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Re: U.N. Armament
The UN as an organization is very effective at dealing with aftermath and stabilizing situations where the worst has already passed - and someone has to do that - but its a lousy address for people who really need help right now because unless somebody in Europe or North America feels immediately affected by a situation the boys in the little blue berets aren't going to be showing up to help you because the practical capacity to actually stop the killing can only be mustered when the first tier military powers agree to commit their own forces.If they don't, then you've got a bunch of poorly equipped light infantry with no logistical infrastructure and no rapid deployment capacity. Its simply not reasonable to suggest the UN is effective at forcible intervention - and "stopped the killing" in most of the situations you implied they did because they didn't. The UN almost never goes that route because its not within their normative operating capacity. Instead they generally step into a lull to ensure it doesn't flare back up (which is admirable in of itself). And that's the primary criticism you are facing: that they don't do jack until the worst of the storm has passed.
Entirely by design. The UN wasn't formed as an organisation that would have an army. Member states are considered responsible for their own defence and for interventions. The UN simply provides an umbrella under which that can happen. It's meant to promote cooperation and provide legitimacy, not actually provide the forces and C&C. I feel that if it had its own full-scale army that it could use under its own banner... well, for one, who would pay for it? For another... it would fundamentally change the role of the UN. Not that it seems to have been too successful in that role. However, the US can't really blame it for that. That'd be kinda like shivving a guy and then complaining that he's bleeding on you.
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Re: Order of the Stick
So apparently you CAN'T get away with being "Lawful Blind-eye."
JG
On the other hand, he HAS been quite successful at keeping Belkar from killing innocents lately. Not just with the Mark of Justice... has he actually killed any noncombatants since the strip began?
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Re: U.N. Armament
AK47 isn't just cheaper, it's also more reliable. Not that the M16 is unreliable, they just made different design decisions. It's a weapon that basically can't be maintained for too long without training in how to strip and clean it. The AK47 can be used by illiterate, uneducated peasants, with minimal training.
The price is also reflective of how many there are, and that the manufacture is much, much cheaper. Fewer tiny parts, much greater tolerances in design, standardised manufacturing process that hasn't changed much in 60 years.
One area it does get let down a lot is the ammunition. While the weapon itself is hard to make badly, the ammunition is a crapshoot. Rounds might be too smoky, not powerful enough, even more inaccurate at range than the gun is anyway (not that most people using it are exactly marksmen). Not the only gun that gets that, of course (one of the reasons the M16 was a letdown in Vietnam was because top-quality ammo was used in the trials, but not in the field), but being the third-world weapon of choice, ammo quality control tends to suffer pretty badly.
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Re: HERO: Combat Evolved [Equipment Posts & Comments]
i am currently less than thrilled with Halo 3' date=' at the moment (only on 2nd level) but it just doesn't "feel" right to me. i'm going to slog through it, and see if i feel differently about it then, but right now its my least favorite of the 3, and i'd go so far as to say i don't like it. i think its just the complete difference between 3 and those before it, especially the look and even the gameplay. even the weapons don't feel right. i dunno, but i kept away from the hype, and maybe now i'm just feeling the game for what it really is instead of the super hype going into 1 and 2.[/quote']Finished Halo 3 last night. Put me in the 'good game, but disappointing' camp. Partly due to length. Took me 6 hours. I hear it's taken some people more, but I usually play games on easy mode... because I don't count 'time spent respawning' as gameplay time. ^_- Nor did I simply rocket through. Explored each level quite thoroughly. It's a short game, with a very disappointing ending. And despite getting awards for 'strong story', I felt it was very weak on the exposition, and every section felt very light on gameplay and plot. I was just getting warmed up on the earth stuff, then... oh, we're gone.
And after the Flood arrive, do you actually fight any Covenant at all? I don't think you do. That was very disappointing, too. I don't find the Flood particularly interesting to fight for very long. Not to mention Carrier Forms resulted in instadeath a few too many times. >.>
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Re: Order of the Stick
Heh... "Death's Lil' Helper"Yup, that one's gonna hurt him.
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Re: Order of the Stick
In the OotS boardgame, Roy is Lawful Beleaguered and Durkon is Lawful Bland.
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Re: new time line were the dead stay dead
What about people killed and resurrected in the same issue? Should they count? And how about Bucky whose death was a retcon in the first place? Bucky really continued to do his thing until 1948' date=' when he was retired so he could be replaced by Golden Girl.[/quote']One reason I like the Ultimates universe is that Bucky's still alive... and 70 years old! =)
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Re: How To Build A GRASER
If it can be made to work, certainly beats having to use nukes to prime the laser. That plays havoc with a ship's internal systems.
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Re: Order of the Stick
And looking through the archives is fun because it emphasizes how much Mr. Burlew has grown. The first strips weren't bad' date=' but the art and the storytelling has improved. I'd actually say that's one of my favorite things about reading webcomics. It's like those sport montages in movies, where the rookie starts out rough but by the end of the power ballad his training pays off and he's a champ.[/quote']Hells yeah. I love seeing improvement like that too. I actually get kinda bored with an artist's style if they hit a stride and then stick to it. Growth is good!
