Mharman

Then how come we see many counter-examples, i.e. people who do rise to the top off of their own labor? Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Robert Herjavec, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Fred Trump (Donald's dad), Barack Obama, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, etc. If these people can make it, anyone can. Heck, even my father is well off because of his own work and my family still is not in the upper class. 

But let's say you're right and that some people are destined to stay in poverty and it's not their fault. What do we do about it then?

Interesting. However, why should we use numbers from around the world dictate an individual country's policy?

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I apologize for this. This was an awful thing to do on my part. I rescind all modkills and declare this game abandoned.

Super Mario Maker 2 is at 600 hours and Fortnite is at 400.

I have over 600 hours in Super Mario Maker 2.

Given that there is no role about tazering someone's balls in mafia (unless it's a troll game), I would leave it up to the mods of the site. If the mods ban the person for it, I'd be looking for a replacement for that player if it were my game.

EDIT: Of course, proper context would be something for the mods to keep in mind.

I am going to disagree here since by nature a dictatorship will always create and enforce laws based on the what the leaders think is benevolence. However, this doesn't always match up with what their citizens believe benevolence to be. The best way to be benevolent to the people is by allowing them to practice their own ideas of benevolence as long as they are not infringing on other's rights to practice their own idea of benevolence.

Dang, that's a fair point.

People are leaving New York and the Blue States around it. Illinois is drowning in debt. California continues to thrive because of the variety of goods they produce due to geographic location and size, but if they keep going the way of Illinois and New York, they will also go down the toilet.

I don't think he's a coward. He sacrificed his career for his cause.

However. I find the cause to be utter BS, as it is all based off of anecdotal evidence, where even then, not all supposed cases are actual examples of police brutality. There are still cases of police brutality, but statistically they are unlikely and officers who are willing to brutalize a suspect are also rare. Consider that there were 4 officers in the George Floyd case out of 800 (0.5%) full time officers in Minneapolis. Consider that this is the first major incident in a long time in Minneapolis. Consider that out of about 53,500,000 people involved in an incident with the police in 2015, only 965 resulted in fatal shootings, and not all of those were brutality.

Blocking should only be reserved for those who follow you from thread to thread to harass you. It should not be used over a religious and/or political disagreement.

Not sure why I am tagged, but I do like Mario Kart, so I'll give my opinion.

Mario Kart should start with the stats and then design the Kart around those stats. Want a fast Kart with poor handling? Make a bullet bill shaped kart. The reason why each stat set needs a new kart is so that people can tell what their opponents' game plan is and vice versa. It removes the guesswork so that players can better formulate a plan to deal with their opponents. I do think different skins for different karts would be cool though. Imagine the bullet bill kart from earlier. You could have the default bullet bill skin, you could have a homing bullet bill skin, a cat bullet bill skin, a banzai bullet bill skin, or a golden bullet bill skin. They'd all be bullet bills, so you could tell if an opponent wants to go fast but has poor handling you can take advantage of, but people can still make their karts look cool.

1. Yes. I think it's an improvement.

While insulting someone is obviously wrong, it's not the mods' jobs to police it. Instead, I think it is the community's job to rebuke the offending members. Trolling really depends on the intention of the troll. I don't mind friendly ribbing or just messing with someone, but when someone has malicious intent, it is once again the community's job to rebuke the offending members. If they aren't listening to the rebuke, then ignore them. They revel in getting people riled up, so don't give them that power. If it becomes spam, then there is reason for the mods to step in.

Streamlining and codifying it is excellent, as any rules or laws should always be easy to understand.

I don't see much protection of children, but I do see an age requirement to make an account, which is definitely a good thing. I don't think Little Timmy should be on this site.

I'm a little concerned about the "no moderator harassment" rule because it all depends on what they define as harassment, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt when they say they'll have thick skin. Mods, please do not betray this trust I have in you.

2. Yes2. Sharing PMs may be needed to establish what happened in say, a mafia game when someone C/P's their role and character to another player and the game host needs proof of the occurrence. However, private conversations should stay private in most cases. I am going to hope the mods understand that PM sharing must only happen when necessary, and that they must approve when it is necessary.

3. No. Expanding S&G would give it equal to or more power than the actual arguments being presented. Even casual debates must be argument-oriented.

4. Yes. A reason means that people can't just report a random post they don't like and hope the mods find a reason to remove it. They have to at least come up with their own reason on why it should be removed. In addition, it makes it very clear to the mods what they're dealing with.

Terraria!

Good.

Have you ever considered that people have a right to decide what to do with their balls?

Although I like most of his policies, I can't agree with the idea of him being THAT powerful. I'd say the most powerful person in human history would probably be one of the British monarchs when Britain was at its peak world dominance.

What killed DDO in the end was not the debating system. It was the constant 503s and spambots, coupled with Juggle not caring.

We are no strangers

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uules, and so I...

This community, whether it has been on DDO or DART, is notoriously difficult to leave for good. Many have done it, but not easily. I wonder how RM is doing...

So, does anyone else have this game?

I should be able to be active enough to mod a game by the time my turn rolls around.

I am cancelling this game until I am confident in my activity.

/out. As the previous game proved, I am not active enough for this. If my school year ends before this game starts, I’ll consider joining.

Sorry guys. I’m not joining anymore games until I am sure I can be there more often.