No access to operations unless you pay 2 play? Ouch.

Personally, were I still a hardcore member of the SW:TOR community, I'd see this as a grab for my own wallet. It's their way of hoping to continue to score pay to play fees from those who already play. I'd see that as a good reason to quit, myself. But I'm also kind of jaded to the MMO market and the constant grab for cash that leads to the death of some of my favorite games. (I'm looking at you SWG. And, I guess any game that forced a sub and pay-for expansion.) Frustrating to see new players who haven't established themselves getting to play free up until they reach operations, while I've paid to play up until that point and receive nothing extra.

Then agian, maybe I've missed something and they'll give current/past subscribers and those who've paid for the boxed/digital download copy something extra?

Anyway, I suppose I should butt out since SW:TOR lost me ages ago. I'm probably too much a negative nancy and the last person who should be trying to contribute to this conversation. lol

Was it really acid? Not that great of a trip, but certainly the best dog show coverage ever. lol

I guess your analogy works if mom and dad charged me rent. My parent's didn't.

 

But seriously, big business is well and good... hell it helped to make America what it is. I can agree with that.

What I don't agree with is a Wal-Mart coming to town and putting all of the local shops out of business because it's impossible to compete. That'd be one thing if Wal-mart still bought/sold USA produced goods and services, but they don't. We're buying from China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan.

Trade is good too, but not when we no longer provide any goods or services to the global market. We've become a nation of pure consumers because our leaders allowed our goods and services to be sold off to the lowest bidder, allowing corporations to make more profit by paying out less. It's effectively slave labor. Look at working conditions in China. Chinese government's fault? Sure. But we consume the goods produced at slave labor "wages."

The problem isn't in one place. It's our entire way of living. The issue is that it's a cycle we will have hell breaking free from without our leaders taking the first large steps. Joe and Marie down the road can't afford NOT to buy from Wal-mart beacuse they don't make any money themselves. They are forced to buy cheap goods now. Why? Big busines shipped their call center jobs to India. Same for Bob and Sue next door. They aren't working in that factory that made cloths anymore because Chinese workers those jobs too.

Then there are the issues with healthcare we've discussed already...

 This country is great. This country is amazing in so many ways. However, we have problems that aren't meant to be political. We need real leadership to take charge and make things happen. We need true leaders to forget their own wallet for a moment and consider the big picture.

So far, I haven't seen anyone do that but maybe Ron Paul, but geez... I don't even know where to begin with him.

Broin has all and none of the answers all at the same time. You're like a mysterious Mr Rogers.

Quote from: "Da6onet"

From Fox News:
"President Obama, in a speech to supporters, suggested business owners owe their success to government investment in infrastructure and other projects -- saying "if you've got a business, you didn't build that."

This single quote will assure him of losing the election.  

I'm confident that Kermit the Frog could run now and beat him.

Yeah... but we don't get Kermit, we get Romney. A guy who changes his tune daily, won't disclose tax records, owns offshore financial accounts and put together a healthcare plan similar to the one people insist on calling Obamacare.

Verizon's service was never good... then it got worse around the time of their most recent strike.

Sorry to hear you are having so many issues man. Hopefully you can get it sorted out soon. Ill cross my fingers for you.

So... the website is safe at this point though, right? I haven't noticed any pop-ups or alerts from my browser or virus scanner.