The Battle Bar, Our Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Blax:

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
I really don't get what the big deal about bullying is. It's been happening since we first started forming tribes, it's only being made a big deal of these days due to a combination of generational pussification and the advent of social media. Thousands of generations of humankind have been bullied and we still managed to wind up where we are. Strong, insecure, stupid people will always have a reason to pick on others, and it shows a strength of character in the victim to suffer it and move on from it. I can sympathize on a level to kids being picked on--it's happened to most people at one point or another.

But I have absolutely zero sympathy for someone who decided to end their own existence because someone's being mean to them, or they're embarrassed. I see that as culling the herd of the weak.

Can we just agree that Lucien has been hacked?

Only if we can rag on him for all eternity for not socking in to let us know.

Geddit?

Originally posted by Zampanó
Blax:

Boardwalk Empire is seriously the greatest show since Arrested Development.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
I don't see that as stating that nothing should be done about bullying.

The suicides are the weak links who opted out of existence. Kudos to their sacrifice, I guess.

Originally posted by Zampanó
No.

No?? So are you saying the original timeline still exists alongside the new timeline?? It was my impression there is only one time, and you cant have multiple timelines existing simultaneously.

Not according to the TNG episode Parellels.

Star Trek timetravel sure is wierd.

Wait. Timetravel?

Originally posted by Frank Miller
The "Occupy" movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. "Occupy" is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These clowns can do nothing but harm America.

"Occupy" is nothing short of a clumsy, poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the "movement" - HAH! Some "movement", except if the word "bowel" is attached - is anything more than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for themselves.

This is no popular uprising. This is garbage. And goodness knows they're spewing their garbage - both politically and physically - every which way they can find.

Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy.

Maybe, between bouts of self-pity and all the other tasty tidbits of narcissism you've been served up in your sheltered, comfy little worlds, you've heard terms like al-Qaeda and Islamicism.

And this enemy of mine -- not of yours, apparently - must be getting a dark chuckle, if not an outright horselaugh - out of your vain, childish, self-destructive spectacle.

Oh Frank. durpalm

Originally posted by Nephthys
Not according to the TNG episode Parellels.

Star Trek timetravel sure is wierd.

Wait. Timetravel?

I dnt think that was a time travel episode. It was an episode about parallel universes.

I managed to secure a slightly-early copy of Revan and have posted spoilers if anyone's interested at Janus's place for anyone's enjoyment. Just wanted to give you a heads up.

~G

Oh jeez, noone acknowledge him!

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
I dnt think that was a time travel episode. It was an episode about parallel universes.

Its the same thing. Its all to do with the idea that whenever you do something theres another timeline where you did it differently. And stuff.

Currently in the middle of the Revan novel and it's not a stretch to equate the Jedi and their council to the impotence of the UN.

Considering what unlikable dicks they are in Kotor 2 this doesn't surprise me.

They knew the mistake they made in not entering the Mandalorian Wars sooner; they opted to wait and see while millions died, and that decision split the Jedi Order in two. Then the Truimvirate attacks and wipes most of them out while they're taking their sweet time debating what to do on Katarr and all they do is hide and wait. And then the Sith reveal themselves and they can finally fight them.... and they choose to wait some more.

****ing Morons.

Good to see Drew got that right.

No, the fact that the jedi are hypocrites. They don't exactly practice what they preach and anything that's different than their reachings (like Revan's discoveries of the force that were both superior and progressive to the jedi teachings), is considered treason. Also, this book sucks thus far. It's not even 300 pages and is just a bunch of filler material. So far I give it a 2/10 and not 1 only because Revan's in this book and his name appears in the title. Haven't gotten to the sith emperor's story. Drew K sucks

Wow. He who shall not be named gave it a 7. I guess I'll need to actually read it to see which it is.

Just started the tale of the Emperor's childhood. Let's see how interesting this is. By the way, Drew is an idiot with math. "The Emperor was born almost 1,000 years ago, decades before the hyperspace war." I believe this is the year 3,959 or something and the hyperspace war was at 5,000 bby. Good math Drew!

Revan learns a lot of very interesting stuff during the Mandalorian Wars. Stuff that the entire sith empire doesn't know, only the sith emperor knows. At least drew has enough imagination for 20-30 pages.

Spoiler:
According to Drew, the sith emperor was born with Nihilus-type powers, with eyes as black as a void in the force, and was killing people at the age of 6. At age 10, he killed Lord Dramath who was his real father and ruler of the planet. He then killed his mother slowly before massacring thousands on his way to power. By the age of 13, he was ruler of his planet Yes, apparently he was born a force god. Tenebrae was then introduced to the DLOTS Ragnos who was impressed by his powers and granted him the title of Lord Vitiate. (Btw since when did the ancient sith use "lord" in their title?)

"Lord Vitiate went back to his planet and stayed their for 100 years conducting research into the depths of the dark side's power. When Marka Ragnos fell, Vitiate did not hoin in the mad rush to claim his position. He was not part of the Great Hyperspace War against hte Republic. When Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh fought for leadership, he took no side. But after our defeat at the hands of the Republic and our flight to escape the massacre of our people by the jedi, he emerged from his solitude to call a great council of all the sith lords who remained. He invited them to his palace on Nathema, and to participate in a ritual to unlock the full potential of the dark side; he promised they would unleash power beyond anything they had ever witnessed or imagined."