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Re: [for fun] The Blue Moon Killer vs. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli
Fonz walks into the alley, where he finds a punk mugging some girl. From the other end, the BMK walks in and discovers the same thing. Fonz punches the guy, knocking him into the hail of the Harbingers assault rifle. Fonz stays to woo the girl with his cool and Harbinger walks out.That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
"Only one will walk away!" One walk... one teleports.
Classic comicbook resolution.
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Re: Order of the Stick
Roy's dad is a real piece of work' date=' for certain.[/quote']Yup.
And even if he is LG, there's nothing about LG that says you have to act nice. Just like there's nothing about CE that says you have to act nasty.
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Re: WWCYD: Lethal Force is Authorized
Unless your guy is a snotty-attitude android in the form of a ten year old boy' date=' I'd say it's just a case of me being a fan of the Buggles and not some weird convergent creation.[/quote']My god, it's like they're clones!
Well, except mine's female, 16, daughter of the hero The Human Dynamo... But aside from that, they might just be twins!
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Re: [for fun] The Blue Moon Killer vs. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli
And I maintain that he has no chance against the HoJ. Sorry. I stand by my original statement; the question is, "Two go in, one comes out, who is it?"It's Harbinger.
The original question also included the tag [for fun]. ^_-
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Re: WWCYD: Lethal Force is Authorized
Kid Dynamo: "Feh! I hacked my "No Kill" protocols months ago. Time to show these aliens why my creator gave me laser beam eyes and chainsaw hands!"We both have chars called this? Doh! I guess you were in first, though. ^_-
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Re: WSWYCK: Karaoke Night
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Re: WWCYD: Lethal Force is Authorized
Haze is an ex-assassin, and as such, tries not to kill, even to the point where he'll put himself into more danger by not killing. One rule he has, though, is if the other guy is trying to kill, he stops pulling his punches. Like Snow Leopard, as soon as the aliens started killing, Haze would be into lethal mode.
Jacob al-Duri is a PRIMUS operative, and has something of the superhero code (he also has mutant powers). He doesn't kill... unless lives are in danger and killing is the only way to stop it. After seeing that, indeed, killing is the only way to prevent more casualties, he'd kill. Time to break out the heavy armaments.
Kid Dynamo is a child, idealistic, and Will Not Kill, Ever. (20 point CvK)
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Re: Is this too dark for DC?
There's always the Jennifer Government option: that the government provides only a nominal fee for prosecution, not nearly enough to actual nail anyone with decent defence. In order to actually prosecute offenders, they prosecution relies on donations, usually from the victim, or their family. Thus, poor victims get ignored, while rich victims can buy justice. This is more analogous to the medieval situation, where peasants couldn't hope to get justice against nobles, but nobles could extract it from other nobles. A simple fine is... well, wergild was never that simple, really. And not really compatible with today's notions of individual rights.
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Re: Order of the Stick
Good advice.If you go through 'em at a decent pace, should be able to finish up just before the new ones come out... as well as refreshing your memory of plot points and in-jokes!
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Re: Order of the Stick
Is there a 12 step program that can help perhaps?Step 1: read through the archives again!
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Re: WWYCD: The Ghost Car
Haze: finds out where the next streetrace involving this gan is, brings popcorn and a camcorder.
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Re: WWCYD: De-Animator
Kid Dynamo: no ability to do anything about the main guy, but yeah, she'd be in for trying to destroy the corpses. I'll bet if the bad guy gets wind of this, though, he'll lift his spell.
Haze: not a government type, would leave it to them, while stocking up on canned food and shotguns. And chainsaws. Protect those he cares about, screw the rest. He has something of a conscience but is not a hero; he's not out to save the world.
Jacob al-Duri: has very similar methods to Haze, but is more heroic. Is also a government type. He'll volunteer to deliver the $50 million. No ability not to. The plan, though, is to delay the guy long enough to destroy the bodies, then take him out. The money's just a delaying tactic to give everyone else the time to render the dude harmless. Jacob has the ability to put people in a brainlock (he has electrical powers with fine control more than destructive ability), so that's a last resort -- no telling if the guy can resist it. But it's a reason for him to be the one to deliver the money.
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Re: WWYCD: So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish...
Well, obviously the dolphins haven't left under their own steam. The team wouldn't have left, if that were the case. Either aliens have scooped up anything called 'dolphin', or some trickery is involved. Foxbat is suspected.
Kid Dynamo (Legacy hero, powers similar to Jolt from Thunderbolts) isn't appropriate here. She'd try to help, but just doesn't have the investigatory ability.
Haze (ex-hitman, now hero for hire), if hired, would look into what else dolphin-related has vanished (heroes, businesses, etc), and try to find out who has the resources to extract and store that many dolphins. If it's magic gone awry, he can't really help, but he has contacts who might be able to.
Jacob Al-Duri (a senior PRIMUS agent) would be concerned if it had national security implications. He's not based in Florida, but would at least look into it. Would advocate much the same procedure as Haze, but wouldn't be primarily involved unless there was a local connection.
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Re: [sTAR WARS] It is my turn now.
I just chalk up any confusion derived from EU to it being written by spiritually impotent hack scifi writers instead of (as it should) fantasy writers. Or at least authors smart enough to figure out that Star Wars IS NOT scifi but space opera.Eh. It's published fanfic.
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Re: First Impressions of Traveller Hero
Do older characters start with more points?
HERO: Combat Evolved [Equipment Posts & Comments]
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