[mention]u1779[/mention] Plus, I don't know what you mean by "no evidence" that a lockdown saves lives in the long run. You will never know for sure, because a country cannot be simultaneously in lockdown and not in lockdown. So you only have (educated) estimates. But one thing is certain:...

The lockdown is completely dumb and arguably stupid lol somebody got subtly nuanced opinions there? It sure was effective in the countries that implemented it. and unless you think the people of the NIH (USA) or WHO or the SAGE-group (UK) or RKI (Germany) are all stupid and have less of an understa...

[mention]u2123[/mention] Your train of thoughts is too far up on the tech track. Seriously, many people just don't care that much about their computers. Look up the sales figures, dektop PCs for consumers are a minority of the sold computers. A laptop is the standard computer to buy, soon it will be...

Internet is terrible for discussions indeed. I know why /s exists

btw I have never heard of that myth.

How does that image mean it was democratic? You think the electoral college is undemocratic? Why should a large city with a bunch of idiots get to decide for the rest of the country. "Bunch of idiots" is key to your argument :D because usually the votes of individuals beats land mass. Let...

Dolan wrote:@fightinfrenchman
B-but the USA is not a democracy, it's a republic!

A democracy can be a republic. Could also be a constitutional monarchy.

The 35k is the people who are infected and have been tested for the virus. The big question is, how many people are infected but do not appear in the statistics. Scientist are trying to find this out, but it's difficult. It requires taking a representative sample of the population and then testing n...

Internet discussions are horrible
"World" is probably not the best reference point, maybe not even country. The most relevant point of reference is anything within a 400km radius and / or anything with direct travel connections.

You don't understand do you. At some point 20% of humanity getting infected becomes irrelevant. It only matters if it happens in (un)reasonable amount of time. No I really don't understand your comment. Why would 20% be of any relevance? As far as I know herd immunity for SARS-COV-2 will only be re...

Ok wait then? We'll talk next year :)

It can't hurt to have a political leader who understands science and the implications of exponential growth...

You mean because you use the noun instead of the verb? Fabulous reasoning. Come on.

To discriminate is simply an English word (stemming from the Latin discriminare) which means to distinguish. It's not constricted to distinguishing in a bad manner (ie discriminating based on age or on race in job interviews). It's your lack of knowledge of the English language that has led you to ...

I can sue you based on your post for hate speech? In Germany yes. You can file for an injunction and (depending on the wording) immaterial damages, that's your civil law option. Also, you can inform the police / prosecutors and they will start an investigation which might end in criminal procedures...

I love this discussion :D I don't play Japan but it seems to be a very flexible civ. Flexible enough to adapt to various match-ups and maps. To sum up: apparently there is no consensus on what cards to play first, not even on the correct age up wonder. If I look at the games that have been streamed ...

As if it would be sincere, lol. "Esoc, im sorry i got caught!" We've seen multiple sir musket apologies already... You apologize for something that you didnt do intentionally, or that you were later made to realize was wrong, while you didnt think it was before. They definitely did it int...

No, obviously, it's still tournament fraud what they both did. But Kynesie had already qualified, he earned his spot. He just lost it because he participated in this scheme. I'm just saying that if either of them want to improve their sitution, that requires an action on their part. That is one pro...

Very good reaction by the tournament staff, what a shitty move by Tit and Kynesie. Tit had to be disqualified as he wasn't playing himself which is cheating and Kynesie because a) he was helping to cheat and b) potentially getting the weaker player to the LAN which is kind of a cheat in itself. They...

I mean I don't know anything about how it feels to be at top level nor have I seen AOE3's glory days in competitive e-sports, but as a viewer and occasional player it has gotten better over the last 2 years

At the same time: the move from escapeaoe has been a real treat - more professional casting + the new world championship are definitely a boost. Viewership seems to grow also on twitch, no?

Is the winner of lower bracket qualified?!?

wow, congratz risi, wp both

Cool, has this been casted / streamed?

WickedCossack wrote:Lol I believe something has gone wrong there.

Japan has been used 15,941 trillion times ... ?

Works out at about 4 trillion times a day over 11 years. Didn't realise aoe3 was that active.

You just don't realise how popular compstomp is...

Theodore wrote:japan is used a whopping 31% though, what makes the win % actually quite impressive!

there might be an error in my thinking, but I think japan (like brits) is rather difficult to play. a win% of almost 50 across all games played (all skill-levels included) is quite good then. I mean look at brits.