Will DDO remain up during a Great Depression or Revolution?

[phillymiket]

Eberronians WAKE UP!
The DEV is using the NOOB as muscle to take YOUR plat!
Laugh all you want but when the troops are on YOUR corner taking YOUR family to the death chambers they call "airships" you'll be sorry! Too late sheeple!! too late!!

Seriously, It ain't happening. Maybe we take some steps back and things will be rearranged (maybe painfully) to meet the new day. But when the house catches fire don't worry the fire department will come.

That being said I do have a Get Out Of Dodge bag.
GPS, maps, water purifier with many, many filters, things that go crack, things that go bang and a thing that goes boom. You never know, maybe we do go Mad Max.

But I think not. Society, while a intricate interconnected web with each strand depending on the other, is an amazingly resilient web.

Ain't happening.

PS:

Civilization is indeed coming to an end...

Fortunately Civilization V is coming out real soon!!!

All right Hannibal FTW! Good news.

[Trillea]

Eberronians WAKE UP!
The DEV is using the NOOB as muscle to take YOUR plat!
Laugh all you want but when the troops are on YOUR corner taking YOUR family to the death chambers they call "airships" you'll be sorry! Too late sheeple!! too late!!

We're 106 miles from Stormreach Outpost, We got a charged airship, half a pack of thieves tools, it's dark, and we're wearing Tharne's Goggles.

Hit it.

[phillymiket]

We're 106 miles from Stormreach Outpost, We got a charged airship, half a pack of thieves tools, it's dark, and we're wearing Tharne's Goggles.

Hit it.

lol

What's the hold up.
Kobolds, they won their court case and are marching today.
Kobolds! I HATE kobolds!

[kaelis]

Good luck w/ that. If I remember correctly, secession didnt work out to well for you guys the last time, didnt work out too well for any of the states that seceeded. Just sayin. . . . .

Wasn't your own squirrelicious state one of them Bo?

Just sayin'..

[Kistilan]

We have a good 10-20 years before things collapse in the US. Hopefully by then Turbine will find a way to fix the lag

And I'll have immigrated to Australia by then.

WIN! (God Bless America, I've signed to give my life for her; but if I'm still alive at the end of that contract, I'm taking my life back to Australia!)

Don't worry -- we will all change with the world. This post does beg the question... Why worry about a video game if you're so worried about the economy? The easy answer is to buy some solar panels, batteries, wiring, generator, alternator, an eletrician's guide to solar power and multiple connections for all worldly socket types and spare parts.

Then build a robust sea-worthy vessel with an enclosed water-tight cabin. Have this vessel stored with several liters of compressed oxygen -- enough to last 48+ hours underwater. Build the hull capeable to withstand 500' of water pressure over it (I think that's roughly 6 atmospheres of pressure, but it could be more) and once you've got the whole thing complete bury it under 10' of loose earth/styrofoam mixture for easy release and a tarp over the area of extraction.

Lastly, load up air-tight fuels (gas/oil) so they don't go bad along with stabilizers, canned foods, space freeze-dried foods, etc. Make sure you have a wind-source kite to pull the boat if you really get stuck in the middle of the New Atlantic/Pacific. And be sure to load up your favorite game systems, accessories and monitors for ease-of-play. If anyone else is as savvy as yourself, you may want to pay for an advanced lifetime wireless satellite account so you have access to any remaining internet structures after the flooding.

Oh yeah, this boat is for flooding if I forgot to mention that. That way if the world economy collapses or an apocalyptic event occurs, you're set and ready to handle this Brave New World with as many legacy games as you've packed. Just think Kevin Costner's Waterworld meets 2012 and you'll be set no matter how badly the economy goes.

PS: Do you think it's wrong that I've had this dream since I was 8 years old in 1988??? Yes, these plans sketched above came to me in a dream in 1988 and I hadn't seen any doomsday progamming yet. A year or two later I first watched the Prophecies of Nostradamus and became severely upset. Since then I've relaxed and realized Bob Marley had it right. "Everything... is gonna be... all right."

