Will DDO remain up during a Great Depression or Revolution?

[Mockduck]

I thought that's why Turbine added hirelings, so I could still play when most of the population is gone...

[bigolbear]

lvl 5 barbarian rogue looking for healer and others for quest 'defend my stuff from council tax balifs' (no noobs) ;-)

[Arkat]

I'm with you on this one. I think there is a lot more going on under the surface then what a lot of people are letting on too.

Not necessarily. I let on to it didn't I?

There are LOTS of hints, signs, or whatever out there. It's just there are so many people who refuse to see them that when the time comes, they'll actually be surprised. Worse yet, they'll be unprepared.

[alcmaeon]

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[Lorz]

Saiga makes a great 12 gauge based on the AK-47 mechanism.

They sell 12 round drums for it for $90 bucks.
I fear neither bleak financial times nor zombie hordes.

All praise Federal Shells!

[Ethias]

This thread has it all, and it makes me happy to read that the crazies have found this game, too! (...or the trolls. >.<)

[TiranBlade]

The definition of crazy has been broadened to incude those who opinions don't agree with your own. Though truth be told I am closer to a Realist and Someone who likes to stay prepare for any situation. It seems logical that a person should be on guard incase the **** hits the fan and everything goes to ****. But those skills you need are skills being lost in a "Want now" society. I guess it's the "ranger" in me, that thinks know how to hunt for your own food and knowing how to prep it is something everyone needs to know how to do.

[sultanica]

Would be awesome if they offered a server emulator for download or something.

That way we could still play DDO in our self-sustaining underground survival bunkers while waiting for civilization to wipe itself out and rebuild anew.

Oh and I guess while they are at it, they could give us the content and level editors as well...haha

Hey if your gonna dream, dream big!

[sultanica]

incase the **** hits the fan and everything goes to ****.

Incredibly, there's a site for that too!
http://shtf411.com

[Arkat]

I am from the great State of Texas, one you thing you should pay attention to with the start of a revolution is the fact that the State of Texas has in it's last state election voted into effect by it's citizens a measure that Prevents the State of Texas from taking on New Taxes due to the Health Care Bill or Other measure the Citizens decides it doesn't want to take on, now keep in mind we are also refusing to reap the benefit of these measures, The State of Texas has this right under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.

However, The President, and I use that term loosely because he shouldn't legally have the position in the first place, has declared that it will affect us anyways, for one he doesn't have that athority, and two it violates the constitution.

The great state of Texas, if forced to take on the Health Care "Bill", will Secede from the Union, by our agreement with the United States as part of our become a state on December 29, 1845. Also, though many of you don't realize this, there are 32 other states from what I understand signed on to that cause, should Texas Secde, so will they.

At this point in time I would ask you not to take matters lightly, though it may not lead to Revolution or Depression, it is still possible and it only takes one country to trigger it in a Global Economy like we have right now.

Texas does NOT have any special right to secede from the Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation

It does, however, have the right to divide itself up into four (4) completely separate states at any time. Those states would be members of the Union automatically. No special votes needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation

[DoctorWhofan]

OMG!! It's the end of civilization as we know it!!!


bah.

I am prepared. At least Turbine isn't solviong it by booting half it's players for "bannable offensives"

[Eladiun]

Would be awesome if they offered a server emulator for download or something.

That way we could still play DDO in our self-sustaining underground survival bunkers while waiting for civilization to wipe itself out and rebuild anew.

Oh and I guess while they are at it, they could give us the content and level editors as well...haha

Hey if your gonna dream, dream big!

I live close to Turbine. If you provide bunker space, I'll raid the office Mad Max style and snatch up the server if the Apocalypse occurs.

[Aspenor]

Here's what we CAN expect, from a macroeconomic sense, over the next few decades:

Wages will continue to fall and/or stay the same, especially in industries such as manufacturing. This is because wages were previously artificially inflated with workers earning more than their work was worth. We can blame unions for this one, well, unions and the companies that failed to stand up to them on their demands. Manufacturing jobs will continue to be shipped overseas to labor markets with lower wages. This will continue until markets like China, India, etc. reach an equilibrium with similar jobs in the United States.

Social Security will go bankrupt. There will be no Social Security for the young generation of workers.

The American economy will continue to become more service-based, rather than manufacturing based, until manufacturing in the United States becomes financially viable (when the above mentioned equilibrium is reached).

