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Well that's your point of view. However what it does neglect is all the good the religious organizations and people have also done. - The catholic church for instance is one of the largest charitable organizations in the world if not the largest. - It feeds the hungry in many places that need the help - It educates people who otherwise could not - It provides hospital and medical services in many places - It takes care of the homeless - It takes care of drug addicts - It takes care of the abused - It gives some people something to believe in - Don't know about the rest of religions exactly but many do the same type of work I'll be the first to admit it's also not without it's problems, but what I mentioned above also exists because of religion.

I'm running some beefy gfx mod pack at the moment.. take a look at Riverwood:

Fuck. I bought Skyrim. TOMMY YOU DID THIS!!!!!!!!111111

I'm keeping an eye on this thread. I would've thought that Adam could've been a bit more subtle with his argument, and I would've thought that Steve could've approached this differently as well. There is also an announcement at the top of this very board letting people know to use the report feature. If a post upsets you or you feel its offensive in any way, then hit that button and let us staff deal with it. I'm leaving this as it is for now, I simply don't have the time or energy to go chasing after people every time they leave because someone said something, and they don't want to use the very well signposted features of this forum. Adam> I suggest you learn some people skills. You have the decorum of a paperweight.

UG(H)... lol. Nah I don't really like that forum. I've was readig some stuff a few years ago but the community doesnt seem that great. I was turned off by the flame wars and the apparent "holier-than-thou"-attitude ove there. What is "the pit"? Ok, here's a couple of the old ones... I'll upload some more later tonight or tomorrow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg9upv1VAG0

Lol, I gotta have someone tend to my beard. It's long.

I always thought Spectre was some kind of extreme survivalist posting from a bunker in the back woods waiting for the apocalypse. I'm really disappointed to find out he's got a hair stylist

Along with other great deals: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/11/22/black-friday-deals-for-ps3-ps-vita-and-ps-plus/ It's at "select retailers" which hopefully includes shopping online cause I'm not sure the $20 savings is worth fighting the chaos that day.

I probably now have more games than I have time to play. Skyrim here I come again

I'm pissing off all my family with the constant downloads. Just bought State of Decay, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Dark Souls.

I NEED ALL OF THIS

He had it surgically removed, not sure why. At his wedding, his best man said "I hope everyone is having a ball. It's quite a fitting to use "a ball" as that's all the groom has."

I cancelled my PS4 preorder as Watch Dogs was delayed which was a major blow for both consoles as that game was a prime example of the next gen capabilities. Ubisoft really screwed up something terrible with that clanger! The only other game; Ghosts I already have on the PC although FIFA 14 is something I am gutted not to be playing. Both consoles have had a tough release in terms of exclusive titles but the PS4 looks to have a much brighter gaming future with a wealth of games on a very powerful system. Hopefully I'll pick one up closer towards the summer and the price may drop or there could be more appealing bundles with better games. The Xbox One has a tough job of appealing to the sensible gamers and I can't see that doing very well for the first year for sure. It is just the most expensive TV remote ever and it seems to be for lazy people who have to shout and wave their arms about just to turn the machine on instead of pressing a button! PS4 for sure but not at this moment in time.

I know someone with one ball.

Couldn't of said it better myself! Spot on!

I'm eager to get real user reviews, about both console and launch titles to see if its worth investing anytime soon.

This deal is available online at Gamestop and Amazon if anyone's interested.

So did I. Legendary edition. Wife will be pissed as usual

Are you kidding? The maps are awesome (can't wait til first map pack)

Damn old timers, always that bit slower

Don't worry Tam you'll probably find that most of them are upgrading as well I'll get there eventually as well..

You bet your wibbly wobbly ass you're getting one today!

Diego-woah ohh ohh Diego-whoah ohh ohh He came from Uruguay and made the scousers cry!! <3

Wonder what name Speedy will use since that's taken. I've also seen the all perks hack, bunch of arseholes! On brighter notes I'm literally hours away from getting my hands on my PS4!! Yeah!!

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Come on man its just a difference of opinion surely we're allowed that?

Just me avoiding the light.