[Kistilan]

We're 106 miles from Stormreach Outpost, We got a charged airship, half a pack of thieves tools, it's dark, and we're wearing Tharne's Goggles.

Hit it.

Your coolness factor just multiplied exponentially. You've given every Khyber playboy a run for his money.

[Kiranselie]

Wasn't your own squirrelicious state one of them Bo?

Just sayin'..

Yes, Tennessee was among them. The last to leave the union, and the first to rejoin it after the end of the war.

[Kistilan]

Yes, Tennessee was among them. The last to leave the union, and the first to rejoin it after the end of the war.

Not going to start a North vs South debate here, but...

The proximity of your border to a Northern State was proportional to the amount of an ass-kicking you could tolerate.

PS: Yes, I know the South was giving it good to Northern states too in the thick of this war. It's nothing really to be proud of on either side. I just wanted to say something witty.

[Bolo_Grubb]

Personally I think the smart ones are planning for the Zombie Apocalypse.

This is the only world wide disaster you need to plan for

[Zippo]

Not going to start a North vs South debate here, but...

The proximity of your border to a Northern State was proportional to the amount of an ass-kicking you could tolerate.

PS: Yes, I know the South was giving it good to Northern states too in the thick of this war. It's nothing really to be proud of on either side. I just wanted to say something witty.

Then explain Virginia.

[Kistilan]

Then explain Virginia.

They seceded from West Virginia. That was a complete fluke.

[Kiranselie]

Not going to start a North vs South debate here, but...

The proximity of your border to a Northern State was proportional to the amount of an ass-kicking you could tolerate.

PS: Yes, I know the South was giving it good to Northern states too in the thick of this war. It's nothing really to be proud of on either side. I just wanted to say something witty.

There was plenty of ass kicked on both sides in Tennessee. Second only to Virginia in total battles. If youve never been there, you should really check out Shiloh. One hell of a fight in that little town.

[Zippo]

They seceded from West Virginia. That was a complete fluke.

I like ya man, but please dear god tell me your kidding?

[Kistilan]

I like ya man, but please dear god tell me your kidding?

Argh!!! High Sarcasm fer the win, matee! Button down dem dar believe button hatches 'n swab the deck with lysol lie-maker. Argh!

[Dcurd]

Summarizing the parts of the thread that I cctually paid attention to:
Somebody mentioned zombies, then underwater walking zombies, then sharks eating those zombies, and then ZOMBIE SHARKS.


This could be a great sequel to the brilliant movie Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus . . .

Zombie Shark vs Pirate Octopus

Get hollywood on the phone, STAT!

[Zippo]

Summarizing the parts of the thread that I cctually paid attention to:
Somebody mentioned zombies, then underwater walking zombies, then sharks eating those zombies, and then ZOMBIE SHARKS.


This could be a great sequel to the brilliant movie Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus . . .

Zombie Shark vs Pirate Octopus

Get hollywood on the phone, STAT!

Add in Umbrella corp and you not only have a hit movie but a hit game series too.

[TiranBlade]

Nope, Texas and EVERY state has a right to Secede from the Union and there is a Document that everyone can read that says that we can.

It's a little thing called the Decleration of Independance

It gives any and every state/person/county/city the right to kick thier government to the "curb."

[Tarnoc]

You forgot the trillions of dollars that the USA has spent on THE WAR ON DRUGS thus wasting that money and affecting many other economys around the world and also making more money be in the black market through higher drug prices......lets face it its been here for over 3000 years do you Americans really think youll stop it???Just like you stoped vietnem and are stoping the Arabs......PROUD CANADIAN


FREE MARC EMERY

[TreknaQudane]

You forgot the trillions of dollars that the USA has spent on THE WAR ON DRUGS thus wasting that money and affecting many other economys around the world and also making more money be in the black market through higher drug prices......lets face it its been here for over 3000 years do you Americans really think youll stop it???Just like you stoped vietnem and are stoping the Arabs......PROUD CANADIAN


FREE MARC EMERY

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Greb?

[Oreg]

I think the OP may be on to something. So to balance my portfolio I am buying in game gold for copper and silver. Going rate is 1gp=10silver or 100 copper. My bank is now open!