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I started up on a bit of a metaethics rant on the Logical Proof that God exists thread, and Kuroneko responded. Because I didn't want to hijcak the thread, I figured I'd move the discussion elsewhere. So here it is. ...The most famous alternative, implicitly found in almost every description of &quo...

No oil on Mars. Easy as that.

This is an easy one. The website works by taking you step by step, so let's take this thing step by step. First up: The whole thing about absolute truth. "Absolute truth" is a really vague concept. How is the author of the site defining absolute truth? He never says so, and he fudges a bit...

While what you suggest is a possibility, I think it's an overly pessimistic scenario. I might be wrong, of course, but I think the change will be a bit more gradual. You present a scenario where oil prices hit a point where they shoot up sharply, as oil supplies just drop off. But that will only rea...

Well, we are running out of oil, and it won't last forever. But here's the thing about the free market. Under a free market, we will never ever just run out of something. Before we run out, the price will get to be so high that the demand will drop down to near-zero. Assume that things continue runn...

Final Fantasy Tactics. I've been playing it (for the first time!) this last week or so, and it's kicking my ass.

I'm quite aware of that, however, trying to make CaptainChewbacca's design work seemed like a fun and interesting thing to do. The key here is "fun", I wouldn't have done it if I didn't enjoy it. The whole point of STGODs is, after all, recreation. Chewie can feel free to follow my sugges...

I think Thirdfain said something to this effect before, but as has been the rule in previous STGODs (or at least in the one that I participated in), what is at issue is final functionality, not specific details of armament. That is why Nitram can have ether cannons or what have you: the actual mecha...

I'm having some trouble wrapping my head around the whole "trade of luxury goods" thing. I think we need to make some changes to the system, half for game balance, half because this shit just doesn't make sense. First off, what are the benefits of TRADING a luxury and KEEPING a luxury? Whe...

There are two benefits to having luxury goods. One is a boost to the economy. IRL, that economic boost comes primarily from trading the good, not just from having that good. Although of course having another good to sell domestically will help the economy - just not quite as much as international tr...

To the Honorable Mr. Franklin Chase: We gladly accept your offer of a change in emissaries. We are also open to your offer of a trade of rare metals for opiates. However, at the moment, the most pressing need for our nation is obtaining a source of iron, and I hear that you have iron available for t...

To: Any interested parties The large stores of coal , sulfur , cotton , food , and rare metals posessed by the African States of America are to be opened to the market, in accordance with a resolution recently passed by congress. Any nation willing to trade iron or luxury goods should send an emissa...

Clarification on the rules for luxury good trading: Is it the case that both trading away luxury good and trading FOR luxury goods will help your national economy? I know that is the case IRL, was wondering if that was the case in-game. You seem to suggest that the person receiving luxury goods will...

Thirdfain, I need a resource assignment. Also, a quick question on the matter of trade. I assume that when you trade a resource, you still have that resource for yourself, but you can trade to the other player as well. Can you trade the same resource more than once? Or if you have iron, can you only...

The African States of America The ASA The Americas were hit as hard as any by the Great War. The violence and instability of the wars in Europe carried over to America, where the Civil War had broken out at almost the exact same time as the Great War. But the Confederates were not easily crushed by...

Assuming there are no problems, I'll take the area immediately to the north of Nitram.

Brainstorming nation and OOB. Already have some idea, you might see something complete by me within the next couple hours.

I would like an opportunity to get on this as well. I've been off SDnet since STGOD4, since I was convinced that nothing could live up to the good times I had in that game. But Third begged at me a bit, and reading through this thread.... well, this looks like fun. So, uh, is there anywhere on the m...

I write on behalf of my dad. He just got AIM after all this time, to communicate with people at his office. When he tries to log on from his company laptop, it's stuck on the "Connecting" step for about twenty seconds before it informs him that the AIM service cannot be reached. When we tr...

How are we treating NPC nations? I ask because I made my initial diplomacy move based off of role-playing, not who is currently playing a lot. So I have diplomats and missionaries at 4 NPC planets (New Terra, Beta Aquillae, Aragon and Castille), and NO idea how to proceed from there. I know how I wo...

It was created in game, if you look about 5 pages back. It's Thirdfain's little pet project, although I forget who else is in it at the moment.

key places I like going for are the town halls, but it takes 4 min to gun down one. . . Posess the mortar teams with banshees and they will go down much quicker. Using gargoyles piercing attacks against the fortified armor of buildings is an inefficient use of force. To maximize the effectiveness o...

That one is fun. I go in with all the military units I got and start hacking away. Use your banshees, and posess some dwarven mortar teams. Start taking down key buildings. Have your melee units go running through the city and taking out every unit that you dont want to face awake. It's been a while...

A note on the Purified and their relationship to everyone now: We don't really see ourselves as an international power, yet, but that's changing. The origin of the Domain is such that we are just a large religious group that happens (because of the structure of the Blessing) to have a very rigid cen...

The Chamber of the Emperor was a great hall, a high vaulted ceiling supported by dozens of tall collumns. It was half throne-room, half cathedral. The Emperor sat on his chair, a small, uncomfortable affair. But for one directly connected to God, creature comforts were of the smallest concern. He ha...

I write that all may know. The proper forms were observed. Another human is now perfected. Her name was Jessica, although she has not yet decided whether she wishes to keep her name, or to be known only by her position. She is indeed zealous, and I anticipate that she will shortly renounce her name ...