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by Skyalmian
Sat Oct 18, 2014 1:03 pm
Forum: Sol Contingency
Topic: Interplay issues a Cease and Desist Order.
Replies: 72
Views: 88429

Re: Interplay issues a Cease and Desist Order.

I would be surprised if Interplay could win any IP lawsuit. As it is they are just squatting over their 'assets' doing nothing and have been for years, and barking when anyone comes close to what they're clinging to. Hopefully their threat is hot empty air to intimidate and they lose hard; apparentl...
by Skyalmian
Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:03 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: ISIS thoughts
Replies: 294
Views: 16709

Re: ISIS thoughts

Does anyone have any ideas how peaceful means any state can protect itself from the tyranny and arbitrariness of the United States? I thought I already answered that. In particular, any group / place / ...country... needs to avoid this (think of it as like a ' virus '). (Oh yeah, Al-Qaeda ISIS . /o...
by Skyalmian
Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:11 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: A Failure in Moderation
Replies: 99
Views: 19871

Re: A Failure in Moderation

The place is a ★■◆● hole, there's very few people there with any curiosity or intellectual honesty, no-one wants to learn or listen to anything. Those who do want to are lost in the noise, distracting trolls dominate all discussion, nothing is ever built, compromises are never approached, common gr...
by Skyalmian
Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:57 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: A Failure in Moderation
Replies: 99
Views: 19871

Re: A Failure in Moderation

I have a question though... If woodchip really didn't like the moderation here and wanted to leave, how come he's still around? Nothing is holding him here. The same thing that keeps a certain type of disruptor in an IRC channel: the "I hate this place but am hopelessly addicted to it and will...
by Skyalmian
Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:27 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: New Wildcards Forum
Replies: 17
Views: 4559

Re: New Wildcards Forum

:D ZappaFan.

I remember he had posted on his ancient site his general keyboard config for Descent. I made some modifications and it has remained the universal config for all games ever since. :)
by Skyalmian
Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:06 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: It's a video game, not reality
Replies: 22
Views: 1759

Re: It's a video game, not reality

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by Skyalmian
Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:48 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: A Failure in Moderation
Replies: 99
Views: 19871

Re: A Failure in Moderation

Much of what goes on the E&C 'forum' would be more suited for a #descentbb-ec IRC channel, what with the short, one-to-three-line chat-like way many of the threads are formatted.
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:55 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love Canada even more now
Replies: 51
Views: 3529

Re: I love Canada even more now

CUDA wrote:who's ignoring that???? depending on who you talk to on this board they'll tell you half of us think that :P :P :P
Point taken. :) :mrgreen: :-D :lol:
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love Canada even more now
Replies: 51
Views: 3529

Re: I love Canada even more now

Top Gun wrote:Putin is a fuckwad. How 'bout that?
So is Obama. But let's ignore that and focus on someone half a world away for a new war (because $$$) so everyone can carry on ignoring home turf.
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love Canada even more now
Replies: 51
Views: 3529

Re: I love Canada even more now

Sigma is every bit the living embodiment of what happens when one spends a lifetime being brainwashed by state-run media . 'Projection'. This was covered in Psychologists tell us that people (and countries?) project off on others what they don't want to face in themselves . Others carry our "s...
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 28, 2014 4:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love Canada even more now
Replies: 51
Views: 3529

Re: I love Canada even more now

USA's UN lobbyist for perpetual war, Samantha Power, just tweeted the image on top with the comment: A guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & "accidentally" entering Ukraine. So SOTT.net editor Joe Quinn responded to her with the image below, along with the following comme...
by Skyalmian
Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I love Canada even more now
Replies: 51
Views: 3529

Re: I love Canada even more now

A cursory look at Russian history over the past 500 years compared to say, Britain, France, or even America and its "Manifest Destiny," portrays Russia as a nation preoccupied within and along its borders, not in hegemonic, global expansion . The idea of far-flung former colonies is one u...
by Skyalmian
Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:32 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: D3 activity dismal
Replies: 32
Views: 9226

Re: D3 activity dismal

I may resume my Descent'ing days with this. Technology Sol Contingency is made with the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), harnessing the power of Epic's Unreal Engine 3 to give the game a current look. It allows us to create an engaging scenery that will immerse you in the world of Descent like never be...
by Skyalmian
Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ebola! [Split from Russian Lacky's Admit]
Replies: 55
Views: 4453

