Imperfectionist

A thread in Off-Topic was Closed and Hidden ("Atheism 2.0")

:) So sayeth Mahz. I doubt anyone will have interest in continuing the discussion, but the gesture is very much appreciated.

A thread in Off-Topic was Closed and Hidden ("Atheism 2.0")

It says in my subscription list that Hank posted here... But the post must be hidden, because I can't see it in the thread, and I get the "Unauthorized" message when I try to go to the post directly.

I'm sure you have your reasons for hiding it, but it was bugging me, having a link to a nonexistent (to me) post on my subs list. I'm just posting this so that it won't say "Hank" anymore.

So I just bought Fallout 3

Definitely not, there're a few hundred miles between the Potomac Bay and Massachusetts... Indirectly, though, I could see the idea coming into play, being adapted by the Institute for some purpose or another.

:) I know it's kind of out there, but I really hope the PC in 4 is a super-advanced android like Harkness... I mean, apparently they're so good they're indistinguishable from flesh-and-blood humans, even to themselves. It could be pretty cool.

So I just bought Fallout 3

Hmm. One thing I think New Vegas had, when compared to 3, is realism. Or, at least, somewhat more of an illusion of realism... The lack of people notwithstanding (I always imagined the world to have a lot more people in it than it did... :( Did the same thing for Skyrim. How could there be over a hundred bandits in a single Hold and less than half that in non-hostile inhabitants? Imagination is all we non-modders have).

Anyway, BethSoft might not have the same grasp of realism, or their setting might not be as conducive to that realism as the Mojave was (seeing as the whole point about the Mojave was that House deflected most of the bombs, and there wasn't near as much damage as there could have been)... So, in the question of whether the Commonwealth is more similar to the Mojave or to the Capital Wasteland, I'm going to hazard a guess and say the Capital. Less food, less access to clean water (in NV there was an entirely pure lake!), eating Salisbury Steak and Sugar Bombs instead of Brahman Wellington, Bighorner Steaks and Prickly Pears...

So I just bought Fallout 3

:) Yeah, me too, that's what I was trying to say. Apparently, though, 4 is going to be a sequel to 3, developed by Bethesda Softworks... And set in Boston, which could be cool (I thought the super-advanced Institute could make for an interesting villain when I played 3, and I didn't hate the Harkness quest...).

Do you think they (BethSoft) might use some of the changes Obsidian made for New Vegas (Hardcore mode, iron sights, the skill changes, traits, etc), or that they'll stick just to what 3 had?

So I just bought Fallout 3

Since the PS4 and XBone have basically the same internal whatjamajiggers as mainstream PCs, do you think there's any chance for people who cannot play games like these on PC to get access to mods? I mean, mods would be my fucking jam if I had any way at all to access them, and for these types of games, they give such an advantage over the console versions it's ridiculous.

:( Why aren't more console-owners-who-don't-have-gaming-PCs screaming at Sony and Microsoft about this?

EDIT:

The Nexerus said
Fallout 3 really shouldn't be seen as a successor to 1 & 2. Besides being a completely different genre of game, they're also only loosely based off of each other lore wise.

Well, it's almost like a reimagining, with a bunch of the story concepts from 1&2... Except it's set in D.C. instead of California. I see New Vegas as the "actual" Fallout 3, hands down, and I hope beyond hope that sometime in the future Obsidian will be able to develop more games in that vein. Probably not New Vegas 2, but Fallout games that continue the stories of 1, 2 and NV in different areas and such...

rpg101 said
NV has iron sites?Welp, guess who's now buying NV.

I would very highly recommend getting the "Ultimate Edition". The add-ons are definitely worth the money at this point ('cause, in America at least, it'll only be like $30, with all of the add-ons - full original price: 60+15+15+15+15=$120, as I believe all of the add-ons were $15 each).

A thread in Off-Topic was Closed and Hidden ("Atheism 2.0")

Well, that's just fine. :) It isn't a problem until it builds up to a significant percentage of the list, anyway.

As for the Atheism 2.0 thread, I'll simply assume it was because we had strayed too far from the original topic. As a precaution, though, I'll more rigidly enforce my "stay out of OT and Spam" rule...

Thank you, Jorick.

A thread in Off-Topic was Closed and Hidden ("Atheism 2.0")

:) Hello, mods, Impy here.

For several hours tonight, I was participating in an Off-Topic thread started by Magic Magnum with the title "Atheism 2.0 - Atheism using Religions perks.". Minutes after making a post, however, I see in my subscription list that the thread has been both Closed and Hidden, as if it was a flame war or some such.

I don't post in the Off-Topic section as a general rule, but I didn't believe I was being inflammatory or unreasonable in my posts tonight. If the request for deletion came because our discussion was off-topic in relation to the original video and points made by Magic Magnum, I understand completely, but if it was due to some other reason (such as actions on my own part), I would very much like to know what it was, if only so that I know to avoid such things in the future.

As a corollary, is there any known method of removing Hidden threads from the subscription list? I only have two Hidden threads on there, including the "Atheism 2.0" thread, but over time I could see a collection building up, because there isn't an obvious means of removing them.

-Thank you kindly,
Imperfectionist

EDIT: Ah, I see that is has been unhidden, so thankfully I can remove the subscription, but I would still like to know why it was closed.

EDIT 2: Might as well provide a link.

Atheism 2.0 - Atheism using Religions perks.

Hmm, I'm not so certain. For instance, none of those have a "consequences of the corruption of humans" element, as far as I can remember. There's apocalyptic eschatology in the Norse idea of Ragnarok, okay, yeah... Hrm. It's a big stretch, but whatever, that's not the point. The point is, none of these things, "science" and "religion" especially, are truly the monolithic forces everyone seems to see them as. They are groups of people, nothing more, all with their own, individual spiritual, physical and emotional needs and desires, and their own methods for fulfilling them. The generalizations are killing me...

I'm not thinking as straight as I should be. I'm going to stop here, come back to this in the morning, hopefully with a fresh perspective.

In the end, I'll just say that in response to Magic Magnum's points, nothing exists in a vaccuum. We cannot erase religion from our history, and we wouldn't want to even if we could. It's a part of us. I agree with de Botton, in that secularism (esp secular education) has not stepped up to the challenge of providing a means for true communal love... And that's sad. We shouldn't need dogma to be moral, it's true, but what we do need is a culture of morality... If that culture has its base in religion, but is more important for its moral contributions than its dogmatic ones, what's the problem in that?

(P.S. morality is much more than "stealing, murdering and raping are bad". It involves values of all sorts, many of which are severely lacking in modern secular society, as de Botton states.)

Atheism 2.0 - Atheism using Religions perks.

:( You make it sound like a disease, Boerd. Was that your intention?

Also, those things are only from a single faith... Christianity =/= religion. The Abrahamic faiths =/= religion. It's bigger than that.