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@Lion.Kanzen, last one, for now.

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Star Citizen looks amazing! All those nay-sayers are just a bunch of confused entitled consumers with no vision or patience, and the inability to manage their own expectations (like a bunch of teenagers that need everything now, not wanting to understand all the work involved). I'm not saying there aren't obvious problems, but the long development time gives me a lot of hope that this will in fact be one of the greatest space games ever. It might take another 6 years, sure, but 0AD is already going 15 years or more, so that in itself doesn't really mean anything to me. The game isn't a scam, and people saying that are just trolls. Or people who didn't bother to familiarize themselves with the bare basics of the project. I mean, some people spent thousands of dollars on ships and other stuff, for a game in alpha development... The smarter ones aren't looking for a return on investment. They're just passionate about the game and want to financially contribute to the development. People spending thousands of dollars on a game, 6 years in development and still in alpha, and then expecting a complete and smooth gaming experience, when literally everyone says they won't, are just a bunch of weirdo's. Who spends money on a game in this state anyway, if not passionate about it?? That comment on Eurogamer doesn't make any sense at all. What in the world does graphics, art and asset development have to do with things like object container streaming or network stability, AI, bug fixing etc? Those are totally different teams of people. The scale of this project is insane. All those little details aren't pointless either, as that comment says. If not for all those incredible details, why not play No man's Sky or whatever? I mean, that new FOIP feature for example could be described as utterly useless. But it's also absolutely brilliant, funny, even revolutionary, one might say. There are so many different systems in development, and they're pretty far along. If you see how the biomes are made for example, you'll realize how quickly they can create hundreds of unique new biomes once the system is on point. Once everything starts working smoothly (a lot is already working amazingly and people take it for granted), and it all get's integrated into a single seamless experience, it's going to be amazing. This game is more of a platform, than a standalone game. Games will be built on top of this game. Just don't expect a full release next year, that's just silly. Almost akin to 0AD, I think that Star Citizen is part of a new generation of games that will continue to grow and evolve along with its community, rather than being a one stop consumption article. The main difference is that there is a crap ton of money involved in Star Citizen, so there's a commercial aspect to it. What do people expect from a commercial project? I think it rather makes it extremely unlikely that it will ever be cancelled. It's also pretty obvious they use the controversy as a marketing tool. Keeps people on edge. The hype is a part of any commercial project like this. Just check back in couple of years.

Really nice touch... The laurel could indeed go around the back

@Lion.Kanzen Those are mostly Phrygian helmets, including some original Thracian ones. They have a lot of variety. Love this piece...

Especially Silver Shield Pikemen (Phalangites Argyraspides), but the higher level Bronze Shield Pikemen (Chalkaspides) can also use them. They were quite "common" and are of Thracian origin, so they're even appropriate for the Thracian Mercenaries. Phillip's cavalry also used them, but Alexander apparently preferred the Boeotian helmet for his cav. I don't know anything about colors. I'd go with what wow said.

Yes.. Nice work, as usual...

@wowgetoffyourcellphone, , you can thank @pedro_blanco for that amazing piece... Some more examples of his work: https://www.artstation.com/blanco

Ok, I'll give that one to you...

*Turkish...

Themistocles? One of the main commanders of the allied Greek navy during the second Persian invasion? That!

What about a mini trireme on wheels?

To all the people involved in this, Thank you soooo much!!!

@stanislas69, that's really gorgeous man! Attention to detail is exquisite! Your lemon and spoons spaceship is also really fun! Have you thought of rendering out a short animation of it, flying by an alien planet or something?

@Genava55, I really enjoyed watching Keralis play and listening to his commentaries in ep.01 and 02. Surprisingly entertaining. I was thinking about posting it myself... Just saw that ep.03 is out, so I'm watching that tonight . The game looks really interesting. I like the slower pace. Like a more organic stone age banished. Lovely details. Lovely amount of depth. It would be a bit much for 0AD, but I don't think we should be shy to take some inspiration from it nonetheless. I like the naturally replenishing wildlife, and natural population growth combined with new arrivals. Seasonal farming. Options... The tech tree was nice too, and the minimalistic UI is nice. Pretty graphics as well. Needs a mini-map though.

I agree That's why I believe in the importance of universal human rights. The UN might be a bit of a bogged down bureaucratic mess, but together with it's even more troubled predecessor, the League of Nations, have served and continue to serve humanity for the better. Concepts like democracy, collective security, written constitutions, separation of church and state, freedom of speech etc have done a lot of good, and we must guard against those forces that wish to undermine this progress. I do actually believe in specific universal morals, it's just that they are rooted in my faith, which is something I understand not everyone shares, and therefore difficult to use as the basis for arguing for the existence of moral absolutes. But it is obvious to me that we do indeed need some global set of morals that we can all agree on, otherwise we're right back to the default settings of "might makes right", mentioned by Loki in another thread. Well, humanism in large part evolved from a strong Christian substrate, so... Of course not every atheist is a humanist, but most secular traditions are at least superficially rooted in their religious predecessors. I'm not saying atheists wouldn't be able to independently construct strong moral codes, just that they are influenced by their environment. As societies become less religious, the collective of atheist moral codes also becomes more divergent.

Absolutely. One of those things that separates us from animals. Just notoriously difficult to define.

