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Okay. Fixed the Pix.

Oh for fuck's sake Imgur.

I'll fix it later.

I first noticed it on your avatar, Talir. It was really creepy.

I would love to see either of those, yes. I can't imagine what Planescape would look like with modern graphics; I was never able to play it without a 25% chance that any magic visual effect would crash my game though.

How does Icewind Dale compare to BG/Planescape? I never played it, but I hear it mentioned with them all the time.

It's over. The worst has passed.

Every single forum avatar has been changed to literally the creepiest thing I've ever seen:
 

 
I think Core did it. :( I have to leave until it's changed back, I can't stop shaking.

WHAT
 
NOOO
 
ITS MY PICTURE TOO

Hi. Sorry, but I moved on Saturday which means I'll be having difficulty settling into regular play times for the next little while. Should be back to normal starting on Thursday.

Well that's not the case, Crystal. In the area before this, I was stealthed (not invisible) near some lizardfolk and they had the same reaction when they heard me.

Well, it makes sense for them. They are sentient things with access to potions of seeing.

"The problems with the 'Kony 2012' campaign: Ok so let's get this out of the way first, the basic idea of the campaign is great, to raise awareness of a war criminal that uses children as soldiers and sex slaves. Unfortunately the whole campaign seems to be missing the bigger political picture, I think this is nicely demonstrated in the statement of its second goal: 'That the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan Army until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been completely disarmed. They need to follow through all the way and finish what they have started.' This statement not only suggests that the campaign is in favour of U.S. intervention but is completely uncritical of the Ugandan Government and its army, both of whom are by no means 'the good guys' in this. I can't be bothered going into too much detail but here are a few key points:
1) The Ugandan Government is a dictatorship with Yoweri Museveni as the president since 1986. Among many of its human rights violations the regime tortures prisons, oppresses other political parties and the press and also wishes to introduce a bill that would have 'convicted homosexuals' put to death.
2) In the civil war in which Yoweri Museveni gained power child soldiers were used by his army (National Resistance Army) which is now the army of Uganda but under a different name. (http://www.teachkidspeace.org/doc315.php)
3) The Ugandan army, or rather its high ranking officers have being using 'ghost soldiers' (soldiers who are no longer on the pay-roll) to siphon off funds, making the war even more profitable for them than usual, giving them a vested interest in its continuation. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3514473.stm)
4) (kinda the same point again) War is profitable, especially for large arms economies such as the U.S. and the UK. 'U.S. Military adviser support' may as well say 'we want to US and its arms manufactures /dealers to sell the Ugandan Government shit tons more weapons'. I'm sure there's many more points that could be made, and this is still a really basic explanation that barely goes into any detail, but even a single one of these points is enough to be critical of the campaign and its support of the Ugandan army. If the campaign really wants to be truly supportive of human rights it needs to recognise that Kony is not the only war criminal, all warmongering is a crime against humanity" Unknown
Additionally,
Of the $8.9 million in donations they spent in 2011, this is the breakdown: $1.7 million in US employee salaries $357,000 in Film costs $850,000 in Production costs $751,000 in Computer equipment $244,000 in "professional services" (DC lobbyists) $1.07 million in travel expenses $400,000 in yearly office rent in downtown San Diego $16,000 in Entertainment etc... Only 2.8 million (31%) made it to their charity program (which is further whittled down by local Ugandan government officials) - what do the children actually get?
Their rating on Charity Navigator is because they haven't had their financial books independently audited, and have no independent board members ...which is not a surprising given the use of cash noted above.
Source: Their own finacials -> Pages 6 and 12 http://c2052482.r82.cf0.rackcdn.com/images/737/original/FY11-Audited%20Financial%20Statements.pdf?1320205055
Source For Ratings: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12429 http://c2052482.r82.cf0.rackcdn.co

I agree with Ebok all the time.

The value of Thief is that it offers a bonus to stealth. There's already one that offers +3 pick pocket too. Thief also lacks a Pure Bonus.

Maybe +1 Locks, +1 Pockets, +1 H/MS, becoming +2 H/MS as a pure bonus?

I am one. It's pretty cool.

Here's one for ya: two-spirited.

Yeah.

Look it up.

*res*lyfe*