual deviants, it'd probably go along like this "Hey, this game is called Final Fantasy, and it's pretty friggin' awesome, but it has an EVIL DARK SIDE (oh noes D, it has violence and BOOBS, it'll turn your kids into sexual deviants. This, is Bob, bob recently turned 18, and he later had sex, we blame this on his favourite game Final Fantasy X".
Perth citizens, it's on in about half an hour, so get ready for the stupidest and funniest media report ever to grace TV.
Let's pop them damn Iran..ies and Koreans like a can o' peaches yeeeeeeeeehaww!nlsme wrote:
Our oil is cheaper because we have the producing and refining capacity to make it so.We(as AMERICANS)subsidize Iraq AND Afghanistan's oil.which means as American taxpayers WE pay up to $0.32 a gallon for the gas THEY use.why is this,they have NO refining capacity and have to IMPORT ALL their GAS from where?,the good old United States of AMERICA.You pay almost twice as much per gallon for the same reason.We invaded Iraq cause bush is a tard,not for oil!!!!!!!!And Iran and Korea NEED to be dealt with for WORLD PEACE.they are regimes not free democratic countries.If countries like yours are to c.s. to help once again the US will flip the bill. As far as the u.n. is concerned we pay 80% of the cost for you to have a chance to say no we wont help, lets give them yet another resolution they wont follow then another then another then still nope we wont help.should we back off our foreign policies no, should we withdraw from the U.N. HELL YES.
Actually, they still do play Starcraft, that's like 8 years since it was released, but they still play it. Almost as bad as people still playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown.Aust1mh wrote:
I saw a story about Korean gamers on the Discovery channel (Foxtel) it was sweet how they are into it.cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
In Asia, no one believes this BS... Hell, in Korea Gaming is like a national sport and it can be viewed on TV.
They get into a sponsored house, have food and everything givin' to them.... must play games 6 hours or
more a day.
It must have been an old show as they were playing Starcraft allot... but yeah.... full time sport on TV
and trips over seas to compete.