Can anybody contact Kyle, aka MyM777? I know he's busy in college over in Chicago, but since Chicago will be on the way to Ohio for me we could possibly carpool together.

Such badass songs with badass lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDESWUZuXc I want to reach out and touch the sky I want to touch the sun But I don't need to fly I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon And find the dish that ran away with the spoon I've crossed the ocean, turned every bend I found the crossing near a golden rainbow's end I've been through magic and through life's reality I've lived a thousand years and it never bothered me Got no religion, don't need no friends Got all I want and I don't need to pretend Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'd tear up your mind I've seen the future and I've left it behind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-htwZLO3A Well I don't want no Jesus freak to tell me what it's all about No black magician telling me to cast my soul out Don't believe in violence, I don't even believe in peace I've opened the door now my mind has been released Well I don't want no preacher telling me about the god in the sky No I don't want no one to tell me where I'm gonna go when I die I wanna live my life with no people telling me what to do I just believe in myself, 'cause no one else is true Every day just comes and goes Life is one big overdose People try to rule the nation I just see through their frustration People hiding their real face Keep on running their rat race Behind each flower grows a weed In their world of make-believe So believe what I tell you, it's the only way you'll find in the end Just believe in yourself, you know you really shouldn't have to pretend don't let those empty people try to interfere with your mind Just live your life and leave them all behind

Here you go

I'll be on late Tuesday night

Funny thing is, they actually suck for sniping. Everyone just sits and camps up in the village. Or they spawn camp the castle. Fuck, if you spawn in the castle, you're done for if the other team knows what they are doing. 3 ways out, 2 of them chokepoints. 1 back route not worth a shit and then the Main exit, easily covered from the two trucks position. At least Wasteland had some run and gunning despite being geared towards Sniping. I hate Stonehaven. With a passion. I want to play Domination with you guys. When we partying up? I'll be on tue, wed night. Let's stay up late!

If you guys are doing this in Ohio, count me in. @tommy - we should car pool. I'll drive if you want.

^That. If they killed one half of arguably the best chemistry on telly, they'll need to pull out some pretty huge bunnies to make up for it.

I vaguely heard about this on the radio today. I haven't had a chance to watch this series yet but I've got it TiVo'd. It's a shame they did this because Brian and Stewie's relationship was one of my favourite things about the show.

^ ha ha at the pee pee rubbing

You should never try to fit into society, because it's society that is sick. It's the pressure of this sickness that is forcing you to go against your own personality. You should turn the eye inward, not outward. When you know yourself, discover yourself, you'll realize that there is nothing wrong with you. The problem is the juxtaposition of your feelings of trying to fit in colliding with your feelings of being yourself. I know this, because I went through the very same thing when I was in my early 20's. I almost went to see a psychologist about it. But there isn't anything wrong with me. I accepted that. Yes, you're not a teenager right now, but you are still maturing. Men mature all their lives. (you are a Man right?) Watch what happens when you turn 30. You'll realize how immature you were for that 20 something decade. Your true personality will start to solidify itself later on. For me, it was 31 when I noticed that I didn't care about society anymore. What's more important? How many friends you have on facebook or happiness? I'm projecting here, as I am not saying you care about that stuff, but a lot of people do; and they shouldn't. Technology has further advanced this sickness that is going on. The only healthy thing to do is to get back to things our ancestors knew to be healthy. Diet, exercise, meditation. etc. I think about how lucky you are though, technology is a double edged sword; can be used for good/evil. Luckily you have a community here of a vast array of people and their experiences to request advice from. I didn't have that. Lastly, do something every single day, to further and better your position. Even if its only doing 10 pushups. Do 11 the next day. Do something more, each and every day. Drink less, etc.