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

Bwahahahaha. OMG this site is too much. My stomach actually hurts from laughing. Seriously people, get a grip. The "what if" scenarios on E&C are so ridiculous it makes me think you are all insane. Why stop at a plane crashing and an EMT? Why not have the plane disintegrate in mid-air...
by Skyalmian
Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

Global Outlook, No 2, Summer 2002 www.globalresearch.ca 23 March 2004 Thanks to the Mossad, Israel's "Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks", the Hamas was allowed to reinforce its presence in the occupied territories. Meanwhile, Arafat's Fatah Movement for National Liberation as w...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ebola! [Split from Russian Lacky's Admit]
Replies: 55
Views: 4453

Ebola! [Split from Russian Lacky's Admit]

Russia hasn't done anything except get in the way, belatedly, of Washington's lies that Washington uses to start wars. Russia (and China) went along with Washington's lies about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Russia (and China) went along with Washington's lies that Washington's 13-year attempt...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

Basically, I agree with you, Skyalmian . But I kind of disagree with you that the behavior of people who belong to the elite, is their congenital pathology. Rather, it refers to the question of what determines the mind of man - "being or consciousness?". That last part makes me think of t...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:04 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

You hit rock bottom fast, like two others did. We're done here; The end.
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

Now, can you show us any proof that meteors cause people to become psychopathic? In other words: they are born that way and you can't fix them. To many people, the idea of a child psychopath is almost unthinkable. But the fact is, true psychopaths are born, not made. Oh, indeed, there is the psycho...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:07 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

Sky, your friend who rejects the middle ground fallacy has embraced the 'comet-of-ultimate-destruction-bazillions-of-light years-away-is-making-them-do-it' theory. Sort of kills his credibility in my opinion. You're not paying attention to the ones that are already here ? :huh: It's not like these ...
by Skyalmian
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God Bless the IDF...
Replies: 124
Views: 12346

Re: God Bless the IDF...

[quote=" The "Middle Ground" Fallacy in Gaza "] Doug DiPasquale Sott.net Thursday, July 31, 2014 05:09 CDT I had a discussion on Facebook recently over the Gaza conflict. I was posting about the horrific abuses of Israel, he was countering with the supposed equal abuses of Hamas....
by Skyalmian
Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:20 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Abandoned Projects Released
Replies: 6
Views: 4041

Re: Abandoned Projects Released

D2x-Rebirth, I think. I have halted the project, other things have taken my attention for the time being. A weird bug has cropped up, too, that I cannot figure out. The maps are Descent 2: Vertigo and for some reason, in D2x-Rebirth , I get dropped to the desktop with a Error: Failed to open HAM fil...
by Skyalmian
Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

It is true that it is written in these quotations, Skyalmian . Moreover, I believe that if Russians will dominate the global economy, they will not be better as Americans today. Perhaps it would be even worse. No one should dominate the world, neither the Americans, nor the Russian, nor the Chinese...
by Skyalmian
Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

Sharon Tennison Russia: Other Points of View Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:15 CDT [...] From 2001 up to today, I've watched the negative U.S. media mounting against Putin...even accusations of assassinations, poisonings, and comparing him to Hitler. No one yet has come up with any concrete evidence for these...
by Skyalmian
Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

Found on page 3 of Global Tide Turning Against the USA : The BRICS Alliance Reveals Its Timeline To End American Dominance Posted on July 29, 2014 by horse237 Dr. Michael Hudson once said that America and Europe both need to go beyond the politics of Left and Right to found an anti-Banker party to a...
by Skyalmian
Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

Sky, if you're old enough, you've heard a variation of that scenario(gold to skyrocket any day>dollar dropped a key currency)at least 15 times per decade, due to some 'trigger' or another. It never happens, and sure isn't over as small-potatoes a player as Russia. Less to do with that and more to d...
by Skyalmian
Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

U.S. are to blame for their policies. Not to do something for others that you do not want to feel for yourself. This book ( interview w/author ) and this subject ( a news category ) plus these (see '4.' (and/or the source )) will help with understanding as to why things are and have been going down...
by Skyalmian
Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:24 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

