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megaplayboy last won the day on February 26 2019

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  1. His creations will have a permanent home in fictional character "who beats who" discussions. Immense influence on other Manga and anime and video game creators. Sort of a Japanese Jack Kirby but with more of a sense of fun.
  2. Fully Automated Luxury Communism by Aaron Bastani, which takes a more optimistic look at future trends and suggest a near-future world where personal health, autonomy and free time is maximized, as many mundane and menial tasks are done by automation and AI. I have some quibbles with some of the author's premises, but on balance a thought-provoking read.
  3. 25 years ago, if someone had polled all voters and asked the question "Would you vote for a convicted felon who hasn't yet served their sentence, to the office of president of the United States?", the percentage of people voting "no" would be well above 90%, and even the "it depends" contingent would be extremely small. And for most people, the actual response would likely be "i'm not clinically insane, so, no." And yet, we have nearly half of the country who seem ready, willing and able to jump off that cliff.
  4. "Superhuman Law" would likely have 2 or 3 courses associated with it, and there might also be legal coursework around extraterrestrial beings and organizations, "magic", artificial intelligences and so forth. The first 20-30 years following the appearance of any of this stuff is likely to be a muddled mess, legally.
  5. U.S. scientist Robert Sapolsky says humans have no free will - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) He probably should have kept his conclusion a secret. But I guess he couldn't help himself.
  6. Generally I would expect FH characters built on similar net points to be more skilled and well-rounded, but having less powerful(though possibly more accurate) attacks and weaker overall defenses(though possibly hard to hit).
  7. How to get your PC killed in a Champions campaign: 1. Play an edgelord vigilante who kills indiscriminately and wait for karma to catch up to you. 2. Play really stupidly in dangerous situations, even after a GM warns you of the risks. 3. Play with a PC with no rDEF in a campaign where killing attacks are commonplace. 4. Opt for "heroic sacrifice" over "heroic retirement" and let the GM set the stage. 5. Go out fighting against the BBEG at the climax of the campaign.
  8. That's just one of the lowlights of a truly horrible agenda. Wiping out the civil service and replacing them with handpicked toadies is incredibly corrupt.
  9. Right. And that guy did his time and was released long before the election in question. Nobody's ever run while convicted and awaiting imprisonment. Eugene Debs ran in 1920, but he was arguably a prisoner of conscience and not from one of the two major parties at the time.
  10. Fascinating that political discussion threads are going to be doing double duty as "true crime" threads for the foreseeable near future. Has a developed country (Europe, Japan, SK, Australia, Canada, e.g.) had a convicted felon win the nomination of a major party for the top elected leadership position? I know that several former SK presidents went to jail, but I'm not aware of a situation analogous to this.
  11. Again, I don't think that the IP should be used for an MMORPG. I think a more standard CRPG with coop options, like BG3, is the way to go.
  12. Honestly, I think the hidden value is the system mechanics itself, not the IP backstory. I figure that games and coding have evolved enough that what was a serious conundrum 10-30 years ago is less so today.
  13. Partially I'm curious about what magnitude the buyback amount might be. I assume that the original sale price was substantial (6 figures or low 7 figures), but not outrageous. I also think that the pitch/solicitation would have to come from Hero to development houses, not vice versa. I doubt they're going to go out of their way to approach HG or Cryptic. I think Baldurs Gate or similar--single player/coop RPG with NPC party members and a rich plot, setting and backstory--is a potentially viable model. I don’t think an MMORPG is the right model right now--without an immersive storyline and detailed universe, the novelty wears off quickly. It's also possible that inquiries or solicitations could be made using Hero Universe source material from Fantasy Hero, Pulp Hero, or Star Hero, just for proof of concept. I think you need to look at conventional CRPG as the model, not MMORPG.
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