Revolution? Doubtful. Depression? Perhaps, but it can be argued that it's long overdue. Thanks to technology, we won't have the same problems seen in the Great Depression (food shortages, etc.). We may have different problems, instead, like energy shortages.

Essentially, the United States has sat on a perch of economic superiority for a long time. Now that globalization is the driving force behind economics, our economy will not ever attain its former glory until a large portion of the rest of the world is brought closer to our standards of living.

PS:

Let's get real for a minute...

Foreclosures are up so high because so many idiots bought housing they couldn't afford. That's called a correction.

The EU's failure is also a correction, a correction of the stupid decisions made to let countries in that had no business there in the first place. It's also a reflection of the failed socialism so prevalent in Europe.

The growing gap between the rich and poor is also a correction. It reflects the correction of grossly overpaid workers making amounts of money that they had no business making.

California's budget cuts are also a correction, a correction of the failed socialism prevalent in past budgets.

Economists are actually more worried about deflation than inflation. Oops.

I could go on for days. You get poor information when you use poor sources that don't actually know about what they are talking. FWIW, I don't use network news as sources, either.

I'd like to see whoever disagrees with this assessment try to prove otherwise.

[Eladiun]

OMG!! It's the end of civilization as we know it!!!


bah.

I am prepared. At least Turbine isn't solviong it by booting half it's players for "bannable offensives"

Look at you scoffing... of course you're safe zombies can't swim to Hawaii.

[sigtrent]

I don't know what cave you live in but I assume it doesn't include access to real news.

FYI: Fox, CNN, MSNBC and the myriad of MSM news channels on US TV don't count as real news sources.

You may lack the perspective of age which will inform you that this kind of stuff has been going on since the dawn of time. Folks find bad news interesting so there is lots of it to be heard. Its interesting because its generally the exception rather than the rule. Most of the time things are pretty decent and for every foreclosed home, there are many more people happily live in.

Don't let the fear mongers make you think your all doomed. They have been saying the world will end since the days of the first religions. So far the doomsayers track record is pretty poor.

[Club'in]

I am from the great State of Texas, one you thing you should pay attention to with the start of a revolution is the fact that the State of Texas has in it's last state election voted into effect by it's citizens a measure that Prevents the State of Texas from taking on New Taxes due to the Health Care Bill or Other measure the Citizens decides it doesn't want to take on, now keep in mind we are also refusing to reap the benefit of these measures, The State of Texas has this right under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution.

However, The President, and I use that term loosely because he shouldn't legally have the position in the first place, has declared that it will affect us anyways, for one he doesn't have that athority, and two it violates the constitution.

The great state of Texas, if forced to take on the Health Care "Bill", will Secede from the Union, by our agreement with the United States as part of our become a state on December 29, 1845. Also, though many of you don't realize this, there are 32 other states from what I understand signed on to that cause, should Texas Secde, so will they.

At this point in time I would ask you not to take matters lightly, though it may not lead to Revolution or Depression, it is still possible and it only takes one country to trigger it in a Global Economy like we have right now.

Amen! I would love to see all those pikers get off my back. I can almost guarantee you that every one of those states receive back from the federal government far more money than they pay in taxes. If you freeloaders left the nation, my taxes would go way down! lol

[sigtrent]

PS:

Civilization is indeed coming to an end...

Fortunately Civilization V is coming out real soon!!!

[Arkat]

You may lack the perspective of age which will inform you that this kind of stuff has been going on since the dawn of time. Folks find bad news interesting so there is lots of it to be heard. Its interesting because its generally the exception rather than the rule. Most of the time things are pretty decent and for every foreclosed home, there are many more people happily live in.

Don't let the fear mongers make you think your all doomed. They have been saying the world will end since the days of the first religions. So far the doomsayers track record is pretty poor.

All fairly interesting observations there.

But yet some parallels between Rome before it fell and the present day United States (and perhaps much of Western Civilization) are also interesting, no?

[TiranBlade]

Texas does NOT have any special right to secede from the Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation

It does, however, have the right to divide itself up into four (4) completely separate states at any time. Those states would be members of the Union automatically. No special votes needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Annexation

Check the State's Constitution, our Secession Right are in it as part of our agreement.

And don't use a Wikipedia as a source for nothing, because almost anyone can change it.

[Club'in]

PS:

Civilization is indeed coming to an end...

Fortunately Civilization V is coming out real soon!!!

Right on! I can't wait.

side note: Alliance Raid night, this Saturday night, 10PM Eastern. Monitor your alliance channel, or hit Deadslug up for help organizing things on the Umberhulk's end.