Recent content by Retlaw83

Kharn, you asked me to cite "numerical proof" that there are four or five doomsday stories in the news every year. What you seem to "wildly fail" to grasp is an understanding of the phrase "numerical proof." We can argue back and forth forever, but because of different understandings of...

Why I explained the difference between healthcare, welfare and social security is in your first post you seem to argue that they're all the same thing, which they aren't. Absolutely that's what it means. If the problem has been brought up using the same argument OVER and OVER again, and...

Well, first off, per capita spending on healthcare (welfare and healthcare are two different programs here) is because drug companies and doctors rape the populace with crushing costs for their services. The problem lies with the healthcare providers, not the government in and of itself. Those...

Of course, the things Kharn is forgetting are that: 1) Unlike most European countries, the U.S. has a respectably-sized population. More money is spent on welfare not because our programs are extensive, but because they have to for pay more people. 2) Unlike several European countries...

The laser systems were meant to shoot ICBMs in low-Earth orbit, not enemy sattelites. And it was Reagan's plan to develop this technology with Russia, and encourage them to build similar countermeasures - this would insure no one would launch because there was no benefit from initiating a...

Only way to get better is to keep writing.

The face he's eating looks delicious.

Good concept, but there's too much telling and not enough showing. When I read it, I feel like you're saying, "This happened, then this happened, and then that happened." Writing a story - especially in journal form - is tricky. A good thing to keep in mind, though, is to use details to show...

The Midwest Brotherhood Humm-Vee rolled eastward down the remnants of Interstate Route 76. The going for Paladin Lebron’s squad had recently begun getting rough, as many of the road bridges in the hilly region between the Republic of Cleveland and the warriors’ ultimate destination, Steel City...

This is the backstory for an RPG-like mod I'm making for Tactics. I like telling stories, so the mod will be in that spirit.

I agree with GG. No matter how interesting your ideas are, no matter how vivid a character is in your head, it doesn't mean a damn thing if you can't write effectively.

Chrome Warriors: Team Eagle Claw is a DaC exclusive mod, available here: http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8784

Can't you fix it by clicking the selector over to CTB, go back to the map you have the problem on, and then kick normal TB back on?

You guys'll love this. I still have the original boxes for Fallout 1 & 2, the Fallout 2 manual and the jewel case box, but the actual CDs have been lost or stolen over the years. Pretty shitty, huh?

Derek Smart - the WONDERFUL GENIUS :roll: who brought us Battlecruiser - has already contacted Interplay about buying the Freespace license.