I quoted the last section of the article for a forum post. But "lambs to cosmic slaughter" stood out to me, and I had decided to add [Link] as a link to that with a "[-my link]" note. Was that appropriate or not? Pretty much. I didn't expand on it but you can see where things ar...
by Skyalmian
Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:44 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

World War Z? This very week 100 years ago, European 'Great Powers' were frantically cabling each other through diplomatic channels while mobilizing massive armies for war. On people's minds today is fear that another 'Great War' is in the cards, an understandable concern given the parallels between...
by Skyalmian
Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:34 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Abandoned Projects Released
Replies: 6
Views: 4041

Re: Abandoned Projects Released

The project was Descent 2: Vertigo and doesn't make use of D2X features, but if I...upscaled to that, would there be more in the way for puzzles? (The focus is less on combat and more on "Hey, neat." and/or "[confusion] 'wut'".) Note : I use DXX-Rebirth to play these for the 'van...
by Skyalmian
Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:52 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Abandoned Projects Released
Replies: 6
Views: 4041

Re: Abandoned Projects Released

I've been playing around in my ancient Descent II maps, which are virtually the only surviving files I have from 10+ years ago. The "last modified" time stamps for these are almost all December 2000 and January 2001. It was some kind of massive 20-level campaign that I don't remember any ...
by Skyalmian
Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:51 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Russian Lacky's Admit
Replies: 125
Views: 13876

Re: Russian Lacky's Admit

Is everyone enjoying the show? The ridiculously transparent attempt by the entire Western media and their political 'elite' masters to use the alleged shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 as part of their 'asymmetric' warfare against Russia and Vladimir Putin. Even the supposedly 'leftis...
by Skyalmian
Sun May 11, 2014 2:57 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Awesome Free Software (v2.0)
Replies: 69
Views: 118042

Re: Awesome Free Software (v2.0)

PortableApps is a becoming-well-known database of free software packaged as portable applications.
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: Retrovirus
Topic: What's in the Retrovirus Update for next week
Replies: 13
Views: 13261

Re: What's in the Retrovirus Update for next week

Mobius, there's a report that the game demo is not running for someone on Windows XP. Full quote: No joy for me. Demo doesn't run on XP. Think final version will? It doesn't run for me. I have run games with similar 'required' machine specs, like Modern Warfare 3 and Crysis 2, with no difficulties a...
by Skyalmian
Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:27 pm
Forum: Retrovirus
Topic: What's in the Retrovirus Update for next week
Replies: 13
Views: 13261

Re: What's in the Retrovirus Update for next week

Isaac - yes this is a windows game, BUT (and this is a big butt) the team have not excluded the possibility of a Linux version if the game does better than expected. Can I ask you though: what's the issue with dual booting Windows and Linux so you can play straight away? Hell, if Descent 4 were mad...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:16 pm
Forum: Retrovirus
Topic: Retrovirus: putting my money where my mouth is
Replies: 37
Views: 26728

Re: Retrovirus: putting my money where my mouth is

I'm a bit bummed on the lack of OpenGL (and consequently, Linux) support (which the game "looks" like it could support), but given their budget and other priorities, can see why. Other than that, they have done an excellent job so far it looks and of the handful of projects on the way it's...
by Skyalmian
Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: A little piece of the past...
Replies: 26
Views: 5970

Re: A little piece of the past...

I don't care about console support. I'm tired of, on principle, that consoles get so much attention from the big AAA developers and publishers. I agree with that sentiment very much, considering that nearly all such games get "dumbed down" from what they could have been as a result (ala. ...
by Skyalmian
Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:16 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello From The Old GameEdit.com Guy
Replies: 14
Views: 1754

Re: Hello From The Old GameEdit.com Guy

Nice to see you again, Schplurg. :)
by Skyalmian
Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Slowly getting better at blender...
Replies: 9
Views: 3289

Re: Slowly getting better at blender...

SilverWolf wrote:Holy... ★■◆●... :shock:
I second that!
by Skyalmian
Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:17 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: The Ascent Project - Highpoly Descent Models
Replies: 46
Views: 22390

Re: The Ascent Project - Highpoly Descent Models

Given what you can do with models, who knows what you can do with levels... :shock: