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You're Banned!: The Forum Game

GeneralEtrius — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 3:11:10 AM -0500

Okay, here's what you do for this game: You have to "ban" the person who posted above you for an outrageous, silly, or funny reason. Got it?

Last person to post wins, unless they are a moderator or admin.

numerarius5988am — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 2:07:17 AM -0500

Basically, this game is played so that the last person who post wins. What do they win? The ThreadKiller's Achievement; The honor of being the last person to post by virtue of the content of their post. However, moderators, admins, and anyone else who has the ability to lock the thread are disqualified from winning the ThreadKiller's Achievement, if they win by locking. If the thread is won by method of locking, the "winner" gains the Achievement Of Reprehensible Epic Lameness.

forum 'ban game' two

danielost — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:34:11 PM -0500

since the other thread is breaking a lot time to start a new thread to keep going.

i will start by banning everyone who bans here lol

"I would give you karma, but. . ." Game

IrationalFear — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:24 PM -0500

In each reply, simply include the prase "I would give you karma, but" and insert a funny/rediculous reason why not to. And don't even THINK about it Anatar11. Anatar11 may now play if chosen to.

Karma will be given for the following posts:

1000
1074 (don't ask)
1111
1234
1500
2000
2612 Lookie here
3000
4000
5000

Science and God (One and the same?)

Protocept00 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 5:40:49 PM -0500

Has it ever occured to anyone that, over the course of history, humans often come to the conclusion that anything that cannot be explained at the moment is automatically considered to be supernatural? For example, the Greeks. They had a god for just about anything that they could not explain with their means of science or technology at the time. How else could they explain the torrent of fire and molten lava that spwes out of a volcano? By claiming that Hephasteus is simply working in his forge ...

How do I get Text Enhance off of my computer?

JCD-Bionicman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 5:29:18 PM -0500

Ive read http://wafflesatnoon.com/2011/10/05/seeing-unwanted-text-enhance-ads/ and I have followed its directions. When I try to go to other forums where people have brought up this problem, theres nothing but morons "trying to help", being extremely and frustratingly vague. I even tried superantispyware (albeit the FREE version but that shouldnt matter seeing it only misses out on features whose usefulness is negligible). I know Im not alone on this either, because I went to a google discussion...

Help Us Laugh!

GeneralVeers — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 4:39:20 PM -0500

Ok I think its been long enough that we can try a Funny Pic thread again!

RULES:

1. No Offensive Pictures. We don't want this one locked like the others right?

2. 3 Picture MAXIMUM!

3. No Intentional Double-Posting.

Begin!

Quantum teleportation

Timmaigh — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 8:44:49 PM -0500

So, apparently the scientists managed to succesfully teleport the states of the qubits, but fuck me, i have only very very misty idea, what that means and no idea, what are the implications of this discovery...

heres the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/18/first-light-wave-quantum-teleportation-achieved-opens-door-to-u/#disqus_thread

can somebody in laymans terms explain what happened and what it means for the future? Did they basically dicovered the Heisenbergs compensat...

The Wall - a must-see concert.

Jafo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 7:32:07 PM -0500

Melbourne, Tuesday night....Rod Laver Arena.....

Whole bunch of 50-somethings in the audience....packed house..... Roger Waters at his brilliant best.

The 'light show' alone was worth it.

Stick it on your 'bucket list'....

The REAL Chatroom

morpheas768 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:10:14 AM -0500

Ok, so I decided to create a new Chatroom, because the old one was getting pretty....old!

Everyone may post here, as well as in the good'ol Flameroom...I mean, Chatroom

I would like to keep this Chatroom civilized. Well, as civilized as most forum threads are (doesnt mean that you all have to be polite like Oatesy, lol).

So for this reason, I may update the OP of this thread in the future, posting certain thread rules, as I see fit.

For now though, post away, and everyo...

FDA approves computer chip for humans (screw this)

RavenX — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 8:14:16 PM -0500

It's official. The FDA has approved the RFID chip for use in humans. Up till now it was only for use in pets and by a few very paranoid people who have had their kids chipped in case they get snatched. There have also been a few CEO's and other corporate types who have had the chip implanted as it's being used for electronic locks in some buildings. Here's the article on MSNBC.

FDA approves computer chip for humans

I'm sorry but there's no way in hell I'd get ...

Happy Australia Day....

Jafo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 3:30:53 AM -0500

Bewdy, cobber.... [actually no-one ever says that - at least not these days].

There's a few of 'us' out there.....

.....just remember to always wear your magnetic boots...

Email Updates of Replies

sbradfor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 1:45:21 AM -0500

Any chance we can get what most forums have had for years, the ability to be emailed when anyone replies to a thread here?

Or is that already possible, but I can't seem to find it in the interface?

As it is now, I have to hunt around and guess when there is a reply. I would really like to see Stardock respect my limited amount of free time and add the ability to receive email updates.

Thank you.

