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With great power comes great responsibility. - Uncle Ben, from Spiderman

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You have to admit the Shapers understand this principle well, whether their complaining subjects do or not.

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Originally written by Dintiradan:

The Fabric of Reality, by David Deutsch.

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Originally written by Yama Toman?:

One easy way to make that work is to only fight monsters, i.e., creatures that don't wield weapons. This has been done at least twice in a quality RPG (Dungeon Master) and it's fairly reasonable for claws et al. to never kill you in one hit if you're wearing at least a little bit of armor.

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Originally written by Synergy:

Are we really such singular, savage, bloodthirsty brutes that the only kind of fun we can imagine involves endless, regurgitations of numbing slaughter, where there are no real consequences for our choices? Then South Park is right. Our imaginations have been held hostage.

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

If you want realistic simulations of medieval combat, you're looking at a very different type of game, not a revision of FRPGs. Short of that, the goal is not realism but fun. Suspension of disbelief is an important ingredient in fun, to be sure, but you can achieve that just by changing how you think about the game. Whereas the mechanics changes Synergy suggests would, I think, make a game that was outright infuriating.

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Originally written by Zeviz:

This is an effect in psychology, but I don't remember its name. (Where is Thuryl with his Wiki links when you need them. :) )

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Originally written by I'll Steal Your Toast:

I would like to take the test with these questions thrown out...

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There is now a worrying fusion of information and entertainment.

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All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.

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The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.

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Charity is better than social security as a means of helping the genuinely disadvantaged.

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Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population.

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Originally written by LakiRa@:

Games shouldn't be judget by their graphick.If its not good enough or if you arren't used to it, it should be judget by how much is it fun to play and nothing else.If the game is fun to play you won't mind the graphicks and other minor stuff.

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Originally written by LakiRa@:

Arent Exile graphick like pre-historical?I tried to play Exile but couldnt stand the graphick and the gameplay so I quited quite early in the game.

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Originally written by Lenar:

The U-Vote Designer Villain score:
This evaluation of popularity is derived by totalling all votes in this poll for a designer's villains, and dividing that by the number of villains by that designer available in this poll.
The UVDVS is measured in Votes-per-villain.

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Originally written by Stillness:

If you're going to compare apples-to-apples then go with what did happen during the cold war, not what could have happened...unless you're comparing stress levels. I think it's at least as high now - probably higher. I think this world is more uneasy.

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Originally written by Iffy will bring you warm fuzziness.:

Whey did you remove some (a lot) of the graphics in the first place?

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

My dad told me he once met someone who claimed to have 20/10 vision, which I think is possible but near the limit for humans. The guy was a fighter pilot (for the RCAC people here: a CF-18), so that would make sense.

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