However, I can imagine that there's some fundamental differences in character depending on gender. Different stats, different gear and abilities and so forth.
Actually, that has never been the case. Stats depend on race, and gear and abilities depend on class(with a few exceptions). Gender has never had a gameplay impact, so my guess is that when WoW came out, the backend of the game was much less automated, in which case it made sense to collect a fee to change your character's gender. These days, it should be less of a hassle.
But yeah, that it happens now is most likely due to what's going on in US society.
I would argue they're not really catching up with this move, since it doesn't add any detail to character customization; they're just improving customization freedom by removing a paywall.
The extra detail they're adding to the character creator with Shadowlands, that's catching up.
Not necessarily. Twitch has no obligation or much of a fiscal incentive to weigh the newsworthiness of a channel against its own community guidelines.
And if the public wants Trump content, Twitch would probably be one of the last places they look.
I half-agree with you here. It's fair not to expect them to take the game itself seriously, but as long as there's a lockdown going on, their job is, in part, to play the game, and they should be taking their job seriously. At least to the point where they don't ragequit, and then mock people for holding it against them.
Yeah! All those nurses, doctors, volunteers and researchers working around the clock can't hold a candle to the guy who gave an opinion based on a few inconclusive trials! Trump! Trump! Trump!
In all seriousness, they've already stopped using chloroquine in Denmark, because the number of people with severe side-effects from the drug was skyrocketing.
The 1% that want to be pirates steal in every area of their lives. They are disingenuous, suspicious, nasty, logic twisting perveted assholes that the rest of us look at with disgust.
And they spend more money on media than normies.
Being a pirate doesn't always mean being a pirate for everything, every time.
To be honest, I don't think many people take the position very seriously. Extra official positions like "digital ambassador" and the like are often pretty toothless, and are more symbolic than anything.
Yes, providing information, and linking to a site that allows the Popcorn Time software to be downloaded, is now enough to get a site closed down, in Norway at least.
It's the case in Denmark as well. Two people were jailed late last year simply for operating a website that linked to Popcorn Time. They didn't host anything infringing themselves.
And I also agree, Lester, with Benjamin Franklin, who said, no people should ever give up their privacy or their freedoms in a promise for security.
It's getting slightly annoying that people keep using this quote when they're talking about civil liberties in relation to security, because it's taking the quote completely out of context. Ben Franklin was talking about taxes and the ability to raise money for the defense against French and Indian attacks, not giving up liberties for the idea of security.
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It seems it was just a...
Parler trick.
I'll see myself out.
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Re: Re:
Actually, that has never been the case. Stats depend on race, and gear and abilities depend on class(with a few exceptions). Gender has never had a gameplay impact, so my guess is that when WoW came out, the backend of the game was much less automated, in which case it made sense to collect a fee to change your character's gender. These days, it should be less of a hassle.
But yeah, that it happens now is most likely due to what's going on in US society.
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Re:
I would argue they're not really catching up with this move, since it doesn't add any detail to character customization; they're just improving customization freedom by removing a paywall.
The extra detail they're adding to the character creator with Shadowlands, that's catching up.
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Re: And the other question is ..
Because someone on their friend list either posted or interacted with a post of a breastfeeding woman.
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Re: granting itself extraterritorial reach
Except that most of them have laws in place that don't punish people simply for speaking ill of them.
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Re:
Not necessarily. Twitch has no obligation or much of a fiscal incentive to weigh the newsworthiness of a channel against its own community guidelines.
And if the public wants Trump content, Twitch would probably be one of the last places they look.
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Re: Just watch it:
It works in Denmark.
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Re:
I half-agree with you here. It's fair not to expect them to take the game itself seriously, but as long as there's a lockdown going on, their job is, in part, to play the game, and they should be taking their job seriously. At least to the point where they don't ragequit, and then mock people for holding it against them.
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Re: Trump saves the world!
Then why doesn't he?
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Re: Re:
Yeah! All those nurses, doctors, volunteers and researchers working around the clock can't hold a candle to the guy who gave an opinion based on a few inconclusive trials! Trump! Trump! Trump!
In all seriousness, they've already stopped using chloroquine in Denmark, because the number of people with severe side-effects from the drug was skyrocketing.
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Re: Re: Re: its not
Then we're both childish, bad people, because I chuckled at it as well.
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Re: its not
The bio-lab idea has been disproven(fortunately).
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/17/covid-19-coronavirus-did-no t-come-from-a-lab-study-shows-natural-origins/#3aff4a363728
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Re:
What are you talking about? Politics didn't even come up in the article.
Also, why should he be forgiven when he's basically going "I'm sorry for being wrong, but also, remove the video evidence that I was wrong."?
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Re: so if there's no strong link to depression or anxiety everyt
Their goal was to study social media's effect on teenage anxiety and depression. Why would they have included anything else?
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Re: Re:
And they spend more money on media than normies.
Being a pirate doesn't always mean being a pirate for everything, every time.
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On the post: Norwegian Police Seize Domain Name For Linking To Sites Offering Popcorn Time
It's the case in Denmark as well. Two people were jailed late last year simply for operating a website that linked to Popcorn Time. They didn't host anything infringing themselves.
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Re: Court made a mistake
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Misunderstanding Benjamin Franklin
It's getting slightly annoying that people keep using this quote when they're talking about civil liberties in relation to security, because it's taking the quote completely out of context. Ben Franklin was talking about taxes and the ability to raise money for the defense against French and Indian attacks, not giving up liberties for the idea of security.
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