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No no, it's okay Jahled, they're just strange shadows, calm down. Dammit man, calm down!!! How about setting up the game with it's own music, but like our avatars, an option to get it from somewhere else as well, so you can build your own playlist so to speak?

Um, guys, please, let's just calm down a little bit. Dinochick: From where I am over here in England, the elction did seem a little odd. Now i don't know the technicalities, and I don't remember everything that happened and was said in the news. (And our news, even the BBC seems to be getting more and more biased anyway) But it did seem rather like Gore had it in the bag, just, and then Bush somehow won it. Now, it does strike me as a little odd that someone who barely scraped into power (that's how it APPEARS over here) should now APPEAR to be getting almost unanimous support in America. I know you guys take patriotism very seriously, and credit is due for that, but if nearly fifty percent of you didn't want him in power, shouldn't he be finding it a little harder to convince all of you? Gank: Ultimately we'll never know what weight the oil situation has on this. I would say that it is a mighty convenient benefit that would result, but that goes for GB as well as the US. The situation in Ireland is complex, and let's face it, we all messed up on that one, both sides. However, Ireland was for a long time, and some would say, still is a warzone. The British army had a lot of troops stationed there, in effect an invasion. The reall difference lies in it being two faction within the area, whereas Iraq is an international conflict. Everyone: The peace marches in GB attracted over 2million people yesterday. Now, with a population that big i know proportionally it's not that many, but i do think notice needs to be taken of the objections. It seems to me that Bush and Blair are just a little eager to rush into war. But so would any politician. A war like what would happen in Iraq would almost guaruntee re-election. So in many senses it's nothing personal, you'd expect it, which is why I'm suspicious of Chiraq and the other (can't speel their names, sorry). I think we all need to calm down and try to think about this rationally, which is a very hard thing to do when media works the way it does, inspiring hysteria. Ultimately we elected our leaders more or less fair and square. We entrusted them to be responsible in situations like this. Blair and Bush aren't idiots, they don't want to send economically useful young men to die, nor do their consciences want it either. Please, let's try not to get too personal.

Me like.

Checking it out now. I've been looking a lot at http://www.empireonline.co.uk it's a great film site.

I hope you guys wouldn't be quite so corrupt as that. But we could put words in the right ears....

Jahled, where do you get this stuff, and who spends their time dreaming it up?!?

IMHO Both of you guys have got some interesting points. I'm not sure that Saddam is impossible to bargain with. I think you might be right about Osama though. Saddam in many senses is actually nothing like as 'bad' as Osama. Bear with me on this. Saddam is the legally elected leader of his country. No matter what people say about how the votes are unfair, the other countries in the world have recognised him as such. This means that what goes on in his country is his concern. It's quite alright for others to be concerned about it, but the law dictates that we cannot remove a legally elected representative. We can only do so if we have CONCLUSIVE proof that Saddam is harbouring ACTIVE terrorists. This is where we hit the real crux of the problem. Colin Powell is trying to sort this out and find evidence. However, in today's media, 'the people' will not be satisfied with just being TOLD that there is conclusive proof. They want to see it. Now, most of my 'knowledge' in this area is garnered from books, but it seems common sense to say that if Powell were to present all the evidence as demanded by the public, he would have to reveal confidential sources. That's not on. It could easily endanger the lives of agents, or at least comprimise sources of information. So what's the altenative i hear you cry. Well, our leaders could tell us that they have all the evidence and make us take their word on it. That's not going to work. The only chance we have is if every leader in NATO and the UN AGREES and does so publically. That can only happen if there are no ulterior motives. Not going to happen any time soon. Some food for thought for you there. Also, Bush only just got the presidency, either he's done a very good job, or he's done a very good job of fooling a lot of Americans. I can't really see Bush not getting re-elected. Also, ignore Chiraq, IMHO he's useless. The man has been proved to be corrupt, he's almost certainly going to be charged as soon as he loses the presidency (a French President can't be taken to court during his tenure.) Finally, if indeed there are terrorists in Iraq, Saddam is giving them his tacit support by noit helping track them down and eliminate them. That last sentance is not a question of morals. Whether or not he agrees with their ideals, they are perpetrating crimes. THERE ARE NO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY TERRORISM. Saddam cannot continue to expect to be viewed favourably if he continues to harbour terrorists, even if he doesn't talk to or associate with them. I'm sorry if that offends anybody, these are purely my personal views. The current evidence, as is, is not enough to persuade me that WAR is the only viable option.

Hardly surprising, given your historical and cultural backgrounds.

Um, Gank, that's like saying that me gassing Welsh people is okay because they come from another part of the country. And given that most of them were innocents, it doesn't even matter if they were Kurds, Iraqis, Americans, Armenians or Angels, it's still wrong.

That would be fun. But i think for the release we should go with Awing Bwing Ewing XwingAC4.

Actually it could replace either. It's speed is 250mglt. It was designed primarily as a very fast recon fighter, with the ability to perform a devastating single slash attack and then get the h*ll outa Dodge.

I can live with that, after all, it's really only a matter of changing stats and descriptions, and maybe the pics if we want to make the quality better.

Mon pere le connait, ou est-ce que, mon pere le sait? J'ai oublie. Ben, il peut m'aider.

Yay!!! Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.

Yeah, although promotion doesn't really mean that much, i mean, all that happens is some words change and you get a new insignia, it doesn't open up a secret part of the site or anything. Or at least, not that i'm aware of!!!

Yep. My best mate's amazing, he does Alien Vs Predator pics for fun, he's doing a foundation art course before going to uni.

I'm afraid i have to disagree. If you make it simultaneous turn based then it just wouldn't work. One player would finish their day and not be able to react to the actions of the other later in that same day. I say keep it the way it already is, but provide options to speed time up even more so that you can zip through a week or slow it right down to almost minute for minute.

Erm? NO!!!! Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. Hmmm, held his own against Count Dooku, one of the greatest fighters in the history of the Jedi. There's no way that someone trained as a Jedi wouldn't be skillful in combat. The question is, would he be better than Blade. What i really meant was so that Vader couldn't force choke him or anything like that.

It's a hard, hard life...

Yeah, who knows, it might have gone into mass production if the Rebellion hadn't happened.

I have a feeling it may have appeared in the WEG Star Wars Game. I know it's been in something.

Can those pics actually be used?

You've heard of what? Paintballing, or dressing up? I like paintballing, but i prefer airsoft (bb guns) they're much more realistic, and have better range and accuracy.

vakundok: sounds like a good idea to me. The NR didn't really have a ship advantage, but it would help balance out the Cloning Vats.

Well ,the current map isn't that bad, so why don't we just move it arounda bit and change the relevant planet and/or sector names? There must be some way to change the background to a better looking pic?