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#784518
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Idea for Sid Meier's Civilization 6
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Frey said:

2) Rebellions are the polar opposite of the Golden Age. In Civ 5, as long as you have more than zero Happiness, you are on your way to a Golden Age. Civ 6 should have another counter running alongside the Golden Age counter, known as the Rebellion counter. Negative amounts of Happiness contribute to the Rebellion similarly to how positive amounts of Happiness contribute to the Golden Age counter. If your Happiness stays in the red and reaches a certain threshold on the Rebellion counter, then your civilization will enter a Rebellion phase lasting a number of turns. No Wonders may be constructed during a Rebellion and your civilization's Culture output is decreased. Other civs will have a easier time conducting espionage operations in your cities during a period of Rebellion. Stationed military units may be used to put down dissenters, but this comes at the cost of reducing the city's population.

 You do know what happens in Civ5 if you have sufficient negative happiness, right?

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#782971
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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unamochilla2 said:

We might not see Phasma unmasked in the film.  There's no point in Lego in giving the character a face if there is no face shown in the film.

 Yeah, Fett example is like...good and bad. On the one hand, at that time, Fett had no face. On the other hand, at that time, TLG (The LEGO Group) wasn't doing double-sided heads and wasn't really doing the complex prints required for not using a black head for the visor.

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#782189
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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Erikstormtrooper said:

unamochilla2 said:

Octorox said:

An interesting video essay on Abrams visual style and how that might relate to Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=980&v=7tx5z1kAFwQ

Hmm... This video makes me feel less optimistic about Abrams helming TFA.

I'm in the same boat. This video has me pretty worried about the shaky-cam and zooms.

 One nice thing was how many times he was able to find Abrams admitting to his own mistakes. So, at least in some cases, he may have learned.

However if you go to this movie expecting it to look like it was directed by Kershner in the late 70s, you'll be disappointed.

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#782163
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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Lord Haseo said:

jedimasterobiwan said:

Lord Haseo said:

jedimasterobiwan said:

sonofjones said:

I gotta agree, I don't think it matters what it is. Whether some garbage, Luke's hand, some gadget or whatever, I think it's there just to highlight the dangerous situation Luke's in as he hangs for dear life above a bottomless abyss of clouds, which marks this as his lowest point in the entire saga. 

 Wouldn't that be when he underestimated  the powers of the emperor. Yoda warned him after all. Also the whole beginning of jedi was all leia's fault she didn't let han pay off his debt to jabba man how selfish was she.

No...Luke had his hand cut off and had just been told that his father was Darth Vader. That in conjuncture with Han being in Carbonite marks this as the lowest point in the saga. Not only that the  film just ends....no resolution no spark of happiness like in the ending STAR WARS and Return of The Jedi...nothing but bleakness with the tinniest speck of hope. 

Makes you want to watch ROTJ immediately afterward though. 

 True but the point i was making was the fact that luke the hero didn't even beat the emperor. The redeemed anakin skywalker did. So him getting beat by the emperor might better almost a lower point if you get what i mean.

 Luke was the dumb ass who threw his fucking lightsaber away just to make a point. It's not as though Sidious beat him in combat.

 Sounds like someone is trusting in weapons and not the Force.