Ooooh! Does Kevin Conroy do the voice of Batman? :D

I got the game yesterday and played for several hours.
I like the graphics and it plays pretty smoothly. It's still suffering a bit from "new-game-itis" but it didn't crash while I was playing, and there wasn't much lag at all. I got DC'd a few times during loading screens. I didn't come across any major bugs. More importantly, I had a lot of fun.
Character creation isn't as full as CoH/CoV, (You just can't help comparing), but its way better then many other games. The tutorial is pretty thin, it gets you into the game, but you really need to figure out most of the game on your own. I like the voice overs from the iconic super heroes, You're constantly getting calls from Batman, or Wonder Woman, that sort of thing. The missions I've played so far are pretty average, kill 10 rats, defend some NPCs from 10 rats, fight your way past 10 rats and help some "real Superhero" kill a boss rat. But, as I said before, I had fun doing it.

My toon is only level 10, and I've only played hero side, so I can't really give a considered review yet, but it seems like a pretty solid game so far.

Anyone have plans to found a Stonewall League?

Episode 158 - The Next Generation - "Who Watches the Watchers" - 10/16/1989



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Deanna and Riker must rectify the damage done when two primitives from Mintaka III catch glimpse of a Federation observation team and eventually conclude that Captain Picard is a god.

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Thanks to everyone for coming. Next week, I will be posting times for the next event.

My first RP event ever. Ill be there. I wanna be the Chef, bartender or preferably the dishwasher!

Remember we will be using the SFRoleplay channel for all Roleplay event communications.

Stay in character - If you need to leave, request to do to Sickbay or your quarters.

If you become disruptive and not follow the event, you will be asked to go to Brig or Sickbay.

Remember, the Captain of the event is the leader. The leader will lead how the event will progress.

I'll bring in my RA Sian Thal for Chief Engineer.... :) If thats okay with the cap'n

Episode 157 - The Next Generation - "The Survivors" - 10/09/1989



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The Enterprise investigates the last two survivors of an annihilated world, as the entire surface has been transformed to dust except their one little garden and house. Guest stars John Anderson and Anne Haney as Kevin and Rishon Uxbridge.

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I was trying to keep out of this discussion because whenever I get into this topic I tend not to make many friends, but it was just too tempting.

Just because someone doesn't believe the same things you do doesn't make them closed-minded. In the case of the moving lampshade, how was the narrator being closed-minded to his friend's theory of "ghost did it"? He found the real world cause and demonstrated it. Just because he wasn't content with the first explanation someone else provided doesn't make him closed-minded, it just makes him a good scientist.

Would you mind listing and/or describing some of these "other methods of proof, logic, and reasoning" for me?

I just have a hard time understanding why people don't like science. Science isn't something to be 'for' or 'against'. It simply is. It is a tool (or set of methodologies, for the literal minded) that we use to understand the world around us. It is true that individuals can choose to do good things or bad things with the knowledge that is gained, however this isn't a reflection on science but rather a reflection on those individuals.

Watching the video again, I think it's being misinterpreted. They are not saying that there's nothing out there that's unexplained. What they're saying is that people who explain something away as supernatural, rather than investigate what is really going on (or even if something really is going on), are practicing the very closed-mindedness that some of those people then turn around and pin on non-believers for not believing in their supernatural explanation. The believers sometimes "close their minds" to any other possible explanation.

My personal fear is that once we come up with a supernatural explanation of something, some people are satisfied, and stop looking for a natural explanation. If we (meaning mankind) still accepted weather gods and anthropomorphic winds as the cause of weather, we would never have developed the remarkable long-range weather forecasting and early warning systems we have today for hurricanes and tornadoes and the like.

Who's to say that scientists may not one day discover that there is some rational explanation for hauntings, ESP, horoscopes, precognition, and a slew of other apparently supernatural phenomena?

As for scientists only being open to one kind of proof, I would be interested to hear what other type(s) of proof are possible. I don't mean this as a slam against anyone, I am honestly curious. And very much enjoying the exchange of ideas!

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What I have a problem with is his explanation of open-mindedness. He claims to be open-minded, but is only open to one method of proof and belief. I think he was confusing open-mindedness with scientific proof. Many other methods of proof, logic, and reasoning exist than his particular brand of it. I don't disagree with his logic, but I do disagree that he is open-minded. The main thing from which I draw this is his want and desire to prove his friends wrong on every account as opposed to trying to understand their points-of-view. If he tried to understand them, then that would be open-mindedness.

**claps** Well said!!

Have to say I love the uniform Sarge, I'm going to have to use it for my black ops outfit

Thanks for your generous 2M E.C. donation, Sarge! Enjoy your sigs!

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Episode 156 - The Next Generation - "The Ensigns of Command" - 10/02/1989



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Data must persuade a stubborn colony to evacuate their homeland under threat of a powerful and mysterious race. 

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What I have a problem with is his explanation of open-mindedness. He claims to be open-minded, but is only open to one method of proof and belief. I think he was confusing open-mindedness with scientific proof. Many other methods of proof, logic, and reasoning exist than his particular brand of it. I don't disagree with his logic, but I do disagree that he is open-minded. The main thing from which I draw this is his want and desire to prove his friends wrong on every account as opposed to trying to understand their points-of-view. If he tried to understand them, then that would be open-mindedness.

All I am going to say is good topic..And that I have some minor issues with science on a spiritual level :)

And maybe part of what confuses the issue is our language. Here "science" is being used to mean both the scientific method, and our body of scientific knowledge--two vastly different things.

There are absolutely things that are beyond the scope of our current scientific knowledge. But does that mean they will always be? (And if so, prove it.) ;)

I think that what Nick is saying basically is, Dark Matter existed before the mid 20th century, even though there was no way at that time to validate/invalidate or even suspect the concept. Souls may exist and be a quantum reality we dont as yet have the science to quantify them. Just because i cant prove god exists, wont prove that he doesnt, which is an idea that some atheist/agnostics believe.

And those two people are proof that not one is really open minded no matter how much they say they are. :P

Episode 155 - The Next Generation - "Evolution" - 09/25/1989



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Nanites escape Wesley's lab and form a collective intelligence, threatening an astrophysicist's only chance at performing a stellar experiment. Guest star Ken Jenkins as Dr. Paul Stubbs.

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