Nope, lol, but reading a bit about the concepts he writes about (wikipedia ), I can definitely relate... I should probably give his works a proper read. So, true... There is so much to be said here, I'm not even going to start. The implications for morality in the dystopian future we seem to be heading for are scary. Another Israeli writer, Dan Ariely, actually fundamentally influenced my views on human nature, and our programming and motivations behind our decisions. He's not some great philosopher or anything, bringing him up here might even be a bit silly, and the implications of his writing on morality might not be immediately apparent, but fundamental nonetheless, imo. The modest little book was called Predictably Irrational, and illustrates how nonsensical much of our decision making process is, especially in a modern market. We're not nearly as rational as we like to think. In fact, we are literally predictably irrational, in ways that can be easily manipulated, especially for profit. We're in large part just input/outputs. Cave man logic kind of thing. I think that morality is more of a hind sight thing we use to rationalize our actions. We're not nearly as conscious of our own mind as we like to think, and if we can't even correctly assess our own actions, how could we accurately judge the actions of others? I'd argue that there are indeed moral truths, but I'd be arguing from the perspective of a theist who believes in something absolute. Something perfect. But those things are highly contentious, and from a philosophical perspective, comparing moral truths to mathematical proofs sounds kind of metaphysical. I don't think there have been many other constants in moral truths other than the morals derived from the basic survive and reproduce. In the past, human sacrifice was a common practice, and considered moral. Some cultures even practiced cannibalism, and it was considered moral. Expansionist wars and even genocides have been moralized to various degrees during history. Extreme forms of oppression of women in some parts of the world, or even slavery and caste systems are still unpleasantly common place today. Within those societies those acts are often considered moral. Disregarding the draconian rules of some cast systems is considered so immoral that it will get you publicly lynched. Of course these are extreme examples, like female genital mutilation, most of us can agree that they are a crime against humanity. But what about male circumcision? Some people consider it just as bad as FGM, while other people consider it an integral part of their culture, good for hygiene, a harmless religious commandment... I think examining moral truths is interesting from a philosophical perspective and necessary to continue developing our moral codes, but they're also very difficult to apply universally to the infinite complexity of the human experience. The codes would need to be infinitely complex themselves, to be correct, and it would somehow end up subtracting from our humanity. Man, that druggist is a d*ck... Considering a human life is worth far more than 1000 dollars... Dead people can't pay interest on a loan either... If she dies, he looses a potential life time customer... If the husband steals the drug and gets caught, he should be released under mitigating circumstances.

Although I would agree that this often the case, that is a matter of opinion, and another person would claim that you yourself are in fact misinterpreting the rule. It's like some kind of a weird catch-22. Do you now add rules to interpreting rules? Where does that stop? Everything needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis. The moral code uses human language, not some kind of absolute mathematical algorithm. Language can be pretty abstract, changes over time and place. Laws are supposed to be clear and understandable, but they often become very elaborate and complex to cover all the possible nuances. This in turn makes them more difficult to understand for non-specialists. If somebody doesn't understand the rules, how liable are they really? I would definitely agree that a (strong) moral code is a good thing, but how would it apply to people who can not survive without breaking it? For example homeless people born and raised in cities or countries that passed strong anti-homeless legislation. Man needs to sleep, but you have no place to legally rest your head... I think this is the point. Perfection is a divine quality, that we, mere mortals, are not imbued with. Human nature is primarily geared towards survival, not living up to a moral code. Human nature is also inherently corruptible. Respecting a moral code is a side-effect of society/culture. If the conditions for basic survival aren't met, the moral code flies out the window. Under ideal circumstances, laws might work as intended, but as of now too many people are forced into impossible situations (poverty, war, disease, natural disasters, various forms of persecution and repression). People in those kind of extreme situations, of which there are many, can't be expected to be pre-occupied with not breaking the rules when it's a matter of survival. Rule based society is a necessary evolution in the human condition. Since we don't live in small semi-nomadic family groups anymore, but in a large urbanized world. We need rules to survive as a group, a country, a global society. I just fear that our technological developments have far outpaced our biological evolution, and we simply aren't as physically and mentally adapted to the modern world as we like to think. There are a lot of unexpected and misunderstood side-effects of the modern world, which makes interpreting the rules or anything else we take for granted a lot more difficult. Creating rules implies that you know what is right and what is wrong, but so many things in this world are counter-intuitive. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Most people believe that their doing the right thing, yet we live in world with a lot of suffering. Quark: "Let me tell you something about hoomans"

Interesting... I just realized that that fancy church in downtown Accra is actually a Mormon Temple... Similar architecture... Always creeped me out...

There is truth in all of the above. I think context and perspective are everything. I believe that there can be good and bad in everything. Everything needs to be evaluated on a case by case basis. Sometimes there aren't any straight answers.

It looks more than ok! Fantastic work! Thank you! I really love how much work the community has put into visualizing such a rarely visualized history. This is really valuable...

@ClemHD, Welcome to the forums! There is a bug that causes the Mac OS version of alpha 23 to crash when joining a MP game. There is a new release candidate for a re-release of alpha 23 which fixes that problem and other bugs. You could actually be of help by testing it and letting us know if there were any problems (but it I think it should work fine). Check out:

Jesus speaking Zapotec language (Don't know why I think it's so funny. It's not like English makes any more sense or anything...) It reminds me lot of that time those 2 American Mormon missionaries showed up at my door here in Ghana. They had pamphlets depicting Jesus Christ in the Americas. They claimed that after his resurrection, Jesus visited the Americas. Some of the Native Americans were supposedly beautiful white people, but because of their wickedness, God cursed them with a dark skin instead... They also claim that the Garden of Eden was somewhere in North America... I said I wasn't interested in pamphlets, only original material. So they actually gave me the Book of Mormon. I tried reading it, but it's honestly just an unreadable piece of fraudulent garbage. At least they were friendly fellows. I mean, what the fudge...?!