noxnoctum
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All I have to say is LOL.
I predict cannabis will be legal in at least Cali, Oregon or Washington state within the next 4 years. People are getting fed up with federal agents violating state law and raiding MMJ dispensaries.
As for "psychotic dangers" it's total BS. Although I don't smoke currently because it's illegal and I obey the law even though it's utterly insane, I have smoked for looooong periods of time daily and it hasn't affected me negatively in any way. There's also been numerous studies showing that very long term smokers have not been negatively affected. I personally know a college professor who smokes pretty much every day and has been since the 60s. Pot didn't stop him from getting his Phd. I just know far too many straight A students at universities or very very hard working people who are total stoners and have been for a long time to believe any of this. It's absurd. I mean even Carl Sagan smoked and favored its legalization and ya... that guy was a real airhead
Little quote from him:
"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
It all comes down to the individual, and whether or not they have the self control to not get stoned when they shouldn't be getting stoned. When I decided to stop smoking because I didn't like breaking the law I went cold turkey after 6 months of continuous use and had absolutely no cravings unless you count a week later when I went to a concert thinking "you know... this would sound even MORE sweet if I was stoned right now...". That's it.
The government's full of crap. What's ironic is that when Aslinger was originally pushing for it to be outlawed the AMA actually OPPOSED him.
Positives of legalization:
-Gigantic tax $$$ for a completely broke government
-Huge savings in law enforcement and imprisonment costs. The USA has the highest % imprisoned population of any country in the world. Ya... we're in the "land of the free"
Not to mention it frees up LE to be able to go after violent crimes. And you can BET those will go down with the legalization of cannabis.-HUUUUGE hit to the drug cartels as cannabis makes up 60% of their business. Were the US to legalize it on a federal level many countries (I'm thinking Canada especially) would follow suit shortly. People fail to understand that when you outlaw something that's very popular (weed in this case, alcohol in the 30s) you don't make it go away, you just make organized crime explode.
-Control of exactly WHAT you're smoking. I know of a guy who's bipolar and literally the ONLY thing that makes it go away (a bandaid granted but a bandaid that works marvelously for him) is a certain very particular strain of cannabis available in Cali and the Netherlands only. So you get that plus no more weed laced with coke or other nonsense.
-Kids will have a harder time getting their hands on it. Poll after poll has shown that kids in high school say it's way easier to get pot than to get alcohol. With alcohol they have to either get a quality fake ID, find a corrupt seller, or get an older friend to do it. With pot they just go talk to the kid in their class who knows someone who knows someone. Or just go out on the street and look out for someone who looks like a drug dealer. (there are certain "signs" which I won't post on here
)-Likely downturn in alcohol and tobacco abuse as many will undoubtedly switch to pot or people who would otherwise become alcoholics/cigarette fiends will smoke weed instead. Less wifebeatings etc... The idea of getting angry and beating someone to within an inch of their life while stoned is ludacris. (I'm not suggesting we outlaw alcohol and tobacco btw... although those are absolutely lethal, it would just boost organized crime further and certainly wouldn't stop their use as the Prohibition showed)
It's absurd that this is still going on. It was outlawed to give the cotton industry a boost and was largely motivated by racism, pure and simple.
Really we need to legalize ALL drugs (yes even heroin, pcp, meth etc... not like everyone's gonna wanna start shooting up if it gets legalized, everyone knows it's terrible for you) and so completely put an end to the drug cartels and their private armies constantly waging war in Mexico and South America (and Russia). As it is they have the power of small countries. I was watching a documentary on how the Russian mob almost bought a Russian military sub they were going to use to sneak drugs into the USA. That's the kind of power they have (they were stopped by ATF agents). That power would go away literally overnight if all drugs were legalized.