Especially where you can make a difference even playing solo

From One of Swords http://oneofswords.com/2013/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-clan-wars/ Everything you need to know about Call of Duty Clan Warsby Dan on November 20, 2013 Call of Duty Clan Wars are about to begin. Are you prepared? Clan Wars are about to break out in Call of Duty: Ghosts – metagame battlegrounds that add a layer of strategy and focused cooperation to the already frenzied competition of Call of Duty multiplayer. Before the first Clan War gets underway on Monday, November 25th, you might want to know how this war will play out and more importantly, exactly what you’re fighting for. The spoils of war are potentially great… The Origins of War The idea for Call of Duty Clan Wars obviously has its origins in Call of Duty Elite’s Clan Operations — “the concept of having your Clan play together in some coordinated fashion,” says John Linden, studio head of Beachhead. “A lot of people did it — it was amazing watching the numbers — but it had several flaws, even though it was a cool concept. It wasn’t fully satisfying, it wasn’t fully integrated to the game.” Several people, including developers at Infinity Ward and Neversoft, shared ideas and collaborated with Beachhead on how to add something large, strategic, and team-based to the Call of Duty experience. “I talked to a lot of different guys,” says Linden. “We wanted to revamp Clan Operations, and they had some ideas floating around. We went through a whole range of different concepts — hex-based concepts, ladder-based concepts — all over the place. But we really wanted to have these team strategy type elements. So we took it and ran with it, and worked with IW to make sure there were some really strong integration points.” While concepts were discussed long before, the first workable prototype for Clan Wars came together around February or March of this year. “Obviously, it doesn’t look anything like that now,” says Linden with a chuckle. “I think originally we started testing against Modern Warfare 3 data, and we saw that it was fun — people would really get into it and start creating these rivalries.” The team has been refining the concept ever since, taking special care not to intrude on the gameplay that 40 million people already love. “We wanted to make sure we took the right approach around the strategy element,” explains Linden. “We didn’t want to force it down people’s throats; we didn’t want to change the balance of the game; we didn’t want to take people out of matches to think through the strategy element. We wanted to keep people playing.” The Clan Wars map view shows you the lay of the land — and where your Clan leader wants to focus the team’s effort. Modes Equal Nodes Clan Wars is a metagame that takes place on top of the multiplayer game you’re already playing. The various game multiplayer game modes in Call of Duty: Ghosts match up to a node on the Clan Wars map, which you can view from the free Call of Duty app (click here to download it or here to watch a quick video showing what the app offers). One Clan War node might be tied to your success in Hunted; another might be linked to Hardcore Kill Confirmed. As you and your Clan members play multiplayer matches in those modes, you’ll be racking up points that will let you take control of the matching nodes. Controlling those nodes pays off in in-game bonuses and, if you’re really good, unlockable items for your soldiers. Since Clan Wars is layered on top of what gamers are already playing, it’s something that casual, social Call of Duty gamers as well as more dedicated, competitive players can all enjoy. In fact, your participation in Clan Wars, like your activity within a Call of Duty Clan itself, can be entirely passive. “It doesn’t hinder you,” confirms Linden. “Most likely, if you you’re in a Clan of at least three people but you never get the mobile app and never really pay attention to Clan Wars, you’re going to get bonuses in the game every now and then. But you’re not going to win the overall War if you’re not paying attention to it, or if you don’t have a Clan leader directing the team. If you don’t add that level of strategy, you’re not going to win.” Every two weeks you’ll get matched up with a new batch of seven other rival Clans. You might find yourself battling some familiar foes more than one week, but “there are a lot of Clans out there, so hopefully you’ll see a lot of variety and mix it up.” In this case, “a lot of Clans” means any Clan with at least three members in it — they’re eligible for Clan Wars and will be automatically enrolled when the system gets underway. Fair Fights Call of Duty players hate lopsided lobbies, and they will bail on a match if they feel it’s hopeless. Beachhead is well aware of that, so Call of Duty Clan Wars are designed to be fair fights. “Your Clan will get ranked into one of four divisions,” explains Linden. “We have a new matchmaking system, which takes into account the skill and size of your Clan at the beginning of the War. You don’t want to get one group with 100 people where they all play 15 hours a day versus a group of 100 people with four active players