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The Pub :: Debating with Claudiu

Author: charle215
Subject: Debating with Claudiu
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:05 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Claudiu wrote:

I'm going to post on the topic but first man is an animal. Survival of the fittest. If a lion eats a gazelle that's okay. Man eats lion that's okay. It's nature and we are a part of nature.

Unlike the lion, we don't need to eat meat to survive. We used to be vegetarian.

Even if that is true (The used to be vegetarian) our body has to have the proteins from meat that we can't get other-wise now adays (Thank your ancestors from long ago).

So we do need meat to survive and be healthy

Bugs and Tech :: help hosting server

Author: dudwasup
Subject: help hosting server
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:41 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

hi im new to lux and im having trouble setting up my game i have forwarded my ports and have checked my firewall a message comes up saying

error connecting to lux tracker host port 6619 is un reachable

The Pub :: New artwork & animation

Author: jOnNiE
Subject: New artwork & animation
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:13 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 4

I recently worked on this piece below and decided to make it into an animation. Hope you guys enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZg2UM246s

Community :: Week off. Happy thanksgiving.

Author: Shockandawe
Subject: Week off. Happy thanksgiving.
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:42 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 4

Hey all taking off today for the holiday and my birthday. I think it's time for a Lux break anyways.

Have a safe and happy holiday,
Shock

Maps :: NEW MAP IDEA - Middle Earth / LOTR

Author: Snohomie769
Subject: NEW MAP IDEA - Middle Earth / LOTR
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:34 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 2

Create a Map of Middle Earth from LOTR or something

These other maps are starting to get old. Need something with more tactics and a difficult strategy

Community :: mister NN Grim!!

Author: Thunder Down Under
Subject: mister NN Grim!!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:25 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 2

Dear Grim, your fantastic room is frozen....
Would love an rs if possible

TY

Stinkerlaas de Bear

The Pub :: Parents & Hunters

Author: my wife hates me
Subject: Parents & Hunters
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:57 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 25

This Thanksgiving, my Father-In-Law wants to start a new tradition of going on a Turkey Shoot first thing in the morning. He wants to take the oldest 3 grandkids (ages 6, 4, & 4). My brother-in-law belongs to a club that he has brought his son (one of the 4 year olds) to and they'd be alone without any other hunters. The kids will NOT have weapons of any sort.

Now I'm not opposed to guns or hunting in any form. I also have complete confidence in both my in-laws safety around firearms. But I did express concern in my 4 year old being out there.

Obviously, my wife, having grown up in a hunting family, is fine with the situation and likes the idea of putting a little fear and respect for guns into our son having been out at a similar age and downplays my fears as needless worry but I can't help but feel a little torn...

Am I being over protective? If you hunt, or were brought up around guns, how old were you when you were exposed to firearms?

The Pub :: More fun talk of religion

Author: Claudiu
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:25 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 7

Big Will E Style wrote:

Yeah Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity. In fact, we believe we were the first denomination of Christianity, with others splitting from
the church, but multiple denominations believe this. Ironically enough, the term Catholic stems from a Greek adjective meaning "universal". Though many sects of Christianity are against the Catholic Church and one even goes so far to call us the largest cult in the world.

http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/cath.htm

Which is funny, because if you ask most Catholics, we are anything but extreme Christians and are very accepting of other religions.

So to summarize, yes all Catholics are christians, but not all Christians are Catholics and in fact make a great deal to ensure people know that.

To BP: look forward to another year of Fantasy Baseball in the spring!

edited for iPhone mess-ups

You don't believe you are the first denomination of Christianity. Afterall, when the church split, the Western Roman Empire became Catholic and the Eastern Roman Empire became Orthodox. What the Catholics claim is that Peter decided that the Pope should sit in Rome and not in Constantinople. It was about power and you guys won when you sacked Constantinople and weakened the Eastern Roman Empire, which in turn affected the power balance in the Southeastern Europe. Orthodoxy, in terms of continuity, is the oldest of Christianity. Let's not forget that Christianity started in the east. It is therefore that Armenia and Ethiopia are among the first countries to officially convert to Christianity; and they belong to a different branch of Orthodoxy.