And the "prime suspect" for Alzheimer's??? Are you kidding me??? The vast majority of the people that are getting Alzheimer's right now were NOT part of the flower child hippie generation. There have actually been studies that suggest it may help the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Even if weed were as bad for you as the DEA and crazy right wing nuts would have you believe, outlawing it is still an idiotic idea. It's TOO POPULAR. It won't go away and never will. It's been in use for as long as recorded history and probably further back than that. It's not going away. So why just hand control and profits to people with no morals whatsoever?
This is EXACTLY the same situation as prohibition was in the 30s except it's even stupider because pot has not caused a single death in history. Alcohol causes around 90,000 a year in the US alone while tobacco causes nearly a quarter of a million. Hell even ibuprofen causes several thousand deaths a year. Cannabis? Zero. Zero deaths in history... think about that for a second. I don't think you could find a single serious unbiased doctor who would say cannabis is worse for you than tobacco and alcohol. (and you can vaporize it instead of smoking it to eliminate that risk... even though it's been shown that THC has anti-cancerous properties that largely prevent lung cancer in cannabis-only smokers) Not to mention that use actually went down in Amsterdam after legalization, probably because it took away the "forbidden fruit" factor. Tell someone they can't have something and they'll want it. That's human nature.
The only reason it hasn't been legalized yet in the US is because politicians are cowards (with a few exceptions: see Ron Paul) and are being essentially bribed by lobbyists from the tobacco and alcohol companies. Ever heard of the "Drug Free America Foundation"? They're the ones behind most of the anti-pot commercials you see on TV occasionally. Guess who funds them? Alcohol and tobacco companies, and big pharma. They don't want a drug free America, they want an America free of drugs that are their competition. I would also be HIGHLY surprised if the drug cartels aren't funding some lobbyists of their own through back channels.
Anyways, whatever, it'll be legalized for sure once enough of the "Reefer madness" indoctrinated old people (you guys
) die off. California came VERY close with 46% of the population voting in favor (and we all know young people have the worst voter turnout... if they had come out in droves it would have passed). The country's views on cannabis are changing for the better, finally, I'm glad I'm around to see the end of this./rant
P.S. @ Affentitten: Yes pot is stronger now because they've "perfected" it in various strains... you can now get seeds off the internet that show various potencies in certain areas. Some more relaxing, some more trippy etc. Some stronger some weaker. But the stronger strains aren't more "dangerous", it just means you only need one toke to get stoned, as opposed to smoking a whole joint like back in the 60s/70s (at least according to my parents, who are from that era).
Oh and by the way, any of you guys in favor of 2nd amendment rights who are against marijuana legalization are total and complete hypocrites. You can own a semi-automatic assault rifle but someone can't ingest something in their own body in the privacy of their own home? (I'm against gun control fyi, just making a point)
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You shouldn't bash gamespot... they did give CMBB a very high rating (9.1), and CMBB is *definitely* more of a niche game than IL-2.
From what I've heard from the members of my IL-2 squadron (competitive, we play in a ~80 player metacampaign 3 times a week... all humans no AI) who bought it the game is not playable yet but is improving steadily with each patch. So 4/10 is probably completely fair.
Fine with me anyways... I don't mind waiting another year for it to get patched up to Sturmovik's level. They (squadron members) have said that the FM and DM are definitely FAR superior to IL-2 in every way. It's just a matter of Oleg working out all the kinks.
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I gotta admit I'm pretty impressed by the AI, with the exception of their use of the Tiger, but that may have been due to "him" being worried about possible hidden AT gun locations etc. That said I'm glad to see it held it BACK and let it go after the infantry as opposed to rushing it forward like it would have in CMx1.
As far as their arty bombardment + infantry assault though I'd say it did about as well as an "average" human player would.
Oh and what the heck is a hedgehog? He says it's a kind of cover...
I really really really can't wait for the Bulge and Ostfront games now... I can just imagine the epicness! This will be great fun though too.
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Just out of curiosity tyrspawn how long did it take to upload this behemoth to youtube
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Can we get a confirm on whether or not grenades can be thrown out of windows?
Also, do you guys plan on implementing melee combat in a later module or by the time the Ostfront game comes out?
And tyrspawn personally I'm glad you were playing like you normally play. I want to see how the game plays... and we did get some cool zoom-ins
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Can someone please clear up two questions raised in the AAR:
Can grenades be thrown from building windows?
What's going on with grenades taking out tanks? Is a "run up and drop one down the hatch from 5 meters away" extrapolation?
I'd like to know this too... aren't they just firing regular rifle grenades and not "anti tank rifle grenades"?
The window thing too is a definite must know!
EDIT: I laughed pretty hard at the "just like the Nazis to blow up a church..." hahaha.
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Motivation? Got any links/info on that?
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I really liked this feature in CMx1... was a lot of fun, and realistic too since some soldiers really did fight like maniacs with no regard for their lives during the war.
The randomness of it too was nice
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Oh how I love the sweet, sweet sound of those bolt action rifles! Yay for no more hand-of-god weaponry.
What's with the suicidal tank crews assaulting full infantry squads though? I thought the "low ammo" measure BFC used in CMx1 to prevent that from happening was smart...
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I KNEW I should have been uploading videos of all my CMSF campaign missions with commentary!
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Thanks Cuirassier, that's the one. And thanks Emrys too I wanted to read that one too, just forgot about it
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Always online activations (Ubisoft) are ridiculous. I don't like limited installs either which is just an excuse to make more money IMO.
But whatever. I don't think I'll use up 4 in a year.
Companies should focus on making quality games instead of forcing DRMs on paying customers. The pirates ALWAYS find loopholes. ALWAYS. Within like 2 days of Assassin Creed 2's release (requires you to be online ALL THE TIME, even though it's a purely single player game---if your internet goes down during a tough part of a mission and you haven't saved well tough luck, you're screwed)
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So that's a no I take it?
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Just wanna make sure I have the $$ available when the time comes...
Haven't really been following it closely for last month or so... it would just drive me crazy
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Steve made some huge thread about the difference between CMx1 inf combat and CMx2 inf combat, it was stickied for a while, I never got around to reading it, but it was massive. Anyone know what happened to it?
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Halftracks and panzergrenadiers.
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Part of the performance issue from what I've heard is a mandatory "anti-epilepsy" thing that Ubisoft imposed on Oleg's work that apparently puts a huge strain on computers... but they've sinced announced it is now optional. However by default it is turned on. So make sure you turn that baby off!
Anyways, I have full confidence in Oleg and his team making CoD into a worthy successor, even if it takes a few years (like BFC
)Till then I'll keep rocking Sturmovik... after all several hundred people still play it every day online through hyperlobby (peak hours around 400-500).
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I have absolutely no idea. My introduction to it though was the CMAK demo.
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Once or twice a week??? Screw that. How about 14 times a week (afternoon after work, later at night). Sounds healthier to me.
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My dad sent me this, no idea what the heck it's about but it cracked me up big time
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But as LLF mentioned, the case for this information being available to the player is quite weak in itself.
At least the decals are visually pleasing, not so in your face yet still provides the information to those that really want to know where it landed, and does so in greater detail.
Kudos for listening to the community but you shouldn't have.
I mean, if ugly isn't a bar to inclusion in CMBN I want my shockwaves!
Well for a lot of us it makes the game wayyy more exciting. Maybe BFC can eventually make it a toggleable feature (is that even a word?) for hardcore peeps like yourself :cool:.
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Hey stupid question but are the giant white words with "Tank 1" and "M10 round deflected by tree" game messages or something put in there after? Obviously the "penetration" message is in-game was just wondering about the others. And thanks again for surprising us with this BFC!
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Can I do this if I want to only play CMBB?
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Grenade throw from/to windows
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I'm fairly sure I read of some Russian assault units in Stalingrad being issued only shovels and grenades... that should tell you something.
If I was in a small room with a bolt action rifle facing another guy with a bolt action rifle and we both had fired our round in the chamber I definitely wouldn't try to work the bolt again if I was within 10 feet of him. I'd rush him and bash his head in.