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  1. Name is only used to easily identify which unit you are looking at in the ini, It does not actually do anything in game. That is handled by the UIName. UIName is in turn handled by the csf, which needs a csf editor to change. You can just write UIName=Impotent Launcher if you want to, but that will cause it to say "MISSING:Impotent Launcher" in game.
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    C&C reboot?

    Umm... so not an RTS?
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    Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi

    Then I guess it's a good thing you're not in charge of naming films.
  4. Any piece that incorporates tubular bells automatically gets bonus points on my scorecard.
  5. I could understand playing this game, seeing that and going, "Oh, tiberium!" However, the similarities lie merely in the fact that it is green and a crystal. What separates crystals is their mineral make up and lattice structure. Since these are being compared visually, their minerals are irrelevant. The structure however, hugely separate this thing from tiberium. Tiberium has smooth sides, rigid angles, and ends in sharp points (or, in TW, looks like quartz). The DA:I crystal structure resembles a plant; it is more lumpy and has rounded angles. Crystals are a very common object in games, and green is commonly used for things associated with both aliens and magic. I think it is a superficial similarity and not-statistically unlikely coincidence.
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    This mystery remains unsolved

    ...seriously? ...seriously? ...seriously? ...seriously? Are you trying to make jeffnz look like the sane one around here?
  7. I am mainly talking about human genetic engineering; eugenics in its purest form. It is not science fiction, and has been steadily drawing closer to reality for quite some time. Recent advances like CRISPR may not only make human genetic engineering possible in the relatively near future, but easy and affordable. However, even on a smaller scale and in the present, some would-be parents have their blood tested to search for inheritable diseases or other genetic incompatibilities. This is indeed eugenics too. Eugenics has a dirty reputation because of the Nazis, but it is not "always disgusting" as you put it. Eugenics is only as disgusting as the objectives of the people practicing it.
  8. I don't know if you intended this as a response to anyone or if you are just making a random statement, but in case of the former, I will point out that this is the first time anyone has brought up eugenics in this topic (which would make it a straw man). Eugenics was actually a popular scientific interest globally prior to World War II. Hitler and the Nazis were not evil just because they supported eugenics, rather, the world started to consider eugenics as evil because Hitler supported it. Hitler is considered evil regardless of his stance on eugenics. By the way, if you hadn't noticed, eugenics has been back in scientific interest again for about the past two decades.
  9. Strange statement to make before immediately proceeding to argue with him... Arguing facts with a conspiracy theorist is a futile exercise, if they could tell the difference between facts and "facts", they wouldn't be a conspiracy theorist in the first place.
  10. That wasn't really a taunt, that was what played when they were upgraded with Arm the Mob.
  11. I guess it's time to unpin the topic then.
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    Who acted as Jarmen Kell?

    I don't really see how it is offensive, unless he specifically asked it with the intent to be offensive, which I doubt.
  13. Shouldn't that be "our leader is in another universe"? What is the point of invoking the multiverse concept if it's just multiple planets, other than to inject a science fiction feel into an empty shell of a game? As an aside, I am really weary of the whole multiverse trope. It is basically an overused deus ex machina in fiction and is often presented as if it has some sort of valid scientific backing (which it does not).
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    Who acted as Jarmen Kell?

    Alright, you've all had you fun, but when you start abusing the report system, you have taken it too far. "Argument" deleted.
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    Who acted as Jarmen Kell?

    He was voiced by one of these people, but since voice actors usually do multiple units, most of the specific units aren't listed. His portrait model is even harder to pin down, but will presumably be one of these people: Bruce Cheng Mark Cheng Kevin Deen Harry Desoto Bruce Hall Patrick Howe Kris Janardan Amrjit Kaur Shahid Paracha Tania Quan Bruce Reagan Omar Renteria Mustapha Sabih Mo Tabatabai John Yang
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    AI on skirmish is so hard

    My strategy is usually to turtle as well. It takes a pretty experienced player to pull of high aggression tactics like the AI are capable of with their micromanagement advantage. I do not go for extra supply docks or oil derricks until my main base is built up enough that I can afford to send some of my forces away without getting annihilated, which doesn't really happen until I start up my secondary resource generations. Of course, by that point, I don't really need the extra income anymore, so taking those points has more to do with stealing them from the enemy than needed them for myself. I was never an expert at this game, but I did get up to taking on 4 allied hard AIs against me alone. I could take 7 hard AIs, but only if they were not one team.
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    AI on skirmish is so hard

    How many enemies are we talking here, are you unable to defeat a single medium enemy in a 1v1? I doubt there are any mods that add a difficulty between easy and medium, modders usually like to make AI even harder than normal.
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    Rumor of next C&C....

    All one of them? Renegade 2, Continuum, Tiberian Incursion, Tiberium, Arena, and Project Camacho were all killed before they made it to alpha.
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    Video of the day

    People are upset that he punched first? Hmm... I was upset that he turned his back to the kangaroo and walked away like he lost the fight. I don't think he should have held his ground and risk retaliation, but his departure was that of a loser. Now the kangaroo will tell all of his buddies about the human who punched him in the face and hurt its hand so badly, it ran away like a coward.
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    Movies of 2017

    Nothing on that list appeals to me other than maybe Star Wars, although I would need to actually get around to seeing episode VII first before I could make that call.
  21. Another C&C FPS would need to be Renegade styled though, in order to have something unique to offer amid the 999 other FPSs out there, so it can compete against them to turn a profit and keep the C&C name afloat. Nevertheless, even with Renegade mechanics to set it apart, the FPS competition is simply too numerous and well-established and EA too incompetent for me to have much faith of a successful C&C FPS. Personally, while I would like to see a new Renegade-type C&C, I do not think making a C&C FPS is wise business decision or good for the future of C&C and would strongly recommend EA not further risk killing the franchise by attempting it. C&C needs to earn its name back by living up to its own foundation as a classic RTS. Trying to be something it's not is what has been killing it. I am not opposed to experimenting with new things, but when your series is on a steep downswing is not the time for it unless total franchise death is considered an acceptable outcome (and despite what many would say, C&C is not dead yet, the fact news sites still report dubious stories about EA maybe working on something is proof of that).
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    Why C&C4 was a bad game?

    The game sucked even without comparing it to the C&C standard. Campaign: the story was abysmal Game play: the units uninspiring, the maps were boring, multiplayer required competent teammates (due to the pop cap, one good player could not hold up a bad team) Mechanics: the pop cap was microscopic, the weapon strong/weak cycle was confusing and stupid
  23. I believe two things: The author knows nothing EA is working on something anyway While a new C&C may not be under full production mode, I doubt they've just left it alone all this time.
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    Red Alert 2 on Android (it works!)

    Probably not.
  25. It isn't entirely accurate, the day 2 and 3 prizes I got were slightly different than listed, though still within the same general idea.
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