The early powerbase of the Christian church was transfered to the east. It happened when Constantine declared Christianity as the official religion of the empire and moved the capital to Byzantium (Constantinople).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea

Community :: turtle power!

Author: mnemosyne
Subject: turtle power!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:52 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 10

i simply do not understand the closed-minded turtle hater & and "turtles first" mentality.

i think i am the only one who openly defends the strategy. /mme 'i wanna be the minority.'

some players, including a recently appointed moderator, will kill, half-kill, asshat anybody who turtles without even thinking about it, usually with no benefit (0 or 1 card), often killing themselves in the process.

1. turtles are passive. if anything the aggressors should be killed first.

2. turtles are players, waiting for the right opportunity to make a move if it comes (admittedly, its fairly rare, but with all the hotheaded half-kills of late, opportunity knocks more often than it should sometimes). i love the 'play the game' argument in defense of killing turtles first. we are playing, we are watching, we are calculating, we are deciding when might be a good time to card, or make a move.

3. turtles 'win' not by winning the battle always, that's a single-minded approach to war, but by improving position.

4. i do understand the lament about turtles on opening nights a bit more (e.g. sunday, monday) when less 'raw' is at stake. but again here, 'raw' is not and should not be the only goal for luxers.

5. classic is one of my favorite places to turtle, just to make the game seem less like a simple mathematical formula. sometimes, classic especially is like playing in a room full of reapers and very one-dimensional. there is more to lux than plopping down your big sausage in asia and circle jerking around china.

6. this one-dimensional 'kill, kill, kill' mentality without a more nuanced understanding of war has placed several countries in unpalatable strategic positions across the globe in the past several years.

7. it has been said that people who turtle need to 'get a clue.' see, e.g., previous thread from this summer ("beating a dead turtle"):

http://sillysoft.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=220158

i dare say that exactly the converse is true for people who believe this. those of you who believe turtling is somehow inherently evil or unintelligent would do well to read sun tzu's "the art of war." the important parts are especially applicable to the hothead (masculine?) warriors i mention above.

see, e.g.

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."

"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content."

i know its not a popular position, i know i will never have a hella win percentage because i often practice what i preach, but there is another side to the argument, and nobody is making it.

i also know what's coming next (its the reason why i don't post very often), so flame on, young warriors.

respectfully,

m

Hall of Fame :: HOF - SHOPI

Author: SnyperEye
Subject: HOF - SHOPI
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:04 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

SHOPI!

One of the best classic players I have had the honor of playing with. He is the KING! of 5,5,5 Classic and holds one of the best win percents in Luxtopia!

Hall of Fame :: HOF - MBAUER

Author: SnyperEye
Subject: HOF - MBAUER
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:55 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Lux's very own most talented and hardest working Luxer ever! A fearless leader of The Anti-Holy Church of Lux and Head Creator of the Anti-Holy's Map Makers Guild. His maps are among the best there are and he has been the biggest influence on people to create new maps. His dedication in assisting others with new maps is truly a great accomplishment and definately the workings of a Hall-of-famer!

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!

The Pub :: WEB GEEK HELP PLEASE...

Author: SET
Subject: WEB GEEK HELP PLEASE...
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:01 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 0

just wondering if anyone knows anything about pagination JQuery crap? just need to know if what I'm trying is possible and I'm tired of beating my head on the desk.

The Pub :: Road trip... Again

Author: charle215
Subject: Road trip... Again
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:54 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Leaving fort polk louisiana now to tampa florida..be there friday at noon.. Meeting up with a buddy if you want to hang out friday night let me know i leave saturday night to new jersey

Games :: LABYRINTH 3!

Author: SnyperEye
Subject: LABYRINTH 3!
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:46 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 8

L A B Y R I N T H 3 !

OBJECTIVE:

You and other Luxers will enter the dark and mysterious labyrinth in the courtyard at Quasar's Mansion. Find your way through the dark and ever changing labyrinth and try to make it out alive...

Going for a 3rd time with even more tricks around each corner!

Give a shout if you think you can make it out this time!

Past link of Labyrinth
http://sillysoft.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17104&start=0

Community :: I miss SuperGood

Author: Big Will E Style
Subject: I miss SuperGood
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:45 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 12

I'm not winning as much as I used to.