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You can alter settings, like starting credits, max. units, starting units etc. in one of the dune data files. So 300 raiders aren't impossible. (Ok, i never tried it myself)

oh yeah, the fallout endings were really good. That's an idea that hasn't been exploited too much, i think. An ending that depends on how you acted throughout the game, not just "multiple endings." btw, i finished Fallout 2 three to four times and i always got the "genocide" predicate, because i wasn't able to save the intelligent deathclaws, though i did all the tasks in Vault 13. Anyone knows how to prevent this?

Whatever the really practised - they were successfully with it. To take out a machine requires very high skill. There were surely a reason why the later ginaz swordmasters were the most fearsome fighters in the duniverse. (Yeah apart from sardaukar, though i think sardaukar were pure killing machines while the swordmasters were thougt in many disciplines - leadership, diplomacy etc.) But there is an interesting point, which also points out a major flaw in KJA's and Brian Herbert's depiction of Gurney Halleck's early years: Duncan Idaho says in "Children of Dune" that, despite his swordmastership, Gurney Halleck still beat him in seven of ten fights. I guess Halleck was something like a born fighter, with the instincts to balance his lacking instruction. Remember that fight with the water thief in Children of Dune (i forgot his name)? That clearly showed what a fine warrior Halleck really was.

*sigh* i would i've had the time to learn that properly. The aborted kungfu (precisely: chi-sim-vim-chung) study was enough.

I would expect nothing less from a very strict catholic ;) But i never understood why he neglected the allusions, though there are many obvious. The whole theme about "the one ring" e.g. seems to be similar to the "Nibelungen" Saga, were a ring also plays an important role.

Even worse was the "Bible Code". The author claimed that through this code he foresaw events like the kennedy assassination or the murdering of rabin. (Or to put it more precisely: He discovered that the assassinations are planned but the point in time or the assassin's name were detected later. AFTER the incidents)

The way you express it,it somehows reminds of the fall of mankind in the bible. Tolkien draws allusions from many popular "epics".

I guessed it would be an eastern art, because eastern martial arts mainly teach to counter strength by being fluid like water (in a metaphorical way ;) ) and use the enemies momentum against him. Another principle is that your weapons are extensions of your hands. I think both principles are extremely helpful to fight something that is far superior in strength. (a machine for example). Im not very knowledgeable about western fighting styles, but i never heard about these principles thought in western art.

Or the kids are adopted

Sounds promising. I still want a protagonist from a real crime syndicate, not some mobster from the hood. Well, you never get what you want.

The kiddies will wonder why their father is a whitey.

The "you" in Edrics post made me just a little bit nervous. In the meantime i found some reviews of his book. Two of three authors characterised the book as a "fairy tale" that draws false conclusions from correct observations. Strange, why this book gained such a popularity in the netherlands.

What a tragedy. No Tommy Vercetti

That's not what i said. That Kungfu part in my last post refers to the ginaz mercenaries and not to ninjas.

Btw, i hope you aren't adressing me, this isn't my theory and not in any way sympathising with it.