playing two hours a day. You’d get crushed; it wouldn’t be a good balance.” The Clans you battle will be chosen based on your own Clan’s skill and size. With eight teams and 10 locations in each Clan Wars, the math clearly works out in the players’ favor; the trick will be how to control enough of those points over time to win the whole event.”That’s one of the game designs we really focused on this year,” says Linden excitedly. “We wanted everybody to have a shot. I’m not a big fan of games where it’s a two-week battle, and on the second day, I had something to do, and then suddenly, I don’t want to play the next 12 days, because I can never catch up. So we tried to build a game that allows you to have a fair fight. And obviously, if you don’t play as much, you will ultimately lose — but it’s the kind of thing where you can definitely take over territories and earn bonuses in the game, and fight over these different pieces.” All For One, XP For All Those bonuses in the game are desirable and immediate, which make them strong motivators to players who like both a little direction and instant gratification in their multiplayer matches.”We tried to have short-term goals and longer-term goals,” reveals Linden. “Short-term goals are basically XP multipliers — those are tied back to the nodes, which are tied back to the game modes. So say our Clan took over a spot that was tied to Blitz, because we hit the target amount of wins as a Clan first, and we might get a 25% XP bonus — 1.25 times every XP point in multiplayer in that mode until we lose that node to another Clan. As soon as a Clan takes that away, you’ll see it in the game. You can see it in the playlist, even — you’ll suddenly see which of your modes you’re getting bonuses for in the game, and if you lose the node, you lose that bonus.” What’s more, rewards are global. “If I take over a Core TDM node of the Clan Wars map, the XP bonus applies to all Core TDM matches in the whole game,” says Linden. That includes TDM matches that might show up in Moshpit playlists. The data in the lower right shows your Clan’s current Clan War bonuses. With 10 spots on the map and up to eight Clans battling in each Call of Duty Clan War, someone will always hold more than one point – which means bonus XP in multiple playlists. “There are more game types than we have locations, and you might even find some doubling-up sometimes; we’ve tested that at well,” says Linden. “If you’re playing TDM, maybe that affects two locations in different ways. We’re experimenting and seeing how that plays out.” Linden notes that many things are changeable; that 25% boost offered as an example, for instance, is not set in stone. Along with varying the game types, the bonus rewards will also change with each Clan War. “If you’re in Clan Wars and you take a node or a territory, you will get that bonus, and you’ll see it in the game — it will be very apparent,” says Linden. “I think in the match summary in the end, it’ll break out a line-item for your Clan Wars XP bonus. And that is real-honest-to-goodness individual Call of Duty multiplayer XP. There will be Clan XP as well at the end of the war, and there are also other rewards at the end of the war as well — mostly items in the game.” The Prize Is Right Those in-game items are the ultimate souvenirs of a Clan War. One of the prizes available for the first war include an exclusive Triad reticle. “You can see that if you’re flipping through the reticles currently in the game,” says Linden. “When your Clan wins its first War, you unlock that reticle. There’s also a patch that is exclusive to this War; you’ll get that if you’re in the top three teams out of the eight. If you don’t place in the top three, then unfortunately you won’t get that patch; there will be a different patch for the next War. They’re kind of fun, goofy patches — there are yetis and skulls and pirates in there. I think they’re going to be popular.” And once those patches are gone, they’re gone; there are no plans to reissue patches in future Clan Wars. “If you miss the War, you’ve lost that opportunity,” confirms Linden. “We’ve tried to make it so that you don’t want to miss the Wars.” “There are four divisions, and some of the prizes are only for the top two divisions,” continues Linden. “Some of them will be for everybody — there will be things you can always earn no matter what division you’re in — but there will be some items we want to hold out for Clans who are very competitive. We want to make sure that the players who are really putting a lot of work into it, playing hard and playing as a team, get some benefit. Some of the Body Count armor Body Count The first personal soldier gear awarded by Clan Wars is the red-accented Body Count armor, some pieces of which you can already see in the game’s Create a Soldier customization menus. Different parts of this armor will be released as part of Clan Wars, so you can build up a full outfit over time if you win consistently. “We worked with IW on this, because really wanted to have something you could wear, fully coordinated,” reveals Linden. “You earn it over time over different Wars, and you’ll pick up different pieces. But the idea is that your entire Clan could wear it and look cool with it. It does stand out, it’s a little loud, but we wanted it a little loud. If you are unlocking this stuff, you are the best, so it’s taunting a little bit. Other items are in blacks and grays and greens and browns – but this is ‘Hey, look at me, I’m in red!’ It’s for people to show off, ‘I’m kicking ass and taking names.’ And that’s the feedback we got from Clans, too — Clans want to be, like, ‘look at us.’ We want the first time you wear this stuff for people to contact you and say ‘Where’d you get that stuff?’” If you win bonus things like armor pieces as part of Clan Wars, and you leave the Clan, do you take those spoils of war with you? “Man, that’s been the design question for the last four months,” Linden says with an exasperated laugh. “These are things we think about a lot – is it tied to the Clan? Is it tied to the Clan when I’m winning? Is it consecutive wins? We’ve gone through many different design choices. We’ve tried to keep it pretty simple: You win it, you keep it. If you leave your Clan, you still keep it. If you join a Clan and the Clan’s already earned it, you don’t get it – you have to earn it yourself with the Clan. Now, patches, you do lose. Personal soldier gear belongs to you, but the patches belong to the Clan.” No One Fights Alone, Even When They Fight Alone Rewarding both individual achievement and team effort is a key goal for Beachhead – and to that end, it’s important to note that Clan XP and Clan Wars points are different things. “Clan XP, you earn by playing together, but Clan Wars wins count individually,” explains Linden. “If I win a match in a mode relevant to the current Clan War, I get a point for my Clan; if you play later, you get a point for your Clan. It’s an individual contribution to your Clan. We don’t have to be playing together to play Clan Wars, and we didn’t want to penalize people who aren’t online at the same time as their Clan. With every win, I can contribute.” Obviously, the scope of Clan Wars makes player diversity a valuable commodity. “You want to make sure you have different people in your Clan who are good at different modes,” reasons Linden. “There are some people who always want to play Domination, and that’s fine, but you’re not going to win the Clan War. But if you have a good mix of some people playing Dom and some playing Hardcore Kill Confirmed, some people playing Blitz and some Cranked, that’s when you’re going to increase the odds of actually winning a war.” Los Angeles is the location for the first Clan War; where to next? Getting Ready To Rumble The first Clan War will only last a week; after that, the schedule calls for two-week engagements. The shortened length of the inaugural war gives the developers time to quickly implement feedback before hitting the scheduled stride of two weeks for each rumble. Other details, such as the frequency of each Clan War, are evolving naturally. “We’re still working on the length of time between them; we’re trying to keep it as short as possible,” says Linden. “There might be a little downtime, and we’ve had a lot of different feedback on that — maybe we should wait a couple of days, maybe just 12 hours. So we’ll probably test out a few different things on that and see where we end up.” The current plan is to conclude the first Clan War on December 2, with the next starting sometime the following day. Emblems matter! To start things off, this weekend will be what’s being called a “placement weekend” – stats on your Clan and its multiplayer personality will be collected a few days in advance, so matchups can be sorted for Monday’s start. (In other words, this weekend’s a good time to rally up.) You can also expect some Clan Wars communications from HQ, too. “We’ll do an announcement, and probably a push notification in the app,” offers Linden. “We’ll want to remind people to make sure they have at least three people in your Clan if they want to participate, and to make sure they have a badass emblem for their Clan, because that’s what gets stamped on the nodes. When you take over a territory, your emblem gets stamped on the territory in the app. When you go in, you’ll know who is winning the War because their emblem will be all over the place.” Monday’s Forecast: War Beachead’s quixotic goal for Call of Duty Clan Wars, then, is every game designer’s holy grail: Accessible simplicity for casual players with an underlying layer of satisfying complexity for dedicated players. “We really want to make sure that people get Clan Wars, that it’s easy to comprehend quickly, but we’re going to add more and more strategy as we go,” Linden promises. “We’re figuring all that out now, and a lot of it will come from feedback – we’re watching this very closely to see, what do people want, where do they want it to go?” Beachhead is eager to get player feedback via the callofduty.com forums as well as Twitter via @BeachheadStudio. For his part, Linden can’t wait to see Beachhead’s latest creation spring to life, and after so many months of Clan Wars and Call of Duty app development, he can’t help but smile as he confirms the reality: “War begins Monday.”

Come on Tommy...right?