OTF Political, Religious, and Inflammatory Threads

kryo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 1:08:35 AM -0500

While the OTF here is the catch-all place for anything you want to discuss that's not games-related, we request that users refrain from starting overtly political and religious threads here, or others that are very likely to veer to such topics. Such threads more often than not degenerate into flamewars and do nothing to engender friendship and camaraderie among fellow players; in fact they often do the opposite and drive players away.

That is not to say that Stardock has anything against su...

It's only days away..so Giants or Patriots??

Neilo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:47:25 PM -0500

Neither looked great in the conference finals, both doing just enough to get the W, so how will each team fair, and who will win the battle at QB?
The stats suggest a win by New England, and i tend to agree. Brady has played better than Manning all season and the Pats as a whole have looked more impressive over the regular season than the Giants did.

So, what say you???

GC2 Forums and how they fail when compared to Elemental or SINS

Neilo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:42 AM -0500

I'm sure most users have had a look through all the sites under the Stardock banner, no matter what their "native" site may be but the two in particular i want people to be familiar with is Elemental and SINS, more specifically, their forums pages, and in particular, the page background images.

Elemental

SINS

Now, they look mighty nice, and to me really add something to the page. They both seem to reflect a grander scale, of something with depth and...well for lack of a better...

The Concept of Psionics

MayallCommunion — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:48 PM -0500

I was just curious, this community is smart i've come to realise this. When I first viewed the forums their were a bunch of people who were studying the actual effects of the Novalith cannon. And im just curious I am someone who likes to learn things. But we have these people that go around that like to refer to themselves as psychics. I truely do not believe personally in all that clairvoyance and mind reading stuff. Although I am always open to changing my mind if I am proven wrong by some...

The Impulse/Steam scam: Gamestop is selling Steam client required software on Impulse

JCD-Bionicman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 2:10:23 PM -0500

It seems like everybody is using "WinCustomize talk" for general discussion. I cant actually find a general discussion catagory.

So heres the latest for steam exclusive games being advertised on Impulse:

"Half-Life, Portal and More! Valve Games Are Now Available on GameStop PC Downloads!"When I first saw this I thought "wow thats pretty cool". In the fine print however, it says the steam client is required, and thats at the bottom only after clicking on the "read more" and in small letteri...

Can anyone help me with canon camera.

russelljack — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 5:56:52 AM -0500

I have canon powershot digital camera with which i had taken pictures on it. When i connected the memory card of canon camera to my computer it says i need to format the memory card before using it? So i formatted it then i saw there were no photos in the card. I have also ticked on show hidden files and folders but still i am not able to see my photos.

Movie snobbage: The Star Wars prequels were bad? THAT bad? What?

JCD-Bionicman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 7:37:25 PM -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

This link is to the review by redlettermedia. I cannot insert it as a youtube video because then it overwrites the below one for some reason.

I agreed on some of the parts regarding plot holes and retcons (those are my pet peeves), but I believe the majority of the view is biased movie snobbage, particularly the comments about lack of characterization and emotion, and the idea that CGI destroyed the novelty and believability of Star Wars.

For e...

5027 - A Terran Marine's Story - Chapter 1

sulley1 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:35:51 PM -0500

Just wanted to re-post this over from some other forums to get feedback. A chapter a week or so.

5027, A Terran Marine’s StoryChapter 1

Date: March 19, 5027
Kulbar, Kulbar System

I’ve never been in a more hellish place. From the moment we landed, we were in chaos. Just the rocky terrain its self tries to swallow you up in huge crevices. We’ve lost over a hundred men, to the land alone, over ten thousand, to the enemy. This was Intelestar War II, and the enemy was...

5027 - A Terran Marine's Story - Chapter 2

sulley1 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:35:31 PM -0500

Chapter 2

When I awoke, the next morning, I nearly hit my head on Bud’s old bunk.
I gotta find Bud!
I had slept in my armor, and I was sore, so I took a quick shower. I put on a white shirt and some army edition khakis with boots.
Then I ran down to the Medical Wing.
When I found him I shook him from his sleep. I know I shouldn’t have but I really need to get his attention fast, before I forgot who the guy was.
“Bud! I know who the guy was!”
“Mmm&he...

Super Bowl XLVI (46) Ad Onslaught Has Begun 2012!!!!!!!

G_Bison — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 7:25:51 PM -0500

Well gang, it's a new year and the Super Bowls ads are appearing. Here's VW's new ad and it still follows through with the Star Wars motif.....

Six steps to perfect fried chickletts

Uvah — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 7:49:41 AM -0500

Step one: Go to the store.

Step two: Buy stuff.

Step three: Bring it home and clear out all sentient life.

Step four: Mix it all up.

Step five: Light the gas stove.

Step six: Run like hell because you forgot to light the pilot light and gas is ........

Enjoying the Moment

JillUser — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 1:21:38 PM -0500

I read a blog recently written by a mom of young children who got irritated by everyone telling her to enjoy the time she has with her kids now because they grow so fast. I understood where she was coming from because when you're living the days of constant feedings, diaper changes, no sleep, etc. you don't want to hear "enjoy this time". You have plenty of moments when you just gaze at your babies in wonderment and gratitude that you have them but you have a lot more t...